Magnet News: Winter 2017

Magnet students won many awards and competitions in the past quarter:

Regeneron Science Talent Search:

• • Blair had nine semifinalists in the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search (societyforscience.org), tied for the most in the country! The students (@MsBosseBlair) and their projects are:

    • Sambuddha Chattopadhyay, On T-Reflection via Analytic Continuation in Quantum Mechanics

    • Ethan Chen, Analyzing the Effect of Matrix Architecture and Proteolytic Degradation on Fibroblast and Tumor Cell Migration

    • Richard Chen, Design, Build, and Implementation of a Triple Langmuir Probe for a Superconducting Helicon Thruster

    • Rohan Dalvi, Kinetic Trapping and Structural Determination of Native-State Biomolecules in the Gas Phase

    • Dawson Do, Digital Preparation and Description of the Braincase of a New and Unique Ornithischian Dinosaur

    • Sam Ehrenstein, Creation of an Emittance-Dominated Electron Beam via Collimating Apertures

    • Raymond Guo, Puromycin Selection with Lentiviral Transduction Causes Widespread and Significant Changes in RNA-Seq Profiles of Primary Human Erythroblasts

    • Garret Kern, A Global Analysis of Oseltamivir Resistance in 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Viruses

    • Juliana Lu-Yang, Exploring Carbon Isotope Exchange Kinetics Between Carbonate and Carboxylic Acids Under the Hydrothermal Conditions of Carbonaceous Chondrites

  • Sambuddha Chattopadhyay (@MCPS) and Rohan Dalvi (@MCPS) were named among the 40 finalists (societyforscience.org), and they will compete on March 9-15 for the top prizes.

Math Team:

• • The Blair Math team won first place overall at the 2016 Princeton University Math Tournament (pumac.princeton.edu)

    • Sophomore Daniel Zhu had the top individual score

    • The first place A team: Senior Pratik Rathore (captain), Juniors Guangqi Cui, Dilhan Salgado, and David Wu; and Sophomores Steven Qu, Kevin Qian, Jacob Stavrianos, and Daniel Zhu

    • The third place B team: Seniors Jamie Vinson (captain) and Josh Fernandes; Junior Jyotsna Rao; Sophomores Anson Berns, Olivia Fan, Haydn Gwyn, Eric Shen; and Freshman Ambrose Yang

  • Blair students finished first and second in the 2016 University of Maryland Math Competition (math.umd.edu)

    • Junior Dilhan Salgado had the top overall score

    • Sophomore Jacob Stavrianos had the second highest score

    • 13 other Blair students won Honorable Mention: Seniors Jesse Matthews, Pratik Rathore, Jamie Vinson, and Linden Yuen; Juniors Guangqi Cui, Jackson Reynolds, Yuang Shen, Noah Singer, David Wu, and Annie Zhao; Sophomores Kevin Qian and Steven Qu; and Freshman Ambrose Yang

More Competitions and Awards:

• • The Chess Team finished third at a competition in Baltimore (@wrose31)

  • Quiz Bowl:

    • Ian Rackow, Ben Miller, Haydn Gwyn, and Anson Berns won Georgetown University's Washington-Hickman Academic Questionfest (@lsgwyn)

    • Blair's team also won the Northern Virginia History Bee and Bowl (@jrackow11)

  • A team of Blair students won first place at the Silver Spring Rubik's Challenge (@MrPham_at_MBHS)

  • Cybersecurity Team members Noah Singer, George Klees, Andrew Komo won third place at the NYU CSAW '16 Competition (nyu.edu)

  • Blair's Ocean Bowl team won the Chesapeake Bay Bowl (@MrPham_at_MBHS) (facebook.com/ChesapeakeBayBowl)

  • A team of Blair students won 4th place at the Carnegie Mellon Informatics and Mathematics Competition; Junior Guangqi Cui won first place for Computer Science and third place for Combinatorics, and Sophomore Daniel Zhu won second place for Algebra

  • Senior Aditi Shetty will be awarded the Olin Teague Scholarship at the National Space Club's 60th Annual Goddard Memorial Dinner on March 10, 2017.