Eighty-Four High School Students Selected and Participating in the 32nd RSI at MIT

Students invited to the RSI program receive free tuition, room, and board. Their only expense is transportation to and from MIT. This allows CEE to select RSI students solely on the basis of academic records and their accomplishments.
By: Maureen Palmer
 
GAINESVILLE, Va. - July 8, 2015 - PRLog -- The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) announces top achieving U.S. scholars and international scholars, are attending the 32nd annual Research Science Institute (RSI), jointly sponsored with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from June 21st– August 1st.

Students selected for RSI are exemplary as based on the following criteria: high school records, personal essays, standardized test scores, teacher recommendations, research experience, potential for leadership, and honors and awards in math and science.

The students, dubbed “Rickoids” after the late Admiral H.G. Rickover, Father of the Nuclear Navy and founder of the Center with CEE President Joann DiGennaro, are studying pure and applied mathematics, physical and biological science, economics, and humanities.

Dr. Andrew Charman, RSI ’86 alumnus and lecturer of physics at University of California, Berkeley, will lead RSI 2015.  The RSI Academic Professors include:

·       Dr. Steven Byrnes, RSI’02, Harvard University – Physics

·       Dr. Steven Leeb, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Engineering

·       Dr. Forrest Michael, RSI’90, University of Washington  - Chemistry

·       Dr. Sean Mulholland, Economics, Stonehill College

·       Dr. Matthew S. Cain, RSI’97, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center - Biology

·       Mr. Lance Rhoades, University of Washington - Humanities

·       Dr. Christopher Skinner, RSI’88, Princeton University - Mathematics

RSI is an annual, summer program consisting of one week of theoretical classroom work, followed by four-and-a-half weeks of research with a professor or research scientist in the students’ respective areas of interest. In the final week, students demonstrate their work through written academic papers and present oral findings to their peers and a panel of judges.

Leaders in STEM will share knowledge with the RSI scholars and include:

Dr. Phillip Sharp, Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 1993,Institute Professor (highest academic rank) at MIT and member of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Dr. Wolfgang Ketterle, Nobel Prize in Physics 2001, D. MacArthur Professor of Physics at MIT and Associate Director of the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT, Director, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms
Dr. Tom Leighton, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Akamai

Research Science Institute 2015 Students

Arizona

Abijith Krishnan
BASIS Scottsdale High School
Scottsdale

Arkansas

Chuang K. Tang

David H. Xiang

Little Rock Central High School
Little Rock

California

Claire B. Burch
Mira Loma High School
Sacramento

John Chapman A. Caddell
Stevenson School
Pebble Beach

Ajay Jain
Monta Vista High School
Cupertino

Jared A. Tramontano
Centennial High School
Corono

Kristine A. Zhang
Saratoga High School
Saratoga

Colorado

Casey H. Zhang
Fairview High School
Boulder

Connecticut

Robert Q. Kao
Edwin O. Smith High School
Storrs - Mansfield

DoDEA

Brian J. Lee

Paul S. Lee

Seoul American High School
APO

Florida

Nicole Odzer
Pine Crest School
Fort Lauderdale

Georgia

Sarayu Narayan
Chamblee Charter High School
Chamblee

Illinois

Emily C. Jia
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Aurora

Sarvasva Raghuvanshi
Neuqua Valley High School
Naperville

Indiana

Sreya Vemuri
Carmel High School
Carmel

Kansas


Disha Dasgupta
Olathe North High School
Olathe

Kentucky

Sanjana J. Rane

Yue Zhang

DuPont Manual High School
Louisville

Louisiana

Louie D. Kam
Baton Rouge Magnet High School
Baton Rouge

Maryland

Ramya A. Durvasula
Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring

Massachusetts

Amol D. Punjabi
Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science
Worcester

Uma Roy
Lexington High School
Lexington

Michigan

Christina Y. Li
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Sterling Heights

Minnesota

Neehar M. Banerjee
Mayo High School
Rochester

Missouri

Olivia Y. Long
John Burroughs School
Saint Louis

Montana

Amy A. Chou
Phillips Academy
Andover MA

Nebraska

Thomas A. Graul
Lincoln Southeast High School
Lincoln

Nevada

Haydn L. Bradstreet
Davidson Academy of Nevada
Reno

New Hampshire

Meena Jagadeesan
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter

New Jersey

Sahaj Garg
Bridgewater Raritan High School
Bridgewater

Allen J. Lee
Millburn High School
Millburn

New Mexico

Dylan H. Hendrickson
Albuquerque Academy
Albuquerque

New York

Brandon R. Epstein
Half Hollow Hill High School West
Dix Hills

North Carolina

Anne B. Davis
Stanford Online High School
Stanford CA

Ohio

Venkatesh S. Sivaraman
Bexley High School
Bexley

Oregon

Anirudh Jain
Catlin Gabel School
Portland

Pennsylvania

Michelle D. Xu
Conestoga High School
Berwyn

Puerto Rico

Natalia M. Pacheco-Tallaj
University High School
San Juan

South Carolina

Albert  Z. Wang
Dutch Fork High School
Irmo

Tennessee

Tony Ding
Montgomery Bell Academy
Nashville

Texas

Wilbur Y. Li
Clements High School
Sugar Land

Texas

Alexander Y. Yang
Clements High School
Sugar Land

Utah

Anthony Cheng
Hillcrest High School
Midvale

Vermont

Vivian Huang
South Burlington High School
South Burlington

Virginia

Jake Cui

Michael C. You

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Alexandria

Selena C. Feng
Albemarle High School
Charlottesville

Washington

Brian H. Gu

Interlake High School
Bellevue

David Zhao
Lakeside Upper School
Seattle

Wisconsin

Suzanne B. O’Meara
Madison West High School
Madison

2015 Research Science Institute International Scholars

Australia

Adrian E. Hindes
Good Shepherd Lutheran College
Noosaville

Elijah B. Stanger-Jones
Dubbo College Senior Campus
Dubbo

Brazil

Matheus E. Batinga

Luana J. N. Ferreira

Instituto Federal de Alagoas
Marceio

Bulgaria

Kristian G. Georgiev
Model High School of Mathematics Academy Kiril Popoc
Plovdiv

Hristo S. Staykov
High School of Mathematics “Dr Petar Beron” - Varna
Varna

Canada
Jonathan D.H. Chow
Ashbury College
Ottawa

Canada

Ameer M. Farrukh

Xiangqi Yan
Holy Heart of Mary High School
St. John’s

Israel

Liam B. Kimel
HaKfar HaYarok - The Green Village High School
Ramat Hasharon

Korea

Jungyeon Park
Hunkuk Academy of Foreign Studies
Yonginsi

Yo-Whan Kim
Seoul International School
Seongnam-si

Lebanon

Aya El Daouk
Hariri High School II

Beirut

Khodr H. Badih

Haneen R. Al Khalili

Rafic Hariri High School
Saida
Poland

Jerzy K. Szuniewicz
Adam Mickiewicz High School in Poznan
Poznan

Saudi Arabia

Ahmed A. Albahhar
Alfaris International School
Riyadh

Faisal Alsalloum
Al-Ghad High School
Riyadh

Singapore

Victoria E. Buckland
National Junior College
Singapore

Cher Ying Foo

Jiaqi Li

Ming Hui M. Sim

Raffles Institution
Singapore

Marion W.R. Pang
NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
Singapore

Yan Hsien Quah
River Valley High School
Singapore

Spain

Pol R. Gomez Riquelme
Sagrada Familia Sabadell
Sabadell

Marti Oller Riera
Institut Jaume Vicens Vives
Girona

David Oort Alonso
Institut d’Argentona
Argentona

Sweden

Anton C.I. Moller
Sandbackaskolan
Arvidsjaur

Mana Shams Latifi
Per Brahegymnasiet
Jonkoping

Switzerland

Hoang-Thi Morselli
Kantonsschule Solothurn
Solothurn

Turkey

Baris Ekim
Armand Hammer Unitted World College pf the American West
Montezuma NM

Sule Kahraman
Robert College
Istanbul

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