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     2004 AWARDS

.: Texas Junior Science & Engineering Humanities

 .: At the Texas Junior Science and Engineering Humanities (2004) placing in the top five and earning a trip to National Symposium (NJHS) in April was Alex Biholar. Placing first in the Life Science poster division was Brett Snider.

.: Plano District Science Fair

 Congratulations to our students who competed at the Plano District Science Fair on Thursday, March 18th. They did a great job! And the winners are….

First Places - Alex Biholar, Alice Chai, Jefferson Harwell, Supriya Hattangadi, Cristian Oncescu, Tiffany Pham, Nicole Shepherd (Honorary Wildcat), Brett Snider, Jimmy Yang

Second Places - Cliff Jao, Jamber Li, William Bernard Reid Varley

Third Places - Amanda Gregory, Jeff Henderson, Holly Kwan

Honorable Mentions - Mac Aron, Hao Liu, Tiffany Nguyen, Christina Sun, David Sun, Gloria Sun

Navy Awards – given to three students in the senior division
Alice Chai, Cristian Oncescu

Winning GRAND PRIZE for the entire senior division- ALICE CHAI!

.: Westinghouse Science Competition

.: Named National Semifinalists in the Westinghouse Science Competition: (2 of 300 in the nation)

  • Alex Biholar
  • Brett Snider

.: Intel Science Talent Search

Named National Semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search: (1 of 300 in the nation)

  • Marvin Liang

.: Welch Summer Scholars Program

Earning a summer internship through the Welch Summer Scholars Program:

  • Supriya Hattangadi
  • Cristian Oncescu
  • Vivian Shaw
  • Sue Shiao

.: Dallas Morning News Regional Science Fair

Congratulations to our students who competed at the Dallas Morning News Regional Science Fair on Saturday, March 27h. They did a great job! And the winners are….

First Places - Alex Biholar, Alice Chai, Jamber Li, Cristian Oncescu, Tiffany Pham, Brett Snider, Jimmy Yang

Second Places - Cliff Jao, Amanda Gregory, Nicole Shepherd (honorary wildcat )

Third Places - William Bernard Reid Varley, Supriya Hattangadi

Honorable Mentions - Chris Gearing, Hao Liu, Jefferson Harwell, Tiffany Nguyen, David Sun, Jeff Henderson, Gloria Sun, Christina Sun

Winning GRAND PRIZE –ALEX BIHOLAR!
Alex will be traveling to Portland, Oregon in May to attend International Science and Engineering Fair!

Special Awards:

  • Acoustical Society of America- Outstanding Senior Division Award – Cristian Oncescu
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers – 2nd place – Jefferson Harwell
  • American Statistical Society – Best Work in Stats or Math- Tiffany Pham
  • Dallas County Medical Society – Senior Division winner – Jimmy Yang
  • Institute of Food Technologists – Senior Division First Place – Supriya Hattangadi
  • NACE award- Tiffany Pham
  • Southwest Airlines – Senior Division 1st place- Christian Oncescu
  • Terracon – Senior Division 2nd place – Tiffany Pham
  • United States Army – Best in Math or Computer Science- Alice Chai
  • United States Army – Best in Life Science- Jimmy Yang
  • United States Army – Best in Earth and Space Sciences or Environmental Science- Tiffany Pham
  • Intel Award for Excellence in Environmental Health and Safety- Tiffany Pham
  • United States Navy Award- Alex Biholar

.: Texas State Science and Engineering Fair

Our students attended the Texas State Science and Engineering Fair in Lubbock this past weekend and did very well. The winners are:

First Places:
Mathematics- Alice Chai
Environmental Sciences- Tiffany Pham

Second Place:
Biochemistry- Brett Snider

Third Places:
Earth and Space Sciences- Cristian Oncescu
Medicine and Health- Jimmy Yang

Honorable Mention:
Computer Sciences - Cliff Jao

Special Awards:
United States Army Environmental Award-Tiffany Pham
Mu Alpha Theta Award- Alice Chai
American Meteorological Society - Cristian Oncescu
College of Agricultural Sciences Scholarship - Tiffany Pham
University of Texas at Austin - 20,000$ scholarship for the Natural Sciences- Alice Chai

Grand Prize for the Physical Sciences - Alice Chai.
Alice will be traveling to Portland, Oregon next month to compete in the International Science and Engineering Fair. Alice is attending the ISEF for the third time! What a remarkable achievement for this young lady!

.: Texas Junior Academy of Sciences

Our students competed at the Texas Junior Academy of Sciences at TAMU and did a great job as WILDCATS at this competition.

First Place:
Earth and Space Sciences -Cristian Oncescu
Medicine and Health – Jimmy Yang
Microbiology- Supriya Hattangadi

Second Place:
Medicine and Health – David Sun

Third Place:
Medicine and Health – Amanda Gregory
Microbiology- Jeff Henderson

Grand Prizes:
1st Grand Prize in the Life Sciences: Supriya Hattangadi
2nd Grand Prize in the Life Sciences: Jimmy Yang
3rd Grand Prize in the Physical Sciences: Cristian Oncescu

Supriya, Jimmy and Cristain will be traveling to Washington, D.C. next February to take part in the American Junior Academy of Sciences, a prominent convention where they will meet and interact with prominent scientists from around the world. Way to go CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.: International Science and Engineering Fair

Our students competing at the International science and Engineering fair in Portland, Oregon this past May. Our students, Alex Biholar had a great fair. The Awards he won are:

4th place award from the American Phytopathological Society. Cash award 250.00.
3rd place award in the Botany Category. Cash award of 1000.00
Botany Award from the Office of Naval Research. 8,000.00 scholarship.