2005 AWARDS

.: Westinghouse Science Competition

Named National Semifinalists in the Westinghouse Science Competition: (3 of 300 in the nation): Cristian Oncescu, William Bernard Reid -Varley, and Jimmy Yang

Named National Finalists in the Westinghouse Science Competition: (1of 30 in the nation): Cristian Oncescu

.: Intel Science Talent Search

Named National Semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search (1 of 300 in the nation): Cristian Oncescu, and Jimmy Yang

Named National Finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search (1 of 40 in the nation), qualifying him for a trip to Washington, DC in March: Jimmy Yang

.: Texas Junior Science & Engineering Humanities

At the Texas Junior Science and Engineering Humanities (2005) placing #1 in the state and earning a trip to National Symposium (NJHS) in April was Cristian Oncescu. Placing first in the Life Science poster division was Jimmy Yang.

.: Regional Winners

First Places
Jimmy Yang – Medicine and Health
John Rose- Environmental Science
Nicole Shepherd (Honorary Wildcat) – Microbiology

Second Places
Amanda Gregory –Medicine and Health
Ji Qi – Botany

Third Place
Sue Shiao – Biochemistry

Honorable Mentions
William Bernard Reid-Varley – Behavioral and Social Science
David Sun - Botany
Nannan Zhang- Medicine and Health
Eric Hwang- Chemistry
Perini Shaw – Chemistry
Sonia Kinra – Engineering
Ashley Johnson – Physics
Christina Sun, Jeff Henderson, Stephen Yoo – Team
Winning Grand Prize and earning a trip to International Science and Engineering Fair this May in Arizona – Jimmy Yang

Special Awards:
John Rose: US EPA Region 6 Honorable Mention
U.S. Army – Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Science
Terracon – Senior Davison 1st place

Amanda Gregory: The Cooper Institute- Exercise/Health/ Nutrition- Senior 1st Place

Jimmy Yang: Cooper Institute- Exercise/Health/ Nutrition- Senior 3rd Place
U.S. Army – Outstanding Achievement in Medicine and Health Science

Nannan Zhang: Dallas County Medical Society – Senior Division Third Place Medicine

Perini Shah: Longhorn Institute of Food Technologists – Senior Division 1st place Winner

Chen Huang: ASM International Foundation – Best Materials Engineering Project