James Madison Memorial High School Wins Wisconsin Regional Title in DOE National Science Bowl®
| Published: 01/29/2013 |
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James Madison Memorial High School won the Wisconsin regional championship in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Science Bowl® for high school students held January 26 at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). The winning team, comprised of Srikar Abidhatla, Brian Luo, Sohil Shah, Thejas Wesley, William Xang and Coach Sowmya Partha, advances to Washington, D.C., to compete against 69 other regional winners at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl® from April 25-29.
Arrowhead High School, of Hartland, Wis., won second place at the event. Team members were Zachary Bednarke, Meridith Johnson, Alex Strange, Maxwell Strange, Griffin Tschurwald and Coach Cheryl Kaiser.
A second team of students from James Madison Memorial High School finished in third place. Kevin Cao, David Ho, Trang Nguyen, Rutvi Shah, Newton Wolfe and Coach Sowmya Partha were on the team.
Twenty teams of high school science and math students from Wisconsin competed. Many of these teams spent months preparing for the National Science Bowl’s regional competition, which features head-to-head competition in a fast-paced question and answer format similar to the popular television game show, “Jeopardy.” The students were quizzed on all science disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth and science, physics and astronomy, as well as math. Most questions are so challenging many scientists would have trouble finding an answer.
The DOE created the National Science Bowl in 1991 to encourage students to excel in mathematics and science and to pursue careers in these fields. More than 225,000 students have participated in the National Science Bowl throughout its history, and it is one of the nation’s largest science competitions.
MSOE is an independent, non-profit university with about 2,500 students. MSOE offers 20 bachelor’s degrees and nine master’s degrees in engineering, business, mathematics and nursing. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; a 94% placement rate; and the highest average starting and mid-career salaries of any Wisconsin university according to PayScale Inc. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.