Round Rock ISD students across its secondary schools excelled in the 29th annual Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering state Math and Science Competition.
Among the several awarding winning students were Cedar Valley Middle School students Olivia Brown, Jessica Ding and Andrew Yin who used their creativity and won the engineering design challenge at TAME, hosted at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics campus in Dallas.
Over 300 sixth through 12th grade students from TAME chapters across Texas qualified to attend by participating in regional competitions. Students took individual math and science tests and completed team engineering design challenges. The top five students earning the highest test scores received awards along with the top five teams in the engineering design challenge.
“This was a challenging competition because our students competed against others throughout the state and we’re very proud of our Round Rock ISD students who placed first through fifth,” said Cedar Valley TAME coach and regional coordinator Sonali Sur.
The following Round Rock ISD students placed at the state competition:
- Justin Ahn, Westwood High School, Advanced Placement Chemistry, Third Place and Statistics, Second PlaceSonia Ballada, Cedar Valley Middle School, Sixth Grade Science, Second Place
- Shubhanga Ballal, Canyon Vista Middle School, Eighth Grade Science, Second Place and Middle School Geometry, Third Place
- Vineeth Bandi, Canyon Vista, Seventh Grade Science, Fourth Place
- Olivia Brown, Cedar Valley, Special Award, Engineering Design Challenge
- Nicholas Curtis, Westwood, AP Chemistry, Fifth Place; Comprehensive Math, Third Place
- Jessica Ding, Cedar Valley, Seventh Grade Science, Second Place; Middle School Geometry, Fifth Place; and Engineering Design Challenge, Second Place
- Ethan Freeburg, McNeil High School, Advanced Placement Chemistry, Second Place and Calculus, Fourth Place
- Ritik Goyal, Cedar Valley, Eighth Grade Science, First Place and Middle School Geometry, First Place
- Marwa Gujarathi, McNeil, Statistics, Fourth Place
- Kevin Li, Canyon Vista, Eighth Grade Science, Fourth Place and Algebra II, First Place
- Nikhil Lyles, Canyon Vista, Middle School Math, Level 3, First Place
- Natalie Malluru, McNeil, Biology, Fifth Place and Algebra II, Third Place
- Amrita Mayavaram, Cedar Valley, Seventh Grade Science, Fifth Place and Middle School Algebra I, Second Place
- Samuel Mokhtar, McNeil, Physics, First Place and Calculus, First Place
- Saavan Myneni, Canyon Vista, Seventh Grade Science, Third Place and Middle School Math, Level 3, Second Place
- Vikram Ramanathan, Westwood, Chemistry, Third Place and Algebra II, Second Place
- Eshwar Ranganath, Canyon Vista, Sixth Grade Science, Fifth Place and Middle School Math, Level 2, First Place
- Avilash Rath, Westwood, Physics, Second Place and Comprehensive Math, Second Place
- Yaswin Veluguleti, Westwood, Biology, Second Place and Pre Calculus, Third Place
- Andrew Yin, Cedar Valley, Middle School Algebra I, Fourth Place and Special Award, Engineering Design Challenge
- Jenny Zhang, Cedar Valley, Seventh Grade Science, First Place and Middle School Algebra I, First Place
TAME is a nonprofit organization that helps Texas students pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). In addition to testing student knowledge of math and science concepts, the competition promotes teamwork, leadership and academic achievement.
