Dr. McCalla
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2013–2014
2013-2014
Siemen's Competition 2013 Semifinalists
- Ien Li
Intel STS Competition 2014 Finalists
- Preeti Kakani
- Kaitlyn Shin
Intel STS Competition 2014 Semifinalists
- Ken Aizawa
- Matthew Chun
- Chenle (Leo) Hu
- Xingan (Ian) Hua
- Preeti Kakani
- Dohee (Diane) Na
- Kaitlyn Shin
- Amy Xu
Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF)
Best Categorical Project
- 1st Place : Ken Aizawa
- 2nd Place: Matthew Chun (CH), Amy Xu (MI)
- 3rd Place: Kevin Huang (PH), Kanav Gupta (ME)
- 4th Place: Varsha Venkatesh (EV)
Special Awards
Intel Foundation Cultural and Scientific Visit to China Award
- Ken Aizawa
2011–2012
2010–2011
Jericho's Intel Semifinalists
- Matt Lam
- Sahir Raoof
- Yuxin Zhu
- Nikko Price
- Xin Yu Sun
Siemens Competition
Semi-Finalist
- Michael Zhou
Intel (STS) Competition Finalist
- Matthew Lam
Semi-Finalists
- Matthew Lam
- Sahir Raoof
- Suki (Xin Yu) Sun
- Yuxin Zhu
Brain Bee National Winner
- Lindsey Lam 5th Place
Regional Winners
- 1st Place – Lindsey Lam
- 2nd Place – Rachit Bhatt
- 3rd Place – Preeti Kakani
International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) Grand Awards
FIRST AWARD - $3000
- Sagar Rambhia - Medicine & Health
THIRD AWARD - $1000
- Serife Uzun & Justine Li - Plant Sciences
THIRD AWARD - $1000
- Neil Mehta (with partner Savina Kim- Commack) - Cellular and Molecular Biology
FOURTH AWARD - $500
- Sahir Raoof - Physics and Astronomy
- Sagar Rambhia (grade 11)
U.S. National BioGENEius Challenge
International Finalist
- Sagar Rambhia (grade 11)
National Finalists
- Sagar Rambhia (grade 11)
- Grace Kim (grade 10)
LISEF Competition
Best in Category
- Justine Li
- Serife Uzun
- Neil Mehta
ISEF FINALISTS
1st Place (Grand Awards):
- Justine Li & Serife Uzun (PS)
- Neil Mehta (CB)
2nd Place:
- Sagar Rambhia (CS)
- Sahir Raoof (PS)
- Michael Zhou (EM)
3rd Place:
- Robert Guber (BH)
- April Pun (BC)
Honorable Mention:
- Anuja Shah (AS)
- Grace Kim (MI)
Special Awards:
- Matthew Lam – American Psychological Society Award; U.S. Air Force Award
- Sagar Rambhia – Intel Excellence in Computer Science; Mu Alpha Theta Award; Yale Science and Engineering Association Award
- Anuja Shah – The Wissner-Gross Award ($100); U.S. Air Force Award
- Michael Zhou – U. S. Air Force Award
NYSSEF Competition
Lightning Round Winners
- Sagar Rambhia
- Sahir Raoof
- Grace Kim
- Michael Zhou
- Robert Guber
ISEF FINALISTS
- Sagar Rambhia
- Sahir Raoof
1st Place (Grand Awards):
- Grace Kim (MIC)
- Sagar Rambhia (MEH)
- Sahir Raoof (PS)
- Michael Zhou (EM)
2nd Place:
- Robert Guber (BH)
Toshiba ExploraVision
Honorable Mention
- April Pun, Anuja Shah & Anirudh Chandrashekar
- Salina Wu & Zachary Kent
- Rachit Bhatt & Raymond Wu
- Emily Bih, Angela Hyun, & James Xie
- Pretti Kakani, Emily Ma & Jake Song
- Christina Chen, Michael Shen, & Rubbani Singh
Young Naturlist Finalist
- Jill Dolowich
Research Association Invitational Fair 2011
Mol. Bio Category:
- 1st Place- Justine Li & Serife Uzun
- 2nd Place- Neil Mehta & Savina Kim
- 2nd Place- April Pun
- 2nd Place- Rebecca Wang
- 3rd Place- Grace Kim
Gen. Bio Category:
- 1st Place- Naveen Mallangada
- 3rd Place- Ilana Porges
- Merit – Sonia Joshi; Yuvraj Verma; Yuxin Zhu
- Behavioral Science Category: 1st Place- Robert Guber
- Computer Science Category: 1st Place- Sagar Rambhia
- Env. Sci Category: 1st Place- Michael Zhou
STANYS State Congress
Finalists
- Jill Dolowich
- April Pun
Manhattanville Annual Science Competition
- Sagar Rambhia- Overall Competition Winner and 1st Place winner (Health Category)
- Justine Li & Serife Uzun - 2nd Place (Environmental Sciences Category)
- Pooja Buttan- 3rd Place (Health and Medicine Category)
- Anuja Shah- 4th Place (Health and Medicine Category)
Molloy College Science Fair
Top Place Winners
- Naveen Mallangada – Silver (2nd Place)
- Sonia Joshi and Shun Aizawa – Top Ten
- Grace Kim and Yuvraj Verma – Top Twenty
Long Island Science Congress (LISC)
- Jill Dolowich – Highest Honors
- Justine Li – Highest Honors
- April Pun– Highest Honors
- Serife Uzun – Highest Honors
- Pooja Buttan – High Honors
- Robert Guber – High Honors
- Grace Kim – High Honors
- Sagar Rambhia – High Honors
- Anuja Shah – High Honors
- Ilana Porges – Honors
- Sahir Raoof – Honors
Special Awards
- Jill Dolowich – Green Planet Award ($50.); Dr. Howard Mofenson Memorial Award ($50.); NY State Finalist ($50, $150)
- Justine Li – Concannon Memorial Award of Excellence ($50.)
- April Pun– Anna Weizenecker Memorial Award ($50.); NY State Finalist ($50, $150)
- Serife Uzun – Concannon Memorial Award of Excellence ($50)
- Ilana Porges – Robert Nelson Memorial Award ($200)
2009–2010
Molloy College 8th Annual Science Fair
Top 20 Winners:
- Anirudh Chandrashekar (grade 10)
- Anuja Shah & Neil Mehta (grade 10)
Research Association Invitational Fair 2010
- Mol. Bio Category: Merit - Lindsey Lam & Sagar Rambhia
- Gen. Bio Category: 3rd Place- Pooja Rambhia
- 3rd Place - John Tam & Justin Park
- 3rd Place - Anuja Shah & Neil Mehta
- Honors – Shabnaz Rob
- Behavorial Science Category: 2nd Place - Zachary Porges
- Merit- Helena Wang
- Physical Science Category: 1st Place - Brandon Li
- Honors – Daeyoup Kim
- Honors – Naveen Mallangada
- Env. Sci Category: Meri t- Manav Kumar
- Honors – Courtney Wong
- ProtoType Eng. Catergory:
- 2nd Place - HyeonSoo Jung
I-SWEEEP (International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering, Environment Project)
- Sahir Raoof - 1st Place in the Engineering Category
- Brandon Li - 2nd Place in the Engineering Category
- Brittany Hsu -1st Place in the Environmental Category
- Daeyoup Kim - 2nd Place in the Environmental Category
YES (Young Epidemiology Scholars)
- Top 12 National Finalist: MATT LAM
(Matt won a $15,000 scholarship)
Manhattanville - MASC - 2010
- Overall Competition Winner (2nd time in consecutive years)
- Pooja Rhambia, first place in Health & Medicine
- Nuvid Bhuiyan, second place in Environmental Sciences
NYSSEF (ISEF) Competition
Best in Fair (Individual)
- Nuvid Bhuiyan
Best in Category/Lightning Round
- DaeYoup Kim (Chemistry)
- Nuvid Bhuiyan (Engineering)
ISEF FINALIST –Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Finalist competing in San Jose, CA : May 8th -15th, 2010
- Nuvid Bhuiyan
1st Place:
- Nuvid Bhuiyan (ENG)
- Brittany Hsu (ENV)
- DaeYoup Kim (CHEM)
- Sahir Raoof (PHY)
2nd Place:
- Yvette Leung (ANS), Brandon Li (ENV)
3rd Place:
- Pooja Rambhia (MED)
SPECIAL AWARDS:
- Sahir Raoof - ISWEEEP Finalist, Army Award, Ricoh Award
- Yvette Leung – Society for In vitro Biology Award
- Pragya Kakani – Association for Public Health Award
- Brittany Hsu – Material Science Award
NYSSEF (Andromeda)
Best in Fair - TOP 10
- Helena Wang
- Lindsey Lam/Sagar Rambhia
- Hyeon Soo Jung
- 1st Place: Helena Wang (BEH), Lindsey Lam/Sagar Rambhia (Cell & Mol Bio)
- 2nd Place: Hyeon Soo Jung (MED), Courtney Wong (PS)
- 3rd Place: Manleen Singh (MED)
- Honorable Mention: Matthew Lam (BEH)
2010 Brain Bee
- Regional Winner-Yvette Leung
- 1st Place National Winner
- Yvette Leung
(Yvette will continue to compete internationally this summer in San Diego, CA – 8/12 - 8/15, 2010)
2010 Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
Finalists
- Brandon Li
- Pooja Rambhia
LISEF Competition
Best in Category
- Brandon Li
- Pooja Rambhia
ISEF FINALISTS – Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Finalists competing in San Jose, CA : May 8th -15th, 2010
- Pragya Kakani
- Brandon Li
- Pooja Rambhia
1st Place (Grand Awards):
- Brandon Li (ENV)
- Pragya Kakani (MED)
- Pooja Rambhia (BIC)
2nd Place:
- Rohit Basavaraju
3rd Place:
- Brittany Hsu (EVM)
- Michael Zhou
Honorable Mention:
- Zachary Porges (BEH)
- Daeyoup Kim (CH)
SPECIAL AWARDS:
- Brittany Hsu – American Meteorological Society, Ricoh, Stockholm Junior Water Prize, U.S. Army
- Mubarrat (Nuvid) Bhuiyan – National Society for Professional Engineers, U.S. Army, U.S. Metric Association, U. S. Air Force
- Zachary Porges – American Psychological Society
- Brandon Li – ASM International Foundation
- Rohit Basavaraju – U. S. Army
Ezra Levy High School Science Award
- Pragya Kakani
- Presentation Winner– Presenting at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry Meeting - Mount Sinai NYU Health Center, NY, NY: June 17th, 2010
Toshiba ExploraVision 2010
Honorable Mention
Janice Park, Sophia Hsien, Shelly Thai, Courtney Wong, Manav Kumar,
Matthew Lam, Yvette Leung, Pragya Kakani, Jaime Chang, Christopher Lam, Daeyoup Kim, Jordan Weinstein, Rohit Basavaraju, Cecilia Copperman, Harry He, Pody Uppal, Brandon Li, David Jung, Sagar Shah, Jason Wang, JeHun Son, Robert Guber, Sahir Raoof
Intel (STS) 2010 Semifinalists
- Brittany Hsu
- Brandon Li
- Yvette Leung
- Pragya Kakani
- Zachary Porges
2010 Neuroscience Research Prize
- Pragya Kakani
- Yang Liu
National Winner
- Prayga Kakani
MIT THINK 2010 Competition
- Finalist: Brandon Li
- Semifinalists: Courtney Wong
- Robert Guber
- Sagar Rhambia
Siemens Competition 2009-10 Semifinalists
- Mubarrat (Nuvid) Bhuiyan
- Pooja Rambhia
LI Psychology Fair
- Zachary Porges
2008–2009
Siemens Competition 2008- 2009 Regional Finalists
- Pooja Rambhia
- David Zheng and (Jeffrey Xu - Landon School)
Siemens Competition 2008 -2009 Semifinalists
- Priyanka Chopra
- Brittany Hsu
- Angela Jung and David Jung
- Pragya Kakani
- Esther Lee
- Tiya Nandi and (Susie Ahn -Herricks High School)
- David Weiss
Intel (STS) Competition Semi-Finalists
- Priyanka Chopra
- Angela Jung
- Esther Lee
2009 Toshiba ExploraVision Competition Regional Winners
- Manav Kumar
- Howard Su
- Michael Zhou
Intel (ISEF) Competition
- Brittany Hsu - 4th Place Grand Award
- Pooja Rambhia - 4th Place Grand Award
- Brittany Hsu - United States Army award - 3 ($1000) Savings Bonds; Office of Naval Research Award; U. S. Navy and Marine Corps - $8000 Scholarship
LISEF Competition
- Pragya Kakani - 1st Place - Cell Biology & U.S. Air Force Award
- Esther Lee - Honorable Mention & U.S. Air Force Award
- Tiya Nandi - AERTC (Advanced Energy & Technology) Award
- Christopher Lam & Matt Lam - National Society of Professional Engineers Award
NYSSEF (ISEF) Competition
- Brittany Hsu - 1st Place Award- & NOAA Pulse of the Planet Award
- Pooja Rambhia - 1st Place - Medicine and Health & Navy Award ($75)
- Matt Lam and Chris Lam - Top 8 team
NYSSEF (Andromeda)
- Jaime Chang & Sophia Hsien 1st Place MEH & Top Project
- Arpita Shah 1st Place - Cell & Molecular Bio
- Mubarrat Bhuiyan 1st Place - Biochemistry
- Rebecca Hong - 2nd Place Medicine & Health
- Brandon Li - 2nd Place Environmental Science
- Daeyoup Kim - 2nd Place Environmental Science
NYSSEF (Nebula)
- Sagar Rambhia – 1st place: Mathematics - Top 10th overall 9th grader
- Sahir Raoof – 1st place: Medicine and Health - Top 10th overall 10th grader
Molloy College Science Fair
- Sagar Rambhia - Mathematics Category - Top 20th overall
STANYS - State Science Congress
- Overall Senior Division Winner
- First Place - Rebecca Hong
- Finalists - Nuvid Bhuiyan, Rebecca Hong, Brandon Li, Sagar Rambhia
LISC Special Awards
- Nuvid Bhuiyan - Anna Weizenecker Memorial Award - $50
- Brandon Li - Dr. P. Ford Award - $100
- Sagar Rambhia - LISC – Best in Grade Award (9R) - $150
Highest Honors
- Brandon Li
- Nuvid Bhuiyan
- Sagar Rambhia
High Honors
- Rebecca Hong
- Brittany Hsu
Honors
- Arpita Shah
Achievement
- David Zheng
Meritorious
- Cecilia Copperman
- Matt Lam/Chris Lam
Rohm and Haas Invitational Science Fair
1st Place Awards
- David Jung & Angela Jung - Molecular Biology
- Pooja Rambhia - General Biology
- Sagar Rambhia - Computer Science
2nd Place Awards
- Sophia Hsien & Jaime Chang - General Biology
- Chris Lam & Matt Lam - Physical Science
3rd Place Awards
- Brittany Hsu - Environmental Sciences
- Pragya Kakani - Molecular Biology
- Tiya Nandi - Physical Science
Honors
- Cecilia Copperman - Environmental Sciences Brandon Li - Prototype Engineering
- Arpita Shah - Molecular Biology
Merit
- Mubarrat Bhuiyan - General Biology
- Rebecca Hong - General Biology
- Sydney Werber - General Biology
- David Zheng - Physical Sciences
Manhattanville Annual Science Competition (MASC)
- Pooja Rhambia - 2009 Overall Winner and First Place in Health
- Pragya Kakani – 2nd Place (Health and Medicine)
- Brandon Li – 2nd Place (Environmental Sciences)
- Sahir Raoof – 3rd Place (Health and Medicine)
Archive
Intel's International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2008
- Sana Raoof
Young Naturalist Competition
- Heather Kaufman, Semi-Finalist Award
Siemens Competition Semi-finalists
- Sharon Ji
- Esther Kwak
- Brienne Kugler
- Sana Raoof
- Qi Yu
- Adam Fields
- Ethan Hoch
Siemens Competition, Western Regional Finalist, 2007
- Adam Fields
Siemens Competion, Middle States Regional Finalists
- Sharon Ji and Brienne Kugler
Intel (STS) Semifinalists
- Samantha Ellner, Esther Kwak, Betty Jiang, and Rishi Chopra
Junior Science and Humanties Symposium Semifinalists
- Samantha Ellner and Vikas Anand
2007 Scallop Bowl
Second place winners
- Harris Moore (Captain), Qi Yu (Co- Captain), Samantha Bloomfield, Alexandra Hay, and Richard Zhang
Jericho High School Ocean Science Bowl Team hosted a scrimmage with the National Champion Ocean Science Bowl Team from Lincoln Sudbury, Massachusetts. The scrimmage was documented on film as part of a two year project for CORE, the Consortium for Oceanographic Research
and Education. The video produced from this project will be distributed nation wide as a teaching tool for all NOSB teams.
2007 Toshiba Exploravision Competition, Northeast Region
Finalists
- Yvette Leung
- Pooja Rambhia
- Sagar Rambhia
Long Island Science and Engineering Fair, Round Two
- Qi Yu, Brienne Kugler, Esther Kwak, Vikas Anand, Rishi Chopra, and Adam Fields
2007 Student Science and Engineering Fair Award Winners
- Alexandra Hay
2006
2006 Siemens Regional Finalists
- Adam Fields
- Briene Kugler
- Sharon Ji
2004
LISEF 2004
Suraj Rhambia
"Knowledge is Limited. Imagination encircles the world"
Albert Einstein
"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."
-Stephen Hawking
Contact Information
Dr. Serena McCalla
(516) 203-3600 ext. 3618
smccalla@jerichoschools.org
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