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Texas Junior Academy of Science Competition Results

October 17, 2022

Plano ISD students competed in the annual Texas Junior Academy of Science (TJAS) competition held October 13th and 14th in College Station, Texas. High school students (grades 9-12) from across the state conducted research during the school year and presented results at TJAS through both spoken and written word.

 

Forty-nine Plano ISD students were accepted to present at the 2022 TJAS competition. Seven earned first place category awards and advanced to the second round of competition to determine grand prize winners in the physical and natural sciences; Plano ISD captured three of the six grand prize awards. All first place category winners have been invited to attend the American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS) Conference held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where they will interact with other students from the United States, as well as present their research to prominent scientists in the field through both oral and poster presentations. The 2023 AJAS/AAAS Conference will take place on March 2-5, 2023 in Washington, D.C

Grand Prize Awards

  • Otto Beall, Plano East Senior High, twelfth grade, engineering II - first grand prize, physical science

  • Amitha Mandava, Plano East Senior High School, eleventh grade, physics/math/earth and space science - third grand prize, physical science

  • Pranav Gorty, IB World School at Plano East, tenth grade, biochemistry/microbiology - third grand prize, natural science

First Place Category Awards

All first place category winners are invited to present their research at the American Junior Academy of Science Conference in March 2023.

  • Pranav Gorty, IB World School at Plano East, tenth grade, biochemistry/microbiology

  • Kevin Sun, Plano West Senior High, twelfth grade, chemistry

  • Arya Gurumukhi, IB World School at Plano East, ninth grade, engineering I

  • Otto Beall, Plano East Senior High, twelfth grade, engineering II 

  • Madhalasa Iyer, Plano Senior High School, twelfth grade, environmental science

  • Diya Shah, Williams High School, tenth grade, medicine and health/behavioral and social sciences I

  • Amitha Mandava, Plano East Senior High School, eleventh grade, physics/math/earth and space science

Second Place Category Awards

  • Zahara Jaffery, Plano West Senior High, eleventh grade, biochemistry/microbiology

  • Shriya Bhat, Plano East Senior High School, twelfth grade, biochemistry/microbiology

  • Prisha Bhat, IB World School at Plano East, tenth grade, botany/zoology

  • Arundhati Vankayalapati, IB World School at Plano East, tenth grade, botany/zoology

  • Syed Husain, Plano West Senior High, twelfth grade, computer science

  • Anushka Sridhar, Plano East Senior High School, eleventh grade, engineering I

  • Varun Sridhar, IB World School at Plano East, tenth grade, engineering I

  • Siya Tripathi, IB World School at Plano East, ninth grade, engineering II

  • Aneisha Gupta, Plano Senior High School, twelfth grade, environmental science

  • Shreya Halbe, Plano West Senior High, eleventh grade, environmental science

  • Katherine Lee, Plano West Senior High, eleventh grade, environmental sciences

  • Elizabeth Grandinetti, Vines High School, ninth grade, medicine and health/behavioral and social sciences I

  • Siri Peddinti, IB World School at Plano East, tenth grade, medicine and health/behavioral and social sciences I

  • Sheila Zhang, Plano East Senior High School, twelfth grade, medicine and health/behavioral and social sciences I

  • Ian Chen, Plano West Senior High, twelfth grade, physics/math/earth and space science

  • Ishan Vemireddy, Plano West Senior High, eleventh grade, physics/math/earth and space science

Third Place Category Awards

  • Chloe Lee, IB World School at Plano East, tenth grade, biochemistry/microbiology

  • Sydney Vincer, IB World School at Plano East, tenth grade, biochemistry/microbiology

  • Alexander Cheung, Jasper High School, ninth grade, botany/zoology

  • Dhroov Bharatia, Vines High School, ninth grade, computer science

  • Vedant Sundar, IB World School at Plano East, ninth grade, computer science

  • Sanjana Kumar, Plano West Senior High, eleventh grade, engineering I

  • Stephen Yang, Plano West Senior High, twelfth grade, engineering I

  • Sanika Nandpure, Plano East Senior High, twelfth grade, engineering II

  • Shivani Nathan, Jasper High School, tenth grade, environmental science

  • Manya Gummaraju, IB World School at Plano East, tenth grade, medicine and health/behavioral and social sciences I

  • Alanna Polyak, Plano West Senior High, eleventh grade, medicine and health/behavioral and social sciences I

  • Dhilan Nag, Plano East Senior High, twelfth grade, physics/math/earth and space science 

Honorable Mentions

  • Arnav Bhute, Williams High School, ninth grade, botany/zoology

  • Gabriela Miller, Williams High School, ninth grade, botany/zoology

  • Ashley Thomas, Vines High School, ninth grade, chemistry

  • Aditi Kavoor, Plano East Senior High School, eleventh grade, computer science

  • Meena Ramaswamy, Plano East Senior High School, eleventh grade, computer science

  • Raghav Ramki, Plano East Senior High School, twelfth grade, computer science

  • Trisha Desai, Jasper High School, ninth grade, engineering I

  • Meghana Praveen Reddy, Jasper High School, ninth grade, engineering I

  • Kelly Harr, McMillen High School, ninth grade, engineering II

  • Vedha Almeti, Williams High School, tenth grade, medicine and health/behavioral and social sciences I

  • Kaitlyn Fan, Jasper High School, ninth grade, medicine and health/behavioral and social sciences I

  • Andy Qin, Plano West Senior High, eleventh grade, medicine and health/behavioral and social sciences I



First Place Category Winners