Broadcom MASTERS 2011 Semifinalists

The Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public (SSP) announced on August 16, 2011 the selection of 300 middle school students as semifinalists in its first ever Broadcom MASTERS™ competition. The Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering for Rising Stars) semifinalists come from 251 middle schools across the United States.

Semifinalist Name, Age, School, Location

Abbasi, Aamna (14)
Orange Crescent School – Garden Grove, CA

Abbott, Lincoln (13)
Boerne Middle School South – Boerne, TX

Aggarwal, Shruti (14)
Medea Creek Middle School – Oak Park, CA

Agrawal, Serena (14)
Keystone School – San Antonio, TX

Alsheimer, Quinn (12)
Spring Ridge Middle School – Lexington Park, MD

Andraka, Jack (14)
Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School – Hanover, MD

Anthony, Dee (14)
West Hills Middle School – West Bloomfield, MI

Armstrong, Alyssa (14)
St. Joseph-Immaculate Heart of Mary School – Austintown, OH

Asirvatham, Roshini (11)
Friedell Middle School – Rochester, MN

Augusthy, Sebastian (14)
Canter Middle School – Chicago, IL

Auster, Jeff (14)
Murchison Middle School – Austin, TX

Baker, Thomas (12)
Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation – Lynchburg, VA

Bakshi, Alexander (14)
Ascension Catholic School – Melbourne, FL

Balasingam, Namrata (13)
Challenger School- Strawberry Park – San Jose, CA

Barber, Justin (14)
St. Timothy’s School – Raleigh, NC

Beckman, Kelcey (14)
American Academy – Castle Rock, CO

Ben-Porath, Adam (13)
National Inventors Hall of Fame Center for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Learning – Akron, OH

Benedict, Braeden (14)
Saint John Fisher Parish School – Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Berg, Carley (14)
Redeemer Lutheran School – Kokomo, IN

Bethel, Meagan (14)
Doolen Middle School, GATE – Tucson, AZ

Bhetanabhotla, Sneha (12)
The Harker School – San Jose, CA

Blackman, Ethan (15)
Leakey Independent School District – Leakey, TX

Blonsky, Andrew (11)
Price Creek Independent School – Chapel Hill, NC

Bodnieks, Kiara (13)
Saint Rose of Lima Catholic School – Miami Shores, FL

Borden, Jeremy (13)
Saint Francis of Assisi – Louisville, KY

Bose, Meenakshi (14)
Howard W. Bishop Middle School – Gainesville, FL

Bram, Alanna (14)
John Adams Middle School – Rochester, MN

Braunstadter, Benjamin (14)
Spring Creek Middle School – Spring Creek, NV

Brown, Logan (14)
Alexandria Country Day School – Alexandria, LA

Butler, Jonah (13)
Sibley East – Gaylord Junior High School – Gaylord, MN

Campbell, Chad (11)
Topsail Middle School – Hampstead, NC

Campeau, Michelle (13)
Friedell Middle School – Rochester, MN

Chaikin, Claire (12)
St. Clare Elementary School – Lyndhurst, OH

Chandar, Jay (12)
Canterbury School – Fort Myers, FL

Chattopadhyay, Shubham (13)
Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology – Rockville, MD

Chavez, alissa (14)
Albuquerque Christian School – Albuquerque, NM

Chaya, Prathyoosha (12)
Summa West at Stoller Middle School – Portland, OR

Chen, Glenda ()
South Pasadena Middle School – South Pasadena, CA

Cheng, Alan (13)
Summa Acadamy South at Whitford Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Chhabra, Ria (14)
Renner Middle School – Plano, TX

Chiou, Lilly (13)
P. R. Leyva Middle School – Carlsbad, NM

Chorost, Zachary (14)
The Wheatley Schoool – Old Westbury, NY

Choudhary, Priya (13)
Stratford Middle School – San Jose, CA

Clemens, James (13)
Dr. Bernard J. Dubray Middle School – St. Peters, MO

Cobos, Sergio-Steven (14)
St. Jude Catholic School – Fort Wayne, IN

Coldren, Ethan (14)
Preston Middle School – Fort Collins, CO

Conlon, Ryan (12)
John Ireland Catholic School – St. Peter, MN

Craig, Jessica (12)
Sequim Middle School – Sequim, WA

Cundiff, Kendra (14)
Academy of Saint Bartholomew – Middleburg Heights, OH

D’Souza, Alicia (13)
C.M. Rice Middle School – Plano, TX

Dale, Olivia (13)
Summit Academy Junior High School – Draper, UT

Dasarathy, Dhweeja (12)
Birchwood School – Cleveland, OH

Davis, Kyle (14)
Big Walnut Middle School – Sunbury, OH

Davis, Anne (13)
Lake Comfort School – Swanquarter, NC

de Wood, Isabelle (13)
Tom Hawkins School – Tracy, CA

Deason, Michelle (13)
Grove Middle School – Grove, OK

Denfeld, Edmund (13)
Orange Park Junior High School – Orange Park, FL

Devanathan, Nirupama (12)
Summit Middle School – Fort Wayne, IN

Dholakia, Shashank (12)
Peterson Middle School – Sunnyvale, CA

Ding, Valerie (14)
Summa Academy North at Meadow Park Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Dodsworth, Nathaniel (13)
Stuart Middle School – Stuart, FL

Du, Justin (14)
Rice Middle School – Plano, TX

Edwards, Rhiannon (13)
Ethel M. Gildersleeve Middle School – Newport News , VA

Eveloff, Ryan (12)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Middle School – Los Angeles, CA

Fairchild, Elizabeth (12)
The Villages Charter Middle School – The Villages, FL

Fairley, Leigh Ann (13)
Laurel School – Shaker Heights, OH

Feeny, Daniel (14)
Woodside Elementary School – Woodside, CA

Frantz, Emma (13)
North Middle School – Colorado Springs, CO

Frieden, Kendra (13)
The Classical Academy – Colorado Springs, CO

Fu, Lisa (14)
Friedell Middle School – Rochester, MN

Fukunaga, Julie (13)
Elkhorn Middle School – Stockton, CA

Gallitano, Kaitlyn (13)
Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School – Dover , MA

Gandhi, Nimit (13)
LISA Academy West – Little Rock, AR

Garg, Aarush (13)
Detroit Country Day Middle School – Beverly Hills, MI

Garg, Hari (12)
Ranch San Joaquin Middle School – Irvine, CA

Garg, Sarthak (14)
LISA Academy West – Little Rock, AR

Garimella, Mihir (11)
Dorseyville Middle School – Pittsburgh, PA

Geisinger, Thomas (14)
Saint Andrew the Apostle Parish School – Gladstone, MO

Gersch, Hannah (14)
Saint Maria Goretti Catholic School – Arlington, TX

Goodman, Marlee (13)
Murchison Middle School – Austin, TX

Graham, Peter (14)
Summa Acadamy South at Whitford Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Grimmett, Maria (12)
The Weiss School – Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Guastella, Peter (14)
Stimson Middle School – Huntington Station, NY

Gudiseva, Sairam (14)
White Station Middle School – Memphis, TN

Guevin, Joshua (13)
Renaissance Academy – Phoenixville, PA

Gutta, Ramya (13)
Mason Middle School – Mason, OH

Hall, Lauren (13)
School of Science and Technology – Corpus Christi, TX

Hallam, Kaitlin (14)
Spanish Fork Junior High School – Spanish Fork, UT

Hamorsky, Jessica (14)
Bak Middle School of the Arts – West Palm Beach, FL

Han, Nicholas (13)
Summa Academy North at Meadow Park Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Han, Nathan (12)
Jackson/Mann K-8 School – Allston, MA

Harris, Katherine (13)
St. Francis of Assisi – Louisville, KY

Harris, Lily (14)
Challenger Middle School – Colorado Springs, CO

Harrison, Caroline (14)
North Oldham Middle School – Goshen, KY

Hart, Emily (13)
Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School – Lake Charles, LA

Hassan, Olinah (13)
Andover West Middle School – Andover, MA

Havel, Morgan (14)
DeLaura Middle School – Satellite Beach, FL

Heckman, Robert (14)
Kailua Intermediate School – Kailua, HI

Hellerstein, Josh (14)
Arthur I. Meyer Jewish Academy – West Palm Beach, FL

Henderson, Olivia (13)
St. Columban School – Loveland, OH

Higginbotham, Steven (11)
Grace Christian School – Visalia, CA

Hill, Matthew (13)
Desert Sky Middle School – Tucson, AZ

Hillier, Claire (12)
Tillicum Middle School – Bellevue, WA

Hintz, Danielle (12)
Roncalli Elementary School – Aberdeen, SD

Hively, Madison (13)
Urbana Middle School – Ijamsville, MD

Hoeckelberg, Tiffany (14)
Darnell-Cookman Middle School – Jacksonville, FL

Holcomb, Rae (14)
South Lake Middle School – Irvine, CA

Huggins, Esther (13)
Spratley Gifted Center – Hampton, VA

Hylak, Benjamin (14)
Sacred Heart School – Oxford, PA

Ida, Nicholas (13)
Fairmont Private School Edgewood – Santa Ana, CA

Ince, Duncan (12)
All Saints Catholic School – Lakeville, MN

Ivey, Carlan (14)
Memorial Middle School – Conyers, GA

Jackson, Nathan (13)
Kahler Middle School – Dyer, IN

Jain, Anirudh (13)
Summa Academy North at Meadow Park Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Jaini, Janak (13)
Stonewall Jackson Middle School – Mechanicsville, VA

Jesperson, Alexandra (12)
Thunderbolt Elementry School – Fleming Island, FL

Jojoa-Portilla, Manuela (14)
Margatert Green Junior High School – Cleveland, MS

Jones, Reilly (12)
Wortham Middle School – Wortham, TX

Jons, Carolyn (13)
Central Middle School – Eden Prairie, MN

Kadakia, Kushal (14)
Westbrook Intermediate School – Friendswood, TX

Kalair, Junaid (13)
Islamic Quranic Academy – Richardson, TX

Kam, Joshua (14)
Summa Academy North at Meadow Park Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Kamat, Rhea (12)
Jose M. Lopez Middle School – San Antonio, TX

Kamimura, Jordan (14)
Hilo Intermediate School – Hilo, HI

Karthik, Anjini (12)
Challenger School – Sunnyvale – Sunnyvale, CA

Katipamula, Shanta (14)
Carmichael Middle School – Richland, WA

Keating, Alexis (14)
Nysmith School for the Gifted – Herndon, VA

Kendrick, Coleman (13)
Los Alamos Middle School – Los Alamos, NM

Keremane, Saumya (14)
Earhart Middle School – Riverside, CA

Kerr, Janine (13)
Saint Joseph School – Danbury, CT

Kerrigan, Nicole (12)
Academy of Math and Science – Tucson, AZ

Kessler, Morgan (13)
Bunsold Middle School – Marysville, OH

Kessler, Jacqueline (14)
Millhopper Montessori School – Gainesville, FL

Khaira, Maneet (14)
Summa Acadamy South at Whitford Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Khan, Ayaz (14)
Abraham Lincoln Middle School – Gainesville, FL

Kharkar, Anant (13)
George H. Moody Middle School – Henrico, VA

Khaykin, Alan (14)
Oceanside Middle School – Oceanside, NY

Kidd, Christina (14)
Central Middle School – West Melbourne, FL

Kim , Sang-Chan (14)
Henderson Middle School – Atlanta , GA

Kirschner, Preston (13)
Conniston Middle School – West Palm Beach, FL

Klages-Mundt, Teva (15)
Winona Middle School – Winona, MN

Kocherovsky, Mark (11)
Orchard Lake Middle School – West Bloomfield, MI

Koenig, Cleo (14)
Stone Middle School – Melbourne, FL

Kojenov, Victor (14)
Summa Acadamy South at Whitford Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Kunka, Karina (14)
Powhatan Junior High School – Powhatan, VA

Kurji, Ali (13)
Jose M. Lopez Middle School – San Antonio, TX

Lall, Kriti (13)
Challenger School – Palo Alto – Palo Alto, CA

Landoni, Katherine (14)
Sequim Middle School – Sequim, WA

Lang, Samuel (13)
Valley Oaks Charter School – Bakersfield, CA

Le, Nathan (11)
Sierra Canyon Middle School – Chatsworth, CA

Li, Shixuan (13)
Bay Haven Charter Academy – Panama City, FL

Li, Qingkai (14)
LISA Academy West – Little Rock, AR

Li, Ray (14)
LISA Academy West – Little Rock, AR

Lim, Brandon (13)
Wangenheim Middle School – San Diego, CA

Lin, Jessy (14)
Commack Middle School – Commack, NY

Lin, I-Chun (14)
Schimelpfenig Middle School – Plano, TX

Lin, Anthony (14)
George H. Moody Middle School – Henrico, VA

Lindbloom , Kelsey (14)
Salida Middle School – Salida , CO

Loehde-Woolard, Hailey (14)
Mission Hill Middle School – Santa Cruz, CA

Loken, Sean (14)
Wishek High School – Wishek, ND

Lou, Anna (11)
Acaciawood College Preparatory Academy – Anaheim, CA

Lowry, Emily (13)
Pioneer Heritage Middle School – Frisco, TX

Ma, Benjamin (12)
Carden Day School of San Jose – San Jose, CA

MacKay, Evan (14)
Gifford Middle School – Vero Beach, FL

Mackintosh, Eleanor (Ellie) (11)
Good Shepherd Catholic School – Denver, CO

Maheshwari, Sagar (12)
Charles F. Patton Middle School – Kennett Square , PA

Malin, Heather (14)
South Asheboro Middle School – Asheboro, NC

Mani, Nitya (13)
Joaquin Miller Middle School – San Jose, CA

Mann, Jared (14)
Classical Conversations – Christianburg, VA

Markley, Jennifer (13)
Walnut Springs Middle School – Westerville, OH

Martin, Thomas (14)
Northern Guilford Middle School – Greensboro, NC

Martinez, Juliana (12)
Casas Christian School – Tucson , AZ

Mathew, Rohan (14)
George H. Moody Middle School – Henrico , VA

Mazza, Samantha (14)
Saint Margaret School – Rumford, RI

McKernan, Laura (12)
St. John the Evangelist School – Severna Park, MD

Meier, Mark (14)
Our Lady of the Visitation School – Cincinnati, OH

Miller, Ian (13)
Salt Lake Center for Science Education – Salt Lake City, UT

Mitchell, Stephanie (14)
Lenape Middle School – Doylestown , PA

Mohammed, Ayeesha (13)
Harmony Science Academy – Laredo – Laredo, TX

Monzon, Adriana (11)
Academia del Perpetuo Socorro – San Juan, PR

Mosley, Jacob (12)
Osceola Middle School – Ocala, FL

Mosley, Cassandra (14)
Osceola Middle School – Ocala, FL

Muckle, Andrew (14)
Our Lady of Mercy – Madison, CT

Muir, Aleesa (13)
The Classical Academy – Colorado Springs, CO

Mulamreddy, Trisha (14)
Keystone School – San Antonio, TX

Mulumudi, Suman (12)
The Evergreen School – Shoreline, WA

Myhre, Justin (13)
Woodcrest Christian Middle School – Riverside, CA

Naguski, Izzy (13)
Londonderry School – Harrisburg, PA

Nair, Sahil (14)
Beaumont Middle School – Lexington, KY

Nason, Zachary (14)
Briar Academy – Prairie Village, KS

Nathan, Neil (14)
Caddo Middle School – Shreveport, LA

Nayak, Siddharth (13)
Roberto Clemente Middle School – Germantown, MD

Negron, Alexander (14)
Lakeside Junior High School – Orange Park, FL

Noonan, Andrew (15)
Resurrection Catholic School – Lakeland, FL

Odzer, Nicole (13)
Highland Oaks Middle School – North Miami Beach, FL

Omais, Maya (12)
Theodore G. Davis Middle School – Waldorf, MD

Pallin, Madison (14)
Cloquet Middle School – Cloquet, MN

Panaparambil, Rohan (13)
Coppell Middle School West – Coppell, TX

Pande, Swapnil (13)
George H. Moody Middle School – Henrico, VA

Park, Michelle (14)
Renner Middle School – Plano, TX

Parrish, Margaret (13)
Adams Middle School – Tampa, FL

Parshionikar, Mihir (14)
Mason Middle School – Mason, OH

Partridge, Morgan (13)
Saint Philomena School – Portsmouth, RI

Patel, Sonam (14)
Fairmont Private School Anaheim – Anaheim, CA

Patel, Nikhil (12)
Sanford Middle School – Sanford, FL

Patton, Kyra (14)
Rachel Carson Environmental Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Pauca, Sofia (12)
Hanes Magnet School – Winston-Salem, NC

Peterson, Joseph (12)
Garfield Elementary School – North Mankato, MN

Pike, Sabrina (13)
Kealakehe Intermediate School – Kailua-Kona, HI

Poole, Crystal (14)
Thurgood Marshall Middle School – San Diego, CA

Potharaju, Sunny (14)
Metrolina Regional Scholars’ Academy – Charlotte, NC

Powell, Andrew (14)
Mount Vernon Middle School – Mount Vernon, OH

Prasad, Vidur (12)
Ferguson Middle School – Beavercreek, OH

Punjabi, Amol (13)
Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School – Marlborough, MA

Raboin, Tyler (13)
Seabrook Intermediate School – Seabrook, TX

Rafner, Jeremy (13)
Adeline E. Kent Middle School – Kentfield, CA

Ragland, Davy (14)
Parker School – Kamuela, HI

Rahangdale, Aneesh (13)
Maclay College Preparatory School – Tallahassee, FL

Rakocevic, Lara (13)
Summa Academy North at Meadow Park Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Ramanujan, Suruchi (13)
Harmony Middle School – Overland Park, KS

Ranganath, Kushi (14)
Rodney E. Thompson Middle School – Stafford, VA

Renier, Tim (14)
Holy Rosary School – Duluth , MN

Ridge, Jr., Thomas (15)
St. Peter School – Geneva, IL

Rocha, Ivanna (14)
Stone Middle School – Melbourne, FL

Roman, Alex (14)
Enoch Home Educators – Boca Grande, FL

Rowland, Samantha (13)
Tippecanoe Middle School – Tipp City , OH

Roy, Preeyam (14)
Summa Acadamy South at Whitford Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Ryan, Haley (14)
St. Rose of Lima School – Newtown, CT

Sandbakken, Tucker (14)
Diamond Fork Junior High School – Spanish Fork, UT

Sandeep, Sandra (13)
Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School – Hanover, MD

Sankari, Mohammed (12)
Eman Schools – Fishers, IN

Santos, Amy (13)
Benjamin A. Friedman Middle School – Taunton, MA

Sarkar, Orko (14)
George Washington Carver Middle School – Miami, FL

Sarkisian, Emily (14)
St. Mary’s Catholic School – Mansfield, MA

Savage, Evan (13)
Boulder Country Day School – Boulder, CO

Sawant, Nilay (12)
John F. Kennedy Middle School – Cupertino, CA

Sayana, Anin (12)
Challenger School – Sunnyvale – Sunnyvale, CA

Scheffers, Marielle (14)
Maclay College Preparatory School – Tallahassee, FL

Schenone, Mauro (12)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School – Germantown, TN

Schmidt, Kendall (14)
Maclay College Preparatory School – Tallahassee, FL

Schroeder, Oliver (13)
Saint Agatha School – Columbus, OH

Seger, Peter (13)
Valley Catholic Middle School – Beaverton , OR

Sekhar, Harish (13)
Ridgewood School – Springfield, OH

Sercel, Zachary (11)
Sky Mountain Charter School – Placerville, CA

Seshadri, Anish (12)
Stratford Middle School – San Jose, CA

Sevostianov, Vlad (14)
Sierra Middle School – Las Cruces, NM

Shaikh, Fizzah (13)
George H. Moody Middle School – Henrico, VA

Shankar, Nikash (14)
The Harker School – San Jose, CA

Shutthanandan, Swetha (13)
Carmichael Middle School – Richland, WA

Simpkins, Nina (14)
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School – Rockville, MD

Singh, Jai (13)
Overland Trail Middle School – Overland Park, KS

Sinha, Kapil (12)
Buena Vista Middle School – Salinas, CA

Slusarewicz, Joanna (13)
Beaumont Middle School – Lexington, KY

Smith, Karin (14)
The Classical Academy – Colorado Springs, CO

Snowden, Hunter (13)
Liberty Christian School – Argyle, TX

Somasundaram, Sriram (14)
The Harker School – San Jose, CA

Sooklal, Shiloh (15)
Stone Middle School – Melbourne, FL

Stewart, Robert (14)
Oceanside Middle School – Oceanside, NY

Stockwell, Matthew (13)
Miller County R-III School – Tuscumbia, MO

Sturm, Matthew (14)
Iao Intermediate School – Wailuku, HI

Subramaniam, Vivek (14)
Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School – Westborough, MA

Surdahl, Emily (12)
Saint John Catholic School – Bartlesville, OK

Suri, Simran (13)
Chapin School – Princeton, NJ

Sustich, Sara (14)
Douglas MacArthur Junior High School – Jonesboro, AR

Tandon, Tanay (14)
Peterson Middle School – Sunnyvale, CA

Tiwari, Mahesh (13)
Floral Park Memorial High School – Floral Park, NY

Tovinkere, Mahita (11)
Summa West at Stoller Middle School – Portland, OR

Vance, Preston (14)
Mueller Park Junior High School – Bountiful, UT

VanderKlugt, Matthew (14)
Holy Rosary School – Antioch, CA

Varadarajan, Vikram (14)
River Trail Middle School – Johns Creek, GA

Varma, Maya (13)
Sam H. Lawson Middle School – Cupertino, CA

Varma, Ashwin (14)
Westbrook Intermediate School – Friendswood, TX

Veltchev, Alexander (13)
Abington Junior High School – Abington, PA

Vredenburgh, Alexandra (14)
Pacific Ridge School – Carlsbad, CA

Walz, Stephen (13)
Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic School – Warren, MI

Wang, Steven (14)
The Harker School – San Jose, CA

Ward, Beatrice (13)
Andover West Middle School – Andover, MA

Waskowicz, Caleigh (12)
St. Thomas School – Southington, CT

Weaver, David (14)
St. Margaret’s Episcopal School – San Juan Capistrano, CA

Wehr, Thorsen (14)
Odessa School District – Odessa, WA

Weirather, Wesley (14)
Central Lee Middle School – Donnellson, IA

Wentling, Mary Elizabeth (13)
Landisville Middle School – Landisville, PA

Westover, Madeline (14)
Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart – Newton, MA

Whatley, Alexander (14)
North Houston Academy of Science and Mathematics – Woodlands, TX

Wheeler, Mabel (11)
Cherry Hill Elementary School – Orem, UT

White, William (13)
Hilton Head Preparatory School – Hiton Head, SC

Wisdom, Esther (13)
Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School – Falls Church, VA

Wu, Mingjia (13)
LISA Academy West – Little Rock, AR

Wynn, Emma (14)
Oquirrh Hills Middle School – Riverton, UT

Xu, Frederick (12)
Roberto Clemente Middle School – Germantown, MD

Xu, Sarah (13)
Dunlap Valley Middle School – Dunlap, IL

Yacavone, Haley (14)
Lake Asbury Junior High School – Green Cove Springs, FL

Yang, Qianqian (14)
Rice Middle School – Plano, TX

Yarosh, Micaela (14)
Murray Junior High School – Saint Paul, MN

Yuan, Shelby (14)
Doolen Middle School – Tucson, AZ

Zang, Cassidy (13)
All Saints School – Cincinnati, OH

Zhai, Alice (13)
La Canada High School – La Canada Flintridge, CA

Zhang, Sharon (13)
Summa Acadamy South at Whitford Middle School – Beaverton, OR

Zhu, Richard (13)
Sarah Gibbons Middle School – Westborough, MA

Zhuang, Condrea (14)
Plouffe Academy – Brockton, MA