Plano ISD Student Recognitions November 6, 2018 PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ACADEMIC Recognitions 191 National Merit Commended Recognition Students National Merit Commended Students PLANO ISD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL • Vaibhavi Hemasundar • Chinmaya Joshi • Gregory Kellmeyer • Nikhita Ramanujam National Merit Commended Students PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL • Hunter R. Akridge • Alvern E. Dyer • Ahmed Iqbal • Kaylie A. Ayres • Fenisha R. Franklin • Shaurya Jain • Bryce S. Banks • Grace A. Geevarghese • Soneet Kapadia • Abigail L. Blasingame • Trent S. Haines • Spencer Lee • Jeremiah H. Budiman • Matthew C. Hardy • Austin Li • Suzie S. Chang • Rakin Hasan • Alexander Lin • Gregory R. Colonescu • Hunter A. Helms • Caroline G. Mott • Teagan B. Downey • Brenna L. Hurley • Irika R. Nalla National Merit Commended Students PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL cont. • Sindhu Nemanan • Ishaaq M. Razack • Thomas A. Simms • Dristi M. Patel • Anna K. Richardson • Max A. Smith • Nadeem J. Patel • Sharin Salam • Varad V. Thorat • Vandan L. Patel • George R. Sayre • Lauren N. Truong • Rachael Pham • Chinmay K. Senapathi • Naveen Vimalathas • Tanner M. Pullen • Ashay A. Shah • Rishi S. Virani • Natasha Raman • Ashna A. Shah • Andrew D. Vu • Snehith S. Rayavaram • Haniya J. Siddiqui • Ansley M. Whitley • Kaitlyn Yuan National Merit Commended Students PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL • SuraJ R. Bhat • Jordan D. Doan • Hsiang Chien Ko • Reet Bhujel • Mehr Hakim • Nicole P. Kuo • Eric L. Chen • Victoria J. Hall • Kaleo C. Lee • Eshan J. Chhabra • Ariel Head • Benjamin G. Li • Keri E. Christian • Ashlyn L. Hillyard • Luke S. Li • Alyssa M. Cuff • Pranav R. Jagada • I-Jung E. Lin • Abigail D. Decoursin • Daniel Judy • Austin D. Liu • Saavni N. Desai • Mijwad A. Kabir • Leon Liu National Merit Commended Students PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL cont. • Lillian Marquis • Anuhya R. Sandadi • Kushaal K. Vaidya • Amanda M. Nguyen • Jacob A. Schmidt • Howard H. Yen • Abigail K. Parnell • Olivia P. Shih • Everlee A. Yong • Anvith K. Potluri • Timothy W. Situ • Caleb J. Yu • Ryan A. Priest • Ammarita L. Sorenson • Jonathan Zhao • Paul D. Romero • Aleena Syed • Steven Zhao National Merit Commended Students PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL • Alexander Akomer • Jack T. Butler • Xige M. Chen • Alyssa N. Akomer • Charles Cao • Zachary H. Chin • Victoria A. Ardelean • Lucia Carbajal • Lamont Chu • Jacob Bakhshian • Alexander J. Carruth • Sukfil Chun • Ayan Barua • Erica Chang • Eve S. Dauber • Ryan Beeler • Neel S. Chavan • Thomas W. Dean • Shanmukha S. Bodapati • Dhruv Chawla • Madison Doran • Ishan S. Brar • Albert Y. Chen • Kaci Emrich National Merit Commended Students PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL cont. • Max R. Fan • Anika B. Gupta • Riya Kattumenu • Madeleine A. Farmer • Chengzhi Han • Anjala D. Katuri • Dhruv Gaur • Jenna L. Hart • Aarushi Khandelwal • Sedona R. Giambalvo • Hannah M. Ho • Rohan Khera • Nathan R. Govindarajan • Kendra H. Huang • Francis T. Khuong • Aditya S. Guin • Ayush G. Iyer • Elliot Kim • Pranay R. Gundam • Hrithik Jha • Caroline E. Krape • Anusri Gunde • Ryan J. Kafka • Lauren Kung National Merit Commended Students PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL cont. • Annette S. Kurian • Emory J. McDowell • Irena M. Lee • Ryan M. McSweeney • Yenna Lee-Gannon • Nihal Mitta • Tiffany K. Li • Seyed Parsa Modareszadeh Esfahan • Brian H. Liu • Sojung Moon • Malvika Manoj • Shree Mukherjee • Basir Mansoor • Soham Mukherjee • Hayden M. Mant • Rahul K. Naik National Merit Commended Students PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL cont. • Vaibav Nandeesh • Jessica L. Qiu • Jared D. Skoro • Novin E. Nekoui • Andrei Racila • Nadav Spitz • Irene Y. Park • Viswajith Rajagopalan • Aahir Srinath • Varun Pasapula • Emiko L. Rinkliff • Daniel Sun • Dhvani M. Patel • Manish Samson • David L. Tallant • Shachi J. Patel • Mark Schara • Jenny Tan • Rayyan Punjani • Joseph K. Servin • Anna Wakita • Nabeeha K. Qazi • Shreyas Sharma • Derik H. Wang National Merit Commended Students PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL cont. • Derex C. Wangmang • Sophia A. Warner • William J. Waters • Harrison J. Wu • Jennifer Xia • Benjamin Z. Xu • Hunter Zacha • Michelle W. Zhang ACADEMIC Recognitions 32 Seniors Named 2019 Scholars by the College Board’s National Hispanic Scholars Program National Hispanic Scholars Program PLANO ISD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL • Gregory Kellmeyer • Katherine Kellmeyer • Elizabeth Mendoza National Hispanic Scholars Program PLANO EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL • Aidan Gomez • Andrew Guerra • Trent Haines • Clint Lozano • Liem Murphree • Andrea Pastor Villarreal • Jacob Simmons National Hispanic Scholars Program PLANO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL • Ethan Benavides • Mona Medrano • Jacob Carroll • Andres Moreno • Victoria Hall • Jimena Pratt • Jonathan Lopez • Paul Romero • Alexa Martinez • Helen Taylor National Hispanic Scholars Program PLANO WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL • Courtney Battieste • Mark Schara • Adeline Baumbach • Joseph Servin • Elan Biswas • Rachel Snyder • Lauren Bramlett • Samuel Stavely • Natalia Navas • Juan Vivas • Eric Pacheco • Dexter White SCIENCE Recognitions Six Eighth Graders Named in Broadcom MASTERS "Top 300" Broadcom MASTERS Plano ISD Broadcom MASTERS “Top 300” • Harshal Bharatia, Wilson Middle School, Intellitherm: So Cool, It’s Hot • Rithvik Ganesh, Rice Middle School, Diminishing Dementia: Piperine Derivatives as Inhibitors of the Angiotensin II Receptor, a Promising Drug Target Linked to Dementia Treatment • Charles Hou, Schimelpfenig Middle School, A Novel Approach to Increase the Efficiency of a Galvanic Cell Battery Using Graphene Nanoplatelets Broadcom MASTERS Plano ISD Broadcom MASTERS “Top 300” • Sophie Krajmalnik, Frankford Middle School, SANDRA (Serve and Data Results Analysis) Athletic Tech Glove • Sidhya Paddinti, Otto Middle School, AlzAlertPi: Facial Recognition Alert System for Alzheimer’s Patients • Neel Shanmugam, Otto Middle School, Feeling Feelings – Using Wearable Technology to Teach Autistic Children Emotion Recognition SCIENCE Recognitions Plano students place at Texas Junior Academy of Science (TJAS) competition TJAS Competition FIRST GRAND PRIZE • Kevin Meng, Plano West Senior High School: Physical Sciences • Alay Shah, Shepton High School: Natural Sciences SECOND GRAND PRIZE • Rachel Mammen, Jasper High School: Natural Sciences • Andrei Spiride, Plano East Senior High School: Physical Sciences THIRD GRAND PRIZE • Charles Hou, Jasper High School: Natural Sciences • Pranav Nathan, Jasper High School: Physical Sciences TJAS Competition FIRST PLACE • Charles Hou, Jasper High School: Chemistry • Rachel Mammen, Jasper High School: Botany • Kevin Meng, Plano West Senior High School: Computer Sciences • Deepti Nandakumar, Plano East Senior High School: Engineering – Energy • Pranav Nathan, Jasper High School: Engineering - General TJAS Competition FIRST PLACE cont. • John Rho, Shepton High School: Environmental Science • Alay Shah, Shepton High School: Medicine and Health • Andrei Spiride, Plano East Senior High School: Engineering – General • Nicholas Zhong, Plano West Senior High School: Physics TJAS Competition SECOND PLACE • Harshal Bharatia, Vines High School: Computer Sciences • Peyton Browder, Academy High School: Chemistry • Arshia Elahi, Plano Senior High School: Engineering - General • Arun Eswara, Plano East Senior High School: Engineering - General • Rithvik Ganesh, Jasper High School: Medicine and Health • Saisrinivas Gudivada, Plano East Senior High School: Earth and Space Sciences TJAS Competition SECOND PLACE cont. • Harshika Jha, Plano West Senior High School: Environmental Science • Hrithik Jha, Plano West Senior High School: Biochemistry • Benjamin Li, Plano West Senior High School: Engineering - Energy • Ethan Moore, Plano Senior High School: Engineering - Energy • Tanaz Muhamed, Plano East Senior High School: Behavioral and Social Sciences • Arnav Murthy, Clark High School: Environmental Science TJAS Competition SECOND PLACE cont. • Benson Ngai, Shepton High School: Engineering - Energy • Arjun Raghuram, Plano East Senior High School: Medicine and Health • Navya Ramakrishnan, Jasper High School: Computer Sciences • Ananya Sridhar, Plano East Senior High School: Engineering - General • Paritosh Suri, Plano West Senior High School: Engineering - General • Annie Zhi, Plano Senior High School: Environmental Science TJAS Competition THIRD PLACE • Claire Chiang, Shepton High School: Biochemistry • Akanksha Deka, Plano East Senior High School: Microbiology • Ishaan Javali, Plano East Senior High School: Engineering - General • Nila Jeyapriya, Plano East Senior High School: Computer Sciences • Harini Kanamarlapudi, Jasper High School: Medicine and Health • Rohan Khera, Plano West Senior High School: Engineering – General TJAS Competition THIRD PLACE cont. • Nethra Krishnan, Jasper High School: Engineering - General • Olivia McCoy, Plano East Senior High School: Botany • Kavya Muralidhar, Plano East Senior High School: Botany • Moksh Nirvaan, Clark High School: Engineering - General • Sidhya Peddinti, Plano East Senior High School: Computer Sciences • Pranathi Pilla, Jasper High School: Microbiology TJAS Competition THIRD PLACE cont. • Kunj Tapiawala, Williams High School: Environmental Science • Risha Valera, Plano West Senior High School: Engineering - General • Keshav Vasanth, Plano East Senior High School: Engineering - General • Arnold Venter, Shepton High School: Engineering - General • Brian Vo, Williams High School: Engineering - Energy TJAS Competition HONORABLE MENTION • Anjali Brown, Shepton High School: Microbiology • Danielle Furman, Shepton High School: Engineering - Energy • Sophie Krajmalnik, Shepton High School: Engineering - General • Pratyush Mallick, Williams High School: Medicine and Health • Rachel Mannon, Plano Senior High School: Behavioral and Social Sciences TJAS Competition HONORABLE MENTION cont. • Simran Misra, Shepton High School: Microbiology • Rishi Niranjan, Shepton High School: Engineering – Energy • Aditya Panda, Jasper High School: Computer Sciences • Rajiv Swamy, Plano East Senior High School: Chemistry.