Triangle students advance in science contest

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Students headed for science contest

Six Triangle students will compete Friday for a chance to win the country's most prestigious science prize for teens.

The students will join 10 of their peers in Atlanta as regional finalists for the 2009 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology. Regional winners can win up to $3,000 and a chance to compete for the $100,000 national grand prize.

Five of North Carolina's seven finalists come from the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham. They are: Tian-Yi Jiang, Lanair Lett, Jinge Su, Di Deng and Patrick Yang. Yekaterina Shpanskaya, a home-schooled student in Raleigh, also qualified with her partner, Neil Shah of Greensboro.

National contest is battled with brains

Three North Carolina teenagers head to New York City this week to compete in the national finals of the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.

Lanair Lett, 18, a senior from Henderson who attends the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, is one of six individual finalists. Yekaterina "Katie" Shpanskaya, 15, a Raleigh homeschooler, and Neil Shah, 17, a senior at Northwest Guilford High School in Greensboro, form one of the six team finalists.

They're vying in one of the top high school academic competitions for a grand prize in each category of a $100,000 scholarship. The finalists made it through a nationwide field of 1,348 projects that was whittled down to 96 regional finalists and now 12 national finalists.

Aiming for a prize

Regarding the Dec. 8 article "3 in N.C. win Siemens prizes," it's fantastic to know that students from North Carolina won such a prize!

As an 11-year-old in sixth grade at Culbreth Middle School, I think it'd be really cool to create a project for the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, trying to get to nationals to earn scholarship money! It's also nice to see that North Carolina's schools are good enough to get people that academically ready for a competition for a college scholarship.

It's a great thing to look forward to. These students give me something to aim for, and make me a proud citizen of North Carolina.

Siemens Foundation awards scholarships

Two students from Chapel Hill took home national honors Monday after being awarded the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement.

Hae Rhee Chung, who attends the N.C. School of Science and Math in Durham, was honored, as well as Arnav Tripathy of East Chapel Hill High School. The awards include $2,000 scholarships.

The Siemens Foundation and the College Board recognize up to 100 students each year for high scores in Advanced Placement science and math courses; this year 81 were selected.

N.C. teens finish second in science contest

Two North Carolina teenagers captured second place today in the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.

Judges at the national finals in New York City announced that Yekaterina "Katie" Shpanskaya, 15, a Raleigh home-schooled sophomore, and Neil Shah, 17, a senior at Northwest Guilford High School in Greensboro, were the first runner-up in the team category. They'll share a $50,000 scholarship.

It was also announced that Lanair Lett, 18, a senior from Henderson who attends the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, finished in fourth place in the individual category. He'll receive a $30,000 scholarship.