NCSSM won the top two spots at this year's North Carolina Regional Science Bowl held on Saturday, January 28 at North Carolina Central University.

 

This is the third year in a row that an NCSSM team will compete at the national competition. In 2010, NCSSM was the national winner out of 68 high schools.

 

NCSSM Winning Teams

Team A: 1st Place in the Region

Pranav Haravu, Captain

Tejas Sundaresan

Calvin Deng

Vipul Vachharajani

Yu Wang

 

Team B: 2nd Place in the Region

Carsten Peterson, Captain

Jaret Dawson

Ashwin Monian

Jason Liang

 

The winning team of this regional competition now goes on to represent North Carolina at the National Science Bowl held April 26 – 30, 2012, at the 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, MD. The national competition is managed by the U.S. Department of Energy.

 

About the National Science Bowl

The high school competition began in 1991 as the National Science Bowl (NSB) as a highly competitive science education and academic event among teams of high school students who compete in a fast-paced verbal forum to solve technical problems and answer questions in all branches of science and math. Each team is composed of four students, one alternate student, and a coach. Regional and national events encourage student involvement in math and science activities of importance to the Department of Energy and the Nation.

 

Regional science bowl championship teams receive an all-expenses paid trip to compete at the national event. High school and middle school teams travel to Washington, D.C. The national events are several days of science activities, sightseeing, and competitions. Teams enjoy the entire science bowl experience with prizes, cutting-edge science seminars and hands-on science activities.