Contacts:
Hiro Tanaka. 401-867-6699, hiro@brown.edu
Lick-Kong Tam, 857-204-7534. lkt@brown.edu
Nong Li, 617-899-6274, nong@brown.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, February 19, 2005
2005 New England Regional Science Bowl Held
Winner Nashua North High School
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Nashua North
Philips Academy B
Commonwealth A
Newton North A
Westborough A
Portsmouth Abbey
Hopkinton
Commonwealth B
Cranston West
Philips Academy A
Westborough B
Newton North B
North Andover B
North Andover A
Newton Country Day
Cranston East B
Cranston East A
Cranston East C
Nashua South
8-0
7-1
7-1
6-2
5-3
5-3
5-3
4-3-1
4-4
4-4
3-4-1
3-4-1
3-4-1
3-5
3-5
2-6
1-7
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0-6
BROWN UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE, RI—Above were the final scores for the
2005 New England Regional Science Bowl. After a nine-hour day of competition, seven
schools from across New England went home with prizes—Nashua North for first place,
Philips Academy for second place, Commonweatlh School for third place, Newton North
for fourth place, Hopkinton for Wild Card, Cranston East for sportsmanship, and
Cranston West for spirit.
MVP prizes were also given to Patrick Jiang of Philips Academy B, Jenny Oberholtzer of
Commonwealth A, and Brenda Haggerty of Nashua North.
Nineteen teams from twelve high schools competed in all, each team surviving eight
rounds of intense science questions. Teams consisted of five students and a coach and the
competition followed a typical trivia game format--members buzzed in on a buzzer
system to answer science questions read by a moderator. The questions spanned all areas
of science, categorized into the subjects of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics,
Astronomy, and General Science. Students saw no mercy from the bombardment of
science questions—the questions required the teams to draw from knowledge of science
history, to apply concepts to different situations, to perform quick calculations, and to
know various facts from all branches of science.
The students were also treated to guest lectures from Brown faculty, including a talk from
Dr. Antal Jevicki on String Theory and a talk from Professor Emeritus Barrett Hazeltine
about how science and engineering can aid developing nations. The students were also
given an opportunity to speak to Brown undergraduates and professors to discuss the
issues surrounding science education in college.
The event was coordinated by three Brown University undergraduates: sophomore LickKong “LK” Tam, freshman Nong Li, and freshman Hiro Tanaka. The event was
sponsored by Foxboro/Invensys, Ibis Consulting, the Brown University Physics
Department, and the Brown University Engineering Department.
Each member of the winning team received a medal and a hundred dollars worth of
prizes. First place also received an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., where they
will compete at the National Science Bowl. Second place received medals and fifty
dollars of prizes for each member, third place thirty for each member, and fourth place
twenty. The prizes for the top four teams consisted of gift certificates to Amazon.com,
Best Buy, Borders, and the Gap. The winners of the Wildcard, Sportsmanship, and Spirit
awards were given subscriptions to a science magazine of their choice out of Scientific
American, Popular Mechanics, and Popular Science.
More information can be found at the following websites:
New England Science Bowl Media Page
http://www.brown.edu/sciencebowl/media.html
National Science Bowl Media Page
http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/nsb/media.htm
The program from competition day can also be found at
http://www.brown.edu/Students/Brown_University_Science_Bowl/program2005.pdf
On the following pages are the team rosters and schedule of events from competition day.
Hiro Tanaka, Brown University
2005 New England Regional Science Bowl Competition
List of Participants
Team
Coach, Members
Commonwealth A Rebecca Jackman, Alex George, Joshua Haselkorn, Benjamin
Orlin, Irene Kaplow, Jenny Oberholtzer
Commonwealth B Rebecca Jackman, Paul Cavallaro, Miles O'Connell, Sarah
Gulick, Julea Vlassakis, Emily Hall
Cranston East A Howard Chun, Scot Dillon, Michael Spremulli, Eric Kalver,
Stephen Placido
Cranston East B Glen Modica, Daniel Hawkins, Ilene Trang, Chenelle Chin,
Jennifer Conti
Cranston East C Ann Walkup, Rachel Torman, Meaghan McCusker, Chansaly
Ker, Matthew Huang
Cranston West Patrick McMillen, Benjamin Gaines, Alexis Collins, Loc Phan,
Patrick Hanly
Hopkinton
Beth Carr, Marie Rivers, Mike Li, Lauren Helstosky, Simon Tao,
Mike Jones
Nashua North Allison Krones, Brenda Haggerty, Garrett Nelson, Mark Keller,
Michael Sennott, Jennifer Hauser
Nashua South Kathryn Tafe, David Illig, Andrew Edwards, Trinh Nguyen,
Katherine Kang, Nirali Shah
Newton County Day Coretta Tam, Cassandra Basile, Bethandette Buchanan, Juliana
Clough, Hannah Pham, Allison Kroner
Newton North A Laura Merrill, Ian Bullock, Jonathan Kalow, Richard Ellis, Anne
Xu, John Garabedian
Newton North B Xu Fang, Loren Chen, Ken Zhao, Ethan Tseng, Justin Song,
Voula Collins
North Andover A Jennifer Caroll, Mark Svendsen, Kunal Bhatia, Artie Nizamov,
Munjal Shah, MeiMei Zhao
North Andover B Kara Stamm, Leah Kramer, Neehar Banerji, Andy Bell, Blake
Wondrasch, Emma Palmer
Philips Academy A Catherine Roden, Harrison Greer, Zhang Zhang, Abigail
Hoglund, Grace Ha, Charles Li
Philips Academy B Kristen Johnson, Brian Liu, Stephanie Chan, Justin Chew,
Patrick Jiang, Cristian Chun
Portsmouth Abbey Robert Rainwater, David Dufresne, Rachel Wigton, Lucas Zipp,
Jonathan Samorajski, Zach Bazarsky
Westbourough A Todd Ryan, Ryan Stechler, Jon Ma, Sunil Vasireddi, Rob Qiu,
Sandeep Pathi
Westbourough B Anil Vasireddi, Shi Deng, Victor Fong, Eric Chang, Huan Meng
2005 New England Regional Science Bowl
Schedule of Events
Time
Event
Location
8:00 AM
Registration. Check-In.
Lobby
8:30 AM
Opening Remarks
Room 166
9:00 AM
First Period. Rounds 1-3. Rooms
assigned in program.
Assigned Rooms
10:20 AM
Morning Break. Light snacks
served in lobby.
Lobby
10:45 AM
Second Period. Rounds 4-6.
Rooms assigned in program.
Assigned Rooms
12:00 PM
Lunch. Pick up boxed lunches in
lobby, eat in rooms or in lobby.
Lobby/Classrooms
12:30 PM
Science Hour. Hear professors
speak, meet undergraduates. See
program for details.
Rooms 141/166/168
1:15 PM
Third Period. Rounds 7-9.
Rooms announced after lunch.
Assigned Rooms
2:30 PM
Afternoon Stretch. Relax, get
room assignments. Turn in ballots
for Spirit award.
Anywhere
2:45 PM
Fourth Period. Rounds 10-12.
Rooms announced during stretch.
Assigned Rooms
4:15 PM
Awards Ceremony. Final round
if necessary. Awards presented.
Room 166