Competitions 2000

Recognitions from National and Local Competitions
Awards and Test Results
2000 - 2004 School Year

Middle School Competitions 2003-2004 School Year	National and Local Competitions 2003-2004 School Year	Mathematics Competitions 2003-2004 School Year
Competitions and Awards 2002-2003 School Year	Competitions and Awards 2001-2002 School Year	Competitions and Awards 2000-2001 School Year

Middle School Competitions, 2003-2004 School Year

MATHCOUNTS, Individual Competition for Baltimore /Chesapeake Chapter
1st Place: Joel Wheatley (Robert Poole - 8)
2nd Place, Team Competition,
Roland Park Middle: Michael Denchev, Catherine Kearney, Darian Bailey, Christian Wisner-Carlson
Alternates: Anne Juan, Grace Lee , Diem Vu
3rd Place, Robert Poole Middle:Joel Wheatley, Damien Liles, Nils Schwerzmann, Michael Houston, Amanda Franklin
5th Place, Southeast Middle:

Hope Ferguson, Patricia Makowski, Shameka McFadden, Kostas Protopapas
Alternates:
Sonika McFadden, Shawniece Gause, John Forakis, Tiffiny Swann
Mathematical Olympiads
The 6th grade at Roland Park received the Highest Team Achievement recognition for Division E.
The 7/8 grades at Roland Park received the High Team Achievement recognition.

• Highest scorer in each class receives a trophy.
• Silver Pins - 6th Graders who score 17-20; 7th and 8th Graders who score 20-23

• Gold Pins - 6th Graders who score 21-25; 7th and 8th Graders who score 24-25
Southeast:
6th Grade: High Scorer John Forakis, Silver Pin John Forakis and Patricia Makowski; 7th Grade: High Scorer John Charalambopoulos; 8th Grade: High Scorer Hope Ferguson and Steven Fotopoulos; Silver Pin: Hope Ferguson, Steven Fotopoulos, Sonika McFadden, Robert Poole, 7th Grade: High Scorer Damien Liles; 8th Grade: High Scorer Christopher Burgess, Silver Pin Christopher Burges.
Roland Park
6th Grade: High Scorer Calvin Croxton, Wugiong Fan, Gold Pin Wugiong Fan, Carly Wais, Rebekah Wheatley, Silver Pin Karl-Heinz, Gilbert-Wason, Alexandra Linn, Saul Wilson, Thomas Bauerschmidt, Melinda Weaver; 7th Grade: High Scorer Ella Bailey, Christopher Digregorio, Silver Pin Christopher Digregorio, Christian Wisner-Carlson, Peter Merritt, Zachary Paesani, Darian Bailey; 8th Grade: High Scorer Andrea Bell, Grace Lee, Silver Pin Grace Lee, Olakekan Kamau-Nataki, Catherine Kearney, Amelia Makowski, Edward Walsh, Frederick Dory, Anne Juan
Maryland Mathematics League, Certificates of Merit
The Roland Park 6th grade team ranked 19 of 56 participating schools:

Saul Wilson, Benjamin Boult, Wuqiong Fan, Alexandra LinnThe Roland Park 7th grade team ranked 15 of 51
participating schools:
Peter Merritt, Darian Bailey, Christian Wisner-Carlson, Christopher DiGregorio, Zachary Paesani The Roland Park 8th grade team placed 2nd in the Baltimore Region and 13th of 47 participating schools:
Grace Lee, Michail Denchev, Benjamin Bakkegard, Edward Walsh, Anne Juan
Morgan State Science Mathematics and Engineering Fair, Junior Division
Biological Science: 1st Place - Trang Diem Vu (Roland Park, Grade 8) Title: Don't Paint That Boat! An Experiment on How Copper Anti-fouling Paint Affects Plant GrowthPhysical Science: 3rd Place - Andrew Rybczynski (Roland Park, Grade 8) the Perfect Weight Earth and Environmental Science: 3rd Place - Amanda Nuth (Robert Poole, Grade 8) Title: What Is the Effect of Over-nitrification on Elodea PlantsEngineering: 1st Place - Tyrone Howard (Roland Park, Grade 8) Title: How does the Type of Fabric Affect the Amount of Charge Sent to the Capacitors?Team Project: 3rd Place - Trevor Barnett and MichaelHouston (Robert Poole, Grade 7)

Title: What is the Effect of Soda on Bones?Ernestine LeCator Award - Trang Diem Vu (Roland Park, Grade 8) Title listed aboveAmerican Society of Microbiology, Maryland Division: 1st Place - Joel Wheatley (Robert Poole, Grade 8) Title: How Does Mold Grow in Different Solutions?
49th Annual Baltimore Science Fair
There were 185 exhibits from Baltimore County, Howard County and Baltimore City. DIVISION II: Physical Science, 1st Place - Amelia Makowski (Roland Park, Grade 8) Title: Bubbles in MotionUS Army, Physical Science, Special Recognition - Clay Contee (Roland Park, Grade 8) Title: The Effect of Temperature on the Rate of SoundNational Security Agency - Amelia Makowski (Roland Park, Grade 8)
American Mathematics Competition (AMC-8) Participating schools nationwide - 2,737, Number of participants - 158,309
Average top score - 18.32, Overall average score - 10.27, Number of problems - 25, Honor Roll - for students scoring at least 20
Joel Wheatley (Robert Poole-8) 22, Honor Roll, First Place at Robert Poole
Michael Denchev (Roland Park-8) 20, Honor Roll, First Place at Roland Park
Saul Wilson (Roland Park-6) 18, Certificate of Merit
Wuoqiong Fan (Roland Park-6) 17, Certificate of Merit
Southeast Top Scorer - Javon Little 16

Recognitions from National and Local Competitions, 2003-2004 School Year

1600 on the SAT
Graduating senior, Jennifer Weston, scored 800 in both Mathematics and Verbal. Jennifer is the first Ingenuity student to score a perfect 1600 on the SAT. Jennifer was also the Valedictorian of the Class of 2004.
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)
4th Place Grand Award Recognition from Intel ISEF: Anna Kalmykov, 12th Grade, Rapid Proteonomic Identification of Sphingomonas wittichi Strain RW1
Intel ISEF Finalists: Rachel Pierson, 11th Grade, Neural Mechanisms of Figure-Ground Perception; Eric Rosenberg, 12th Grade, Improving Surgical Techniques through Measurement and Display of Cutting Forces in Visceral Tissue
NAACP's National ACT-SO Competition. The Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics in Philadelphia:
Ryan Harrison, 11th Grade. For his submissions in the categories of Biology and Computer Science Modeling of pH-dependency on Protein Secondary Structure Using a pH Routine Built on Rosetta.
Young Naturalist Awards National Finalist: Justin Tibbles, 10th Grade: " Determining the Impact of Effluent from the Backwater Waste Treatment Plant"
Morgan State University. Science Mathematics and Engineering Fair
2 Grand Prize Winners: Rachel Pierson, 11th Grade; Eric Rosenberg, 12th Grade
Biological Sciences Division.Rachel

Pierson, 1st Place: Neural Mechanisms of Figure-Ground Perception;Ryan Harrison, 2nd Place: Modeling of pH-dependency on Protein Secondary Structure Using a pH Routine Built on Rosetta
Engineering Division. Eric Rosenberg, 1st Place:Improving Surgical Techniques through Measurement & Display of Cutting Forces in Viscera; Russell Williams, 2nd Place: Comparative Analysis of Bridge Forms Using the Analysis Program MASTAN
Earth and Environmental Science Division. Ebonie Greene, 2nd Place: Analyzing Emission from Galaxies to Determine Galaxy Type
Other Special Awards & Recognitions:
Ebonie Greene: Analyzing Emission from Galaxies to Determine Galaxy Type - US Army Award Certificate
Ryan Harrison: Modeling of pH-dependency on Protein Secondary Structure Using a pH Routine Built on Rosetta - Dr. Esther Ridley Special Achievement Award for High Achievement in Biology; - US Navy Award Certificate, - US Army Award Certificate
Amy Peyrot: Community Disadvantage and Self-efficacy Affecting Personal Readiness for Community Action -US Navy Science Award
Rachel Pierson: Neural Mechanisms of Figure-Ground Perception - Dr. Kenneth Jerkins Special Achievement Award for High Achievement in Biology; - US Army Award Certificate: United States Department of the Navy Award
Eric Rosenberg: Improving Surgical Techniques through Measurement and Display of Cutting Forces in Visceral Tissue - Dr. Eugene Deloatch Special Award for High Achievement in Engineering; - US Army Award Certificate, - United States Department of the Navy

Award, - National Society of Professional Engineers Innovative Engineering Award, - NACE Foundation Certificate of Merit, - The Herbert Hoover Young Engineer Award, - Innovative NSPE Engineering Award
Brandon Roane: A Comparison of Membrane Destabilization Caused by Acetylated Sugars versus Non-Acetylated Sugars; - US Army Award Certificate
Russell Williams: Comparative Analysis of Bridge Forms Using the Analysis Program MASTAN - Yale Science and Engineering Association to Most Outstanding 11 th Grade Exhibit
The Baltimore Science Fair at Towson University
1 Grand Prize Winner, an ISEF Representative for the Baltimore Science Fair: Anna Kalmykov, 12th Grade
Physical Science Division. Charles Beebe, Honorable Mention. Analysis of Airflow in a Thermoacoustic Engine Using Three-Dimensional Scalar Mixing
Special Awards & Recognitions:
Charles Beebe
Analysis of Airflow in a Thermoacoustic Engine Using Three-Dimensional Scalar Mixing - Herbert Hoover Young Engineer Award
Anna Kalmykov
Rapid Proteonomic Identification of Sphingomonas wittichi Strain RW1 - 1 st Place from the Maryland Chapter of Clinical Laboratory Science
LaShawn Keyser
The Effect of Bisulphan on the Snapping Turtle Gonad - Award from the US
Commissioned Officers of the US Dept. of Public Health

Toshiba Exploravision Award
Our Team Received Honorable Mention: Justin Tibbles & Philip Nguyen, 10th Graders: Atlantis: City of the Future
The Physics Fair Competition at JHU
2nd Place on the Written Exam
Doichin Denchev, 10th Grade
3rd Place in the Marshmallow Tower Competition & 4th Place Overall Competition
10th Grade Team: Ben Carrey, Abe Davis, Doichin Denchev and Nahathai Srivali
The USA Biology Olympiad
Eight students scored above the national average (Score = 17.6). Most of the participants across the nation are high school seniors: Emma Call 9th Grade Score = 22, Alyssa Apolonio 9th Grade Score = 19, Jeremiah Cross 9th Grade Score = 19,Theo Sevdalis 9th Grade Score = 19,Charles Beebe 11th Grade Score = 18,Lynna Nguyen 9th Grade Score = 18,Greg Rossman 9th Grade Score = 18, Danielle Weissman 9th Grade Score = 18.

The Dupont Essay Award Challenge
Honorable Mention Entry. Ryanne Dennis : Determination of T-cell Responses of HSP70 Derived Peptide
Maryland Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
Paper Presenter: Ryanne Dennis, 12th Grade, Determination of T-cell Responses of HSP70 Derived Peptide
Paper Presenter: Eric Rosenberg , 12th Grade, Improving Surgical Techniques through the Measurement and Display of Cutting Forces in Visceral Tissue
A Team of 11th Graders Accepted to Participate in the Science Bowl: Charles Beebe, Ryan Harrison, Amy Peyrot, Brandon Roane.
Alternates: Tam Nguyen, Kim Smith

Mathematics Competitions, 2003-2004 School Year

800 on the Math SAT
Antonio Didonato scored 800, a perfect score, on the Math SAT. He is the seventh Ingenuity at Poly student to achieve this score.
American Mathematics Competitions
In February 2004, students participated in the AMC-10 (grades 10 and below) and AMC-12. Nationally, 250,000 students took the examinations. One Ingenuity junior scored in the top 5% nationally and two Ingenuity sophomores scored in the top 1% to qualify for the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME): Charles Tannouri (Junior), Jacob Mallott (Sophomore), Owen Hill (Sophomore).
2003 Mathematics Competition. University of MD, College Park
The contest consists of two tests; Part 1 is open to all students enrolled in high

schools in Maryland and DC. High scores on Part 1 qualify students to participate in Part II of the Competition. A total of 2,032 students took Part 1 and of that group 230 qualified for Part 2:
Qualifying to take Part 2: Clifton Mobbs (Senior), Charles Tannouri (Junior)
Results of Part 2: Charles Tannouri placed first in Baltimore City and Baltimore County
Maryland Mathematics League 2003-2004 ContestConsists of a series of 6 monthly examinations from October to April. Each examination has 6 problems. The Ingenuity at Poly team ranks 3 rd in Maryland. First Place - Montgomery Blair High School (Score: 177), Second Place - St. Alban's School (Score: 151), Third Place - Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Score: 148): Charles Tannouri (29/36) Junior, Abe Davis (28/36) Sophomore, Antonio DiDonato (26/36) Junior, Jacob Mallott (25/36) Sophomore, Jennifer Weston (25/36) Senior

Competitions and Awards, 2002-2003 School Year

Congratulations to Danielle Miller, Laura Cunningham and Emma Call, eighth graders Roland Park, for winning first place in the regional contest for the 2003 Future Citites Competition. They competed against schools from Maryland, Washington, DC and Virginia. To compete, the students were required to create a model city using the Sim City computer game, then build a three-demensional model of their city. They also made an oral presentation to a panel of engineers and architects, who selected their city as the winner. For their efforts, Danielle, Laura and Emma have earned a four-night stay at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington DC. They will represent Roland Park Middle School at the national Future Cities Competition, which will be held February 16-19, 2003 during Engineers Week.

Congratulations to Andrew J. Katona who won second prize in the 24th Annual (2002) University of Maryland High School Mathematics Competition.

Andrew took part in the first round on Wednesday, October 23, 2002 and advanced to the second round on Wednesday, December 4, 2002. Andrew then placed second in the state!

L. to R.: Karol Costa, Ingenuity Director, Andrew J. Katona, and Dr. Mikhail Goldenberg, Head of the Ingenuity Mathematics Department.

Competitions and Awards, 2001-2002 School Year

University of Maryland Physics Olympics
Third Place Team, Second Place Bridge Building Competition - Clifton Mobbs (10th gr).
24 Math Challenge
Division II: First Place Anne Juan (Roland Park - 6). Second Place Donte Mayo (Robert Poole -6), $250 savings bond
Division III: First Place Dwayne Ford (Robert Poole - 8) $1000 savings bond. Second Place Chris Allulis (Roland Park -8).
Central Maryland Physics Olympics at Liberty High School
1st Place, $1000 prize: George Cooper (Ingenuity), Andrew Gorman, Jamie Miller, Harry Malecki (Ingenuity), Clifton Mobbs (Ingenuity), Adam Black

Baltimore Science Fair
Division I: Honorable Mention, Harry Malecki, The ASM International Foundation; "Most Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science," George Cooper; Intel Computer Science Award, U.S. Army Physical Baltimore Science Fair; Colin Hayward, 2nd place, U. S. Army Physical Science
Division II: Honorable Mention, Clare Davis, Black Engineers, U.S. Army Biological Sciences
MathCounts
2nd place in Baltimore City Division, Coach Yelena Schwartz, Owen Hill. 1st Place in the Individual Competition.
AMC - 10: Charles Tannouri (9th gr.)
AMC - 12: Andrew Katona (11th gr.)
Four students qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Exam: Andrew Katona, Albert Hill , Tristan Gerritsen, Brian Chan

University of Maryland High School Mathematics Competition, Part I
This University of Maryland, Department of Mathematics contest had a total of 2,294 high school students take the test. Of that group, 240 scored 38 and above, qualifying them to participate in Part II of the contest. Three Ingenuity at Poly students have been invited to go to the next leve: Andrew Katona (score = 76), Brian Chan (score = 58) and Albert Hill (score = 54).

Maryland Mathematics League Contest
Two juniors, Andrew Katona and Alexi Leight-Pappas, solved 6 out of 6 problems correctly. Seven students solved 5 out of 6 correctly. They are: Albert Hill, Brian Chan, Raymond Yu, Eric Young, Trang Vu, Danielle McCullough, and Tristan Gerristen.
National Honor Society
Ingenuity at Poly Seniors inducted into the National Honor Society: Tiffney Cates, Cristal Cooper, Tristan Gerritsen, Lily Hoang.

Competitions and Awards, 2000-2001 School Year

Intel Science Talent Search
Submissions and Senior Research Projects
Albert Brzeczko: "Keeping Things Straight: Force Digitizer for Knee MosaicPlasty Surgery". Sponsor: The Johns Hopkins University, ERC for Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology
Michael Jackson: "The Use of NT2-GM-CSF as a Cancer Vaccine in Transgenic Mice". Sponsor: The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Melissa Martinez: "Synanthrophic Filth Flies as Mechanical Transport Hosts of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia duodenalis." Sponsor: The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health
Dallas Perry: "Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Metallic Glass Using the Flash Method." Sponsor: The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Dennis Spencer: "Laboratory Simulation of Space Vacuum: Survival of Deinococcus radiodurans and Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 to Extreme Dessication." Sponsor: University of Maryland, Center of Marine Biotechnology
Robert Watkins: "Shear Studies of Various Mixtures of Lubricants in Naproxen Sodium and Avicel PH-101." Sponsor: University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy
Tameeka Williams: "Detection of Intrasound in the Vocalization of Selected Terrestrial

Mammals." Sponsor: The Baltimore Zoo, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Yi Zheng: "The Synergistic Effects of pp32 Over-Expression and Apoptotic Drugs on a Prostate Cancer Cell Line." Sponsor: The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology
24th Mathematics Challenge
Tam Nguyen - Winner - Division 3 (Southeast Middle 8th grade INGENUITY)
Chris Allulis - Winner - Division 2 (Roland Park 6th grade INGENUITY)
Elaine Maher - Teacher Award (Southeast Middle INGENUITY teacher for grades 6/7/8
National Academic League
Roland Park team is fourth in the nation:
Jessalyn Timson, Brandon Roane, Alex Vizzi, Amy Peyrot, Charles Tannouri, 8th grade team stars.
30th Annual U.S.A. Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO)
Andrew Katona earns a formal invitation to participate in the USA Math Olympiad! Only 250 students from over 12,000 American Invitational Mathematics Examination participants are invited to take the USAMO.
JHU 3rd Annual High School Mathematics Tournament
1st Place Geometry - Sarah Elashvili (9th grader)
1st Place Algebra II - Brian Chan (10th grader)

3rd Place Algebra II - Albert Hill (10th grader)
3rd Place Trigonometry - Andrew Katona (10th grader)
3rd Place Calculus - Robert Watkins (12th grader)
3rd Place Team Mathematics Scavenger Hunt - Ingenuity@Poly students.
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at the University of Maryland College Park
Melissa Martinez chosen to present her research at the Symposium (12 students chosen from Maryland)!
Maryland Mathematics League
Certificates of Merit for their excellent scores on 6 mathematics exams:
Albert Hill, Andrew Katona, Robert Watkins, Tristen Gerritsen, Harry Malecki.
Morgan State University Science, Mathematics and Engineering Fair
1st Prize Winner in the Biological Sciences and the Dr. Kenneth Jenkins Special Achievement Award in Biology: Ingenuity at POLY 12th grader - Tameeka Williams
2nd Prize Winner of Biological Sciences and the Dr. Salters Best Achievement Award: Ingenuity at POLY 9th grader - Eric Rosenberg.

Maryland Presential Award
Felicity Messner Ross, Ingenuity Math teacher, Robert Poole Middle School.
Maryland High School Math Competition
2nd Place Winner - Ingenuity at POLY Math Team.
MathCounts
Roland Park Team won the 1st place in Baltimore City. Team Members: Charles Tannouri, Amy Peyrot, Rebecca Rehr, Owen Hill, Molly Broache, Matthew Katona, Doichin Denchev.
Intel Science Talent Search
Winners: Tameeka Williams, Yi Zheng, Albert Brzecko, Melissa Martinez and Dennis Spencer. These students completed their research papers and were the first Ingenuity students to enter the contest. The grand prize was a trip to Paris during Spring Break April 2001.
National Achievement Scholarship Program
Robert Watkins, Ingenuity Senior, is one of 1500 semifinalists named by the National Achievement Scholarship Program. The National Achievement Scholarship Program honors outstanding African-American students. The semifinalists were chosen on the basis of their PSAT scores in their junior year and can apply to be considered for more than 700 college scholarships.