Los Gatos & Saratoga High School Students Recognized for Achievements in STEM Innovation and Leadership in Nation’s Oldest and Most Prestigious High School Competition
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Los Gatos, January 13, 2023: The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District (LGSUHSD) is proud to announce that Los Gatos High School senior Rodrigo Cantu Valadez, and Saratoga High School Seniors Lisa Fung and Bryant Liu have been named as three of the 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2023, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Each student will be awarded $2,000 and their schools will also be awarded $2,000 for each scholar, in addition to the possibility of being announced as a Top 40 finalist on January 24, 2023.
The Regeneron Science Talent Search scholars were chosen from almost 2,000 applications from 627 high schools across 48 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and other countries. Scholars were selected based on their outstanding research, leadership skills, community involvement, commitment to academics, creativity in asking scientific questions and exceptional promise as STEM leaders demonstrated through the submission of their original, independent research projects, essays and recommendations.
LGSUHSD students were recognized for the following research:
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Rodrigo Cantu Valadez, Los Gatos High School
Project Title: Investigating the Effects of Carbon-Based RF Aerogels on DSSCs With the Purpose of Increasing Cell Efficiency
Lisa Fung, Saratoga High School
Project Title: Data Fusion for Movement Analytics: Evaluating Mobility Patterns During Wildfire Season Using Coupled Matrix-Tensor Factorization
Bryant Liu, Saratoga High School
Project Title: Deep Learning for Meditation’s Impact on Brain-Computer Interface Performance
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“I am so proud of these remarkable scientists and their thought-provoking projects,” shared Superintendent Bill W. Sanderson. “Together, along with their teachers, their motivation to use STEM toward their rigorous research and discoveries is just the beginning of the meaningful contributions they will make toward our community and the world.”
Throughout its history, the competition’s alumni have been honored with 13 Nobel Prizes, 11 National Medals of Science, six Breakthrough Prizes, 22 MacArthur Foundation Fellowships and two Fields Medals. The full list of scholars is available here: Top 300 STS Scholars
About the Regeneron Science Talent Search
The Regeneron Science Talent Search, a program of Society for Science since 1942, is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Each year, nearly 2,000 student entrants submit original research in critically important scientific fields of study and are judged by leading experts in their fields. Unique among high school competitions in the U.S. and around the world, the Regeneron Science Talent Search focuses on identifying, inspiring and engaging the nation’s most promising young scientists who are creating the ideas that could solve society’s most urgent challenges.
In 2017, Regeneron became only the third sponsor of the Science Talent Search to help reward and celebrate the best and brightest young minds and encourage them to pursue careers in STEM as a way to positively impact the world. Through its 10-year, $100 million commitment, Regeneron nearly doubled the overall award distribution to $3.1 million annually, increasing the top award to $250,000 and doubling the awards for the top 300 scholars to $2,000 and their schools to $2,000 for each enrolled scholar to inspire more young people to engage in science.
Learn more at https://www.societyforscience.org/regeneron-sts/.
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About Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District is a thriving learning community that supports all students to develop the skills, passions, confidence, and resiliency to pursue college and/or career pathways. Home to Los Gatos High School and Saratoga High School, our students are lifelong learners who demonstrate personal integrity, social responsibility, and positive physical and mental health. Members of the LGSUHSD community make meaningful and positive contributions to the world.
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