Broadcom MASTERS Competition Semifinalists

The Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public are excited to reveal the names of the 30 middle school finalists in the inaugural Broadcom MASTERS competition. The 17 girls and 13 boys come from 14 states in addition to Puerto Rico and represent 29 schools. California and Texas have the greatest number of winners with four finalists from each state. These states are followed by Ohio and Oregon with three each; Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota and North Carolina with two each; and Arizona, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina and Washington. with one each. The Broadcom MASTERS finalists were selected by a panel of distinguished scientists and engineers from among 300 semifinalists, who were chosen from 1,476 applicants located in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

Stay tuned as the finalists head to Washington, D.C. in October to compete for the top education award of $25,000 presented by the Samueli Foundation, a gift of Susan and Henry Samueli, co-founder of Broadcom.

The names and geographic location of the 300 semifinalist names are listed below.

Competition Semifinalists

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

First Name	Last Name	City	State
A top
Aamna	Abbasi	Tustin	CA
Lincoln	Abbott	Fair Oaks Ranch	TX
Shruti	Aggarwal	Oak Park	CA
Serena	Agrawal	San Antonio	TX
Quinn	Alsheimer	Lexington Park	MD
Jack	Andraka	Crownsville	MD
Dee	Anthony	West Bloomfield	MI
Alyssa	Armstrong	Canfield	OH
Roshini	Asirvatham	Rochester	MN
Sebastian	Augusthy	Chicago	IL
Jeff	Auster	Austin	TX
B top
Thomas	Baker	Lynchburg	VA
Alexander	Bakshi	Melbourne	FL
Namrata	Balasingam	San Jose	CA
Justin	Barber	Raleigh	NC
Kelcey	Beckman	Castle Rock	CO
Braeden	Benedict	Rancho Palos Verdes	CA
Adam	Ben-Porath	Copley	OH
Carley	Berg	Russiaville	IN
Meagan	Bethel	Tucson	AZ
Sneha	Bhetanabhotla	Sunnyvale	CA
Ethan	Blackman	Leakey	TX
Andrew	Blonsky	Chapel Hill	NC
Kiara	Bodnieks	North Miami	FL
Jeremy	Borden	Louisville	KY
Meenakshi	Bose	Gainesville	FL
Alanna	Bram	Rochester	MN
Benjamin	Braunstadter	Spring Creek	NV
Logan	Brown	Pineville	LA
Jonah	Butler	Glencoe	MN
C top
Chad	Campbell	Hampstead	NC
Michelle	Campeau	Rochester	MN
Claire	Chaikin	South Euclid	OH
Jay	Chandar	Fort Myers	FL
Shubham	Chattopadhyay	Rockville	MD
Alissa	Chavez	Albuquerque	NM
Prathyoosha	Chaya	Portland	OR
Glenda	Chen	South Pasadena	CA
Alan	Cheng	Beaverton	OR
Ria	Chhabra	Plano	TX
Lilly	Chiou	Carlsbad	NM
Zachary	Chorost	Old Westbury	NY
Priya	Choudhary	San Jose	CA
James	Clemens	Saint Peters	MO
Sergio-Steven	Cobos	Fort Wayne	IN
Ethan	Coldren	Fort Collins	CO
Ryan	Conlon	St Peter	MN
Jessica	Craig	sequim	WA
Kendra	Cundiff	Middleburg Heights	OH
D top
Olivia	Dale	Sandy	UT
Dhweeja	Dasarathy	Highland Heights	OH
Anne	Davis	Swanquarter	NC
Kyle	Davis	Sunbury	OH
Isabelle	de Wood	Belmont	CA
Michelle	Deason	Grove	OK
Edmund	Denfeld	Orange Park	FL
Nirupama	Devanathan	Fort Wayne	IN
Shashank	Dholakia	Santa Clara	CA
Valerie	Ding	Portland	OR
Nathaniel	Dodsworth	Jensen Beach	FL
Alicia	D'Souza	Plano	TX
Justin	Du	Plano	TX
E top
Rhiannon	Edwards	Newport News	VA
Ryan	Eveloff	Los Angeles	CA
F top
Elizabeth	Fairchild	Summerfield	FL
Leigh Ann	Fairley	Bay Village	OH
Daniel	Feeny	Woodside	CA
Emma	Frantz	Colorado Springs	CO
Kendra	Frieden	Colorado Springs	CO
Lisa	Fu	Rochester	MN
Julie	Fukunaga	Lodi	CA
G top
Kaitlyn	Gallitano	Sherborn	MA
Nimit	Gandhi	Sherwood	AR
Aarush	Garg	Farmington Hills	MI
Hari	Garg	Irvine	CA
Sarthak	Garg	Little Rock	AR
Mihir	Garimella	Pittsburgh	PA
Thomas	Geisinger	Gladstone	MO
Hannah	Gersch	Mansfield	TX
Marlee	Goodman	Austin	TX
Peter	Graham	Beaverton	OR
Maria	Grimmett	Jupiter	FL
Peter	Guastella	Huntington Station	NY
Sairam	Gudiseva	germantown	TN
Joshua	Guevin	Phoenixville	PA
Ramya	Gutta	Mason	OH
H top
Lauren	Hall	Corpus Christi	TX
Kaitlin	Hallam	Spanish Fork	UT
Jessica	Hamorsky	Boca Raton	FL
Nathan	Han	Boston	MA
Nicholas	Han	Portland	OR
Katherine	Harris	Louisville	KY
Lily	Harris	Colorado Springs	CO
Caroline	Harrison	Crestwood	KY
Emily	Hart	Lake Charles	LA
Olinah	Hassan	Andover	MA
Morgan	Havel	Merritt Island	FL
Robert	Heckman	Kailua	HI
Josh	Hellerstein	Palm Beach Gardens	FL
Olivia	Henderson	Loveland	OH
Steven	Higginbotham	Visalia	CA
Matthew	Hill	Tucson	AZ
Claire	Hillier	Bellevue	WA
Danielle	Hintz	Aberdeen	SD
Madison	Hively	Urbana	MD
Tiffany	Hoeckelberg	Jacksonville	FL
Rae	Holcomb	Irvine	CA
Esther	Huggins	Hampton	VA
Benjamin	Hylak	West Grove	PA
I top
Nicholas	Ida	Tustin	CA
Duncan	Ince	Lakeville	MN
Carlan	Ivey	Conyers	GA
J top
Nathan	Jackson	Dyer	IN
Anirudh	Jain	Portland	OR
Janak	Jaini	Mechanicsville	VA
Alexandra	Jesperson	Fleming Island	FL
Manuela	Jojoa-Portilla	Cleveland	MS
Reilly	Jones	Wortham	TX
Carolyn	Jons	Eden Prairie	MN
K top
Kushal	Kadakia	Houston	TX
Junaid	Kalair	Richardson	TX
Joshua	Kam	Portland	OR
Rhea	Kamat	San Antonio	TX
Jordan	Kamimura	Hilo	HI
Anjini	Karthik	Sunnyvale	CA
Shanta	Katipamula	Richland	WA
Alexis	Keating	Monrovia	MD
Coleman	Kendrick	Los Alamos	NM
Saumya	Keremane	Riverside	CA
Janine	Kerr	Danbury	CT
Nicole	Kerrigan	Sahuarita	AZ
Jacqueline	Kessler	Gainesville	FL
Morgan	Kessler	Ostrander	OH
Maneet	Khaira	Portland	OR
Ayaz	Khan	Gainesville	FL
Anant	Kharkar	Glen Allen	VA
Alan	Khaykin	Oceanside	NY
Christina	Kidd	Palm Bay	FL
Sang-Chan	Kim	Atlanta	GA
Preston	Kirschner	West Palm Beach	FL
Teva	Klages-Mundt	Winona	MN
Mark	Kocherovsky	West Bloomfield	MI
Cleo	Koenig	Melbourne	FL
Victor	Kojenov	Beaverton	OR
Karina	Kunka	Moseley	VA
Ali	Kurji	San Antonio	TX
L top
Kriti	Lall	Sunnyvale	CA
Katherine	Landoni	Sequim	WA
Samuel	Lang	Bakersfield	CA
Nathan	Le	Northridge	CA
Qingkai	Li	Little Rock	AR
Ray	Li	Little Rock	AR
Shixuan	Li	Lynn Haven	FL
Brandon	Lim	San DIego	CA
Anthony	Lin	Henrico	VA
I-Chun	Lin	Plano	TX
Jessy	Lin	Dix Hills	NY
Kelsey	Lindbloom	Poncha Springs	CO
Hailey	Loehde-Woolard	Santa Cruz	CA
Sean	Loken	Wishek	ND
Anna	Lou	Anaheim	CA
Emily	Lowry	Frisco	TX
M top
Benjamin	Ma	San Jose	CA
Evan	MacKay	Vero Beach	FL
Eleanor (Ellie)	Mackintosh	Denver	CO
Sagar	Maheshwari	Chadds Ford	PA
Heather	Malin	Asheboro	NC
Nitya	Mani	Saratoga	CA
Jared	Mann	Christiansburg	VA
Jennifer	Markley	Westerville	OH
Thomas	Martin	Browns Summit	NC
Juliana	Martinez	Oro Valley	AZ
Rohan	Mathew	Glen Allen	VA
Samantha	Mazza	Seekonk	MA
Laura	McKernan	Arnold	MD
Mark	Meier	North Bend	OH
Ian	Miller	Salt Lake City	UT
Stephanie	Mitchell	Doylestown	PA
Ayeesha	Mohammed	Laredo	TX
Adriana	Monzon	Guaynabo	PR
Cassandra	Mosley	Ocala	FL
Jacob	Mosley	Ocala	FL
Andrew	Muckle	Madison	CT
Aleesa	Muir	Colorado Springs	CO
Trisha	Mulamreddy	San Antonio	TX
Suman	Mulumudi	Snohomish	WA
Justin	Myhre	Riverside	CA
N top
Izzy	Naguski	Boiling Springs	PA
Sahil	Nair	Lexington	KY
Zachary	Nason	Prairie Village	KS
Neil	Nathan	Shreveport	LA
Siddharth	Nayak	Germantown	MD
Alexander	Negron	Fleming Island	FL
Andrew	Noonan	Lakeland	FL
O top
Nicole	Odzer	North Miami Beach	FL
Maya	Omais	Waldorf	MD
P top
Madison	Pallin	Cloquet	MN
Rohan	Panaparambil	Coppell	TX
Swapnil	Pande	Glen Allen	VA
Michelle	Park	Plano	TX
Margaret	Parrish	Tampa	FL
Mihir	Parshionikar	Mason	OH
Morgan	Partridge	Swansea	MA
Nikhil	Patel	Geneva	FL
Sonam	Patel	Anaheim	CA
Kyra	Patton	Portland	OR
Sofia	Pauca	Winston-Salem	NC
Joseph	Peterson	Mankato	MN
Sabrina	Pike	Kailua-Kona	HI
Crystal	Poole	San Diego	CA
Sunny	Potharaju	Charlotte	NC
Andrew	Powell	Mount Vernon	OH
Vidur	Prasad	Beavercreek	OH
Amol	Punjabi	Northborough	MA
Q top
No winners.
R top
Tyler	Raboin	League City	TX
Jeremy	Rafner	Kentfield	CA
Davy	Ragland	Kamuela	HI
Aneesh	Rahangdale	Tallahassee	FL
Lara	Rakocevic	Portland	OR
Suruchi	Ramanujan	Overland Park	KS
Kushi	Ranganath	Stafford	VA
Tim	Renier	Duluth	MN
Thomas	Ridge, Jr.	Geneva	IL
Ivanna	Rocha	Melbourne	FL
Alex	Roman	Boca Grande	FL
Samantha	Rowland	Tipp City	OH
Preeyam	Roy	Portland	OR
Haley	Ryan	Newtown	CT
S top
Tucker	Sandbakken	Spanish Fork	UT
Sandra	Sandeep	Glen Burnie	MD
Mohammed	Sankari	Lafayette	IN
Amy	Santos	Taunton	MA
Orko	Sarkar	Miami	FL
Emily	Sarkisian	Mansfield	MA
Evan	Savage	Boulder	CO
Nilay	Sawant	Cupertino	CA
Anin	Sayana	Cupertino	CA
Marielle	Scheffers	Tallahassee	FL
Mauro	Schenone	Germantown	TN
Kendall	Schmidt	Tallahassee	FL
Oliver	Schroeder	Columbus	OH
Peter	Seger	Hillsboro	OR
Harish	Sekhar	Springfield	OH
Zachary	Sercel	Pasadena	CA
Anish	Seshadri	San Jose	CA
Vlad	Sevostianov	Las Cruces	NM
Fizzah	Shaikh	Glen Allen	VA
Nikash	Shankar	Cupertino	CA
Swetha	Shutthanandan	Richland	WA
Nina	Simpkins	Bethesda	MD
Jai	Singh	Overland Park	KS
Kapil	Sinha	Salinas	CA
Joanna	Slusarewicz	Lexington	KY
Karin	Smith	Colorado Springs	CO
Hunter	Snowden	Lantana	TX
Sriram	Somasundaram	Santa Clara	CA
Shiloh	Sooklal	PalmBay	FL
Robert	Stewart	Oceanside	NY
Matthew	Stockwell	Russellville	MO
Matthew	Sturm	Wailuku	HI
Vivek	Subramaniam	Westborough	MA
Emily	Surdahl	Bartlesville	OK
Simran	Suri	Skillman	NJ
Sara	Sustich	Jonesboro	AR
T top
Tanay	Tandon	Cupertino	CA
Mahesh	Tiwari	Floral Park	NY
Mahita	Tovinkere	Portland	OR
U
No winners.
V top
Preston	Vance	North Salt Lake	UT
Matthew	VanderKlugt	Antioch	CA
Vikram	Varadarajan	Suwanee	GA
Ashwin	Varma	Houston	TX
Maya	Varma	Cupertino	CA
Alexander	Veltchev	Huntingdon Valley	PA
Alexandra	Vredenburgh	Carlsbad	CA
W top
Stephen	Walz	St. Clair Shores	MI
Steven	Wang	Los Altos Hills	CA
Beatrice	Ward	Andover	MA
Caleigh	Waskowicz	Southington	CT
David	Weaver	San Juan Capistrano	CA
Thorsen	Wehr	Odessa	WA
Wesley	Weirather	Montrose	IA
Mary Elizabeth	Wentling	Silver Spring	PA
Madeline	Westover	Boston	MA
Alexander	Whatley	Woodlands	TX
Mabel	Wheeler	Orem	UT
William	White	Hilton Head	SC
Esther	Wisdom	Falls Church	VA
Mingjia	Wu	Little Rock	AR
Emma	Wynn	South Jordan	UT
X top
Frederick	Xu	Germantown	MD
Sarah	Xu	Dunlap	IL
Y top
Haley	Yacavone	Jacksonville	FL
Qianqian	Yang	Plano	TX
Micaela	Yarosh	Saint Paul	MN
Shelby	Yuan	Tucson	AZ
Z top
Cassidy	Zang	Cincinnati	OH
Alice	Zhai	La Canada Flintridge	CA
Sharon	Zhang	Portland	OR
Richard	Zhu	Westborough	MA
Condrea	Zhuang	Brockton	MA