HUNT VALLEY, Md. (June 22, 2015) -- The U.S. Army announced the winning teams of the 13th annual eCYBERMISSION STEM competition in an awards ceremony June 19.
eCYBERMISSION is a web-based STEM competition for sixth- through ninth-grade students designed to develop solutions to real-world challenges in their communities, according to Louie R. Lopez, eCYBERMISSION program manager.
"The U.S. Army is committed to providing students with engaging and innovative STEM competitions like eCYBERMISSION," Lopez said. "The accomplishments and talent of the students in the program are immeasurable. Congratulations to all national winners and STEM-in-Action grant recipients for their hard work and taking the challenge."
The sixth-grade national winning team is Team Water Warriors from Science Rocks U in Whiteface, Texas. Team members are Dwayne Scott, Kaden Moses, Kaleb Ruthardt and Elizabeth Casarez. Laura Wilbanks is the team adviser.
The seventh-grade national winning team is Team Hope 2 Others [H2O] from the Mirman School in Los Angeles. Team members are Christina Lee, Angela Lee and Samantha Morris. Arpa Ghazarian is the team adviser.
The eighth-grade national winning team is Team HydroPhysics from Naperville, Illinois, led by team adviser Srimani Chakravarthi. Team members are Prateek Dullur, Adarsh Mattu and Aditya Ramachandran.
The ninth-grade national winning team is the Power Ups from Jenks, Oklahoma. Team members are Hayden Hilst, Riya Kaul and Rebecca Mackey. Manju Kaul is the team adviser.
The winning teams were chosen from 20 finalist teams, which were selected from more than 7,000 teams that entered the competition this year. Each member of the four national winning teams received $5,000 in U.S. E.E. Savings Bonds (matured value), in addition to the $1,000 awarded to them as state winners, $1,000 awarded as a regional finalist and $2,000 as regional first-place winners.
Since the program's inception in 2002, eCYBERMISSION has awarded state, regional and national competition winners more than $10 million in U.S. Savings Bonds (matured value).
Five teams were awarded the AEOP STEM-In-Action grants. The national judges selected these $5,000 awards based on which teams proposed implementation plans prove their projects provide the greatest possible impact within their communities, according to Lopez. Each of the five selected teams will receive an award of $5,000.
The winning teams were: Secret Spyder Society, a sixth-grade team from Clifton, Virginia. Team members are Linnae Casebeer, Kate Geiszler, Ashley Yang and Madison Obermeyer. Team adviser is Adrianne Casebeer.
Also from the sixth-grade, Water Warriors from Whiteface, Texas. Team members include Dwayne Scott, Kaden Moses, Kaleb Ruthardt and Elizabeth Casarez. Team adviser is Laura Wilbanks.
Infection Protection, a sixth-grade team from Los Angeles was also selected to receive a grant. Team members are Rhea Madhogarhia, Rohan Madhogarhia, Natalie Barnouw and Siji Smolev. Team adviser is Arpa Ghazarian.
From Frisco, Texas, seventh-grade team Protons was selected. Team members are Rushil Chander, Ashwin Koduri and Sahitya Senapathy. Team adviser is Bhagyashri Chander.
The final team to be selected was SPOT-R, an eighth-grade team from Crossnore, North Carolina. Team members are Nathaniel Hardy, Suzy Clark and C.J. Clark. Team adviser is Elizabeth Hardy.
For more information on the programs available through AEOP, go to www.usaeop.com.
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