LWSD students excel at state technology conference (2024)

LWSD students excel at state technology conference (1)

Lake Washington School District (LWSD) students had another successful showing at this year’s Washington Technology Student Association (TSA) state competition. About 200 students finished in the top three during the March 13-16 event. The categories are judged by technology educators and industry representatives. The top three in each category automatically qualify for the national conference in Orlando, Fl, June 26-30.

Here is a list of all the competitors who have qualified for nationals, along with their category and placing:

High School:

Eastlake

Music Production: Second Place; Tanya Acharya
Audio Podcasting: Fifth Place; Kritish Alli
Essays on Technology: Sixth Place; Kritish Alli
Technology Bowl: Fourth Place; Kritish Alli
Tech Problem Solving: Seventh Place; Arin Barde
Extemporaneous Speech: First Place; Arin Barde
Technology Bowl: Fourth Place; Arvick Chandnani
Audio Podcasting: Fifth Place; Parindev Dhayanidhi
Music Production: Second Place; Eeshani Elkunchwar
Dragster Design: Third Place; Ishan Jain
Webmaster: Eighth Place; Ishan Jain
Engineering Design: Fourth Place; Namit Jain
Engineering Design: Fourth Place; Dhaani Kalathia
Audio Podcasting: Fifth Place; Shaan Kalgaonkar
Coding: Eighth Place; Aadesh Kumar
Webmaster: Eighth Place; Aadesh Kumar
Engineering Design: Fourth Place; Winston Luo
Audio Podcasting: Fifth Place; Winston Luo
Coding: Seventh Place; Winston Luo
Webmaster: Eighth Place; Sarthak Narang
Engineering Design: Fourth Place; Sarthak Narang
Engineering Design: Fourth Place; Athreya Raghavan
Webmaster: Eighth Place; Rithvik Rathinasabapathy
Coding: Seventh Place; Adithya Saby
Audio Podcasting: Fifth Place; Arindam Sanyal
Technology Bowl: Fifth Place; Arindam Sanyal
Photographic Technology: Fifth Place; Neil Shah
Data Science and Analytics: Fourth Place; Prisha Shah
Data Science and Analytics: Fourth Place; Ananya Sharma
Future Technology Teacher: Fourth Place; Prisha Sharma
Tech Problem Solving: Seventh Place; Raghav Sunil
Music Production: Second Place; Yiwen Tang
Flight Endurance: Sixth Place; Sahil Tanpure
Audio Podcasting: Fifth Place; Sahil Tanpure
Webmaster: Eighth Place; Aarush Uli
Coding: Eighth Place; Lucas Varotto
Webmaster: Eighth Place; Vedanth Vijay
Music Production: Second Place; Corey Zhang

Tesla STEM

Biotechnology Design: First Place; Raghav Kalyana Sundaram, Sanjana Katti and Saranya Voruganti
Board Game Design: Second Place; Zixuan Shang, Sanskriti Sinha and Pallavi Thiruveedu
Data Science and Analytics: First Place; Shruthika Balasubramanian
Engineering Design: First Place; Iris Dey, Mehuli Nath and Saranya Voruganti
Engineering Design: Third Place; Achintya Agrawal, Saahiti Mamidipaka, Saranya Pammi and Abhinav Vallabhaneni
Forensic Science: First Place; Sanjana Katti and Grace Zhao
Future Technology Teacher: Seventh Place; Akshaya Gowrabathini
Geospatial Technology: First Place; Aaryan Dhingra, Tiana Dumitrescu and Prakshi Shukla
Manufacturing Prototype: Third Place; Layla Kaim and Arlene Shergill
On Demand Video: First Place; Brenda Li and Keerthana Radapuram
Transportation Modeling: Third Place; Rhea Singh
VEX Robotics: Second Place; Akshath Dommaraju, Mayank Pandey, Neil Parikh and Sathkrith Segu
VEX Robotics: Third Place; Shauryan Deb, Aaryan Dhingra and Farzad Hasan
Virtual Reality Visualization: Second Place; Bhanu Atmakuri, Vivaan Pradhan, Sacchin Saravanan and Krishnaprasath Senthil Kumar
Webmaster: Second Place; Achintya Agrawal, Shruthika Balasubramanian, Raghav Kalyana Sundaram, Pranav Kannepalli and Aryaman Rtunjay

Juanita High School

VR Visualization: First Place; Senuka Liyanage
Robotics: Top Five; Senuka Liyanage
Tech Bowl: Top Five; Senuka Liyanage
Webmaster: Third Place; Senuka Liyanage
VEX Robotics: Top Five; Arun Chandar
Webmaster: Third Place; Arun Chandar
Webmaster: Third Place; Harry Allen
Tech Bowl: Fifth Place; Harry Allen
VEX Robotics: Top Five; Harry Allen
VR Visualization: First Place; Wenjuan (Nancy) Zou
VEX Robotics: Top Five; Wenjuan (Nancy) Zou
Webmaster: Third Place; Wenjuan (Nancy) Zou
Webmaster: Third Place; Meena Arasada
Animatronics: Top Five; Shivani Venkatesh
Animatronics: Top Five; Bhavya Kottapalli
Animatronics: Top Five; Varshini Chandrasekhar
Career Prep: First Place; Varshini Chandrasekhar
VEX Robotics: Top Five; Samuel Atkinson
Animatronics: Top Five; Veer Shah
VR Visualization: First Place; Ameya Bhide
Debate: Third Place; Ameya Bhide
Career Prep: Third Place; Ritvij Garg
Debate: Third Place; Ritvij Garg
Extemp: Top Five; Ritvij Garg
Trebuchet: Second Place; Henry Mason
Trebuchet: Second Place; Aneesh Managuli
Animation: Third Place; Aadarsh Rao
STEM Mass Media: First Place; Bethany Hu
Transportation Modeling: Second Place; Bethany Hu
Concept Art: First Place; Ida Smith
STEM Mass Media: First Place; Carolina Proctor
VEX Robotics: Top Five; Hana Jacobs
Animation: Third Place; Jana Berahman
Animation: Second Place; Akshat Khatnani
Tech Bowl: Top Five; Mustafa Qazi
Trebuchet: Second Place; Tyler Hail
Trebuchet: Second Place; Marlin Wong

Redmond High School

VEX Robotics: First Place; Parthiv Saravanan
VEX Robotics: First Place; Shreyas Kakanuru
VEX Robotics: First Place; Rushil Molleti
Biotechnology Design: National Qualifier; Rashmi Joshi
Biotechnology Design: National Qualifier; Srijoshikavarma Pakalapati

Middle School

Finn Hill Middle School and Environmental Adventure School

Audio Podcasting: Second Place; Aashna Srivastava and Amelia Wiley
Audio Podcasting: Fourth Place; Alice Spacie and Lyn Wheeler
Career Prep: Third Place; Smira Chowdhary
Career Prep: Fifth Place; Winter Sinclair
Children's Stories: Fourth Place; Smira Chowdhary, Calais Gibson, Aashna Srivastava, Amelia Wiley and Kyra Yuan
Cybersecurity Foundations: Fourth Place; Tioluwa Femi-Osinubi
Data Science and Analytics: Third Place; Smira Chowdhary, Eden Orleow and Aashna Srivastava
Data Science and Analytics: Fourth Place; Lucy Ho and Keyu Zhou
Dragster: Third Place; Taylor Mineart
Essays on Technology: Third Place; Aashna Srivastava
Essays on Technology: Fifth Place; Ritisha Pandey
Fashion Design: Fifth Place; Samantha Jennings, Mihiro Leeman, Yiling Liu and Winter Sinclair
Forensic Technology: Second Place; Dylan Harrison and Grant Segesser
Leadership Strategies: First Place; Ali Wilson Greek, Rishika Raja and Priyankha Radapuram
Leadership Strategies: Fifth Place; Vincent Fan, Calais Gibson and Anoushka Kothari
Microcontroller Design: Fifth Place; Yaroslava Kvachova, Toya Pickard and Guy Segal
Music Production: Fourth Place; Christian Klein and Grant Segesser
Off the Grid: Second Place; Kareli Dotson, Tioluwa Femi-Osinubi, Samantha Jennings and Scarlet Smith
Prepared Speech: First Place; Lyn Wheeler
Prepared Speech: Fifth Place; Priyankha Radapuram
Promotional Marketing: First Place; Kay Levitt
Promotional Marketing: Fourth Place; Scarlet Smith
Promotional Marketing: Fifth Place; Kareli Dotson
Robotics Challenge: Fourth Place; Ruthvik Jakka, Momin Jawad and Arjun Parameshwar
Silent Film: Third Place; Eden Orleow, Ritisha Pandey and Kathryn Wright
STEM Animation: First Place; Yiling Liu
STEM Animation: Fifth Place; Laila Eghtedari and Jocelyn Jaimes
Tech Bowl: Finalist; Tioluwa Femi-Osinubi, Taylor Mineart and Grant Segesser
Technical Design: Second Place; Vincent Fan and Anoushka Kothari
Technical Design: Fifth Place; Smira Chowdhary and Aashna Srivastava
Vlogging: Third Place; Lyn Wheeler and Amelia Wiley

Kirkland Middle School

CAD Foundations: First Place; Ian Kroukamp
CAD Foundations: Second Place; Ruzgar Kilicli
CAD Foundations: Third Place; Tina Pigin
Microcontroller Design: First Place; Anna Horsfield, Olivia Lau and Deia Bracegirdle
Microcontroller Design: Second Place; Reina Chan, Tina Pigin and Darren Suwirya
Microcontroller Design: Third Place; Ruzgar Kilicli, Jax Rankovic and Jonathan Yang
Tech Bowl: First place; Abby Barendt, Ruzgar Kilicli and Rocco Beto
Mass Production: First Place; Abby Barendt, Anna Horsfield, Olivia Lau and Deia Bracegirdle
Mass Production: Second Place; Ruzgar Kilicli, Sienna Nobar, Layla Nagavi, Vanessa Beetham and Sasha Gamez
Music Production: First Place; Rachel Wang and Deia Bracegirdle
Music Production: Second Place; Evan Davidson, Calvin Ernsberger, Jeffrey Boehnen and Magnus Porter
Trebuchet: First Place; Jeffrey Boehnen, Khang Cao Minh, Calvin Ernsbuerger and Xavier Karagiorgos
Trebuchet: Second Place; Rocco Beto, Samuel Goodfried, Cyrus Quraishi and Magnus Porter
Video Game Design: First Place; Anna Horsfield, Abby Barendt and Vien Pogue
Video Game Design: Second Place; Kate Reynolds, Sara Usman and Olivia Lau
Children’s Stories: Second Place; Vanessa Beetham
Children’s Stories: Third Place; Layla Nagavi and Vien Pogue
Robotics Challenge: First Place; Darren Suwirya, Cyrus Quraishi and Noah Condit
Robotics Challenge: Third Place; Rocco Beto, Samuel Goodfried, Xavier Bain and Evan Davidson
System Control Technology: Second Place; Artin Azimi, Rocco Beto and Samual Goodfried
System Control Technology: Third Place; Noah Condit, Cyrus Quraishi and Darren Suwirya
Coding: Finalist; Reina Chan and Vien Pogue
Coding: Finalist; Artin Azimi and Jax Rankovic
Community Service Video: Second Place; Gavin O'Neill, Calvin Ernsberger, Oscar Maszhold and Massey Relph
Cybersecurity Foundations: Top Five; Evan Davidson
Digital Photography: First Place; Deia Bracegirdle
Dragster: Top Five; Tina Pigin
Essays on Technology: First Place; Rachel Wang
Fashion Design: First place; Layla Nagavi, Sienna Nobar, Vien Pogue, Kate Reynolds and Sara Usman
Flight: Top Five; Noah Condit
Flight: Finalist; Jeffrey Boehnen
Inventions and Innovations; First Place; Henry Harrison, Massey Relph and Michael Zimmardi
Leadership Strategies: Top Five; Vanessa Beetham, Vien Pogue and Kate Reynolds
Mechanical Engineering: Third Place; Xavier Bain, Samuel Goodfried and Oscar Maszhold
Mechanical Engineering: Top Five; Khang Cao Minh, Xavier Karagiorgos and Magnus Porter
Prepared Speech: Third Place; Rachel Wang
Promotional Marketing: Second Place; Gavin O'Neill
Technical Design: Second Place; Vanessa Beetham and Sasha Gamez
Vlogging: Top Five; Gavin O'Neill, Jax Rankovic, Jonathan Yang and Calvin Ernsberger