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Northwest/Weaver student wins big science award
Northwest Guilford High (and Weaver Academy) senior Neil Shah and his partner Yekaterina Shpanskaya, a Raleigh sophomore, are the first runners up in the team division of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology.
The pair studied fusion reactor data by using advanced computer technology to simulate a fusion reactor. The analysis won Shah and Shpanskaya a $50,000 shared scholarship.
There were 20 national finalists in this year’s competition including six teams and six individuals.
A team of three students won the team division prize of a $100,000 scholarship with their work in graph theory. The research tackled a math problem that has been open since 1978.
Interesting note, the bio info from Siemens says that Shpanskaya tutors N.C. State students in math. That's gotta be humbling.
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