Announcing the winners of our 2023-24 Student Contests…
Congratulations to all of our award winners, and thank you to every student and teacher who participated. Award winners were sent emails with further information. If you’re an award winner and didn’t receive your email, please check your spam folder. You can also contact us.
We’ll be announcing our 2024-25 Student Contests in the next few months, so stay tuned!
Antai Liu
First Place (High School Division)
Without a cheap and accessible energy source, a large chunk of the population around the world would still be languishing in the dark. Forcing the world to adopt renewable energy, then, is to rob them of their personal liberty and bind them to a schedule dictated by the whims of nature.
Isaac Gunby
Second Place (High School Division)
No, solar and wind are not the future. Humans long ago abandoned windmills and dams for power and opted for more reliable coal and gas. The best option for the next progression in energy technology is nuclear, but not nuclear fission.
THIRD PLACE
Alitheia West (High School)
Abigail Chediak (Middle School)
FINALISTS
Simon Anderson
Josephine Davis
Alice Duan
Caitlyn Falde
Bryan Huang
Jessica Jin
Gemma Martinez
Sara Solache
Alexander Noel Tokarev
Adam Zaw
SEMI-FINALISTS
Finn Byrne
Sarah Jane Holloway
Jakub Kozupa
Luke Miller
Lucas Orfanides
Jacob Owens
Hannah Riddle
Isabella Tercero
Foster Warrick
Allison Xu
Titus Businelle
First Place (Middle School Division)
In the United States of America, energy policies instituted by the Federal Government impact every citizen’s use of energy, which makes it imperative for smart policy decisions to advance reliable solutions for the growing energy needs.
Zoe Li
Second Place (Middle School Division)
Houston’s government has tackled the housing problem head-on. Being one of the major cities in America without strict zoning laws allows them to build many types of buildings, including apartments, which accommodate many more people in a smaller area.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Alina Bartlett
Fangyuan Cao
Brock Drover
Garrett Eberhard
Isabella Falcone
Michael Gao
Gabe Garcia
Xavier Hackett
Stephanie Hwang
Alissa Kellar
Violet Lotenschtein
Emmanuel McKay
Joseph McNicholas
Jawaad Merali
Keira Mueller
Megan Mulhern
Karina Nemeth
Anand Rajavarma
Connor Rodgers
Silvia Segatel
Hailee Sharp
Arian Taraporewalla
Ava Tomberlin
Oliva Victor
Violet Vinton
June Zaporojan
Aayan Zasmir
Rizza Carmina Cabrera
First Place (College Division)
Steven Ramos
First Place (High School Division)
Abraham Sorenson
First Place (Middle School Division)
FINALISTS
Rayan Alobeid
Coy Arnold
Matthew Brown
Jack Brzenk
Michael Gao
Jonas Jaritz
Rehan Mathew Koshy
Jackson Kuja
Henry Morgan
Olivia Orueta