WCS Students Show Off Skills at TSA State Leadership Conference

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  • Published March 26, 2024

    Students across the district showcased their technological and engineering skills at the Tennessee Technology Student Association (TSA) State Leadership Conference March 6-9.

    Students from Ravenwood High placed first in five categories. Manu Kalasikam, Varun Kilaru, Samuel Michael, Yug Patel, Adam Rakhmanov and Malvika Rao won the Biotechnology Design competition. Erica Goh, Laasya Kandali, Varshini Mohanasekaran, Anushri Mukherjee, Harshita Nallaka and Meghana Sappidi placed first in the Children's Stories category. Rohan Kilaru and Aneek Polepalli won the Structural Design and Engineering category, and Srikar Kusumanchi and Satya Peddibhotla placed first in the Software Development competition. Vihaan Bussa, Caelan Dunlea, Rohan Kilaru, Varun Kilaru, Aneek Polepalli and Koushik Sanjay Saravana Kumar won the VEX Robotics Competition. Their adviser is Jeremy Paisley.

    "We would like to congratulate all the students who participated in the Tennessee TSA State Conference," Paisley said. "Ravenwood's Yug Patel served as the president for the Tennessee TSA this year, overseeing many of the conference activities. For the 2024-25 school year, we will have two Ravenwood students serving as TSA State officers. Arnav Mehta will be serving as vice president, and Onella Sharma will serve as sergeant-at-arms."

    Ravenwood High's Malvika Rao was also awarded the Dustin Heavilon Engineering Award and Scholarship.

    From Franklin High, Sri Inampudi and Ridham Ohri placed first in the Debating Technological Issues category. Their adviser is Shane Mcneill.

    From Page High, Tommy Delk, Evan Moore, Bailey Murray, Huntley Peck, Arhaan Shaik and Amith Sudhagoni placed first in the Engineering Design category. Aparna Bindra won the Extemporaneous Speech category, and Shruthika Kakumani and Shruthi Mogan won the Forensic Science category. Erica Bowman placed first in Prepared Presentation, and Bailey Murray placed first in Promotional Design. Shivam Bhardwaj, Logan Garland and Shruthi Mogan won the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Mass Media category, and Shruthika Kakumani, Shruthi Mogan and Evan Moore won the Tech Bowl. Their adviser is Jay Emmons.

    Legacy Middle also had numerous first-place finishes including Joel Parker in Cybersecurity; Whit Lacey, Dalton Mauk and Clayton Kelley in Inventions and Innovations; Max Penix, Kai Schwab, Eston Sharp, Caroline Scogins and Avery Shelton in Off the Grid; Kai Schwab and Ryan Dugar in Problem Solving; Lleyton Taylor and Maverick Rupert in Technical Design; and Dash McLeod, Whit Lacey and Daniel Baugh in Tech Bowl. Their advisers are Robert Baltz and Amber Whiting.

    Congratulations to the students listed below, who placed within the top three in their category. Teams that placed high enough are eligible to compete in the National TSA Conference this summer.

  • Legacy Middle

    Career Prep

    • Second: Matthew Clements
    • Third: Kaya Jones

    Children's Stories

    • Third: Joel Parker, Garrett Abate and Charlie Burke

    Construction Challenge

    • Third: Graicyn Shechter-Clarke and Alex Murthy

    Cybersecurity

    • First: Joel Parker

    Flight

    • Second: Owen Tarr

    Inventions and Innovations

    • First: Whit Lacey, Dalton Mauk and Clayton Kelley
    • Second: Dash McLeod, Lleyton Taylor, Maverick Rupert, Roland Eades and Ryan Dugar

    Junior Solar Sprint

    • Second: Matthew Clements, Dash McLeod and Lleyton Taylor
    • Third: Joel Parker, Garrett Abate, Coroline Scogins and Owen Tarr

    Leadership Strategies

    • Third: Matthew Clements, Kaya Jones and Max Penix

    Mass Production

    • Second: Daniel Baugh, Kai Schwab and Maverick Rupert

    Mechanical Engineering

    • Second: Roland Eades and Alex Murthy

    Off the Grid

    • First: Max Penix, Kai Schwab, Eston Sharp, Caroline Scogins and Avery Shelton

    Problem Solving

    • First: Kai Schwab and Ryan Dugar

    Structural Engineering 

    • Second: Matthew Clements and Clayton Kelley

    Tech Bowl

    • First: Dash McLeod, Whit Lacey and Daniel Baugh
    • Second: Joel Parker, Garrett Abate and Charlie Burke

    Technical Design

    • First: Lleyton Taylor and Maverick Rupert
    • Second: Daniel Baugh and Dash McLeod

    Video Game Design

    • Second: Daniel Baugh, Kai Schwab, Dash McLeod, Lleyton Taylor and Eston Sharp

    Franklin High

    Debating Technological Issues

    • First: Sri Inampudi and Ridham Ohri

    Engineering Design

    • Second: Sri Inampudi and Ridham Ohri

    Page High

    Engineering Design

    • First: Tommy Delk, Evan Moore, Bailey Murray, Huntley Peck, Arhaan Shaik and Amith Sudhagoni

    Extemporaneous Speech

    • First: Aparna Bindra

    Forensic Science

    • First: Shruthika Kakumani and Shruthi Mogan

    Manufacturing Prototype

    • Second: Tommy Delk, Saanvi Khosla, Gabriele Redding and Reegan Stanton

    Prepared Presentation

    • First: Erica Bowman

    Promotional Design

    • First: Bailey Murray

    STEM Mass Media

    • First: Shivam Bhardwaj, Logan Garland and Shruthi Mogan

    Tech Bowl

    • First: Shruthika Kakumani, Shruthi Mogan and Evan Moore
    • Second: Sreenesh Allu, Akhilan Muralidharan and Nishanth Sundar

  • Ravenwood High

    Biotechnology Design

    • First: Manu Kalasikam, Varun Kilaru, Samuel Michael, Yug Patel, Adam Rakhmanov and Malvika Rao

    Children's Stories

    • First: Erica Goh, Laasya Kandali, Varshini Mohanasekaran, Anushri Mukherjee, Harshita Nallaka and Meghana Sappidi

    Data Science and Analytics

    • Third: Yug Patel and Malvika Rao

    Debating Technological Issues

    • Third: Vedant Misra and Darsh Shrivastava

    Digital Video Production

    • Second: Akash Ashwin, Abigail Goddard, Sowmil Kumble, Joaquin Neeley, Meghana Sappidi and Vighnesh Vijayakumar

    Drone Challenge

    • Second: Vihaan Bussa, Sashank Dara, Pranav Guttikonda, Srikar Kusumanchi, Vedant Misra and Shrivatsan Venkatraman

    Extemporaneous Speech

    • Third: Yug Patel

    Flight Endurance

    • Third: Evan Daruwalla

    Forensic Science

    • Second: Malvika Rao and Janvi Vashishtha

    Future Technology and Engineering Teacher

    • Third: Mithun Titus Maria Ruban Raj

    On Demand Video

    • Second: Akash Ashwin, Gautham Giri, Sowmil Kumble, Joaquin Neeley and Vighnesh Vijayakumar

    Photographic Technology

    • Second: Abigail Goddard

    Prepared Presentation

    • Third: Abhinav Vijayanand

    Promotional Design

    • Second: Meghana Sappidi

    Senior Solar Sprint

    • Third: Advik Anand, Aryan Chaitanya, Vivaan Rochlani

    Software Development

    • First: Srikar Kusumanchi and Satya Peddibholta

    STEM Mass Media

    • Second: Emily Immordino, Varshini Mohanasekaran and Harshita Nallaka

    Structural Design and Engineering

    • First: Rohan Kilaru and Aneek Polepalli

    System Control Technology

    • Second: Sashank Dara, Samuel Michael and Adam Rakhmanov

    Transportation Modeling

    • Third: Shrivatsan Venkatraman

    Webmaster

    • Second: Vihaan Bussa, Srikar Kusumanchi, Vivaan Rochlani, Darsh Shrivastava, Ethan Varghese and Adwaya Yesare

    VEX Robotics Competition

    • First: Vihaan Bussa, Caelan Dunlea, Rohan Kilaru, Aneek Polepalli and Koushik Sanjay Saravana Kumar
    • Third: Aarav Dholakia, Preetham Dyapa, Jinny Kim and Srikar Kusumanchi