2019-2020 State Officers
President: Jackson Meade
Vice President: Tien Loi
Secretary: Kayal Udaiyar
Treasurer: Antonio Lizardo
Reporter: Farouk Charkas
Sergeant-at-Arms: Ryan Lutz
Middle School Vice President: WIll Downs
General Session Videos
First General Session First General Session Part Two Second General Session Business Meeting Awards Ceremony
Conference Awards
Wayne and Karen Clark Scholarship: – Brianna Odom
New Chapter of the Year honoring Dr. Laura Hummell: Culbreth Middle School
NCTSA Influence Award honoring Dr. Richard E. Peterson: Dr. Joe Busby, Panther Creek High School & Mrs. Charlotte Waddell, Walkertown Middle School
Small Middle School Chapter of the Year: Mount Pleasant Middle School
Small High School Chapter of the Year: Chapel Hill High School
Large Middle School Chapter of the Year: Kennedy Middle School
Large High School Chapter of the Year: Ardrey Kell High School
Competitive Events Results
| HS 3D Animation | ||
| 1 | Faraz Hashmi Sreya Kanamurlapudi Abhiroop Kollipara Manas Takalpati Sanchit Tamboli Abhay Zala | Panther Creek High School |
| 2 | Ritu Dutta Hrishika Roychoudhury | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 3 | Tejas Chandramouli Ayush Kumar Akshar Yeccherla | Panther Creek High School |
| HS Animatronics | ||
| 1 | Ben Armentrout Troy Boland Jonathan Page Thomas Ross Suraj Upadhya | Atkins High School |
| 2 | Pranish Pantha Arghya Roy Preetam Tanikella Neel Tenneti Ty Wittenborn | Panther Creek High School |
| 3 | Caleb Falter Daniel Friday Richard Lauer Garrett Lowe Megan McIntosh | Highland School of Technology |
| HS Architectural Design | ||
| 1 | Etienne Lambert | McMichael High School |
| 2 | Royce Watson | Apex Friendship High School |
| 3 | Kevin Ballesteros Jared Caroy Eian Catindig Emily Daggerhart Arjun Deva Jacob Hoskins | Highland School of Technology |
| HS Biotechnology Design | ||
| 1 | Olivia Pinnix Lena Westwood | Watauga High School |
| 2 | Atharva Awasthi Tejas Chandramouli Soumil Goyal Aditya Gupta Arko Roy Maanav Singh | Panther Creek High School |
| 3 | Alexa Cardona Rebecca Grant Kothai Kochi | Butler High School |
| HS Board Game Design | ||
| 1 | Alex Abrams Travis Brown Julian Camp Hudson Morris Abby Russ Eli Windsor | Asheville High School |
| 2 | Albert Fernando Miarr Hla Sovantirah Phoeun Oliver Post Daniel Sanchez | High Point Central High School |
| 3 | Mrinal Chanshetty Shamik Desai Dylan Estrada Wending Fang Samay Piduru Chucheng Wei | Ardrey Kell High School |
| HS Chapter Team | ||
| 1 | Nicholas Lisi Matthew Martin Sushrit Pasumarthy Manas Takalpati Sanchit Tamboli Abhay Zala | Panther Creek High School |
| 2 | Benjamin Casey James Casey Jonas Creel Weston Hersey Brady LaVoie Joshua Naughton | Charles B. Aycock High School |
| 3 | Daniella Andres Yawo Codjie Rohan Kapileshwari Brianna Odom Sasha Sagar Bri Thompson | Atkins High School |
| HS Children’s Stories | ||
| 1 | Alima Azamet Shrinidhi Muthukumar Elise Zhang | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 2 | Laasya Bodepudi Jiya Jolly Ridhi Yarlagadda | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 3 | Aidan Betz Camryn Greene | Avery County HS |
| HS CIM | ||
| 1 | Joey Bream Grey Files Abhiroop Kollipara Matthew Martin Sanchit Tamboli | Panther Creek High School |
| 2 | Vihaan Ambre Nicholas Lisi Preetam Tanikella Ty Wittenborn | Panther Creek High School |
| 3 | Samir Appikatla Akshay Gududuru Anshul Shah Anuraag Warudkar | Ardrey Kell High School |
| HS Coding | ||
| 1 | Andy Farkas Amr Moussa | East Chapel Hill High School |
| 2 | Agnim Agarwal Andy Wang | NC School Of Science & Math |
| 3 | Isaiah Salek | Panther Creek High School |
| HS Computer Aided Design 2D, Architecture | ||
| 1 | Anthony Moretti | Corinth Holders High School |
| 2 | Katie Kennett | High Point Central High School |
| 3 | Thomas Do | West Forsyth HS |
| HS Computer Aided Design 3D, Engineering | ||
| 1 | Carly Pollock | Chapel Hill High School |
| 2 | Cody Ballard | Highland School of Technology |
| 3 | Maia Judd | Martin L. Nesbitt Discovery Academy |
| HS Debating Technological Issues | ||
| 1 | Daniella Andres Sasha Sagar | Atkins High School |
| 2 | Angad Grewal Michael Pudlo | East Chapel Hill High School |
| 3 | Sahil Azad Rushil Vashee | Ardrey Kell High School |
| HS Digital Video Production | ||
| 1 | Manuhe Abebe Joseph Fleming Landon Helsley Logan Lewis Jake Maher | Apex Friendship High School |
| 2 | Ashwin Gadiraju Pradnesh Kolluru Kunal Saboo Manas Takalpati | Panther Creek High School |
| 3 | Riya Desai Evan Goldhagen Michael Lee Devan Schneider Anshul Shah Jane Xing | Ardrey Kell High School |
| HS Dragster Design | ||
| 1 | Eric Wang | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 2 | Jonah Chatowsky | Chapel Hill High School |
| 3 | Aditya Gupta | Panther Creek High School |
| HS Engineered Dragster (HS) | ||
| 1 | Dakota Lindblom Timothy Ray | McMichael High School |
| 2 | Dakota Hudson | Avery County HS |
| HS Engineering Design | ||
| 1 | Ben Armentrout Troy Boland Ali Daeihagh Jonathan Page Thomas Ross Suraj Upadhya | Atkins High School |
| 2 | Colby Auten Cody Ballard Caleb Falter Joshua Grant Alex Hardin Garrett Lowe | Highland School of Technology |
| 3 | Alima Azamet Shrinidhi Muthukumar Pranav Patel Arnav Waghmare Ryan Yun Elise Zhang | Ardrey Kell High School |
| HS Essays on Technology | ||
| 1 | Charlotte Cheng | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 2 | Xiaoming Zhuang | NC School Of Science & Math |
| 3 | Thomas Do | West Forsyth HS |
| HS Extemporaneous Speech | ||
| 1 | Rohit Jagga | NC School Of Science & Math |
| 2 | Yawo Codjie | Atkins High School |
| 3 | Manas Takalpati | Panther Creek High School |
| HS Fashion Design | ||
| 1 | Lily Cronrath Rebecca Daggerhart Larkin Garden Corrina Richards | Martin L. Nesbitt Discovery Academy |
| 2 | Sarah Jarrell Corinne Miller Kayal Udaiyar | NC School Of Science & Math |
| 3 | Lillian Aliff Thomas Baker Tytianah Ward | Central Cabarrus High School |
| HS Flight Endurance | ||
| 1 | Satvik Manjigani | Mallard Creek High School |
| 2 | Nivas Kolli | Chapel Hill High School |
| 3 | Elvin Liu | Central Cabarrus High School |
| HS Forensics | ||
| 1 | Abisha Fenn Shrinidhi Gunda | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 2 | Jennifer ONeill Xintong Xiang | NC School Of Science & Math |
| 3 | Shiny Shen Meilin Weathington | East Chapel Hill High School |
| HS Future Technology Teacher | ||
| 1 | Ishani Deliwala | NC School Of Science & Math |
| 2 | Brianna Odom | Atkins High School |
| 3 | Tien Loi | Philip O. Berry Academy Of Technology |
| HS Music Production | ||
| 1 | CJ Clark Caulyn Gross Bryce Jaynes | Avery County HS |
| 2 | Shawn Kiruba Saketh Mothukuri Ayush Padhi Taha Sihorwala | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 3 | Aniruddh Doki Laasya Kallepalli Shreyash Malhotra Arjun Vashistha | Ardrey Kell High School |
| HS On Demand Video | ||
| 1 | Haley Alford Jake Gallons Anthony Moretti | Corinth Holders High School |
| 2 | Jenna Bess Alexis Deese Cody Friday Jennifer Gomez Madeline Rostmeyer Alexandra Rowland | Highland School of Technology |
| 3 | Abhiroop Kollipara Isaiah Salek Sanchit Tamboli Neel Tenneti Abhay Zala | Panther Creek High School |
| HS Photographic Technology | ||
| 1 | Kayal Udaiyar | NC School Of Science & Math |
| 2 | Nicolette Barbee | Central Cabarrus High School |
| 3 | Lauren Valle | Atkins High School |
| HS Prepared Presentation | ||
| 1 | Ishani Deliwala | NC School Of Science & Math |
| 2 | Tyler Warlick | Central Cabarrus High School |
| 3 | Yashika Gandhi | NC School Of Science & Math |
| HS Promotional Design | ||
| 1 | Amelia Bullins | McMichael High School |
| 2 | Zack Hall | Corinth Holders High School |
| 3 | Oliver Post | High Point Central High School |
| HS SciViz | ||
| 1 | Dillon Freer Ryan Lutz | Apex Friendship High School |
| 2 | Nitya Budamagunta Allen Parayil Peter Shaner Michael Su | Panther Creek High School |
| 3 | Ashwin Gadiraju Pradnesh Kolluru Kunal Saboo Manas Takalpati | Panther Creek High School |
| HS Software Development | ||
| 1 | Hasan Hamdani William McLain Srikant Vasudevan Srinath Vasudevan | Apex Friendship High School |
| 2 | Troy Boland Lucas Jorgensen Kiran Kapileshwari Ghazal Mirzazadeh | Atkins High School |
| 3 | Sahith Appikatla Sahil Azad Jai Deshmukh Siddhant Dubey Anshul Shah | Ardrey Kell High School |
| HS Structural Engineering | ||
| 1 | Natalie Konopasek Mike Wang | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 2 | Sterling Hall Calli Westra | Robert L. Patton High School |
| 3 | Aditya Raju Varun Upadhyay | Panther Creek High School |
| HS System Control Technology | ||
| 1 | Awab Masroor Sachit Nayak Vatsal Varma | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 2 | Ben Armentrout Juan Parra Connor Witt | Atkins High School |
| 3 | Jonathan Cloud Roland Lewis Jacob McDavit | Wake Forest HS |
| HS Technology Bowl | ||
| 1 | Reid Barnett Navya Dixit Carter Lewis | Wayne School Of Engineering |
| 2 | Alex Abrams Travis Brown Eli Windsor | Asheville High School |
| 3 | Ben Armentrout Rohan Kapileshwari Thomas Ross | Atkins High School |
| HS Technology Problem Solving | ||
| 1 | Ben Burgamy Neel Gajjar | East Mecklenburg HS |
| 2 | Jordan Faircloth Thomas Scott | East Duplin High School |
| 3 | Thomas Baker Jacob Smith | Central Cabarrus High School |
| HS Transportation Modeling | ||
| 1 | Sachit Nayak | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 2 | Nivas Kolli | Chapel Hill High School |
| 3 | Michael Pudlo | East Chapel Hill High School |
| HS Video Game Design | ||
| 1 | Vikram Iyengar Jason Sahayaraj | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 2 | Amin Bakhtiari Zamani Micah Baldonado Jeffrey Shao Adam Zheng | Providence Senior High School |
| 3 | Jayden Rogers Xander Tooze Ben Walker | Atkins High School |
| HS Webmaster | ||
| 1 | Sahith Appikatla Samir Appikatla Jason Sahayaraj Anuraag Warudkar | Ardrey Kell High School |
| 2 | Agnim Agarwal Alex Cini Jackson Meade Cindy Zhu | NC School Of Science & Math |
| 3 | Kailash Muthu Isaiah Salek Michael Su Abhay Zala | Panther Creek High School |
| MS Biotechnology Design | ||
| 1 | Aniya Caldwell Aneela Desai Amiya Graves | Kennedy Middle School |
| 2 | Maggie Brown Maxwell Nicholson Kendall Pridgen | Hanes Magnet School |
| 3 | Jacob Grimes David Moore Cassidy Zollinger | Kennedy Middle School |
| MS CAD Foundations | ||
| 1 | Vrutika Soneji | Lufkin Road Middle School |
| 2 | Jocelyn Hernandez | Cranberry MS |
| 3 | Cy Steele-Cobb | McDougle MS |
| MS Career Prep | ||
| 1 | Fiorella Diez | Kennedy Middle School |
| 2 | Amelia Brinson | McDougle MS |
| 3 | Guillermo Estrada | Wayne School Of Engineering MS |
| MS Catapult Design – NEW CHAPTER ONLY (1-3 YEARS) | ||
| 1 | Mary-Mak Burris Abby Isenhour | Mount Pleasant MS |
| 2 | Lucas Hackstall Ricky Harrington Noah Johnson | Welborn Academy Of Science And Technology |
| 3 | Isaiah Benjamin Charles Eubanks Nate Wares | Culbreth Middle School |
| MS Challenging Tech. Issues | ||
| 1 | Charles Richards William Thompson | Hanes Magnet School |
| 2 | Adrianna Ras Anna Riegel | Red Oak Middle School |
| 3 | Laasya Karnati Abi Karthikeyan | Hanes Magnet School |
| MS Chapter Team | ||
| 1 | Gabrielle Carrasquillo Annika Forsleff Alexus Howell Alyssa Howell Chase Petty Savannah Rodriguez | Norwayne Middle School |
| 2 | Maria Leon Lanvy Phan CJ Poveromo Samantha Shell Ella Tynan Cassidy Zollinger | Kennedy Middle School |
| MS Childrens Stories | ||
| 1 | Robyn Ball Avery Brooks Camryn Harrell CJ Poveromo Samantha Shell Ella Tynan | Kennedy Middle School |
| 2 | Lucas Arce Jayden Baker Autumn Capehart Paris Graham Katelyn Priest Dade Swafford | Walkertown Middle School |
| 3 | Ava Eckard Zach Lowe Rajat Mohan Hadi Rahim Vrutika Soneji | Lufkin Road Middle School |
| MS Coding | ||
| 1 | Rajat Mohan Hadi Rahim | Lufkin Road Middle School |
| 2 | Baker Ledford Andrew Moore | Cranberry MS |
| 3 | Connor Rice Nate Wares | Culbreth Middle School |
| MS Community Service Video | ||
| 1 | Aneela Desai Maria Leon Lanvy Phan CJ Poveromo Ella Tynan | Kennedy Middle School |
| 2 | Asher Simon Sarah Stephens | Culbreth Middle School |
| 3 | Nicole Branch Lula Caress Ellen Cruickshank Sophie Ussery-Intintolo | McDougle MS |
| MS Construction Challenge | ||
| 1 | Avery Bass Ethan Davis Annika Forsleff Chase Petty | Norwayne Middle School |
| 2 | Josh Agyemang Robyn Ball Maria Leon CJ Poveromo Samantha Shell Ella Tynan | Kennedy Middle School |
| 3 | Christian Cortes Jamaal Jarrett Juan Robles Nadir Shaw Irving Suarez Bottra Thach | Jackson Middle School |
| MS Digital Photography | ||
| 1 | Ella Tynan | Kennedy Middle School |
| 2 | JaNia Hughes | Jackson Middle School |
| 3 | Ava Eckard | Lufkin Road Middle School |
| MS Dragster | ||
| 1 | Abbott Sherwin | Heritage Middle School |
| 2 | Hayden Chipouras | Heritage Middle School |
| 3 | Zac McDonald | Kennedy Middle School |
| MS Electrical Applications | ||
| 1 | William Downs Jordan Gammons | Hanes Magnet School |
| 2 | Jacob Grimes David Moore | Kennedy Middle School |
| 3 | Evan Murray Elijah Powell | Kiser Middle School |
| MS Engineered Dragster | ||
| 1 | Aidan Romeo | Hanes Magnet School |
| MS Essays on Technology | ||
| 1 | Sydney Carl | Mount Pleasant MS |
| 2 | Samantha Shell | Kennedy Middle School |
| 3 | Erin Gottschalk | McDougle MS |
| 3 | Julieta Cortes Torres | Mount Olive Middle School |
| MS Flight | ||
| 1 | Abby Isenhour | Mount Pleasant MS |
| 2 | Annika Forsleff | Norwayne Middle School |
| 3 | Alexis Mead | McDougle MS |
| MS Forensic Technology | ||
| 1 | Chayse McDonald Jackson Mills | Tucker Creek Middle School |
| 2 | Lula Caress Logan Feldt | McDougle MS |
| 3 | Paige Bruck Olivia Myers | Heritage Middle School |
| MS Inventions & Innovations | ||
| 1 | Tara Anne Burnham Alyssa Howell Ashlyn Sexton | Norwayne Middle School |
| 2 | Josh Agyemang David Alvarez Fiorella Diez Brooke La Fuente Cruz Lopez Brandon Mancia | Kennedy Middle School |
| 3 | Braxton Campbell Jacob Catanzarite Gabriel Odom David Reyes Jeremiah Short | Carver Middle School |
| MS Junior Solar Sprint | ||
| 1 | John Fleischer Ryan Hresko Chris Itenson Warren Itenson | Heritage Middle School |
| 2 | Caroline Downs William Downs Jordan Gammons Hershal Patel | Hanes Magnet School |
| 3 | Mason Bentley Jackson Burnop Preston Burnop Trent Wellborn | Cranberry MS |
| MS Leadership Strategies | ||
| 1 | Caroline Downs Anna Lyons Elizabeth Richards | Hanes Magnet School |
| 2 | Paris Graham Lee Kiser Dade Swafford | Walkertown Middle School |
| 3 | Nicole Branch Amelia Brinson Kayla Poellot | McDougle MS |
| MS Mass Production | ||
| 1 | Sanai Cuffee Dulce Melendez Zariya Robertson | Kennedy Middle School |
| 2 | Caroline Downs Victoria Vallier | Hanes Magnet School |
| 3 | Alaisha Murray Paige Schultz | Broad Creek Middle School |
| MS Mechanical Challenge | ||
| 1 | William Downs Brett Holder Mason Nichols Charles Richards Elizabeth Richards William Thompson | Hanes Magnet School |
| 2 | Lula Caress Logan Feldt Alexis Mead Thomas Mead Vincent Paquet | McDougle MS |
| 3 | Tristan Collins Caleb Conklin Sean Montanez Porter Rodgers | Broad Creek Middle School |
| 3 | Ashley Brooks Zac McDonald Benjamin Shanti Cassidy Zollinger | Kennedy Middle School |
| MS Medical Technology Issues | ||
| 1 | Emily Duncan Jocelyn Hernandez | Cranberry MS |
| 2 | Savannah Ballinger Natalie Robinson Erika Truong Kathleen Urbina Braden Vu | Kennedy Middle School |
| 3 | Karen Flores Randi Strong Aaron Whiting | Mount Olive Middle School |
| MS Microcontroller Design | ||
| 1 | Josh Agyemang David Alvarez Brooke La Fuente Maria Leon Cruz Lopez | Kennedy Middle School |
| 2 | Aminata Cisse Leonardo Ponte Nicholas Ramcharitar Brandon Williams | Kiser Middle School |
| 3 | Katie Alexander Anika Dixit Anna Lyons Sydney Yeboah | Hanes Magnet School |
| MS Off the Grid | ||
| 1 | Alyssa Howell Ashlyn Sexton | Norwayne Middle School |
| 2 | Laasya Karnati Abi Karthikeyan Ashley Meier Elizabeth Richards Anais Szeremeta | Hanes Magnet School |
| 3 | DaNiyah Clark-Commander JaNia Hughes Jhakari Pederson Juan Robles Kaila Ros | Jackson Middle School |
| MS Prepared Speech | ||
| 1 | CJ Poveromo | Kennedy Middle School |
| 2 | Anika Dixit | Hanes Magnet School |
| 3 | Guillermo Estrada | Wayne School Of Engineering MS |
| MS Problem Solving | ||
| 1 | Charles Richards William Thompson | Hanes Magnet School |
| 2 | Paul Linder Tal Lucas | Phillips Middle School |
| 3 | Aiden Caulfield Jack O’Connell | Heritage Middle School |
| MS Promotional Marketing | ||
| 1 | Tyler Odom | Mount Olive Middle School |
| 2 | Mary-Mak Burris | Mount Pleasant MS |
| 3 | Lanvy Phan | Kennedy Middle School |
| MS SOLVE THAT PROBLEM (NEW CHAPTERS ONLY -1 TO 3 ) | ||
| 1 | Ayah Hannawi Makenna Seymour | Mount Pleasant MS |
| MS STEM Animation | ||
| 1 | Aneela Desai Fiorella Diez Brooke La Fuente Maria Leon Lanvy Phan Ella Tynan | Kennedy Middle School |
| 2 | Avery Brooks Camryn Harrell Ashley Reyes Jordan Sanders Cameron Swett | Kennedy Middle School |
| 3 | Nicholas Mazzella Ethan McCaskill | Heritage Middle School |
| MS Structural Engineering | ||
| 1 | William Downs Charles Richards | Hanes Magnet School |
| 2 | Adrian Ramsay Julian Ramsay | Heritage Middle School |
| 3 | Mary-Mak Burris Abby Isenhour | Mount Pleasant MS |
| MS System Control Technology | ||
| 1 | William Downs Hershal Patel Vikas Sarvasya | Hanes Magnet School |
| 2 | Hamza Azzi Aminata Cisse Nicholas Ramcharitar | Kiser Middle School |
| 3 | Alexis Martinez Sanchez Kim Sibert Emma Terry | Welborn Academy Of Science And Technology |
| MS Tech Bowl | ||
| 1 | Robyn Ball Jacob Grimes Samantha Shell | Kennedy Middle School |
| 2 | Ava Eckard Rajat Mohan Hadi Rahim | Lufkin Road Middle School |
| 3 | Lucas Arce Paris Graham Katelyn Priest | Walkertown Middle School |
| MS Technical Design | ||
| 1 | Charles Richards William Thompson | Hanes Magnet School |
| 2 | Robyn Ball Samantha Shell | Kennedy Middle School |
| 3 | Elliott Bovender Autumn Capehart | Walkertown Middle School |
| MS Video Game Design | ||
| 1 | Craig Belden William Downs Shreven Jamwal Ethan McCracken Aidan Romeo Marcos Sanchez | Hanes Magnet School |
| 2 | Daniel Estevez Eliot Ludwig-Mauldin | Culbreth Middle School |
| 3 | Lane Garris Sergio Laris Kaleb Moore Christian Reyes Kathleen Urbina | Kennedy Middle School |
| MS Website Design | ||
| 1 | Kailyn Hendricks Samantha Perry Adrianna Ras Anna Riegel | Red Oak Middle School |
| 2 | Christian Cortes Eric Garcia Jamaal Jarrett Jhakari Pederson Juan Robles Caiden Spires | Jackson Middle School |
| 3 | Kabir Grewall Binghan Li Jessica Mathew Andrew Wang Raymond Zhao Andrew Zirun Wang | Phillips Middle School |