Marshfield H.S. wins Regional Title in DOE National Science Bowl for third straight year

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Left to right: Coach Paul Herder with Marshfield H.S. students Laura Josephson, Alma Farooque, Michael Josephson, Rahul Pathak, Jack Gellerman. MSOE photo by Paul W. Roberts.

MILWAUKEE, WI (02/02/2012)(readMedia)-- Marshfield (Wis.) High School won the Wisconsin regional championship in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Science Bowl® for high school students held January 28 at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). The winning team, comprised of Alma Farooque, Jack Gellerman, Laura Josephson, Michael Josephson, Rahul Pathak and Coach Paul Herder, advances to Washington, D.C., to compete against 68 other regional winners at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Science Bowl® from April 26-30. This is the third year in a row that Herder coached the regional championship team and is travelling to Washington.

Second place went to Alec Entress, Sam Gaspar, Alex Peterson, Paul Scheid, Jeff Wiltgen and Coach J.R. Collier from Marquette University High School, Milwaukee.

Stoughton (Wis.) High School finished in third place. Matthew Gharrity, Cayley Reif, Nathan Sullivan, Timothy Tyson and Coach Cindy Carter were on the team.

Twenty teams of high school science and math students from Wisconsin competed. Many of these teams spent months preparing for the National Science Bowl's regional competition, which features head-to-head competition in a fast-paced question and answer format similar to the popular television game show, "Jeopardy." The students were quizzed on all science disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth and science, physics and astronomy, as well as math. Most questions are so challenging many scientists would have trouble finding an answer.

In 2012, 15,000 high school sophomores, juniors and seniors across the United States will compete.

MSOE is an independent, non-profit university with 2,500 students. MSOE offers 18 bachelor's degrees and nine master's degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, building and infrastructure engineering, health-related engineering, computer, business and nursing fields. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; extremely high placement rates; and the highest starting salaries of any Wisconsin university according to PayScale Inc. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.