Syosset student named finalist in science talent contest
Five students from Long Island have been chosen as finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search.
Among those five students is Thomas Lam, a senior at Syosset High School. Lam and his four fellow Long Island residents are among a group of 40 students chosen as finalists in the competition. The students were selected from a pool of 300 semi-finalists, or Scholars, who were in turn chosen from a total of 2,000 competitors from across the US.
Lam's entry that earned him the recognition is a game called The Number Rotation Puzzle. The game takes place on a grid of scrambled numbers. The objective of the game is to rotate the blocks to restore the numbers to order.
To solve the puzzle, players need to use three-cycle algorithms and a computer program.
Schools that have students selected as winners or finalists in national competitions can use flyer printing to celebrate their students' achievements.
Lam and the other finalists are set to travel to Washington DC for the final competition from March 7 to March 13. During the competition, the students will be competing for a change to win a top prize of $250,000. Ten total winners will be chosen from the 40 finalists, with the winners taking home at least $40,000.
The students who have made it to the final round have already received $2,000 in prize money. Their schools also received a $2,000 prize.