High school team from Sandia-sponsored regional wins DOE Science Bowl
HEADED TO FINALS — From left, Mission San Jose High School team member Julian Kuang congratulates teammates Roshan Annamalai and Theenash Sengupta for advancing to the finals at the DOE National Science Bowl on May 3. The team competed at the Sandia-sponsored regional competition in Livermore in January and took home the national title on May 4. (Photo by Joshua Lawton, DOE Office of Science)
Students from Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California, took home the top prize at the high school competition of the 2026 DOE National Science Bowl on Monday, May 4. Earlier this year, the team won the Sandia-sponsored regional science bowl in Livermore, propelling them to the national competition in Washington, D.C., where they competed against 67 high schools. They won $5,000 for their science department.
“Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 National Science Bowl and to every student who competed this week,” Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a DOE article. “They are the future engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs who will keep America at the forefront of innovation, and events like this remind me that the next generation is more than ready for that challenge.”
TEAM ANSWERS — DOE National Science Bowl winners, from left, Roshan Annamalai, Theenash Sengupta and Advaith Mopuri of Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, California, competed at the Sandia-sponsored regional science bowl competition in January. (Photo by Joshua Lawton, DOE Office of Science)
TOP THINKERS — Mission San Jose High School teammates Roshan Annamalai, left, and Theenash Sengupta were part of the DOE National Science Bowl winning team. They competed against 67 teams from high schools across the country. (Photo by Joshua Lawton, DOE Office of Science)
The Mission San Jose High School team included Roshan Annamalai, Rutvik Arora, Anish Agarwal, Advaith Mopuri, Theenash Sengupta and coach Dorota Sawicka. Students from William Diamond Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts, won first place in the middle school competition.
Additionally, teams from Los Alamos High School and Los Alamos Middle School won at Sandia-sponsored regional competitions in New Mexico in February and March, then competed at the DOE National Science Bowl over the weekend.
SCIENCE STARS — From left, Los Alamos High School teammates Gavin Bent and Drew Bacrania concentrate during the High School Division Team Challenge Competition during the DOE National Science Bowl on May 1. (Photo by Joshua Lawton, DOE Office of Science)
CYBER MATCH — From left, Los Alamos Middle School team members Norah Whitton, Muhil Sasikumar and Evan Cunningham compete in the cyber challenge at the DOE National Science Bowl on May 3. (Photo by Jack Dempsey, DOE Office of Science)
