About Us
Our Mission
Having competed in and volunteered at regional, invitational, state, and national level Science Olympiad competitions, the impassioned members of UMASO understand the intricacies of different styles of tournaments and what makes an event memorable. We aim to draw on these experiences to bring a novel Science Olympiad experience to high school teams in New England through a tournament that is inclusive and hands-on.
- Inclusive: Although eastern Massachusetts teams have historically been given local opportunities to compete in many invitationals, western Massachusetts teams have been underrepresented. We change this by offering a high-quality annual tournament in Amherst, promoting STEM to high schools that would find this opportunity to be unique and impactful.
- Hands-on: Especially during the past two years of online testing, many Science Olympiad invitationals have focused more on book-knowledge but neglected the experiential portions of different events. We place special emphasis on the importance of stations and build events in our tournament to promote a hands-on learning process.
Jalal Elsallal
Neuroscience, 2026
Ben Kuchma
Physics + Computer Science, 2025
Nayrie Patel
Environmental Science, 2026
Larry Jin
Mechanical Engineering, 2026
Jack Guo
Electrical + Computer Engineering, 2026
Erin Kim
Biomedical Engineering, 2026
Victor Chen
Computer Science, 2026
Divyesh Biswas
Computer Engineering, 2026
Gideon Tzafriri
Chemistry + Physics + Mathematics, 2026
Kiruba Shalin
Biology, 2026
Robert Li
Biology, 2024
Our 2023 tournament could not have run without our amazing event supervisors!
| Name | Event |
|---|---|
| Advikar Anathkumar | Dynamic Planet |
| Ananya Kodoru | Trajectory |
| Andrew Ng | Disease Detectives |
| Andrew Weiner | Codebusters |
| Annie Wang | Fermi Questions |
| Brian Lam | Cell Biology |
| Daniel Zhang | Rocks and Minerals |
| Eddie Zhao | Anatomy and Physiology |
| Elaine Qu | Anatomy and Physiology |
| Hannah Quang | Cell Biology |
| Isaac Han | Fermi Questions |
| Jackie Wang | Forensics |
| Jeffrey Wei | It's About Time |
| Kayla Yao | Green Generation |
| Lily Thai | Rocks and Minerals |
| Marco Frigo | Astronomy |
| Pranamya Keshkamat | Write It Do It, Forestry |
| Robin Pan | Green Generation |
| Sidarth Krishna | Environmental Chemistry |
| Tiffany Zheng | Bridge |
| Yaozu Chen | Chemistry Clue |