University of Massachusetts Amherst Science Olympiad

About Us

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: Many Science Olympiad tournaments and teams have historically focused more on book-knowledge while neglecting 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.

A group picture of the organizing team at the first meeting of the year!

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