We welcome information about all Top-Five winners in the David Essner Competition from the beginning in 1981-82 to the present. All Top-Five winners and others who know about them are encouraged to contact Dr. Paul McDougle.

Alphabetic Listing of Top-Five Winners and their Colleges and Careers
Aggarwal, Kapish...Coral Gables valedictorian (2002)...North Carolina State University...Engineering
Airan, Raag...MAST Academy valedictorian (1999)...Silver Knights General Scholarship Winner; BS Math and Physics MIT (2003); MD/PHD program Stanford University; Semi-finalist in Intel Math-Science Competition
Allen, Brad...Miami Sunset (1992)...Bachelors in Physics (Optics) and Math, University of Rochester (1996); Masters in Physics, Cambridge University (UK) (1997); Masters Education (Math and Physics certified) University of Rochester (1998); Churchill Scholarship (1997, one of 11 national); Teacher of Physics at East Irondequoit, NY
Bass, Derrick...North Miami Beach (1991)...BA Physics, Harvard; CalTech University; Bronze medalist in 1989 and Gold medalist in 1991 International Physics Olympiad; Florida's PRIDE science winner; Software Engineer at Google
Baum, Arthur...Miami Palmetto...BS Physics and Math, Harvard (2005); Film Production student at University of Southern California
Bustos, Juan...Miami Springs (2007)...University of Miami math major
Chow, Michael...Miami Sunset valedictorian; All-Dade Scholar Athlete (2003)...BS and MS in Management Science and Enginering, Stanford University; Assoc. Boston Consulting Group
Cohen, David...Ransom Everglade salutatorian (2001)...University of Pennsylvania
Cothran, Chris...Miami Sunset (1988)...Physics, Stanford...Post-Doc Physics, Dept. Physics and Astronomy Swarthmore College
David, Guy...Ransom Everglades (2005)...Princeton University
Field, Seth...North Miami Beach valedictorian (1983)...BS Biology, MIT (1987); During (1987-1997) attained MD Harvard-M.I.T Div. Health Science and Technology and Ph.D Harvard Dept. of Genetics; Internship, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (1997-1999); Massachusetts General Hospital Fellowship in Endocrinology (1999-); Harvard Medical Science Training Program (1987-97), Dennis Biomedical (1988-92), Albert J. Ryan (1993-96), William Osler Soc. Fellows in Medicine (1997-99)
Friedman, Marc...Miami Beach valedictorian (1987)...BA (With Honors) Computer Science, Harvard University (1991);MS Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), University of Washington (1995); PhD (Data Integration), University of Washington (Fall 1999); Software Engineer, Kenan Systems Corp. (now sub of ATT)(1991-93); NSF Fellowship (1994), Biked from Seattle to San Francisco in 17 days (1995), Co-Inventor US Patented "Method and Process for Information Access"(1998)...Viathan Corp. Washington State
Galperin, Gregory...Miami Palmetto valedictorian (1988)...BA Magna Cum Laude Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering and MS Computer Science, Harvard University (1988-1992); FL. PRIDE Mathematics winner; state champion Computer Programming; ACSL top individual; Harvard programming team, 2-time New England champions (1989,90); Summer positions with NASA Langley Research Center (1989), Harvard Business School (1990), Microsoft Corp. (1991), Harvard University (1992), Dragon Systems, Inc. (1993,94), IBM T.J.Watson Research Center (1995,96); Cofounder of ITA Software; Deputy Director/Team Coach USA Computer Olympiad Team
Garg, Rahul...Coral Gables (1992)...BS Chemical Engineering (1995), MIT; MD (1999) Duke University Medical School; Internal Residency John Hopkins Medical Center starting June 1999; Cardiology Fellowship, John Hopkins; Honors include: National Dean's List (1992-95); Summer research positions with Motorola Inc. (1993) and Bascomb Palmer Eye Institute (1994); Research Fellowships from Sigma Xi (1997-98) and for study to prevent blindness at Glaucoma Research Lab, Duke University
Greenfield, Derek...Miami Palmetto (1998)...BS Biochemistry, Harvard (2002); Research staff Physics, Harvard; Graduated Biophysics Graduate Group,University of California (2009)
Gross, Shawn...Miami Springs valedictorian (1989)...BSE Civil Engineering magna cum laude (1993), Tulane; MSE Civil Engineering (1995), U.Texas; Ph.D. Civil Engineering (1998), U.Texas; Asst. Prof. Dept Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova U.
Held, David...Miami Sunset valedictorian (2001)...Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, MIT(2007)
Harden, David...South Miami (1999); Intel Math-Science finalist - ranked 12th nationally and 3rd among mathematics participants; BS Math MIT (2004); PhD Math Program University of Miami
Hershbein, Brad...Miami Killian Salutatorian (1999)...BS Harvard Economics (2003); Research Assistant Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Kamons, Andrew...Miami Palmetto (1997)...Silver Knights Mathematics Winner...MIT (1997-98); BA Math, Harvard 2002; MA International Affairs John Hopkins 2007; Assoc. Boston Consulting Group
Karpis, John...Miami Springs (2005)...Engineering; University of Miami
Kchao, Chamroeun...North Miami Beach (1984)...BS Electrical Engineering, Georgia Tech; MS. Management; Georgia Tech; PH.D. Electrical Engineering (1991); Georgia Tech
Koren, Stephen...MAST Academy (2003)...Silver Knights General Scholarship Winner...AB Environmental Science and Public Service, Harvard (2007); Assoc. Consultant at Bain and Company
LaRue, Jason...Miami Palmetto (2007)...Gold medalist in 2007 International Physics Olympiad...Harvard
Levine, Daniel...Miami Palmetto (2009)...All Miami-Dade Scholar Athlete...Yale
Lieberman, Jeff...Ransom Everglades (1995)...BS Mathematics and Physics, MIT; MS Mechanical Engineering, MIT (2004); MIT Media Lab in Robotic Life Group
Lund, Eric...Miami Palmetto (1985)...BS (1989), MIT; PhD Dartmouth (1996); Research Scientist, Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire
Machado, Julio...Miami Springs valedictorian (1999)...BA American Literature and History, Harvard (2003)
Mirmelli, Sean...Ransom Everglades (2000)...Biomedical Engineering and Economics, Columbia University; Assoc. at Morgan Stanley
Moon, Joseph...Palmetto (2009)...Harvard
Nek, Murtaza...Hialeah (2005)...MIT; Math and Physics
Pearson, Robert...Miami Palmetto (1990)...Princeton University
Perez, Robert...Home School (2009)...University of Miami
Pulizzotto, Ian...North Miami Beach (1991)...Mathematics, Washington University (St. Louis); PhD, University of Michigan, Mathematical Physics/Probability (2001)
Rabin, Scott...Miami Palmetto (2004)...Bronze Medalist U.S.Chemistry Olympiad 2004; B.S.Chemistry, MIT(2008)
Ramakrishnan, Sandhya...Miami Palmetto (2006)...MIT
Reich, Eitan...Miami Beach (2003)...Master of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering, MIT (2007)
Richardson, Caroline...Miami Palmetto (1982)...Silver Knights Mathematics Winner...MIT
Richardson, Peter...Ransom Everglades (1984)...BA Computer Science, Wesleyan University (CT) (1987); BS Engineering, Cal. Tech (1989); Programmer Development Systems, Apple Computer Inc.: RPI Math & Science Award; National Merit Scholar
Rodriguez, Frank...Miami Springs (2008)...University of Miami; Engineering
Rowland, Paul...Miami Killian (1987)...BS Applied Math/Stat/Computers, Chicago Univ; Computer Science, Georgia Tech National Merit Scholar
Seecharan, Beesham...Miami Sunset (1987)...MS Math, Stanford (1991); J.D. Columbia University (1998); Corporate attorney for Davis Polk & Wardwell (London)
Senderov, Gideon...Miami Sunset (1987)...BS Electrical Engineering, University of Florida; MS Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California; MBA with honors, Santa Clara University; NEC Corporation of America
Shackles, Nathan...Miami Sunset (1995)...B.S. Engineering (Industrial/Computer) University of Florida (1999); IBM Cary NC
Shen, Rene...Miami Palmetto valedictorian (2001)...Teaching Fellow in Statistics, Harvard (2004); Weiss Asset Management
Siegel, Stephen...North Miami Beach (1984)...B.A. Mathematics, University of Chicago (1988); M.Sc. Mathematics, Oxford University (1989); Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Chicago (1993); Asst. Prof. Mathematics Northwestern (1993-96); Senior Research Scientist, Dept. Computer Science, University of Mass.; Honors include the Fellowhips: NSF Postdoc (1993-96), Sloan Foundation (1992-93), ONR (1989-1992), Fulbright Graduate (1988-89) as well as Paul R. Cohen Mathematics Prize at Chicago University (1988) and Phi Beta Kappa (1987); Asst. Prof.Computer and Information System Univ. of Delaware
Tam, April (Shin Yan)...Miami Springs valedictorian (2002)...MIT
Tam, Miguel...North Miami Beach (1986)...BS Product Design, Stanford University; MBA, University of California; Right90 Inc.
Tarrab, Alan...Krop (2006)...Civil Engineering, University of Florida;
Tavernini, Victor...North Miami Beach (1984)...BS Computer Science, University of Texas; MS Computer Science, University of Illinois; Senior Software Engineer at Racal-Milgo; Sportsline USA, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Thornton, David...Gulliver Preparatory salutatorian (2001)...University of Pennsylvania
Vacanti, Vinicius...Miami Killian valedictorian (1999)...30 local, state and national Mu Alpha Theta math awards; BS Applied Math, Harvard (2003)...Associate, Quadrangle Group, The Blackstone Group
Ventura, Rachel...North Miami Beach (1993)...Math Silver Knights Winner...Harvard
Weinberg, David...Miami Palmetto (2003)...Silver Knights Science Winner...B.S. Chemistry 2007, Yale; Goldwater Scholarship
Williams, Ryan...Miami Springs valedictorian (2004); Winner of National High School Calculus Student Award...BS Math and Computer Science, Stanford (2008); Google
Witham, Charles...North Miami Beach (1986)...Yale; PhD Materials Science, CalTech (2000); Jet Propulsion Lab; died bicycle accident Aug 2002
Wong, Wilson...North Miami Beach (1983)...BS Computer Science and Engineering, MIT; MBA Cornell Univ; Cornell Johnson School Grant; Faculty, Computer Information Systems, Bentley College, MA
Yang, Rui...Miami Palmetto (2008)...Stanford
Yang, Wei...Miami Palmetto (2008)...Silver Knights Winner New Media...University of Miami Medical Program
Zinger, Robin...North Miami Beach (1988)...Mathematics and Actuarial Plan, University of Cal. Los Angeles