About STEMUniverse

Ekansh Mittal is a senior at Westview High School in Portland, Oregon. He has been participating in Math and Science Contests since he was in elementary school. 

He got 1st place in the North South Foundation Math Bee 2 contest in Oregon in 5th grade. He was captain of Meadow Park Middle School Mathcount team in 7th and 8th grade and led his team to 2nd place in Chapter and 5th place in Oregon State, their best result in the past three years. He was also placed in 5th place individually at the Oregon State Mathcounts competition in 8th grade. He is also an AIME qualifier. 

Ekansh has also participated in Science Fairs since he was in Kindergarten. His achievements include Best of Fair at the NWSE in 2019, Top 10 National Finalist in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge in 2020, Top 30 National Finalist in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge in 2019, 1st place in category at BHSE and NWSE in 2021, Best of Fair at the BHSE in 2022 and 2023, He qualified for Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair ISEF in 2022 and 2023. He also won 2nd place in the category and TUBITAK Special Awards at the 2023 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair!  

He has been teaching through various non-profits for the past few years and has now started his own. He enjoys teaching just as much as he enjoys participating in STEM competitions.

Anushi Mittal is in middle school and has enjoyed solving math problems and participating in various math competitions since she was in 2nd grade. 

She won 4th place in the NSF Math Bee level 2 competition in 4th grade in Oregon State and 1st place in Oregon in 5th grade. She participated in AMC8 in 5th grade and was placed on the Achievement roll and was placed second among all students at her local AMC 8 testing center. She also participated in AMC10 in 5th grade and was placed among the top 26 percentile students in the nation among all middle and high school students. In 6th grade, she qualified for the State MATHCOUNTS competition. She won 1st place in Oregon in the Math Kangaroo competition in 6th grade in 2023.

Besides enjoying solving math problems, Anushi competed in the North West Science Expo in 6th grade and got the best in her category award. She was also selected among the top 300 students in the nation in Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge.

She is also an avid reader and writer. In 5th grade, her short story was honorably mentioned in the Stone Soup National writing competition. Aside from academia, Anushi has been learning Kathak dance and classical Indian singing for three years. She also practices gymnastics and Martial Arts.