Cupertino Union School District
Project Awards 2011
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cupertino Middle School | Susan | Holtzapple | Maya Anusha | Josyula | Family and Friends memberships to the Tech Museum, The Tech Museum of Innovation | The Fractal Structure of Trees (Computers / Mathematics) | 8 |
| GR 6-8 Certificate of Achievement, letter of congratulation, ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Shirley | Nash | Nicholas B. | Davis | 2nd Award, Engineering Category | Wind Power for Suburban Homes (Engineering) | 7 | |
| Kennedy (John F.) Middle School - Cupertino | Hamby | Aochi | Maya Bhavani | Murthy | 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | The Current Cholera Crisis: A Possible Solution (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 7 |
| Neha Suryasri | Patchipala | 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | The Current Cholera Crisis: A Possible Solution (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 7 | |||
| Laura | Ye | Honorable Mention, Engineering Category | Solar Water Desalination (Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Corinna | Chung | Nilay Sanjay | Sawant | 1st Award, Chemistry Category | Effect of Temperature, Sunlight, and Microwaving on Vitamin C (Chemistry) | 6 | |
| 3rd Place $40 cash plus certificate, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | |||||||
| Thea | Dalvand | Yunqing Sara | Ye | 1st Award, Engineering Category | Table Tennis Serving Machine (Engineering) | 8 | |
| Jamie | Oliveira | Sepand | Rouz | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Battery Charging Characteristics: An Efficient iPod Battery Use Model (Physics) | 6 | |
| Kaushik | Tandon | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Battery Charging Characteristics: An Efficient iPod Battery Use Model (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Lawson Middle School | Carol | Nolan | Maya | Varma | 1st Award, Engineering Category | Brake Time: A Smart Traffic Alert and Control System for Manually-Controlled and Autonomous Vehicles (Engineering) | 7 |
| 2nd Place Award - $150 Cash & framed cert, System Safety Society | |||||||
| Certificate of Achievement, lapel pin, and chance to win $1000, National Society of Professional Engineers | |||||||
| Honorable Mention MS - cert, American Society of Civil Engineers | |||||||
| Miller Middle School | Codrutza | Popescu | Nithin | Buduma | Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | What are the Effects of Selected Organic Substances on Bacterial Growth? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 7 |
| Nidhi Ajay | Navaratna | Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category | An Elodea-based Water Purification System: The Phytoextraction of Hexavalent Chromium (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| Ruchi Sandeep | Pandya | Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | What are the Effects of Selected Organic Substances on Bacterial Growth? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 8 | |||
| Varun | Venkatesh | Best Project: $50, certificate, and voucher for course materials and attendance at a safe boating course., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | What is the Best Method to Contain an Oil Spill? (Environmental Sciences) | 6 | |||