East Side Union High School District

Project Awards 2011

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Andrew Hill High School  Jonathan Mach  Sandy  Ho Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category LED Lights and the Effect on Chlorophyll (Chemistry) 11
        Hoai N. Van Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category LED Lights and the Effect on Chlorophyll (Chemistry) 11
        Christine Kim Vu Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category LED Lights and the Effect on Chlorophyll (Chemistry) 11
Evergreen Valley High School  Doug Miller  Marissa Alexis Arango 2nd Award, Physics Category What a Drag! The Physics of Swimming and How Drag Affects Overall Performance (Physics) 9
        Maharshi Bala Chitti 2nd Award, Physics Category Turbulence Created by Various Slat Designs in a Wind Tunnel (Physics) 9
        Sarah Ellen Giovannini 2nd Award, Physics Category What a Drag! The Physics of Swimming and How Drag Affects Overall Performance (Physics) 9
        Andy Dan Long Honorable Mention, Physics Category Does a Change in Height and Speed Change the Width of a Column of Air? (Physics) 9
        Akshay Mehul Naik Honorable Mention, Physics Category Does a Change in Height and Speed Change the Width of a Column of Air? (Physics) 9
        Kim  Nguyen 2nd Award, Physics Category What a Drag! The Physics of Swimming and How Drag Affects Overall Performance (Physics) 9
        Ashwath  Ramdas Honorable Mention, Physics Category Does a Change in Height and Speed Change the Width of a Column of Air? (Physics) 9
        Andy  Trinh 2nd Award, Physics Category Turbulence Created by Various Slat Designs in a Wind Tunnel (Physics) 9
        Julie  Trinh 2nd Award, Physics Category Turbulence Created by Various Slat Designs in a Wind Tunnel (Physics) 9
   Barjinder Sabherwal  Meghana  Bhimarao Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Collapsing the Cytoskeleton of Leukemic Cancer Cells Using Its Natural Frequency (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 11
              Finalist, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category    
              First Place: $100 Cash, Certificate and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter    
        Stacey Amy Huang Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School The Effect of Washout Designs in Swept and Tapered Wings on the Location of Flow Separation During Stall (Physics) 11
              1st Award, Physics Category    
              GR 11-12: HP WV689AV Laptop Computer, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories    
Independence High School  Stuart Briber  Glen Constantino Alvarez Honorable Mention, Physics Category Magnetic Chain Reaction (Physics) 12
        Breyden Thien-quoc Bui Honorable Mention, Physics Category Magnetic Chain Reaction (Physics) 12
        Kevin Duong Nguyen Honorable Mention, Physics Category Magnetic Chain Reaction (Physics) 12
Oak Grove High School  John Allen  Brandon Michael Adams Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Investigation of the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes Using Chemical Vapor Deposition (Chemistry) 12
              2nd place, $30 check and a book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award    
              Honorable Mention: T-Shirt, Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
        Adam  Diaz 2nd Place SJSU College of Engineering certificate of achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering What is the Effect of Different Sugars on the Rate of Polymerization. (Chemistry) 12
        McKenna Pearl Duzac 1st Place Certificate, Santa Clara County Integrated Waste Management Program EcoTreds (Engineering) 10
        Joshua David Kuehn 1st Place $1000 Scholarship to SJSU College of Engineering plus certs, San Jose State University College of Engineering Alternatives to Permanent Magnets (Engineering) 12
              2nd Award, Engineering Category    
        Alex Juan Montes Gr 9-12, 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash, Magazine subscription, Certificate, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter Piezoelectricity: A New Green Source (Engineering) 12
        Emily  To Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School An Analysis of the Efficacy of Chitosan-Alginate Coated Catalase Microcapsules on Acatalesemia (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 11
              Finalist, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category    
   Lynn Johnson  Michelle Linh Nguyen 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category Combating Acid Rain (Environmental Sciences) 11
        Vivian Anna Vu 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category Combating Acid Rain (Environmental Sciences) 11
Piedmont Hills High School  Angie Nguyen  Viviane  Nguyen 2nd Award, Chemistry Category The Fight Against Blood Sucking Vampires: Comparing the Biological Alternatives to Pesticides using Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus sphaericus and Escherichia coli against Culex Mosquitoes (Chemistry) 11
Santa Teresa High School  Debra Dimas  Quyen Du Bach Certificate of Achievement; & opportunity to advance to Stockholm competition, Stockholm Junior Water Prize Measuring Sugar Content with Laser (Physics) 12
        Zoe Alexandra Bader HM Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association Ballerinas and How Angular Velocity Changes Their Relative Moment of Inertia (Physics) 12
        Jessica Lynn Hauffe 2nd Award, Physics Category What Structural Support System Would Absorb an Earthquake the Best? (Physics) 11
              1st Place HS Award - $100 Cash plus cert, American Society of Civil Engineers    
              2nd place, $30 check and a book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award    
              3rd Place Award - $100 Cash & framed cert, System Safety Society    
        Jackson Minh Huynh 3rd Place SJSU College of Engineering certificate of achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering Badminton in Motion (Physics) 11
              1st place $50 and a certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association    
        Veronica Marie Miller HM Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association Ballerinas and How Angular Velocity Changes Their Relative Moment of Inertia (Physics) 12
        Natalie Phuung Nguyen 3rd Place SJSU College of Engineering certificate of achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering Badminton in Motion (Physics) 12
              1st place $50 and a certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association    
        Crystal  Trang Certificate of Achievement; & opportunity to advance to Stockholm competition, Stockholm Junior Water Prize Measuring Sugar Content with Laser (Physics) 12
        Guillermo  Vasquez Honorable Mention, Physics Category Bacteria! As Energy? (Physics) 12
              Individual: $30 cash and a book, The ROD Women in Science Award    
Silver Creek High School  Narquiz Cervantes  Vivian Nha Truc Bui Honorable Mention, Physics Category Metal to Metal (Physics) 11
              Honorable Mention Award-Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
        Rachel K. Do 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash plus framed cert and subscription, Gr 9-12, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Optimization of Fenton's Reaction to Increase Free Radical Production (Chemistry) 11
        Preethi  Padmanaban 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category Effect of Zinc Sulfate Concentration on Absorbance Rate of Brassica juncea plants (Environmental Sciences) 11
        Lilian  Thoi Honorable Mention, Physics Category Metal to Metal (Physics) 11
              Honorable Mention Award-Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
   Alejandro Mendoza  Soma  Mathur Honorable Mention, Physics Category Lunar Apocalypse (Physics) 9
   Huong Tran  Brian T. Do Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School RNA Activation-Mediated Gene Upregulation in C. elegans (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
              1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category    
Yerba Buena High School  Ann Shioji  Delena  Hoang Honorable Mention-framed cert and subscriptions, Gr 9-12, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Race to the Bottom: Viscosity vs. Temperature (Physics) 9
        Ngoc  Nguyen Honorable Mention-framed cert and subscriptions, Gr 9-12, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Race to the Bottom: Viscosity vs. Temperature (Physics) 9