East Side Union High School District

Project Awards 2015

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Andrew Hill High School  Patrick Allamandola  Kevin  Dieu Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society The Drought's Effect on Creek Water Pollutants (Chemistry) 12
              Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary    
Evergreen Valley High School  Scott Lubbs  Sampada  Deglurkar 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Increasing the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: How the Amount of Chiral Molecules Affects the Efficiency of the DSSC (Chemistry) 11
              2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
        Justin  Hao 2nd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering Hybrid AC and DC Electric Supplies: An Efficient Approach to Consuming Solar and Wind Power (Engineering) 12
   Carol Metica-Pongol  Tanisha  Joshi Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Comparative efficacy of Lapatinib and Afatinib on ErbB1 and ErbB2/ Neu2 targets on tumor depletion in carcinoma based cancers. (Bioinformatics) 10
              1st Award, Bioinformatics Category    
   Doug Miller  Aratrika  Ghatak Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Faster Emergency Response via Vehicle to Signal (V2S) Communication (Computers / Mathematics) 9
              2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
              Sport Bag, Junior Tech Organizer, Certificate of achievement, United States Air Force    
        Labanya  Mukhopadhyay Individual: $30 and Book, The ROD Women in Science Award Smart Device to Save Young Lives Abandoned in Car (Engineering) 9
   Jeffrey Solomon  Anushka Prasad Jogalekar 2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category Computer-Assisted Retinal Disease Detection (Computers / Mathematics) 9
              Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers    
   David Walz  Swetha  Revanur Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School A Global-Scale Meta-Analysis of Gene Expression Distributions to Determine Detection Calls (RRI Biological Sciences) 11
              $250 Best Outreach Project, Whitney Education Foundation    
              1st Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category    
Oak Grove High School  Jennifer Quan  Claudia  Toma Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers Sand Particle Size and Structural Stability in Erosion Patterns (Earth / Space Sciences) 12
Piedmont Hills High School  Matt Trask  Andrew Cyril Shacker 1st Place: $250 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society Spark Big Data Streaming Application in Pattern Development to Predict Adverse Aviation Conditions (Engineering) 11
Silver Creek High School  Narquiz Cervantes  Nora  Abushaaban Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Effects of Metal Cations on the Kinetics of Ortho- Nitrophenyl-Beta Galactoside Hydrolysis by Lactase (Chemistry) 11
              2nd Award, Chemistry Category    
        Manjot  Kaur Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Effect of various metal pollutants on the photosynthetic growth of marine algae under replicated oceanic conditions measured by the resulting concentration of chlorophyll detected through a spectrophotometer (Ecology) 10
              1st Award, Ecology Category    
              $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award    
        Erin Yurim Kim 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Chopsticks: Harmless Wood or a Bane? (Chemistry) 11
        Jennifer Yura Kim 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Chopsticks: Harmless Wood or a Bane? (Chemistry) 12
        Sophia  Lau Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Effect of various metal pollutants on the photosynthetic growth of marine algae under replicated oceanic conditions measured by the resulting concentration of chlorophyll detected through a spectrophotometer (Ecology) 10
              1st Award, Ecology Category    
              $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award    
        Whitney J Lau Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Effects of Metal Cations on the Kinetics of Ortho- Nitrophenyl-Beta Galactoside Hydrolysis by Lactase (Chemistry) 11
              2nd Award, Chemistry Category    
        Pratima  Manga Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Effects of Metal Cations on the Kinetics of Ortho- Nitrophenyl-Beta Galactoside Hydrolysis by Lactase (Chemistry) 11
              2nd Award, Chemistry Category    
        Priya  Padmanaban 2nd Place Award - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley The Synthesis of Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles for the Decontamination of Oily Water". (Chemistry) 11
              1st Award, Chemistry Category    
              Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
   Traci Verna  Christian  Justo Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) Bacterial Murderers (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Moses  Rivera Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) Bacterial Murderers (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Helen Hanh Thio 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category How do the different conditions (temperature and concentration/quantity) of several essential oils work as anti-fungal agents to stop fungal infections? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11