Fremont Union High School District

Project Awards 2011

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Cupertino High School  Amy Ripp  Eric Victor Jang 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category G-Quadruplex-mediated Inhibition of ALT in Yeast and Its Implications in Cancer Therapeutics (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Minsoo  Kim $100 American Express gift check, plaque, certificate and 6-week summer internship, MedImmune In-Vivo, Intraspecific Competition between Bartonella henselae Type I and Type II in Naturally-Infected Cats; Relevance for Vaccine Development (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 12
Lynbrook High School  Amanda Alonzo  Noorsher  Ahmed Certificate of Achievement and VIP visit to NASA-Ames, NASA Ames Research Center Powering Satellites by the Earth's Flux (Engineering) 10
              Travis & Wells Charging Stand, Computer Backpack, Leeds Scripto Flash Jotter Bundle Set and Award Certificate in Folder, United States Air Force    
        Jennifer Shuen Chen $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis Massively Parallel DNA Sequencing-based Human Identification (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 12
              1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category    
              Special Award :$75 &Certificate, Varian Medical Systems    
        Virup  Gubba 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Identification of Induced CED-9 Mediated Apoptosis by RNA i Gene Silencing Through Phenotypic Screening (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 11
        Julian  Huang Honorable Mention, Botany Category Gravitropism and Phototropism Interactions: Decision Making in the Plant Root (Botany) 12
        Eesha  Khare Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School A Novel Method Using Chemically Engineered CYP101 Enzyme and Light to Hydroxylate Camphor (Chemistry) 10
              Finalist, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              1st Award, Chemistry Category    
              3rd Place Award - $100 each, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section    
        Keegan Victor Mendonca Honorable Mention: Certificate and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) A Novel Approach to Plastic Artificial Antibody Synthesis Using Computer Simulation (Engineering) 10
        Akshay  Nathan 2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category A Novel Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Efficient Resource Allocation in Distributed Computing Systems (Computers / Mathematics) 12
              HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
              Intel ECS Certificate & Verification form and W-9 to submit for $200 cash, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award    
        Ilakya  Palanisamy 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category The Effects of Gold Nanoparticles on the Triggered Release of Antibiotics from Liposomes Used in Drug Delivery Systems (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
              1st Place Award - $500, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section    
        Ashwin  Raman 2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category A Novel Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Efficient Resource Allocation in Distributed Computing Systems (Computers / Mathematics) 12
              HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
              Intel ECS Certificate & Verification form and W-9 to submit for $200 cash, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award    
        Marcus  Schorow 2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category Construction of an Artificial Network for Speech Recognition Minimizing Training Time and Memory Usage (Computers / Mathematics) 11
              Certificate of Achievement and instructions for Pewter Medallion (to come), Yale Science and Engineering Association    
              Certificate of Achievement, letter to teacher, Mu Alpha Theta    
        Kartiga  Selvaganesan 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category The Effects of Gold Nanoparticles on the Triggered Release of Antibiotics from Liposomes Used in Drug Delivery Systems (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
              1st Place Award - $500, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section    
        Jack Ryan Takahashi Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Artificial Selection and Mutagenesis of Pseudomonas putida for Styrene Oligomer Degradation (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 10
        Andrew Sean Tsai Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Artificial Selection and Mutagenesis of Pseudomonas putida for Styrene Oligomer Degradation (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 10
        Kimberly Mary Vaz 1st Award, Engineering Category Automatic, Optimal Hydration System for Household Water Conservation (Engineering) 10
              Gift Card and Certificate, Society of Women Engineers    
        Andrew  Wong 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Identification of Induced CED-9 Mediated Apoptosis by RNA i Gene Silencing Through Phenotypic Screening (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 11
        Weishuang Linda Xu 1st Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Light Curve and Orbital Integration of Amor Asteroid 2000NF5 (Earth / Space Sciences) 12
              $100 Cash Award to Grades 11-12 plus cert, Trimble Navigation, Ltd.    
        Chung Jui Yu Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Mapping the Time-Averaged Distribution of Combustion-Derived Air Pollutants in the San Francisco Bay Area (Environmental Sciences) 12
              Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP competition, including hotel and accomodations for up to two students and one advisor. Certificate, I-SWEEEP    
              1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category    
              $100 Cash Award, Certificate, Schonert Award    
              Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, American Meteorological Society    
              Grade 12 Individual Project - $200 cash award, Genencor Biotechnology Awards    
   Robert Blaschke  Aditya  Majumdar 2nd Place: Messenger Bag, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate folder, United States Army Modeling Malaria Transmission in Human Populations (Computers / Mathematics) 12
   Patrick Ellington  Dwight Hock-Lim Naylor 2nd Place: Messenger Bag, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate folder, United States Army Automated Geometry Proof Writing (Computers / Mathematics) 11
              Intel ECS Certificate & Verification form and W-9 to submit for $200 cash, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award    
              Student membership to AIAA, certificate, and AIAA mug, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award    
   Kathleen Loia  Hansaa Nandhinni Gopalakrishnan 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category A study on the efficiency of garlic, ginger, and turmeric combinations in fighting E. coli bacteria (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
   George Peck  Johnny  Ho Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Early Post-Disaster Response Using an Adaptive Histogram-Based Object Recognition Algorithm on High Resolution Satellite Images (Computers / Mathematics) 10
              1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
              2nd Place: Messenger Bag, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate folder, United States Army    
              Best Project: $50, certificate, and voucher for course materials and attendance at a safe boating course., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary    
              Certificate of Achievement, letter to teacher, Mu Alpha Theta    
              GR 10-12 Second place $125 & certificate, Pauchon Foundation Award    
              Gr 9-12-$50 Gift Certificate, Certificate of Achievement, letter of congratulations, ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
              IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 & Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
   Joanne Quan  Soumya Bhat Kandukuri 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Reading the Cambridge Word Scramble and the Stroop Effect (Behavioral / Social) 10
        Daniel Kunil Park Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category Face Detection and Recognition in Videos Using Mathematica (Computers / Mathematics) 9
              HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
        Zoe Alice Pennington 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Reading the Cambridge Word Scramble and the Stroop Effect (Behavioral / Social) 10
        Lakshana  Senthilkumar 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Reading the Cambridge Word Scramble and the Stroop Effect (Behavioral / Social) 10
   Roy Rocklin  Vicky  Ro 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category Effect of Chelators on Speed of Phytoremediation (Environmental Sciences) 11
              Certificate, NOAA Medallion, letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration    
   David Taylor  Vibhav  Altekar Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category The Effect of Temperature and Membrane on a Microbial Fuel Cell (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
        Cynthia  Day 2nd Award, Engineering Category Construction of a Distress Radiobeacon (Engineering) 11
              HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
              Outstanding Project: certificate plus voucher for course materials and attendance at a safe boating course., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary    
        Robert  Ying 2nd Award, Engineering Category Construction of a Distress Radiobeacon (Engineering) 11
              HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
              Outstanding Project: certificate plus voucher for course materials and attendance at a safe boating course., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary    
Monta Vista High School  Scott DeRuiter  Anirudh Nagesh Suvarna 2nd Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Comparison of the Via Lactea 2 Simulation to the Andromeda Galaxy (Earth / Space Sciences) 11
   Kavita Gupta  Angela  Zhang Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School New Smart Weapons: Theranostics - A Novel Approach to Combat Cancer (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 11
              $ 2500 to the winning student or team, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis    
              1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category    
              Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology    
              GR 10-12 Second Place, $50, Book, T-shirt, Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
              Grade 11 Individual Project - $200 cash award, Genencor Biotechnology Awards    
   Pooya Hajjarian  Paras Jagdish Jain $1000 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis SmartCheck: Innovating Credit Card Security Through Online and Smartphone Based Transaction Handshake Protocols, Fingerprinting and Encryption (Computers / Mathematics) 9
              2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
              $100 check and certificate, Wireless Communications Alliance    
              1st Place Bronze Medallion, Messenger Bag, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate Folder, United States Army    
   Jon Stark  Akshay Kumar Agrawal 1st Award, Engineering Category Plotting Muon Pathways as a Source for Randomness for Encryption Algorithms (Engineering) 11
              HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
        Hemanth Belve Kini 1st Award, Engineering Category Plotting Muon Pathways as a Source for Randomness for Encryption Algorithms (Engineering) 11
              HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army