Fremont Union High School District

Project Awards 2012

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Cupertino High School  Amy Ripp  Eric Victor Jang $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis Massively Parallel Virtual Screening Using Facebook (Computers / Mathematics) 12
              Intel ECS Certificate & Verification form and W-9 to submit for $200 cash, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award    
        Tanay  Tandon 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category An Implementation of Electro-Conductive Ionic Properties of Plasmatic Bodily Fluids in a Novel Conductometric Based Analysis for the Advanced Detection of Leukemia Based Hemotological Malignancies (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 9
Homestead High School  Jessica Cormany  Maya Anusha Josyula 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category Determining Optimal Roofing Materials for Cities with Diverse Climates (Environmental Sciences) 9
Lynbrook High School  Amanda Alonzo  Sarat  Calamur Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category Mycoremediation of Household Hazardous Waste Through Pleurotus Ostreatus (Environmental Sciences) 11
              $100 Cash Award, Certificate, Schonert Award    
        Arun  Chakravorty 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category A Novel Carbon Dioxide Sequestor to Reduce C02 in Car Exhaust (Environmental Sciences) 12
        Michelle Lily Chang First Place: $100 Cash, Certificate and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter The Determination of the Effects of Panax Ginseng C.A. Meyer on the Nervous System of Caenorhabditis elegans (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 11
        Albert  Ge Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Determination of Pattern Behavior in Paenibacillus Vortex by the Analysis of Competitive Growth and the role of Chemotaxis (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Akruti Mahesh Gupta Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category The Effects of Oil-Polluted Water on Multiple Generations of Pea Plants and Methods to Reverse the Effects (Environmental Sciences) 10
        Somya  Khare 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category Rhizofiltration Using Brassica Plants to Remove Heavy Metal Contamination from Water (Environmental Sciences) 9
        Rani Shree Mavram $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis Biodegradable Plastics: Producing an Economical Starch-Based Plastic With High Tensile Strength, Water Resistance, and Biodegradability Through Gelatinization (Environmental Sciences) 9
        Keegan Victor Mendonca 1st Award, Botany Category The Effects of IAA and IBA on Laccaria bicolor (Botany) 11
        Nidhi Ajay Navaratna 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Exploring Cross-Modal Plasticity:Analying the Audio-Visual Recallability of Grapheme-Color Synesthetes (Behavioral / Social) 9
              Santa Clara County Judging Committee High School Award of Excellence, $50 + Certificate, American Psychological Association    
        Anusha  Sundar $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis Biodegradable Plastics: Producing an Economical Starch-Based Plastic With High Tensile Strength, Water Resistance, and Biodegradability Through Gelatinization (Environmental Sciences) 9
        Jack Ryan Takahashi 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category A Novel Study of the Adaptation of Pseudomonas Putida S12 to a Polystyrene-rich Environment: Random Chemical Mutagenesis and Bacterial Luciferase as a Non-Specific Bioreporter (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
              Check for $200 and certificate, Dr. Paul X. Callahan in memorium - a Top Biological HS project    
              Grade 11 or 12 team - $400 cash award, Genencor Biotechnology Awards    
        Andrew Sean Tsai 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category A Novel Study of the Adaptation of Pseudomonas Putida S12 to a Polystyrene-rich Environment: Random Chemical Mutagenesis and Bacterial Luciferase as a Non-Specific Bioreporter (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
              Check for $200 and certificate, Dr. Paul X. Callahan in memorium - a Top Biological HS project    
              Grade 11 or 12 team - $400 cash award, Genencor Biotechnology Awards    
        Kimberly Mary Vaz 1st Award, Engineering Category A Novel Method for the Development of a Flexible Sensor in Robotic Fingertip Use (Engineering) 11
              Certificate of Achievement and instructions for Pewter Medallion (to come), Yale Science and Engineering Association    
        Evan  Xue HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army A Novel Approach to 3D Motion Tracking System. (Engineering) 11
   Kenneth Iams  Quinn Campbell Winters 2nd Award, Physics Category Novel Statistical Photonics Using Mathematical Models (Physics) 11
   Kathleen Loia  Vishwajit  Kode 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Developing Phage Therapy through Bacteriophage Mutagenesis (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 10
   Charles Mosher  Jiwan  Kang 2nd place, $30 check and a book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award The Dimensions of the Truss on the Bridge's Weight Bearing Capacity (Engineering) 9
              3rd Place HS Award - $50 Cash plus cert, American Society of Civil Engineers    
   George Peck  Anish  Dhar HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army A 3-Dimensional Facial Recognition Algorithm Using Active Appearance Models and Structure from Motion (Computers / Mathematics) 11
        Nikhil  Unni HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army A 3-Dimensional Facial Recognition Algorithm Using Active Appearance Models and Structure from Motion (Computers / Mathematics) 11
   Joanne Quan  Soumya Bhat Kandukuri 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category A Novel Method of Biodegrading Bisphenol-A in Polyethylene Terephthalate for Hydrolytic Stability in the North Pacific Gyre (Environmental Sciences) 11
        Zoe Alice Pennington 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category A Novel Method of Biodegrading Bisphenol-A in Polyethylene Terephthalate for Hydrolytic Stability in the North Pacific Gyre (Environmental Sciences) 11
   Roy Rocklin  Sneha Atul Mohidekar Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category A Comparison of the Energy Content and Burning Speed of Different Oils as Possible Biofuels (Chemistry) 9
        Ruchi Sandeep Pandya 1st Award, Chemistry Category The Effect of Eliminating Oxidizers from Various Substances to Form Flame Retardant Substances (Chemistry) 9
              Certificate of Achievement and VIP visit to NASA-Ames, NASA Ames Research Center    
              HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
        Hima Varsha Rajana Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category A Comparison of the Energy Content and Burning Speed of Different Oils as Possible Biofuels (Chemistry) 9
Monta Vista High School  Renee Fallon  Vishnu  Shankar Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category An Intelligent Simulation Approach Using Computer Based Algorithm to Trace the Onset of Pandemic (Computers / Mathematics) 10
              Intel ECS Certificate & Verification form and W-9 to submit for $200 cash, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award    
              Student memberships to AIAA, certificates, and programmable robots, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award    
   Kavita Gupta  Soumya Lakshmi Kurnool Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor Suppression: Overexpression of p53 in Mouse Lung Tumor Cells (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 11
   Pooya Hajjarian  Spoorthi Venkata Davala 2nd Award, Engineering Category Increasing the Efficiency of Photovoltaic Modules Even Under Cloudy Weather Conditions (Engineering) 10
              1st Place Award - $100 Cash, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers    
   Bruce Kawanami  Kadhirvel  Manickam HM Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association Facio (Emergency Solar Heat Powered Cooking Apparatus) (Engineering) 11
        Christopher  Oh HM Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association Facio (Emergency Solar Heat Powered Cooking Apparatus) (Engineering) 11
   Joe Kim  Natalie  Ng Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Gene Expression Profiling of Heterogeneous Tumor Samples Using Statistical Deconvolution Methods (Bioinformatics) 10
              1st Award, Bioinformatics Category    
   Lora Lerner  Siddharth  Prasad 2nd Award, Engineering Category Wrist-aid: a Strain Sensitive Wrist Bandage for Keyboard Users to Maintain Correct Position to Prevent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Engineering) 9
              Certificate of Achievement, United States Air Force    
   Ben Lowell  Yanbing  Zhu $50 Cash award, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society Esterification of Anthocyanin to Maximize Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Efficiency (Chemistry) 11
              1st Place Award - $100 Cash plus framed certs and Popular Science Magazine subscription, Gr 9-12, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
              2nd place, $30 check and a book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award    
              Gr 9-12-$50 Gift Certificate, Certificate of Achievement, letter of congratulations, ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
              Honorable Mention: T-Shirt, Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
   Elizabeth McCracken  Adyota  Gupta Finalist, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Smart Vest: A Novel Approach to Bulletproof Vests (Engineering) 10
              1st Award, Engineering Category    
              1st Place Messenger Bag, Polo Shirt. Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
              Gr 9-12-$50 Gift Certificate, Certificate of Achievement, letter of congratulations, ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
              Honorable Mention: T-Shirt, Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
              Victory Sport Bag, Sonic Sound Speaker, Junior Tech Organizer, and Award Certificate in Folder, United States Air Force    
   Jon Stark  Ajay Uday Mandlekar Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Utilization of Recombination Techniques and Pseudorandom Sequences in Sound Steganography (Engineering) 12
              Finalist, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              1st Award, Engineering Category    
              Certificate of Achievement, letter to teacher, Mu Alpha Theta    
        Jingyu  Oh Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Utilization of Recombination Techniques and Pseudorandom Sequences in Sound Steganography (Engineering) 12
              Finalist, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              1st Award, Engineering Category    
              Certificate of Achievement, letter to teacher, Mu Alpha Theta