Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District

Project Awards 2012

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Los Gatos High School	Cathy	Messenger	Brooke Murphy	Ahmed	2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category	Effect of Toxins in Runoff Water on Daphnia magna (Environmental Sciences)	10
					Certificate of Achievement; & opportunity to advance to Stockholm competition, Stockholm Junior Water Prize
			Ian Dale	Berkstresser	Certificate, NOAA Medallion, letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	Real-Time Toxin Screening in Stormwater Drains (Engineering)	10
					Outstanding Project: certificate plus voucher for course materials and attendance at a safe boating course., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
			Jessica	Chiu	2nd Award, Physics Category	A Photogrammetry Comparison of Wing Architecture and Kinematics in Both Insects and Birds (Physics)	10
			James Gregory	Detweiler	Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Microalgae Production of Biofuel (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	10
			Adam Joseph	Gramling	2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category	Advanced Oceanic Oil Recovery and Extraction Using Ferromagnetic Fluids (Environmental Sciences)	12
			Madison Grace	Hinkley	Honorable Mention, Zoology Category	Effect of Different Frequencies and Pitches on Developing Mosquitoes (Zoology)	10
			Keltan Guillaume	Lawler	2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category	Advanced Oceanic Oil Recovery and Extraction Using Ferromagnetic Fluids (Environmental Sciences)	12
			Hannah Belle	Spinner	1st Award, Botany Category	The Effects of Mycorrhizal Innoculation Compared to Pesticide Use on Plants (Botany)	10
			Sabera Jane	Talukder	$100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis	Pani Purification (Engineering)	10
					1st Award, Engineering Category
					$100 check and certificate, Wireless Communications Alliance
					GR 10-12 Third place $100 & certificate, Pauchon Foundation Award
Saratoga High School	Robert	Kucer	Ramya	Swami	2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category	Effects of Dietary Vitamin D on the Progression of Breast Tumors in Mice (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	11
			Sanjna	Verma	2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category	Effects of Dietary Vitamin D on the Progression of Breast Tumors in Mice (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	11
			Edward Lee	White	Certificate of Achievement, letter to teacher, Mu Alpha Theta	Efficient Combinatoric Solution System (Engineering)	11
					Special Award :$75 & Certificate, Varian Medical Systems
			David Andrew	Zarrin	Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School	The Pistonless, Full Stroke Internal Combustion Engine with only 4 Moving Parts (Engineering)	11
					$100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis
					Finalist, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize
					1st Award, Engineering Category
					GR 10-12 First place $250 & certificate, Pauchon Foundation Award
					GR: 9-12: Third Place, $25, T-Shirt, Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)
					HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army