Palo Alto Unified School District

Project Awards 2010

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Gunn (Henry M.) High School  Bill Dunbar  Laurel Anne Kroo $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis Efficient Low-Cost Wind Energy Using Passive Circulation Control (Engineering) 12
              1st Award, Engineering Category    
              1st Place : Bronze Medallion, Army Satchel, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate Folder, United States Army    
              Connections computer accessories, Kitislazender sports deluxe sling, magnetic floating pen/holder, certificates, and certificate holders, United States Air Force    
              Gr 9-12-$50 Gift Certificate, medallion, Certificate of Achievement, and congratulatory letter, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
              HP PhotoSmart C8180 All-In-One Printer, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories    
        Divyanshu Rohit Murli 2nd Award, Technical Paper A Tensor Motivated Generalization of Strings to D-Branes (Technical Paper) 11
   Eric Ledgerwood  Audrey W. Ho 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Exploring the Structures and Energetics of Non-Classical Fullerenes (Chemistry) 11
              Book and certificate, Promethium Chapter of Iota Sigma Pi    
        Audrey W. Ho 2nd Award, Technical Paper Exploring the Electronic Structures of Non-Classical Fullerenes (Technical Paper) 11
   Angela Merchant  Timothy Scott Aiken Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Shortest Shutter Speed Required to Take a Clear Photo (Engineering) 9
   Josh Paley  Andrew Bo Liu 2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category Collaborative Filtering In Large Scale Recommender Systems (Computers / Mathematics) 11
              Intel ECS Certificate & Verification form and W-9 to submit for $200 cash, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award    
              1st Award, Technical Paper    
Jordan (David Starr) Middle School  Tami Warr  Joseph  Chang Honorable Mention, Physics Category Boing!-Ability (Physics) 7
Palo Alto High School  Suzanne B. Antink  Lynnelle Lin Ye Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Chomp On Graphs and Subsets (Computers / Mathematics) 12
              1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
              Certificate of Achievement, letter to teacher, Mu Alpha Theta    
              1st Award, Technical Paper    
   Erik Olah  Christine  Chang Honorable Mention, Technical Paper Finding Tag SNPs (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms) (Technical Paper) 9
Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School  Fred Berghout  Karina  Goot 2nd Award, Physics Category The Mpemba Effect (Physics) 8
        Addie Mary McNamara 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category What is the Effect of an Authoritative Figure on Different Age Groups? (Behavioral / Social) 8
   Noel Berghout  Kavya  Ramakrishnan 1st Award, Engineering Category Using Gears to Climb Stairs (Engineering) 8
              Certificate of Achievement and VIP visit to NASA-Ames, NASA Ames Research Center    
        Pheobe  So Honorable Mention, Physics Category Spacing on CDS and DVDS (Physics) 8
   Hayley Dupuy  Aidan Miles Drake 2nd place student - Middle School - $50 plus cert, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter The Effects of Increasing Pressure in Compressed Air Rockets (Physics) 6
        Maya Lee Kandell 2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category The Amazing Factors of the Human Eye and Heart, and How They Can be Affected by Colored Lights (Behavioral / Social) 6
        Gillian  Meeks 2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category The Amazing Factors of the Human Eye and Heart, and How They Can be Affected by Colored Lights (Behavioral / Social) 6
        Maya Danielle Miklos 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Wake Up and Smell the ...Color? (Behavioral / Social) 6
              Santa Clara County Judging Committee Middle School First Place Award of $25 and Certificate of Award from National APA, American Psychological Association    
   Ann Lorey  Erina  Kamiya First Place MS--$100 Cash plus cert, RAE Systems Burning Elements and Comparing Wavelength (Chemistry) 8
        Divya  Saini Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Oxygen Content in Different Environments (Chemistry) 8
   Kevin Lynch  Iris Marie Chin Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category How Does the Amount of Baking Soda Affect the Volume of Sugar Cookies? (Chemistry) 7
   Stacey Soong  Gloria  Pan Gr 6- $100 & scholarship to Advanced Student Research Program, Robert Brownlee - Schmahl Science Award Can the Bacteria E.Coli Survive in Outer Space Conditions (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 6
Terman Middle School  Beth Carlson  Emily Lois Aiken Honorable Mention, Physics Category Comfort vs. Speed: Designing the Ideal Sail (Physics) 7
              Connections computer accessories, Kitislazender sports deluxe sling, magnetic floating pen/holder, certificates, and certificate holders, United States Air Force    
              Honorable mention- certificate plus voucher for course materials and attendance at a safe boating course., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary    
        Grant  Fong 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Efficacy of Spices In Killing Bacteria (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 7
              Certificate of Achievement, signed by Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service Award    
   Jim Cox  Natasha Maier Batista 2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category Gender Memory Game (Behavioral / Social) 8
        Kathleen  DeCoste 2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category Gender Memory Game (Behavioral / Social) 8
   Tamara Juarez  Drew Lawrence Bent Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Project - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Exploring Rule Variations in Conway's Game of Life: Programming for the Computer and iPhone Platforms (Computers / Mathematics) 8
              1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
              $100 Cash Award to Grades 7-8 plus cert, Trimble Navigation, Ltd.    
        Isabel Nadine Goronzy 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Fueling the Immune System (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 8
        Sabrina  Lui 1st Award, Chemistry Category From Wind to Water (Chemistry) 8
              $50 Cash award, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society    
              3rd Place Award - $100 each, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section    
              HP35s Scientific Calculator, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories    
        Emily Siming Wang Honorable Mention, Botany Category The Effective Water Retention Medium for Living Roof Soil (Botany) 8
        Trevor S. Wang Honorable Mention, Botany Category The Effective Water Retention Medium for Living Roof Soil (Botany) 7
   Annie Yount  Brian Wesley Hill 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash plus framed cert and subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Which Metals are More Magnetic? (Physics) 6