A Schmahl Science Workshop
Project Awards 2012
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Schmahl Science Workshop | Preeti | Diwan | Medha Pravin | Narwankar | Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | Fruit Guard - A Media that will Scare Bacteria Away (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 9 |
| Nivedita | Rajendiran | 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | Effects of Camphor and Coconut Oil on Bacteria which Cause Ear Infections (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 11 | |||
| Honorable Mention: Certificate and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | |||||||
| Sara | Ye | 1st place $50 and a certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Methane Production with Cow Manure (Environmental Sciences) | 9 | |||
| Honorable Mention: Certificate and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | |||||||
| Ali | Haghighi | Anin | Sayana | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | A Novel Configuration of Carbon Nanotubes to Selectively Target Chemotherapy-Resistant Cancer Stem Cells (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 8 | |
| 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | |||||||
| GR 6-8 Certificate of Achievement, letter of congratulation, ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| GR 6-8: First Place, $75, T-shirt, Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | |||||||
| Nikash Dev | Shankar | $100 First Place, Inez M. Lechner Award | Insulin and Insulin Sensitizers: A Novel Theraputic Approach for the Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease in Type II Diabetes Mellitus (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 9 | |||
| Emily S. | Wang | Finalist, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Can it Bee? Investigating Anti-Cancer Agent Propolis (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 10 | |||
| 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | |||||||
| Aru | Hill | Pratik | Gongloor | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Measuring Light Scattering with Turbid Samples with Different Wavelengths of Light (Physics) | 7 | |
| Eric Thomas | Hooton | 2nd Award, Chemistry Category | Comparison of B-Carotene in Non-Organically Grown Spinach to Organically Grown Spinach (Chemistry) | 6 | |||
| Gokul Venkatraman | Kalyanasundaram | 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | The Effect of Coriander on the Action of Augmentin & Zithromax on E. coli and Salmonella (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 7 | |||
| Vineet Sai | Kosaraju | 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Optimization of Biofuel Production from the Algae Nannochloropsis oculata. (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| Anvi Pravin | Madhani | 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | The Effect of Vitamin C on the Bactericidal Activity of Copper (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 6 | |||
| GR 6-8:Third Place, $25, T-Shirt, Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | |||||||
| Evani | Radiya-Dixit | 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | Algae Bioreactor for Biodiesel Production (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 7 | |||
| GR 6-8 Certificate of Achievement, letter of congratulation, ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Ajay | Rajan | Honorable Mention: Certificate and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Amylase Inhibitor from Guava Leaves (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 10 | |||
| Amrita | Venkatraman | 1st Place Award - $100 Cash plus framed certs and Popular Science Magazine subscription, Gr 6-8, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Fast Food Frenzy: Using Potato Products to Create and Test the Quality of Bioplastics (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| Youssef | Ismail | Usha | Raman | Gift Card and Certificate, Society of Women Engineers | A Novel, Pain Free Way to Measure Blood Sugar Levels (Engineering) | 10 | |
| Rajiv | Sancheti | 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | Portable Milk Purification System (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 8 | |||
| 1st place $100 cash plus certificate, Letter, and IFT Information, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | |||||||
| Kaushik Krishna | Sankar | 1st Award, Physics Category | A Study of the Energy Efficiencies in Different Insects (Physics) | 8 | |||
| Rahul Kasthuri | Sarathy | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Imitating Trees to Improve Solar Panel Placement (Physics) | 8 | |||
| Debnil A. | Sur | 1st Award, Physics Category | The Effect of TiO2 Coating on Photovoltaic Cells (Physics) | 11 | |||
| Mark | Kent | Nitya | Mani | 1st Award, Engineering Category | Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (Engineering) | 9 | |
| Gr 9-12, 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash, Popular magazine Subscription, Certificate, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | |||||||
| Pritika | Patel | Priya Anandhi | Sundaresan | 3rd Place Award - $100 Cash and cert, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Mutant Madness (Zoology) | 7 | |
| Belinda | Schmahl | Leo | Yu | 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | The Effect of Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant on Various Concentrations of Hydrocarbons (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 9 | |
| 2nd Place Award - $200 plus certificate, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section | |||||||