Harker School - Upper School Campus

Project Awards 2012

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Harker School - Upper School Campus  Gary Blickenstaff  Sriram  Somasundaram 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category A Non-Invasive Approach for Cataracts: Efficacy of N-Acetyl L-Carnosine for Treatment and Prevention of Crystallin Aggregation with CdTe (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
              $100 First Place, Inez M. Lechner Award    
              Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation    
   Matthew Harley  Prag  Batra Honorable Mention Certificate, MedImmune Storage of Active Biological Compounds in Silk Films (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 12
              Grade 12 Individual Project - $200 cash award, Genencor Biotechnology Awards    
   Robbie Korin  Stephanie  Chen 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Energy from Sugar: Using Glucose to Create an Efficient Battery (Chemistry) 10
        Kristine  Lin 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Energy from Sugar: Using Glucose to Create an Efficient Battery (Chemistry) 10
   Chris Spenner  Sarika  Bajaj HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army Underwater Three Dimensional Mapping Camera Systems (UTDMCS) (Engineering) 10
        Paulomi  Bhattacharya Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP competition, including hotel and accomodations for up to two students and one advisor. Certificate, I-SWEEEP Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Internal Alkyne-Stabilized Ruthenium Nanoparticles For Molecular Electronics Applications: The Effects of Ligand Structure and Interfacial Bonding on Optoelectronic Properties (Chemistry) 11
              Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category    
              3rd Place Award - $50 Cash plus framed cert and Popular Science Magazine subscription, Gr 9-12, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
              3rd Place Team Award - $300 plus certificate, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section    
              GR 9-12 Second Place, $50, Book, T-shirt, Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
        Vikas Chandra Bhetanabhotla 1st Award, Physics Category A Novel Approach to Combating Brain Tumors Using Hyperpolarized C13 NMR (Physics) 10
        Lucy  Cheng 1st Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Detailed Chemical Abundance Patterns of Andromeda Dwarf Satellites From Coadded Spectra (Earth / Space Sciences) 12
        Emily Liwen Chu 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category Maximization of An Enzymatic Fuel Cell's Power Output (Environmental Sciences) 11
        Christopher  Fu Honorable Mention, Physics Category Inhibiting Combustion Through Low-Pressure Sound Wave Rarefactions (Physics) 10
              HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
        Anika  Gupta 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category Biofuel Production: Determination of Cellobiase Concentration in Various Fungi. (Environmental Sciences) 10
        Matthew Z Huang Honorable Mention, Physics Category Inhibiting Combustion Through Low-Pressure Sound Wave Rarefactions (Physics) 9
              HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
        Rishabh  Jain 2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category A Novel Approach to Audio Classification Using Spectral Analysis and Gene Clustering Techniques (Computers / Mathematics) 9
        Saachi  Jain 1st Award, Chemistry Category Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium at Varying pHs (Chemistry) 10
              Gr 9-12, 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, Popular Science Magazine Subscrtiption, Certicate; ISEF Cert & medallion mailed from ASM Educational Foundation,, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
        Eesha  Khare Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP competition, including hotel and accomodations for up to two students and one advisor. Certificate, I-SWEEEP Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Internal Alkyne-Stabilized Ruthenium Nanoparticles For Molecular Electronics Applications: The Effects of Ligand Structure and Interfacial Bonding on Optoelectronic Properties (Chemistry) 11
              Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category    
              3rd Place Award - $50 Cash plus framed cert and Popular Science Magazine subscription, Gr 9-12, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
              3rd Place Team Award - $300 plus certificate, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section    
              GR 9-12 Second Place, $50, Book, T-shirt, Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
        Revanth Sai Kosaraju Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Role of Epidermal Hif-1 alpha in the Inflammatory and Angiogenic Response to Ischemia in Diabetic Wound Healing (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 12
              Honorable Mention Certificate, MedImmune    
              1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category    
        Payal N. Modi 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category Maximization of An Enzymatic Fuel Cell's Power Output (Environmental Sciences) 11
        Neil Kamal Movva $100 First Place, Inez M. Lechner Award A Novel Use of RC Circuits As Sensors in 3D Field HIDs (Engineering) 9
              Certificate of Achievement and VIP visit to NASA-Ames, NASA Ames Research Center    
        Suchita  Nety 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Investigation of Synthetic Bioadhesive Hydrogels for Internal Medical Use (Chemistry) 11
              2nd Place Award - $75 Cash plus framed cert and Popular Science Magazine subscription, Gr 9-12, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
        Anika  Radiya-Dixit $500 savings bond and plaque (if group project, savings bond $250/ea for 2 ppl; $150/ea for 3 ppl; $125/ea for 4 ppl) All receive Plaques., California Society for Biomedical Research - Ron Orta Excellence in Biomedical Research Award Analysing the Effects of Deferoxamine Patches for Wound Healing in Diabetic Mice (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 11
              HM : Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
        Tara Sheida Rezvani 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Facial Feature Recognition Capabilities of Teenagers (Behavioral / Social) 11
        Vikram  Sundar 2nd Award, Bioinformatics Category A Novel Potential-Energy-Based Algorithm for Protein Docking (Bioinformatics) 10
        Vedant  Thayagaraj 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Effect of 'Raja Yoga' on Objective and Subjective Sleep Parameters in Teens - A Pilot Home Sleep Monitoring Study (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 9
        Sarina S. Vij Finalist, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Calcium Signaling in the Regenerative Process of Botryllus schlosseri (sea squirt) (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
              $100 Cash Award, certificate, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award    
        Albert Yuejun Wu $1000 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis Multi-net Bayesian Networks for Integrative Genomic Discovery (Bioinformatics) 12
              1st Award, Bioinformatics Category    
        Stanley  Xie Honorable Mention: Certificate and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) An Examination of the Oncogenic E-Cadherin Through C. Elegans and Its Extensive Effects upon Metastasis (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 9
        Samyukta  Yagati 1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category Detecting Duplicate Content in Text Documents Using N-Gram Indexing (Computers / Mathematics) 9