Harker School-Upper Campus

Project Awards 2017

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Harker School-Upper Campus  Gary Blickenstaff  Akhil  Arun 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category A Machine Learning Based Approach to Skin Lesion Segmentation using Superpixels (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award    
        Divija Anantasai Bhimaraju Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Determining the Effect of the Age of the Environment on the Incidence of Cellular Senescence (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Cynthia  Chen 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Fighting Malnutrition: Automated Optimization of Nutrition Using Novel n-Dimensional Linear Programming Models. (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award    
        Jeffrey  Fung Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Variations in Salinity and Growth Effects ofthe Marine Microalga Nannochloropsis (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Aarzu  Gupta 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Efficacy of Combinations of Plant Based Natural Antibiotics in Aiding the Fight Against Superbugs (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Richard  Hu Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The Impact of Solar Plants on Microclimate (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Allison Sihan Jia Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Using EEG to Analyze Common High School Distractions While Studying (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Karena  Kong Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Traffic Network Management: Novel Approach Using a Deep-Learning System Driven by Dynamic Data (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Eileen  Li BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education Addressing the Global Landfill Problem: A Novel Automatic Waste Sorting Algorithm Based on Machine Learning Methods (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Millie  Lin Certificate and nomination to enter 2018 Sustainability Soutions Festival in Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives The Prevalence of Parent-Teacher Interactions and their Influence on Student Outcomes in Developing Countries (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association    
              Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter    
        Emily  Liu BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education Addressing the Global Landfill Problem: A Novel Automatic Waste Sorting Algorithm Based on Machine Learning Methods (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Neelesh Krishna Ramachandran Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Determining the Effect of the Age of the Environment on the Incidence of Cellular Senescence (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Maya  Shukla 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Efficacy of Combinations of Plant Based Natural Antibiotics in Aiding the Fight Against Superbugs (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Sahana Gorantla Srinivasan 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category A Machine Learning Based Approach to Skin Lesion Segmentation using Superpixels (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award    
        Jasmine Kimberly Wiese Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Using EEG to Analyze Common High School Distractions While Studying (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Catherinez  Zhao Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Variations in Salinity and Growth Effects ofthe Marine Microalga Nannochloropsis (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
   David Casso  Krish  Kapadia $ 500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize The Use of Salivary Proteins as Novel Biomarkers for Concussion (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 10
              High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Anjay  Saklecha $ 500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize The Use of Salivary Proteins as Novel Biomarkers for Concussion (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 10
              High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Ruhi  Sayana 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Exploitation of Cell Survival Mechanisms to Induce Apoptosis for High-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Katherine  Tian 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Seizure Prediction Using Deep Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Kevin  Xu Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association Modeling the Dual Effect of Governmental Aid and Hospital Subsidization on Hospital Performance: An Affordable Care Act (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Raymond  Xu Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association Modeling the Dual Effect of Governmental Aid and Hospital Subsidization on Hospital Performance: An Affordable Care Act (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
        Katherine Feifei Zhang 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Seizure Prediction Using Deep Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Anu Datar  Kaushik  Shivakumar Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category A Machine-Learning Approach to Correlate Environmental and Demographic Factors to Cancer Incidences Across US Counties (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
              Certificate and nomination to enter 2018 Sustainability Soutions Festival in Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives    
   Kelly Horan  Shreyas  Chandrashekaran Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effects of Age on Distracted Driving Reaction Times (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              Certificate of Achievement, United States Public Health Service    
   Robbie Korin  Shaya  Zarkesh Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter A Novel Approach to Semantic Parsing of Mathematical Word Problems with Neural Networks (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
   Eric Nelson  Jerry  Chen High school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, ONR Medallion, and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps Modeling the Internal Rotation and Dispersion of Distant Galaxies (z ~ 1.0) Using Multi-PA Keck DEIMOS Slit Spectra (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Amy  Dunphy IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Ditch the Keyboard: A Novel Touchless Input Scheme (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Amy  Jin Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Deep learning-based automated tool detection and analysis of surgical videos to assess operative skill (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award    
        Cameron Cole Jones 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Intelligent Hearing Aids: Improving Speech Intelligibility and Separation in Noisy Environments through Deep Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Scott Pflaumer  Arnav Sameer Joshi High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize A novel system for detecting COPD, asthma, and other obstructive lung diseases early in low-resource environments (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
              2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
   Chris Spenner  Rishab Srinivasan Gargeya $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis EyeLogic: All-Purpose Vision Disease Detection in Clinic-Sourced and Low-Cost Smartphone-Based Retinal Images (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 12
              2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Anastasiya  Grebin 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Common crop higher plant growth impairment from human pharmaceuticals present in surface water. (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Jimmy  Lin 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Automated Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Novel Assessment of Tumor-Associated Stroma Using Deep Learning Algorithms (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Rajiv  Movva Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Machine Learning-Based Discovery of Synergistic Drug Combinations for Rapid and Effective Cancer Treatment (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Sandip  Nirmel 2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category The Biological Pump in a Changing Climate: Identifying Drivers of Sinking of Antarctic Phytoplankton and Ice Algae (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 12
              Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society    
        Evani  Radiya-Dixit 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Identification of Therapeutic Cancer Targets Across Adenocarcinomas Using Genome-wide DNA Methylation Analyses (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 12
              ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award    
        Manan Ajay Shah Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Deep Learning Assessment of Tumor Proliferation in Histological Images for Comprehensive Breast Cancer Severity Analysis (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 12
              1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category    
              $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award    
              ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award    
        Arjun  Subramaniam Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School CadML: Computational Antibody Design Through Deep Learning and Structural Protein Analysis (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 12
              2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category    
              ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award    
   Jeff Sutton  Maddie  Huynh 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Effects of Runoff Water on Aquatic Plants (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Michelle  Kwan 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Effects of Runoff Water on Aquatic Plants (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Carolyn  Lu 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Effects of Runoff Water on Aquatic Plants (Physical Science and Engineering) 9