Silver Creek High School

Project Awards 2015

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Silver Creek High School  Narquiz Cervantes  Nora  Abushaaban Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Effects of Metal Cations on the Kinetics of Ortho- Nitrophenyl-Beta Galactoside Hydrolysis by Lactase (Chemistry) 11
              2nd Award, Chemistry Category    
        Manjot  Kaur Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Effect of various metal pollutants on the photosynthetic growth of marine algae under replicated oceanic conditions measured by the resulting concentration of chlorophyll detected through a spectrophotometer (Ecology) 10
              1st Award, Ecology Category    
              $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award    
        Erin Yurim Kim 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Chopsticks: Harmless Wood or a Bane? (Chemistry) 11
        Jennifer Yura Kim 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Chopsticks: Harmless Wood or a Bane? (Chemistry) 12
        Sophia  Lau Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Effect of various metal pollutants on the photosynthetic growth of marine algae under replicated oceanic conditions measured by the resulting concentration of chlorophyll detected through a spectrophotometer (Ecology) 10
              1st Award, Ecology Category    
              $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award    
        Whitney J Lau Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Effects of Metal Cations on the Kinetics of Ortho- Nitrophenyl-Beta Galactoside Hydrolysis by Lactase (Chemistry) 11
              2nd Award, Chemistry Category    
        Pratima  Manga Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Effects of Metal Cations on the Kinetics of Ortho- Nitrophenyl-Beta Galactoside Hydrolysis by Lactase (Chemistry) 11
              2nd Award, Chemistry Category    
        Priya  Padmanaban 2nd Place Award - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley The Synthesis of Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles for the Decontamination of Oily Water". (Chemistry) 11
              1st Award, Chemistry Category    
              Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
   Traci Verna  Christian  Justo Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) Bacterial Murderers (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Moses  Rivera Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) Bacterial Murderers (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Helen Hanh Thio 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category How do the different conditions (temperature and concentration/quantity) of several essential oils work as anti-fungal agents to stop fungal infections? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11