Valley Christian High School

Project Awards 2015

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Valley Christian High School  Rita Huff  Joshua Paul Bevis 2nd Award, Zoology Category The Effect of Drought on the Skeletal Development of Danio Rerio (Zebrafish) (Zoology) 11
        Charley  Bi 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category How Bacterially Secreted Intrinsic Factor affects Vitamin B12 Transfer (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Amy  Bugwadia 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Determining optimal level of 11B-HSD2 for healthy fetal neural development (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Austin Won Chang 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category How Bacterially Secreted Intrinsic Factor affects Vitamin B12 Transfer (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Nathan Ryan Chang 2nd Award, Zoology Category The Effect of Drought on the Skeletal Development of Danio Rerio (Zebrafish) (Zoology) 11
        Angie Luan Chen 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Determining optimal level of 11B-HSD2 for healthy fetal neural development (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Rishi Pulin Desai Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Efficient Programming Through Natural Language Processing (Computers / Mathematics) 10
              Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category    
              One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education    
        Niharika  Desaraju 2nd Award, Zoology Category Drosophila melanogaster's immunity/longevity of life with daily supplements of regular probiotics (Zoology) 10
        Thomas  Fahrner Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Efficient Programming Through Natural Language Processing (Computers / Mathematics) 12
              Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category    
              One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education    
        Cooper  Ge 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category How Bacterially Secreted Intrinsic Factor affects Vitamin B12 Transfer (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Jessica  Macmillan 1st Award, Engineering Category Amoeba Filtration through native clothing and materials (Engineering) 12
              $50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards    
        Pavithra  Margabandu Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Will oxidative stress cause the accumulation of alpha synuclein, increase markers of lipid peroxidation, and apoptosis in dopaminergic neurons. (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Charles  Nijmeh 3rd Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch Mechanisms to Increase Temozolomide Efficacy in Astrocytoma Cells (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
        Gerrit C-Y. Luk Orthlieb 3rd Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch Mechanisms to Increase Temozolomide Efficacy in Astrocytoma Cells (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 12