Cupertino Union School District

Project Awards 2014

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Cupertino Middle School Frank Adriance Rajiv Krishna Nelakanti Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize An evolutionary study of hydrogenosomes and mitochondria: comparing 18S rRNA sequences of eukaryotic organisms (Bioinformatics) 8
            GR 6-8: 2nd Place, $50 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award    
  Rachel Nolan Anika  Sanyal 2nd Award, Chemistry Category The Power of Raw Freshness. Does Cooking/Refrigeration Decrease Vitamin C in Food? (Chemistry) 7
Hyde Middle School Okon Ibanga Siddharth Vaidehi Mahesh Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Green Technology: Build an Electronic Rain Detector to Conserve Water (Engineering) 7
  Kristina Park Shashank Vaidehi Mahesh 2nd Award, Engineering Category Arduino controlled Paper Evaluation System (Engineering) 7
Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Thea Dalvand Advith  Gopinath Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category Does Rap Have a Bad Rep? A Study on How Rap Music Affects Aggression (Behavioral / Social) 8
  Aru Hill (SSW Mentor) Anika  Cheerla Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Solvatochromism: It's Not Just Black and White Anymore (Chemistry) 7
  Youssef Ismail (SSW Mentor) Tejaswi  Vemulapati 2nd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter An Algorithm to Compute The Fractal Dimension of a Penrose Tiling (Computers / Mathematics) 6
            Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category    
  Jamie Oliveira Suhas  Prasad Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter May the Best Line-Follower Win: Comparisons of Line-Following Algorithms for Different Types of Lines (Computers / Mathematics) 6
            2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
            Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center    
            Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration    
  Samir Sathe (PSP) Rujuta Samir Sathe 2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category Does "Om" chanting help reduce stress, anxiety, and promote mental and physcical well being? (Behavioral / Social) 7
Lawson Middle School Emily Adams Utkarsh  Tandon Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School A Wearable Device for Spinal-Lumbus-Modeling to Recognize and Correct Posture through Real-Time Analysis and Flex Sensing Capabilites (Engineering) 8
            1st Award, Engineering Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
            IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
Miller Middle School Steve Greenfield Eesha  Deepak Honorable Mention, Physics Category The Effect of Placement and Angle of Solar Cells, Angle of Sun, and Conduciveness of the Sun's Rays on Solar Panel Potency (Physics) 7
      Tanvee  Joshi Honorable Mention, Physics Category The Effect of Placement and Angle of Solar Cells, Angle of Sun, and Conduciveness of the Sun's Rays on Solar Panel Potency (Physics) 7
  Codrutza Popescu Maya Vaishali Abiram Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association Effect of Meditation on Weight Loss (Behavioral / Social) 6
      Diya  Jain 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Does Color Affect Learning & Memory (Behavioral / Social) 7
            Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association    
      Seena  Jovkar 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category The Algicidal Effects of Probiotics on Eutrophication (Environmental Sciences) 7
      Chinmay  Lalgudi Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center Using Wave Energy to generate Electricity (Engineering) 6
            Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration    
      Luca  Popescu 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category The Algicidal Effects of Probiotics on Eutrophication (Environmental Sciences) 7
      Zara Anzum Shariff 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Does the Eye Read Full Words or Individual Letters? (Behavioral / Social) 6
      Amol  Singh Honorable Mention, Physics Category MAGNETS in Action with Temperature (Physics) 7
  Latha Subramanyan(PSP) Raghav  Ganesh Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Sensor based cane for the visually challenged (Engineering) 6
            1st Award, Engineering Category    
            IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers