Cupertino Union School District

Project Awards 2016

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Cupertino Middle School Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Kaushik Sai Tota 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 Developing Magnesium-Air Fuel Cells (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
            Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
            1st Place Award - $100, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
            GR 6-8, 1st Place: $85 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Kai Brown Anjali  Singh Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category IoT Device System for Tracking Hand Motions Of Senior Citizens in Morse Code (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
  Thea Dalvand Rushil  Saha $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award Wearable Device for Dementia Patients to Log Activity and Location, and R Analysis of Data to Find Trends in Movements (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
      Kirtan  Shah Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Image Compression: Which algorithm performs the best? (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
  Susan Hansen Suhas  Prasad Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Do Hamiltonian Bugs Always Converge? A Computer-Inspired Proof (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Patrick  Yu Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter A Novel Approach to Leaf and Image Recognition (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
            $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award    
  Khadija Iyer Matthew  Cho $250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award Smart Shoes: An innovative method to analyze and correct improper gait (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
            One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education    
      Athena  Fung Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade A Bluer Ocean: Replacing Microplastics with Water-Soluble Bioplastics (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
            $50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards    
            2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
Lawson Middle School Joel Carter Deepa  Mahesh 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Analyzing Images to Help with Obstacle Avoidance for the Blind (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
Miller Middle School Mahasweta Ganai (PSP) Milan  Ganai Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Wearable Therapeutic Device with Bluetooth for Sarcopenia Patients and Caregivers (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
  Shree Murthy (PSP) Chinmay K Lalgudi 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Development of a Thermoelectric Generator Integrated Laptop Case to Charge Computers using their own Heat (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
  Maneesha Ranabhor (PSP) Shounak Kiran Ranabhor Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Angel's Eye - The Heat Battalion (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
  Kim Stinson Krithi Vishesh Koodli 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Computer Simulation of Intersecting Orbits of Celestial Bodies (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
  Latha Subramanyan(PSP) Raghav  Ganesh $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award Characterizing Brain Activity using Facial Feature Recognition and Gaze Tracking (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter    
            Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
            IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
  Dipa Trivedi (PSP) Kavish  Trivedi Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Preventing Crime using a Smart Doorbell (Physical Science and Engineering) 8