East Side Union High School District
Project Awards 2017
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Hill High School | Patrick | Allamandola | Angela Lam | Bui | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | What is the effect of different water treatment methods on the removal of Copper (II) ions? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 |
| Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | |||||||
| Benjamin Hue | Dinh | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Effect of Solar Panel Inclination on Power Output (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Stephanie Thuy | Le | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Testing Antibiotic Resistance of Staphylococcus Epidermidis (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Chau | Luu | High School-Cash Award-$75 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | What effect does the temperature during the roasting process have on the caffeine content in coffee beans? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Anh | Tran | GR 9-12, 3rd Place: $100 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Determining the Role of Nickel on TiO2 in Photocatalytic Glucose Reforming (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Evergreen Valley High School | Sangeeta | Bhatnagar | Siddharth | Das | 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 | A Fast, Efficient Technique for Finding a Path through Multiple Destinations (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Benjamin | Higgins | Aratrika | Ghatak | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Developing a Predictive Model for On-Campus Crime using Machine Learning Algorithms and Reporting via Mobile App. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Suhas | Kotha | 3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Piezoelectric Energy Harvester (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| 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 | |||||||
| Scott | Lubbs | Michelle | Li | 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 | Development and Efficacy Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms Applied to the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Labanya | Mukhopadhyay | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Predicting the Efficiency of Chaotic Mixing of Granular Pharmaceutical Materials Using Image Processing (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Plaque and Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department | |||||||
| Jeffrey | Solomon | Simrithaa | Karunakaran | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Safety Step - A Novel Device Using IoT to Provide Safe Navigation for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| 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 | |||||||
| Packet of Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | |||||||
| David | Walz | Shanmurugan | Selvamurugan | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Designing a Probabilistic Photometric Transit Algorithm to Increase Success Rates of Identifying Earth-like Planets (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| Independence High School | Alec | Glassford | Alicia | Pang | Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley | Thermodynamic Limitations in the High School Peanut Calorimetry Experiment (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Jennifer | Tang | Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley | Thermodynamic Limitations in the High School Peanut Calorimetry Experiment (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Janelle | Wang | Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley | Thermodynamic Limitations in the High School Peanut Calorimetry Experiment (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Oak Grove High School | Jennifer | Claudio-Quan | Tracy Thuy | Doan | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Durability of Biodegradable Fabric Alternatives (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 |
| Michelle Bao | Le | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Durability of Biodegradable Fabric Alternatives (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Michael Long | Pham | High school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, ONR Medallion, and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Construction of a Relatively Low Cost Handmade Telescope System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Hillary Huynh | Trinh | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Durability of Biodegradable Fabric Alternatives (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Daijunay Justine | Turner | $40 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | The Role of Invasive Snail Ecology in the Production of Possible Natural Buffer Solutions (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Harlan Isaac | Wiitala | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Innovative CubeSat Thermal Regulation Using Phase-Changing Materials (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| $50 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | |||||||
| High school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, ONR Medallion, and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Piedmont Hills High School | Narquiz | Cervantes | Khiem | Nguyen | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | The effects of antioxidants on Artemia (brine shrimp) (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Santa Teresa High School | Debra | Dimas | Love-Lei | Balbas | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | You Can't Stop the Motion of the Ocean (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Kyra | Semone | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | You Can't Stop the Motion of the Ocean (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Silver Creek High School | Narquiz | Cervantes | Samantha | Lu | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | The effects of antioxidants on Artemia (brine shrimp) (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Jonathan | Ho | Jeffrey | Huynh | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Naturally Fire Retardant-How do Ashes Improve the Fire Retardant Properties of Balsa wood? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Rishabh | Rajesh | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Naturally Fire Retardant-How do Ashes Improve the Fire Retardant Properties of Balsa wood? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Alvin | Zou | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Naturally Fire Retardant-How do Ashes Improve the Fire Retardant Properties of Balsa wood? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Traci | Verna | Prachi | Bhagavatha | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Obstacle and Pavement Detection Computing Realtime Distance Using Optical Flow Algorithms for the Visually-Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Jasmine | Ngo | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Obstacle and Pavement Detection Computing Realtime Distance Using Optical Flow Algorithms for the Visually-Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Roseann | Phan | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | The Effect of UV Light on Different Strains of Bacteria (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Vy | Truong | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | The Effect of UV Light on Different Strains of Bacteria (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||