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Project Awards 2015

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Archbishop Mitty High School William Abb Teja Sai Veeramacheneni 1st Award, Physics Category A Novel Study on the Effect of Direct Electric Fields on a Simulated Mitotic Spindle. (Physics) 9
  Theresa Hannon Vardhaan Sai Ambati 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Modeling the Effect of High Molecular Mass Hyaluronic Acid on Formation of Amyloid-Beta Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 10
            Honorable Mention Certificate of Achievement, Kindle, MedImmune    
  Mike Targgart Obaid  Khan 3rd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering Applying the Internet of Things to a School Binder (Engineering) 12
Basis Independent Silicon Valley School Simon Hale Chethan Anand Bhateja 2nd Award, Physics Category Builder's Fault: Testing Robustness and Stability of Various Structures During Earthquakes (Physics) 8
            1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers    
      Shreya  Khandewale 5th Place Student Award: $80 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Quivr! - A Mobile Application to Alert via Sensory Notifications (Engineering) 9
            $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award    
            3rd Place: $100 and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society    
  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Shrivats  Kannan Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Kinetically Powered Everlasting Pacemaker (Engineering) 9
            IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
  Stephanie Louris Carissa Mercedes Ott 2nd Award, Ecology Category Planty-ful Air, Effects of Plants Operating Air Purification (Ecology) 6
  Anuradha Murthy Jaydev Niranjan Bhateja 1st Award, Ecology Category Sweet Drought: Effects of Dry Farming on Sugar Concentrations in Pisum sativum (Ecology) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
      Bethany  Chen Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Glowing Dinos: Analyzing Bioluminescence of Pyrocystis fusiformis (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
      Anish  Muthali Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Parking Dilemma: Designing an Application for Parking Sensors (Engineering) 8
      Alexander Bao Vu 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Magnetic Water Magic: A Study on the Effect of Magnetic Water Treatment on the Scale Formation of Water (Chemistry) 9
            Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society    
Bellarmine College Preparatory Ibtisam Khalaf (SSW mentor) Ayan  Bandyopadhyay 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Effect of a Leptothrix discophora biocathode in a microbial fuel cell on power output (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
  Debjani Roy Manfred Virgil  Ambat 1st Award, RRI Physical Sciences Category The Nature of Variability of the Ultraviolet & Optical Spectral Energy Distribution of Active Galactic Nuclei (RRI Physical Sciences) 12
      Anin  Sayana Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Novel Design and Optimization of an EGFRvIII-based Cancer Peptide Vaccine for Glioblastoma: a Computational and Biological Paradigm for Improving Vaccine Efficacy (RRI Biological Sciences) 11
            1st Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category    
            Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems    
  Rod Wong Rahul Ram Mohan 1st Award, Bioinformatics Category Stage based cancer classification and identification of disease causing gene pathways and splice junction interactions using deep neural networks (Bioinformatics) 10
      Pravin  Ravishanker Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School AlZCan: Predicting Future Onset of Alzheimer's Using Gender, Genetics, Cognitive Tests, Biomarkers, and Brain Imaging. (Bioinformatics) 10
            2nd Award, Bioinformatics Category    
Canyon Heights Academy Teresa Lesieutre Abigail Marie Hooper 1st Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Lead Should Be Dead (Earth / Space Sciences) 6
            Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
      Shannon Brigette Miranda $50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society A Low Cost Alternate to Commercially Made Ice Packs for Rural Population (Chemistry) 7
Carden Day School of San Jose Peter Cheng Marcus  Ma Honorable Mention, Physics Category Watts on Your Hat? How Does the Angle of a Solar Panel Affect How Much Electricity It Generates? (Physics) 7
Challenger - Almaden Pronati Mondal Phillip  Chau 1st Award, Physics Category The Effect of Increasing the Chord Length of a Propeller on Its Efficiency (Physics) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
      Nina  Isaka Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category The Effect of Different Biomasses and Heat on the Amount of Biogas Made (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 7
      Rashi  Ranjan 1st Award, Engineering Category iCAS: Infant Car Alert System (Engineering) 7
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
            Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
Challenger - Berryessa Shannon Lum Kanika  Khemka 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category The Effect of warped words on the Stroop Effect (Behavioral / Social) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Srikar Pranav Kolluru Honorable Mention, Physics Category Amazing Lights: Effect of slit distance on wave pattern (Physics) 6
      Divya Reggie Nair 1st Award, Botany Category The Effect of Genetically Modified Crops on their Sugar Content (Botany) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Nihal  Talur 1st Award, Engineering Category A Homemeade Security System That Performs Up To Par With Commercial Security Systems (Engineering) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
Challenger - Shawnee Bonny Basu Adishree  Ghatare Honorable Mention Certificate, Zeidman Award Adjusting Blood Sugar Levels to Address Diabetes (Engineering) 7
            1st Award, Engineering Category    
            IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Anusha  Ghosh 1st Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Slowing Global Warming using Iron and Nutrient Fertilization of Oceanic Phytoplankton (Earth / Space Sciences) 7
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Shachi Shikha Prasad 3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering What is the effect of temperature on the eerie blue light intensity of luminol? (Chemistry) 6
            3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
Challenger - Sunnyvale Sean Carroll (SSW mentor) Shruti  Sridhar 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category The antimicobial effects of common essential oils and facial treatments on staphylococcus (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
  Elaina Chambers (SSW mentor) Ruhi  Sayana 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Discovery of Monosodium Glutamate as an Inducing Factor of Increased Lipid Storage Through Expression of Adenosine Monophosphate-activated Protein Kinase (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 8
            Certificate of Achievement, Medallion, and Letter, United States Public Health Service    
  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Yusra  Arub 1st Award, Engineering Category The Internet of Things (IoT) meets my data binder (Engineering) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
      Aditya  Behal Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category The Effect of Natural vs. Modern Antibiotics on the Prevention of Bacterial Growth of Escherichia Coli (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 7
      Rithik  Jain 1st Award, Chemistry Category The Bang for Your Buck - The Effect of the Type of Fuel on Energy Content (Chemistry) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Tanshi  Jain 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category A Healthier Filter: The Effect of Different Natural Materials on Purity of Water (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Karthik V. Kalyanasundaram Middle School Finalist Certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize To or Not To? Applying Steganography Based Information Storage in Medical Imaging. (Computers / Mathematics) 8
      Ananya  Karthik 2nd Award, Zoology Category Shedding Light on the Hormone of Darkness: Investigating the Effect of Exogenous Melatonin on the Heart Rate of Daphnia magna (Zoology) 8
      Zade  Lobo 2nd Award, Engineering Category A Night Guard (Engineering) 8
      Arvind  Ramachandran 1st Award, Chemistry Category Waste Not, Watt Not: The Effect of Coffee Grounds on Efficiency of Microbial Fuel Cells (Chemistry) 6
            $50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto Tini Raman Mwinso Gabriel Denkabe 2nd Award, Physics Category Does the volume of a balloon affect how far it can travel (Physics) 6
      Harbani Kaur Jaggi 2nd Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category The World is Exhausted (Earth / Space Sciences) 6
      Angelina  Lue Honorable Mention, Physics Category Effects of Slope and Mass on Speed (Physics) 6
      Rithika Ram Vatturi Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category Mnemonics as a strategy to improve learning & recall (Behavioral / Social) 7
      Emily  Zhou Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Water Conservation with a Monolayer (Engineering) 7
Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Heather Mackewicz Aishani  Aatresh Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category Allergies in a Nutshell: Correlation Between Immunoglobulin E Levels for Allergens and Allergic Reactions and Cross Reactivity (Computers / Mathematics) 7
      Akhilesh V. Balasingam 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 An Internet-Enabled Shower Usage Monitor as a Nudge Engine for Residential Water Conservation (Engineering) 6
            2nd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter    
            1st Award, Engineering Category    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
      Aditi  Bharti 1st Award, Chemistry Category Hurray! Plastic Just Passed Away! (Chemistry) 6
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
      Tarun  Chiruvolu Middle School Finalist Certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize A Wearable Device for Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen Saturation Tracking and Health Management (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 7
            2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category    
      Deepankar  Joshi Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category Hidden Markov Model for Protein Sequencing (Computers / Mathematics) 8
      Eesha  Pamula 2nd Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Studying Earthquake Intensity on Soils with Varying Moisture Levels (Earth / Space Sciences) 7
            2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers    
      Rohin Kiranapani Tangirala Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps The Venturi Effect: Varying Shroud Intake Diameter to Improve the Efficiency of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (Physics) 8
Champion School Muna Khanna Kazuki  Tayama Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Polyomino Solver (Computers / Mathematics) 7
Delphi Academy-Campbell Nita Kumar Mate  Aranyosi Honorable Mention, Physics Category Efficient Boat Propeller Design (Physics) 7
      Karunya  Krishnan 1st Award, Botany Category Do fertilizers extend plant life during drought and if so what types of fertilizers extend plant life during a drought? (Botany) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Ishanee  Mitra 1st Award, Botany Category Do fertilizers extend plant life during drought and if so what types of fertilizers extend plant life during a drought? (Botany) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Neha  Shetty 2nd Award, Engineering Category Trapping and Using Carbon Dioxide Using An Environment Beneficial Device that Simulates Photosynthesis (Engineering) 7
      Anika  Srivastava 2nd Award, Engineering Category Trapping and Using Carbon Dioxide Using An Environment Beneficial Device that Simulates Photosynthesis (Engineering) 7
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Liat Baranoff Isaac  Heintze 2nd Award, Physics Category The Science of Drinking Birds: Do Drinking birds still work in different temperatures/climates and how do they work? (Physics) 6
      Daniel  Huber Honorable Mention, Engineering Category All Shook Up (Engineering) 6
      Ian  Jacobs 2nd Award, Physics Category The Science of Drinking Birds: Do Drinking birds still work in different temperatures/climates and how do they work? (Physics) 6
      Sam  Schube Honorable Mention, Engineering Category All Shook Up (Engineering) 6
  Tammy Parke Talya  Kass 1st Award, Chemistry Category Bread Rising (Chemistry) 6
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
      Liah  Nudell 1st Award, Chemistry Category Bread Rising (Chemistry) 6
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
Granada Islamic School Jinaan Al-Shehabi Tasnim  Saada Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category Concentration (Behavioral / Social) 7
  Sumizah Qureshi Farah Noor Masood Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Effect of Air Pollutants on Solar Panel Efficiency (Earth / Space Sciences) 8
      Misbah Mariam Syed Honorable Mention, Physics Category Water, Water Everywhere ... Not a Drop to Drink ! (Physics) 6
Greene Scholars Program Gloria Whitaker-Daniels Sherese  Eaglin Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category What Methods Can Remove Salt From Water Best? (Chemistry) 6
      Ayinde Bomar Olukotun 1st Award, Chemistry Category How Does Your Crystal Grow? Understanding the Effects of Temperature on Crystal Growth (Chemistry) 7
            2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
            2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
Harker School-Middle Campus Thomas Artiss Alexander  Young 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Investigating the Rate At Which Bacteria Become Resistant to Antibiotics Under Different Conditions (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Srinath  Somasundaram $125 + certificate + two books to student + breakfast with Bob, Zeidman Award A Novel Design and Evaluation of an Air Cushioning mechanism for Helmets to minimize impact acceleration on the head (Engineering) 6
            2nd Award, Engineering Category    
            Sport Bag, Junior Tech Organizer, Certificate of achievement, United States Air Force    
  Kristen Morgensen Nishka  Ayyar Honorable Mention, Zoology Category Effect of Larval Diet on Offspring Development to Wild Type Drisophila Melongaster (Zoology) 8
      Srija  Gadiraju Honorable Mention, Zoology Category Effect of Larval Diet on Offspring Development to Wild Type Drisophila Melongaster (Zoology) 8
      Shafieen  Ibrahim 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Effects of Technology-Assisted vs. Hand-Written Note-Taking Strategies on Teens' Academic Performance on Science and History Assessments (Behavioral / Social) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
      Ashli  Jain Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category PET levels after solar exposure in colored water bottles (Chemistry) 8
      Krish  Kapadia 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Determining the Efficacy of Different Methods to Assess the Level of Dehydration Using Human Saliva. (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
      Sonal  Muthal Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category PET levels after solar exposure in colored water bottles (Chemistry) 8
      Anjay  Saklecha 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Determining the Efficacy of Different Methods to Assess the Level of Dehydration Using Human Saliva. (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
      Keval  Shah 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Effects of Technology-Assisted vs. Hand-Written Note-Taking Strategies on Teens' Academic Performance on Science and History Assessments (Behavioral / Social) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
      Kaushik  Shivakumar Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps Harnessing Wasted Heat from Jet Engines: Factors Influencing the Conversion of Heat into Electricity Using Thermoelectric Materials (Physics) 8
      Cindy Xindi Wang Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Creating a Low Cost and Eco-Friendly Water Filtration System for 3rd World Countries (Engineering) 8
Harker School-Upper Campus Gary Blickenstaff Trisha  Dwivedi Honorable Mention, Botany Category The Effects on the Growth of Brassica Rapa After Exposure of its Cryptochromes to Magnetic Fields (Botany) 10
      Neymika  Jain 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category The Effect of Metformin on Transgenic Ab1-42 Caenorhabditis elegans: An in vitro study on Alzheimer's Disease (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 10
            1 certificate and possible trip to Arizona, ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives    
      Kshithija  Mulam Honorable Mention, Botany Category The Effects on the Growth of Brassica Rapa After Exposure of its Cryptochromes to Magnetic Fields (Botany) 10
  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Akhil  Arun $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd. Designing a Reflective Polarimeter (Engineering) 9
  Jill McCrystal Stephanie  Huang First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) Breaking Antibiotic Resistant Biofilms with Natural Herbs (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
  Eric Nelson Manan Ajay Shah 1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category Improving the Accuracy of Sentiment Classification: a Novel Synthesis of Computational and Analytical Methods (Computers / Mathematics) 10
  Ken Schmahl (SSW mentor) Neil  Movva Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School (In)security Everywhere: Machine Learning Assisted Deep Power Analysis Fundamentally Defeats Software Cryptography (Engineering) 12
            $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis    
            2nd Award, Engineering Category    
            $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award    
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
            One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education    
  Chris Spenner Sneha S. Bhetanabhotla Honorable Mention, Physics Category Simulating Galaxy Mergers Using Gravitational Equations (Physics) 10
      Jerry  Chen Honorable Mention, Bioinformatics Category Combating the Obesity Epidemic: Computational Analysis to Identify Driver Genes and Virtual High Throughput Screening to Discover Novel Treatments (Bioinformatics) 9
      Amy  Dunphy High School Finalist Certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Preventing Urushiol (Poison Oak)- Induced Dermatitis by Deactivating the Allergen (RRI Physical Sciences) 9
            Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Sciences Category    
      Vamsi  Gadiraju $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis Defect-Mediated Electrocatalytic Activity of Palladium-Graphene Quantum Dot Nanocomposites (RRI Physical Sciences) 12
            1st Award, RRI Physical Sciences Category    
            Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
      Rishab Srinivasan Gargeya 2nd Award, Bioinformatics Category Computer-Aided Grading of Diabetic Retinopathy: A Novel Screening Tool for Automated Recognition of Sight Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy (STDR) (Bioinformatics) 10
      Anastasiya  Grebin Honorable Mention, Bioinformatics Category The Classification of SNPs in the SMAD4 Gene on the Development of Pancreatic Cancer in a Human Using a Machine Algorithm (Bioinformatics) 9
      Rahul  Jayaraman 1st Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category Evaluation of Novel Mechanisms of Heart Failure in Children with Congenital Heart Disease Identifies the Potential for Pediatric-Specific Heart Failure Therapies (RRI Biological Sciences) 12
      Amy  Jin Honorable Mention, Bioinformatics Category Combating the Obesity Epidemic: Computational Analysis to Identify Driver Genes and Virtual High Throughput Screening to Discover Novel Treatments (Bioinformatics) 9
      Vineet Sai Kosaraju 2nd Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category Towards Rational RNA Therapeutics: 3D RNA Engineering in a Massive Open Laboratory (RRI Biological Sciences) 11
      Jonathan Q Ma Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Systematic Rational Identification of Sex-Linked Molecular Alterations and Therapies in Cancer (RRI Biological Sciences) 11
            $250 Best Biological-science Project, Whitney Education Foundation    
            1st Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category    
      Sadhika S Malladi Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Systematic Rational Identification of Sex-Linked Molecular Alterations and Therapies in Cancer (RRI Biological Sciences) 11
            $250 Best Biological-science Project, Whitney Education Foundation    
            1st Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category    
      Nitya  Mani Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Characterizing the Constructible n-Division Points of the Rational Hypocycloids Through Straightedge and Compass Constructions (RRI Physical Sciences) 12
            $250 Best Physical-science Project, Whitney Education Foundation    
            1st Award, RRI Physical Sciences Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta    
      Rajiv  Movva 1st Award, Engineering Category A Novel Use of RC Circuits to Build a Low-Cost and Non-Invasive Respiratory Monitor (Engineering) 9
      Mary Theresa Najibi Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association The Effect of Joy on Test Scores (Behavioral / Social) 11
      Madhuri B. Nori 2nd Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category Rescuing Declining Integration Rates of Transplanted Retinal Photoreceptors in Host Mouse Retina with a Microglia-derived Factor (RRI Biological Sciences) 12
            2nd Place Award - $175 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch    
      Evani  Radiya-Dixit Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Sciences Category Automatic Extraction of Cancerous Lesion Characteristics from Imaging Reports Through a Novel Integration of Natural Language Processing Techniques (RRI Physical Sciences) 10
      Venkat N Sankar Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Sciences Category Investigating the mechanisms of BHLH-mediated reprogramming of fibroblasts into neurons (RRI Biological Sciences) 10
      Anooshree  Sengupta Honorable Mention, Bioinformatics Category The Classification of SNPs in the SMAD4 Gene on the Development of Pancreatic Cancer in a Human Using a Machine Algorithm (Bioinformatics) 9
      Vedaad  Shakib Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Computer Simulation of Free-Surface Fluid Flow using MPS (Computers / Mathematics) 10
            2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
      Amrita  Singh 2nd Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category A Study of Snail Shell Taphonomy to Determine what Traits Affect Shell Damage Across Multiple Species in Costa Rica (RRI Biological Sciences) 10
      Arjun Srikanth Subramaniam 1st Award, Engineering Category Think-to-Type: A Machine Learning Algorithm for the Classification of Different Letters Based on EEG Patterns (Engineering) 10
            One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education    
      Justin Long Xie Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta An expanded computer simulation of viral transmission in a real world model. (Bioinformatics) 9
      Leo  Yu Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter A Novel Machine Learning Model for Optimal Climate Projections (RRI Physical Sciences) 12
            1 certificate and possible trip to Arizona, ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives    
            Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta    
            Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration    
Homeschool (Greathouse) Sue Greathouse Laura Lynn Powers Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School How Does Crumb Rubber Leachate Affect Paramecium? (Zoology) 8
            Middle School Finalist Certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            1st Award, Zoology Category    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
King's Academy Justin Proulx Timothy John Varghese 1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category From Sums over Natural Numbers to Sums over Primes (Computers / Mathematics) 11
Laughing Thunder Academy- Homeschool Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Shiloh S. Curtis 1st Place: $1000 Scholarship to SJSU College of Engineering and Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering Enabling Situational Awareness: A Hat-Based Hands-Free Haptic Navigational Aid for the Visually Impaired (Engineering) 12
            2nd Place Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter    
            High School Finalist Certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP    
            1st Award, Engineering Category    
            2nd Place: $150 and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society    
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
Menlo School Niki Mitchell Mira  Chiruvolu 1st Award, Botany Category Soil Matters: How Soil Quality Affects Plants (Botany) 6
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
Merryhill Schools -Milpitas Kanchan Bhandare Paolo Stefano Giovanardi 1st Award, Physics Category Bernoulli's Principle in Action (Physics) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Prathik  Kakarlamudi Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Can we measure the concentration of glucose in our eye tears by simple means? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 6
            1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
      Amanda  Nguyen 1st Award, Physics Category Riding on Air (Physics) 6
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
      Krisna Dahra Sam 1st Award, Physics Category Bernoulli's Principle in Action (Physics) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Victoria  Truong 1st Award, Physics Category Riding on Air (Physics) 6
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
      Aditya Umesh Udgaonkar Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Can we measure the concentration of glucose in our eye tears by simple means? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 6
            1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
  Jeannie Bui Viet  Nguyen 2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category Man vs. Machine (Computers / Mathematics) 8
      Alicia  Tsung 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Composting @ Work (Chemistry) 7
Notre Dame High School Victoria Evashenk Holly Marie Jackson Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Computational Cardiology: An Automated Algorithm for Heart Murmur Detection (Bioinformatics) 9
            $ 500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            High School Finalist Certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            1st Award, Bioinformatics Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
            GR 9-12: 1st Place, $150 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology    
            Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter    
            Plaque, Certificate of Achievement, iPad Mini, MedImmune    
Old Orchard School Linh Pham Audrey Grace Cox Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Which Environmentally-Friendly Material Soaks Up Oil the Best? (Chemistry) 8
      Kate Elizabeth Jackson 1st Award, Physics Category Demonstrating Doppler: Determining the Speed of an Object with Sound (Physics) 6
            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    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
      Masha  Korolik Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category How does the surface area and temperature affect the speed of diffusion? (Chemistry) 6
            GR 6-8, 2nd Place: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
      Joon  Luther GR 6-8, 1st Place: $85 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) Gelatin Sizing Viscosity And The Making Of Hydrophobic Paper (Chemistry) 6
      Tejal Ashvin Patel 2nd Award, Physics Category Thermal Insulating Properties of different Clothing Materials (Physics) 6
Presentation High School Tracy Hughes Aashia  Bajwa 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers Grey Water Recycling and Sustainability (Engineering) 11
      Aditi  Mittal 1st Award, Ecology Category Coral Bleaching by Sunscreens: Effect of Sunscreen Chemicals on the Survival of Coral Symbiont Zooxanthellae Algae (Ecology) 11
            Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
      Marissa Paige Patterson 2nd Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category What quantity of micronized silica creates the most stable Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) assay in a micro-mechanical coagulometer? (RRI Biological Sciences) 11
      Chandler Anne Sutherland 2nd Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category What quantity of micronized silica creates the most stable Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) assay in a micro-mechanical coagulometer? (RRI Biological Sciences) 11
      Manvitha  Talasila 2nd Award, Botany Category What is the effect of non-ionizing radiation emitted from cell phones and cordless phones on the health of pea plants and mustard plants? (Botany) 11
      Maya  Varma Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School A Wireless Smartphone-Based System for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Illnesses (Engineering) 11
            $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis    
            1st Award, Engineering Category    
            First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter    
Sacred Heart Middle School Rachel McKenna Rose Claire Gatlin 2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category Now You See It Now You Don't (Behavioral / Social) 8
      Fionnuala Feeney LaTourrette 2nd Award, Botany Category Tannen-Baum or Tannen-Bummer? (Botany) 7
      Alex Christian Loriau Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) Thermal Expansion (Physics) 6
      Kami  Richardson Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Liquid Gold: The Effect of Light on Maximizing the Production of Algae-Based Biofuels (Ecology) 7
            1st Award, Ecology Category    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Oriel Christopher Zagazeta Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Cancer - DNA Damage From Tobacco? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 7
Saint Christopher School Arlene Brown Caroline  Bernal Honorable Mention, Botany Category Can You "Plant" With All the Colors of the Wind...The Effects of Different Colors of Light on Plant Growth (Botany) 6
Saint Francis High School Linda Segal Mythri  Ambatipudi High School Finalist Certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Unleash the Power of AMPK!!! Investigating the Potential Effects of Activating Adenosine Monophosphate-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) on Neurodegenerative Diseases and Cancer (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
            2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category    
      Rishabh  Jain Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category The Effect of the Type of Fuel on Energy Density, Combustion Rate, and Pollution Levels (Chemistry) 9
            2nd place: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association    
  Larry Steinke Manogna  Vemulapati 2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category Classification of ECG Arrhythmia Using Manifold Learning and Support Vector Machine (Computers / Mathematics) 11
  Jennifer Thomas Anjini  Karthik $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis Combating Viral Pandemics Through the Development of a Novel Tool for the Rapid Detection of Viruses Using Polymer Imprinting Strategies. (RRI Physical Sciences) 11
            2nd Award, RRI Physical Sciences Category    
Saint Joseph of Cupertino Elem School Lisa Wicht Anushka Haraki Aritharan Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Smart Perfect Face-saver (Chemistry) 6
Saint Joseph School (Mountain View) Rachel Hilario-Pigg Lia Alana Escober Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter A New Way to Save Water (Earth / Space Sciences) 6
      Louiegail Faith Nazareno Honorable Mention, Earth / Space Sciences Category How To Improve Wind Turbine Efficiency (Earth / Space Sciences) 6
Stratford Middle School - San Jose Kristi Chung Jared Aidan Lyon 1st Award, Physics Category The Effect of Parachute Shape and Venting on Parachute Performance (Physics) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Anagha Rukmini Sikha Honorable Mention, Botany Category Going Green starts in the Kitchen: A Comparison of Biodegradable Kitchen Sponges (Botany) 7
  Preethi Sundaresakumar Korrie Paige Han First place Middle School-Cash Award-$75 and certificate, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) Yogurt Power- can it help with lactose intolerance? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 7
      Shloka  Janapaty Honorable Mention, Ecology Category California Drought: Getting more out of every Drop! (Ecology) 7
            $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd.    
      Arjun  Prabhu Honorable Mention, Physics Category The effect of different rotor designs on the energy generated by wind (Physics) 7
      Victoria  Scurto 3rd place - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers What is the Best Material to Insulate a House? (Physics) 7
  Jeffrey Takemoto Nandita  Jayanthi Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Does the temperature of the water affect the rate at which the oxygen is produced while water is undergoing electrolysis? (Chemistry) 6
      Charlotte Emily Lara 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Finding the Best Electrolyte for the Electrolysis of Water (Chemistry) 6
      Jakob Riley Lelong 2nd Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Tsunami Simulator (Earth / Space Sciences) 6
            Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary    
            Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration    
      Aalok Nital Patwa GR 6-8: 1st Place, Certificate of Achievement, and tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award Building a Self-Balancing Bicycle (Engineering) 6
      Ishir Arun Vaidyanath Honorable Mention, Ecology Category Saving Water from the Ground Up (Ecology) 6
Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara William Jenkinson Kanav  Mittal 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Spice the Milk (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 6
      Parin Rajiv Patel 1st Award, Physics Category Catching the Wave (Physics) 6
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
      Anahita  Srinivasan 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Antacid Potency (Chemistry) 6
  Sashikala Katuri (PSP) Pranay  Satya Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Can "Candle"stick Charts Shine Light on Future of Stock Prices? - Develop and Analyze the Effectiveness of Low-Cost Excel-based Pattern Recognition Capability to Detect Patterns in Stock Prices (Computers / Mathematics) 7
            Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category    
  Greg Lampard Venugopal  Chillal 2nd Award, Physics Category The Effect of Water Path Curvature on Energy Generated (Physics) 7
      Tanvi Vikram Gaitonde 1st Award, Zoology Category Effect of Third Hand Nicotine on Daphnia Magna (Zoology) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Siddharth  Ganesan 1st Award, Physics Category Wireless Power Transfer - The Effect of Changing the Diameter on the Power Transferred (Physics) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
      Nidhi Aswini Gowda 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Which of the drinks that we consume daily is the best choice for a hypoglycemic patient to boost their blood sugar levels quickly? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 7
            GR 6-8: 1st Place, $75 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology    
  Deepak Nair (PSP) Malini  Nair Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Tsunami Breakers (Engineering) 6
  Revanthi Selvapragaasam (PSP) Ananya  Jeyappragash 2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category The Effects of Music on Mood and Heartbeat (Behavioral / Social) 7
  Rajul Vora (PSP) Soha  Vora 2nd Award, Ecology Category Which is the Best Species of Algae for Biofuel? (Ecology) 7
  Martin Wiedemann Caitlin Maya Gorin 2nd Award, Physics Category Which type of thermos keeps water/rice the "hottest"? (Physics) 6
            $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award    
      Jessica  Hsu Honorable Mention, Physics Category Surface Tension: The Mysterious Floating Button (Physics) 6
      Elise  Kwan 2nd Award, Botany Category Which direction Should I Plant Plants Outside My House In Order For Them To Grow The Fastest (Botany) 6
      Nikhil  Murthy Honorable Mention, Physics Category Overcoming the Albedo Effect! The Thermal Insulation Properties of a Living Roof (Physics) 6
      Ishani Pravin Narwankar 1st Award, Botany Category California Water Crisis: Landfill Trash... To The Rescue! (Botany) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
      Harsha  Ramachandran 2nd Award, Physics Category Effect of Surface Area on the Lift Produced by an Airfoil (Physics) 7
      Vineet Abhay Ranade 1st Award, Physics Category The Sweet Spot (Physics) 6
            $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award    
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
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
  Malathi Tuers Priscilla  Lee Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Crystal Ball? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
Valley Christian Junior High School     Mihir Maheendra Kasmalkar Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Py++: The Next Programming Language (Computers / Mathematics) 7
      Rishab Reddy Yeddula Honorable Mention, Engineering Category FoodSafe: A Smart Food Allergy Sensor (Engineering) 8