San Jose Unified School District

Project Awards 2014

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Harte (Bret) Middle School Anuradha Sarkar Justin  Callahan GR 6-8, 3rd Place: $25 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) Beta Testing (Physics) 8
      Ujjaini  Mukhopadhyay 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 Note-taking: Necessary or Nuisance? (Behavioral / Social) 8
            1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category    
            Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association    
Hoover (Herbert) Middle School Megan Sibley Alexander Isaac Villegas Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Development with Food (Chemistry) 8
Leland High School Aru Hill (SSW Mentor) Maya Anil Kalbag Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) Effects of Vitamin C Supplements on the Total Antioxidant Activity of Human Tears. (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 9
  Ibtisam Khalaf (SSW mentor) Sarita  Berigei Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Testing Antibacterial Activity of Spider Silk Against Bacteria (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 10
  Anuradha Sarkar Lee  Hsieh Grade 11 or 12 Team Project - $400 award and Certificate, DuPont Industrial Biosciences Use of Microfluidic Chip Devices in Effciently Diagnosing Low Potassium Levels (Engineering) 11
      Thomas  Luh 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category EMX2 as a predictive biomarker of chemotherapy efficacy in squamous cell lung cancer (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 12
      Kristen  Masada Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Solvent Solution: DMSO and Its Effects on the Drug Delivery of Lorazepam (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 10
      Aaron  Memon Grade 11 or 12 Team Project - $400 award and Certificate, DuPont Industrial Biosciences Use of Microfluidic Chip Devices in Effciently Diagnosing Low Potassium Levels (Engineering) 11
      Sathvik  Nair 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Telling the Difference: Effects of human senses on detecting the difference between organic and inorganic foods (Behavioral / Social) 10
      Taraneh Tara Sadjadpour 2nd Award, Engineering Category SMURFE (Smart Medicine Usage Reminder For Everyone) (Engineering) 9
            $50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards    
      Anirvin  Sikha 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Telling the Difference: Effects of human senses on detecting the difference between organic and inorganic foods (Behavioral / Social) 10