San Jose Unified School District

Project Awards 2015

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Harte (Bret) Middle School Hope Oliver Nicky  Gianchandani 2nd Award, Physics Category Will Drop Distance and Greater Angle Result in Increased Acceleration? (Physics) 6
      Irum  Han Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Is Ripe Good? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 6
Leland High School Sean Carroll (SSW mentor) Viet  Nguyen 2nd Award, Zoology Category Video Analysis of Daphnia (Zoology) 11
  Ibtisam Khalaf (SSW mentor) Sarita  Berigei First place High School-Cash Award-$75 and certificate, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) Measuring the concentration of antioxidants and measuring preservative ability of rosemary, broccoli, and sunflower seeds, and comparing those qualities to those of synthetic antioxidants and preservatives, by using Ferric Reducing Ability Plasma assay (FRAP) (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
  Jason Lee Andrew  Tang 2nd Award, Engineering Category The Optimization of the Real-Time Analysis of Malicious Web User Behavior (Engineering) 10
      Charles  Tang 2nd Award, Engineering Category The Optimization of the Real-Time Analysis of Malicious Web User Behavior (Engineering) 11
  Alan Tan Justin Daisuke Callahan 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category What is the effect of dissolving active oxygen in unsafe drinking water to oxidize and kill harmful microbes? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
      Jasper  Gan Honorable Mention, Physics Category Dimples on a Boat: An Innovative Way to Improve Hydrodynamics (Physics) 11
      Jonathan B Li 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category What is the effect of dissolving active oxygen in unsafe drinking water to oxidize and kill harmful microbes? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
      Ujjaini  Mukhopadhyay $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award Group Discussions: Does the medium really matter? (Behavioral / Social) 9