Santa Clara Unified School District
Project Awards 2017
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchser Middle School | Amy | Brindos | Afifuddin | Syed | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Skateboard Improvement (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Cabrillo Middle School | Nelson | Hori | Jenna | Houle | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The use of a polymer based active cuff for the treatment of edema in the lower extremities (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Sakshi | Kumar | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Poop Patrol: Simplifying the Interaction Between the Visually Impaired and Their Service Dogs (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | |||||||
| Arushi | Patel | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Code Green: Measuring Chlorophyll a levels in the Delta (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nithila | Poongovan | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Poop Patrol: Simplifying the Interaction Between the Visually Impaired and Their Service Dogs (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | |||||||
| Jennifer | Lee | Lorenzo Ivan | Beronilla | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Blind Sight Cane (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Ryan Wenyuan | Liu | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Blind Sight Cane (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Akshita Lakshmi | Ponnuru | 2nd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | The Future for the Blind: A Navigation System Promoting Independence (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Glenn | Lillie | Krish | Praseeth | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Design and Construction of a Fitness App to Encourage Children to Exercise (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Talin Joshi | Ray | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Design and Construction of a Fitness App to Encourage Children to Exercise (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Amar | Singh | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Information Pathways of the Brain (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Praneel | Singla | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Information Pathways of the Brain (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Manas Shyam | Srivastava | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Design and Construction of a Fitness App to Encourage Children to Exercise (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Hope | Oliver | Jason Robert | Co | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | The iCane (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Saurav Saumil | Gandhi | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | The iCane (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jackson Cooper | Moody | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | The iCane (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Wilson | Tsang | Vedansh | Goenka | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Mag-Tag Magnetic Locking System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Shailee | Nanavati | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Student Life Helper Audio App (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Peterson Middle School | Gregory | Namba | Brian Tsungyue | Chang | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Numerical Solver for Finding the Distance a Ball Will Travel in Any Medium (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Idiko | Stennis | Surya Christopher | Tallavarjula | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Development of Blocking Disc Method to Water Plants and Trees Efficiently and to Reduce Water Usage (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Tammy | Teng | Malini | Iyer | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Effect of Viscosity on the Stability of Emulsions (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |
| 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | |||||||
| Affanuddin | Syed | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | The Strongest Bridge of All (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Santa Clara High School | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Hawk | Azordegan | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | An Easily Adjustable Ramp for the Physically Disabled (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award | |||||||
| Isaac Jun Zhe | Lo | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Modeling Algorithms to Simulate Individual and Colonial Ant Behavior (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Nicholas David | Rumley | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Heat-Sensing Rescue Robot (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Brendan Lu | Su | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Modeling Algorithms to Simulate Individual and Colonial Ant Behavior (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Brandon J | Yan | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Modeling Algorithms to Simulate Individual and Colonial Ant Behavior (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Wilson | Yen | Syed Waqasul | Hassan | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Classroom Behavioral Management Tool (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| Wilcox High School | Deana | Dutton | Visala Rozalia | Tallavarjula | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Optimized Root Zone Water Delivery Comparable to a Sub-Surface System Using Low Cost Surface Drip Micro-Irrigation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter and Certificate, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | |||||||
| David | Iverson | Shashank | Dholakia | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Searching for Exoplanets: A Novel K2-based Study of the Effects of Open Cluster Characteristics on Exoplanet Abundance (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | |||||||
| Shishir | Dholakia | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Searching for Exoplanets: A Novel K2-based Study of the Effects of Open Cluster Characteristics on Exoplanet Abundance (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | |||||||