Harker School-Middle Campus
Project Awards 2015
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||