Lynbrook High School

Project Awards 2014

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Lynbrook High School Amanda Alonzo Shivani Milind Bhandarkar 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category The Effect of Sulfur during Temperature Rise on the Reproduction Rate of C. Elegans (Environmental Sciences) 9
      Nithin  Buduma 1st Award, Physics Category Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Anisotropic Kondo Systems CeNiSn and FeSi as topological insulators reveals anomalous transport behavior (Physics) 10
            3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
            Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
      Aayush  Gupta Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Trying to Make a More Hand Friendly Computer Mouse (Engineering) 10
      Mukund  Hari Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Impact of Curcumin on Cancer Induced Drosophila Specimen (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 10
      Matthew Manchung Keisuke Hase-Liu 1st Award, Chemistry Category The Effectiveness of the Natural Polymers Chitosan and Polyglutamic Acid in Water Purification (Chemistry) 9
            Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
      Selena  Huang Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category Effect of Music on Students' Focus (Behavioral / Social) 9
      Adish Ashutosh Jain 2nd Award, Engineering Category A Novel Approach to Harnessing the Energy of the Sun: Using a Thermoelectric Generating Heat Chamber to Recharge a Cell Phone (Engineering) 10
            Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation    
      Maitreyee  Joshi $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance Developing an Automatic Indoor Mapping Technique to Create an Indoor Navigation System App for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Engineering) 12
            Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center    
            One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education    
      Rachit  Kataria 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category A Novel Approach on the Maximization of CO2 Intake through the Use of 3-Indoleacetic Acid and Kinetin Chemical Enhancement and Mycorrhizal Fungal Alteration on Rhizophora Mangle (Environmental Sciences) 11
            Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society    
      Somya  Khare Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers Development of an Effective Pan-Cancer Prognostic Model: Analyzing Gene Expression Levels of the FOXM1 Transcription Network in Multiple Cancer Types in Order to Predict Patient Survival (Bioinformatics) 11
      Xiangyue Angela Kong 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category The Transcription Factor Bcl11b Regulates Mammary Stem Cell Self-renewal and Quiescence Partially Through p21 (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 12
      Marilyn  Kung Honorable Mention, Botany Category The Effects of Stanleya pinnata on Reducing the Amount of Selenium Discharges in the Permanente Creek (Botany) 9
      Neha  Kunjal 2nd Place Award - $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers The Design of an Efficient System that can Separate Mud and Debris from Muddy water (Engineering) 10
            Individual: $30 and Book, The ROD Women in Science Award    
      Pranav Varasri Lalgudi High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize A Novel Study on the Expression of Recombinant Polyphenolic Adhesive Protein Mefp-5 Secreted by the Mollusk Mytilus edulis in Escherichia coli (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
            Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category    
      Nidhi A Navaratna Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers Development of an Effective Pan-Cancer Prognostic Model: Analyzing Gene Expression Levels of the FOXM1 Transcription Network in Multiple Cancer Types in Order to Predict Patient Survival (Bioinformatics) 11
      Ruchi Sandeep Pandya $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis The development of a Carbon Nanofiber electrode based sensor for cardiac health monitoring (Chemistry) 11
            1st Award, Chemistry Category    
            1st Place Award - $100, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Certificate & Medallion from ASM Educational Foundation, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
            2nd place student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter    
            GR 9-12, 2nd Place: $50, Book, and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
      Gauri  Patil Honorable Mention, Zoology Category Determining the Effect of Cocos Nucifera Oil in Caenorhabditis Elegans that display Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms (Zoology) 11
      Vidur  Sanandan 1st Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Structural Parameters and Comparisons of Galaxies in Redshift Range 0.8 to 2.0 and Mass Greater Than 10^10 From Mathematical Residual Model Fits Made From Telescopic and Simulated Images of Varying Depth (Earth / Space Sciences) 12
      Neilay  Shahi Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category The effect of substances on the productivity of electricity in a microbial fuel cell (Environmental Sciences) 9
      Samvardhini  Sridharan Honorable Mention, Botany Category The emission of methyl salicylate in response to the application of simple and complex sugars to lacerations of Gaultheria Procumbens (Botany) 10
      Pragna Elizabeth Upputuri Sport Bag, Junior Tech Organizer, United States Air Force The Application of Optical Lift on Micromotors (Engineering) 9
      Srisaiteja  Vemireddy Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Impact of Curcumin on Cancer Induced Drosophila Specimen (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 10
      Varun J Venkatesh High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize A Novel Study on the Expression of Recombinant Polyphenolic Adhesive Protein Mefp-5 Secreted by the Mollusk Mytilus edulis in Escherichia coli (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
            Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category    
      Andy  Zhang 2nd Award, Engineering Category A Novel Approach to Harnessing the Energy of the Sun: Using a Thermoelectric Generating Heat Chamber to Recharge a Cell Phone (Engineering) 10
            Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation    
      Marilyn Mengyao Zhang 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category The Effect of the Number of Caenorhabditis elegans per Living Space on the Neurogenesis and Brain Activity of C. elegans (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 9
  Youssef Ismail (SSW Mentor) Pratik  Gongloor 2nd Place Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter An EEG Controlled Hand Grip Augmentation Exoskeleton for the Physically Impaired (Engineering) 9
            Honorable Mention, Engineering Category    
            $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award    
  Brittany Stevens Hima  Rajana Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Understanding the Neurobiological Basis of Sleep Using Neurodegenerative Diseases as Models (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 11
  David Taylor Vibhav Satsheel Altekar 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 Engineered Chitosan based MultiReservoir devices for effective localization to treat Multifaceted set of diseases (Engineering) 12
            High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            1st Award, Engineering Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps