Saratoga High School

Project Awards 2014

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Saratoga High School Youssef Ismail (SSW Mentor) Snehal Josh Dey Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary A Novel Way to Test Stress Levels in Humans Using Image Analysis (Computers / Mathematics) 10
      Amulya  Vadlakonda 1st Award, Engineering Category A Smart Fuzzy Logic Based Gripping Prosthetic to Aid Hand Amputees in Handling Delicate Objects. (Engineering) 9
            Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter    
  Ibtisam Khalaf (SSW mentor) Preethi  Ravi Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category The Effect of Curcumin on Ubq-2 (rpl-40) protein expression in Alzheimer-mutated C. elegans Using Immunohistochemistry (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
      Michelle Q Xu $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award Bring Antibiotics Back to Life? Synergistic Effect of Natural Herbs with Ampicillin against Resistant E. Coli (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
            Honorable Mention Certificate of Achievement, 2GB iPod Shuffle, MedImmune    
            Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter    
  Jill McCrystal Anusuya  Arjavalingam 2nd Award, Physics Category The Effect of Magnetism on Electrolysis (Physics) 10
      Agastya  Gupta $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis An Inexpensive, Global, and Effective Means of Diagnosing Heart Disease (Computers / Mathematics) 11
            1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
      Trishla  Pokharna Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Low-Cost Innovative Incubator using TEC Technology (Engineering) 9
      Kristine  Zhang 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Development of Novel Metal Nanostructures for Efficient and Broadband Solar Energy Conversion (Chemistry) 10
            2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
  Tiffany Yen (PSP) Amy  Zhang Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP The Phytoremediation of Zinc by Lemna minor (Environmental Sciences) 10
            1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category