Congratulations to all the participants from the Synopsys Championship and to the award winners announced in Phoenix on May 16 (special awards) and May 17 (scientific category awards).
Special congratulations to Alison Jia for receiving an ISEF top award, the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award, for her project in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Modeling Neurodegeneration in vitro: A Dynamic Study of Tau in a Microfluidic Chamber System via Quantum Dot Labeling.
| Student | Scientific Category | Awarding Organization | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akhilesh Balasingam, Archbishop Mitty HS | Embedded Systems | Intel ISEF | Fourth Award of $500 |
| Cynthia Chen, The Harker School | Computational Biology & Bioinformatics | Intel ISEF | Third Award of $1000 |
| Raghav Ganesh, Lynbrook HS | Robotics & Intelligent Machines | Intel ISEF | Second Award of $1500 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | First Award of $2500 | ||
| Shloka Janapaty, Presentation HS | Environmental Engineering | Intel ISEF | Second Award of $1500 |
| Allison Jia, The Harker School | Cellular & Molecular Biology | Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award | Young Scientist Award of $50,000 |
| Intel ISEF | Best of Category Award of $5000 | ||
| Intel ISEF | First Award of $3000 | ||
| Tejas Narayanan, Cupertino HS | Robotics & Intelligent Machines | Intel ISEF | Third Award of $1000 |
| Govind Pimpale, Santa Teresa HS | Computational Biology & Bioinformatics | Intel ISEF | Third Award of $1000 |
| Marek Pinto, Santa Teresa HS | Computational Biology & Bioinformatics | Intel ISEF | Third Award of $1000 |
| Ashish Rao, Cupertino HS | Robotics & Intelligent Machines | Intel ISEF | Third Award of $1000 |
| Nitish Reuben, Santa Teresa HS | Computational Biology & Bioinformatics | Intel ISEF | Third Award of $1000 |
| Nikita Nitin Salunke, Evergreen Valley HS | Physics & Astronomy | Intel ISEF | Third Award of $1000 |
| Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty Foundation | Second Award of $500 | ||
| Bidipta Sarkar, Cupertino HS | Robotics & Intelligent Machines | Intel ISEF | Third Award of $1000 |
| Ruhi Sayana, The Harker School | Biomedical & Health Sciences | Intel ISEF | Third Award of $1000 |
| Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty Foundation | Second Award of $500 | ||
| Drug, Chemical & Associated Technologies Association (DCAT) | Scholarship award of $10,000 | ||
| Alexander Zhang, Lynbrook HS | Mathematics | Mu Alpha Theta, National High School and Two-Year College Mathematics Honor Society | Second Award of $1000 |
