Thank you to all the Judges, Students, Teachers, dedicated Volunteers, and Sponsoring Organizations who made the 54th Annual Synopsys Championship a success March 13, 2013. The Synopsys Championship Awards Ceremony was held on April 7.
Awards Ceremony photos from volunteers
Student Winners List by School
Student Winners List by Category
Teacher Awards
School Awards
ISEF Winners 2013
CSSF Winners 2013
ISWEEEP WINNERS 2013
Student Winners Summary
These are the Grand Prize winners of the Synopsys Championship announced at the Awards Ceremony at California’s Great America . They won an expense paid Trip to Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (Phoenix, AZ. May 12-17).
| First Name | Last Name | grade | School |
| Natalie | Ng | 11 | Monta Vista High School |
| Andrew | Jin | 10 | Harker School – Upper School Campus |
| Anika | Radiya-Dixit | 12 | Harker School – Upper School Campus |
| ThomasJoy | LuhJin | 11 | Leland High School[team project] |
| Swetha | Revanur | 9 | Evergreen Valley High School |
| Colin | Aitken | 12 | Leland High School |
| David | Zarrin | 12 | Saratoga High School |
| Eesha | Khare | 12 | Lynbrook High School |
| Nikhil | Buduma | 12 | Bellarmine College Preparatory |
These are the Grand Prize Alternate winners of the Synopsys Championship announced at the Awards Ceremony at California’s Great America. These high school students won an expense paid trip to the California State Fair. April 15-16, 2013 in Los Angeles.
| First name | Last Name | grade | School | |
| Emily | Wang | 11 | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | |
| Shruthi | Perati | 11 | Monta Vista High School | |
| James Kathleen Andrew |
Gabbard Grant Liu |
11 | Live Oak High School [team project] | |
| Sam | Kumar | 12 | Leland High School | |
| Alexander | Powers | 12 | Bellarmine College Preparatory | |
| Anjini | Karthik | 9 | Saint Francis High School |
These are the Middle School Special Prize winners of the Synopsys Championship announced at the Awards Ceremony at California’s Great America. These middle school students won an expense paid trip to the California State Fair. April 15-16, 2013 Los Angeles.
| First name | Last Name | grade | School | |
| Ananya | Karthik | 6 | Challenger – Sunnyvale | |
| Utkarsh | Tandon | 7 | Lawson Middle School | |
| Kaushik Anurag |
Tandon Singh |
8 | Kennedy (John F.) Middle School – Cupertino[team project] | |
| Lucas | Popescu | 6 | Miller Middle School | |
| Sophia | Harrison | 7 | Carden Academy of Almaden | |
| Venkat | Sankar | 8 | Harker School – Middle School Campus |
The following students were Winners of the International Sustainable World (Engineering, Energy & Environment) Project Olympiad Award. The award is the opportunity to compete at the I-SWEEEP event May 8-12, 2013 in Houston, TX.
| First name | Last Name | grade | School |
| Kriti | Lall | 10 | A Schmahl Science Workshop |
| Arjun | Balasingam | 11 | Archbishop Mitty High School |
Outstanding Teacher & School Awards were the following:
High School Top Schools (plaque award)
Lynbrook High School, San Jose
Monta Vista High School, Cupertino
Harker – Upper Campus, San Jose
Middle School Top Schools (plaque award)
Stratford Middle school, San Jose
JLS (Stanford) Middle School, Palo Alto
Stratford Middle School, Santa Clara
Top High School Teachers (plaque and cheque for $1000)
Amanda Alonzo (Lynbrook High School, San Jose)
Anuradha Sarkar (Leland High, San Jose)
Chris Spenner (Harker – Upper Campus, San Jose)
Top Middle School Teachers (plaque and cheque for $1000)
Neha Makhijani (Stratford Middle School – San Jose)
Thuy-Anh Nguyen (Challenger School , Sunnyvale)
Sumizah Qureshi (Granada Islamic School, Santa Clara)
Most Promising New teacher (plaque award)
Thomas Artiss (Harker Midddle School, San Jose)
