Palo Alto Unified School District
Project Awards 2025
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry M Gunn High School | Tomas | Grim | McKenna | Chang | $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards | Engineering an AI Communication System to aid Alzheimer's Patients facing Isolation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Most Promising Young Scientist, $200 and Certificate (High School GR 9-12), SPV Market Research | |||||||
| Matthew | Hall | Tse Wei | Chan | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Soft Robot with Magnetic Self-Sensing for Wrist Rehabilitation (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Joshua | Little | Sharvi | Dhamdhere | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the Effect of Herbal Remedies Compared to Commercially Available Acid Neutralizers on a Simulated Gastric Acid? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Casey | O'Connell | Carina | Gross | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Hidden Threats in a Microscopic World: Unraveling the Impacts of Microplastics on Protist Ecology and Function (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Josh | Paley | Ishan Kaustubh | Joshi | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | On the Nilpotence of Moufang Loops (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Kaavya | Tatavarty | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Personalized Cloud-Based sEMG-to-Haptic System to Enable Long-Distance Communication for Usher Syndrome (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Micah | Wynn | Diya | Bhagat | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Optimizing NPK Nutrients for Water-efficient Hydroponic Lawns (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Elana | Zizmor | Aidan | Peng | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Enhancing ambient carbon dioxide capture through fluidization of covalent and metallic organic frameworks (COFs/MOFs) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Palo Alto High School | Taruna | Khanna | Joseph Haohang | Sun | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Suppression of Immune Response to Brain Implants Using Antibody SIF001 Against Galectin-3, a Key Player in Inflammation (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Cecilia | Walsh | Maya | Caren | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | An Easy and Intuitive Way to Learn the Piano by Visualizing your Voice on a Keyboard (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||
| Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Qin (Linda) | Luo | Ayan | Arora | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Development of a Smart Compression Sleeve Incorporating Thermal Regulation for Optimal Muscle Recovery (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Mary | Melnick | Arav | Arora | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Colorful Cues: Developing a Natural Ripeness Indicator Using Anthocyanin-Ethylene Reactions (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |