Cupertino Union School District

Project Awards 2014

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Cupertino Middle School	Frank	Adriance	Rajiv Krishna	Nelakanti	Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize	An evolutionary study of hydrogenosomes and mitochondria: comparing 18S rRNA sequences of eukaryotic organisms (Bioinformatics)	8
					GR 6-8: 2nd Place, $50 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award
	Rachel	Nolan	Anika	Sanyal	2nd Award, Chemistry Category	The Power of Raw Freshness. Does Cooking/Refrigeration Decrease Vitamin C in Food? (Chemistry)	7
Hyde Middle School	Okon	Ibanga	Siddharth Vaidehi	Mahesh	Honorable Mention, Engineering Category	Green Technology: Build an Electronic Rain Detector to Conserve Water (Engineering)	7
	Kristina	Park	Shashank Vaidehi	Mahesh	2nd Award, Engineering Category	Arduino controlled Paper Evaluation System (Engineering)	7
Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino	Thea	Dalvand	Advith	Gopinath	Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category	Does Rap Have a Bad Rep? A Study on How Rap Music Affects Aggression (Behavioral / Social)	8
	Jamie	Oliveira	Suhas	Prasad	Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	May the Best Line-Follower Win: Comparisons of Line-Following Algorithms for Different Types of Lines (Computers / Mathematics)	6
					2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category
					Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center
					Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Lawson Middle School	Emily	Adams	Utkarsh	Tandon	Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School	A Wearable Device for Spinal-Lumbus-Modeling to Recognize and Correct Posture through Real-Time Analysis and Flex Sensing Capabilites (Engineering)	8
					1st Award, Engineering Category
					Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
					IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Miller Middle School	Steve	Greenfield	Eesha	Deepak	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	The Effect of Placement and Angle of Solar Cells, Angle of Sun, and Conduciveness of the Sun's Rays on Solar Panel Potency (Physics)	7
			Tanvee	Joshi	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	The Effect of Placement and Angle of Solar Cells, Angle of Sun, and Conduciveness of the Sun's Rays on Solar Panel Potency (Physics)	7
	Codrutza	Popescu	Maya Vaishali	Abiram	Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association	Effect of Meditation on Weight Loss (Behavioral / Social)	6
			Diya	Jain	1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category	Does Color Affect Learning & Memory (Behavioral / Social)	7
					Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association
			Seena	Jovkar	2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category	The Algicidal Effects of Probiotics on Eutrophication (Environmental Sciences)	7
			Chinmay	Lalgudi	Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center	Using Wave Energy to generate Electricity (Engineering)	6
					Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
			Luca	Popescu	2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category	The Algicidal Effects of Probiotics on Eutrophication (Environmental Sciences)	7
			Zara Anzum	Shariff	1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category	Does the Eye Read Full Words or Individual Letters? (Behavioral / Social)	6
			Amol	Singh	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	MAGNETS in Action with Temperature (Physics)	7