Harker School-Middle Campus
Project Awards 2017
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harker School-Middle Campus | Thomas | Artiss | Arohee | Bhoja | $ 250 to the winning student or team in middle school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | An Investigation of the Effects of Super-Absorbent Polymers on the Germination rates of Seeds (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | |||||||
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sidra | Xu | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | A Novel Solution to Algal Blooms by Inhibiting Photosynthesis Using Polystyrene Balls (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Russell | Yang | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | A Novel Solution to Algal Blooms by Inhibiting Photosynthesis Using Polystyrene Balls (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Kristen | Morgensen | Alexandra Anne | Baeckler | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | The Effect of Given Names on a Shelter Animal's Adoptability (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | |||||||
| Nilisha | Baid | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | How Egg Substitutes Affect Baking (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Arya | Maheshwari | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Analyzing Trajectories: The Aerodynamics of Different Badminton Shuttlecocks (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Vaishnavi Gorantla | Murari | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | How Egg Substitutes Affect Baking (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Luisa | Pan | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | Studies of the Learning Behavior of the Single Cell Organism, Stentor coeruleus, Under Various Types of Stimuli (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| James | Pflaging | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Analyzing Trajectories: The Aerodynamics of Different Badminton Shuttlecocks (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Betsy | Tian | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | Studies of the Learning Behavior of the Single Cell Organism, Stentor coeruleus, Under Various Types of Stimuli (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Annamma Jijen | Vazhaeparambil | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Method of Efficiently Purifying Gray Water in Homes to Use in Neighborhood Backyards (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Aditi | Vinod | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Method of Efficiently Purifying Gray Water in Homes to Use in Neighborhood Backyards (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Kathy | Peng | Ankita | Kundu | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Finding the Most Effective Two-Step Filtration System to Remove Biological, Mineral, and Chemical Contaminants in Water (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Akshay Josyula | Manglik | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | A mobile software application to educate citizens with accurate, up to date, and accessible political information (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Elizabeth | Szeto | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Finding the Most Effective Two-Step Filtration System to Remove Biological, Mineral, and Chemical Contaminants in Water (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||