Santa Clara Unified School District

Project Awards 2018

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Buchser Middle School	Amy	Brindos	Filip	Sedlacik	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Hands free turning music stand (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
Cabrillo Middle School	Nelson	Hori	Jason Robert	Co	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	The Multipurpose Arm (Creating attachments for people who have an amputated arm(s) to help them in their everyday life) (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Ryan Wenyuan	Liu	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Bike Back Ultrasonic Sensor System (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Sohan Dhiman	Nannra	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	The Multipurpose Arm (Creating attachments for people who have an amputated arm(s) to help them in their everyday life) (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Terry Liam	Russell	Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society	Ocean Filtration (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Akash	Vig	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Safer Speeds: Using a Virtual Governor to Stop Speeding and Create the Roads of the Future (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
	Jennifer	Lee	Mokshitaa	Dhamotharan	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade	Poseidon's Filter (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Aryo	Nabyzadeh	2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch	The effect of the size of storm drain grating on their ability to block debris. (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Kaushik	Salem	Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award	Intelligent Traffic Signal System Using Simplified Bayes' Theorem (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					Packet with Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force
			Kaitlyn Hugyn-Lan Cloke	Venator	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade	Poseidon's Filter (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
	Glenn	Lillie	Saurav Saumil	Gandhi	$ 250 to the winning student or team in middle school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize	A CMUcam5/Computer Vision Based Arduino Wearable Navigation System for the Visually Impaired (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Vedansh	Goenka	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade	"NFC Tap and Go" a Near Field Communication based Magnetic Lock (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
	Sarah	Rahman	Austin Mathew	Wu	Packet with Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force	Creating a Fully Electric Photovoltaic Airplane that can fly Continuously (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
Peterson Middle School	Lori	King	Surya Christopher	Tallavarjula	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Wind Turbine Efficiency Improvement Studies (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
Santa Clara High School	Suzanne	Miller-Moody	Jenna Sofia	Houle	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The optimization of a nylon based artificial muscle (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
					HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps
			Zeiler R.	Randall-Reed	3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter	What is the effect of the density of a medium on sound waves of varying frequencies as they pass through said medium? (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
			Sriya	Sridhar	1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Water Works! (Biological Science and Engineering)	9
					$100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award
					$100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award
	Alan	Tan	Hawk	Azordegan	3rd Place Award - $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch	An Easily Adjustable Ramp for the Physically Disabled (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
			Isaac Jun	Lo	3rd Place Award - $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch	An Easily Adjustable Ramp for the Physically Disabled (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
			Brandon Riley	McClelland	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Testing the Shock Absorbing Properties of Non-Newtonian Fluids (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
Wilcox High School	Nalinee	Srinivasan	Visala Rozalia	Tallavarjula	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Irrigation Efficiency Improvement by Percolation Water Loss Reduction Using Carbon Sequestration (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize