Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District
Project Awards 2020
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Altos High School | Darren | Dressen | Russel James Michael | Arbore | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Using GAN synthesized scans of brain tissue for improved training and performance of CNN brain tissue segmenters (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Audrey Xing-Yun | Chang | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Determining the role of RNA chaperones in buffering mutation cost in S. cerevisiae (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Olivia Anne | Colace | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Synthesizing derivatives of telomere resolvase inhibitors for the potential treatment of late stage Lyme disease. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Aaron Yakov | Feldman | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Synthesis of 5-Hydroxy-4-Azaindoles and 4-Azatryptamines: Using TrkB Receptor Inhibition as a Novel Treatment for OCD (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Daniel | Ghasemfar | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Optimizing rocket stability through a combination of thrust vector control and aerodynamic design (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Alexander | Guh-Siesel | Honorable Mention - Each receive a total of $100, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS | A Method for Treating Celiac Disease: Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the HLA-DQ2 Heterodimer (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| 2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jiayan | Luo | 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Preparing Superhydrophobic surfaces via electroless galvanic deposition to inhibit S. epidermidis biofilm formation (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Franklin Ye | Ruan | 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Preparing Superhydrophobic surfaces via electroless galvanic deposition to inhibit S. epidermidis biofilm formation (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Luke Almazan | Sage | Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Examining mechanical properties of 3D printed chainmail textile structures (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Sreoshi | Sarkar | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Synthesizing derivatives of allosteric antagonist LUF771 to downregulate LHCG receptors and inhibit steroidogenesis (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Arthi | Vaidyanathan | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The effect of fatty acids and albumin on type IV secretion systems to inhibit the spread of antibiotic resistance (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Anderson Yuteng | Wang | Most Promising Young Scientist (Male), $150 and Certificate (GR 9-12), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Engineering Solvent Free Flow Battery Electrolytes Through Eutectic Mixtures of 1,4 Benzoquinone Derivatives (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Michaela Ho-Young | Yip | 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Developing a Metabolic Intervention Strategy to Overcome Retinoic Acid-Resistance in Neuroblastoma Cells (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Mountain View High School | Lydia | Conoway | Sidharth Ganapathi | Dharmasanam | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | HealthEar (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| Nesyah Sarah | Galatin | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | HealthEar (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Yash Shrikant | Nasikkar | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | HealthEar (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Stephen | Widmark | David W | Zhang | 2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Analysis of Atmospheric Interference to improve Spectral Measurement for Detecting Earth-like Planets (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |