Palo Alto Unified School District

Project Awards 2021

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School	Beth	Carlson	Aareev	Panda	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	Which aquatic plant is best for filtering nitrites from pond water, to keep the koi fish healthy? (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
	Annie	Yount	Carina	Gross	$250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award	Perfect Form: Using Audio Feedback to Maximize Athletic Performance (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School	Erica	Goldsworthy	Adrit	Rao	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Mobile app for classification of macular diseases through Optical Coherence Tomography via Convolutional Neural Networks (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
Gunn (Henry M.) High School	Michael	Bautista	Sharad	Parulekar	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Vision-based system for real-time and summarized feedback on student comprehension and engagement in online classrooms (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
	Cathy	Cohn	Roy	Gross	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	Designing and Building a Custom Phased Array Network Using Software-Defined Radio (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					$200 and Certificate of Achievement, Excellence in Computer Science Award: Sponsored by SCVSEFA
					First place, $125 Wireless Communications Alliance Award, Wireless Communications Alliance
					IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
	Ann	Lorey	Juno	Kim	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	The Optimization of Preprocessing Methods in the Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy in Retinal Images through Convolution (Biological Science and Engineering)	10
	Heather	Mellows	Yu-Ting	Chang	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	Effects of Orbital Configurations on the Signal Characteristics of Binary Pulsars Simulated with Newtonian Mechanics (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
	Josh	Paley	Julia	Kang	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Improving Timer Series Stock Price Forecast with LSTM and CNN Machine Learning Models (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
	Tarn	Wilson	Anshika	Agarwal	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	A Novel Real-Time Oceanographic Data Monitoring and Analytics Solution to Mitigate the Climate Crisis (Physical Science and Engineering)	12
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award
			Alexander	Gu	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	Investigating Hydrogen as a Potential Alternative to Kerosene in Fueling Commercial Aircraft (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
Palo Alto High School	Cynthia	Chen	Franklin	Wang	Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist - $500 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School	New NEOs Discovered Using Deep Learning Are Fainter and Move Faster Than Those Previously Discovered (RRI Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category
	Sefika Gul	Eris	Tara	Kapoor	Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF) - $250 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School	Concatenated CNN and Transformer-Encoder Neural Network to Diagnose Cancerous Thyroid Nodules in Ultrasound Cine Images (RRI Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Aditya	Oberai	Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF) - $250 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School	Fighting Hunger: A Novel, Cheap & Effective Hydroponic Plant Growing Apparatus Using Less Energy, Time, Water, and Space (Biological Science and Engineering)	10
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
					First Place, $125 Wireless Communications Alliance Award, Wireless Communications Alliance
					High School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)
	Michael	Mishali	Wesley	Maa	HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and business card to complete award ($50 gift card) and letter of congratulations, United States Navy and Marine Corps	Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion Drive for Marine Transportation (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
			Vivian	Wu	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Encapsulating thyme essential oil in chitosan to develop an effective fruit fly repelling method for household use (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
	Aparna	Sankararaman	Annika	Viswesh	Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category	Investigating the Interaction between SARS-CoV2 NSP15 and Human E3 Ubiquitin Ligase using Molecular Docking Approach (RRI Biological Science and Engineering)	11
					$100 for Individual projects, IBM Award
Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School	Kevin	Lynch	Rrishi	Anand	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Simulating Self-Driving Cars' Effects on Traffic Congestion (Physical Science and Engineering)	7