Harker School-Middle Campus
Project Awards 2021
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harker School-Middle Campus | Tina | Kim | Anandita | Arun | $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Fighting AI With AI: Identifying Key Features for Detecting Deepfakes (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Saanvi | Bhargava | $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Fighting AI With AI: Identifying Key Features for Detecting Deepfakes (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Satvika Iyengar | Gautham | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the Effect of Non-Toxic Dish Soaps on the Growth of Plants? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Neil | Krishnan | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Activated Carbon Air Filter and AC (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Kashish | Priyam | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | What is the effect of different blended fruits on Chrysanthemum Morifolium's conversion rate of CO2? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sidak Kaur | Sanghari | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the Effect of Non-Toxic Dish Soaps on the Growth of Plants? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Aarush | Vailaya | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Activated Carbon Air Filter and AC (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sophia | Zhu | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | What is the effect of different blended fruits on Chrysanthemum Morifolium's conversion rate of CO2? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Kristen | Morgensen | Daniel M. | Chen | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Blind Man's Best Friend (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Felix | Chen | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Automated Nutrient Dispersal for Hydroponic Farming (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Andy | Chung | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Automated Nutrient Dispersal for Hydroponic Farming (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Hima | Thota | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Detecting Nutrient Deficiencies and Optimizing Plant Health Using Machine Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $50 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society | |||||||
| Jonathan | Wang | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Blind Man's Best Friend (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Alison | Yang | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The effects varying sources of acetic acid have on the rate of yeast fermentation (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Melody | Yin | Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Developing a Novel Hybrid Method to Diagnose and Predict Sports Related Concussions (SRC) with Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | |||||||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $250 Dollar Gift Certificate, RaspberryPi Foundation Personal Computer Kit, Broadcom Coding with Commitment Award | |||||||
| Kathy | Peng | Nikhil | Chadha | Middle School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | The Impossible Peanut: A Hypo Allergenic Peanut Alternative (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Audrey | Cheng | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | The Effects of Decellularization on Organ Longevity (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jia Jia | Jiang | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Novel Applications of Origami-Inspired Structures in Transformable Photonics Devices (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Lindsey | Tuckey | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | The Effects of Decellularization on Organ Longevity (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sahil | Varma | Middle School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | The Impossible Peanut: A Hypo Allergenic Peanut Alternative (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Sonia | Yu | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Novel Applications of Origami-Inspired Structures in Transformable Photonics Devices (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||