Private
Project Awards 2023
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Mitty High School | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Varini Manish | Kadakia | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Drone based system to improve pollution using inexpensive materials (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award | |||||||
| Tebin | Kim | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effects of Sugar and Non-Metabolizable Sweetener Concentrations on Probiotic Bacterial Survival in Gastric Acid pH (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Aarav | Sharma | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Leveraging Computer Vision To Establish a Correlation Between Eye-Gaze Estimation and Saccades (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Karen | Allendoerfer | Saanchi | Kapoor | 1st Place Award - $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, SVACS High School Award for Excellence in Chemistry | A novel aqueous approach for the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Most Promising Young Scientist , $250 and Certificate (High School GR 9-12), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Swetha | Bhattacharya | Paras | Goel | 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effect of Stain Normalization and Data Augmentation on Metastatic Tissue Classification (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Sanskriti | Singh | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Segmentation of Lung Anomalies on Chest Radiograph X-rays using Machine Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award | |||||||
| Ross | Cunningham | Andrew Muze | Li | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Power of Voice: A Speech Analytics Application using Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Patrick | Huet | Nidhi Omeshwar | Lawange | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Novel Approach to Correct Ballet Dance Technique Using Machine Learning Model (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Ollie | Schindler | Krishna | Bhatt | $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | A Wearable Auto-balance Device to Prevent Falling for People with Balancing Issues (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Kashish | Kapoor | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | Using Machine learning to better classify different stages of Alzheimer's Disease (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Kirti | Tamhane | Charan | Sridhar | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Detection of Pulmonary Embolism using an Ensemble Model Based on Neural Networks of EHR Data and CT Scans (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Bellarmine College Preparatory | Chris | Cozort | Samarjit | Deshmukh | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize | A Lost Cost Waterborne Illness Detection Device Using Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Aarav | Garai | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize | A Lost Cost Waterborne Illness Detection Device Using Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Samantha | Janisse | Ayush | Ghosh | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Predicting Influences of Social Determinants of Health on Cardiovascular Disease Susceptibility Using Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Dan | Judnick | Jaiveer Singh | Gill | $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards | Creating a real time navigational aid for the visually impaired using context aware scene description and CNNs (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Honorable Mention certificate, Access Braille Awards | |||||||
| Philip | Oberhart | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Wind to Electrical Energy Conversion for EV or Hybrid Cars (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| John | Meyers | Viraj | Pandey | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Enhancing crop yields using quantum dots for Terrestrial, Martian, or space-bound human biomes (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Peng | Yav | Vivan | Doshi | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Un-Distracted - App That Prevents Distracted and Drowsy Driving through Facial and Spatial Recognition using CNNs (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Ilesh Veliah | Sundar | 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Autofeelment: Automatic Monofilament Test for Diabetic Neuropathy (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award | |||||||
| Ethan | Zuo | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Autonomous, Self-balancing Bicycle for Urban Delivery and Community Connection (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| GR 9-12: Honorable Mention, Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | |||||||
| Castilleja School | Bryan | Valek | Betul Serra | Tulu | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Biomechanics of Tooth Eruption (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Challenger - Berryessa - SJ | Samantha | Carlisle | Diana | Bajdechi | $250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Breathing Sensor for Remote Medicine (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade) | |||||||
| Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and Medallion, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps | |||||||
| Rohan | Pal | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | Observing the effects of different levels of CBD on curing cancer in Drosophila model. (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Tarun | Reddy | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Household Carbon Capture Device (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Aarush | Vashi | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | The Effect of Gravity and Air Pressure on Plant Growth (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jessica | Reinman | Tisha | Prasad | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Eco-friendly Papermaking (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Challenger - Shawnee - SJ | Bonny | Basu | Sneha | Arun | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | The Heat Mapper: A device to measure albedo (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sharanya Munjal | Chudgar | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | Solar-Tracking Litterminator (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade) | |||||||
| Sera | John | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | Sweet Refraction (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Devshree | Mistry | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | Colorful Chromatography (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Haripriya | Ramakrishnan | Most Promising Young Scientist, $200 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Smart Responsive Materials (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Purab | Shah | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Eggs and Osmosis (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Zaria | Shahabdeen | Certificate, $250 Dollar Gift Certificate,RaspberryPi Foundation Personal Computer Kit, Broadcom Coding with Commitment Award | Guide Glass for the visually impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ | Sandip | Panesar | Adyant | Bhavsar | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Tap, Tap... Power On! (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| 2nd place MS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | |||||||
| Silas Lok-Ian | Chao | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Does the Type of Band-Aid Really Matter? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Anika | Ganu | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Charging Green (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Aanya | Kandala | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Seeding The Sky (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS | |||||||
| GR 6-8: $40 and Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter certificate, and AWG Banquet invitation, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | |||||||
| Kiyan Arun | Raisinghani | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Hydraulic Advantage (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st place MS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | |||||||
| Mridula | Rajagopalan | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | Water as Energy Source: On-demand electricity using H2 from electrochemical electrolysis of water using GaAl electrodes. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 1st Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement from ASM Materials Education Foundation and Ribbon, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | |||||||
| First Place Award: $250 and framed cert, SVACS Dave Parker Award for Excellence in Chemistry | |||||||
| Emmanuel | Swenson | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | What is the effect of metal type on electromagnetic field strength, as observed by measuring the speed of a magnet train (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | |||||||
| Cynthia | Wang | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | What is the effect of different temperatures and different chemicals on the setting time of concrete? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Second Place Award: $125 and framed cert, SVACS Dave Parker Award for Excellence in Chemistry | |||||||
| Challenger - Sunnyvale | Ben | Eccleston | Aditi | Badriprasad | Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Statistical Analysis of the Effect of Varying N-P-K Ratios on the Vertical Growth of Nannochloropsis Oculata Algae (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Challenger Middlefield - Palo Alto | Diane | Rusu | Sophie | Tong | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | Investigating the Effect of Environmental Temperature on CO2 Absorption Rate During Photosynthesis (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Liat | Baranoff | Dalia Miri | Saal | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Can Argon Flushing a Fridge Reduce Food Waste? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Pooja | Dimba | Maya | Mazin | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | Seaweed And Its Absorption Of CO2 In Worms (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Danny | Stein | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Can mealworms compost different types of foam, and what type of foam is composted the fastest. (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Granada Islamic School | Farhana | Afroz | Maryam | Hashmi | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Effect of Bile Salts On Digestion (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Zeba | Haq | Raneem Faisal | Abu-Nimeh | $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award | Supernova in a Box! Replicating Space Conditions (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | |||||||
| Malek | Alhussien | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 6th Grade | Evaluating the carbon footprint of raising backyard chickens (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sadaf | Khalil | Umar Muhammad | Khan | 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Effect of Gels on Improving the Efficiency of Photovoltaic Panels (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade) | |||||||
| Zeba Yawar | Nahvi | GR 6-8: 1st Place, Certificate of Achievement, and virtual tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Building a Fire-Fighting Robotic System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Harker School-Middle Campus | Tina | Kim | Anika Ghosh | Basu | 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | The Effects of Wallet Materials on Radio-Frequency Identification (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Anish | Kosaraju | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Using Machine Learning to Detect Validity of Login Attempts to Prevent Account Takeovers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Ethan | Liang | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Developing Machine Learning Models for Glaucoma Detection through Retinal Image Processing (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Letter to apply for $100 and Certificate, The Lemelson Early Inventor Prize | |||||||
| Venice | Parnell | Most Promising Young Scientist, $200 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade) | |||||||
| Claire | Tian | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | What is the effect of using matted hair on oil spills? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Claire Fang | Xu | Most Promising Young Scientist, $200 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade) | |||||||
| Evan Matthew | Yuan | 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | The Effects of Wallet Materials on Radio-Frequency Identification (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Elizabeth | Zhang | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | What is the effect of using matted hair on oil spills? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Benjamin | Morgensen | Siddhartha Patel | Daswani | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Fire Spread Prediction (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Most Promising Young Scientist, $200 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Heather | Wang | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the effect of different frequencies of noise pollution on the level of mate attraction of Gryllodes sigillatus? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Ellie | Zhou | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the effect of different frequencies of noise pollution on the level of mate attraction of Gryllodes sigillatus? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Kristen | Morgensen | Nikhil Rafik | Bawa | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | A Novel Method of Detection for Pulmonary Embolisms Using Machine Learning Technology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Nicole | Dean | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | Edible Utensils: The Step above Silverware! (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Rohan | Goyal | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | A Novel Method of Detection for Pulmonary Embolisms Using Machine Learning Technology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Brandon Sun | Labio | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | PathFinder: A Smart Retrieval Robot for Optimal Sports Training Efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Raeanne | Li | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The effect of landscaping groundcovers on the growth of different drought-tolerant plants (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS | |||||||
| Iona | Liu | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The effect of landscaping groundcovers on the growth of different drought-tolerant plants (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS | |||||||
| Aanya | Sharma | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | Edible Utensils: The Step above Silverware! (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Cynthia Xinyao | Wang | $100 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society | Alternative Sources of Nitrogen for Use in Chemical Fertilizers. (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nathan Tyler | Yee | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | PathFinder: A Smart Retrieval Robot for Optimal Sports Training Efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Caroline | Zhou | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the impact of agricultural fertilizers on the health of daphnia populations? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Elaine | Zou | $100 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society | Alternative Sources of Nitrogen for Use in Chemical Fertilizers. (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Rajasree | Swaminathan | Anya | Bharti | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | SFDIPS - Smart Fall Detection and Injury Prevention System (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Nicki | Yazdi | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | SFDIPS - Smart Fall Detection and Injury Prevention System (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Harker School-Upper Campus | Anita | Chetty | Melody | Yin | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Investigating Sequence Determinants and Their Role in Drosophila Gene Expression using Deep Learning (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Anuradha | Datar | Krish | Arora | $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award | FindMySpace: A Cost Effective Carbon Reduction Solution for Parking Using Deep Learning and Edge Devices. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Andrew | Liang | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | BeeWell: Developing an AI-based Bee Health Assessment System Utilizing Computer Vision and Acoustic Signal Processing (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Yuqin | Ma | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Building a CNN model to efficiently diagnose COVID-19 from other viral infections using cough MFCCs (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Lily | Shi | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Developing a Novel Diagnostic System of Glaucoma Using a Multi-Task Deep Learning Architecture (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Linda | Zeng | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Generative-Adversarial Approach to Translating Low-Resource Languages with Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Eric | Johnson | Reshma | Kosaraju | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Quantification and Optimization of Circular RNA Stability for Improved RNA Therapeutics (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $375 Cash Prize Voucher from Society for Science and Certificate, Regeneron Biomedical Science Award | |||||||
| Eric | Nelson | Chiling | Han | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | SSGeoLocator- Finding Geographic Coordinates from a non-GPS Approach/Geopositioning Using Street Name Plates (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Alexander Y | Lan | 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Novel Twin Convolutional Neural Network to Decipher the Functional Effect of Genetic Variants in Alzheimer's Disease (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Ella Selina | Lan | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | HDformer: A Higher Dimensional Transformer for Diabetes Detection Utilizing Long Range Vascular Signals (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Marina | Peregrino | Aishani | Singh | $500 Grand Prize, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards | LiveConv: AI Enabled Live Conversation Across Language Barriers on Augmented Reality Glasses (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Excellence in Engineering Science (all grades) $250, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| Ryan Ruien | Zhang | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | PEDS-AI: A Novel UAV Based AI Powered Visual-Acoustic Field Deployed Pest Early Detection and Identification System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Mike | Pistacchi | Ramit Rajan | Goyal | 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Developing a model to predict whether single nucleotide variants are likely benign or pathogenic (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Chris | Spenner | Rohan Tan | Bhowmik | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Multi-Modal Wildfire Prediction and Early-Warning System Based on a Novel Machine Learning Framework (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| Tiffany | Chang | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Crucial Pathogenic Role of Elevated Mast Cells in Pulmonary Fibrosis Revealed by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Arjun | Gurjar | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effect of Clemastine Fumarate on C. elegans in a Hyperglycemic Model of PAD related Oxidative Stress (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Michelle | Wei | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Cycle Spaces of Friends-and-strangers Graphs (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Ella Lindsey | Yee | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Developing a Novel Hybrid Approach to Extract Circadian Gene Signatures and Uncover Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Jeff | Sutton | Cyrus | Ghane | 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards HS | A Novel Utilization of Ocimum basilicum Mucilage to Reduce Nitrate Runoff (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize | |||||||
| Isha | Kotalwar | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Using 1D CNNs to Classify Heart Arrhythmia from Electrocardiogram Signals (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Kairui | Sun | 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards HS | A Novel Utilization of Ocimum basilicum Mucilage to Reduce Nitrate Runoff (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize | |||||||
| Homeschool - Raju | Narayanan | Raju (PSP) | Wyndia | Ohm | Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Systematic Finite & Infinitesimal Explorations in N-Dimensional Space that lead to new identities & a new field of study (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Merryhill School - Milpitas | Shama | Mohamed | Ethan | Effendi | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Detecting and Correcting Harmful Stimuli in Video Content to Provide Safer Viewing Experiences to Photosensitive People (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Spencer | Liu | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Arduino Vehicle Warning System Using LiDAR Sensor (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Dipti | Shingnapurkar | Mridini | Parui | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Magic Mulch (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 | |
| $50 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society | |||||||
| Notre Dame High School | Chelsey | Beck | Snikitha | Banda | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Early Survival and Recurrence Prediction for Diabetes Patients via Biomarker Discovery in Text-Based Clinical Narratives (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 |
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Clarisse | Cheung | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Explainable Statistical Machine Learning Models in Drought Monitoring (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Samanya | Girish | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Novel Approach to Aid Video Capsule Endoscopy Diagnosis Using a Convolutional Neural Network (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Jiani | Liao | Anchal | Bhardwaj | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Developing a Novel Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Model to Improve Tone Pronunciation in Mandarin (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Sumayyah Khurram | Ismail | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Developing a Novel Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Model to Improve Tone Pronunciation in Mandarin (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Presentation High School | Tracy | Hughes | Ananya | Bharathapudi | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | Alleviating Psychological Distress in Afghanistan: A Mental Wellness App (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Harika | Chodavarapu | $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award | What is the effect of different soil additions on the amount and quality of water leached when a pesticide is applied? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Certificate, Association for Women Geoscientists (Regional) | |||||||
| Paulina | Plater | 1st Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement from ASM Materials Education Foundation and Ribbon, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Removal of Microplastics in the Bloodstream Using a Ferrofluid Magneto-Chemical Filter (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Maanasa | Ramprasad | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Tool for Optimally Formulating Ready-To-Use Foods Based on Ingredient Price Trends (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Sangyani | Sinha | Certificate of Achievement and letter - medallion and cert will be received in mail after student fills out the online link, Yale Science and Engineering Association | OmniGraphia v2: A Novel Intelligent Robot Replacement for all Optical Laboratory Instruments (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Nandanaa | Srikanth | High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps | Foot Operated Remote Control To Aid Those With Limited Dexterity (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||
| Privately Sponsored Project | Jian | Ge (mentor) | Kaitlyn | Wang | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Discovery of rare small ultra-short-period exoplanets orbiting F and G dwarfs in Kepler Survey (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Achievement, United States Air Force | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||
| Ruchika | Mishra (PSP) | Aavya | Mishra | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Investigating the fidelity & impact of AI language translation towards inclusivity in linguistically diverse communities (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Ganesh | Vanamu (PSP) | Aryan | Ganesh | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Detection of Parkinson's using novel SNN model and develop closed loop wearable device for tremor monitor & suppression (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Saint Francis High School | James | Terrell | Saketh | Srikantha | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Wave Danger Detection - Using buoy data and wave properties (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| Emily | Thomas | Rohit | Khorana | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Low-Earth Satellite Orbit Determination Using Deep Convolutional Networks with Satellite Imagery (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Stratford Middle School - Milpitas | Lekhana | Revankar | Sanjana | Iyengar | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | What is the effect of different types of plant based organic bio coagulants on filtering of microplastics in contaminated water? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 6th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Samarth | Iyer | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 6th Grade | Sir Eatalot (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Arisha | Jain | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Heartrate Monitor (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Delisha | Manuel | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Navigation Device for the Blind (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Ashraya | Siruvole | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Building a Wearable Device to Measure Parkinson's Tremors (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Aiden | Yang | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the effect of pH on Bacterial Growth? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Tessa | Trautner | Eric | Guo | Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Effect of different ratios of sand and cement on concrete strength (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Nissangh | Mohan Babu | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Virtualzoolive.com: Website for Zoo Cameras Around the World (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Stratford Middle School - Palo Alto | Veronica | Oropeza Ibarra | David Alexander | Clark | $50 to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | The Seed Speader (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Kanishk | Jain | $50 to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | The Seed Speader (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Kabeer | Mehta | $50 to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | The Seed Speader (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Ana Juliete Brito de Moraes | Alsberg | Korey Tannen Phung | Latimer | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Touchscreen Interaction Automation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade) | |||||||
| Alison | Gee | Inika | Adapala | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Communication App for Patients with Locked-in Syndrome (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| $125 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | |||||||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jeanelle | Dao | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | FilterEye: Energy-Saving Embedded Electronic Device to Alert User to Change Air Filter (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Aditi | Panchagnula | IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade) | Hoopy: Improving Basketball Skills by Detecting and Displaying Scored and Attempted Shots (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and Medallion, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps | |||||||
| Ashwath | Ram | 3rd place MS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Can Sound Waves Counter Earthquakes? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Nila | Santhosh | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What are the effects of soil moisture and watering methods on water conservation and plant growth? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Alexis Cailyn | Santosa | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Engineering a Squeezing and Sound-Playing Wristband for Autistic People (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Sahana | Shyam | IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade) | 3 in 1 Generator - Using Solar, Wind, and Water Power (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and Medallion, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps | |||||||
| Aayush | Trivedi | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | DriveSafe: A Smart Autonomous Vehicular System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Stratford Preparatory School | Shannon | Deza | Orchita | Chakraborty | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Prognosis of Alzheimer's Disease using Machine Learning and The Virtual Brain (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Shanya | Gill | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Prevention of Casualties and Property Damage due to Home Fires by Using Thermal Imaging and AI Based Occupancy Detection (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Ananya | Mehta | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | An Automatic Enforcer For Special Traffic Zones (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Gr 6-8: Honorable Mention, Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade) | |||||||
| Vihaan | Narkhede | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Sunlight Router (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Heather | Mackewicz | Zana Noor Kirstine | Svendsen | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | The Effect of Certain Mycelium on the Growth of Spinach (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 | |
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 6th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Zia | Svendsen | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effect Of Capsaicin On Yeasts And Molds (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Anuradha | Murthy | Aditi | Vaduri | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Efficacy of Botanical Herbs in Ameliorating Metal Ions Through Mediated Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's Disease (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| The King's Academy (TKA) | Nick | Nitescu | Aaditya | Pillai | High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps | Origami in Engineering: Improving the Earthquake Resistance of Structures using Origami Inspired Designs (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||
| Kathy | Young | Connor | Chin | High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps | A signal processing modeling and feedback system for stringed instrument musicians (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||
| Valley Christian High School | Diana | Shak | Sivani | Ryali | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Automatic Irrigation System Using Soil Moisture Analysis Methods (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Theodore | Shim | Gahyeon | Yoon | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Research on Planning Renewable Energies toward 100% Green Energy Considering California's Climate Change (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Sihyeon | Yoon | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Research on Planning Renewable Energies toward 100% Green Energy Considering California's Climate Change (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Scott | VanderVeen | Canis | Li | 2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Optical brightness variations of ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg II X-1 (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Yavneh Day School | Sharon | Elia | Ben Liam | Balteriski | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | How do the percentages of fat in milk affect its spoiling time (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Middle School or High School $200 and a letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | |||||||
| Juan Esteban | Bermeo | Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards | Sandout shoe- a shoe that can let the sand out by opening a zipper that's attached to the bottom of the shoe. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Ethan | Mutchnik | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | How does the sphere's diameter (size) affect its durability in different surfaces. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Dan | Pozniansky | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | How do the percentages of fat in milk affect its spoiling time (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Middle School or High School $200 and a letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | |||||||
| Isadora | Rothstein | Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards | Sandout shoe- a shoe that can let the sand out by opening a zipper that's attached to the bottom of the shoe. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Alisa Michelle | Solnit | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Nickel test kit for Jewelry - Kit to detect nickel presence for people with allergy or irritation . (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||