Fremont Union High School District

Project Awards 2024

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Cupertino High School  Stella Demetriou  Ethan  Chu 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Cost-Effective Compact Thermal Imaging Module for Drone-Based Hidden Mine Detection (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Winfred  Lin 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Cost-Effective Compact Thermal Imaging Module for Drone-Based Hidden Mine Detection (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Amy Plat  Anika Indu Mukherjee 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Applying Neural Networks for Classification & Diagnosis of Thoracic Conditions from Frontal & Lateral Chest Radiographs (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Reva Mahee Ukkadam 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Applying Neural Networks for Classification & Diagnosis of Thoracic Conditions from Frontal & Lateral Chest Radiographs (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Daniel Stavis  Neha  Shaik 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Predicting Wildfire Spread with Machine Learning and A Socio-Ecological Approach to Identify Areas of High Vulnerability (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
   Hugo Steemers  Ragavan  Arivazhagan Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category SolSafe: Low-cost Novel Predictions in Confidence and Severity of Heat Stroke using Deep Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Anish Sriram Bhethanabotla Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category SolSafe: Low-cost Novel Predictions in Confidence and Severity of Heat Stroke using Deep Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Abhinab  Chatterjee 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Third Eye: Wearable ML Device using CNN and Advanced Distance Estimation for Enhanced Cyclist Road Safety (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Dohyun  Yang 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Third Eye: Wearable ML Device using CNN and Advanced Distance Estimation for Enhanced Cyclist Road Safety (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
Fremont High School  Devyn Snyder  Christopher  Kao Upper Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Robot that Leverages Computer Vision and Passive Intake to Autonomously Identify and Pickup Trash from Parks (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
        Akhil Raju Pathapati Upper Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Robot that Leverages Computer Vision and Passive Intake to Autonomously Identify and Pickup Trash from Parks (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
Homestead High School  Dara Alleyne-Levy  Bhavya  Krishnan 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Autonomous Brain Inspired Mapping with 6DoF Navigation for Drone Swarms in GPS Denied and RF Jammed Hostile Environments (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award    
              GR 9-12: Honorable Mention, Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award    
   Sam Fung  Vibha  Bengani Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Separation of Textile Fibers in Discarded Garments to Minimize Landfill Waste (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Daniel Nunez  Diya  Bengani 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category GUI for Real-Time Force and Kinematics Data Using Low-Cost Instrumented Sensors and a Nonlinear Data Model (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
              Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
        Alexandru Thomas Cismaru 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Using Transformer Machine Learning Models on EEG Data to Aid the Diagnosis of ADHD in Children (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Dylan  Dale Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Applying Unsupervised Learning Techniques to Automated EEG Artifact Removal and Seizure Detection (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Samuel  Yuan 2nd place HS project - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA SuperDiff: Diffusion Models for Conditional Generation of Hypothetical Superconductors (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Kathleen Shreve  Armaan Christopher Gomes 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 Clear: Utilizing Glasses-Embedded Beamformers to Enhance Speech Clarity and Spatial Context for the Hearing Impaired (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              $500 Grand Prize, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards    
              Andreasen Excellence in Engineering Science Award (all grades) $325, SPV Market Research    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
              $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award    
              $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards    
Lynbrook High School  Nicole DellaSantina  Shreshta  Ramji 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Influence of Mycorrhizal Fungi on Nitrate & Phosphate Retention in Brassica oleracea Roots to prevent Aquatic Dead Zones (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Sathvika  Siva 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Influence of Mycorrhizal Fungi on Nitrate & Phosphate Retention in Brassica oleracea Roots to prevent Aquatic Dead Zones (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
   Bradley Fulk  Calvin  Zhou 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category A2D2: An AI-driven Autonomous Drone-based Detection Network for Wildfires in Large-Scale Areas (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award    
   Kenneth Iams  Vrishank  Chandrasekhar 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 Early Prediction of Distant Recurrence for Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients via Biomarker Discovery in Digital Pathology (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Zachary Alexander Pan 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Badminton Swinging Form Correction Through Computer Analysis (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Jason Lee  Emma  Chang Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category A Device to Collect Posture Data (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Lester Leung  Ryan  Bansal 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The use of a traffic sign detection device to alert drivers and prevent car crashes (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
        Dale  Liu Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Developing a machine learning equipped drone for early detection of wildfires in forests around the Bay Area (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Sohil  Rathi 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The use of a traffic sign detection device to alert drivers and prevent car crashes (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
        Pranav  Saharan Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Developing a machine learning equipped drone for early detection of wildfires in forests around the Bay Area (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Lucas  Su Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Developing a machine learning equipped drone for early detection of wildfires in forests around the Bay Area (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
   Kathleen Loia  Harold  Wang 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The effect of degradation of chlorella vulgaris cell walls by cellulase on rapidity of auxin response (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Thanh Nguyen  Hao  Gu Most Promising Young Scientist , $200 and Certificate (High School GR 9-12), SPV Market Research MicroWorm: A Novel Millimeter-Scale Earthworm Robot for the Safe Navigation of Variable and Confined Environments (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              Certificate of Achievement; Individually Wrapped Award Package from U.S. Air Force, United States Air Force    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
   Isaac Pallone  Haoyuan  Deng 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The design and construction of a wheel with adaptive contour for different terrains (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations from the Chief of Naval Research, Medallion and $50 gift card (redeemable online), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
        Amanda  Jin Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Using smart devices to detect early signs of water pollution based on machine learning object detection algorithms (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to state, national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
        Shripriya  Kalbhavi Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School A Novel Method of Active Medication Delivery via Microneedle Arrays using a Belousov-Zhabotinsky Oscillating Hydrogel (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 9
              1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Sohum  Uttamchandani Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A System for Real-Time Location Tracking for Patient-Donor Matching and Supply-Demand Inventory Forecasting (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
   David Taylor  Ava  Chen Most Promising Young Scientist , $200 and Certificate (High School GR 9-12), SPV Market Research Using Different Current Profiles to Achieve High Efficiency Electromagnetic Propulsion for Public Mass Transportation (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              1st place HS project - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
        Sophia  Chen Most Promising Young Scientist , $200 and Certificate (High School GR 9-12), SPV Market Research Using Different Current Profiles to Achieve High Efficiency Electromagnetic Propulsion for Public Mass Transportation (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              1st place HS project - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
        Annie  Peng Most Promising Young Scientist , $200 and Certificate (High School GR 9-12), SPV Market Research Using Different Current Profiles to Achieve High Efficiency Electromagnetic Propulsion for Public Mass Transportation (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              1st place HS project - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
        Franklin  Yang Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Galactic Evolution of SMACS 0723 via Morphological Analysis of James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Data (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
Monta Vista High School  Julie Choi  Suhani  Pahuja 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Identification of shared genetic risk factors between juvenile diabetes and other autoimmune diseases using multi-omics (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Sunny Kuo Yao Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Bioinformatics RNA-Sequence Data Analysis Revealed Pathogenic Genes in NASH (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Katie Collins  Aaryan  Doshi 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Discovery of Malignant Properties in Anthropogenic Aerosols for Targeted Climate Control via Variational Autoencoders (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   John Conlin  Tyler Atwood Rose 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category AffinityLM: Binding-Site Informed Language Model for High Accuracy Drug-Target Affinity Prediction (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Scott DeRuiter  Tanisha  Sood 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category " Pediatric Seizure Detection System: A Data-Driven Approach with Predictive and Generative AI Integration" (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
              Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI    
   David Greenstein  Pranav  Gupta 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category ImageInsight: Detection for AI-Generated Images Using a Machine Learning Technique Involving Frequency Domain Features (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Hursh  Shah 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category QVISTA: Quantum Vision Transformers for Enhanced Alzheimer's Detection through Advanced Imaging Techniques (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Aryan  Singhal 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category QVISTA: Quantum Vision Transformers for Enhanced Alzheimer's Detection through Advanced Imaging Techniques (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Kyle Jones  Shrehan  Chatterjee Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effect of LCP enzyme on neoprene degradation (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Shreyas  Chatterjee Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effect of LCP enzyme on neoprene degradation (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Jihoo  Won Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effect of LCP enzyme on neoprene degradation (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
   Joe Kim  Trishia  Khandelwal 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Multi-Class Classification of Ocular Diseases Using Deep Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Lora Lerner  Vignesh M Rajagopalan Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Heritability of psychiatric disorders and their genetic correlation with cardiovascular disease risk factors (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Kathleen McCarty  Niranjana  Sankar Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Multimodal System to Determine Fatality Information and Infrastructure Damage from Disasters using Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 11