San Jose Unified School District

Project Awards 2024

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Castillero Middle School  Dean Guillen  Kuvam  Muku 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering The effect of ball bounciness on energy loss in a Newton's cradle (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Nolan  Tsai 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering The effect of ball bounciness on energy loss in a Newton's cradle (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
Leland High School  Jeff Lutze  Khedaar  Kashyap 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 Unveiling Potentially Habitable Exoplanets in Kepler Data via Innovative Algorithms overcoming low signal to noise ratio (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category    
   Anuradha Sarkar  Olivia  Liu 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Carcinogenicity of e-cigarettes on large airway epithelial cells (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
Pioneer High School  Cem Yesilyurt  Azra  Emekci Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Evasion Attack Defense Implementation in Python (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Selma  Emekci Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Evasion Attack Defense Implementation in Python (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
University Preparatory Academy (UPA)  Nicole Sebek  Julian Alexander McClelland Upper Division : Grand Prize Student Award: $1000 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Image Recognition Systems for Environmental Clean Up (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Anish Madhan Raj Upper Division : Grand Prize Student Award: $1000 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Image Recognition Systems for Environmental Clean Up (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Ian  Sim Upper Division : Grand Prize Student Award: $1000 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Image Recognition Systems for Environmental Clean Up (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category