Granada Islamic School

Project Awards 2025

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Granada Islamic School	Farhana	Afroz	Raneem	Abu-Nimeh	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Pulse of Light: Revolutionizing Blood Flow Through Optics (Biological Science and Engineering)	12
					Certificate of Achievement; Individually Wrapped Award Package from U.S. Air Force, United States Air Force
					Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research
					First place, $250 Wireless Communications Alliance Award, Wireless Communications Alliance
			Malek	Alhussien	Lower Division : 2nd Place Student Award: $325 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	YogiAI: A Machine Learning Model to Predict Wildfires Due to Power Line Faults (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					Letter to apply for $100 and Certificate, The Lemelson Early Inventor Prize
			Yusra Reem	Hashmi	Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations from the Chief of Naval Research, and Medallion, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps	Fog Harvesting: A Simple Solution to Water Scarcity (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Emaan Tahseen	Talukdar	Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research	It looks like plastic, it feels like plastic, it is not plastic. Jute: A solution to plastic pollution (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
	Zeba	Haq	Tasneem	Ismaili	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	Talk to the Hand : ASL Gesture Recognition Glove (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Jinaan	Mokhtar	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Miraya: The Mirror That Matches Your Color (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Waleed Ibrahim	Raja	GR 6-8: 2nd Place, Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award	Safety Design and Enhancements for Off-Road Remote-Controlled All-Terrain Vehicles (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
	Miral	Maamoun	Muhammad	Abu-Nimeh	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Energized-Feet (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Maryam Umaymah	Shaahid	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Motion to Energy: Sustainable Power from Life's Small Movements (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers