Campbell Union High School District

Project Awards 2026

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Leigh High School  Marita Beard  Siddh M Mehta 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category SaferStove (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
   Stephan Pellissier  Sahaj  Khandelwal 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Pareto-Optimal Pathfinding in Weighted Graphs via Safety-Distance Optimization (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Maxim  Shvets 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Pareto-Optimal Pathfinding in Weighted Graphs via Safety-Distance Optimization (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
Prospect High School  Colleen Marcadal  Anika Kiran Memon Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Developing a predictive model of DMD progression using meta-analysis of global genetic, clinical, and demographic data (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
   Sameen Shoenhair  Tanmay  Pasula IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2) Optimization of the Fishbone Active Camber System for Airfoil Performance (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
Westmont High School  David Duarte  Garuda  Chen Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research Microplastics in laundry (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
   John Riffle  Ayaan Abid Raza 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Explainable Eye Tracking Analysis Using a Deep Learning Approach for Autism Detection (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Anupama Tandon  Ellie  Zhou 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category Seeing Beyond the Scene: Analyzing and Mitigating Background Bias in Action Recognition (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers    
   Gargi Verma  Karunya  Gajula Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category (Measuring) Physiological Autonomic Responses in Older Adults to Live Rhythmic Movement Stimuli (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Anoushka Ritesh Kale Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category (Measuring) Physiological Autonomic Responses in Older Adults to Live Rhythmic Movement Stimuli (Biological Science and Engineering) 11