Fremont Union High School District

Project Awards 2022

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Cupertino High School  Eric Ferrante  Prarthan  Ghosh Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair Computer Vision for Harvesting Potatoes, Onions, and Radishes (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
              Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
   Stacey Morse  Aditya  Rao Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair EyeWalk: A Computer Vision Based Wearable Device to Aid the Navigation of the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              $50 gift check and certificate, Access Braille Awards    
              2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $50 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers    
   Kent Paris  Ishani  Das Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category An Artificial Intelligence (AI) based Decision Support Tool to assist doctors with patient diagnosis and treatment (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Hugo Steemers  Akshay  Attaluri $500 and Certificate, Regeneron Biomedical Science Award Utilizing Optimal Survival Trees and Recursive Partitioning to Classify Low Grade Glioma Patients into Risk Categories (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 12
        Anagha  Badriprasad Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category NeutralNet:Renal Cancer Recall Compensation via a Fine-grained Lagrangian DNN Loop with Universal Anti-bias Applications (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Sneha  Muppalla ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI Detecting Deepfakes Using Machine Learning on Audio to Prevent Misinformation that has a Harmful Impact on Humanity (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Siddharth  Navale Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Determining Food Spoilage Using a Regression Model of Byproducts from Enzymatic Breakdown of Fats and Proteins (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Gaurwik  Paul 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Profiling ACE2 receptor diversity to uncover novel SARS-CoV-2 animal reservoirs (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Adhip  Raghunathan 3rd Place $75, Valley Water Awards HS Utilizing Light Diffraction to Cheaply and Autonomously Detect Microplastics in Our Water (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
              Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
              Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"    
              Letter of Encouragement, Environment Protection Agency    
Fremont High School  Jeske Glenn  Ranjana  Rajagopalan 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category DeepLIFT Analysis of Transcription Factor Expression in Cancer (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Micaela Kaye  Diya  Kadadi Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Developing Biowaste-Derived Solutions for Prophylactic Forest Fire Response (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
              Letter of Encouragement, Environment Protection Agency    
Homestead High School  Dara Alleyne-Levy  Hemal  Kurani Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair A novel AI-based algorithm for accurately reporting patient clinical results using physiological and environmental data (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
              HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and business card to complete award ($50 gift card) and letter of congratulations, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps    
   Sam Fung  Anirudh  Venkatraman 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 De Novo Nanobody Design with Neural Networks, AlphaFold, and Docking Algorithms (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
              1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category    
   Daniel Nunez  Roshni  Parulekar-Martins 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Adding Therapeutic Pro-Angiogenic Exosomes for Enhancing Natural Ischemic Stroke Recovery Using Human Fibroblast Cells (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
Lynbrook High School  Anshul Agarwal  Anish Krishna Lakkapragada Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category Accelerating the Pace of Autism Diagnoses with Machine Learning Models (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Andrew  Yuan Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair Age Determination of Open Clusters using Isochrone-Fitting through a Novel Machine Learning Model (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $50 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers    
   Nicole DellaSantina  Ojas  Gupta 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Humanin and Alzheimer's: a novel approach to delay onset of, prevent, and potentially cure AD in C. Elegans (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Bradley Fulk  Keshav High Soni 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Speech Emotion Recognition - enhancing communication for autistic patients (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
              $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards    
              ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI    
   Mark Kwong  Riya Anjali Abiram Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Investigating the Causes of Structural Alterations in Human Cancer (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Lester Leung  Anish Sriram Bhethanabotla Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM-Upper Division Heart Scope: A Novel way of predicting heart disease using Machine Learning and Arduino (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
              Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Russell  Chen Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Low-Cost AI-Based Fall Detection System For Elderly Safety Application (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Tanvi  Chukka Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair Utilizing Quantum Predictive Analysis and Support Vector Machines for Efficient Detection of Coronary Artery Disease (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Antone  Jung Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair The Effect of Various Concentrations of GA3 on Lignification and Growth of Bambusa multiplex (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Snehil  Kakani Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category STEAM Force - Accessible and Interactive Learning App for Underprivileged kids (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Radha  Paravastu Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair Utilizing Quantum Predictive Analysis and Support Vector Machines for Efficient Detection of Coronary Artery Disease (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
   Jessica Lu  Alan  Tian Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category Integrating Transformer Model of Proteins with Linear Neural Networks to Predict the Pathogenicity of Missense Mutations (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Thanh Nguyen  Sanchitha  Dinesh Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM-Upper Division A deep reinforcement learning model to approximate large eddy simulations for turbulence closure problems (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Isaac Pallone  Avani  Khanvilkar Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Measuring the Effects of Different Halophytes on the Salinity of Soil (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              Certificate, Association Of Women Geoscientists (Regional)    
        Rhea  Kumar Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Measuring the Effects of Different Halophytes on the Salinity of Soil (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              Certificate, Association Of Women Geoscientists (Regional)    
        Edwin Yicheng Li ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI Design and construction of a dry food dispenser for disabled people to eat easily. (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Aditya  Mehrotra ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI Design and construction of a dry food dispenser for disabled people to eat easily. (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Sriman  Ratnapu ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI Design and construction of a dry food dispenser for disabled people to eat easily. (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Ethan  Shih Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Measuring the Effects of Different Halophytes on the Salinity of Soil (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              Certificate, Association Of Women Geoscientists (Regional)    
        Luke Yuchen Zhao 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 Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals genetic drivers of fast/slow motor neuron identity (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 12
              Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
              1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category    
Monta Vista High School  Sushma Bana  Yashnil  Saha Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Automating Human Sleep Staging Analysis from Polysomnographic Recordings with a Discrete Hidden Markov Predictive Model (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Amy  Zheng 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category A machine learning approach to exoplanet prediction through pattern analysis using the transit method (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              IEEE Electro-Technology $50 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers    
   John Conlin  Samhita  Srivatsan Letter of Encouragement, Environment Protection Agency Projecting the Urban Heat Island Effect Using Historical Climate Trends and Land Use-Land Cover (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Iona Zhuoran Xia 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Determining The Role of Wnt Pathways in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated Right Heart Failure (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Scott DeRuiter  Milind  Maiti 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Geocentric Pose Analysis of Satellite Imagery Using Deep Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Jai  Sharma 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Geocentric Pose Analysis of Satellite Imagery Using Deep Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Christopher T Sun 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Geocentric Pose Analysis of Satellite Imagery Using Deep Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Renee Fallon  Ethan  Liu Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair The Effect of Iron in Drinking Water as a Potential Inducer of Cataracts (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
              Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
        Mridula  Srinivasan Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Using Drosophila Melanogaster to Model the Effects of Helianthus Annuus on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Shridhula  Srinivasan Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Using Drosophila Melanogaster to Model the Effects of Helianthus Annuus on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Kyle Jones  Iniyaa  Suresh Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The effect of Lactobacillus Acidophilus on glucose intolerance induced by artificial sweeteners in Drosophila Melanogast (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Joe Kim  Aaryan  Doshi 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards HS A Deep Learning Pipeline for Drought Assessment using Spatial Satellite Images and Dense Neural Networks (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Aakash  Kumar $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award Applying adversarial networks to create perturbation resistant image recognition for Self Driving cars (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Praneel  Shah Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair The Bio W.H.E.B: A Low-Cost Device For On-Site Resource Production On Future Lunar Habitats (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
              $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award    
   Kathleen Koch  Amanjyoti  Mridha Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The usage of deep neural networks for generating large artificial image datasets from limited data. (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Lora Lerner  Rishab Reddy Perati Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair Predictive Modelling using Urinary Biomarkers for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta    
   Ted Shinta  Krishiv  Bhatia Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Voice-interactive kitchen helper robot for the visually impaired and handicapped (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Anusha  Chittari ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI Health Coach: a chatbot catering dietary and exercise recommendations to those with pre-diabetic and diabetic conditions (Physical Science and Engineering) 11