Palo Alto Unified School District
Award Recipients 2025
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
Awards of winners will be revealed after the Awards Ceremonies.
| School | Teacher | Student | Title | Gr | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry M Gunn High School | Tomas | Grim | McKenna | Chang | Engineering an AI Communication System to aid Alzheimer's Patients facing Isolation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Matthew | Hall | Tse Wei | Chan | Soft Robot with Magnetic Self-Sensing for Wrist Rehabilitation (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | ||
| Joshua | Little | Sharvi | Dhamdhere | What is the Effect of Herbal Remedies Compared to Commercially Available Acid Neutralizers on a Simulated Gastric Acid? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | ||
| Casey | O'Connell | Carina | Gross | Hidden Threats in a Microscopic World: Unraveling the Impacts of Microplastics on Protist Ecology and Function (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | ||
| Josh | Paley | Ishan Kaustubh | Joshi | On the Nilpotence of Moufang Loops (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | ||
| Kaavya | Tatavarty | Personalized Cloud-Based sEMG-to-Haptic System to Enable Long-Distance Communication for Usher Syndrome (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | ||||
| Micah | Wynn | Diya | Bhagat | Optimizing NPK Nutrients for Water-efficient Hydroponic Lawns (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | ||
| Elana | Zizmor | Aidan | Peng | Enhancing ambient carbon dioxide capture through fluidization of covalent and metallic organic frameworks (COFs/MOFs) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | ||
| Palo Alto High School | Taruna | Khanna | Joseph Haohang | Sun | Suppression of Immune Response to Brain Implants Using Antibody SIF001 Against Galectin-3, a Key Player in Inflammation (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Cecilia | Walsh | Maya | Caren | An Easy and Intuitive Way to Learn the Piano by Visualizing your Voice on a Keyboard (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | ||
| Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Qin (Linda) | Luo | Ayan | Arora | Development of a Smart Compression Sleeve Incorporating Thermal Regulation for Optimal Muscle Recovery (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Mary | Melnick | Arav | Arora | Colorful Cues: Developing a Natural Ripeness Indicator Using Anthocyanin-Ethylene Reactions (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | ||