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Project Awards 2019

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Archbishop Mitty High School  Thuy-Anh Nguyen  Adarsh Sairam Ambati Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category An In-Field Diagnostic to Detect a Chytrid Fungal Amphibian Pathogen Using Ribosome Display and Lateral Flow Assays (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Jason Jin Chen Exceptional Merit, Framed Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" Optimizing Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Invasive Undaria Pinnatifida to Create Bioethanol (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Maria  Korolik 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Role of Fluid Elasticity on Droplet Rebound on Various Surfaces (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Khushi  Parikh 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Virtual Reality Application on the Pain Perception of Patients Undergoing Allergy Testing and Treatment (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Chaelee  Park Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Role of morphine in the microglial TLR4-mediated inflammatory response to ischemia (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Aalok Nital Patwa 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Computationally Efficient, Accurate and Real-Time Detection of Colon Polyps Using Deep Neural Networks (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Van-Khanh  Tran Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter The Effect of Glia on Neural Excitability (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Ronald Nicoletti  Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category The Search for a Better Synapse for Neurocomputing: A KMC Study of Defect-Modulated Non-Filamentary RRAMS Under Pulsing (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              $100, IBM Award    
   Kate Slevin  Anousha A Athreya IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Investigating the Effect of Low-Cost Graphene on Different Kinds of Solar Cells (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Nishita  Belur 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category An Innovative APProach to Augment Mobile Hospital Care: Prescreening and Virtually Connecting Rural Patients to Doctors (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Veer Hemal Doshi $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award Aiding Wildfire Rescue Operations through Mobile Geolocation Tracking, Geofencing and Data-Driven Prediction Modeling (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award    
        Ishani Pravin Narwankar 2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category Engineering an Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle for Use in Search and Rescue Missions Post Natural Disasters (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 12
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School  Anastasia Batrachenko  Diptanshu  Sikdar 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Novel Hybrid Thermal Management Solution for Photovoltaic Systems (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award    
              Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department    
   Thomas Dornhoffer  Deepesh  Aggarwal Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effects of Different Spices on Yeast Production (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Veda Sahithi Kamaraju Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Mobile Urban Sensing System: A Novel, Smart City Approach to Detect, Analyze, and Prevent Air Pollutants (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award    
        Tharika  Thambidurai Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Reducing Global Air Pollution Using A Self-Cleaning Photocatalyst (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Rachna Sharma  Henry  Yao 1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating Chitosan-Based Bioplastic, and Its Effect on Food Packaging and Preservation (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              Middle School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)    
              Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
Bellarmine College Preparatory  Brad Lindemann  Munir Nafea Bshara $100, IBM Award Protecting Digital Information in Post Quantum Computing Era (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Arnav  Jhingran High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize HeartSense: Detecting cardiac abnormalities using a simple stethoscope recorder and analysis using a deep learning model (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
              Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
   Debjani Roy  Aditya  Behal Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Novel Drug Development To Inhibit Nipah Virus Glycoprotein G Binding to Human Ephrin-B2 and Ephrin-B3 Receptors (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Tarun  Chiruvolu 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Toward Automated Pathology: Deep Learning for Breast Cancer Classification and Genomic Characterization (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Aadit  Trivedi Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Third Eye: A Smart Braille Assistant for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award    
Canyon Heights Academy  De Leys Hamm  Maria  Grothe Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Do Acute Bladder Snails Have Memory That Enables Them To Learn? (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Aidan Michael Miranda $50 to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award A Greener Environmentally Friendly De-icing Solution (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
Castilleja School  Ann Greyson  Supriya  Lall 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category A novel approach to Gunshot Detection using Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
Challenger - Berryessa - SJ  Shannon Deza  Aaleesha Sanjiv Doshi Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The design of an algorithm to detect road quality through vibrations, user input, and connection with Google Maps (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award    
        Namrata  Nair Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade The Effect of Different Metal Nanoparticles on the Growth of E. coli (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Niti Kowkuntla Reddy Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category ColorMania (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
        Rohit  Vakkalagadda 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Benevolent Bioplastics: What is the effect of the materials used to make a bioplastic bag on the mass it can hold? (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
Challenger - Shawnee - SJ  Bonny Basu  Rohit  Mekkoth Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Fuel Cells to the Rescue (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Vaibhav  Rau Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Suppressing Evaporation (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Dashmi  Singh Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Agrofuel: The Future (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
   Brad Bowden  Samanya  Girish Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Novel and Accurate Method to Measure the Performance of a Linear Accelerator (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
        Danica  Kubota Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Biodegradable Take - Out Sauce Containers. (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ  Sandip Panesar  Sahas  Goli Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Filter of the Future (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Sanjana  Manikandan Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Solution to Pollution - Mycoremediation: Growing Mushrooms to Clean the Air (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award    
        Sudeepthi  Ravipati 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Sunscreen Science (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
   Kameswari Rayaprolu  Arhana Vepa Aatresh 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Over the Wing: investigating the effect of wind speed, wing angle, and propeller speed on a blown wing's lift force (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Eshan  Rachapudi 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Extracting Water from Humidity (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Arya Shriya Srivastava Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize One More Shot at Hearing: Making Cost Efficient Bone Conduction Technology to Aid People with Conductive Hearing Loss (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
Challenger - Sunnyvale  Ben Eccleston  Pranav  Amarnath 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Effect of acid on activity of salivary amylase enzyme in digesting starch (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Samarjit  Deshmukh 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Anticoagulant Properties of Garlic, Ginger, Turmeric and Fish Oil (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
        Safaa  Hussain Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Reward, Praise, and Criticism: What Works Best? (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Joyce Boying Yang Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category What is the effect of food-waste on the growth rate of Allium fistulosum? (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
   Swapna Mayya  Anagha  Badriprasad Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Biofuel: Testing Alternative Sources for Sustainable Biodiesel Production (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
        Diya Deepak Kadadi $250 to the winning student or team in middle school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Bioplastics from Biowaste (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
              Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Adhip  Raghunathan Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade Novel Electrochromic System to Regulate Internal Lighting (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              Exceptional Merit, Framed Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"    
        Nikita  Senthil Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Feed the Diatoms: The Effect of Iron Filings on the Oxygen Production of Thalassiosira Diatoms (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
   Shobi Murali  Swathi  Badrinarayanan Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Renewable Energy Device Providing Rural Electrification to the Last Billion (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              $100 and Certificate, The Lemelson Early Inventor Prize    
              Most Promising Young Scientist (Female), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"    
        Ishwar  Suriyaprakash Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Factors affecting the amplitude of sound propagating through a tube (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Sonia  Swamy Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade BioDeDye: An eco-friendly, low-cost, agro-waste biosorbent for the reduction of dye contaminants in aqueous wastes (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Hoshita Venkatasai Undella Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Testing blade angles, number of blades and blade designs of a Wind Turbine for Maximum Voltage Output (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              Exceptional Merit, Framed Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"    
   Art Wellersdick  Anirudh  Venkatraman Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Tremor Monitor (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto  Caren Furtado  Elaine  Lee 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Impact of disposable water bottles on our oceans (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration    
        Paulina  Xu 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category A New Way Of Travel (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
Champion School (grades 9-12)  Sameer Khanna  Anissa  Aribi Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Cost Effective Slow Motion for Medical Diagnostics (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
Champion School (K-8)  Muna Khanna  Romina  Jately 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category FitTreat (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Ananya Venkata Jilla Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Machine Learning (ML) Driven Diabetes Predictor (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Sanjana S Jilla $100 Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award ML/DNA Driven Disease Susceptibility Analyzer (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award    
        Sidharth Nitin Kalje Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Water-Efficient Sprinkler System (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Sangyani  Sinha 2nd Place $75, Santa Clara Valley Water District AquaWise: An Intelligent Irrigation System (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Shreya  Sinha 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Analyzing the Role of Chromothripsis in Cancer via Telomere Modification (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Rohan  Siva 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Bane of Vulcan (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School  Liat Baranoff  Raya Idell Farber Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages? (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
              Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Micah Ariel Nassi Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Sound Adventure: An audio and touch-based game for people with limited vision (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Jared Meyer Saal Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade How Particle Size Affects Viscosity In Chocolate (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              Middle School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)    
        Zoe Pearl Stern Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages? (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
              Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Anna  Suvorova Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Sound Adventure: An audio and touch-based game for people with limited vision (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
   Mazikeen Wagner  Noah Eli Fond Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Tempo Master: Testing Human Sensitivity to Tempo Changes (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
        Ben  Freda-Eskenazi Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Medkit AI: developing a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) to diagnose skin level injuries, and conditions (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
        Dov Jack Morris Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Medkit AI: developing a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) to diagnose skin level injuries, and conditions (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
        Navon Haim Soussan Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Medkit AI: developing a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) to diagnose skin level injuries, and conditions (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
   Danny Watson  Doron  Bentov 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The WASP (wearable aerosol spray protection) (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Ori Isaac Gillai 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The WASP (wearable aerosol spray protection) (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Alon  Knaan 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Bionic Xylophone Arm (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
        Isaac Reed Zucker 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The WASP (wearable aerosol spray protection) (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
Granada Islamic School  Farhana Afroz  Iyaad Faiz Ahammed Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Magical Microbes:Producing clean energy using microbial fuel cells (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Ateef Ayman Mahmud Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards Additional $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Eutrophication: The De-oxygenating Epidemic in Water Bodies (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Rayyan Tawseef Talukdar Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category "Compost at Work: Bioremediation of Pesticide/Herbicide Contaminated Soil". (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Zeynep Sena Tokuz Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effects of Hazardous Chemicals on pregnancy: Using planaria as a model (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
   Zeba Haq  Maryam  Ismail Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Eliminating the Zit: Finding an Effective Treatment for Exterminating Bacteria (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
   Haadiyah Razzack  Mamoon Rahman Khan Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Effect of Concentrations of Ammonium Nitrate on the Temperature of a Cold Pack (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
   Najia Zaman  Sadik  Aref Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade Investigating effects of decongestant and coenzymeQ-10 on the heart rate of Daphnia (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Fatimah  Ismail Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Developing a Realistic Model of an Artificial Pancreas to Deal with Type 1 Diabetes (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
        Aziza Amin Mohammed 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Investigating Kombucha biofilm as an alternative for other flexible materials (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
Harker School-Middle Campus  Tina Kim  Arjun Jay Barrett 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Using Machine Learning and Infrared Imagery to Detect Drunk Individuals (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Rohan Tan Bhowmik 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Using Machine Learning and Infrared Imagery to Detect Drunk Individuals (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Gordon Zhou Chen Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Inhibiting Rabies at the Molecular Level (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Jacob Zuguang Huang Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Inhibiting Rabies at the Molecular Level (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Arissa  Huda Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Fear on Spacial Perception (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Michelle  Jin Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Fear on Spacial Perception (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Jeremy  Ko 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Fast-Paced Video Games on Short-Term Concentration (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Stephen  Xia 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Fast-Paced Video Games on Short-Term Concentration (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
   Kristen Morgensen  Riya  Gupta Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Problem-solving Capabilities of Physarum Polycephalum (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Connie Ping Jiang Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Problem-solving Capabilities of Physarum Polycephalum (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Jai Vir Mehta Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Shorter Days: The Effect of the Day/Night Cycle on Plant Growth in Indoor Farming (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Nicholas  Wei Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Shorter Days: The Effect of the Day/Night Cycle on Plant Growth in Indoor Farming (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Annli  Zhu 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Water on the Strength of Retted Fiber (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Sabrina  Zhu 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Water on the Strength of Retted Fiber (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
   Kathy Peng  Brian  Chen 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Validating Novel Algorithm-Generated Crop Rotations: A Second Year Study (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              $100 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society    
        Eileen  Ma Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category How Do Different Types of Bacteria Affect the Growth of Lepidium sativum? (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Sally  Zhu Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category How Do Different Types of Bacteria Affect the Growth of Lepidium sativum? (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
Harker School-Upper Campus  Thomas Artiss  Betsy  Tian Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category The Location of Fe II Emission in AGNs and the Response of Fe II Emission to Changes in the Continuum (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Anita Chetty  Sahil  Jain IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Binary Classification for Entity Linking Disambiguation with TFIDF Vectorization and SVM Linear Models (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Anu Datar  Alice  Feng 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category DeepGuide: A Deep Learning Based Mobile System to Assist Visually Impaired Pedestrians To Cross Intersections (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society    
        Krishay  Mukhija High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Using Deep Learning Techniques to Develop Novel Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Srivishnu  Pyda High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Using Deep Learning Techniques to Develop Novel Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
   Matthew Harley  Kavita S Murthy $100 Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award The Amount of Heat-resistant Escherichia coli Found in Organically and Conventionally Grown Spinacia oleracea (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
              High School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)    
   Andrew Irvine  Harper Lee Forbes Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Investigation of Compounds responsible for scorpion fluorescence and cuticle light sensitivity (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Place $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch    
        Prakrit  Jain Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Investigation of Compounds responsible for scorpion fluorescence and cuticle light sensitivity (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
              1st Place $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch    
   Smriti Koodanjeri  Aditi  Ghalsasi Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              $100, Morgan Lewis    
              3rd Place Award - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS    
              2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
              2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA    
   Eric Nelson  Shray  Alag 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Applying Natural Language Processing to Mine Clinical Trials Data to Extract Unique Insights about Diseases, Drugs, SNPs (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Rishab Xinrui Parthasarathy $500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
              High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Katherine Feifei Zhang 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Multiple Disease Prediction with Machine Learning on Large Microbiome Metagenomic Datasets (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 12
        William  Zhao $500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
              High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
   Mike Pistacchi  Michael Chen Eng Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Role of Host Cell Receptors in the Uptake of the Fungus Candida Albicans (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Anika  Fuloria Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category Vibrotactile Rendering of Virtual Sculptures Using Wave Voxel Synthesis (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Jason Chen Lin Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association The Role of Relational Reasoning in College Student Learning (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Chris Spenner  Cynthia  Chen Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Decoding Neural Networks: Novel Computational Methods to Discover Anti-Tumor B-Cell Receptor Binding Motifs (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Allison Sihan Jia Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Modeling Neurodegeneration in vitro: A Dynamic Study of Tau in a Microfluidic Chamber System Via Quantum Dot Labeling (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category    
              Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology    
        Ruhi  Sayana Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Precision Care for Cancer: Discovery of Novel Therapeutics for High-Risk ALL via Epigenetic and Computational Profiling (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 12
              $100, Morgan Lewis    
              1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Elizabeth  Szeto 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Effectiveness of Raw and Treated Cotton and Kapok Fibers for Oil Spill Cleanup (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Jeff Sutton  Sasvath  Ramachandran 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effects of UVA Radiation on Hypsibius dujardini Reproduction Capabilities (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Aditya  Tadimeti 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Effects of Different Aquatic Environments on the Rate of Polyethylene Biodegradation by Bacillus subtilis (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
Kehillah Jewish High School  Daniel Kelley  Benjamin  Lipman Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Accurate Identification of Cardiac Anomalies Through Deep Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
Merryhill Schools - Milpitas  Kanchan Bhandare  Brandon Richard Do Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Self-driving Car (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Mallika Suvali Ghante Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category No Wifi? No Problem! (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Abhinav  Harikrishna Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Need A Hand (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
              Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter    
              Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Neel  Jagdish Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Blue Light Exposed (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Anika  Kulkarni Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category No Wifi? No Problem! (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Rucha Sunil Mujumdar Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Edible Membranes to Protect the Environment (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Siddharth Anand Phatak Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Blue Light Exposed (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Reva Chidella Sharma Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Edible Membranes to Protect the Environment (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Tanish  Swarnapuri Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Need A Hand (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
              Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter    
              Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
   Shama Mohamed  Arin  Kathapurkar Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Duck Cover Hold (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Harsha  Manamala Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Duck Cover Hold (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Harsha Rohan  Rajkumar Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Naturogenic Cloud (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award    
Milpitas Christian School (6-8)  Lindon Richards  Terry  Hsu Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Robotic Control On Puppets- a First Study On Bionics (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Himani  Manjunath Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Natural Water Purifier: Using Banana Peels to Remove Lead From Water (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
Notre Dame High School  Christine Koltermann  Sophia Ayame Fujieda Barwegen 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Light Pollution on Sky Brightness and the Calvin Cycle of Wildflowers in Yosemite National Park (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
              A certificate, chance to apply to the Genius Olympiad, NY, Genius Olympiad-State University of New York, Oswego    
              Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter    
        Shreya  Garg 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Determining the Roles of CuSB, Flagellin, and AcrAB-TolC in Bacterial Responses to Nonlethal Concentrations of AgNPs (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department    
        Charlotte Emily Lara $50 High School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society Allelopathic Effects of California Native Trees on a California Native Grass, Festuca Californica (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Atreyi Leela Mukherjee 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The effect of electronic cigarette liquid on the viability of Lumbriculus variegatus (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Sahana  Rajmohan IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers The Effect of Laundering Polyester Fabric on the Dispersion of Microfibers in Washing Machine Wastewater (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Kami Elise Richardson Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Coral Collapse: Investigating and Reducing Environmental Stress Factors in LPS Corals with Delayed Release Substrate (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration    
              Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation    
        Karthyayani  Sajeev Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize What is the effect of various nitrate concentrations on freshwater hydrophyte development? (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Shruti  Sridhar Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Investigating Genetic Mechanisms of the Tumor Endothelium Using scRNA-Seq Analytics & Developmental Trajectory Mapping (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter    
        Jocelyn Elizabeth Swift 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effects of Natural and Artificial Sweeteners on Gut Bacteria as Modeled by E. coli (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
Oakwood High School  Sean Wilmot  Danya  Balagopal 2nd Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District The Effect of Bio-coagulants on the Adsorption of Waste Oil and the Reduction of Turbidity from Oil-Produced Waters (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards Additional $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary    
              Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
        Kate Elizabeth Jackson Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Limestone in Removing Excess Fluoride from Water (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
Old Orchard School  Tim Ainoa  Nicolas Joaquin Quijano Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Probing Haptic Glove for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards    
        Maya  Schechtman Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter Magnetism and Temperature (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
   Jaimee Burch  Ava  Hultquist 3rd place - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Do cities make rivers dirtier? Measuring the change of biotoxicity and organic chemical content of my city's rivers (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter    
        Gael Keren Neighbors Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade Which type of starch makes a stronger bioplastic? (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
        Isabelle  Shay 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Comparing Plants' Ability to Block Phosphate (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Ada Sophia Yoder 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Can plants survive without sunlight? (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
Pinewood High School (7-12)  Monica Ventrice  Srinivas  Balagopal 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Bio-wall:Retooling walls into Carbon and VOC sinks (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department    
Presentation High School  Tracy Hughes  Jadelynn Kim Dao 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Using Reinforcement Learning in Detection Systems to Modernize Traffic Control Algorithms (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Advit  Deepak 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Using Reinforcement Learning in Detection Systems to Modernize Traffic Control Algorithms (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Anusha  Ghosh Second Place: University of Toronto "Swag Bag", University of Toronto Award Detection and Translation of American Sign Language through Deep Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award    
        Caitlin Maya Gorin 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Multi-Faceted Material Strength Testing Machine for 3D Printed Plastics (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement from ASM Materials Education Foundation and Ribbon, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
        Keshav  Gurushankar Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Investigating the Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Myofiber Type Under Microgravity Conditions (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Shloka V. Janapaty $100, Morgan Lewis A Novel, Fast, Low-Cost Approach to Achieve Near 100% LDPE Degradation: Bioremedial Landfill Implementation (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Nikitha Venkatesh Kalahasti Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The effect of plant recolonisation on soil properties post fire exposure during drought stress (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter    
        Shannon Brigette Miranda 3rd Place $75, Santa Clara Valley Water District An Environmentally Friendly Wetland Nitrate Filtration Method with Reduced Global Warming Gases (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
        Ria Umesh Nawathe Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Investigating the Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Myofiber Type Under Microgravity Conditions (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Tanaya Umesh Nawathe Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Investigating the Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Myofiber Type Under Microgravity Conditions (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Evelyn  Rubinchik Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Blue Light Exposure on the Retinal Degeneration of Light and Dark Eyes (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
        Anjali  Sinha Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Fighting Flames: Heat-Activated Dispenser for Fire Retardant (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
        Samantha  Yang Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Fighting Flames: Heat-Activated Dispenser for Fire Retardant (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
Privately Sponsored Project  Yun-pei Chang (PSP)  Aralyn  Connolly Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade The effect of temperature and light exposure on pigments in picked leafy greens (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Claire  Tsai Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade The effect of temperature and light exposure on pigments in picked leafy greens (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
   Sunil Chhaya (PSP)  Om Sunil Chhaya Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Wearable Personalized Health Information System (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
   Hari Kosaraju (PSP)  Reshma  Kosaraju Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Application of Meteorological Data to Predict the Chances of a Forest Fire Using Machine Learning and Neural Networks (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              $250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award    
              Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
   Tanuja Madhavapeddi (PSP)  Anish  Bhethanabotla Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category An elegant and cost effective way of measuring air quality using Arduino (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Aadtiya  Mahajan Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category An elegant and cost effective way of measuring air quality using Arduino (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
Rossinca-Carden International STEAM Academy  Avi Gardner  Austin  Hu 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Is Mouthwash as Effective as It Claims? (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
Sacred Heart Middle School  Susan Greathouse  Lillian  Kaelber Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category How does the amount of algae in water affect the size of the microorganism population? (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
        Christian John Moran Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Maximizing Golf Ball Performance by Studying the Effect of the Deepness of Its Dimples (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st place MS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA    
        Eva  Talamantez Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category How does the amount of algae in water affect the size of the microorganism population? (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
Saint Christopher School  Caitlin Brady  Joseph Philip Thomas Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Transfer Learning from Deep ImageNet Models to Simpler Models for Rapid Binary Classification (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
Saint Francis High School  Chihiro Ikezi  Ananya  Karthik Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Ultrasound-activated Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Brain (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 12
              $1500 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis    
              2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
   Daniel Meyer  Shlok  Shah 2nd Place Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Creating a Non-intrusive Elder Care System (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              $100 Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
   Terry O'Donnell  Pujita  Tangirala Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Comparing Correlation between Color and Metallicity in Cluster vs Non-Cluster Galaxies (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
   Larry Steinke  Shivam  Singhal Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category A Non-Invasive Tool for Cancer Diagnosis through the Optimization of Cell-free RNA and DNA (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
              ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award    
Schmahl Science Workshop  Sonia Cuellar (mentor)  Anushka  Sanyal 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Exploring the role of G-protein Signaling Pathway interactions with nAChR alpha-7 in D. melanogaster Alzheimer's models (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Amy Devitt (mentor)  Ruchika Sunil Dixit 2nd Place $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch Comparing the Effects of Renilla to Firefly Luciferase When Genetically Inserted Into the Drosophila Melanogaster Genome (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Youssef Ismail (mentor)  Ishan Zhisheng Juluri 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Tuned Mass Dampers on Oscillating Buildings (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
   Richard Williams (mentor)  Nidhya  Shivakumar Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize A Machine Learning Approach to Evaluate the Long Term Health Effects Of Forest Fires (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
   Inez Yuwanita (mentor)  Triya  Roy 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of a High-Sugar Diet on Drosophila melanogaster (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
Stanford Online High School  Alex McKale  Andrew C. Chiang Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category 3D LED Volumetric Display with Eccentric Rotating Blades (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Shahram Mostarshed  Krithi  Koodli 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Novel Method of Distinguishing Habitable Rocky Planets from Uninhabitable Gas Giants using Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
Stratford Middle School - Milpitas  Tatiana Braun  Hrishikesh  Ankireddi Packet with over-the-shoulder sling pack, dog tag USB flash memory drive, USB car charger, power bank charger and certificate in folder, United States Air Force Impact of Ice on Aircraft Engines (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Aahan  Shah Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Effect of Mass and Thrust on the Speed of Propeller Zipline Cable Car (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
Stratford Middle School - San Jose  Kristi Chung  Vir  Bhutani 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Which Natural Fat is the Most Unsaturated? (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Aarush  Gogineni Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Different Foods on the Concentration of Glucose based on Glycemic Index after Digestion (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
        Krish  Maheshwari Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effect of Wi-Fi signals on the growth of pea shoot plants. (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
        Ayush Avinash Sodani 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category What is the effect of more turns in the coil on the amount of electricity created? (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        James  Tsaggaris Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Heat on the Strength of Ferrite Magnets (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
   Lindsay Holt  Ayush  Ghosh Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Reducing Ocean Acidification Using Aquatic Plants (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade    
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society    
        Nilansh Dey Ghosh Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Search for a Low-Cost Material to Improve Air Quality. (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
   Jeffrey Takemoto  Ishaan  Agrawal Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Wireless Piezoelectric Auto-Charging Backpack for Mobile Devices (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Anika  Pandey Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Designing an Environmentally Friendly and Efficient Supercapacitor/Battery with Nanoparticulate Graphene (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement from ASM Materials Education Foundation and Ribbon, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
        Rayan  SenGupta 3rd Place $50, Santa Clara Valley Water District Clean Water Transportation (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Nicole  Tsioutsioulikli 3rd Place $50, Santa Clara Valley Water District The effect of the material at the bottom of the desalination device on the amount of the water produced by condensation. (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
   Juliana West  Jennifer Ann Dick-Peddie Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade Designing an Autogyro to Accurately Deliver a Payload to a Designated Landing Zone with the Slowest Descent Rate (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Vedant V. Janapaty 2nd Place $75, Santa Clara Valley Water District Water conservation - Drastically reducing surface water evaporation with improved water delivery techniques (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Neel  Sudhakaran 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter A New Fuel Cell Design (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor  Heather Mackewicz  Arti  Gnanasekar Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award Memory Vision: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Patients (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Tanisha V Gupta Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category What is the Effect of Different Levels of Insect Repellent Containing DEET on the Viability of bacteria found on humans? (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
        Sanika  Iyer Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Creating a Smart Fridge Using RFID Sensors to Eliminate Food Wastage (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Dhwani Mehul Kharidia IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Power Line Fire Hazard Detection System (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Eleanore Jane Kirshner Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category No More Ocean Garbage: The Solution to Removing Microplastics (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch    
              Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
              Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary    
        Sritej  Ponna Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category What is the Effect of Different Frequencies, Amplitudes, and Distances of Sound Waves on Fire (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              3rd place MS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA    
        Aanya  Virmani Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award Memory Vision: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Patients (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Jonathan  Yu Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Simple Way to Save Oceans (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration    
   Natraj Narayanswami  Aaryan  Doshi Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Fight the Fire: An Innovative Software-Based Approach to Fire Prevention and Protection using Android Development (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Swastik S Purathepparambil 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Ergonomic Lunch Box (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
   Kevin Seago  Charles Zhang Huang Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Dual-Purpose Boba Straw (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Vishnu  Potharaju Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Help Save the Planet - TrashRight (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
   Meimei Wang  Uday  Chaudhary Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade What is the effect of using compound wood boards on the overall flammability, durability and strength of the wood board? (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Aadit  Golwala Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Making an Offshore Wind Turbine Where the Entire Structure Turns into the Wind (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              Most Promising Young Scientist (Male), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"    
        Kinjal  Govil Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade What is the effect of using compound wood boards on the overall flammability, durability and strength of the wood board? (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
Valley Christian High School  George Sousa  Ansel Robert Austin $100, Morgan Lewis Clean Water For All: a Novel Filtration and Maintenance Mechanism for Improving India Mark II Water Pump Performance (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              Most Promising Young Scientist (Male), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 9-12), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"    
        Shiva  Balachander Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta Analysis of Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network Structures on the Accuracy of Stock Price Predictions (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 12
        Abida  Diep 2nd Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch    
              Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
        Vittal  Thirumalai 2nd Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch    
              Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
   Scott VanderVeen  Ethan Ramirez Kim Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effects Of Vitamins A,B and D on colon cancer cell line LoVo (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Raymond  Kuan 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effects of phycocyanin in spirulina platensis on planarian tumor growth (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Wesley B Liao Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology Comparison of Beta Amyloid Production by BACE1 and BACE2 Enzymes (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Supriya Alyssa Mula 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effects of TNF-beta on Harmful A1 Astrocyte Differentiation in Glial Scars (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Katelyn  Stone Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology Comparison of Beta Amyloid Production by BACE1 and BACE2 Enzymes (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Derek  Tan 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effects of phycocyanin in spirulina platensis on planarian tumor growth (Biological Science and Engineering) 11