Santa Clara Unified School District
Project Awards 2022
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabrillo Middle School | Rebecca | Gruener | Irina | Bohidar | 3rd Place $50 and Certificate, Valley Water Awards-MS | Generating Electricity from Runoff Rainwater and Purifying the Excess Water (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Avantika | Sawant | 3rd Place $50 and Certificate, Valley Water Awards-MS | Generating Electricity from Runoff Rainwater and Purifying the Excess Water (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Areha | Shah | 3rd Place $50 and Certificate, Valley Water Awards-MS | Generating Electricity from Runoff Rainwater and Purifying the Excess Water (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Rachel | Hager | Lahari | Chebrolu | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | What is the effect of phytoremediation on the toxicity of soil? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Natalie | Suresh | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | What is the effect of phytoremediation on the toxicity of soil? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Glenn | Lillie | Marcella Lynn | Calfee | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | The Visual Vest (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Varun | Dangeti | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards-MS | The Water Wastage Regulator (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Vihaan | Kale | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards-MS | The Water Wastage Regulator (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Sharvil Nikhil | Kulkarni | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | The Visual Vest (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Nandana | Maheskumar | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | EEVF: Energy Efficient Vertical Farming (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd place $75 andCertificate, Valley Water Awards-MS | |||||||
| Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Alex Joe | Mathew | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | The Visual Vest (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Laasya | Pandravada | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | EEVF: Energy Efficient Vertical Farming (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd place $75 andCertificate, Valley Water Awards-MS | |||||||
| Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Amogh | Virkar | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards-MS | The Water Wastage Regulator (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Sara Jinhi | Yoshida | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | EEVF: Energy Efficient Vertical Farming (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd place $75 andCertificate, Valley Water Awards-MS | |||||||
| Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Sarah | Rahman | Yujia | Fei | A Certificate, a Letter and apply for a Social Media Toolkit, U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | Designing For the Future: Using Solar and Hydropower Alternative Energy to Fuel Transportation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Chase | Fu | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards-MS | Generating Electricity from Condensation and Rainwater (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Jian | Hong | A Certificate, a Letter and apply for a Social Media Toolkit, U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | Designing For the Future: Using Solar and Hydropower Alternative Energy to Fuel Transportation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Pranav Vaidya | Iyer | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards-MS | Generating Electricity from Condensation and Rainwater (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Ash Josiah | Kausch | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Deep Learning-Based Office Device For SARS-CoV-2 (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Malia Yvonne Watson | Martin | A Certificate, a Letter and apply for a Social Media Toolkit, U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | Designing For the Future: Using Solar and Hydropower Alternative Energy to Fuel Transportation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Jackson Lyle | Niemann | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Deep Learning-Based Office Device For SARS-CoV-2 (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Reeva | Patel | Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM- Lower Division | Novel Machine Learning-Based Smart Navigation Attachment to Aid Glaucoma Patients (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | |||||||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | |||||||
| Ritvik | Patra | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards-MS | Generating Electricity from Condensation and Rainwater (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Shaurya | Sharma | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Deep Learning-Based Office Device For SARS-CoV-2 (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nidhi | Thankasala | Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM- Lower Division | Novel Machine Learning-Based Smart Navigation Attachment to Aid Glaucoma Patients (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | |||||||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | |||||||
| Gauri | Todur | Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM- Lower Division | Novel Machine Learning-Based Smart Navigation Attachment to Aid Glaucoma Patients (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | |||||||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | |||||||
| Michelle | Scilingo | Isabel Maria | Antony | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Smart Farm (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Saanvi | Bhartiya | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | GROVER: The Robot with a Green Thumb (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Avik | Chervirala | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Occupancy Detector For Sport Courts (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Anushree | Gupta | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Smart Farm (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Paige Sierra | Houle | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Occupancy Detector For Sport Courts (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Julia Debra | Hulgan | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | GROVER: The Robot with a Green Thumb (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Yashvee Utpal | Shah | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Smart Farm (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Anvee | Sharma | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | GROVER: The Robot with a Green Thumb (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Jean | Yoo | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Occupancy Detector For Sport Courts (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Santa Clara High School | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Samuel John | Geevarghese | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards HS | Smart Watering Device: Reducing Water Wastage in Agriculture Using Technology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| Saarika | Gunapu | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards HS | Smart Watering Device: Reducing Water Wastage in Agriculture Using Technology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Om Sudhir | Kulkarni | $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award | VoluntHere (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 - ASEI | |||||||
| Soham Sudhir | Kulkarni | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Decreasing Emergency Response Times by Detecting and Alerting Cardiac Complications (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Keira Mei | Lin | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards HS | Filtration Innovation: Building a Self-Cleaning Filter for Greywater Systems (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Hiranya | Parekh | 4th place -$100 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, SVACS High School Award for Excellence in Chemistry | Which increases the pH of ocean water more effectively and efficiently, Chaetomorpha or olivine sand? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award | |||||||
| Letter of Encouragement, Environment Protection Agency | |||||||
| Aryan | Ponnuru | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Decreasing Emergency Response Times by Detecting and Alerting Cardiac Complications (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sidak Singh | Sandhu | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Decreasing Emergency Response Times by Detecting and Alerting Cardiac Complications (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Siyona | Sharma | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards HS | Filtration Innovation: Building a Self-Cleaning Filter for Greywater Systems (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Mitee | Su | Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Solar Wings: Using biomimicry from the nanostructure of a rose butterfly wing to capture more light on a solar panel (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | |||||||
| Aakash Sri | Vetcha | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards HS | Smart Watering Device: Reducing Water Wastage in Agriculture Using Technology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Agatha Thai | Vu | 4th place Valley Water Items, Valley Water Awards HS | Filtration Innovation: Building a Self-Cleaning Filter for Greywater Systems (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Saamya | Yadav | Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Solar Wings: Using biomimicry from the nanostructure of a rose butterfly wing to capture more light on a solar panel (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | |||||||
| Jyothi | Sunkara | Adreema Tasnova | Ahsan | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Masks to Modeling: Creating 3-D Printer filament using recycled polypropylene single-use facemasks (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Nirathi | Cherukuri | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Intelligent, Innovative, Low-Cost Dysmyelogenic Leukodystrophy Diagnosis Computing System Using AI, ML, and Data Science (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Heidi Alicia | Hu | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Masks to Modeling: Creating 3-D Printer filament using recycled polypropylene single-use facemasks (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Saee Kunal | Pole | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Masks to Modeling: Creating 3-D Printer filament using recycled polypropylene single-use facemasks (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Alan | Tan | Noah I | Barlahan | Letter of Encouragement, Environment Protection Agency | Making Hydroelectric Power Environmentally Friendly (Continuation) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Romina | Blanco-Sarmiento | Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Using a Concentrated Solar Power System to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Desalinate Water Aboard Cargo Ships (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Jeremy Zhou | Flint | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM-Upper Division | Improving Professional Training and Education Engagement with Accessible Augmented Reality (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Aidan Wentian | Liu | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM-Upper Division | Improving Professional Training and Education Engagement with Accessible Augmented Reality (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Daniel | Martinez Gallegos | Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Using a Concentrated Solar Power System to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Desalinate Water Aboard Cargo Ships (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Wilcox High School | Michael | McQuade | Maryam | Ismail | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | An Affordable, Efficient, Smart Home for People in Developing Countries (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $50 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||