BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School

Project Awards 2026

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School	Kevyn	Adams	Rithvik	Burki	1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	A Computational Framework for Rapid, Low-Cost Analysis of Hemodynamic and Structural Factors in Cerebral Aneurysms (Biological Science and Engineering)	9
			Siddharth	Sivaraman	1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	A Computational Framework for Rapid, Low-Cost Analysis of Hemodynamic and Structural Factors in Cerebral Aneurysms (Biological Science and Engineering)	9
	Karen	Allendoerfer	Dhiya	Padmanabhan	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	AI-Guided Discovery of Natural Efflux Pump Inhibitors Targeting AcrB to Combat Antibiotic Resistance (Biological Science and Engineering)	9
	Swetha	Bhattacharya	Archit	Deepak	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Sentinel: A Vision and Speech-Based Conversational System for Detecting and Preventing Driver Drowsiness (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
			Vedh Kandi	Reddy	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	An Autonomous Robotic Farm Decision Management System to Collect and Analyze Soil and Plant data using Large Data Models (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					Certificate of Achievement + Letter from Sponsor (regarding $25 gift card redeemable online + internship opportunity with ASEI Industry Partner + free 1 year membership to ASEI), ASEI Award
	Chandni	Chadha	Wanqi(Cynthia)	Li	Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade	AI model defining Heart Healthy Foods (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Francesca Lei	Yang	Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category	Applying a Thin Layer of Silicone to Hawley Retainer to Improve Stain and Bacteria Resistance, and Enhance Comfort (RRI Biological Science and Engineering)	11
	Kyle	Covert	Qianmo	Tu	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The Effect of Preparation Method on the Amount of Sulfur Compound Released by a Cut Onion (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
	Sonvanndara	Hok	Rini	Ann	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	From Price Noise to Market Semantics: A Self-Adapting Language Model Framework for Financial Intelligence. (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
			Ankith	Burki	Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade	Investigating the Effect of Acoustic Frequency in Enhancing Water Generation Efficiency in AWGs (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
			Vincent	Huang	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Rolling loops: What is the effect of roller coaster loop shape on the g-forces experienced by a rider? (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Grayson	Liu	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Rolling loops: What is the effect of roller coaster loop shape on the g-forces experienced by a rider? (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Rishaan	Sharma	Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research	Effectiveness of an Internal-Resistance-Adaptive UVLO System in Prolonging Lithium-Ion Battery Cycle Life (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
			Yankai	Wang	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Rolling loops: What is the effect of roller coaster loop shape on the g-forces experienced by a rider? (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
	Brian	Moshofsky	Sruthi	Manoj	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Irrigation Scheduling Recommendations and Dataset Construction (LLM-based Meta-analysis) (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
	Jon	Noble	Krishna	Bhatt	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	THALis: Modeling Cortico-Prosthetic Dynamics for Dexterous EEG-Driven Hand Control (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Zimeng	Xiong	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	A Generalized Algorithmic Framework for Non-Planar Slicing in Additive Manufacturing (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
	Mayuri	Pochiraju	Naisha	Rathod	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	ResiliNet: Explainable Multimodal Prediction of Cognitive Resilience for Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trial Enrichment (Biological Science and Engineering)	9
					$100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award
	Jaymie	Silva	Aarav	Goel	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	SmartCanopy: AI-Powered Urban Green Space Optimization Using Computer Vision and Conversational Agents (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
	Kirti	Tamhane	Priyank	Sharma-Tiwari	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Aegis:Safety Platform Fusing Edge-AI Driver Monitoring and GNN-Based Cyclist Risk Forecasting to build safer cities. (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
			Manasvini	Singh	1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Decoding Alzheimer's Amyloid-Beta Pathology through Astrocytic and Microglial GRNs via Single-Cell AI (Biological Science and Engineering)	10
			Ethan Yizhuo	Su	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Detecting a Table Tennis Ball in an uploaded video (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)