Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ

Project Awards 2026

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ	Annie	Chen	Yufei	Jiang	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Cement Durability: Chemical Curing Agents and Water-to-Cement Ratio (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Manvi	Karadigudda	Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade	AI Powered Plant Detector (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Jivin Arun	Raisinghani	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Slick Sorption Strategy (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
			Aditya	Rao	Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 6th Grade	Eco-friendly Microplastic Removal (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Shreyas	Thodupunoori	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Project AquaNova: A Humidity Harvester (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Tanya	Upadhyay	Most Promising Young Scientist, $175 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research	Light-to-Fuel and Heat-to-Power: Green Energy through a Hybrid Photocatalytic and Thermoelectric System (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)
			Shrinidhi	Venkatakrishnan	Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade	Natural Filtration Agents in Action: The Impact of Seaweed and Fruit Peels on Water Quality (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Xiao	Yang	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Moving in Different Angles (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
	Jessica	Reinman	Sriyangsh	Datta	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Casein Plastic versus PLA elasticity (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Ryan Hyunku	Kim	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Daphnia Magna to the Rescue: Water Toxicity (Biological Science and Engineering)	6
			Ellie	Lei	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Breaking Down Bioplastics (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Annie	Li	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Packing Peanut Performance (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Madeleine	Wei	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The Mist-ical Water Solution (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
					GR 6-8: Third place, $50 and trophy, Richardson Environmental Awards