Harker School-Middle Campus

Project Awards 2020

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Harker School-Middle Campus	Tina	Kim	Gautam	Bhooma	Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	ForesAIght: Machine Learning powered Assistant for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Katherine Helena	Fields	$50 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society	Purified water vs filtered water vs natural water and its effect on plants (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Ramit Rajan	Goyal	Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	ForesAIght: Machine Learning powered Assistant for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Emily Isabella	Kwan	GR 6-8: Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter	The Effects of Enterobacter on Soil Pollution (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Ella Selina	Lan	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade	Developing a Method to Detect Circadian State From Gene Expression Through Machine Learning (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Thomas	Liu	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	A Novel, Least Invasive Way to Detect and Destroy Thrombosis (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Heidi Yundi	Lu	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade	Developing a Method to Detect Circadian State From Gene Expression Through Machine Learning (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Arnav	Swaroop	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	A Novel, Least Invasive Way to Detect and Destroy Thrombosis (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Kaitlyn Cheyee	Wang	GR 6-8: Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter	The Effects of Enterobacter on Soil Pollution (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Maryam	Zehra	$50 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society	Purified water vs filtered water vs natural water and its effect on plants (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
	Kristen	Morgensen	Zachary Glantz-Nguyen	Blue	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade	Passively Rotating Wind Turbine (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Benjamin Allen	Cha	$100 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society	The Effects of Pondweed on Plant Growth (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Aeliya Indra	Grover	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	The Effect of Microplastics on the Growth of Bacteria Culture (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Medini	Halepete	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	The Effect of Microplastics on the Growth of Bacteria Culture (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Jordan Sun	Labio	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade	Passively Rotating Wind Turbine (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Adrian Wen	Liu	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The Perfect Volleyball Serve (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Vivek Sandeep	Nayyar	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The Perfect Volleyball Serve (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Brandon	Zau	$100 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society	The Effects of Pondweed on Plant Growth (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
	Kathy	Peng	Alex Kaiwen	Guo	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade	Using AI to Distinguish Between Human Caused and Natural Fires (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Nathan Tsai	Liu	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade	Using AI to Distinguish Between Human Caused and Natural Fires (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category