Harker School-Middle Campus

Project Awards 2022

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Harker School-Middle Campus	Tina	Kim	Hubert	Lau	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Comparison of Electricity Generation Using Rotting and Fresh Fruit (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Serena	Lau	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Comparison of Electricity Generation Using Rotting and Fresh Fruit (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Sofia Chawla	Shah	Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade	Change and Improvement of Antioxidant Levels in Different Fruits and Storage Environments (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Aditya	Shivakumar	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Developing a 3D-Printable Roof Shingle to Solve the Problem of Structural Damage Caused by Falling Trees (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Rahul Sharma	Sundaresan	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Developing a 3D-Printable Roof Shingle to Solve the Problem of Structural Damage Caused by Falling Trees (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Jonathan Alexander	Szeto	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	A Cost-Effective Method Using Ash to Improve the Efficacy of Oil Spill Bioremediation with Bacillus subtilis (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Kallie	Wang	Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade	Change and Improvement of Antioxidant Levels in Different Fruits and Storage Environments (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
	Benjamin	Morgensen	Rory Crystal	Hu	Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Broadcom MASTERS, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade	The Effects of Pesticides, Caffeine & Tea Polyphenols on the Visual and Olfactory Learning and Memory of the Honey Bee (Biological Science and Engineering)	6
					Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
	Kristen	Morgensen	Janam	Chahal	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	Antagonistic Neurochemicals and Their Effects on the Heart Rate of Daphnia magna (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Jaden rao	Fu	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	Real-Time Prediction of Crop Yields for California based on the Environmental Variables (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Minal	Jalil	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	Antagonistic Neurochemicals and Their Effects on the Heart Rate of Daphnia magna (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Ashley	Mo	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	The Effects of Different Nutrients Used in Ocean Fertilization on Growth of Algae (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category
					Team Award: $250 and framed cert, SVACS Dave Parker Award for Excellence in Chemistry
			Audrey	Yang	$50 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society	A thermal imaging-based methodology to predict plant stress (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Tiffany Zhu	Zhu	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	The Effects of Different Nutrients Used in Ocean Fertilization on Growth of Algae (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category
					Team Award: $250 and framed cert, SVACS Dave Parker Award for Excellence in Chemistry
	Kathy	Peng	Disha	Gupta	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	Improving Outcomes: Early Detection of Autism Using fMRI and Phenotypic Data with Convolutional Neural Networks (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Mikhil	Kiran	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Ceye: The app to assist the visually impaired with currency differentiation (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					$50 gift check and certificate, Access Braille Awards
			Krish	Nachnani	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Ceye: The app to assist the visually impaired with currency differentiation (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					$50 gift check and certificate, Access Braille Awards
			Tanvi	Sivakumar	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	Improving Outcomes: Early Detection of Autism Using fMRI and Phenotypic Data with Convolutional Neural Networks (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
	Rajasree	Swaminathan	Abby	Wang	$100 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society	Robee: Developing a Novel AI-based Plant Pollination System that Surpasses Natural Bees in Efficiency and Uniformity (Biological Science and Engineering)	7
					Exceptional Merit- Betterment of Humanity, $200 Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"