Lynbrook High School
Project Awards 2026
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynbrook High School | Anshul | Agarwal | Arnav | Kodavati | 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 | Cost-Effective Fabrication of Biodegradable Paper Towels from Food-Waste Derived Cellulose and Pectin, crosslinked Ca2+ (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Nicole | DellaSantina | Diya | Narayanan | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Rhizosphere-Activated Fertilization: Dual-Trigger pH & Enzyme-Sensitive Fertilizer Pellets to Prevent Aquatic Dead Zones (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Sathvika | Siva | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Rhizosphere-Activated Fertilization: Dual-Trigger pH & Enzyme-Sensitive Fertilizer Pellets to Prevent Aquatic Dead Zones (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Jeremy | Dybdahl | Benjamin Zhiming | Zhang | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Fuzzing the Proofs: Designing a Coverage-guided Software to Reveal Vulnerabilities in Zero-Knowledge Proofs (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Bradley | Fulk | Ryan | Bansal | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Combinatorial Game and Graph Decisions for Faster and More Accurate Solvers in Discretized Domains (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Andy | Chen | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Structured Context Folding: A Novel Framework for Efficient Long-Context Reasoning in Large Language Models (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Kenneth | Iams | Sohil | Rathi | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Beyond "Roughly Normal": A Data-Driven Search for Better t-Test Normality Checks (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| Mark | Kwong | Srinikash | Venkatasalapathi | Second place- $25 Check and Certificate, Access Braille Award | A wearable computer vision system for blind navigation in outdoor environments (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Jason | Lee | Jocelyn | Chen | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | pH and Enzyme-Responsive Capsules for Controlled Dye Release in a Simulated Gastrointestinal System (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Ashley Qin | Hein | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Modulation of Neural Stem Cell Fate by Reactive Astrocytes (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| $375 Cash Prize Voucher from Society for Science and Certificate, Regeneron Biomedical Science Award | |||||||
| 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Shwetha | Mukkamala | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | pH and Enzyme-Responsive Capsules for Controlled Dye Release in a Simulated Gastrointestinal System (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Lester | Leung | Aarav | Anand | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Machine Learning-Enabled Protein-Docking Target Deconvolution of Small Molecules (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Avyay | Sadhu | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Neuro-Symbolic Adaptive Compression Framework for Efficient and Explainable Edge AI Systems (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Uday | Srivastava | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Machine Learning-Enabled Protein-Docking Target Deconvolution of Small Molecules (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Thanh | Nguyen | Ivy X. | Zan | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Design & Development of Origami-Inspired Miniature Soft Robots w/ Programmable Actuation, and Controllable Degradation (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Isaac | Pallone | Carolyn | Altmar | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Design and Construction of an Automated Platform that Removes Dirt and Debris from Dirty Dog Paws (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Rohan | Bansal | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Design and construction of a vibration-triggered ceiling safety net that protects occupants from falling debris (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Vishwesh | Chinthukumar | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Design and construction of a phone holder for classrooms that alerts teachers when a phone has been left on during class (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2) | |||||||
| Pravin | Chokkalingam | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Design and construction of a phone holder for classrooms that alerts teachers when a phone has been left on during class (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2) | |||||||
| Sylvia | Dong | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Ecofriendly Mycelium-Based Insulation Tiles Inspired by Buffalo Skin Optimized for Semi-Temperate Climates (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Shrivaishnavi | Jami | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The design and construction of a device that lets violinists know when their hand is in an ideal position on the string (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2) | |||||||
| Shripriya | Kalbhavi | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Wired for Survival: Modeling Gene Networks to Identify Resilience and Neuron Subtypes in ALS via Graphical Optimization (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Philip | Kohr | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Design and Construction of a Rotary Drone Battery Hot-swapping System to Increase Flight Time for Drone Operators (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Rucha | Kore | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Ecofriendly Mycelium-Based Insulation Tiles Inspired by Buffalo Skin Optimized for Semi-Temperate Climates (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Yuan | Li | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Design and Construction of an Automated Platform that Removes Dirt and Debris from Dirty Dog Paws (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Rishab | Medepalli | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Design and construction of a phone holder for classrooms that alerts teachers when a phone has been left on during class (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2) | |||||||
| Shresth | Mishra | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | PE-QAT: A Parameter-Efficient Quantization-Aware Training Framework for Low-Bit Large Language Models (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Debansh Kumar | Pal | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Design and construction of a vibration-triggered ceiling safety net that protects occupants from falling debris (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Ashwin Enjimedu | Rangarajan | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Design and Construction of a Sensor-Based Door Lock That Detects and Enforces Knocking (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Aarohi Paresh | Shah | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Design and Construction of a Sensor-Based Door Lock That Detects and Enforces Knocking (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Yasmin | Shaik | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The design and construction of a pad & wearable to give instant feedback on foot position & knee bend angle for surfers (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Samhita | Sriram | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The design and construction of a pad & wearable to give instant feedback on foot position & knee bend angle for surfers (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Wenbo | Xi | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Design and Construction of an Automated Platform that Removes Dirt and Debris from Dirty Dog Paws (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Yunfei (Steven) | Xia | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Design and Construction of a Rotary Drone Battery Hot-swapping System to Increase Flight Time for Drone Operators (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Robert | Yang | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Design and Construction of a Rotary Drone Battery Hot-swapping System to Increase Flight Time for Drone Operators (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Yixuan | Yang | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Ecofriendly Mycelium-Based Insulation Tiles Inspired by Buffalo Skin Optimized for Semi-Temperate Climates (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Joanna | Zhang | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The design and construction of a device that lets violinists know when their hand is in an ideal position on the string (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2) | |||||||
| Norman | Tsai | Sohum | Uttamchandani | Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research | Are Hyperspheres the Least Dense Random Packers? -- A Computational Study of Packings in Higher Dimensions. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |