Monta Vista High School
Project Awards 2026
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monta Vista High School | Julie | Choi | Kevin | Chen | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Optimizing Sustained Drug Delivery: A Novel Alginate-Based Layered Microparticle System for Burst-Release Suppression (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Chloe | He | $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards | An Assistive Robotic Arm for Independent Eating Assistance (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| First place, $250 Wireless Communications Alliance Award, Wireless Communications Alliance | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Derek | Liu | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Optimizing Sustained Drug Delivery: A Novel Alginate-Based Layered Microparticle System for Burst-Release Suppression (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Theeran | Sathish Kumar | $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards | An Assistive Robotic Arm for Independent Eating Assistance (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| First place, $250 Wireless Communications Alliance Award, Wireless Communications Alliance | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Pamela | Chow | Dhruv | Yadati | Upper Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Modular Multispectral ASV for High-Resolution Mapping of Co-Occurring Aquatic Stressors: Microplastics and Algae (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Scott | DeRuiter | Jenine | Jain | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Virtual Lifeguard: Real-Time Drowning Detection Using Mobile Computer Vision (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| David | Greenstein | Harmony | Tse | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | AI for Agriculture: A Sound- and Vision-Based Approach to Fruit Quality Assessment (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Kavita | Gupta | Rohan | Agarwal | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | From Water to Wattage: Enabling Sustainable Desalination through Osmotic Power Generation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Yutong | Chen | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Precision Medicine Towards Women's Multiple Sclerosis Progression Using Machine Learning Models (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||
| Suhani | Pahuja | 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Long-term cardiovascular and mortality risk in patients with pre-existing arrhythmia post SARS-CoV-2 infection (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Kyle | Jones | Sakthi | Satrawada | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Identifying Blood-Based Biomarkers for Onset of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Josh | Kuo | Rishi Abhijit | Salvi | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Evaluating Synthetic Data versus Augmented and Non-Augmented Data for AI-Based Classification of Medical Data (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| Lora | Lerner | Roshan Dev | Saxena | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Hybrid Spatiotemporal Framework for Marsh Climate Forcing: Biogeochemical Thresholds, Flux Prediction, Site Optimization (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Michael | Lordan | Raymond | Feng | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Stress Analysis of Stirling Cryocooler Flexure Springs for Long Space Mission Lifetime (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| Supriya | Moore | Tanya | Bandodkar | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Modeling Spatiotemporal Plant Yield Dynamics via Fractal Creation of Fibonacci Phyllotaxis Using CNNs & IoT Sensor Data (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Katherine Liang | Niu | 1st place HS project - $200 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | IoT-Enabled Microfluidic Speed Sensor for Intelligent Natural Gas Pipeline Monitoring via Fluid Mechanics (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Lindsey Liang | Niu | 1st place HS project - $200 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | IoT-Enabled Microfluidic Speed Sensor for Intelligent Natural Gas Pipeline Monitoring via Fluid Mechanics (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Spandana | Raghav | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Modeling Spatiotemporal Plant Yield Dynamics via Fractal Creation of Fibonacci Phyllotaxis Using CNNs & IoT Sensor Data (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Alan | Wong | Emilie | Chan | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Adaptive Multimodal Wearable Device for Real-Time Sensory Overload Mitigation and Personalization (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| AliHassan | Hashim | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | SONIC (Signal Operating for Nodal Identification of Compositions) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Rohit | Ramachandran | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Adaptive Multimodal Wearable Device for Real-Time Sensory Overload Mitigation and Personalization (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Horton | Zhu | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | SONIC (Signal Operating for Nodal Identification of Compositions) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Terry | Yu | Ishaan | Garg | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Non-Invasive Classification of Respiratory Diseases Using a Sensor Array for Breath Volatile Organic Compound Analysis (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Seongjun | Kang | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Non-Invasive Classification of Respiratory Diseases Using a Sensor Array for Breath Volatile Organic Compound Analysis (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Sumedha | Kumar | Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research | Revolutionizing Renewable Energy Grids: An AI Model for Real-Time Forecasting and Power Optimization (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Parth | Samdadiya | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Non-Invasive Classification of Respiratory Diseases Using a Sensor Array for Breath Volatile Organic Compound Analysis (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||