Monta Vista High School

Award Recipients 2025

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

Awards of winners will be revealed after the Awards Ceremonies.

School Teacher Student Title Gr
Monta Vista High School  Sushma Bana  AliHassan  Hashim EMBER (Electronic Mapping Body for Emergency Rescue) (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Saanj  Rao Beyond Caller ID: A Hybrid Temporal-Prosodic-Attention Framework for Enhanced Vishing Detection (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Horton  Zhu EMBER (Electronic Mapping Body for Emergency Rescue) (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Julie Choi  Mahika  Pandit Using Satellite imagery and Remote Sensing Indexes to detect Water for Agricultural Purposes (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Pamela Chow  Kirthana  Chandrasekar From Glow to Gloom: Exploring the Use of Bioluminescent Organisms for Rapid Bacterial Culture Detection (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Saanvi  Doshi From Glow to Gloom: Exploring the Use of Bioluminescent Organisms for Rapid Bacterial Culture Detection (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Saumit  Korada Mitigating E. Coli Dysbiosis From Artificial Sweeteners: A Study On The Impact Of Prebiotics, Inulin and FOS (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Eliana Subin Lee Testing Korean Red Ginseng's Effect on Dopamine Increase and Oxidative Stress Reduction in Drosophila for Parkinson's (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Adhya  Thota Testing Korean Red Ginseng's Effect on Dopamine Increase and Oxidative Stress Reduction in Drosophila for Parkinson's (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Catherine  Zhang Testing Korean Red Ginseng's Effect on Dopamine Increase and Oxidative Stress Reduction in Drosophila for Parkinson's (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   John Conlin  Prathik  Kumar AQI Forecasting System: ML prediction using Weather and Carbon Emission Data (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Rishi  Salvi Countering Antibiotic Resistance with Proteomics Data and Artificial Intelligence Based Virtual Screening (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Scott DeRuiter  Rohan Rishi Agarwal Quantum-Enhanced Analysis and Grading of Vocal Performance: A Novel Approach for Musical Evaluation and Improvement (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
   David Greenstein  Shrehan  Chatterjee Ensemble Modeling for Real-Time Prediction and Long-Term Mitigation Forecasting of Algal Blooms in the San Francisco Bay (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Soham  Dwivedi Ensemble Modeling for Real-Time Prediction and Long-Term Mitigation Forecasting of Algal Blooms in the San Francisco Bay (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        William Kaden Liu Ensemble Modeling for Real-Time Prediction and Long-Term Mitigation Forecasting of Algal Blooms in the San Francisco Bay (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Kavita Gupta  Samarth Kumar Kashyap Using Topobathymetric LiDAR and Geospatial Modeling to Identify Threats to Endangered Mangroves (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Suhani  Pahuja Identification of Epigenome Regulators as Pan-cancer Biomarkers and Drug Targets in gynecological cancers (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Anirud  Sainarayanan Using Topobathymetric LiDAR and Geospatial Modeling to Identify Threats to Endangered Mangroves (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Kyle Jones  Abhijay  Gupta RideAware: Smart, Safe & Sustainable Helmets (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Sakthi  Satrawada Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Patients Using Machine Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
   Lora Lerner  Kevin Lihong Chen Effect of Chitosan Concentration on the Youngs Modulus and Biodegradability of Silkworm Silk through Cross-Linking (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Bryan Jiarui Ge Effect of Chitosan Concentration on the Youngs Modulus and Biodegradability of Silkworm Silk through Cross-Linking (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Leo Yanlin Lee Effect of Chitosan Concentration on the Youngs Modulus and Biodegradability of Silkworm Silk through Cross-Linking (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
   Michael Lordan  Aarnav  Agrawal Forecasting Tipping Points in Global Mangrove Ecosystems Using Transformer-Based Segmentation and Time-Series Analysis (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Raymond  Feng Lightweight and Fireproof Emergency Shelters For Homeless and Disaster Evacuees using Structures Inspired by Origami (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Lindsey Liang Niu Developing PDMS Microfluidic Sensors for Precise Micro Blood Flow Measurement to Advance Early Cardiovascular Diagnosis (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Shrey  Vishen Forecasting Tipping Points in Global Mangrove Ecosystems Using Transformer-Based Segmentation and Time-Series Analysis (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Jeff Payne  Rishab Reddy Perati DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF INTRACRANIAL TUMORS USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELS (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
   Ted Shinta  Anya  Deshpande Harnessing AI and Histopathology to Classify Ovarian Cysts, Detect Cancer, and Investigate Fertility Rates (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Alan Wong  Ansh Vishal Agarwal A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Forecasting FOREX Movements Utilizing Topic Modeling and Macroeconomic Indicators (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Aditya Venkatasai Dendukuri A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Forecasting FOREX Movements Utilizing Topic Modeling and Macroeconomic Indicators (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Terry Yu  Vishnu  Bharadwaj Revolutionizing Firefighting with Advanced Edge Detection in Smoky Environments: An ML-Driven Approach to Save Lives (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Shreyas  Chatterjee A Global Computational Analysis of Carbon Exchange Dynamics in Late Successional Forests across Climate Scenarios (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Ishaan  Garg Revolutionizing Firefighting with Advanced Edge Detection in Smoky Environments: An ML-Driven Approach to Save Lives (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Seongjun  Kang Revolutionizing Firefighting with Advanced Edge Detection in Smoky Environments: An ML-Driven Approach to Save Lives (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Sumedha  Kumar Optimizing Safety and Reducing Harm: Navigating Obstacles in Autonomous Algorithms using Genetic Algorithms (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Tommy Siqing Liu Using Analog and Digital Signal Processing Techniques in Building Low-Cost High-Quality Oscilloscope for High School Use (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Roshan  Saxena A Global Computational Analysis of Carbon Exchange Dynamics in Late Successional Forests across Climate Scenarios (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Jihoo  Won A Global Computational Analysis of Carbon Exchange Dynamics in Late Successional Forests across Climate Scenarios (Physical Science and Engineering) 10