Notre Dame High School

Project Awards 2025

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Notre Dame High School	Chelsey	Beck	Aanya	Kandala	$50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award	Fire-Fighting Hydrogels: A Defense Against Flames (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
					High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations from the Chief of Naval Research, Medallion and $50 gift card (redeemable online), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)
			Delisha	Manuel	High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations from the Chief of Naval Research, Medallion and $50 gift card (redeemable online), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps	Harvesting Wasted Thermal Energy Using the Seebeck Effect and PCMs (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
			Ashraya	Siruvole	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Early Detection of Parkinson's Disease using Facial Biomarkers (Biological Science and Engineering)	9
					$100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award
			Varsitaa	Srinivasan	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	De Novo Design of Antimicrobial Peptide Binders for Toxins and Structural Proteins in Nosocomial Bacterial Pathogens (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Ananya	Vinesh	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	CardioGuard: Multimodal Deep Learning for Early Heart Attack Prediction Using Imaging and Functional Biomarkers (Biological Science and Engineering)	9
			Sabrina	Zhao	2nd place:$200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, SVACS High School Award for Excellence in Chemistry	Graphene and Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposites for Improved Oxygen Sensors (RRI Physical Science and Engineering)	10