Santa Clara High School
Project Awards 2025
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara High School | Michelle | Kennison | Idan | Kestenbom | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Utilizing Deep Learning to Forecast Humanitarian Crises Through Media Coverage Patterns (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| Exceptional Project- Betterment of Humanity, $200 Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research | |||||||
| Mishali | Pandey | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Utilizing Deep Learning to Forecast Humanitarian Crises Through Media Coverage Patterns (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Exceptional Project- Betterment of Humanity, $200 Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research | |||||||
| Mahati Mahesh | Srinivasan | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Utilizing Deep Learning to Forecast Humanitarian Crises Through Media Coverage Patterns (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Exceptional Project- Betterment of Humanity, $200 Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research | |||||||
| Arielle | Martinka | Serena | Gandhi | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | TentacAI: An AI-Driven Squid-Inspired Soft Robot for Coral Health Monitoring, Stress Mitigation, & Ecosystem Restoration (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | |||||||
| Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | |||||||
| Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Vikram | Atmuri | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Effects of a Porous Silica Coating on the Stability of Magnetite Nanoparticles for Application Haber Process (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Outstanding Project, $200 and Certificate (any field and all grades), SPV Market Research | |||||||
| Pranay Dhiraj | Bokde | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Rapid Response UAV Network for Disaster Relief and Survivor Location using Machine Learning and GPS. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Vanessa | Dinh | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Rapid Response UAV Network for Disaster Relief and Survivor Location using Machine Learning and GPS. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Neel Hemanth | Gowda | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Using Machine Learning to Predict Life Expectancy of Oil Pipelines to Prevent Leaks & Explosions (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Ruhi Sameer | Kelkar | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | EchoVision: Wearable Hearing Aid Glasses with Integrated Head Tracking and Directional Audio for Noisy Environments (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Nicholas Nam | Nguyen | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Effects of a Porous Silica Coating on the Stability of Magnetite Nanoparticles for Application Haber Process (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Outstanding Project, $200 and Certificate (any field and all grades), SPV Market Research | |||||||
| Vihaan Chirag | Parikh | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | BioFlap: A Biomechanically Inspired Drone Mimicking Entomological Wing Patterns for Agile Flight Maneuvers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||
| Neil Kunal | Pole | IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Designing a robotic back brace to detect when posture deteriorates and automatically correct it (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Aman Singh | Puri | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Using Machine Learning to Predict Life Expectancy of Oil Pipelines to Prevent Leaks & Explosions (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Rig | Saini | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | BioFlap: A Biomechanically Inspired Drone Mimicking Entomological Wing Patterns for Agile Flight Maneuvers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||
| Areha | Shah | IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Designing a robotic back brace to detect when posture deteriorates and automatically correct it (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Teghvir | Singh | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Fluid Monitoring Cramp Prevention Device (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Noah | Song | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Rapid Response UAV Network for Disaster Relief and Survivor Location using Machine Learning and GPS. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Arhaan | Swaminath | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Using Machine Learning to Predict Life Expectancy of Oil Pipelines to Prevent Leaks & Explosions (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Saachi Vani | Todur | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | EchoVision: Wearable Hearing Aid Glasses with Integrated Head Tracking and Directional Audio for Noisy Environments (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Jonathan | Tran | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Fluid Monitoring Cramp Prevention Device (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Kenneth Hung | Vo | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Fluid Monitoring Cramp Prevention Device (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Charlotte Katherine | Yang | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | EchoVision: Wearable Hearing Aid Glasses with Integrated Head Tracking and Directional Audio for Noisy Environments (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Matthew | Yang | IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Designing a robotic back brace to detect when posture deteriorates and automatically correct it (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Carol | Schmale | Amey | Garg | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Real-Time Navigation & Behavioral Tracking Device Based On Geofencing & Layered Environmental Mapping for Dementia Care (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Jyothi | Sunkara | Kaiyang | Peng | 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 | Affordable and Adaptable Robotic Arm with 4- or 6-Axis Configurations (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||
| Alan | Tan | Abhiram | Cherukupalli | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Sound to Sine - Transforming Music to Vibrations Via a Wearable Device Utilizing Vibrotactile Technology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Kimai | Dosch | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Sound to Sine - Transforming Music to Vibrations Via a Wearable Device Utilizing Vibrotactile Technology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Rajiv | Tirumala | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Sound to Sine - Transforming Music to Vibrations Via a Wearable Device Utilizing Vibrotactile Technology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Eric | Wozadlo | Shaurya | Sharma | Certificate of Achievement + Letter from Sponsor (regarding $25 gift card redeemable online + internship opportunity with ASEI Industry Partner + free 1 year membership to ASEI), ASEI Award | Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM)-Based Analysis of Tremor and Voice Data for Monitoring Parkinson's Disease Progression (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||