Saratoga High School

Project Awards 2025

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Saratoga High School	Janny	Cahatol	Arahan	Balasubramanian	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Human vs Artificial: Precision & Recall in AI-Generated Text Detection with Expert LLMs (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
	Jennifer	Lee	Kevin	Chen	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Using Low-Frequency Acoustic Waves for Effective Aqueous Microplastic Removal from Water (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
			Kirby	Fung	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Wildfire Smoke Hazard Analysis and Mitigation in High-Risk Communities (Physical Science and Engineering)	12
					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
			Alicia Tianyun	Huang	Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category	Rapid Rabies Virus Screening Using LAMP Technique: Developing a Low-Cost Portable Kit (RRI Biological Science and Engineering)	10
			Ryan	Miao	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Using Low-Frequency Acoustic Waves for Effective Aqueous Microplastic Removal from Water (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
			Mridhula Menaja	Vudali	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Motorized Assist for Dog Wheelchairs: Using Tilt/Force Sensors to Enhance Mobility (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
			Ashley	Xu	Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research	Advanced Real-Time Drowsiness Detection Leveraging AI and Dual CMOS-IR Sensor Integration (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
			Ellis	Yang	Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category	Rapid Rabies Virus Screening Using LAMP Technique: Developing a Low-Cost Portable Kit (RRI Biological Science and Engineering)	10
			Ethan	Yang	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	Predicting Large Language Model Hallucinations in Chess Using Confidence Metrics (Physical Science and Engineering)	12
					2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)