Stratford Preparatory Milpitas

Project Awards 2026

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Stratford Preparatory Milpitas	Viet	Dinh	Saanvi	Agrawal	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Mycoremediation of Simulated Fire Retardant Runoff with Species of Pleurotus ostreatus (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Samaira	Deshmukh	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	An AI-Assisted Smart Walking Stick for Environmental Awareness and Navigation (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Aahana Swapnil	Mhatre	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Mycoremediation of Simulated Fire Retardant Runoff with Species of Pleurotus ostreatus (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Shreyan	Poddar	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	An AI-Assisted Smart Walking Stick for Environmental Awareness and Navigation (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
	Joshua	Pinzas	Ilina	Bopardikar	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Assessment of Lithium Adsorption Using Bio vs Non-Bio Adsorbents in Soil-Based Filters across Aquatic Environments (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Panash	Chandwani	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Polysaccharide Aerogels: A Novel Approach to Oral Drug Delivery - Modeling Insulin Release (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Grace	Chen	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Assessment of Lithium Adsorption Using Bio vs Non-Bio Adsorbents in Soil-Based Filters across Aquatic Environments (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Sangam Singh	Dhaliwal	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	HelioThreads Energy Systems (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Gaogao	Lang	IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)	Garb0: A Prototype Autonomous Robotic System Employing CNNs for Real-Time Detection and Classification of Urban Waste (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Antonio Varghese	Muthalaly	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	HelioThreads Energy Systems (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Vivann	Partani	Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School	Electromyographic Prosthetic Hand Prototype (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Prisha Ranya	Rajkumar	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Polysaccharide Aerogels: A Novel Approach to Oral Drug Delivery - Modeling Insulin Release (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
			Arjun Kushal	Shah	IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)	Garb0: A Prototype Autonomous Robotic System Employing CNNs for Real-Time Detection and Classification of Urban Waste (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
	Lekhana	Revankar	Hiranmayi	Gollakota	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Measuring the Sugar Content of a Liquid (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
					3rd place MS project - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
			Simran	Khurana	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Water Filtration (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
			Meera	Ramanathan	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	What is the effect of refrigeration on the amount of vitamin C in different fruits? (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
			Arav Govinda	Siruvole	IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers	The Effect of Magnetic Strengths on Simulated Drug Targeting (Biological Science and Engineering)	6
	Nicole	Wade	Anaka	Ganesh	Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade	Trash to Treasure: Eco-Friendly Bricks from Discarded Plastics (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
			Neha	Karthick	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Synergistic Remediation of Estrogenic Micropollutants from Soil through Biochar-Chitosan-Zeolite Hybrid Adsorbents (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Saanvi Suraj	Powar	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Purifying Water with Pectin: An Organic Approach to Filtration (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Praneetha	Santhana Krishnan	Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade	Trash to Treasure: Eco-Friendly Bricks from Discarded Plastics (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
			Jiya	Soni	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Synergistic Remediation of Estrogenic Micropollutants from Soil through Biochar-Chitosan-Zeolite Hybrid Adsorbents (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Advika	Vinodh	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Purifying Water with Pectin: An Organic Approach to Filtration (Physical Science and Engineering)	7