Valley Christian High School

Project Awards 2026

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Valley Christian High School	John	Crandall	Amaar Manzoor	Chughtai	1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Personalized Deep Learning Model for Closed-Loop 40 Hz Entrainment to Optimize Theta-Gamma Coupling in Alzheimer's (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
	Jake	MacMillan	Jennifer	Sahil	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Investigate how the Densities of Protostellar Jets affect the Efficiency of Star Formation (Physical Science and Engineering)	12
			Naige	Zhang	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Investigate how the Densities of Protostellar Jets affect the Efficiency of Star Formation (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
	Lan	Shen	Kashish	Kapoor	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Fighting Ocean Acidification: The Underwater Mapper and Neutralizer ROV (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
	Scott	VanderVeen	Aidan	Cao	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	BioNanoSense: Trilayer Bioinspired Hygrobots for pH-Gated Actuation and GI Drug Delivery (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Kaylee Tunhi	Diep	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Development of Biodegradable Chitosan-Cellulose Nanofiber Filter Media for Medical Masks via Electrospinning. (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
			Ellie Mengyuan	Dong	2nd place HS project - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA	How Can Quantum Based Nano-rough Surfaces Combine to Create Superhydrophobic Coatings That Increases Ship Efficiency? (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
			Bryan Chen	Hu	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Development of Biodegradable Chitosan-Cellulose Nanofiber Filter Media for Medical Masks via Electrospinning. (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
			Aidan	Qi	2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category	Comparative Inhibitory Effects of a Lysed Vibrio Strain and Nisin on Vibrio Across Concentrations (RRI Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			William	Tsai	2nd place HS project - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA	How Can Quantum Based Nano-rough Surfaces Combine to Create Superhydrophobic Coatings That Increases Ship Efficiency? (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
			Jiayi	Wang	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Identification of Psychological Stress as a Prodromal Biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease (Biological Science and Engineering)	10