Westmont High School

Project Awards 2026

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Westmont High School	David	Duarte	Garuda	Chen	Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research	Microplastics in laundry (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
					2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
	John	Riffle	Ayaan Abid	Raza	1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Explainable Eye Tracking Analysis Using a Deep Learning Approach for Autism Detection (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
	Anupama	Tandon	Ellie	Zhou	1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category	Seeing Beyond the Scene: Analyzing and Mitigating Background Bias in Action Recognition (RRI Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
	Gargi	Verma	Karunya	Gajula	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	(Measuring) Physiological Autonomic Responses in Older Adults to Live Rhythmic Movement Stimuli (Biological Science and Engineering)	10
			Anoushka Ritesh	Kale	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	(Measuring) Physiological Autonomic Responses in Older Adults to Live Rhythmic Movement Stimuli (Biological Science and Engineering)	11