Cupertino Union School District

Project Awards 2013

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Cupertino Middle School	Cindy	Burns	Rajiv Krishna	Nelakanti	1st Award, Chemistry Category	How do Different Natural Dyes Affect the Longevity and Power Output of Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells? (Chemistry)	7
					$50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society
					2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
					2nd Place: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)
			Rithika	Srinivasan	$100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd.	Design a Robot Hand to Simulate Human Hand (Engineering)	7
Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino	Thea	Dalvand	Gajan Rathnam	Nagaraj	1st Award, Physics Category	Why are Motocycles Less Visible in Traffic? (Physics)	8
					Todd Shaeffer 1st place award - Grade 8 - $100, Brownlee - Shaeffer - Schmahl Science Award
			Anurag	Singh	Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School	WIFI Watchdog - Application To Observe Personal Mobility of Senior Citizens (Engineering)	8
					Grand Prize Student Award: $400 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter
					1st Award, Engineering Category
			Kaushik	Tandon	Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School	WIFI Watchdog - Application To Observe Personal Mobility of Senior Citizens (Engineering)	8
					Grand Prize Student Award: $400 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter
					1st Award, Engineering Category
	Khadija	Iyer	Elizabeth Ye	Wang	2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Investigating the Effect of Okra Mucilage and Cinnamon on Maintaining Food Freshness and Flavor using Rhizopus stolonifer (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	8
	Anu	Ranganathan	Ashmita	Rajkumar	Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association	How Does Music Affect the Way Kids Behave? (Behavioral / Social)	7
			Anika Asawa	Ramachandran	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	The Effect of Environmental Factors on Tennis Ball Trajectory (Physics)	7
Lawson Middle School	Joel	Carter	Utkarsh	Tandon	Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School	Building a Wearable Autonomous Device Providing Personal Assistance to Alzheimer Patients using a Raspberry Pi Based System with GPS Capabilities (Engineering)	7
					Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter
					Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize
					1st Award, Engineering Category
					Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
					IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Miller Middle School	Vipin	Jain (Mentor)	Diya	Jain	1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers	An Economical Water Purifier for Under-Developed Countries (Engineering)	6
			Harsh N.	Jain	1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers	An Economical Water Purifier for Under-Developed Countries (Engineering)	8
	Codrutza	Popescu	Indali	Bora	Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association	Does Color Affect Taste? (Behavioral / Social)	6
			Lucas	Popescu	Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School	Effects of IAA and Urea on Plant Growth (Botany)	6
					1st Award, Botany Category
			Abinaya	Srikant	Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category	The Effect of Metals on Nail Polish Resistance (Chemistry)	6
					1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
			Varun J.	Venkatesh	$1000 to the Top Projects in Bio Science (tie), The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize	Cementing a Solution One Brick at a Time: Using Biomineralization to Solve the World's Problems (Environmental Sciences)	8
					Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize
					Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category