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Project Awards 2014

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Archbishop Mitty High School William Abb Namrata Ramya Balasingam Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School A Monte Carlo Study of the Scalability and Variability of the Forming Voltage of Transition Metal Oxide (TMO) ReRAMs. (Physics) 11
            Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter    
            1st Award, Physics Category    
  Theresa Hannon Vadim  Korolik 1st Award, Physics Category Surface tension's Influence on High Aspect Ratio Structures during Drying (Physics) 11
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
            Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
  Tom Motroni Vardhaan Sai Ambati Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Testing the Effectiveness of Pectin as a Detoxifier of Heavy Metals: A Novel Approach Using Denaturation of Proteins and Arduino Based Colorimeter (Chemistry) 9
            Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
  Viral Pandya (PSP) Rachita  Pandya Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology Optimization of Chemically-Defined Media for Generating Clinical-Grade Smooth Muscle Cells, In-Vitro, as a Potential Cell-Based Therapy for Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women. (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
Bellarmine College Preparatory Youssef Ismail (SSW Mentor) Vikram  Vasan 2nd Award, Engineering Category A novel approach for improving depth perception in those impaired with stereopsis (Engineering) 10
            IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
  Ibtisam Khalaf (SSW mentor) Vinay  Ayyappan 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category A Novel Strategy to Mitigate Bacterial Quorum Sensing via Inhibition of Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) through Boron Encapsulation by Polyvinyl Alcohol (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 10
  Brad Lindemann Rahul Ram Mohan 5th Place Student Award: $80 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter A Novel Method to detect and track the progression of Parkinson's disease using smartphone data (Computers / Mathematics) 9
            1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
            Certificate of Achievement, Medallion, and Letter, United States Public Health Service Award    
  Debjani Roy Shreyan  Jain GR 9-12, 3rd Place: $25 per student and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) A Computational Investigation of Iridium Hydride and Other Metastable Metal Hydrides for Optimizing Hydrogen Storage in a Fuel Cell (Chemistry) 10
            Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
      Christopher Alan Powers 1st Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Investigating Vegetation as a Natural Barrier to Reduce Tsunami Power (Earth / Space Sciences) 11
            1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers    
      Hersh Jasmine Sanghvi 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Modeling Novel Sensory Uses of Graphene Nanopores to Detect Urinary Nucleoside Biomarkers 1-Methyladenosine, Cytidine, 8-Hydroxyguanosine (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
      Omkar  Savant GR 9-12, 3rd Place: $25 per student and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) A Computational Investigation of Iridium Hydride and Other Metastable Metal Hydrides for Optimizing Hydrogen Storage in a Fuel Cell (Chemistry) 11
            Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
      Anin  Sayana 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category The Unfolded Protein Response in Cancer Resistance: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 10
      Akhil  Surapaneni 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Modeling Novel Sensory Uses of Graphene Nanopores to Detect Urinary Nucleoside Biomarkers 1-Methyladenosine, Cytidine, 8-Hydroxyguanosine (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 12
      Siddharth  Venkatraman Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center Theoretical Design to Beam Helium-3 Energy from the Moon (Engineering) 10
  Rod Wong Milan  Gambhir Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School A Wearable Ultrasonic Device for the Early Detection of Tumor Recurrence (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 10
            High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category    
            First Place: $500 American Express Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Agilent Technologies    
      Pravin  Ravishanker 1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category Genetics or Gender: Assessing the impact of APOE-e4 and Gender in age-specific cognitive and structural rates of decline in Alzheimer's disease (Computers / Mathematics) 9
Canyon Heights Academy Teresa Lesieutre Marie-Therese  Chahrouri 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category What is the effect of the responses from the test subjects on Piaget and Kohlberg's theories? (Behavioral / Social) 8
      John  Ghantous Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category The effect of different liquid acid concentrations, and different anode materials in a water-based salt battery, and the efficiency of the anode material. (Chemistry) 8
      Shannon Brigette Miranda Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Beet it! Reducing Road Corrosion with a Greener Solution (Chemistry) 6
            2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
      Alexander Bao Vu 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Splitting Sugar: A Study of the Effect of pH on the Rate of Hydrolysis of Sucrose (Chemistry) 8
      Anthony Thien Vu 1st Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category The Disintegration of the Great Rome (Apple): A Study of the Effects of Different Soils on the Biodegradation Rate of Organic Matter (Earth / Space Sciences) 6
      Matthew Kai Hei Wong 1st Award, Physics Category The Effect of Varying Wing Angles on the Lift Produced (Physics) 7
Carden Academy of Almaden Elizabeth Levine Laurent  Le Borgne Honorable Mention, Botany Category The Effect Of Spices On Bean Sprouts Germination and Flavor (Botany) 7
      Nicklaus Andrew Lo Honorable Mention, Botany Category The Effect Of Spices On Bean Sprouts Germination and Flavor (Botany) 7
Carden Day School of San Jose Michael Crowe Siddharth  Kumar $50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society Factors Affecting Growth of Crystals (Chemistry) 7
      Marcus  Ma Honorable Mention, Physics Category Too Hot to Handle: How Does the Exterior Color of a Car Affect Its Interior Air Temperature in the Sun? (Physics) 6
Castilleja School Puragra Guhathakurta (Mentor) Caroline Amy Debs Honorable Mention, Earth / Space Sciences Category High Resolution Spectroscopic Measurements of Milky Way Stars (Earth / Space Sciences) 12
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
  Elaine Middleman Kriti  Lall Honorable Mention, Bioinformatics Category The Landscape of Somatic Hypermutation In Cancer (Bioinformatics) 11
            Grade 11 Individual Project - $200 award and Certificate, DuPont Industrial Biosciences    
Challenger - Almaden Pronati Mondal Hamza Asif Qadeer Honorable Mention, Physics Category The Effect of Increasing the Temperature of Both Ends of a Stirling Engine by an Equal Amount on the Efficiency of the Engine (Physics) 8
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
      Rishabh  Rajesh Labcoat, Labcoat Award for Lab Bench Finesse Effect of Different Vegetable Oils on the Characteristics of Biodiesel (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 8
Challenger - Shawnee Bonny Basu Adishree  Ghatare 1st Award, Physics Category What is the effect of the reflecting angle and type of reflector on the efficiency of a solar cooker? (Physics) 6
      Anusha  Ghosh 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 Making Hydraulic Fracturing More Environmentally Friendly Using Sea Water (Environmental Sciences) 6
            1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category    
            1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers    
Challenger - Sunnyvale Vladimir Bacvanski (PSP) Marc Gong Bacvanski 3rd Place Student Award: $80 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter The Effect of the Number of Computers on Computation Time (Computers / Mathematics) 7
            2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
  Youssef Ismail (SSW Mentor) Karthik  Kalyanasundaram Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Charging Electric Vehicles On The Go (Engineering) 7
  Pratibha Jain (PSP) Rishabh  Jain 1st Award, Chemistry Category Starch Your Engines - The Effect of the Type of Starch on Potential Ethanol Yield (Chemistry) 8
  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Rithvik Ravi Chuppala Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Comparing an all-carbon based supercapacitor with various energy storage devices (Engineering) 7
      Nikita  Goyal 2nd Award, Physics Category Effect of Spectral Window Length on the Accuracy of Decoding Music Notes (Physics) 8
      Ananya  Karthik 1st Award, Chemistry Category A Greener Cleaner: Investigating a Potential Biosorbent for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions. (Chemistry) 7
            $50, book, Promethium Chapter of Iota Sigma Pi    
      Sathvik  Koneru Honorable Mention, Physics Category Modeling the tension placed on the quadriceps at different squatting angles (Physics) 8
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
      Zade  Lobo Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category Changing Wireless Intensity (Computers / Mathematics) 7
      Avni Pravin Madhani 2nd Place Award - $350 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section Lye or Lime? Examining the Effect of Sodium Hydroxide and Calcium Hydroxide on the Pretreatment of Corn Husks in Ethanol Production (Chemistry) 8
      Karthik  Ramachandran Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Tag Your Meds: Reduce Accidental Drug Overdose Using NFC Tags (Computers / Mathematics) 8
            1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
      Ruhi  Sayana Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Isolating MHC Class II+ Dendritic Cells: A Comparative study of DC Populations in Murine Spleen and Skin with Flow Cytometry (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 7
      Shivam  Singhal Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category Green Alternatives: Exploring a Method for the Creation of Next Generation Biofuel by the Bioconversion of Biomass Feedstocks (Environmental Sciences) 7
            1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
            3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Heather Mackewicz Tarun  Chiruvolu Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Healing Bruises with Wearable Devices (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 6
            1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category    
      Anik  Gupta 1st Award, Engineering Category sAssist: Helps organize your student life (Engineering) 7
      Solomon Eben Joseph $ 500 to the winning student or team in Bio Science + Glass Award, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Guardian Angel (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 8
            Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category    
      Eesha  Pamula 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Effects of Cooking on Different Organic Foods (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 6
      Tejes  Srivastava 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Renewable Green Energy - Cow Dung (Chemistry) 7
Champion School Sandeep Khanna Safwan  Kazmi 3rd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers Creating a Stronger Bridge (Engineering) 8
      Nathan  Loi 3rd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers Creating a Stronger Bridge (Engineering) 7
      Lakhan  Singh 3rd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers Creating a Stronger Bridge (Engineering) 7
      Eisho  Takatsuji Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Using Text Analysis Metrics to Determine Authorship (Computers / Mathematics) 6
      Kazuki  Tayama Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Using Text Analysis Metrics to Determine Authorship (Computers / Mathematics) 6
      Jay  Vishwarpue Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Using Text Analysis Metrics to Determine Authorship (Computers / Mathematics) 6
  Muna Mavany Shubham  Banerjee $ 500 to the winning student or team in Physical Science+ Glass Award, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Cost Reduced Braille Printer (Engineering) 7
            Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
Delphi Academy-Campbell Nita Kumar Neha Hariprasad Shetty Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Trapping and Using Carbon Dioxide Using an Environment Beneficial Device (Engineering) 6
      Anika  Srivastava Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Trapping and Using Carbon Dioxide Using an Environment Beneficial Device (Engineering) 6
Granada Islamic School Shagufta Akhtar Bilal Hassnain Malik 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Honey and Spice Inhibit the Not Nice! The Antimicrobial Effects of Raw Honey, Black Seed Oil, Turmeric, Cayenne, Garlic, and Cumin on Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus cereus, and Escherichia coli (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 7
      Farah Noor Masood Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category Nanotechnology and Oil Spills (Environmental Sciences) 7
            2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
            GR 6-8, 2nd Place: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
      Nathifa  Nasim 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category The Effect of Using Plants on Removing the Amount of CO in the Air (Environmental Sciences) 7
  Sumizah Qureshi Aleema Majid Garfinkel Honorable Mention, Zoology Category Pest Problems! (Zoology) 6
      Zaid  Khan 1st Award, Chemistry Category Paper Chromatography (Chemistry) 6
      Sameeha  Salman 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Fade,Fade,Fade Away! (Chemistry) 6
      Afrah  Siddiqi Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Bio-friendly Alternative for Disposing Polystyrene (Environmental Sciences) 8
Greene Scholars Program Gloria Whitaker-Daniels (GSP Mentor) Paige  Ashton Honorable Mention, Botany Category Rose Pigment Chromatography (Botany) 6
Harker School-Middle Campus Shanthi Adimoolam (Sponsor) Kaushik  Shivakumar 2nd Award, Physics Category Energy-Efficient Aircraft Landings: Factors influencing the conversion of kinetic energy of a landing airplane into useful electrical energy. (Physics) 7
  Thomas Artiss Sohenee  Banerjee 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category The Comparison of How a Probiotic and a Pathogenic Bacteria React to Different Antibiotics (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 8
      Meghana S Karinthi 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category The Comparison of How a Probiotic and a Pathogenic Bacteria React to Different Antibiotics (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 8
      Sushant  Thyagaraj 2nd Award, Physics Category The Compatibility of A Cell Phone Spectrophotometer with Beer-Lambert Law (Physics) 8
  Akhil Mehta Praveen  Batra 1st Award, Zoology Category What is the effect of farnesol on ant dispersion across a flat surface? (Zoology) 8
      Michael  Kwan 1st Award, Zoology Category What is the effect of farnesol on ant dispersion across a flat surface? (Zoology) 8
      Sumati  Wadhwa Honorable Mention, Zoology Category Behavioral Patterns in Frogs in Complex and Simple Environments (Zoology) 8
  Kristen Morgensen Jerry  Chen 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Comparing the Levels of UVA and UVB Radiation Blocked by Different SPF Sunscreens Under Varying Conditions (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 8
      Aadi  Ghildiyal Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category Effects of Environmental Factors on Absorption Rates of Polymers (Environmental Sciences) 8
      Anastasiya Andrew Grebin 1st Award, Botany Category The Effects of Calcium Sulfate on Spore Formation in the Mucor Genus of the Fungi Kingdom (Botany) 8
      Sohini  Kar Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category Effects of Environmental Factors on Absorption Rates of Polymers (Environmental Sciences) 8
      Jimmy  Lin 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Comparing the Levels of UVA and UVB Radiation Blocked by Different SPF Sunscreens Under Varying Conditions (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 8
      Rajiv  Movva 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Preventing Excessive Blood Sugar Levels in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: An in vitro Inhibition Mechanism of Alpha-Amylase with Flavonoids (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 8
      Anooshree  Sengupta 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Effect of Nanoparticles on E. Coli (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 8
            Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
      Stephanie Renee Swanson 1st Award, Botany Category The Effects of Calcium Sulfate on Spore Formation in the Mucor Genus of the Fungi Kingdom (Botany) 8
      Shaya  Zarkesh 1st Award, Engineering Category A Novel Approach to Generating Electricity from Human Movement through Walking Shoes (Engineering) 8
            IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
Harker School-Upper Campus Gary Blickenstaff Tiara  Bhatacharya 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category Effect of Mushroom Cellobioses on the Degradation Rate of PNP Glucopyranoside in Coordination with their Potentials as a Biofuel (Environmental Sciences) 11
      Joyce  Huang 1st Award, Botany Category The Effect of Chemosensitization on the Efficacy of Antifungal Agents (Botany) 9
      Anika Apsara Jain 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category The Effect of Insulin and Thyroxine on the Greater Growth of a Wisconsin FastPlant's root, leaf, and overall growth (Environmental Sciences) 9
      Neymika  Jain 1st Award, Botany Category The Effect of Chemosensitization on the Efficacy of Antifungal Agents (Botany) 9
      Anuva  Mittal 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category The Effect of Insulin and Thyroxine on the Greater Growth of a Wisconsin FastPlant's root, leaf, and overall growth (Environmental Sciences) 9
      Sriram  Somasundaram Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Design and Evaluation of Chitosan-NP Ocular Drug Delivery System for targeted delivery of Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride in bacterial conjunctivitis (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
            $ 1000 to the winning student or team in Bio Science + Glass award, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category    
  Suhasini Chandra (Sponsor) Rishabh  Chandra Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Improving the Efficiency of a Bio-Battery as a Biofuel Energy Source (Chemistry) 10
  Youssef Ismail (SSW Mentor) Rishab  Gargeya 3rd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter A software based approach for automated pathology diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy in the human retina (Bioinformatics) 9
            2nd Award, Bioinformatics Category    
            $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award    
  Ibtisam Khalaf (SSW mentor) Nikash  Shankar 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category A Promising Target For Alzheimer's Disease: Effects of Canonical and Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathways On beta-Catenin and Mitochondrial Dynamics (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 11
  Susan King Ankita  Pannu 4th Place Student Award: $120 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Finding comfort in numbers: Using natural language processing and text mining to improve the effectiveness of online cancer support groups (Computers / Mathematics) 11
  Chris Spenner Vikas Chandra Bhetanabhotla Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Identification of Satellite Galaxies around Milky Way Galactic Analogs using Machine Learning Algorithms (Physics) 12
            1st Award, Physics Category    
      Steven  Cao 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category The Effect of Aluminum Sulfate on Orthophosphate Levels in Water and Its Viability as a Solution to Northern Mexican Gulf Hypoxia (Environmental Sciences) 9
            $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award    
      Zareen  Choudhury 2nd Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category The Evolving Mixture of Barium Isotopes in Milky Way Halo Stars (Earth / Space Sciences) 12
      Vamsi  Gadiraju $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis Improving the Wettability Of Vertically Aligned Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Supercapacitors Via Substrate Patterning (Engineering) 11
            High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            1st place student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter    
            2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
            GR 9-12, 1st Place: $100, Book, and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
      Anika  Gupta Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category A Novel Two-Step Approach Towards Ending Cancer Stem Cell Tumorigenesis: Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery of Biotin and Hyaluronic Acid-Taxoid Conjugates (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 12
      Rishabh  Jain Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award A Navigation Assistant for the Visually Impaired by Means of Robust and Streamlined Object Recognition (Computers / Mathematics) 11
      Andrew Cheng Jin Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms (Bioinformatics) 11
            $ 1000 to the winning student or team in Physical Science + Glass award, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis    
            High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            1st Award, Bioinformatics Category    
            GR 9-12: 2nd Place, $100 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award    
            Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems    
      Vineet Sai Kosaraju Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award A Navigation Assistant for the Visually Impaired by Means of Robust and Streamlined Object Recognition (Computers / Mathematics) 10
      Rohith C Kuditipudi High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Separating Mirror Molecules: Computational Evaluation and Novel Framework for HPLC Method Development (Chemistry) 11
            1st Award, Chemistry Category    
            $50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society    
      David  Lin Honorable Mention, Bioinformatics Category Identifying Molecular Signatures for Lung Adenocarcinoma Prognosis and Treatment (Bioinformatics) 11
            iPad Mini, Plaque, and Certificate of Achievement, MedImmune    
      Nitya  Mani Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Characterizing the N-Divison Points of Genus 0 Curves Through Ruler-Compass Constructions (Computers / Mathematics) 11
            1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta    
      Varun  Mohan Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School A Lattice Boltzmann Method Based Computational Model for Optimizing Anode Morphologies to Design Efficient Li-ion Batteries (Computers / Mathematics) 12
            1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
      Neil  Movva 1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Rapid Tissue Repair: Using Enzymatic Hydrogels and Collagen Matrices to Cover & Heal Epithelial Wounds (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 11
      Kshithija  Mulam 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category The Effect on C. Elegans After the Consumption of E. Coli Bacteria Infected By Tributyltin Oxide (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
      Efrey Alex Noten 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Examining the effect of a polymer-supported palladium catalyst on the yield of a Negishi-coupled diaryl compound (Chemistry) 12
      Alayna  Richmond 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category The Effect on C. Elegans After the Consumption of E. Coli Bacteria Infected By Tributyltin Oxide (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 9
      Venkat N. Sankar 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category A Crystal Ball for Drug Efficacy: Predicting Drug Resistance with HIV Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 9
      Manan Ajay Shah 1st Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category A Study of the Effect of Solar Flares on the Magnetosphere of the Sun and the Propagation of Pressure Waves (Earth / Space Sciences) 9
            $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd.    
            Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society    
      Vedant  Thyagaraj 2nd Award, Bioinformatics Category Gene Expression Profiling As a Tool For Early Cancer Detection (Bioinformatics) 11
      Kailas N. Vodrahalli Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP Transmission of Solar Energy through Optical Waveguides: Modeling and Material Studies. (Engineering) 11
            Honorable Mention, Engineering Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
      Steven Michael Wang Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms (Bioinformatics) 11
            $ 1000 to the winning student or team in Physical Science + Glass award, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis    
            High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            1st Award, Bioinformatics Category    
            GR 9-12: 2nd Place, $100 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award    
            Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems    
      Leo  Yu 2nd Award, Physics Category I3 and I5 Ion Diffusion Through 186-02 Film Modeled Through Monte Carlo Simulation (Physics) 11
  Jeff Sutton Vivek  Sriram Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Using Agent-Based Modeling to Simulate the Transfer of Zoonotic Pathogens (Bioinformatics) 11
            1st Award, Bioinformatics Category    
Homeschool (Greathouse) Sue Greathouse Laura Lynn Powers 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 Investigating Ant Pheromone Trails (Zoology) 7
            1st Award, Zoology Category    
            $50 Cash Award to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award    
            1st Place Award - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch    
Laughing Thunder Academy- Homeschool Youssef Ismail (SSW Mentor) Shiloh Sigrid Curtis 1st Award, Engineering Category Enabling Situational Awareness: A Hat-Based Hands-Free Haptic Navigational Aid for the Visually Impaired (Engineering) 11
            $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd.    
            $100 First Place and Certificate, Dewayne Hendricks Wireless Technology Award    
            IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
            Sport Bag, Junior Tech Organizer, United States Air Force    
Merryhill Schools -Milpitas Kanchan Bhandare Yashvi Sandeep Deokule Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Phytoremidation of Zinc and Copper on an Aquatic Environment (Botany) 8
      Viet  Nguyen Sport Bag, Junior Tech Organizer, United States Air Force The science of concealment: stealth technology in the visual realm (Physics) 7
  Jeannie Bui Deepan Hitesh Shah 2nd Award, Chemistry Category How much glucose is in your juice? (Chemistry) 6
Milpitas Christian School (6-8) Lindon Richards Shobhan  Mangla 1st Award, Physics Category Stealthy Shapes (Physics) 6
Most Holy Trinity Stephanie Jordan Quang-Dan Thanh Tran Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps Tool to Select Best Roof to Install Solar Panels (Engineering) 6
      Quang-Long Thanh Tran 2nd Award, Engineering Category Freedom Robot (Engineering) 8
Mountain View Academy Jim Marxmiller Sanam  Javid Honorable Mention, Physics Category Shooting Angle & Trajectory (Physics) 11
            2nd place: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association    
Old Orchard School Linh Pham Vivian Ruoh-Yun Chiang 1st Award, Physics Category Soundboards Sound Bored? (Physics) 8
      Audrey  Cox Honorable Mention, Physics Category How many magnets does it take to light an LED light using water wave power? (Physics) 7
            $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award    
      Holly Marie Jackson 1st Award, Physics Category Sewing Science (Physics) 8
      Abigail Marie McCarthy 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category DapHnia (Environmental Sciences) 8
      Hannah Leslie Patrignani Honorable Mention, Physics Category What is Warmer? Chiengora, cotton, wool or paper? (Physics) 8
      Catherine Miyuki Petersen 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category DapHnia (Environmental Sciences) 8
      Eva Elise DeRosa Szoboszlay 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category Macroinvertebrates in Local Stream Habitats (Environmental Sciences) 8
  Sabine Schmuck Amelia Grace Gleixner 1st Award, Chemistry Category Polymer Elasticity (Chemistry) 6
Presentation High School Nicole Odell Nisha  Bhatia Honorable Mention, Engineering Category A Smart Smoke Detector (Engineering) 10
      Jacqueline Thien An Duong 2nd Award, Engineering Category Getting to the Pointe (Engineering) 11
      Sonia  Kapoor Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category The Effect of Mint and Cinnamon Oils on Treponema Denticola in Relation to Periodontal Disease (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 12
      Michelle  Nguyen Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category The Effect of Mint and Cinnamon Oils on Treponema Denticola in Relation to Periodontal Disease (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 12
      Marissa Paige Patterson 2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category The Effect of Subliminal Messages on Hunger and Thirst (Behavioral / Social) 10
      Rohini  Paul Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category The Effect of the McGurk Effect and Bias on the Perception of Visual and Auditory Stimuli (Behavioral / Social) 12
      Chandler Anne Sutherland 2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category The Effect of Subliminal Messages on Hunger and Thirst (Behavioral / Social) 10
      Anna  Thomas 2nd Award, Bioinformatics Category Automating Biomedical Image Segmentation with Random Forests (Bioinformatics) 12
      Maya  Varma Honorable Mention, Engineering Category A Novel Wireless Microcontroller-Based Pulmonary Function Analyzer for Early Detection of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (Engineering) 10
            3rd place student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter    
            Certificate of Achievement, Medallion, and Letter, United States Public Health Service Award    
            IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
Sacred Heart Middle School Rachel Pleis Olivia Grace Marie Baumert 1st Award, Chemistry Category Which fruits will ruin a gelatin dessert and why? (Chemistry) 7
      Fionnuala F LaTourrette 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category What can best prevent mold growth on your Jack-O-Lanterns? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 6
      Oriel Christopher Zagazeta 2nd Award, Botany Category How Does Life React to Microwave Radiation? (Botany) 6
Saint Christopher School Arlene Brown Ana  Gamboa-Gonzalez 2nd Award, Physics Category Marbles in the Viscosity Lane - Effect of Liquid Density and Temperature on Viscosity (Physics) 6
      Amber Kailyn Gilligan 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Gummy Bears Go Swimming (Chemistry) 6
      Kelly  Heimburger 2nd Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Power of the Sun (Earth / Space Sciences) 6
      Lauren  Heine 2nd Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Power of the Sun (Earth / Space Sciences) 6
      Lauren Nichole Malik 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Gummy Bears Go Swimming (Chemistry) 6
  Nicholas Guttadauro Arturo  Gamboa-Gonzalez 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Temperature and pH Effect on the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Catalase in Yeast (Chemistry) 8
      William Henry Portman Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center Harnessing the sun with Arduino (Engineering) 8
Saint Francis High School Chihiro Ikezi Leela  Amladi 1st Award, Engineering Category A Pill-Buddy Platform. (Engineering) 11
            $50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards    
            IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
  Linda Segal Anish  Seshadri 3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Increasing efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells using Nanocrystalline Gold and Silver (Chemistry) 9
  Jennifer Thomas Anjini  Karthik 1st Award, Chemistry Category Developing a Novel Method for the Detection of Pathogens on Surfaces Using Cell-Imprinted Polymers. (Chemistry) 10
      Arpita  Singhal 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category A Novel Method to Diagnose Cancer: Developing a BioMarker to Detect EGFRvIII Expression in Cancer Cells (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 10
            Honorable Mention Certificate of Achievement, 2GB iPod Shuffle, MedImmune    
Saint Joseph of Cupertino Elem School Lisa Wicht Ana  Julian 2nd Place Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Does the area of the equilateral triangle affect the area of the sequence of spidron triangles that follow it? (Computers / Mathematics) 8
Saint Joseph School (Mountain View) Rachel Hilario-Pigg Steven  Howley Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Burning Nuts to Count Calories (Chemistry) 8
Stratford Middle School - San Jose Neha Makhijani Mythri  Ambatipudi Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Breaking the AGE barrier!!! Inhibiting the Formation of Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) to Combat Atherosclerosis, Cancer, and Diabetic Complications (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 8
            1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category    
            $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award    
      Anushka Prasad Jogalekar Grand Prize Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Computer Assisted Color Recognition Aid for the Colorblind (Computers / Mathematics) 8
  Krista Nguyen Nikhil A Athreya 2nd Award, Physics Category The Effect of Temperature and Opacity on Solar Panel Efficiency (Physics) 7
      Sean Austin Yang 2nd Award, Physics Category What's the Angle on Wind Turbines? (Physics) 7
  Jeffrey Takemoto Brian Man-Kit Ng 1st Award, Physics Category The effect of temperature on Nitinol wire strength (Physics) 7
            Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
      James Zhao Peterson Honorable Mention, Physics Category Light Diffraction: A Study of Quantum Uncertainty (Physics) 7
      Arash  Shabany $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award Electricity Generated by a Solar Panel Exposed to Different Light Sources (Physics) 7
Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Anuradha Murthy Shiva  Balachander 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Sticky Situation: Effect of Natural Supplements on Removal of Cholesterol from Arterial Walls (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 7
      Rohan  Koodli GR 6-8, 1st Place: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) Effect of Electrolytes on the Performance of Graphene Supercapacitors (Chemistry) 8
      Ronak Kiran Mundkur 1st Award, Physics Category Surfing on Nano-Magnets (Physics) 8
      Anish  Muthali Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter The Minotaur of the Labyrinth (Computers / Mathematics) 7
            1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
      Ishani Pravin Narwankar 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category Who Dunit? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 7
      Ashwin  Rammohan Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Hydrogels: Functions and Applications (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 7
      Anjali  Sinha 1st Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category Quake'n and Shake'n! (Earth / Space Sciences) 7
            Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter    
      Svetlana  Sohoni 2nd Award, Physics Category Solar Tracker (Physics) 7
Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara Martin Wiedemann Ariel  Bachman 2nd Award, Physics Category Sound Travel in Liquids (Physics) 6
      Kristin Yilin Cheung Honorable Mention, Physics Category Sound Absorption and Frequency (Physics) 6
      Tanvi V Gaitonde 1st Award, Botany Category Radioaction - Effect of Cell Phone Radiation on Plants (Botany) 6
      Nidhi Aswini Gowda 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category How Sweet Is It: Measuring Glucose Levels (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) 6
            GR 6-8: 1st Place, $75 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award    
      Kuhoo  Gupta 2nd Award, Botany Category Leaf Pigments (Botany) 6
      Ashvatth  Maheriya Honorable Mention, Physics Category What are the factors that affect terminal velocity? (Physics) 6
      Shreya Lakshmi Ramnath Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category How much energy is released per gram of different fuels? (Chemistry) 6
      Pranay  Satya Todd Shaeffer 1st place award - Grade 6 - $100, Shaeffer Schmahl Science Award Pesky Signals Versus Charged-Up Cars: The effect of metals of different dimensions at different distances on an electromagnetic induction road sensor (Engineering) 6
Valley Christian High School Jennifer Gerlach Shagun  Patel Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category The Effect of Lycopene on Reducing Cancer Progression of Three Malignant Cell Lines Through the Interference of Androgen Cell Signaling Pathways (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
      Tanisha  Shankar Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category The Effect of Lycopene on Reducing Cancer Progression of Three Malignant Cell Lines Through the Interference of Androgen Cell Signaling Pathways (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 11
      Wilson  Ye Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society The Effectiveness of Water Filtration of Fine Particles in the Air (Environmental Sciences) 11
  Howell Ivy Tianjian  Huang 3rd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering Antenna Deployment System (Engineering) 10
            2nd Award, Engineering Category    
      Caroline Marie Pritchett 3rd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering Antenna Deployment System (Engineering) 12
            2nd Award, Engineering Category    
      Aleeza Grace  Roque 3rd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering Antenna Deployment System (Engineering) 11
            2nd Award, Engineering Category    
  Kristina McMinn Aaron Michael Chang 2nd Award, Engineering Category The Generation of Action Potentials in Neurons through Magnetic Stimulation (Engineering) 11
      Charles Hannah Nijmeh 2nd Award, Engineering Category The Generation of Action Potentials in Neurons through Magnetic Stimulation (Engineering) 10
      Gerrit Chi-Yung Luk Orthlieb 2nd Award, Engineering Category The Generation of Action Potentials in Neurons through Magnetic Stimulation (Engineering) 11
Valley Christian Junior High School Malathi Tuers Sasha  Jaffarove 2nd Award, Engineering Category Cave Mapper (Engineering) 8
            Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
            Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems    
      Priscilla  Lee 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Penicillium Unveiled (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 8
      Rishab Reddy Yeddula 2nd Award, Engineering Category Radar Guided Rock Layer Surface Mapping (Engineering) 7
Yavneh Day School David Oliver Jacob  Fergason Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category The Effect of Motivation on the Human Mind While in Physical Activity (Behavioral / Social) 7
      Naama  Gotesdyner Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category If Eyes Could Tell (Behavioral / Social) 8
      Ari  Myron Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category The Effect of Motivation on the Human Mind While in Physical Activity (Behavioral / Social) 7
      Molly J Peck Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category If Eyes Could Tell (Behavioral / Social) 8
      Dalia  Tabibian Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category If Eyes Could Tell (Behavioral / Social) 8
      Evan  Weissbart Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category The Effect of Motivation on the Human Mind While in Physical Activity (Behavioral / Social) 7