San Jose Unified School District
Project Awards 2014
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harte (Bret) Middle School | Anuradha | Sarkar | Justin | Callahan | GR 6-8, 3rd Place: $25 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Beta Testing (Physics) | 8 |
| Ujjaini | Mukhopadhyay | 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 | Note-taking: Necessary or Nuisance? (Behavioral / Social) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | |||||||
| Hoover (Herbert) Middle School | Megan | Sibley | Alexander Isaac | Villegas | Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category | Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Development with Food (Chemistry) | 8 |
| Leland High School | Aru | Hill (SSW Mentor) | Maya Anil | Kalbag | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Effects of Vitamin C Supplements on the Total Antioxidant Activity of Human Tears. (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 9 |
| Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Sarita | Berigei | Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | Testing Antibacterial Activity of Spider Silk Against Bacteria (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 10 | |
| Anuradha | Sarkar | Lee | Hsieh | Grade 11 or 12 Team Project - $400 award and Certificate, DuPont Industrial Biosciences | Use of Microfluidic Chip Devices in Effciently Diagnosing Low Potassium Levels (Engineering) | 11 | |
| Thomas | Luh | 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | EMX2 as a predictive biomarker of chemotherapy efficacy in squamous cell lung cancer (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 12 | |||
| Kristen | Masada | Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | Solvent Solution: DMSO and Its Effects on the Drug Delivery of Lorazepam (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 10 | |||
| Aaron | Memon | Grade 11 or 12 Team Project - $400 award and Certificate, DuPont Industrial Biosciences | Use of Microfluidic Chip Devices in Effciently Diagnosing Low Potassium Levels (Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Sathvik | Nair | 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category | Telling the Difference: Effects of human senses on detecting the difference between organic and inorganic foods (Behavioral / Social) | 10 | |||
| Taraneh Tara | Sadjadpour | 2nd Award, Engineering Category | SMURFE (Smart Medicine Usage Reminder For Everyone) (Engineering) | 9 | |||
| $50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards | |||||||
| Anirvin | Sikha | 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category | Telling the Difference: Effects of human senses on detecting the difference between organic and inorganic foods (Behavioral / Social) | 10 | |||