Harker School-Middle Campus
Project Awards 2014
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||