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Project Awards 2015

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Archbishop Mitty High School	William	Abb	Teja Sai	Veeramacheneni	1st Award, Physics Category	A Novel Study on the Effect of Direct Electric Fields on a Simulated Mitotic Spindle. (Physics)	9
	Theresa	Hannon	Vardhaan Sai	Ambati	2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Modeling the Effect of High Molecular Mass Hyaluronic Acid on Formation of Amyloid-Beta Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	10
					Honorable Mention Certificate of Achievement, Kindle, MedImmune
	Mike	Targgart	Obaid	Khan	3rd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering	Applying the Internet of Things to a School Binder (Engineering)	12
Basis Independent Silicon Valley School	Simon	Hale	Chethan Anand	Bhateja	2nd Award, Physics Category	Builder's Fault: Testing Robustness and Stability of Various Structures During Earthquakes (Physics)	8
					1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers
			Shreya	Khandewale	5th Place Student Award: $80 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	Quivr! - A Mobile Application to Alert via Sensory Notifications (Engineering)	9
					$100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award
					3rd Place: $100 and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society
	Youssef	Ismail (SSW mentor)	Shrivats	Kannan	Honorable Mention, Engineering Category	Kinetically Powered Everlasting Pacemaker (Engineering)	9
					IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
	Stephanie	Louris	Carissa Mercedes	Ott	2nd Award, Ecology Category	Planty-ful Air, Effects of Plants Operating Air Purification (Ecology)	6
	Anuradha	Murthy	Jaydev Niranjan	Bhateja	1st Award, Ecology Category	Sweet Drought: Effects of Dry Farming on Sugar Concentrations in Pisum sativum (Ecology)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
			Bethany	Chen	Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Glowing Dinos: Analyzing Bioluminescence of Pyrocystis fusiformis (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	9
			Anish	Muthali	Honorable Mention, Engineering Category	Parking Dilemma: Designing an Application for Parking Sensors (Engineering)	8
			Alexander Bao	Vu	2nd Award, Chemistry Category	Magnetic Water Magic: A Study on the Effect of Magnetic Water Treatment on the Scale Formation of Water (Chemistry)	9
					Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society
Bellarmine College Preparatory	Ibtisam	Khalaf (SSW mentor)	Ayan	Bandyopadhyay	1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Effect of a Leptothrix discophora biocathode in a microbial fuel cell on power output (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	11
	Debjani	Roy	Manfred Virgil	Ambat	1st Award, RRI Physical Sciences Category	The Nature of Variability of the Ultraviolet & Optical Spectral Energy Distribution of Active Galactic Nuclei (RRI Physical Sciences)	12
			Anin	Sayana	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	Novel Design and Optimization of an EGFRvIII-based Cancer Peptide Vaccine for Glioblastoma: a Computational and Biological Paradigm for Improving Vaccine Efficacy (RRI Biological Sciences)	11
					1st Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category
					Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems
	Rod	Wong	Rahul Ram	Mohan	1st Award, Bioinformatics Category	Stage based cancer classification and identification of disease causing gene pathways and splice junction interactions using deep neural networks (Bioinformatics)	10
			Pravin	Ravishanker	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	AlZCan: Predicting Future Onset of Alzheimer's Using Gender, Genetics, Cognitive Tests, Biomarkers, and Brain Imaging. (Bioinformatics)	10
					2nd Award, Bioinformatics Category
Canyon Heights Academy	Teresa	Lesieutre	Abigail Marie	Hooper	1st Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category	Lead Should Be Dead (Earth / Space Sciences)	6
					Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
			Shannon Brigette	Miranda	$50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society	A Low Cost Alternate to Commercially Made Ice Packs for Rural Population (Chemistry)	7
Carden Day School of San Jose	Peter	Cheng	Marcus	Ma	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	Watts on Your Hat? How Does the Angle of a Solar Panel Affect How Much Electricity It Generates? (Physics)	7
Challenger - Almaden	Pronati	Mondal	Phillip	Chau	1st Award, Physics Category	The Effect of Increasing the Chord Length of a Propeller on Its Efficiency (Physics)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
			Nina	Isaka	Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	The Effect of Different Biomasses and Heat on the Amount of Biogas Made (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	7
			Rashi	Ranjan	1st Award, Engineering Category	iCAS: Infant Car Alert System (Engineering)	7
					Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
					Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
Challenger - Berryessa	Shannon	Lum	Kanika	Khemka	1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category	The Effect of warped words on the Stroop Effect (Behavioral / Social)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Srikar Pranav	Kolluru	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	Amazing Lights: Effect of slit distance on wave pattern (Physics)	6
			Divya Reggie	Nair	1st Award, Botany Category	The Effect of Genetically Modified Crops on their Sugar Content (Botany)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Nihal	Talur	1st Award, Engineering Category	A Homemeade Security System That Performs Up To Par With Commercial Security Systems (Engineering)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
Challenger - Shawnee	Bonny	Basu	Adishree	Ghatare	Honorable Mention Certificate, Zeidman Award	Adjusting Blood Sugar Levels to Address Diabetes (Engineering)	7
					1st Award, Engineering Category
					IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Anusha	Ghosh	1st Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category	Slowing Global Warming using Iron and Nutrient Fertilization of Oceanic Phytoplankton (Earth / Space Sciences)	7
					Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Shachi Shikha	Prasad	3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering	What is the effect of temperature on the eerie blue light intensity of luminol? (Chemistry)	6
					3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter
Challenger - Sunnyvale	Sean	Carroll (SSW mentor)	Shruti	Sridhar	1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	The antimicobial effects of common essential oils and facial treatments on staphylococcus (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
	Elaina	Chambers (SSW mentor)	Ruhi	Sayana	2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category	Discovery of Monosodium Glutamate as an Inducing Factor of Increased Lipid Storage Through Expression of Adenosine Monophosphate-activated Protein Kinase (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	8
					Certificate of Achievement, Medallion, and Letter, United States Public Health Service
	Thuy-Anh	Nguyen	Yusra	Arub	1st Award, Engineering Category	The Internet of Things (IoT) meets my data binder (Engineering)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
			Aditya	Behal	Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	The Effect of Natural vs. Modern Antibiotics on the Prevention of Bacterial Growth of Escherichia Coli (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	7
			Rithik	Jain	1st Award, Chemistry Category	The Bang for Your Buck - The Effect of the Type of Fuel on Energy Content (Chemistry)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Tanshi	Jain	1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category	A Healthier Filter: The Effect of Different Natural Materials on Purity of Water (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Karthik V.	Kalyanasundaram	Middle School Finalist Certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize	To or Not To? Applying Steganography Based Information Storage in Medical Imaging. (Computers / Mathematics)	8
			Ananya	Karthik	2nd Award, Zoology Category	Shedding Light on the Hormone of Darkness: Investigating the Effect of Exogenous Melatonin on the Heart Rate of Daphnia magna (Zoology)	8
			Zade	Lobo	2nd Award, Engineering Category	A Night Guard (Engineering)	8
			Arvind	Ramachandran	1st Award, Chemistry Category	Waste Not, Watt Not: The Effect of Coffee Grounds on Efficiency of Microbial Fuel Cells (Chemistry)	6
					$50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto	Tini	Raman	Mwinso Gabriel	Denkabe	2nd Award, Physics Category	Does the volume of a balloon affect how far it can travel (Physics)	6
			Harbani Kaur	Jaggi	2nd Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category	The World is Exhausted (Earth / Space Sciences)	6
			Angelina	Lue	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	Effects of Slope and Mass on Speed (Physics)	6
			Rithika Ram	Vatturi	Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category	Mnemonics as a strategy to improve learning & recall (Behavioral / Social)	7
			Emily	Zhou	Honorable Mention, Engineering Category	Water Conservation with a Monolayer (Engineering)	7
Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ	Heather	Mackewicz	Aishani	Aatresh	Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category	Allergies in a Nutshell: Correlation Between Immunoglobulin E Levels for Allergens and Allergic Reactions and Cross Reactivity (Computers / Mathematics)	7
			Akhilesh V.	Balasingam	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	An Internet-Enabled Shower Usage Monitor as a Nudge Engine for Residential Water Conservation (Engineering)	6
					2nd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter
					1st Award, Engineering Category
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
			Aditi	Bharti	1st Award, Chemistry Category	Hurray! Plastic Just Passed Away! (Chemistry)	6
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
			Tarun	Chiruvolu	Middle School Finalist Certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize	A Wearable Device for Heart Rate and Blood Oxygen Saturation Tracking and Health Management (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	7
					2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category
			Deepankar	Joshi	Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category	Hidden Markov Model for Protein Sequencing (Computers / Mathematics)	8
			Eesha	Pamula	2nd Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category	Studying Earthquake Intensity on Soils with Varying Moisture Levels (Earth / Space Sciences)	7
					2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers
			Rohin Kiranapani	Tangirala	Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps	The Venturi Effect: Varying Shroud Intake Diameter to Improve the Efficiency of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (Physics)	8
Champion School	Muna	Khanna	Kazuki	Tayama	Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	Polyomino Solver (Computers / Mathematics)	7
Delphi Academy-Campbell	Nita	Kumar	Mate	Aranyosi	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	Efficient Boat Propeller Design (Physics)	7
			Karunya	Krishnan	1st Award, Botany Category	Do fertilizers extend plant life during drought and if so what types of fertilizers extend plant life during a drought? (Botany)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Ishanee	Mitra	1st Award, Botany Category	Do fertilizers extend plant life during drought and if so what types of fertilizers extend plant life during a drought? (Botany)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Neha	Shetty	2nd Award, Engineering Category	Trapping and Using Carbon Dioxide Using An Environment Beneficial Device that Simulates Photosynthesis (Engineering)	7
			Anika	Srivastava	2nd Award, Engineering Category	Trapping and Using Carbon Dioxide Using An Environment Beneficial Device that Simulates Photosynthesis (Engineering)	7
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School	Liat	Baranoff	Isaac	Heintze	2nd Award, Physics Category	The Science of Drinking Birds: Do Drinking birds still work in different temperatures/climates and how do they work? (Physics)	6
			Daniel	Huber	Honorable Mention, Engineering Category	All Shook Up (Engineering)	6
			Ian	Jacobs	2nd Award, Physics Category	The Science of Drinking Birds: Do Drinking birds still work in different temperatures/climates and how do they work? (Physics)	6
			Sam	Schube	Honorable Mention, Engineering Category	All Shook Up (Engineering)	6
	Tammy	Parke	Talya	Kass	1st Award, Chemistry Category	Bread Rising (Chemistry)	6
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
			Liah	Nudell	1st Award, Chemistry Category	Bread Rising (Chemistry)	6
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
Granada Islamic School	Jinaan	Al-Shehabi	Tasnim	Saada	Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category	Concentration (Behavioral / Social)	7
	Sumizah	Qureshi	Farah Noor	Masood	Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter	Effect of Air Pollutants on Solar Panel Efficiency (Earth / Space Sciences)	8
			Misbah Mariam	Syed	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	Water, Water Everywhere ... Not a Drop to Drink ! (Physics)	6
Greene Scholars Program	Gloria	Whitaker-Daniels	Sherese	Eaglin	Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category	What Methods Can Remove Salt From Water Best? (Chemistry)	6
			Ayinde Bomar	Olukotun	1st Award, Chemistry Category	How Does Your Crystal Grow? Understanding the Effects of Temperature on Crystal Growth (Chemistry)	7
					2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
					2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
Harker School-Middle Campus	Thomas	Artiss	Alexander	Young	1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Investigating the Rate At Which Bacteria Become Resistant to Antibiotics Under Different Conditions (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
	Youssef	Ismail (SSW mentor)	Srinath	Somasundaram	$125 + certificate + two books to student + breakfast with Bob, Zeidman Award	A Novel Design and Evaluation of an Air Cushioning mechanism for Helmets to minimize impact acceleration on the head (Engineering)	6
					2nd Award, Engineering Category
					Sport Bag, Junior Tech Organizer, Certificate of achievement, United States Air Force
	Kristen	Morgensen	Nishka	Ayyar	Honorable Mention, Zoology Category	Effect of Larval Diet on Offspring Development to Wild Type Drisophila Melongaster (Zoology)	8
			Srija	Gadiraju	Honorable Mention, Zoology Category	Effect of Larval Diet on Offspring Development to Wild Type Drisophila Melongaster (Zoology)	8
			Shafieen	Ibrahim	1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category	Effects of Technology-Assisted vs. Hand-Written Note-Taking Strategies on Teens' Academic Performance on Science and History Assessments (Behavioral / Social)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
			Ashli	Jain	Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category	PET levels after solar exposure in colored water bottles (Chemistry)	8
			Krish	Kapadia	1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category	Determining the Efficacy of Different Methods to Assess the Level of Dehydration Using Human Saliva. (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
			Sonal	Muthal	Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category	PET levels after solar exposure in colored water bottles (Chemistry)	8
			Anjay	Saklecha	1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category	Determining the Efficacy of Different Methods to Assess the Level of Dehydration Using Human Saliva. (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
			Keval	Shah	1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category	Effects of Technology-Assisted vs. Hand-Written Note-Taking Strategies on Teens' Academic Performance on Science and History Assessments (Behavioral / Social)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
			Kaushik	Shivakumar	Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps	Harnessing Wasted Heat from Jet Engines: Factors Influencing the Conversion of Heat into Electricity Using Thermoelectric Materials (Physics)	8
			Cindy Xindi	Wang	Honorable Mention, Engineering Category	Creating a Low Cost and Eco-Friendly Water Filtration System for 3rd World Countries (Engineering)	8
Harker School-Upper Campus	Gary	Blickenstaff	Trisha	Dwivedi	Honorable Mention, Botany Category	The Effects on the Growth of Brassica Rapa After Exposure of its Cryptochromes to Magnetic Fields (Botany)	10
			Neymika	Jain	2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category	The Effect of Metformin on Transgenic Ab1-42 Caenorhabditis elegans: An in vitro study on Alzheimer's Disease (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	10
					1 certificate and possible trip to Arizona, ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives
			Kshithija	Mulam	Honorable Mention, Botany Category	The Effects on the Growth of Brassica Rapa After Exposure of its Cryptochromes to Magnetic Fields (Botany)	10
	Youssef	Ismail (SSW mentor)	Akhil	Arun	$100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd.	Designing a Reflective Polarimeter (Engineering)	9
	Jill	McCrystal	Stephanie	Huang	First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP)	Breaking Antibiotic Resistant Biofilms with Natural Herbs (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	11
	Eric	Nelson	Manan Ajay	Shah	1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category	Improving the Accuracy of Sentiment Classification: a Novel Synthesis of Computational and Analytical Methods (Computers / Mathematics)	10
	Ken	Schmahl (SSW mentor)	Neil	Movva	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	(In)security Everywhere: Machine Learning Assisted Deep Power Analysis Fundamentally Defeats Software Cryptography (Engineering)	12
					$100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis
					2nd Award, Engineering Category
					$100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award
					Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
					One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education
	Chris	Spenner	Sneha S.	Bhetanabhotla	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	Simulating Galaxy Mergers Using Gravitational Equations (Physics)	10
			Jerry	Chen	Honorable Mention, Bioinformatics Category	Combating the Obesity Epidemic: Computational Analysis to Identify Driver Genes and Virtual High Throughput Screening to Discover Novel Treatments (Bioinformatics)	9
			Amy	Dunphy	High School Finalist Certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize	Preventing Urushiol (Poison Oak)- Induced Dermatitis by Deactivating the Allergen (RRI Physical Sciences)	9
					Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Sciences Category
			Vamsi	Gadiraju	$100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis	Defect-Mediated Electrocatalytic Activity of Palladium-Graphene Quantum Dot Nanocomposites (RRI Physical Sciences)	12
					1st Award, RRI Physical Sciences Category
					Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)
			Rishab Srinivasan	Gargeya	2nd Award, Bioinformatics Category	Computer-Aided Grading of Diabetic Retinopathy: A Novel Screening Tool for Automated Recognition of Sight Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy (STDR) (Bioinformatics)	10
			Anastasiya	Grebin	Honorable Mention, Bioinformatics Category	The Classification of SNPs in the SMAD4 Gene on the Development of Pancreatic Cancer in a Human Using a Machine Algorithm (Bioinformatics)	9
			Rahul	Jayaraman	1st Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category	Evaluation of Novel Mechanisms of Heart Failure in Children with Congenital Heart Disease Identifies the Potential for Pediatric-Specific Heart Failure Therapies (RRI Biological Sciences)	12
			Amy	Jin	Honorable Mention, Bioinformatics Category	Combating the Obesity Epidemic: Computational Analysis to Identify Driver Genes and Virtual High Throughput Screening to Discover Novel Treatments (Bioinformatics)	9
			Vineet Sai	Kosaraju	2nd Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category	Towards Rational RNA Therapeutics: 3D RNA Engineering in a Massive Open Laboratory (RRI Biological Sciences)	11
			Jonathan Q	Ma	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	Systematic Rational Identification of Sex-Linked Molecular Alterations and Therapies in Cancer (RRI Biological Sciences)	11
					$250 Best Biological-science Project, Whitney Education Foundation
					1st Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category
			Sadhika S	Malladi	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	Systematic Rational Identification of Sex-Linked Molecular Alterations and Therapies in Cancer (RRI Biological Sciences)	11
					$250 Best Biological-science Project, Whitney Education Foundation
					1st Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category
			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 Constructible n-Division Points of the Rational Hypocycloids Through Straightedge and Compass Constructions (RRI Physical Sciences)	12
					$250 Best Physical-science Project, Whitney Education Foundation
					1st Award, RRI Physical Sciences Category
					Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta
			Rajiv	Movva	1st Award, Engineering Category	A Novel Use of RC Circuits to Build a Low-Cost and Non-Invasive Respiratory Monitor (Engineering)	9
			Mary Theresa	Najibi	Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association	The Effect of Joy on Test Scores (Behavioral / Social)	11
			Madhuri B.	Nori	2nd Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category	Rescuing Declining Integration Rates of Transplanted Retinal Photoreceptors in Host Mouse Retina with a Microglia-derived Factor (RRI Biological Sciences)	12
					2nd Place Award - $175 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch
			Evani	Radiya-Dixit	Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Sciences Category	Automatic Extraction of Cancerous Lesion Characteristics from Imaging Reports Through a Novel Integration of Natural Language Processing Techniques (RRI Physical Sciences)	10
			Venkat N	Sankar	Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Sciences Category	Investigating the mechanisms of BHLH-mediated reprogramming of fibroblasts into neurons (RRI Biological Sciences)	10
			Anooshree	Sengupta	Honorable Mention, Bioinformatics Category	The Classification of SNPs in the SMAD4 Gene on the Development of Pancreatic Cancer in a Human Using a Machine Algorithm (Bioinformatics)	9
			Vedaad	Shakib	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	Computer Simulation of Free-Surface Fluid Flow using MPS (Computers / Mathematics)	10
					2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category
					Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
			Amrita	Singh	2nd Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category	A Study of Snail Shell Taphonomy to Determine what Traits Affect Shell Damage Across Multiple Species in Costa Rica (RRI Biological Sciences)	10
			Arjun Srikanth	Subramaniam	1st Award, Engineering Category	Think-to-Type: A Machine Learning Algorithm for the Classification of Different Letters Based on EEG Patterns (Engineering)	10
					One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education
			Justin Long	Xie	Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta	An expanded computer simulation of viral transmission in a real world model. (Bioinformatics)	9
			Leo	Yu	Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	A Novel Machine Learning Model for Optimal Climate Projections (RRI Physical Sciences)	12
					1 certificate and possible trip to Arizona, ASU Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives
					Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta
					Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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	How Does Crumb Rubber Leachate Affect Paramecium? (Zoology)	8
					Middle School Finalist Certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize
					1st Award, Zoology Category
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
King's Academy	Justin	Proulx	Timothy John	Varghese	1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category	From Sums over Natural Numbers to Sums over Primes (Computers / Mathematics)	11
Laughing Thunder Academy- Homeschool	Youssef	Ismail (SSW mentor)	Shiloh S.	Curtis	1st Place: $1000 Scholarship to SJSU College of Engineering and Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering	Enabling Situational Awareness: A Hat-Based Hands-Free Haptic Navigational Aid for the Visually Impaired (Engineering)	12
					2nd Place Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter
					High School Finalist Certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize
					Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP
					1st Award, Engineering Category
					2nd Place: $150 and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society
					Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
Menlo School	Niki	Mitchell	Mira	Chiruvolu	1st Award, Botany Category	Soil Matters: How Soil Quality Affects Plants (Botany)	6
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
Merryhill Schools -Milpitas	Kanchan	Bhandare	Paolo Stefano	Giovanardi	1st Award, Physics Category	Bernoulli's Principle in Action (Physics)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Prathik	Kakarlamudi	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	Can we measure the concentration of glucose in our eye tears by simple means? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	6
					1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
			Amanda	Nguyen	1st Award, Physics Category	Riding on Air (Physics)	6
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
			Krisna Dahra	Sam	1st Award, Physics Category	Bernoulli's Principle in Action (Physics)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Victoria	Truong	1st Award, Physics Category	Riding on Air (Physics)	6
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
			Aditya Umesh	Udgaonkar	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	Can we measure the concentration of glucose in our eye tears by simple means? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	6
					1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
	Jeannie	Bui	Viet	Nguyen	2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category	Man vs. Machine (Computers / Mathematics)	8
			Alicia	Tsung	2nd Award, Chemistry Category	Composting @ Work (Chemistry)	7
Notre Dame High School	Victoria	Evashenk	Holly Marie	Jackson	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	Computational Cardiology: An Automated Algorithm for Heart Murmur Detection (Bioinformatics)	9
					$ 500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize
					High School Finalist Certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize
					1st Award, Bioinformatics Category
					Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
					GR 9-12: 1st Place, $150 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology
					Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter
					Plaque, Certificate of Achievement, iPad Mini, MedImmune
Old Orchard School	Linh	Pham	Audrey Grace	Cox	Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category	Which Environmentally-Friendly Material Soaks Up Oil the Best? (Chemistry)	8
			Kate Elizabeth	Jackson	1st Award, Physics Category	Demonstrating Doppler: Determining the Speed of an Object with Sound (Physics)	6
					Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
					IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
			Masha	Korolik	Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category	How does the surface area and temperature affect the speed of diffusion? (Chemistry)	6
					GR 6-8, 2nd Place: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)
			Joon	Luther	GR 6-8, 1st Place: $85 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)	Gelatin Sizing Viscosity And The Making Of Hydrophobic Paper (Chemistry)	6
			Tejal Ashvin	Patel	2nd Award, Physics Category	Thermal Insulating Properties of different Clothing Materials (Physics)	6
Presentation High School	Tracy	Hughes	Aashia	Bajwa	3rd Place Award - $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers	Grey Water Recycling and Sustainability (Engineering)	11
			Aditi	Mittal	1st Award, Ecology Category	Coral Bleaching by Sunscreens: Effect of Sunscreen Chemicals on the Survival of Coral Symbiont Zooxanthellae Algae (Ecology)	11
					Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize
			Marissa Paige	Patterson	2nd Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category	What quantity of micronized silica creates the most stable Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) assay in a micro-mechanical coagulometer? (RRI Biological Sciences)	11
			Chandler Anne	Sutherland	2nd Award, RRI Biological Sciences Category	What quantity of micronized silica creates the most stable Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT) assay in a micro-mechanical coagulometer? (RRI Biological Sciences)	11
			Manvitha	Talasila	2nd Award, Botany Category	What is the effect of non-ionizing radiation emitted from cell phones and cordless phones on the health of pea plants and mustard plants? (Botany)	11
			Maya	Varma	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 Wireless Smartphone-Based System for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Illnesses (Engineering)	11
					$100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis
					1st Award, Engineering Category
					First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter
Sacred Heart Middle School	Rachel	McKenna	Rose Claire	Gatlin	2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category	Now You See It Now You Don't (Behavioral / Social)	8
			Fionnuala Feeney	LaTourrette	2nd Award, Botany Category	Tannen-Baum or Tannen-Bummer? (Botany)	7
			Alex Christian	Loriau	Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)	Thermal Expansion (Physics)	6
			Kami	Richardson	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	Liquid Gold: The Effect of Light on Maximizing the Production of Algae-Based Biofuels (Ecology)	7
					1st Award, Ecology Category
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Oriel Christopher	Zagazeta	Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category	Cancer - DNA Damage From Tobacco? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	7
Saint Christopher School	Arlene	Brown	Caroline	Bernal	Honorable Mention, Botany Category	Can You "Plant" With All the Colors of the Wind...The Effects of Different Colors of Light on Plant Growth (Botany)	6
Saint Francis High School	Linda	Segal	Mythri	Ambatipudi	High School Finalist Certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize	Unleash the Power of AMPK!!! Investigating the Potential Effects of Activating Adenosine Monophosphate-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) on Neurodegenerative Diseases and Cancer (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	9
					2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category
			Rishabh	Jain	Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category	The Effect of the Type of Fuel on Energy Density, Combustion Rate, and Pollution Levels (Chemistry)	9
					2nd place: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association
	Larry	Steinke	Manogna	Vemulapati	2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category	Classification of ECG Arrhythmia Using Manifold Learning and Support Vector Machine (Computers / Mathematics)	11
	Jennifer	Thomas	Anjini	Karthik	$100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis	Combating Viral Pandemics Through the Development of a Novel Tool for the Rapid Detection of Viruses Using Polymer Imprinting Strategies. (RRI Physical Sciences)	11
					2nd Award, RRI Physical Sciences Category
Saint Joseph of Cupertino Elem School	Lisa	Wicht	Anushka Haraki	Aritharan	Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category	Smart Perfect Face-saver (Chemistry)	6
Saint Joseph School (Mountain View)	Rachel	Hilario-Pigg	Lia Alana	Escober	Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter	A New Way to Save Water (Earth / Space Sciences)	6
			Louiegail Faith	Nazareno	Honorable Mention, Earth / Space Sciences Category	How To Improve Wind Turbine Efficiency (Earth / Space Sciences)	6
Stratford Middle School - San Jose	Kristi	Chung	Jared Aidan	Lyon	1st Award, Physics Category	The Effect of Parachute Shape and Venting on Parachute Performance (Physics)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Anagha Rukmini	Sikha	Honorable Mention, Botany Category	Going Green starts in the Kitchen: A Comparison of Biodegradable Kitchen Sponges (Botany)	7
	Preethi	Sundaresakumar	Korrie Paige	Han	First place Middle School-Cash Award-$75 and certificate, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)	Yogurt Power- can it help with lactose intolerance? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology)	7
			Shloka	Janapaty	Honorable Mention, Ecology Category	California Drought: Getting more out of every Drop! (Ecology)	7
					$100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd.
			Arjun	Prabhu	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	The effect of different rotor designs on the energy generated by wind (Physics)	7
			Victoria	Scurto	3rd place - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers	What is the Best Material to Insulate a House? (Physics)	7
	Jeffrey	Takemoto	Nandita	Jayanthi	Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category	Does the temperature of the water affect the rate at which the oxygen is produced while water is undergoing electrolysis? (Chemistry)	6
			Charlotte Emily	Lara	2nd Award, Chemistry Category	Finding the Best Electrolyte for the Electrolysis of Water (Chemistry)	6
			Jakob Riley	Lelong	2nd Award, Earth / Space Sciences Category	Tsunami Simulator (Earth / Space Sciences)	6
					Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
					Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
			Aalok Nital	Patwa	GR 6-8: 1st Place, Certificate of Achievement, and tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award	Building a Self-Balancing Bicycle (Engineering)	6
			Ishir Arun	Vaidyanath	Honorable Mention, Ecology Category	Saving Water from the Ground Up (Ecology)	6
Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara	William	Jenkinson	Kanav	Mittal	2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Spice the Milk (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	6
			Parin Rajiv	Patel	1st Award, Physics Category	Catching the Wave (Physics)	6
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
			Anahita	Srinivasan	2nd Award, Chemistry Category	Antacid Potency (Chemistry)	6
	Sashikala	Katuri (PSP)	Pranay	Satya	Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	Can "Candle"stick Charts Shine Light on Future of Stock Prices? - Develop and Analyze the Effectiveness of Low-Cost Excel-based Pattern Recognition Capability to Detect Patterns in Stock Prices (Computers / Mathematics)	7
					Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category
	Greg	Lampard	Venugopal	Chillal	2nd Award, Physics Category	The Effect of Water Path Curvature on Energy Generated (Physics)	7
			Tanvi Vikram	Gaitonde	1st Award, Zoology Category	Effect of Third Hand Nicotine on Daphnia Magna (Zoology)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Siddharth	Ganesan	1st Award, Physics Category	Wireless Power Transfer - The Effect of Changing the Diameter on the Power Transferred (Physics)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
			Nidhi Aswini	Gowda	2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Which of the drinks that we consume daily is the best choice for a hypoglycemic patient to boost their blood sugar levels quickly? (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	7
					GR 6-8: 1st Place, $75 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology
	Deepak	Nair (PSP)	Malini	Nair	Honorable Mention, Engineering Category	Tsunami Breakers (Engineering)	6
	Revanthi	Selvapragaasam (PSP)	Ananya	Jeyappragash	2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category	The Effects of Music on Mood and Heartbeat (Behavioral / Social)	7
	Rajul	Vora (PSP)	Soha	Vora	2nd Award, Ecology Category	Which is the Best Species of Algae for Biofuel? (Ecology)	7
	Martin	Wiedemann	Caitlin Maya	Gorin	2nd Award, Physics Category	Which type of thermos keeps water/rice the "hottest"? (Physics)	6
					$50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award
			Jessica	Hsu	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	Surface Tension: The Mysterious Floating Button (Physics)	6
			Elise	Kwan	2nd Award, Botany Category	Which direction Should I Plant Plants Outside My House In Order For Them To Grow The Fastest (Botany)	6
			Nikhil	Murthy	Honorable Mention, Physics Category	Overcoming the Albedo Effect! The Thermal Insulation Properties of a Living Roof (Physics)	6
			Ishani Pravin	Narwankar	1st Award, Botany Category	California Water Crisis: Landfill Trash... To The Rescue! (Botany)	8
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
			Harsha	Ramachandran	2nd Award, Physics Category	Effect of Surface Area on the Lift Produced by an Airfoil (Physics)	7
			Vineet Abhay	Ranade	1st Award, Physics Category	The Sweet Spot (Physics)	6
					$50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
Valley Christian High School	Rita	Huff	Joshua Paul	Bevis	2nd Award, Zoology Category	The Effect of Drought on the Skeletal Development of Danio Rerio (Zebrafish) (Zoology)	11
			Charley	Bi	1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	How Bacterially Secreted Intrinsic Factor affects Vitamin B12 Transfer (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	11
			Amy	Bugwadia	2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Determining optimal level of 11B-HSD2 for healthy fetal neural development (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	11
			Austin Won	Chang	1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	How Bacterially Secreted Intrinsic Factor affects Vitamin B12 Transfer (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	11
			Nathan Ryan	Chang	2nd Award, Zoology Category	The Effect of Drought on the Skeletal Development of Danio Rerio (Zebrafish) (Zoology)	11
			Angie Luan	Chen	2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Determining optimal level of 11B-HSD2 for healthy fetal neural development (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	11
			Rishi Pulin	Desai	Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	Efficient Programming Through Natural Language Processing (Computers / Mathematics)	10
					Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category
					One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education
			Niharika	Desaraju	2nd Award, Zoology Category	Drosophila melanogaster's immunity/longevity of life with daily supplements of regular probiotics (Zoology)	10
			Thomas	Fahrner	Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	Efficient Programming Through Natural Language Processing (Computers / Mathematics)	12
					Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category
					One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education
			Cooper	Ge	1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	How Bacterially Secreted Intrinsic Factor affects Vitamin B12 Transfer (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	11
			Jessica	Macmillan	1st Award, Engineering Category	Amoeba Filtration through native clothing and materials (Engineering)	12
					$50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards
			Pavithra	Margabandu	Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Will oxidative stress cause the accumulation of alpha synuclein, increase markers of lipid peroxidation, and apoptosis in dopaminergic neurons. (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	11
			Charles	Nijmeh	3rd Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch	Mechanisms to Increase Temozolomide Efficacy in Astrocytoma Cells (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	11
			Gerrit C-Y. Luk	Orthlieb	3rd Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch	Mechanisms to Increase Temozolomide Efficacy in Astrocytoma Cells (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	12
	Malathi	Tuers	Priscilla	Lee	Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Crystal Ball? (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	9
Valley Christian Junior High School			Mihir Maheendra	Kasmalkar	Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	Py++: The Next Programming Language (Computers / Mathematics)	7
			Rishab Reddy	Yeddula	Honorable Mention, Engineering Category	FoodSafe: A Smart Food Allergy Sensor (Engineering)	8