San Jose Unified School District
Project Awards 2015
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harte (Bret) Middle School | Hope | Oliver | Nicky | Gianchandani | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Will Drop Distance and Greater Angle Result in Increased Acceleration? (Physics) | 6 |
| Irum | Han | Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | Is Ripe Good? (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 6 | |||
| Leland High School | Sean | Carroll (SSW mentor) | Viet | Nguyen | 2nd Award, Zoology Category | Video Analysis of Daphnia (Zoology) | 11 |
| Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Sarita | Berigei | First place High School-Cash Award-$75 and certificate, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Measuring the concentration of antioxidants and measuring preservative ability of rosemary, broccoli, and sunflower seeds, and comparing those qualities to those of synthetic antioxidants and preservatives, by using Ferric Reducing Ability Plasma assay (FRAP) (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 11 | |
| Jason | Lee | Andrew | Tang | 2nd Award, Engineering Category | The Optimization of the Real-Time Analysis of Malicious Web User Behavior (Engineering) | 10 | |
| Charles | Tang | 2nd Award, Engineering Category | The Optimization of the Real-Time Analysis of Malicious Web User Behavior (Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Alan | Tan | Justin Daisuke | Callahan | 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | What is the effect of dissolving active oxygen in unsafe drinking water to oxidize and kill harmful microbes? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 9 | |
| Jasper | Gan | Honorable Mention, Physics Category | Dimples on a Boat: An Innovative Way to Improve Hydrodynamics (Physics) | 11 | |||
| Jonathan B | Li | 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | What is the effect of dissolving active oxygen in unsafe drinking water to oxidize and kill harmful microbes? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 9 | |||
| Ujjaini | Mukhopadhyay | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Group Discussions: Does the medium really matter? (Behavioral / Social) | 9 | |||