Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino

Project Awards 2015

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino	Klington	Chang	Sanjana V.	Shah	$250 + certificate + two books to student + breakfast with Bob, Zeidman Award	Text Compression Algorithm based on Popularity using Global English Dictionary (Computers / Mathematics)	8
					2nd Place Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter
					1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
	Thea	Dalvand	Priya	Goel	1st Award, Physics Category	Effect of Impurities on Surface Tension of Water (Physics)	8
					3rd place student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
			Ankita	Vinod	1st Award, Physics Category	Effect of Impurities on Surface Tension of Water (Physics)	8
					3rd place student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
	Susan	Hansen	Akshaya	Ganesan	1st Award, Ecology Category	FEEDING EARTHWORMS: DO DIFFERENT DIETS AFFECT THE NUTRIENT LEVELS OF VERMICOMPOST ? (Ecology)	6
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
	Youssef	Ismail (SSW mentor)	Patrick	Yu	1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category	Developing Efficient Algorithms for Self-Navigating Vehicles (Computers / Mathematics)	7
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade
					Sport Bag, Junior Tech Organizer, Certificate of achievement, United States Air Force
	Khadija	Iyer	Anika	Cheerla	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	Automated Diagnosis of Alzheimer's from MRI Images (Engineering)	8
					Grand Prize Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter
					Honorable Mention Certificate, Zeidman Award
					Middle School Finalist Certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize
					1st Award, Engineering Category
					$100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award
					IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade
	Kiersten	Kampp	Matthew	Cho	Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	Braille Pad: An electronic braille display using solenoids (Engineering)	7
					2nd Award, Engineering Category
					$50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards
					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
	Jamie	Oliveira	Anjali	Singh	Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary	I'm Lost - How Accurate is My GPS? (Earth / Space Sciences)	6
	Chris	Scharmen	Manasa H.	Bhimaraju	1st Place Award - $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley	Low-cost animated teaching tool for the electron structure of elements in the Periodic Table (Engineering)	6
					1st Award, Engineering Category
					$50 Cash Award to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award
					Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
	Leah	Watts	Sanjana S.	Borle	Middle School Finalist Certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize	Natural vs. Artificial Oil Absorbers to Clean up Oil Spills (Chemistry)	8
			Siddhi Anil	Shah	Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association	The Effect of Playing Music on Your Creativity (Behavioral / Social)	8