Palo Alto Unified School District

Project Awards 2016

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Gunn (Henry M.) High School	JD	Armstrong (PSP)	Annabel	Marks	High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize	V1149 Observations (RRI Physical Science and Engineering)	11
	Casey	O'Connell	Sherry	Zhou	$100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis	Rapid, Low Cost, On-Chip Isolation and Enrichment of Exosomes for Cancer Early Detection (RRI Biological Science and Engineering)	12
					Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category
					Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
	Josh	Paley	Kartik	Chandra	Third Place: University of Toronto T-shirt & Portable Cellphone Charger, University of Toronto Award	Verification of Type Systems with Symbolic Execution (RRI Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award
	Maria	Powell	Arjun Krishna	Prabhakar	$100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award	The Use of Biopolymers to Mitigate Soil Erosion (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
					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 - $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch
	Elana	Zizmor	Audrey	Cheng	2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category	Enhancing the Efficiency of Self-Assembled Organic Solar Cells with the Addition of a Second Electron Donor and Graphene (RRI Physical Science and Engineering)	12
					Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society
					GR 9-12, 1st Place: $110, Book, and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt,Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)
Palo Alto High School	Christopher	Kuszmaul	Neelay	Junnarkar	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Mathematical Model and Computer Simulation of Plant Distribution in Response to Water Level Change in Baylands Ecosystem (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School	Robin	Ames	Chloe Hui	Li	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	The Effect of Cooking on the Level of Vitamin C in Vegetables (Biological Science and Engineering)	7
	Qin (Linda)	Luo	Isabel	Sperandio	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The Effect of an Infrared and Ultraviolet Cut Filter on a Photovoltaic Cell (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
	Mikaela	McKenna	Iyanu B	Olukotun	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Toxic Teflon: Is Teflon Safe to Use in Modern Kitchens? (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
	Mary	Melnick	Eric	Tang	Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award	Self Driving Robotic Car (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
	Greg	Rice	Elaine	Chu	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The Effect of Humidity and Pressure on Hot Ice Hand Warmers (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
Terman Middle School	Gregory	Davies	Swati	Goel	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The Optimal Scheduling Algorithm (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award
	Stephen	Quake (PSP)	Antonia Zoe	Quake	Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps	Statistical Properties of Microbial Genomes (Biological Science and Engineering)	8
	Mark	Segesta	Lydia	Cheng	3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering	Home Made Plastic (Physical Science and Engineering)	6