Private
Project Awards 2016
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Mitty High School | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Vardhaan Sai | Ambati | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Design of a Permutable Nano-therapeutic Consisting of Quantum dots, Aptamers, and Custom-Engineered CRISPR/Cas9 (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Yusra | Arub | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Instructor-less Driving Lessons Using Simulated Connected Car (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| 2nd Place: $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | |||||||
| Ishani Pravin | Narwankar | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Heart Track (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Akaash | Tawade | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Using Electromagnetism to Reduce the Viscosity of Crude Oil for Increased Velocity During Transport (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Kevyn | Adams | Andrew | Chiang | $125 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Force Sensing Techniques for Robotic Arms (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Sean | Carroll (SSW mentor) | Mithil | Chakraborty | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Evaluation of the Antibiotic Properties of Tomatine using Daphnia Magna (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Pooya | Hajjarian | Christopher | He | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Predicting Influenza A Virulence from Phenotypic Marker Combinations Using Machine Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Anuradha | Murthy | Sophia L | Cha | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Drought Buster: Kaolin Soil Amendments and Irriguous Earth (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Mihir | Godbole | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Making Bioplastics (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Shiven | Gupta | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | R. I. P - Replace Infrared with an iPhone (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Shivek | Narang | 2nd Place Award - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley | The Effect of Salt on Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Bellarmine College Preparatory | Debjani | Roy | 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 | Accelerating Cancer Immunotherapy: Optimization of an EGFRvIII-based Cancer Vaccine via Computationally-aided Analysis (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 |
| 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Eric Kevin | Wang | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | An Ungrounded Handheld Kinesthetic Haptic Device Utilizing Gyroscopic Precession (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Rod | Wong | Pravin | Ravishanker | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | ALZCan 2.0: Further Uncovering Genetic Hallmarks of Alzheimer's Using Structural, Functional, and Molecular Neuroimaging (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Arvind P | Sridhar | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Engineering Low-Cost Scaffolds Doped with Nano Graphene Oxide: A Novel Approach to Cancer Therapy and Tissue Engineering (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | |||||||
| Canyon Heights Academy | Lisa | Kelsey | Nicolas Roy | Garcia | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | How Do the Different Types of Pots Affect the Safety of Food (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Certificate of Achievement, United States Public Health Service | |||||||
| Mai Tien | Tran | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Stable Bases (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Anna Rose | White | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Stitches That Bind (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Joshua Ching-Hei | Wong | 3rd place - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Earthquake Structures (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Carden Academy of Almaden | Ana | Castillo | Jayanth S | Pennathur | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | An "i" for an Eye (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | |||||||
| Carden Day School of San Jose | Peter | Cheng | Gisele M | Inaba | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | We All Live in a Clear Submarine (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Diana B | Labonville | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | We All Live in a Clear Submarine (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Castilleja School | Riley | Brazil | Supriya | Lall | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Intelligent Gas Sensor (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Jason | Lee | Christine Suhyun | Cho | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Study on Routing Protocols in DTN Scenarios to Determine an Effective Way of Communication in Extreme Conditions (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Challenger - Almaden | Pronati | Mondal | Ian Alexander | Ezzo | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Method for Designing an Automated Irrigation System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Nina N | Isaka | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Cleaning Your Kitchen Organically (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Arya | Rajesh | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | The Effect of the Layout of Piezoelectric Crystals on the Amount of Electrical Energy Generated (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Rashi | Ranjan | 3rd Place Student Award: $80 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Alleviating Food Waste Using Real-time Data Collection and Analysis Through Raspberry Pi and a USB Scale (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Iris | Zhou | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Soil Moisture Level Detector (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Challenger - Berryessa | Shannon | Lum | Nithika | Karthikeyan | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | The Effect of Water Beads on Crop Yield of Bok Choy (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Nimai | Talur | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Faster, Cleaner Composting (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Challenger - Harwood | Tina | Kim | Gurmehr | Klair | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effect of Screen Usage before Bedtime on Sleep Efficiency (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Challenger - Shawnee | Bonny | Basu | Srinivas | Balagopal | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Desert Island: The Effect of Mesh Designs on the amount of water collected from fog harvesters (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award | |||||||
| Shreyas | Basu | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Can a liquid be made to behave like a solid? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Adishree | Ghatare | Grand Prize Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | A Learning Platform for Increasing Memory Retention of Definitions of Words (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Anusha | Ghosh | 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 | A Device to Detect Diabetic Retinopathy (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | |||||||
| Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Samarth | Girish | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Engineering a Mobile Helio Tracker to Enhance Solar Efficiency for Rural and Urban Areas to Provide Eco Friendly Energy (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Shachi Shikha | Prasad | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | What is the effect of global warming (temperature and salinity) on the brine shrimp population? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Vedha | Santhosh | 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 | The Effect of Using Bioplastics as a Food Packaging and Storage Alternative Instead of a Petroleum Based Packaging (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award | |||||||
| Anokhi Manan | Shah | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Effects of Centripetal force on the movement of an object (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Japji Kaur | Singh | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Grow Algae, Save the Planet (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Nethra | Srinivasan | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Orbital Mechanics: Effects of Speed and Gravity on a Satellite's Orbit (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Aadit | Trivedi | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Fueling the Future: The Effect of Different Electrolytes on Water Electrolysis (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Challenger - Sunnyvale | Shalini | D'Souza | Arnav | Garg | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Textual help for the visually impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Rithik | Jain | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Effect of Different Flavonoids on the Inhibition of Alpha Amylase (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Sanjana S | Jilla | 2nd Place Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Tempus Genie (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Agneesh Sakthi | Kumar | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Using RFID cards to make the departure process more efficient (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Khushi | Parikh | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | The Effect of the Timing of Light Exposure on the Circadian Cycles of Dinoflagellates (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Arvind | Ramachandran | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | TrackBar: Tracking Food Expiration Dates to Reduce Wastage (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Diptanshu | Sikdar | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Effect of shapes of solar panels on the generation of electricity (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| GR 6-8, 3rd Place: $25 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt,Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | |||||||
| Ashwini | Suriyaprakash | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Intruder Alert! (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Shruti | Sridhar | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | A Novel Sensor-Based Device to Detect Heatstroke and Dehydration (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | |||||||
| Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | |||||||
| Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Heather | Mackewicz | Zahra Abdul | Aziz | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | The Effects of High and Low pH Levels and Sodium Citrate on Spherification for Human Health (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Akhilesh Varadan | Balasingam | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Galloping Prisms: Using Vortex Shedding to Optimize the Performance of a Novel Flow Energy Harvester for Remote Sensing (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $50 Cash Award to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | |||||||
| 1st place HS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | |||||||
| GR 6-8, 2nd Place: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | |||||||
| GR 6-8: 1st Place, Programable Robotics Kit, Certificate of Achievement, and tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Nishita | Belur | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Detecting Metal Surface Defects Using Laser Light Reflection (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Aditi | Bharti | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Saliva the Samurai-The Effect of Human Saliva on Bacterial/Fungal Skin Diseases-An Effective/Eco-Friendly Alternative! (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Tarun | Chiruvolu | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Novel Method for Ketosis Detection Using Breath Gas Analysis (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | |||||||
| Mubashir | Hussain | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Software solution to improve prescription of medication to senior citizens and monitoring intake (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Pujita Srilalitha | Tangirala | 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 | Got Antioxidants? Using Chemiluminescence to Study the Effect of Adding Milk or Sugar on the Antioxidant Level of Tea (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Avinash | Upadhyayula | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effect of Salt and Calcium on a Plant's Height (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Delphi Academy-Campbell | Nita | Kumar | Samarth B. | Jayadev | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | How separating oxygen from water could help infinite breathing time under water. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Eagle Wing Academy (homeschool) | Chang | Su | Lilian | Shen | Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Identification test and analysis for various fibers(vegetable fibers, animal fibers and artificial fibers) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Mary | Shen | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | How to Build A Musical Instrument Using Household Objects. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Liat | Baranoff | Cole Trane | Bregman | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | How does changing the chicken feed affect the egg (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | |||||||
| Eric Charles | Cohan | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | The design and construction of a four digit lock for middle schoolers to access a locker more efficiently. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Eden | Cohen | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | How does changing the chicken feed affect the egg (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | |||||||
| Tammy | Parke | Gabby Irit | Farber | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | How do different types of music affect students' ability to type accurately and quickly (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 | |
| Jacob | Gans | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Turn Signals for Bicycles (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Nathaniel R | Hahn | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The design and construction of a toy drone with a longer flight time for kids. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Guy | Knaan | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Crowd-sourced audio study guide (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Stephanie E | Popp | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | How do different types of music affect students' ability to type accurately and quickly (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Matan | Sandhaus | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Turn Signals for Bicycles (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Granada Islamic School | Sumizah | Qureshi | Sumaiyah | Alamgir | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Water Retention Capability of Soil (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | |||||||
| Ahmad | Ismail | 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 | Yeast Busters: Stopping Fungus in its Tracks with Antifungal Medicine (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Harker School-Middle Campus | Thomas | Artiss | Cynthia | Chen | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | A Novel Method for Reducing Water Consumption in Germinating Seeds (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Aarzu | Gupta | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | A Test of the Potential Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Properties of Nicotine Free E-Cigarette Additives (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Maya | Shukla | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | A Test of the Potential Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Properties of Nicotine Free E-Cigarette Additives (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Kristen | Morgensen | Vibha | Arramreddy | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Affects of Emotions on Test Takers (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Grace Feiyan | Huang | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effects of Music on Efficiency (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Montek | Kalsi | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Soundproof Recyclables (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Sejal | Krishnan | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Affects of Emotions on Test Takers (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jeffrey | Kwan | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Performance of a Ping-Pong Ball (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Eileen | Li | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Testing the Most Favorable Conditions For Plants In Hydroponic Systems (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Rakesh Sastri | Nori | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Soundproof Recyclables (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Amla | Rashingkar | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | How Shady is the Shade Ball? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Anika | Tiwari | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Cleaning Kitchen Cleaners (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Henry Warren | Wiese | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Cleaning Kitchen Cleaners (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Gloria Z | Zhang | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | How Shady is the Shade Ball? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Catherine | Zhao | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Testing the Most Favorable Conditions For Plants In Hydroponic Systems (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Kathy | Peng | Rachel Kusheen | Broweleit | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effects of Carcinogenic Compounds from E-Cigarette Vapors on the Health of Fruit Flies (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Allison Sihan | Jia | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Delicious or Disgusting?: The Effects of Priming On A Taster's Reaction and Perception Of Food (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Naveen Sunil | Mirapuri | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Sports Psychology: The Effects of Expectations and Bias on Athletic Performance (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Rohan Vatsal | Sonecha | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Sports Psychology: The Effects of Expectations and Bias on Athletic Performance (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Jasmine Kimberly | Wiese | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Delicious or Disgusting?: The Effects of Priming On A Taster's Reaction and Perception Of Food (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jackie Olivia | Yang | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effects of Carcinogenic Compounds from E-Cigarette Vapors on the Health of Fruit Flies (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Harker School-Upper Campus | Miriam | Allersma | Cameron Cole | Jones | Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP | Laser Etching of Graphene Oxide to Create High Energy Density Micro-Supercapacitors (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | |||||||
| GR 9-12, 2nd Place: $70, Book, and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Gary | Blickenstaff | Trisha | Dwivedi | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Study of Calcium Channel Blockers and Zinc and Magnesium Supplements in Inhibiting Epileptic Conditions in C. Elegans (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Karena | Kong | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award | Visual-Based Cognitive Facial Expression Recognition Software with the Application of an AI Learning Algorithm (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Linus | Li | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award | Visual-Based Cognitive Facial Expression Recognition Software with the Application of an AI Learning Algorithm (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Kshithija | Mulam | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Study of Calcium Channel Blockers and Zinc and Magnesium Supplements in Inhibiting Epileptic Conditions in C. Elegans (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Derek | Yen | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Comparing the viability of different plant materials for the creation of cellulose-derived biofuel (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Anuran | Chatterjee (SSW mentor) | Kaushik | Shivakumar | 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effects of Simulated Microgravity on Planarian Regeneration and the Use of Resolvin to Negate Them (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Alexander | Young | 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effects of Simulated Microgravity on Planarian Regeneration and the Use of Resolvin to Negate Them (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Kelly | Horan | Shreyas | Chandrashekaran | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The effect of age on human thinking processes (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Eric | Nelson | Rajiv | Movva | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Concussion Detection: A Deep Learning-Assisted System to Detect Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries in Sports (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award | |||||||
| Cindy Xindi | Wang | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Drone Flight Path Charting with DJI Phantom 3 Professional and Google Maps Using Cubic Spline Interpolation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Katherine | Zhang | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Drone Flight Path Charting with DJI Phantom 3 Professional and Google Maps Using Cubic Spline Interpolation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Mike | Pistacchi | Winnie | Li | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | The Effects of Genetically Modified Food Supply on White Cabbage Butterfly Larvae (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Joyce | Zhao | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | The Effects of Genetically Modified Food Supply on White Cabbage Butterfly Larvae (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Kate | Schafer | Emily Yue | Chen | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Analyzing genetic relationships and linked treatment targets of obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Chris | Spenner | Sneha | Bhetanabhotla | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Reducing Noise Level in High Temperature Superconducting SQUIDs (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Jerry | Chen | 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Combating the Obesity Epidemic: Computational Analysis to Identify Driver Genes and Virtual Screening to Discover Novel (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Aditya | Dhar | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Predicting and Identifying Forced Human Displacement Hotspots Using Multiple Linear Regression and Neural Networks (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Amy C | Dunphy | 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 | Preventing Urushiol (Poison Oak)-Induced Dermatitis by Deactivating the Allergen (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 1st Place Award - $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley | |||||||
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Rishab | Gargeya | 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 | Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy in Fundus Images: A Novel Synthesis of Biological and Data Driven Approaches (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| $1000 cash award for project demonstrating entrepeneurial promise., Muddu Family Entrepreneurial and Startup Award | |||||||
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award | |||||||
| Shasvat Atman | Jawahar | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Using Deep Learning Techniques to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Drug Combinations. (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Amy | Jin | 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Combating the Obesity Epidemic: Computational Analysis to Identify Driver Genes and Virtual Screening to Discover Novel (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Krish | Kapadia | 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Use of Salivary Lactic Acid Levels as a Noninvasive Biomarker for Sepsis (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Sumer | Kohli | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Towards Quicker Rehabilitation for Smokers: Determining a Mechanism By Which Menthol increases Addiction to Nicotine (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Maya | Kumar | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A location-aware sensor-rich mobile robot for human interaction and guidance (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Jonathan | 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 | Genomics-Based Cancer Drug Response Prediction through the Adaptive Elastic Net (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering 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 | Application of EMDomics to Identify Age-Associated Expression and Treatments in Cancer (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Neelesh Krishna | Ramachandran | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Towards Quicker Rehabilitation for Smokers: Determining a Mechanism By Which Menthol increases Addiction to Nicotine (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Anjay | Saklecha | 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Use of Salivary Lactic Acid Levels as a Noninvasive Biomarker for Sepsis (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Anooshree | Sengupta | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A location-aware sensor-rich mobile robot for human interaction and guidance (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Manan | Shah | 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 | Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy in Fundus Images: A Novel Synthesis of Biological and Data Driven Approaches (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| $1000 cash award for project demonstrating entrepeneurial promise., Muddu Family Entrepreneurial and Startup Award | |||||||
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award | |||||||
| Scott | Song | 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Development of a Novel Microfluidic System to Study Neurodegenerative Disorders (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Arjun | Subramaniam | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | AdaptSet: A Novel Synthesis of Deep Learning and Level Set for Segmentation of Cancer Lesions (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | |||||||
| Raymond | Xu | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Using Deep Learning Techniques to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Drug Combinations. (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Shaya | Zarkesh | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Novel Distance Measure for Gene Sequence Clustering with Applications in Tree Construction and HIV-1 Classification (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Kanchan | Bhandare | Prathik | Kakarlamudi | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Does measured glucose correlate with tear glucose ? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Aditya Umesh | Udgaonkar | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Does measured glucose correlate with tear glucose ? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Leonardo U | Zhao | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Air Activated Iron (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Eric Perry | Zhu | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Air Activated Iron (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Shama | Mohamed | Ushoshi | Basumallick | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Optimizing Wireless Signal Strength for a (multilevel) Townhouse (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |
| Milpitas Christian School (6-8) | Lindon | Richards | Mary | Hemker | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award | How Steady are Your Hands? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Most Holy Trinity | Katherine | Batti | Dan | Tran | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | What Affect Does the Size of a Magnet Have on its Ability to Serve as a Frictionless Bearing? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Notre Dame High School | Lisa | Yi | Holly Marie | Jackson | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | CUBOCTimization: Topological Optimization of a Cuboct Truss Bridge Using a Genetic Algorithm (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta | |||||||
| GR 9-12: 1st Place, Programable Robotics Kit, Certificate of Achievement, and tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | |||||||
| Riana | Karim | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Effect of Different Tea Varieties on Iron Absorption (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Sharon Kim | Truong | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Effect of Different Tea Varieties on Iron Absorption (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Old Orchard School | Sabine | Schmuck | Kate E | Jackson | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Constructing Science: Comparing the Strength of Wooden Joints Made with Nails Screws and/or Glue (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | |||||||
| Masha | Korolik | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Solar Energy Concentrator Integrated into Windows: Smart Solar Energy Conversion (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Cailin Mylinh | Le | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | What method of cooking retains the most vitamin C in broccoli? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Tejal Ashvin | Patel | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Botany Battle: Hydroponics vs Soil (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Presentation High School | Tracy | Hughes | Aashia | Bajwa | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Effect of Various Desalination Techniques on the Growth of Mung Beans (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 |
| Josephine | Chu | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The effects of the toxicity of cigarette butts and their chemical components on marine life (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Isabel Anwar | Jaffer | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Water Stress Effect on Competing C3 and C4 Plants (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Aditi | Mittal | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Effect of Various Desalination Techniques on the Growth of Mung Beans (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Laura | Powers | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Investigation of Desalination Waste Disposal Methods (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| 1 certificate and nomination to enter 2017 Sustainability Soutions Festival, possible trip to Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives | |||||||
| Purnima | Seshadri | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The effects of the toxicity of cigarette butts and their chemical components on marine life (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Lea | Stith | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | How does Color Affect Memory? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Maya | Varma | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Autonomous Smartphone-Controlled Robotic Wheelchair with iBeacon-Assisted Navigation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance | |||||||
| 3rd Place: $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | |||||||
| One-day immersive trip to Palo Alto Networks, TechLab Education | |||||||
| Kamya | Venkatesan | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | How does Color Affect Memory? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Sacred Heart Middle School | Rachel | McKenna | Bridget Paige | Berry | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Cleaning our Most Precious Commodity; which method of decontamination works best in cleaning creek water (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Fionnuala F | LaTourrette | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Which Cup Works Best To Prevent Hand Tremours? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Natalie Erika | Orup | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The 5 Second Rule (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Kami | Richardson | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Broken Chain: The Effect of Ocean Acidification on Echinoids and Bivalves (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Trophy, $25, The Hernandez Spirit Award For Environmental Sustainability | |||||||
| Sara Ann | Withers | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | How to Block a Landslide (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | |||||||
| Oriel | Zagazeta | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Antioxidant Power! Quenching Free Radicals (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Saint Christopher School | Arlene | Brown | Kate | Behan | 3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Liquid Viscosity vs. Splatter Diameter (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Pierre Alain | Carcione | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Effect of Pump Rate on Sediment Collected from Well Water (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Elena R | Kennedy | 3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Liquid Viscosity vs. Splatter Diameter (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Saint Francis High School | Mike | Chechelnitsky | Tarun | Amarnath | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award | Hello Criminals! Meet Big Data: Applying Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning to Thwart Crime in San Francisco (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| Emmanuel | Garcia | Arpita | Singhal | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Health and Wealth: Developing Novel Algorithms in Java for Advanced Data Analysis and Statistical Predictions (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| Shivam | Singhal | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Health and Wealth: Developing Novel Algorithms in Java for Advanced Data Analysis and Statistical Predictions (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Chihiro | Ikezi | Nikita | Goyal | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Wearable Posture Correction Device for the Cervical Vertebrae (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Zade | Lobo | $50 cash award and certificate to student in 9th grade, The Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award | "Body-Guard" (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award | |||||||
| Terry | O'Donnell | Ananya | Karthik | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Investigating a Green Chemistry Approach to Water Remediation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| 3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Linda | Segal | Mythri | Ambatipudi | 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 | Using Circadian Rhythm Gene SNPs, Sleep-Wake Phenotypes and MRI Morphometrics to Diagnose Cognitive Impairment Diseases (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Anish | Seshadri | 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 | Wearable Diagnostic Instrument for AGE Correlated Degenerative Diseases (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Jennifer | Thomas | Anjini | Karthik | 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 | Rapid and Selective Detection of Viruses Using Virus Imprinted Polymer Films (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| $1000 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis | |||||||
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Achievement, United States Public Health Service | |||||||
| GR 9-12, 3rd Place: $35 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | |||||||
| Saint Joseph of Cupertino School | Lisa | Wicht | Margaret "Maggie" | Bazurto | Trophy, $25, The Hernandez Spirit Award For Environmental Sustainability | Aquaponics: The Next Generation of Farming (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Dylan Thomas | Hwang | Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Eye Fatigue During TV Watching: An Infrared Oculography Study (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Ashley Kalishia | Yeh | Trophy, $25, The Hernandez Spirit Award For Environmental Sustainability | Could nanotechnology increase the efficiency of removing oil from water in an oil spill? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Kristi | Chung | Shloka | Janapaty | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Repurposing Industrial Wastewater to enhance Algae growth (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Munir | Bshara | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Portable Death Ray Device (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Claire | Luo | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Effect of a Toilet's Pipe Structure on the Flush (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Aalok Nital | Patwa | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Do I Grind? A Wearable System That Detects Teeth Grinding Ahead of Its Effect on Teeth (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Ishir A | Vaidyanath | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Sonic Extinguisher (The effect of Sound on Fire) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Jeffrey | Takemoto | Adarsh Sairam | Ambati | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | A Smart, Low Cost, Social Network Connected, Community Sprinkler System (IOT) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | |||||||
| Anousha A | Athreya | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | The Effect of Organic Dye on Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | |||||||
| Arnav S | Bharadwaj | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Movie night...dim the light: Effect of Variable Resistor on the Luminance of light bulb (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Cady | Chen | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | What is the effect of viscosity on the strength of concrete? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Bhavjot Kaur | Dhillon | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Which material is the best to clean up oil spills in the ocean ? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Deven Venkat | Iyer | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | What is the Effect of Added Weight on the Revolutions Per Minute of a Helicopter? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Anna | Jun | 2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Making The Most Earthquake Proof Structure (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Herin | Kang | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | IoT Weather Station (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Camilla | Lindh | 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | How many times higher can a 3.540 kg dumbbell be dropped on pykrete versus ice without breaking the subject? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | William | Jenkinson | Impana R | Chimmalagi | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Metabolism and Magnetism (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Tavleen | Kaur | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Does the Surface Tension of Water Change When You Mix Different Substances in It? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | |||||||
| Aylin Geyla | Salahifar | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | What do we do to plants when we litter? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Greg | Lampard | Caitlin Maya | Gorin | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Which type of 3D Printed Plastic is the "Strongest"? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| 1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Kanav | Mittal | First place Middle School-Cash Award-$75 and certificate, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Natur-o-Med: Do oils from spices and herbs impact the growth of bacteria in milk as measured by the Kirby-Bauer test (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Nikhil A | Murthy | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Electroluminescent Farming: The Effect of the Color of LED Lights on the Growth of Vigna radiata (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Anahita | Srinivasan | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Using Nanotechnology to Kill Leukemia Cells (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Shruthi | Sriram | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Effect of different ratios of fructose to glucose on the rate of aerobic respiration of yeast (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Anushka Atul | Wagle | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Hydroponics vs. Soil Growth (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Martin | Wiedemann | Ronan J | Ellerby | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Does Wheatgrass Grow in a High Carbon Dioxide Environment Representing a Martian Habitat? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 | |
| Krishna S | Mani | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Wing Efficiency Testing (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Pranav | Vadali | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | On-Demand Watering of a Plant (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Valley Christian High School | Rita | Huff | Omeed Ali | Askary | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Implementation of Graphene Based RFID Chips Into Clothing (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Erica Jiayi | Chiu | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effect of Designer Peptides on Huntington's Disease (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | |||||||
| Anika | Khunchandani | Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | The Effect of Allium Sativum on GLUT-4 production in adipocytes (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Klemen | Kotar | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Implementation of Graphene Based RFID Chips Into Clothing (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Megan | Li | Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | The Effects of SS-31 on Neuronal Cells Subjected to an Ischemic Environment (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Shivani Sonam | Patel | Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | The Effect of Allium Sativum on GLUT-4 production in adipocytes (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Andrew Yuechen | Rao | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Effect of Designer Peptides on Huntington's Disease (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | |||||||
| Elizabeth | Shen | Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | The Effects of SS-31 on Neuronal Cells Subjected to an Ischemic Environment (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Annette | Lane | Rishi Pulin | Desai | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Using Bluetooth Trilateration for Robot Navigation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| George | Sousa | Shiva | Balachander | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Touchdown: Determining Ground Contact Using Changes in Aircraft Wheel Pressure (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Allen Khit | Cheung | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Gravity Wheel Electric Generator: Harnessing Free Energy from Ocean Waves (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 1 certificate and nomination to enter 2017 Sustainability Soutions Festival, possible trip to Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives | |||||||
| David Ngoc | Hoang | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Gravity Wheel Electric Generator: Harnessing Free Energy from Ocean Waves (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 1 certificate and nomination to enter 2017 Sustainability Soutions Festival, possible trip to Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives | |||||||
| Valley Christian Junior High School | Leisa | Moore | Ansel Robert | Austin | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Impact of Applying Structural Features of an Owl's Feather on Reducing Noise Output of Rotor Blades (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |