Challenger - Shawnee

Project Awards 2016

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
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