Challenger - Sunnyvale

Project Awards 2017

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Challenger - Sunnyvale	Shalini	D'Souza	Keshav	Balaji	BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education	Third Eye: The Helpful Eye for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Alexander	Grindrod	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The FitShock (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Safaa Fareeha	Hussain	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade	To Praise or Not to Praise? (Biological Science and Engineering)	6
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
					Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association
					Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award
			Riteka	Murugesh	BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education	Baby Alert - Did You Miss Me? (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
			Khushi	Nigam	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Home Robot 9267X - Make Life Great Again (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
			Rishi Ramji	Pankhaniya	BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education	Designing a Wristband to Aid the Visually Disabled (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
			Khushi	Parikh	2nd Place Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	Creating a Computer Algorithm to Accurately Predict the Next Season's Influenza Virus Strain (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers
			Nikita	Senthil	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Investigating the effect of different stress factors on the lipid production in green microalgae (Biological Science and Engineering)	6
			Samika	Swamy	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade	BioFresh Food Smarts: An eco-friendly, smart solution to reduce wastage of climacteric produce. (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Anirudh	Venkatraman	Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, Certificate, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School	Production of Bioplastics from Vegetable Waste (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
					2nd Place Award - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley
					Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Joyce Boying	Yang	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade	What is the effect of time and temperature on the amount of sodium nitrate and nitrite contained in processed meats? (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
	Deepali	Deshmukh	Arnav	Garg	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Rescuebot, in search for survivors! (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
	Youssef	Ismail (SSW mentor)	Srivishnu	Pyda	Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)	Developing Bio-Composite Materials: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Chitin Matrix (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter
			Diptanshu	Sikdar	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Wireless charging via an Ultrasonic - Piezoelectric Bridge (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
					Middle school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
	Shobi	Murali	Roshan	Bellary	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The effect of an intensification of a beam of light and time on the energy output of a solar panel (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
			Emma	Lu	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Which type of french fries has the shortest shelf life? (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
					Honorable Mention-$50, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)