Leland High School

Project Awards 2017

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Leland High School	Mark	Cahn	Ujjaini	Mukhopadhyay	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Mindset or Aptitude: What drives the learning ability of high school students? (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
					Certificate of Achievement, United States Public Health Service
	Karen	Davis	Wesley	Luh	Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary	Optimizing Machine Learning Based Ocean Oil Spill Detection using Genetic Algorithm Techniques (RRI Physical Science and Engineering)	10
	Karen	Lee	Jonathan B	Li	Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)	Fabricating a modified dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) using a novel fast-ion conduction electrolyte layer (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Vedha	Santhosh	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The Effect of Using Biodegradable Coagulants on Domestic Wastewater Treatment to Promote Water Conservation (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
	Jeff	Lutze	Samantha Yan	Cheung	First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP)	The Investigation of the Prevalence of the Wolbachia Gene in Arthropods from Cities of the Bay Area (Biological Science and Engineering)	12
			Ryan	Lee	BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education	A self-contained file Encryptor based on the Arduino platform (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
			Theodora	Worledge	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The role of spontaneous symmetry breaking in the initial formation of ski moguls (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
	Wilson	Yen	Muhammad	Anas	BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education	Classroom Behavioral Management Tool (Physical Science and Engineering)	12