East Side Union High School District
Project Awards 2018
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Hill High School | Patrick | Allamandola | Ken | Hinh | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Optimizing Architecture of Bioprinted Cardiac Tissue (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 |
| Christina | Ngo | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Investigating the effect of makeup primer bases on the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Angelynn Hoang-Anh | Nguyen | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Determining if the acidity of the growth media affects Candida albicans's biofilms mechanism (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Nikki Anvy | Nguyen | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Investigating the effect of makeup primer bases on the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Phuong Thao | Pham | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Make It Rain: Countering the Effects of Acid Rain on Plants (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Christina | Tran | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Investigating the effect of makeup primer bases on the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Vi Thuy | Tran | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | The effect of ocean environments on bacteria that are capable of eating plastic (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Jessica Ngoc | Trinh | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | The effect of ocean environments on bacteria that are capable of eating plastic (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Evergreen Valley High School | Sangeeta | Bhatnagar | Siddharth | Das | Grand Prize Student Award: $560 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | A Novel Parking Management System, for Smart Cities, to Save Fuel, Time, and Money (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Benjamin | Higgins | Dhruv | Jain | 3rd Place: $25 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Using Control Loops to Increase Sensor Reliability (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Doug | Miller | Rushil | Srivastava | 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Developing a Deep Learning Algorithm to Identify Skin Cancer using Public Image Search Data (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Hrishikesh Reddy | Yeluru | 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Investigation into Neural Stem Cells and how they Influence Brain Growth (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Carol Metica | Pongol | Shivani | Deglurkar | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Effect of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic antioxidants on the decay rates of free radicals (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Barjinder | Sabherwal | Nikhita Srinivasan | Arun | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Computer Model that Identifies MicroRNA Gene Expression from NSCLC Patient Data (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Kunal | Kapur | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Recognition System for Optimal Nutrient Assimilation of Plants (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Sneha Madhan | Raj | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Recognition System for Optimal Nutrient Assimilation of Plants (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Sriteja | Vijapurapu | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Recognition System for Optimal Nutrient Assimilation of Plants (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Oak Grove High School | Jennifer | Claudio | Josh | De Leon | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The Mitey Roach Exchange: Examining Morphological Differences in Roach Mites (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Austin | Lam | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Effect of Non-Tip Wing Structure on Performance of Aircrafts (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Zitlaly | Martinez | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | An Innovative Gutter Design to Minimize Property Damage (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Eric Khang | Nguyen | 2nd Place Award - $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | A Proposed Design for Earthquake Resistant Housing Architecture (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Jasmine | Nguyen | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | The Effects of Priming in the Context of Race and Crime (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Jimmy An | Nguyen | 2nd Place Award - $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | A Proposed Design for Earthquake Resistant Housing Architecture (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Alexander Michael | Noriega | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Antimicrobial Synergies of the Digestive Juices Formed by Nepenthaceae Plants (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| $50 High School Plant Science, California Botanical Society | |||||||
| Michael Long | Pham | 3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | The Development of a Solid State Fixed Wing Aircraft Powered by an Electro-Aerodynamic Thruster (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Packet with Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | |||||||
| Santa Teresa High School | Debra | Dimas | Oskar | Attar | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Rendering 4D Surfaces (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Ryan | Chao | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Agar Water Bottle Production (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Nicole | Lu | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Agar Water Bottle Production (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Shreeya | Negi | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Agar Water Bottle Production (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Govind | Pimpale | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Rendering 4D Surfaces (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Wassim | Zahzah | 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | The Perfect Bridge (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Silver Creek High School | Narquiz | Cervantes | Dhanvee | Ivaturi | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Improving Breast Cancer Detection in Fine Needle Aspirate Biopsies through Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Philip | Kabranov | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Improving Breast Cancer Detection in Fine Needle Aspirate Biopsies through Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jonathan | Ho | Kelly | An | 2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Effects of Air Flow and Temperature on Object Movement (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Ryan | Tat | 2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Effects of Air Flow and Temperature on Object Movement (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| James | Staten | Rutvik Mohan | Gandhasri | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Microbes and Their Environments (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Traci | Verna | Prachi | Bhagavatha | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Obstacle and Pavement Detection with Stereo Vision and Real-Time Distance Computation for the Visually-Impaired People (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jasmine | Ngo | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Obstacle and Pavement Detection with Stereo Vision and Real-Time Distance Computation for the Visually-Impaired People (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Yerba Buena High School | Chung | Khong | Kendrick Khang | Le | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Investigating the Feasibility of Small-Scale Aquaponics in a Classroom Environment (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 |
| Bryant | Tran | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Investigating the Feasibility of Small-Scale Aquaponics in a Classroom Environment (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Christian John Cruz | Ventura | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Investigating the Feasibility of Small-Scale Aquaponics in a Classroom Environment (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||