Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District

Project Awards 2019

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Los Gatos High School Cathy Messenger Lubat  Asadova 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Testing the Effect of Heat Shock On the Behavior Response and on the Neuron Activity in C. Elegans (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
      Maciej  Buszko Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Swarm Navigation Control Systems for Connecting Tetrahedral Linear Actuator Robots (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
            2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
            Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award    
      Anna  Castello Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Testing the Efficacy of Coconut Oil and its Components in Protection Against Amyloid Toxicity in Transgenic C. elegans (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
      Dylan Rose Chin Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Ability of Ferrofluids to Remove Organophosphates from Ocean Water (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
            Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society    
      Zeeshaan  Chunawala Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Magnetization of Incorporated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Method for Combatting Candida albicans Biofilm Growth (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
      Ana  Cismaru 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Parkinson's Disease Classification via Convolutional Neural Networks using DaTscans (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
            Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP)    
      Ashley  Dang 3rd Place $75, Santa Clara Valley Water District Removing Heavy Metals and Pathogens from Water Using Biosand Filters Containing Plant Biomass (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
            Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation    
            Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
      Kelly Sachi Ferguson Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Testing for Abnormal Heart Rate as a Side Effect of Passiflora incarnata in Wingless Drosophila melanogaster (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
      Nicholas James Hotelling Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Estimating Volleyball Speed Real-time Using an Apple iPhone (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
      Ryan M Judy Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Determining the effect of ascorbic acid on viability of drosophila melanogaster with developmental nicotine exposure (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
      Joshita  Kamalakannan Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Using Aronia melanocarpa Extract to Analyze the Effects of Antioxidant-Rich Foods on the Health Span of Drosophila (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
      Nicole  Krockenberger 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Creating a Renewable and Biodegradable Bioplastic from Bambusa multiplex (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
      Emerson Laine Martin Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Evaluating the Protective Effects of Cyanocobalamin and Methylcobalamin when C.elegans are exposed to Bisphenol-A (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
      Alice  Martynova $100, Morgan Lewis An Affordable, AI-Enhanced Device to Diagnosis Strep Throat and Prevent Rheumatic Fever in Developing Countries (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
            2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
      Liam Sebastian McHugh Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Engineering Magnetorheological Fluid for Optimal Performance in a Variable Compression Damper (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Beatrice Maria Mihalache 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effects of Polyethylene Microbeads on Lactuca sativa var. Longifolia (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
      Annika Hope Mittelhauser Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Can Air Pollution Damage Memory? Impact of Varying NO2 Exposure Times on Memory of Drosophila Melanogaster (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
            HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
      Ada Isabelle Peschanskiy Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Reducing Radio Frequency Exposure to Mobile Phone Users by Disabling WiFi, Mobile Data and Bluetooth During Phone Calls (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Justin Nicholas Quan Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Network of Checkpoints and RFID-Equipped Apparel for Campus Security and Nonintrusive Tracking in Schools (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
      Nishan Kuraparti Reddy 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Testing the effects of the herbicide, Glyphosate, on motor neurons within C. elegans (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
      Greg W. Santangeli 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effect of Dissolved Urea on the Reproductive Rate and ROS Production of Dinoflagellates Under Thermal Stress (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
            HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
      Christina E Wong 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Visualizing Tumor Heterogeneity and Predicting Metastasis with Machine Learning (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
Saratoga High School Jill McCrystal Arvind  Ramachandran Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award SafeRetro: A Secure Emulator for 8080 apps (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
      Ethan Sun Zuo 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Thermal Transfer Rate on Laptop Performance (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
  Audrey Warmuth Aeshon  Balasubramanian Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Improving the Safety of Self-Driving Cars with Deep Learning and Audio (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
            Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society