Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District

Project Awards 2019

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Los Altos High School	Darren	Dressen	Kylie Lauren Lo-wen	Akiyama	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Reducing Brevetoxin Production in Karenia brevis by Inhibition of Non-Photochemical Quenching (NPQ) (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Dadmehr	Ghasemfar	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Detection of Forest Fires through the use of Convolutional Neural Networks and other Algorithmic Techniques (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
			Alexander	Guh-Siesel	1st Place Award - $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS	A Method for Treating Celiac Disease: Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the HLA-DQ2 Receptor (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Sierra Victoria Marie	Howard	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Implications of Inhibiting the Wnt Signaling Pathway in Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells using the Novel Antibody Omp-18R5 (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
					Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology
			Elena Maria	Mujica	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Reducing Brevetoxin Production in Karenia brevis by Inhibition of Non-Photochemical Quenching (NPQ) (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Katherine Ann	Nasif	First Place: One Week DEEP Summer Academy at the University of Toronto, Std Residence Package, and Travel Stipend, University of Toronto Award	Development of an Electro-activated Dynamic-Resisting Polyaniline Sensor for use in Electronics Prototyping Applications (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					$100, IBM Award
					Packet with over-the-shoulder sling pack, dog tag USB flash memory drive, USB car charger, power bank charger and certificate in folder, United States Air Force
			Franklin Ye	Ruan	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	The Symbiotic Effects of Panax notoginseng (Ginseng) Extracted Steroid Glycosides on Kanamycin Resistant E-Coli (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Romella Katherine	Sagatelian	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Synthesis of Pyrazolopyridine Derivatives as Potential NADPH Oxidase 5 (NOX5) Inhibitors (Physical Science and Engineering)	12
	Victoria	Johnson	Tara Sophia	Pande	HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps	Optimizing Sleep and Wellbeing in Sleep-Deprived Teenagers (Biological Science and Engineering)	9
	Meghan	Strazicich	Arthi	Vaidyanathan	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Testing the Effects of Iron Supplements on the Production of Siderophores in Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (Biological Science and Engineering)	11