BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School

Project Awards 2019

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School	Anastasia	Batrachenko	Diptanshu	Sikdar	2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Novel Hybrid Thermal Management Solution for Photovoltaic Systems (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
					$50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award
					Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department
	Jiu	Chang (mentor)	Keshav	Narang	Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade	Generalizing a Solution to the Tower of Hanoi with Varying Number of Pegs and Rings (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
	Sunil	Chhaya (PSP)	Om Sunil	Chhaya	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Wearable Personalized Health Information System (Physical Science and Engineering)	8
	Thomas	Dornhoffer	Deepesh	Aggarwal	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Effects of Different Spices on Yeast Production (Biological Science and Engineering)	9
			Veda Sahithi	Kamaraju	Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter	Mobile Urban Sensing System: A Novel, Smart City Approach to Detect, Analyze, and Prevent Air Pollutants (Physical Science and Engineering)	9
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award
			Tharika	Thambidurai	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Reducing Global Air Pollution Using A Self-Cleaning Photocatalyst (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
	Tracy	Hughes	Advit	Deepak	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Using Reinforcement Learning in Detection Systems to Modernize Traffic Control Algorithms (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
	Rachna	Sharma	Henry	Yao	1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering	From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating Chitosan-Based Bioplastic, and Its Effect on Food Packaging and Preservation (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					Middle School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)
					Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps