Presentation High School

Project Awards 2019

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Presentation High School	Tracy	Hughes	Jadelynn Kim	Dao	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Using Reinforcement Learning in Detection Systems to Modernize Traffic Control Algorithms (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
			Anusha	Ghosh	Second Place: University of Toronto "Swag Bag", University of Toronto Award	Detection and Translation of American Sign Language through Deep Learning (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					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
			Caitlin Maya	Gorin	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	A Multi-Faceted Material Strength Testing Machine for 3D Printed Plastics (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
					1st Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement from ASM Materials Education Foundation and Ribbon, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter
			Shloka V.	Janapaty	$100, Morgan Lewis	A Novel, Fast, Low-Cost Approach to Achieve Near 100% LDPE Degradation: Bioremedial Landfill Implementation (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Nikitha Venkatesh	Kalahasti	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	The effect of plant recolonisation on soil properties post fire exposure during drought stress (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
			Shannon Brigette	Miranda	3rd Place $75, Santa Clara Valley Water District	An Environmentally Friendly Wetland Nitrate Filtration Method with Reduced Global Warming Gases (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize
			Ria Umesh	Nawathe	Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category	Investigating the Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Myofiber Type Under Microgravity Conditions (RRI Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Tanaya Umesh	Nawathe	Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category	Investigating the Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Myofiber Type Under Microgravity Conditions (RRI Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Evelyn	Rubinchik	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	The Effect of Blue Light Exposure on the Retinal Degeneration of Light and Dark Eyes (Biological Science and Engineering)	12
			Anjali	Sinha	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Fighting Flames: Heat-Activated Dispenser for Fire Retardant (Physical Science and Engineering)	12
			Samantha	Yang	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Fighting Flames: Heat-Activated Dispenser for Fire Retardant (Physical Science and Engineering)	12