Santa Clara Unified School District
Project Awards 2021
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabrillo Middle School | Glenn | Lillie | Clarissa Milan | Co | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Reuse, Not Waste: Redirecting Greywater from the Shower over to the Toilet (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Ridhima | Gupta | Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Increasing Solar Mirror Efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Ethan | Ha | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Making Every Second Count: Algorithm That Approximates the Time You Have to Evacuate a Fire (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Ananth | Kini | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Investigating the effects of hydroponics and aquaponics on plants (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Karan | Kolappa | Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Increasing Solar Mirror Efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Soham Sudhir | Kulkarni | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Making Every Second Count: Algorithm That Approximates the Time You Have to Evacuate a Fire (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Grace | Muresan | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Reuse, Not Waste: Redirecting Greywater from the Shower over to the Toilet (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Dylan | Ng | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Making Every Second Count: Algorithm That Approximates the Time You Have to Evacuate a Fire (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Zaaina Sabeel | Syeda | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Investigating the effects of hydroponics and aquaponics on plants (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Agatha Thai | Vu | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Reuse, Not Waste: Redirecting Greywater from the Shower over to the Toilet (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Saamya | Yadav | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Investigating the effects of hydroponics and aquaponics on plants (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Reiko Malia Rosales | Yoshimura | Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Increasing Solar Mirror Efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Sarah | Rahman | Sahana | Anamika | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Smart Drip Irrigation System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Isabel | Antony | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Forest Fire Alert System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Marcella Lynn | Calfee | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Forest Fire Alert System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sahithi | Cherukuri | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Smart Drip Irrigation System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Serena Saumil | Gandhi | $125 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | C.H.I.P (Covid Help Intelligent Patrol) - A robot to ensure health and safety of people in public places (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | |||||||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion and letter of congratulations, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Anushree | Gupta | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Forest Fire Alert System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Paige Sierra | Houle | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | SSWSWP ( Soil Sensor Watering System With Pizzazz) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Pranav | Iyer | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Reducing Heat in Constrained Layer Damping (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Nandana | Maheskumar | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Smart Drip Irrigation System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Ritvik | Patra | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Reducing Heat in Constrained Layer Damping (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Dinah Lynn | Schofield | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | SSWSWP ( Soil Sensor Watering System With Pizzazz) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Satvik | Vale | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Reducing Heat in Constrained Layer Damping (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Sara Jinhi | Yoshida | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | SSWSWP ( Soil Sensor Watering System With Pizzazz) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Michelle | Scilingo | Maryam | Ismail | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Uh Oh! Seizure on the Loose!:Developing A Wearable Device to Assist Epileptic Patients And Prevent Cases of SUDEP (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Daniel | Jeznach | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Designing a low Cost Flood Detection System for Third World Countries (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | |||||||
| Aadit | Kannan | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Designing a low Cost Flood Detection System for Third World Countries (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | |||||||
| Dahyun | Kim | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Uh Oh! Seizure on the Loose!:Developing A Wearable Device to Assist Epileptic Patients And Prevent Cases of SUDEP (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sidak | Sandhu | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Designing a low Cost Flood Detection System for Third World Countries (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | |||||||
| Josephine | Smith | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Uh Oh! Seizure on the Loose!:Developing A Wearable Device to Assist Epileptic Patients And Prevent Cases of SUDEP (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Wilson | Tsang | Azul Aceves | Gonzalez | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Prosthetic Arm (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Julia Debra | Hulgan | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Prosthetic Arm (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Shaurya | Sharma | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The SPAC Mask: Smart Protection Against Covid-19 (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| Sophia Mina | Watkins | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Prosthetic Arm (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Janet | Wu | Samuel John | Geevarghese | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Anti-Acidifying the Ocean One : Reducing Hydrogen ions with Macrology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Connor Phillip | Houle | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Creating an AI facial mask detector with a people counting system for Covid-19 (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Aryan | Ponnuru | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Anti-Acidifying the Ocean One : Reducing Hydrogen ions with Macrology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Arham Ahmad | Siddiqui | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Creating an AI facial mask detector with a people counting system for Covid-19 (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jonathan | Thomas | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Helio Tracker (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Dani Alex | Ticau | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Creating an AI facial mask detector with a people counting system for Covid-19 (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Andrew \ | Traffas | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Helio Tracker (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Aakash Sri | Vetcha | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Anti-Acidifying the Ocean One : Reducing Hydrogen ions with Macrology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Peterson Middle School | Rachel | Hilario-Pigg | Kiera Joelle | Maben | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | The Effect of Eco-friendly Detergents on Aquatic Organisms (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Santa Clara High School | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Grace Elizabeth | Calfee | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Winging It:Using a homemade low speed wind tunnel to design and build the optimum RC plane wing for flight and education (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| Ryan Pierce | Co | $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award | Repurposing Wood Ash to Create an Emergency Fire Retardant that Protects Homes Against Wildfire Embers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Bien Antonio Valencia | Dela Cruz | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | How Would Altering the Soil's pH level Affect the Growth and Development of a Viola cornuta Plant? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Jonathan Uziel | Garnica Niz | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | How Would Altering the Soil's pH level Affect the Growth and Development of a Viola cornuta Plant? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Caitlin Minh Thy | Nguyen | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Harnessing Aqueous Ammonium Using Clinoptilolite Hydrogels to Use as a Potential Nitrogen Fertilizer (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Marlene | Spector | Jeremy Zhou | Flint | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Using Machine Learning and Systematic Data Collection to Identify Online Misinformation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Alan | Tan | Adreema Tasnova | Ahsan | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Stretch It Out-Designing a cost-effective,convenient glove to help patients regain mobility and avoid complete paralysis (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Boz | Azordegan | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Using Sensors to Track and Predict Motion in Order to Improve Athletic Ability with Limited Space (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Nirathi | Cherukuri | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Intelligent Waste Management with the Application of Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| GR 9-12: 1st Place, Certificate of Achievement, and tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | |||||||
| Rida | Faraz | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Netration - A net filtration system designed to improve the process of plastic and oil removal from our river systems (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Sahana | Moogi | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Netration - A net filtration system designed to improve the process of plastic and oil removal from our river systems (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Kaitlyn D | Nguyen | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Netration - A net filtration system designed to improve the process of plastic and oil removal from our river systems (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Saee Kunal | Pole | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Stretch It Out-Designing a cost-effective,convenient glove to help patients regain mobility and avoid complete paralysis (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Abhiritika | Rala | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Mental Check-In (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Eric | Wozadlo | Arushi | Patel | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Using an Image Recognition API and a Robotic Fish to Map Delta Smelt Substrates (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| Wilcox High School | Brad | Beadell | Jason Xuanyu | Fischer | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | What are the effects of adding a blockchain-based exchange with consumer participation to California's Carbon Trade? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| David | Iverson | Tavleen | Kaur | Honorable Mention, Certificate Only, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Designing a cost-effective optical sensor to detect organic and synthetic water contaminants (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Jeff | Muralt | Surya Christopher | Tallavarjula | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Detection of COVID-19 Using Deep Learning Classification and Optimization Studies Using Chest X-ray Images (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |