Los Gatos High School

Project Awards 2022

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Los Gatos High School	Jennifer	Lee	Ishir	Lakhani	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Using a Neural Network to Identify Respiratory Crackles in Wireless Stethoscope Data (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
	Cathy	Messenger	Ananya	Aswani Kumar	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	The Effects of Procyanidin B2 on Epilepsy on Drosophila Melanogaster (Biological Science and Engineering)	12
					2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Sasha	Balasingam	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Testing if the Increase of Choline can Reduce Repetitive Behavior in a Potential Model for Autism in C. elegans. (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Katarina	Bjegovic	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Using machine learning to analyze capsule endoscopy images in order to identify abnormalities in the small intestine (Biological Science and Engineering)	12
			Rodrigo	Cantu Valadez	$100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award	Investigating the effects of carbon-based RF aerogels on DSSCs with the purpose of increasing cell efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
					Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"
					IEEE Electro-Technology $50 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
			Taj	Chunawala	Letter of Encouragement, Environment Protection Agency	Testing the Effects of Ellagic Acid and Daidzein on Amyloid-Beta Toxicity in C. Elegan Model of Alzheimers (Biological Science and Engineering)	10
			Kamron Reza	Emami	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	Examining the Protective Abilities of the Alkaloid Tryptanthrin against Amyloid-Beta Toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Helena Ruchuan	Feng	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Lichens in Medicine: The Effects of Vulpinic Acid on Oxidative Stress-Related Neurodegeneration in a C. Elegans Model (Biological Science and Engineering)	12
					$100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards
			Clara Maria	Hansen	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	The Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Parkinson's and Leigh Syndrome in Drosophila melanogaster (Biological Science and Engineering)	12
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Kate M	Herron	Letter of Encouragement, Environment Protection Agency	The Effects of the Sunscreen Additive Sulisobenzone on the growth, movement and ROS Production of Gymnodinium Sp. (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
			Madeline	Ho	Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair	Testing the effects of nicotine and diacetyl on lung microbiome composition in respect to COVID-19 susceptibility (Biological Science and Engineering)	12
					1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category
			Stanley	Shen	2nd Place Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM-Upper Division	A Novel Three-Dimensional Navigation Method for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					$25 gift check and certificate, Access Braille Awards
			Allison	Snyder	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Using Zeeman Splitting to measure the magnetic fields and stellar cycle of Alpha Centauri B (Physical Science and Engineering)	12
			Elizabeth Margaret	Snyder	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Observing the Effect of PM 2.5 on Staurastrum sp. Phytoplankton ROS Production and Optical Density in Freshwater. (Biological Science and Engineering)	10
	Sandeep	Patel (PSP)	Taren	Patel	Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category	American Sign Language Translator (Physical Science and Engineering)	10
	Chris	Spenner	Pranav	Tadepalli	Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM-Upper Division	Using Difference Imaging to Study Photometrically Variable Stars in the Andromeda Galaxy (Physical Science and Engineering)	12
					2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category