Cabrillo Middle School
Project Awards 2025
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabrillo Middle School | Teddy | Li | Reyaansh | Gadia | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Intelligent Wind Meter (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Alon | Kassis | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Intelligent Wind Meter (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Luca Fernandez | Miranda | Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | Desalination Machine (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Jordan | Norris | Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | Desalination Machine (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| George Alex | Zinchenko | Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | Desalination Machine (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Glenn | Lillie | Dylan | Bondar | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | Do Biodegradable Hydrogels help increase plant growth while conserving water? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | |||||||
| Alexander Nicolas | Garcia | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | Do Biodegradable Hydrogels help increase plant growth while conserving water? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | |||||||
| Safiya Syeda | Jawad | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Testing Biodegradable Alternatives of Plastic to Determine the Best Material for Plastic Bags (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Hanna | Lee | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Testing Biodegradable Alternatives of Plastic to Determine the Best Material for Plastic Bags (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Mia Carina | Scilingo | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Testing Biodegradable Alternatives of Plastic to Determine the Best Material for Plastic Bags (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Tai | Shin | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Modifying Drainage Grates to Prevent Floods (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Samuel | Spalek | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | Do Biodegradable Hydrogels help increase plant growth while conserving water? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | |||||||
| Mihir Naren | Suria | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Modifying Drainage Grates to Prevent Floods (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Connor | Taffe | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Modifying Drainage Grates to Prevent Floods (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Sarah | Rahman | Aren | Avci | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Turning Fog into Water (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Carmina Margot | Bejarano Torres | Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 1) | A Safer Path for Turtles (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Matthew Van | Cihak | Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | Porch Pirate Parcel Palace (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Lucas Romano | Co | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Turning Fog into Water (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Brooke Ava | Doan | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Spoiler Alert (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Seth Andallo | Estinos | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Turning Fog into Water (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Elijah | Go | Honorable Mention Certificate, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 1) | Protective Guards (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Oliver Lee | Huang | Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | Porch Pirate Parcel Palace (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Reyna Kautul | Mehta | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Spoiler Alert (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Aanya | Mittal | Honorable Mention Certificate, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 1) | Biodegradable Fishing Gear (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Vinil | Mundrathi | Honorable Mention Certificate, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 1) | Protective Guards (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Noor Kaur | Narang | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Spoiler Alert (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Levi Austin | Rosenfeld | Honorable Mention Certificate, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 1) | Protective Guards (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Alexa Valeria | Sanchez | Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 1) | A Safer Path for Turtles (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Tanya | Sharma | Honorable Mention Certificate, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 1) | Biodegradable Fishing Gear (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Isabella Rose | Sheets | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Better Takeout Packaging for Us and the Environment (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Jackson Sawyer | Shields | Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | Porch Pirate Parcel Palace (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Annabelle En-lin | Wang | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Better Takeout Packaging for Us and the Environment (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Duoyan | Yu | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Better Takeout Packaging for Us and the Environment (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Jessica | Schroeder | Myra | Bisnik | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Making A Hydrogel Water Bottle That Pulls Clean Water From The Air (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Eesha | Bommakanti | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Hurricane Alert System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Yushi | Chen | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Hurricane Alert System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Lavisha | Kejriwal | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Hurricane Alert System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Aadya | Pal | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Making A Hydrogel Water Bottle That Pulls Clean Water From The Air (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Mehaavi | Shah | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Making A Hydrogel Water Bottle That Pulls Clean Water From The Air (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Michelle | Scilingo | Anushka Benita | Ashok | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | EcoAquatics (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | |||||||
| Dyuti | Batchu | Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 1) | Waste to Wonder: Testing Optimal Conditions for High-Scale Growth of Plastic-Degrading Fungi (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Ximena | Blanco-Sarmiento | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | Data Centers for the Future! (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Devansh | Chakraborty | Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $65 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | PiQSaR: Pneumatic bio-inspired Quadrupedal Soft Robot for Delicate Object Handling (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jayne | Chen | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | HydroPower Pioneers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Anirudh | Chukka | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Microplastics Filtration using Magnetite Powder and Oil (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | |||||||
| Samantha Moya | Cruz | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Celestial Solvers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Anagha | Dhurjati | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | HydroPower Pioneers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Lucas Thomas | Flynn | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Dynamic Traffic Control System for Environmental Optimization (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Sara | Karnik | Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 1) | Waste to Wonder: Testing Optimal Conditions for High-Scale Growth of Plastic-Degrading Fungi (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Rahini | Kenkre | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | Data Centers for the Future! (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Daniela Francheska | Lapido | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | EcoAquatics (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | |||||||
| Mariana Faith | Louie | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | HydroPower Pioneers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Evelyn Cleo | Morris | Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 1) | Waste to Wonder: Testing Optimal Conditions for High-Scale Growth of Plastic-Degrading Fungi (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Akhil | Nagori | Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $65 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Visionary: AI Glasses for Real-Time Text-to-Audio for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||
| Vihaan | Narkhede | Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $65 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | PiQSaR: Pneumatic bio-inspired Quadrupedal Soft Robot for Delicate Object Handling (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Niral | Poongovan | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Microplastics Filtration using Magnetite Powder and Oil (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | |||||||
| Vihaan | Punjabi | Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $65 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | PiQSaR: Pneumatic bio-inspired Quadrupedal Soft Robot for Delicate Object Handling (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Reya Rohit | Sharma | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Celestial Solvers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Shivendra | Sharma | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Dynamic Traffic Control System for Environmental Optimization (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Avika | Shukla | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Celestial Solvers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Vihaan | Sriram | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Dynamic Traffic Control System for Environmental Optimization (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Evann Jie-En | Sun | Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $65 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Visionary: AI Glasses for Real-Time Text-to-Audio for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||
| Jiya | Tejura | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | Data Centers for the Future! (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Naithik | Viswajith | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Microplastics Filtration using Magnetite Powder and Oil (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | |||||||
| Emma Margret | Wu | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | EcoAquatics (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Certificate of Merit and $50, Bessie Stough Awards (Part 2) | |||||||
| Lucas Shengwen | Yen | Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $65 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Visionary: AI Glasses for Real-Time Text-to-Audio for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||||