Stratford Middle School - Palo Alto

Project Awards 2025

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Stratford Middle School - Palo Alto	Veronica	Oropeza Ibarra	Theo	Bererton	Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $65 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)	Effect of Different Coastal Defenses on Wave Overtopping (Physical Science and Engineering)	6
					Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category
			Nirav	Iyer	Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering	Flex-o-form, the designing of an expanding, multipurpose bag (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Rhea	Prakash	Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research	Efficiency of Fuel Cells (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Diya	Sawhney	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Infrastructural Electromagnetic Suspension (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
			Alexis	Sheng	1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	What combination of materials and design features create a comfortable, absorbent, non-toxic sanitary pad? (Biological Science and Engineering)	6
					Most Promising Young Scientist, $150 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research
			Adhwaith Sai	Somavarapu	Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering	Flex-o-form, the designing of an expanding, multipurpose bag (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
			Shravan	Vijay	1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category	Infrastructural Electromagnetic Suspension (Physical Science and Engineering)	7
					IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers