Milpitas Unified School District

Project Awards 2026

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Curtner Elementary School Elise Stewart Aayush  Ambre $100 per student, Bessie Stough Awards How water, saltwater, and vinegar affect power in a gel battery inspired by electric eels. (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
      Misha  Rathissh $100 per student, Bessie Stough Awards How water, saltwater, and vinegar affect power in a gel battery inspired by electric eels. (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
      Isaac  Tan $100 per student, Bessie Stough Awards How water, saltwater, and vinegar affect power in a gel battery inspired by electric eels. (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
Milpitas High School Huy Pham Savir  Dillikar 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Polaris: A Multimodal Autonomous Navigation & Haptic Feedback System for the Blind (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
            First place- $100 Check shared with team member(s) and Certificate, Access Braille Award    
      Spencer  Liu 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Polaris: A Multimodal Autonomous Navigation & Haptic Feedback System for the Blind (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
            First place- $100 Check shared with team member(s) and Certificate, Access Braille Award    
      Darren  Phan Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Comparative Evaluation of Tabular Transformer and Ensemble Models for QSAR-Based pIC50 Prediction (Biological Science and Engineering) 10