Harker School-Middle Campus
Project Awards 2024
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harker School-Middle Campus | Cathy | Hsieh | Aria | Chadha | IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2) | What chemical best replaces silver iodide as an environmentally friendly alternative in cloud seeding? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Riya | Chatterjee | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Beneath the Tide: Unleashing the Power of Calcium Ions and Seaweed to Create Food-Safe Biofabric (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Middle School or High School $250 and a Certificate of Achievement, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | |||||||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Avi | Gupta | 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS | Using AI to give early flood warnings (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Charlene Yifan | Li | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | The Effects of Varying Substrates on the Strength of Eco-Friendly Mycelium Bricks (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Saria Avril | Lum | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Beneath the Tide: Unleashing the Power of Calcium Ions and Seaweed to Create Food-Safe Biofabric (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Middle School or High School $250 and a Certificate of Achievement, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | |||||||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Arushi Zihan Basu | Mallick | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | The Effects of Varying Substrates on the Strength of Eco-Friendly Mycelium Bricks (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nathan | Mao | 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS | Using AI to give early flood warnings (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Kiah | Singla | IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2) | What chemical best replaces silver iodide as an environmentally friendly alternative in cloud seeding? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Tina | Kim | Jillian | Chen | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | What is the effect of different materials on the odor causing bacteria in shoe insoles? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Elynn | Pang | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | AI's Solutions on Bullying (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Janvi | Trivedi | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | What is the effect of different materials on the odor causing bacteria in shoe insoles? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Yanmei | Li (PSP) | Braden | Yang | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | The Impact of Various Nutrients on Planarian Regeneration, Learning, and Memory: A Comprehensive Exploration (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Hongjie | Ma (PSP) | Tina | Jin | 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 | Development of Simple Method to Utilize Cow Bones in Water Filtration for Better Accessibility (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $50 to student and Certificate of Achievement, Al Foster Award | |||||||
| 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS | |||||||
| 1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Kristen | Morgensen | Aditya | Banwasi | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Seed Spilling Drone (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Jessie | Cao | 2nd place MS project - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Utilizing Piezoelectric Fabric for Electricity Generation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Aditya Partho | Guru | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Using Different Organic Materials to Filter Polluted Water (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Rory | Hu | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Effect of Temperature Variation on Growth of Phanerochaete Chrysosporium (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Kirsten Grace | Porter | 2nd place MS project - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Utilizing Piezoelectric Fabric for Electricity Generation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Amber | Wang | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Effect of Temperature Variation on Growth of Phanerochaete Chrysosporium (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Grace | Yao | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Infrared Thermal Imaging for the Detection of Plant Leaf Stress (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Michael Muhong | Zhao | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Using Different Organic Materials to Filter Polluted Water (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||