Harker School-Middle Campus

Project Awards 2020

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Harker School-Middle Campus Shengnan Cong (PSP) Brenna  Ren Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Solar Powered Lanterns Based on Origami Techniques (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
      Kallie  Wang Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Solar Powered Lanterns Based on Origami Techniques (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
  Tina Kim Gautam  Bhooma Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter ForesAIght: Machine Learning powered Assistant for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
      Katherine Helena Fields $50 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society Purified water vs filtered water vs natural water and its effect on plants (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
      Ramit Rajan Goyal Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter ForesAIght: Machine Learning powered Assistant for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade    
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
      Emily Isabella Kwan GR 6-8: Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter The Effects of Enterobacter on Soil Pollution (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
      Ella Selina Lan Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Developing a Method to Detect Circadian State From Gene Expression Through Machine Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
      Thomas  Liu Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category A Novel, Least Invasive Way to Detect and Destroy Thrombosis (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
      Heidi Yundi Lu Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Developing a Method to Detect Circadian State From Gene Expression Through Machine Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
      Arnav  Swaroop Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category A Novel, Least Invasive Way to Detect and Destroy Thrombosis (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
      Kaitlyn Cheyee Wang GR 6-8: Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter The Effects of Enterobacter on Soil Pollution (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
      Maryam  Zehra $50 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society Purified water vs filtered water vs natural water and its effect on plants (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
  Preston Lau (PSP) Hubert  Lau Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Effect of Plants and Mud on Generating Electricity in a Microbial Fuel Cell System. (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
      Serena  Lau Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Effect of Plants and Mud on Generating Electricity in a Microbial Fuel Cell System. (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
  Kristen Morgensen Zachary Glantz-Nguyen Blue Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Passively Rotating Wind Turbine (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
      Benjamin Allen Cha $100 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society The Effects of Pondweed on Plant Growth (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
      Aeliya Indra Grover Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Microplastics on the Growth of Bacteria Culture (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
      Medini  Halepete Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Microplastics on the Growth of Bacteria Culture (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
      Jordan Sun Labio Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Passively Rotating Wind Turbine (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
      Adrian Wen Liu Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Perfect Volleyball Serve (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
      Vivek Sandeep Nayyar Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Perfect Volleyball Serve (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
      Brandon  Zau $100 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society The Effects of Pondweed on Plant Growth (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
  Kathy Peng Alex Kaiwen Guo Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Using AI to Distinguish Between Human Caused and Natural Fires (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
      Nathan Tsai Liu Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Using AI to Distinguish Between Human Caused and Natural Fires (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
            Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair    
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category