Saratoga High School

Project Awards 2025

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Saratoga High School Janny Cahatol Arahan  Balasubramanian 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Human vs Artificial: Precision & Recall in AI-Generated Text Detection with Expert LLMs (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
  Cris Kuch Ishir  Gupta Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Flexible Cable-Driven Robotic Arm for Precise Object Manipulation (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
  Jennifer Lee Kevin  Chen Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Using Low-Frequency Acoustic Waves for Effective Aqueous Microplastic Removal from Water (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
      Kirby  Fung Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Wildfire Smoke Hazard Analysis and Mitigation in High-Risk Communities (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
            High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations from the Chief of Naval Research, Medallion and $50 gift card (redeemable online), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps    
      Alicia Tianyun Huang Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Rapid Rabies Virus Screening Using LAMP Technique: Developing a Low-Cost Portable Kit (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 10
      Mridhula Menaja Vudali Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Motorized Assist for Dog Wheelchairs: Using Tilt/Force Sensors to Enhance Mobility (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Ashley  Xu Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research Advanced Real-Time Drowsiness Detection Leveraging AI and Dual CMOS-IR Sensor Integration (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Ethan  Yang Certificate of Achievement + Letter from Sponsor (regarding $25 gift card redeemable online + internship opportunity with ASEI Industry Partner + free 1 year membership to ASEI), ASEI Award Predicting Large Language Model Hallucinations in Chess Using Confidence Metrics (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
            2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
            IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)