Stratford Preparatory Blackford
Project Awards 2026
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford Preparatory Blackford | Ashwinder | Kahlon | Vedant | Baji | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Tiltelligence (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Sripranav | Pisipati | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Tiltelligence (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Heather | Mackewicz | Ren | Cai | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Quantum Entanglement and Plant Bioelectricity: Testing Cross-Species Electrical Synchronization (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Everett | Song | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | Artificial Intelligence-Based Vision System for Safety Critical Assembly Quality Monitoring (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Saanjali Sai | Vinay | Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | IONIS: An Intelligent Obstacle Detection and Navigation System to Improve Independent Mobility (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Neha | Makhijani | Ishan | Chaugule | Third Place Award: $100 shared with team members(s) and framed certificate, SVACS Dave Parker Award for Excellence in Chemistry | Unsticking the Future: Assessing PFAS Reduction Pathways in the Teflon Industry and its Environmental Impact (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Jaime | McIntyre | Rufan | Yin | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Real-time Disaster Search & Rescue System utilizing Semantic Segmentation and Object Recognition onboard Fixed-wing UAV (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Anuradha | Murthy | Orchita | Chakraborty | 2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Sustainable Bioremediation: Transforming Saccharomyces cerevisiae using CRISPR/CAS9 for oil spill cleanup (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Jayalakshmi | Nair | Eshan | Patel | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Self-Adjusting Lanes for Urban Traffic Optimization (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |