Synopsys Championship Project Status

Mr. D. Dressen, Los Altos High School

Application accepted (what does this mean?)
Ekenayake	Linuki	11th	A31	111-430-C2	Bio-orthogonal activation of a NRAS targeting prodrug for metastatic melanomas (Biological Science and Engineering, Biochemistry/Microbiology)
Freda Eskenazi	Tom	11th	A22	122-B20-E2	Synthesizing and testing novel ligands for passivation and improved stability of perovskite films in solar cells (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
Gerdyman	Joseph	12th	A22	122-B20-E2	Synthesizing and testing novel ligands for passivation and improved stability of perovskite films in solar cells (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
Grbovic	Milan	12th	A33	122-F10-41	Design of a Thermoelectric Generator"Phase Change Material system for waste heat recovery in air conditioning (Physical Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering)
Halpin	Alexander	12th	A32	122-C10-A2	Using MgO Carbonation-Calcination Cycles to Improve the Carbon Dioxide Storage Potential of Olivine (Physical Science and Engineering, Earth and Environmental Science)
Kohli	Ria	12th	A68	123-410-81	Synthesizing a curcumin cyclodextrin complex to target cell proliferation of A549 cell line (RRI Biological Science and Engineering, Biochemistry/Microbiology)
Kothari	Sumedh	12th	A21	122-B10-12	Design, Synthesis, and Application of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Selective CO2 Capture in Vehicle Exhaust Systems (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
Manche	Michael Peter	12th	A35	122-A10-92	Synthesizing Analogues of Nicotine to Investigate The Neuromodulatory Potential in Parkinson's Disease in Drosophila. (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemistry)
Mukherjee	Arjun	11th	A15	112-H91-31	Computationally Investigating Racial Bias in NBA Commentary (Physical Science and Engineering, Software Engineering)
Peter	Theodore	12th	A32	122-C10-A2	Using MgO Carbonation-Calcination Cycles to Improve the Carbon Dioxide Storage Potential of Olivine (Physical Science and Engineering, Earth and Environmental Science)
Radovanovic	Lea	12th	B75	122-B30-A2	Improving Performance of Ionic Liquid-Based Gel Electrolytes with Covalent Organic Frameworks (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
Rajagopal	Avni	11th	A30	112-H90-51	Comparing LLM Fine-Tuning and RAG for Natural Language Tasks Related to Scientific Literature (Physical Science and Engineering, Software Engineering)
Rajan	Sarika	11th	A31	111-430-C2	Bio-orthogonal activation of a NRAS targeting prodrug for metastatic melanomas (Biological Science and Engineering, Biochemistry/Microbiology)
Ramasubban	Dhruv	12th	A20	122-A20-61	Biodegradable, Porous Polymer Sensor Embedded with Natural Dyes for Volatile Organic Compound Sensing in Food Spoilage (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemistry)
Ruan	Francis Ye	12th	A35	122-A10-92	Synthesizing Analogues of Nicotine to Investigate The Neuromodulatory Potential in Parkinson's Disease in Drosophila. (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemistry)
Rubio	Kevin Robert	12th	B75	122-B30-A2	Improving Performance of Ionic Liquid-Based Gel Electrolytes with Covalent Organic Frameworks (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
Sanchez	Douglas	12th	B75	122-B30-A2	Improving Performance of Ionic Liquid-Based Gel Electrolytes with Covalent Organic Frameworks (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
Tang	Joshua Ethan	12th	A13	121-510-F1	Analyzing and Identifying Differentially Expressed Genes in Colorectal Cancer Cells (Biological Science and Engineering, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics)
Valenzuela	Osvaldo	12th	A21	122-B10-12	Design, Synthesis, and Application of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Selective CO2 Capture in Vehicle Exhaust Systems (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
Woo	Parker	12th	A22	122-B20-E2	Synthesizing and testing novel ligands for passivation and improved stability of perovskite films in solar cells (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
Zhou	Abby Jiaqi	12th	A40	122-D10-31	Optimizing Energy Recovery LINAC Particle Accelerators to Minimize Beam Breakup Instability for EUV-Lithography (Physical Science and Engineering, Physics and Astronomy)
Application incomplete/see your teacher (what does this mean?)
Akutsu	Alice	12th	A14	121-440-A2	Researching the protective effects of an analogue of curcumin and ginkgo biloba extract on Alzheimer's disease. (Biological Science and Engineering, Biochemistry/Microbiology)
Aliashvili	Anastasia Magda	11th	A27	122-A30-12	Selective Non-Nucleoside Inhibition of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus: Synthesizing T-1105 Analogs for Better Specificity (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemistry)
Bremner	Jasmine My Linh	12th	A39	122-B40-62	Synthesizing Selective Atrazine Analogs: Targeting the QB Binding Site on the D1 Subunit of Photosystem II (PSII) (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
Burnham	Camelia Sophia	11th	A27	122-A30-12	Selective Non-Nucleoside Inhibition of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus: Synthesizing T-1105 Analogs for Better Specificity (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemistry)
Chan	Luk-Lun	11th	A16	112-A30-H1	Polar vs. Non-Polar Gasses: A Comparative Study on Dielectric Strength using BTE and Correlation Models. (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemistry)
Kalyani	Kaamya	12th	A14	121-440-A2	Researching the protective effects of an analogue of curcumin and ginkgo biloba extract on Alzheimer's disease. (Biological Science and Engineering, Biochemistry/Microbiology)
Lim	Ashley	12th	A27	122-A30-12	Selective Non-Nucleoside Inhibition of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus: Synthesizing T-1105 Analogs for Better Specificity (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemistry)
Serrano	Elcy	12th	A39	122-B40-62	Synthesizing Selective Atrazine Analogs: Targeting the QB Binding Site on the D1 Subunit of Photosystem II (PSII) (Physical Science and Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
Application received/awaiting review for completeness (what does this mean?)
Panwar	Yashraj	12th	A28	122-H20-11	Expungement of Criminal Records Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Physical Science and Engineering, Software Engineering)