Saratoga High School

Project Awards 2011

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Saratoga High School	Robert	Kucer	Arnav	Dugar	2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Fluroescent Reporter Assay for Monitoring Cellular Dynamics (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	11
			David Ken-Ming	Eng	Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School	Role of Septins in the Uptake of the Fungus Candida albicans by Host Cells (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	11
					1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category
			Jacqueline Lisa	Gu	2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category	Controlled Transformation of RNA Secondary Structure (Biochemistry / Microbiology)	10
			David Andrew	Zarrin	1st Award, Engineering Category	Never Lost Again: Designing a Novel Precision Indoor Navigation System (Engineering)	10
					$50 check and certificate, Wireless Communications Alliance
					1st Place Award - $250 Cash & framed cert, System Safety Society
					2nd Place: Messenger Bag, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate folder, United States Army
					GR 09-10: HP PW460t Digital Camera, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
					GR 10-12 First place $150 & certificate, Pauchon Foundation Award
					Gr 9-12-$50 Gift Certificate, Certificate of Achievement, letter of congratulations, ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps
					IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 & Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
					Student membership to AIAA, certificate, and AIAA mug, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award
			Alissa Yuan	Zhang	$100 Cash Award, certificate, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award	Comparative Study of Graphene Hydrogel and Graphite in Microbial Fuel Cells for Electricity Generation (Chemistry)	11
					1st place, $50 check and a book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award
					GR 10-12: First Place, $100, Book, T-shirt,Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)
					Gr 9-12, 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, Magazine Subscrtiption, Certicate; ISEF Cert & medallion mailed from ASM Educational Foundation,, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter
					Gr 9-12-$50 Gift Certificate, Certificate of Achievement, letter of congratulations, ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps