Los Altos School District

Project Awards 2014

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Blach Intermediate School  Meghan Greenbaum  Kaylyn  Ho Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Remove CO2 to Stop Global Warming (Environmental Sciences) 7
   Ricky Hu  Allison  Yih Honorable Mention, Botany Category Effect of light on Vitamin C content in green vegetables (Botany) 8
   Cynthia Kane  Oscar  Bjorkman Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Homework Management App for iPhone (Computers / Mathematics) 7
Gardner Bullis Elem. School  Niki Mitchell  Kylie Lauren Akiyama 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category Which Road De-icer is the Best for the Environment? (Environmental Sciences) 6
              Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers    
        Shilpa Padiki Rao 2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers Does that fancy seismograph really work? Testing a phone's mems sensor against a homemade seismograph. (Engineering) 6