Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District

Project Awards 2014

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Los Gatos High School  Dan Burns  Jessica  Chiu 1st Place: $1000 Scholarship to SJSU College of Engineering and Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering Aeroelastic Flight Dynamic Modeling of an Adaptive Camber-Morphing Aircraft for Improved Cruise Efficiency (Engineering) 12
              1st Award, Engineering Category    
              3rd Place: $100 and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society    
              First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter    
              Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers    
              Grade 12 Individual Project - $200 award and Certificate, DuPont Industrial Biosciences    
              Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award    
              IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers    
        Andrea Rae Kibel 2nd Award, Zoology Category Proof of Concept: Digital Vocabulary Analysis for C. Stelleri (Zoology) 12
   Cathy Messenger  Zuhra  Bholat 1st Award, Engineering Category Performance of a Plant Microbial Fuel Cell with Oryza Sativa (Engineering) 10
              Team: $60 and Book per team member, The ROD Women in Science Award    
        Liam Michael Conrad Honorable Mention, Botany Category The Effects of Multicolor Light on Raphanus sativus Plant Pigments (Botany) 10
        Shomik  Jain 1st Award, Botany Category The Effect of Bisphenol A on Lactuca sativa var. Longifolia (Botany) 10
        Jiayi  Luo 1st Award, Engineering Category Performance of a Plant Microbial Fuel Cell with Oryza Sativa (Engineering) 10
              Team: $60 and Book per team member, The ROD Women in Science Award    
        Leron  Perez 1st place, $50 check, and a Book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award Biomimetic Robot Based on Cypselurus californicus For Hydro-Aerial Applications (Engineering) 11
        Yannan  Tuo Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Enhancing Solar Cell Efficiency with Fluorescent Coatings (Engineering) 10
        Lauren Alessandra Verheyden 2nd Award, Botany Category Effects of Astragalus Canadensis Extracts on Erwinia Carotovora Diseased Plants (Botany) 10
Saratoga High School  Jill McCrystal  Anusuya  Arjavalingam 2nd Award, Physics Category The Effect of Magnetism on Electrolysis (Physics) 10
        Agastya  Gupta $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis An Inexpensive, Global, and Effective Means of Diagnosing Heart Disease (Computers / Mathematics) 11
              1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category    
        Trishla  Pokharna Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Low-Cost Innovative Incubator using TEC Technology (Engineering) 9
        Kristine  Zhang 2nd Award, Chemistry Category Development of Novel Metal Nanostructures for Efficient and Broadband Solar Energy Conversion (Chemistry) 10
              2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering