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Project Awards 2024

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Archbishop Mitty High School  Thuy-Anh Nguyen  Nikethana  Karthikeyan $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards E-see: A Tracking System Prototype that Forewarns Drivers About Multi-Vehicle Pile-ups. (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award    
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School  Karen Allendoerfer  Jason N Nishio Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Breast Cancer Early Detection Using Image Processing And Deep Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Nelson K Nishio 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Early Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy Through Image Processing and Deep Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Charan  Sridhar $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards Enhancing Anesthetic Precision: A Novel Transformer-based Model for Predicting Intravenous Anesthesia Infusion Rate (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Matthew Archambault  Dhruv  Sharma Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category QuMOS: Using Quantum Computing to accelerate Multi-omics data analysis for Medicinal Drug and Vaccine development (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Swetha Bhattacharya  Anav  Bordia Upper Division : 2nd Place Student Award: $500 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) From Manual Maps to AI-Powered Atlases: Unveiling the Microvasculature in 3D Kidney Scans (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
              Certificate of Achievement; Individually Wrapped Award Package from U.S. Air Force, United States Air Force    
        Hiruna Dilmith Fernando First place- $75 Check and Certificate, Access Braille Award AI-based Device Guiding the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Raeyaan Valleru Muppaneni Second place- $25 Check and Certificate, Access Braille Award Detection of Objects in Real-time on a Wearable Device for Assisting Visually Impaired Individuals (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Saanvi  Sharma $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award Health-Optimized Navigation System: Leveraging Real-Time Air Quality & Weather Data for Healthier Routes (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Daniel  Xiao Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category UAV Safety Distance (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Sunita Gehlot  Archit  Deepak 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Using Machine Learning to Detect Obstructive Glare from the Sun for Drivers (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI    
        Andrew  Liu Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Radio Source Classification of Astronomical Objects Using Wavelet Analysis and Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Karthik  Sabhanayakam Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Radio Source Classification of Astronomical Objects Using Wavelet Analysis and Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Naor Movshovitz  Caroline Kexin Chen Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research Interpretable Deep Learning for Defect-Prediction from Semiconductor Sensor Data using a Novel Application of DeepLIFT (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Sophia Yinfan Li Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research Interpretable Deep Learning for Defect-Prediction from Semiconductor Sensor Data using a Novel Application of DeepLIFT (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
   Jon Noble  Aadrit  Talukdar Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research A Novel Approach for Early Detection of Wildfires Using Power Line Crawlers with Embedded ML Image Classification (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              Certificate of Achievement; Individually Wrapped Award Package from U.S. Air Force, United States Air Force    
   Mayuri Pochiraju  Ashwath  Ram Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations from the Chief of Naval Research, and Medallion, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps The ROCKing Solution for Eutrophication (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
   Kirti Tamhane  Truman  You Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research A finite volume formulation for the one-dimensional heat equation with a moving boundary (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Eric Walser  Krishna  Bhatt Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category TractX - A Density-Aware Streamline Exclusion System for Accurate White Matter Reconstruction (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
              $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award    
   Julia Wendel  Kangjia  Huang Upper Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Aiding Femoral Osteonecrosis Treatment by Obtaining Quantitative Parameters through Image Analysis (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Chaaruhaas  Kandregula Upper Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Aiding Femoral Osteonecrosis Treatment by Obtaining Quantitative Parameters through Image Analysis (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Max  Polosky Upper Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Aiding Femoral Osteonecrosis Treatment by Obtaining Quantitative Parameters through Image Analysis (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
Bellarmine College Preparatory  Kassandra (Kasey) Monaco  Ayush  Ghosh 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category Minimizing Discriminatory Bias in Healthcare Models Through Optimal Transportation and Threshold-Agnostic Fairness (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Ann Roemer  Minkyu  Koo First place, $250 Wireless Communications Alliance Award, Wireless Communications Alliance Distributed Sensor Network for Wildfire Detection (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
   Nathan Stibrich  Viraj  Pandey $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, SVACS High School Award for Excellence in Chemistry From Polluted to Potable: Revolutionizing pollutant removal and desalination using nano-particulate GQD-based membranes (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards HS    
   Peng Yav  Ilesh Veliah Sundar High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations from the Chief of Naval Research, Medallion and $50 gift card (redeemable online), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps Realm of Random: Effect of Quantum and Pseudorandom Number Generators on Simulated Systems (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
Castilleja School  Ian Van Wert  Trisha  Saxena Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Bioplastics: Making and Testing Alternatives to Plastic (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
Challenger - Berryessa - SJ  Tina Nguyen  Rohan  Pal $250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award The Gripping Glove - A robotic aid for arthritis patients (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
        Aarush  Vashi $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award AI-Powered Waste Sorter (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              Lower Division : Grand Prize Student Award: $500 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)    
              Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade    
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
   Anna Pulickal  Gaby  Baniqued Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award Lifelink: Interactive Monitoring Application and Smartwatch for Heart Rate and Medicine (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
Challenger - Shawnee - SJ  Bonny Basu  Sera Linesh John Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Waste to Electricity using Solar Energy (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Sanvi  Kannoori Letter to apply for $100 and Certificate, The Lemelson Early Inventor Prize Black Ice Detector (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Devshree Mehul Mistry Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade EcoBin: A Bin with Fill Level Detection that uses an AI Machine Learning Model to sort Recyclables from Non-Recyclables (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
        Abhimanyu  Mitra Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Testing the Effect of the Number of Slits in a Slit Aperture on the Width of the Primary Maxima Produced by a Laser (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ  Annie Chen  Adyant  Bhavsar Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Maximizing Energy Harvesting: Advancing Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Enhanced Power Efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
        Aanya  Kandala First Place Award: $250 and framed certificate, SVACS Dave Parker Award for Excellence in Chemistry Biodegradable Hydrogels (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Emmanuel  Swenson 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Depluminizer 3000 (cleaner deep-sea mining) (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
   Jessica Reinman  Kiyan Arun Raisinghani 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Ionize, Magnetize, Energize (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st place MS project - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA    
        Mridula  Rajagopalan 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Sea-nergy : An innovation for limitless energy using a saltwater based electricity generator (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
              Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations from the Chief of Naval Research, and Medallion, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps    
        Thiyagesh  Venkatesan Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Coagulation Clarification of Microplastics: Affordable, Natural, and Available Way to Treat Water for Rural Communities (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
Challenger - Sunnyvale  Ben Eccleston  Aditi  Badriprasad Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research AI Art Detective (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
Challenger Middlefield - Palo Alto  Diane Rusu  Shruti  Dusankar Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade Into the Unknown: A MagPro Journey (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
        Saksham  Srivastava 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category RoboSaver: The Future for Diabetes Management (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
        Sophie  Tong Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade Investigating the Visual Information Degradation in Adverse Weather (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Lucas  Wu Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Classify Breast Histopathological Images (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School  Liat Baranoff  Avery  Amsili Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Planet Pint: A Better Ice Cream For the Environment (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Nathan Meyer Farber 3rd place MS project - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA What is the effect of a salt solute on the evaporation amount of water in a near vacuum air pressure environment? (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Matthias  Garzon 3rd place MS project - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA What is the effect of a salt solute on the evaporation amount of water in a near vacuum air pressure environment? (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Maya  Mazin Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Do Seaweed Extracts Inhibit Cancerous Tumors in Planaria? (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Isaac Jinsung Romanoff 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Hygiene Hero! (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
        Eden Alivia Ross Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Planet Pint: A Better Ice Cream For the Environment (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Danielle  Zomet Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Planet Pint: A Better Ice Cream For the Environment (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
   Laura Coughlin  Ivy Ruth Alcheck Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category SafeSkin: Advancing Hygiene for a Healthier Tomorrow (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
        Amit  Boiman Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category SafeSkin: Advancing Hygiene for a Healthier Tomorrow (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
        Arlo  Cohen Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category SafeSkin: Advancing Hygiene for a Healthier Tomorrow (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
        Mika  Perl Second Place Award: $125 and framed certificate, SVACS Dave Parker Award for Excellence in Chemistry homemade stain removers or store bought stain removers, which one is the most effective at removing dog accidents? (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
Granada Islamic School  Farhana Afroz  Shahnoor  Khalid Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Designing an Assistive Writing Tool for Carpal Tunnel and Arthritis patients using 3D Printing (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
   Zeba Haq  Muhammad  Abu-Nimeh 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Driving Attention Apparatus (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
Harker School-Middle Campus  Cathy Hsieh  Aria  Chadha IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2) What chemical best replaces silver iodide as an environmentally friendly alternative in cloud seeding? (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Riya  Chatterjee Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Beneath the Tide: Unleashing the Power of Calcium Ions and Seaweed to Create Food-Safe Biofabric (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              Middle School or High School $250 and a Certificate of Achievement, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)    
              Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Avi  Gupta 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS Using AI to give early flood warnings (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Charlene Yifan Li Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering The Effects of Varying Substrates on the Strength of Eco-Friendly Mycelium Bricks (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Saria Avril Lum Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Beneath the Tide: Unleashing the Power of Calcium Ions and Seaweed to Create Food-Safe Biofabric (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              Middle School or High School $250 and a Certificate of Achievement, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)    
              Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Arushi Zihan Basu Mallick Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering The Effects of Varying Substrates on the Strength of Eco-Friendly Mycelium Bricks (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Nathan  Mao 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS Using AI to give early flood warnings (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Kiah  Singla IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2) What chemical best replaces silver iodide as an environmentally friendly alternative in cloud seeding? (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
   Tina Kim  Jillian  Chen Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade What is the effect of different materials on the odor causing bacteria in shoe insoles? (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Elynn  Pang $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards AI's Solutions on Bullying (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Janvi  Trivedi Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade What is the effect of different materials on the odor causing bacteria in shoe insoles? (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
   Yanmei Li (PSP)  Braden  Yang Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School The Impact of Various Nutrients on Planarian Regeneration, Learning, and Memory: A Comprehensive Exploration (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
              Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade    
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
   Hongjie Ma (PSP)  Tina  Jin Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Development of Simple Method to Utilize Cow Bones in Water Filtration for Better Accessibility (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade    
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              $50 to student and Certificate of Achievement, Al Foster Award    
              1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS    
              1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
   Kristen Morgensen  Aditya  Banwasi Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Seed Spilling Drone (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Jessie  Cao 2nd place MS project - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Utilizing Piezoelectric Fabric for Electricity Generation (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Aditya Partho Guru Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Using Different Organic Materials to Filter Polluted Water (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Rory  Hu 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effect of Temperature Variation on Growth of Phanerochaete Chrysosporium (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Kirsten Grace Porter 2nd place MS project - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Utilizing Piezoelectric Fabric for Electricity Generation (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Amber  Wang 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Effect of Temperature Variation on Growth of Phanerochaete Chrysosporium (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Grace  Yao Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Infrared Thermal Imaging for the Detection of Plant Leaf Stress (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Michael Muhong Zhao Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Using Different Organic Materials to Filter Polluted Water (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
Harker School-Upper Campus  Mark Brada  Marcus C Blennemann 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Effect of Using Laminated Bamboo Instead of Steel as Rebar on the Strength of Reinforced Concrete (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
        Stanley  Chen 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Developing a novel 3D Graphormer model for screening and predicting potential oxide electrocatalysts with more accuracy (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Nelson  Gou 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Effect of Using Laminated Bamboo Instead of Steel as Rebar on the Strength of Reinforced Concrete (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
   Casey Brown  Daniel Ma Chen 2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category Investigating the pseudocapacitive behavior of manganese dioxide as a composite with microporous graphene aerogels. (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering    
        Kallie  Wang Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category A Finite State Method (FSM) for Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Simulations (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Anita Chetty  Ava Tan Bhowmik 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category A Quest for the Fountain of Youth: A Methodology to Quantify the Anti-Aging Potential of Compounds Using Stem Cells (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Anuradha Datar  Juliana  Li Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Ensemble Deep Learning and Generating a Novel 3D Model of Branching Airway Networks for Lung Cancer Detection (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              Outstanding Project, Certificate (any field and all grades) $200, SPV Market Research    
              1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category    
              $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award    
        Andrew  Liang Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School GaitNet: Assessing Gait Impairment Severity in Parkinson's Disease using 2-Stream Spatial-Temporal Neural Network (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Yuqin  Ma Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School An Ensemble, Spatiotemporal System against California Harmful Algal Blooms: Prediction, Source-Tracing, Biotoxin Defense (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Lily  Shi Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Bringing Interpretability and Medical Explainability to Deep Learning: Diagnosis of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
              1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
        Eddie  Zhang 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Creation of SPIRo: An AI Based Origami Soft Robot with Multidimensional Locomotion for Infrastructure Assessments (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
        Evan  Zhang 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Creation of SPIRo: An AI Based Origami Soft Robot with Multidimensional Locomotion for Infrastructure Assessments (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
   Susan King  Raeanne  Li 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Discovering Public Discourse: Natural Language Processing in Change.org E-Petitions (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Hannah Rachel Lin Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Mazeboard: A Novel Biphasal Token-Based Continuous Gliding Input Method Harnessing Large-Scale Deep Learning Generation (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Swati Mittal  Nathan Tyler Yee $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards Developing Optimized Semantic Segmentation Deep Learning Model for Automated Coronary Artery Calcification Prediction (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
   Zane Moore  Neil  Krishnan Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Novel Use of Spectral Indices in Predicting Alfalfa Water Stress (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Aarush  Vailaya Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Novel Use of Spectral Indices in Predicting Alfalfa Water Stress (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Eric Nelson  Audrey M Cheng 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Novel Implementation of Semi-Supervised Many-to-Many Low-Resource Neural Machine Translation (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Ariel  Zhang Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Unmasking Victims of Human Trafficking: Application and Ethics of Micro-expression Recognition (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Marina Peregrino  Krish  Arora Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) EcoSat: Detecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Worldwide using Satellite Imagery (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Aishani  Singh Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category EcoGraph: A Graph Neural Network Architecture to Discover Novel Chemical Catalysts for Renewable Energy Storage (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Mike Pistacchi  Young E Min Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI Developmentof a Novel Cell-penetrating Peptide (CPP) For Anti-Pancreatic Cancer Therapy (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Abby  Wang 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category BeeTrack: Developing an Artificial Intelligence Flight Path Tracking System to Assess Honeybee Learning and Memory (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
        Elizabeth  Zhang 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category BeeTrack: Developing an Artificial Intelligence Flight Path Tracking System to Assess Honeybee Learning and Memory (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
   Mala Raghaven  Shiven  Balaji Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Multi-Tier Artificial Intelligence Prediction Architecture: A Novel Approach to Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
   Chris Spenner  Oskar  Baumgarte 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Identifying Fin Whales in Ocean Audio Recordings using a Deep Neural Network (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Disha  Gupta 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Using a Generative AI Pipeline & Hybrid DL Architecture to Reduce Breast Cancer Mortality with Early, Low-Cost Diagnosis (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
              Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI    
        Mendy  Mao Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Effect of varying B-tricalcium phosphate amounts on strengthening hydroxyapatite-based tooth enamel replacements (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Brenna  Ren Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Simulation-Based QBER Comparison Between Quantum Key Distribution Protocols (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Michelle  Wei Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Solving Second-order Cone Programs in Matrix Multiplication Time (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 12
              1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI    
        Ella  Yee Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School DEList: Identifying Cancer Genes Associated With Circadian Regulator Arntl2 Using a Novel RNA-Seq Multi-Dataset Strategy (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 12
              $375 Cash Prize Voucher from Society for Science and Certificate, Regeneron Biomedical Science Award    
              1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category    
              $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award    
        Melody  Yin 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Histone and Sequence-Based Bimodal Deep Learning Framework Improves Cell-Specific Prediction of Transcription Initiation (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Koby  Yu 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category What are the most effective methods of algae control between nutrient, light, and organism factors? (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Linda  Zeng 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Toward Equitable Human-Machine Interaction: Large Language Models Address Data Scarcity for Code-Mixing (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Jeffrey  Zhang 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Identifying Fin Whales in Ocean Audio Recordings using a Deep Neural Network (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
Hillbrook School - Upper Campus  Michael Judge  Vivienne Herrmann Hollenbeck Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award Surface Characteristics, Air Pollution, and the Urban Heat Island Effect in Downtown San Jose, California (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Chloe Elizabeth Scott Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award Surface Characteristics, Air Pollution, and the Urban Heat Island Effect in Downtown San Jose, California (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Stephanie  Yang Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award Surface Characteristics, Air Pollution, and the Urban Heat Island Effect in Downtown San Jose, California (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
Kehillah Jewish High School  Zachi Baharav  Jacob  Lipman Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Finding Needles in a Cosmic Haystack: A Neural Network Approach to Detecting Artificial Signals in Telescope Spectra (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
Merryhill School - Milpitas  Jeannie Bui  Dhivi  Aleti Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Terrific Turbine (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Maya Mahesh Nayak Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Terrific Turbine (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Mridini  Parui Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Mud Brick & Mortar: A reintroduction to an ancient eco friendly, and sustainable building material (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Ananthika  Selvan Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Terrific Turbine (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
   Shilpa Karlekar  Atharv  Aravind Rao Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Sea To Sip (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Vedant  Chinta Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Sea To Sip (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
        Vivaan  Muraliraja Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Sea To Sip (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
   Quinn Letan  Dave Timothy Effendi 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Thermoacoustic Fire Alarm (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
   Jaclyn Thang  Hrithvik vinoth kumar Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade Remotely operated vehicle for underwater exploration (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
        Aarav  Mishra Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade Remotely operated vehicle for underwater exploration (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
Notre Dame High School  Chelsey Beck  Shriyanka  Hiremagalur Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category An AI model to predict daily peak load energy demand to meet California's zero emission 2045 mandate & supply trend. (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Clarina  Manuel Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Centrifugal Counterbalancing to Combat Vehicle Rollovers (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Anishka  Vissamsetty Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Cryptojacking Detection: A Novel Two-Step Model Integrating Machine Learning and DNS Monitoring (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
Pinewood High School (7-12)  Yong-Chan Kim  Sophie  Saibi IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1) What gives an icy planet its color? (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
Presentation High School  Tracy Hughes  Sneha  Arun GR 9-12: Honorable Mention, Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award Dolly Robot: A robot that lifts objects and follows the user (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Jeanelle  Dao 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Lumename: Wearable Device for Hearing Impaired w/ Personalized ML-Based Auditory Detection and Haptic-Visual Alerts (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
              $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award    
              Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI    
              High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations from the Chief of Naval Research, Medallion and $50 gift card (redeemable online), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
        Avni Hiren Desai 2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category A New Mobile App for Treatment and Monitoring of Alzheimer's Disease with Music Therapy (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 10
        Shriya  Kapavarapu Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Development of a Machine Learning Model for Detecting Crown-of-Thorns Starfish in Underwater Images (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
        Ananya  Mehta 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Motor Imagery Controlled All-Terrain Mobility Platform using Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Maanasa  Ramprasad 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category A Linear Programming Approach for Formulating Bio-Based Fertilizers (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
        Zaria  Shahabdeen $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award Zmat - Piezo Energy Harvester (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
        Nandanaa  Srikanth 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category A Linear Programming Approach for Formulating Bio-Based Fertilizers (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
        Sasha Brooke Wang Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Modeling Argentine Ant Ringed Trails (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
Privately Sponsored Project  Young Shik Shin (PSP)  Christopher  Shin Most Promising Young Scientist, $175 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research Mechanical Approach for Microfluidics-based Artificial Cell Model Generation (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
              2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
Saint Francis High School  Kimberly Liem  Ahvish  Roy Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category Wildfire Prediction Using Ground Calibrated Fire Radiative Power and Satellite-Derived Weather and Environmental Data (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 10
   Vanesa Staton  Bhargava  Kanakapura Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Low Recource Image Segmentation Models for Analyzing Satellite Imagery (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
              High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations from the Chief of Naval Research, Medallion and $50 gift card (redeemable online), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps    
   Joanna Vollucci  Aadi  Kenchammana Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Optimal Firebreak Placement Strategy for Active Fires using Reinforcement Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
Stratford Middle School - Milpitas  Lekhana Revankar  Anish  Agarwal Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Hyperloop (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Gaogao  Lang Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category What is the Effect of Drinking Different Beverages on the Amount of Electrolytes Your Body Absorbs? (Biological Science and Engineering) 6
        Natalie Faith Lin IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1) What is the effect of a row of balls made with different materials on the distance of the swing of a Newton's cradle? (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Delisha  Manuel Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Powering an Elevator Using a Gravity Battery (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
        Aarush  Murgai Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations from the Chief of Naval Research, and Medallion, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps Water on Demand (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Yixuan Emma Wang 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category What is the Effect of Cooking on the Vitamin C content of Vegetables? (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
Stratford Middle School - Palo Alto  Veronica Oropeza Ibarra  Edward  Chen 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Designing a Method to Measure Baseball Speed Post Impact (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Adrina  Esmaeilpour 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Mechanical Properties of Hydrogels (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
        Oliver  Kwan Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category What is the effect of flapping on a wing's lift generation capability? (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
   Abigail Wieland  Evangelos  Papadimitriou Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade Lift Them Up: a Pulley Stair Lift for Paraplegics (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
Stratford Middle School - San Jose  Ambily Santha  Korey Tannen Phung Latimer Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Building a Solar-Powered Sun Tracker to Position a Solar Panel Array for Optimal Power Generation (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
              Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade    
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
   Jeffrey Takemoto  Aditi  Panchagnula Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category food sAIver: Conversational app using GenAI to reduce food wastage (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Sahana  Shyam Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category WaterWise: Precision Watering System for Drought Prevention (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
Stratford Preparatory School  Shannon Deza  Adithi  Badrinarayanan 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Battle of the Micronutrients - The Impact of Micronutrients on Algae (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Ishan  Chaugule 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Semi - Autonomous Vehicle Using Human Interaction Through Simulations and Voice Control. (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              GR 6-8: 1st Place, Certificate of Achievement, and virtual tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award    
        Emily Ting Chu Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category No Shards Left Behind! (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Sanjana  Iyengar Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category L.S.E.R.M(Locatable Smoke Escape Respiratory Mask) (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
        Siddharth Chowdary Pothula Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Natural Refrigerator (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
        Sruthi Moukthika Rentachintala Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Experiment (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research    
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1)    
   Anuradha Murthy  Sanskriti  Kamaraju Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Novel, Interpretable Approach to the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Cognitive Decline Through EEG Analysis (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
The King's Academy (TKA)  Kathy Young  Connor  Chin Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Comparative Motion Analysis for Technique Development (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
              IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 2)    
Valley Christian High School  Jake MacMillan  Atharv  Mahajan Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Sentiment Analysis in Adolescents' Online Communication: An AI/ ML Approach for Early Assessment of Mental State (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
        Arushi  Mani Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Sentiment Analysis in Adolescents' Online Communication: An AI/ ML Approach for Early Assessment of Mental State (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
   Shawn Noren  Kushal  Khare Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Benthic Macroinvertebrates on the Eukaryotic Microbiome Using eDNA Metabarcoding (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
   Scott VanderVeen  Anijeet  Kanjilal 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Determining the Effects of HRAS upregulation on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration in Parkinson's Disease (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Ananya Mishu Manoj Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category A Modified SERS Biosensor Utilizing Gold Nanoparticle Arrays for Sensitive Detection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Ryan  Mo Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effects of Common Chemicals on Pheromone Communication in Linepithema humile in Comparison to Pheromone Extracts (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Taylor  Nguyen Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Humic Acid and Coprostanol on Nonylphenol Toxicity Alleviation in C. vulgaris (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
        Bhargavi Reddy Vatte Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Measuring the Effect of Local Anesthetics on Cell Growth and Apoptosis in NB41A3 cells (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
Valley Christian Junior High School  Mini Kommu  Revathi  Mekkoth Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Modeling the Effect of Head Tilt-Chin Lift (HT/CL) on the Intake Air Flow Efficiency during CPR (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
Yavneh Day School  Sharon Elia  Ayal  Feinstein Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Intersection Testing Project (ITS) (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category