Santa Clara Unified School District
Project Awards 2024
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabrillo Middle School | Glenn | Lillie | Akhil | Munipalle | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Modifying Modern Bike Helmets to Reduce Head Injuries (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Maytut | Pasakdee | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Modifying Modern Bike Helmets to Reduce Head Injuries (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Saarang | Venkatesh | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Modifying Modern Bike Helmets to Reduce Head Injuries (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Sarah | Rahman | Dyuti | Batchu | Certificate of Merit (Science) and $80, Bessie Stough Awards | Testing and Reducing Air Pollution in Our City (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Anagha | Dhurjati | Certificate of Merit (Science) and $80, Bessie Stough Awards | Testing and Reducing Air Pollution in Our City (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Alexander Nicholas | Garcia | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Soil Sensor Science (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Certificate of Merit (Botany) and $80, Bessie Stough Awards | |||||||
| Amaya Genesis | Hermosillo | Certificate of Merit (Science) and $80, Bessie Stough Awards | Testing and Reducing Air Pollution in Our City (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Dylan Leopoldo | Miranda | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Soil Sensor Science (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Certificate of Merit (Botany) and $80, Bessie Stough Awards | |||||||
| Akhil | Nagori | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | AgriTech (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Merit (Botany) and $80, Bessie Stough Awards | |||||||
| Nikhil | Nagori | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | AgriTech (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Merit (Botany) and $80, Bessie Stough Awards | |||||||
| Vihaan | Narkhede | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Preventing Sports Injuries Using Anthropometric Data for Athlete Profiling (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Niral | Poongovan | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade | AgriTech (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Merit (Botany) and $80, Bessie Stough Awards | |||||||
| Mihir Naren | Suria | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Preventing Sports Injuries Using Anthropometric Data for Athlete Profiling (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Connor | Taffe | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Preventing Sports Injuries Using Anthropometric Data for Athlete Profiling (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Jessica | Schroeder | Advika | Pathak | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Harvesting Solar Energy (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Jiya | Tejura | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Harvesting Solar Energy (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Michelle | Scilingo | Ricky Rex | Alexias | Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Vision-Based Personal Assistant to Guide the Blind to Desired Objects (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th 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 2) | |||||||
| Vansh | Bahety | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | StreetSafe - Reducing Fatalities on Crosswalks with Wearable Tech (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 2) | |||||||
| Pranay Dhiraj | Bokde | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | StreetSafe - Reducing Fatalities on Crosswalks with Wearable Tech (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 2) | |||||||
| Lavernie Weiyin | Chen | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Constructing a concussion detecting headband that alerts concussions based on the force of impact. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Vanessa | Dinh | Most Promising Young Scientist, $175 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research | Detecting dust using Machine Learning on PV panels and clean them to increase efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Vanya | Goenka | Certificate of Merit (Botany) and $80, Bessie Stough Awards | Soil and Plant Health Detector (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Neel Hemanth | Gowda | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Generating Electricity through Rain using Piezo and Hydroelectricity (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Ruhi Sameer | Kelkar | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Constructing a concussion detecting headband that alerts concussions based on the force of impact. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Idan | Kestenbom | 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 | PhysioRise: Utilizing Machine Learning to Guide Users Through Effective Warm-Up Sessions to Avoid Sport-Related Injuries (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Kevin | Mathew | Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Vision-Based Personal Assistant to Guide the Blind to Desired Objects (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th 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 2) | |||||||
| Saharsh | Myneni | Lower Division :- Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Vision-Based Personal Assistant to Guide the Blind to Desired Objects (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th 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 2) | |||||||
| Saharsh | Navudu | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Generating Electricity through Rain using Piezo and Hydroelectricity (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Mishali | Pandey | Most Promising Young Scientist, $175 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research | Detecting dust using Machine Learning on PV panels and clean them to increase efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Aman Singh | Puri | Certificate of Merit (Botany) and $80, Bessie Stough Awards | Soil and Plant Health Detector (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Adwita | Ram | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Constructing a concussion detecting headband that alerts concussions based on the force of impact. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Kourosh | Shahid | 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 | PhysioRise: Utilizing Machine Learning to Guide Users Through Effective Warm-Up Sessions to Avoid Sport-Related Injuries (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Noah Ohnyu | Song | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | StreetSafe - Reducing Fatalities on Crosswalks with Wearable Tech (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 2) | |||||||
| Aadit | Sood | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Generating Electricity through Rain using Piezo and Hydroelectricity (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Aaron K | Sun | Certificate of Merit (Botany) and $80, Bessie Stough Awards | Soil and Plant Health Detector (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Saachi | Todur | Most Promising Young Scientist, $175 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research | Detecting dust using Machine Learning on PV panels and clean them to increase efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Charlotte Katherine | Yang | 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 | PhysioRise: Utilizing Machine Learning to Guide Users Through Effective Warm-Up Sessions to Avoid Sport-Related Injuries (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Santa Clara High School | Paige | Cruz | Anushree | Gupta | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Survival and Recurrence Prediction of Pancreatic Cancer Post-Immunotherapy Treatment through Genetic Biomarker Discovery (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Anvee | Sharma | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Survival and Recurrence Prediction of Pancreatic Cancer Post-Immunotherapy Treatment through Genetic Biomarker Discovery (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Jean | Yoo | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Survival and Recurrence Prediction of Pancreatic Cancer Post-Immunotherapy Treatment through Genetic Biomarker Discovery (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Francine | Kong | Ethan Nguyen | Ha | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Novel Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Gene Variants in GJB2 for Enhanced Diagnostic Precision in Auditory Pathology (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Daniel | Jeznach | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Novel Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Gene Variants in GJB2 for Enhanced Diagnostic Precision in Auditory Pathology (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Phiet The | Tran | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Novel Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Gene Variants in GJB2 for Enhanced Diagnostic Precision in Auditory Pathology (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Vikram | Atmuri | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Designing a Self-Sufficient Navigated Robot to Mitigate Road Pollution (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Varun | Dangeti | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Assistive Object Retrieval System for Alzheimer's Patients: Engineering Innovation for Empathy (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Amey | Garg | Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI | Wheelstair: Demonstrating a standalone solution for wheelchair users to use any set of stairs easily with efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1) | |||||||
| Aashi | Jain | $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards | A Novel Robotic Brace Strengthening Hands That Suffer from Disabilities (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Exceptional Merit- Betterment of Humanity, $200 Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research | |||||||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Djoni | Muresan | $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards | A Novel Robotic Brace Strengthening Hands That Suffer from Disabilities (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Exceptional Merit- Betterment of Humanity, $200 Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research | |||||||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Vani Gayatri | Nair | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Designing a Self-Sufficient Navigated Robot to Mitigate Road Pollution (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| IshaanR | Rout | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Assistive Object Retrieval System for Alzheimer's Patients: Engineering Innovation for Empathy (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Areha | Shah | $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards | A Novel Robotic Brace Strengthening Hands That Suffer from Disabilities (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Exceptional Merit- Betterment of Humanity, $200 Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research | |||||||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Eshaan | Sharma | Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI | Wheelstair: Demonstrating a standalone solution for wheelchair users to use any set of stairs easily with efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Part 1) | |||||||
| Gauri Vani | Todur | 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 | Discovering Dim and Near-Earth Asteroids Using a Precise and Automated Deep Learning Based Pipeline (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Satvik | Vale | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Assistive Object Retrieval System for Alzheimer's Patients: Engineering Innovation for Empathy (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Carol | Schmale | Hanav | Modasiya | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Predictive Growth Simulations of Glioblastoma Multiforme Through a Cyclic Genetic Algorithm-Diffusion Model Architecture (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Shaurya | Sharma | 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Predictive Growth Simulations of Glioblastoma Multiforme Through a Cyclic Genetic Algorithm-Diffusion Model Architecture (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Alan | Tan | Sahana | Anamika | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Eco-Adaptive UAV for Sustainable Agriculture: Utilizing Deep Learning and Floral Thermography for Artificial Pollination (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| 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) | |||||||
| Sahithi | Cherukuri | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Eco-Adaptive UAV for Sustainable Agriculture: Utilizing Deep Learning and Floral Thermography for Artificial Pollination (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 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) | |||||||
| Serena Saumil | Gandhi | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Eco-Adaptive UAV for Sustainable Agriculture: Utilizing Deep Learning and Floral Thermography for Artificial Pollination (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 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) | |||||||
| Aditi | Gupta | $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards | NeuroSense: A Non-Invasive Wearable Device to Mitigate and Monitor the Progression of Symptoms of Diabetic Neuropathy (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Nandana | Maheskumar | 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Combating Food Insecurity by Maximizing Soil Health for Regenerative Agriculture using IoT based Machine Learning Models (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Reeva | Patel | $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards | NeuroSense: A Non-Invasive Wearable Device to Mitigate and Monitor the Progression of Symptoms of Diabetic Neuropathy (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Justin | Williams | Isabel Maria | Antony | Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI | PhonoCare: Advancing Cardiac Care with a ML Classification Model for accurate detection of Heart Murmurs in Heart Valves (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Saanvi | Bhartiya | Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI | PhonoCare: Advancing Cardiac Care with a ML Classification Model for accurate detection of Heart Murmurs in Heart Valves (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Laasya | Pandravada | Certificate + ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership + Optional MentorConnect matching for 1 year, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award - ASEI | PhonoCare: Advancing Cardiac Care with a ML Classification Model for accurate detection of Heart Murmurs in Heart Valves (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Wilcox High School | Nalinee | Srinivasan | Spandana | Chimmalagi | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Enhancing Crop Profitability on Farms: Developing an AI Robot Assistant with Image Recognition and Ayurvedic Techniques (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 |