Santa Clara Unified School District

Project Awards 2013

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Buchser Middle School  Stephen Chandler  Kari Melissa Marquis Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers Stand My Ground (Earth / Space Sciences) 7
        Angelina Josephine Pavao Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers Stand My Ground (Earth / Space Sciences) 7
   Rachel Hager  Sean McCrory Mignosa 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category Getting Solar Energy in Focus (Environmental Sciences) 7
        Yevgeniya  Orzhekhovska Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category Recycling Greywater (Environmental Sciences) 7
   Amy Reeber  Amy Grace Kennedy Honorable Mention, Botany Category It's a Seed, It's a Weed, It's a Full Grown Plant! (Botany) 6
        Sofia Bass Kritikopoulos Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category Where's my Oxygen? (Environmental Sciences) 6
   Caroline Sloan  Devin Bruce Wong 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Yeast Yeast Everywhere (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 6
Don Callejon Middle Sch.  Vanessa Hayden  Bryon Nicholas Tjanaka 2nd Place Student Award: $120 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Dynamic Tilt Compensation to Improve Vehicle Stability on Sloping Terrains (Engineering) 8
              Honorable Mention, Engineering Category    
              Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
              Honorable Mention: Student Membership to AIAA, Certificate of Achievement, and Programmable Microcontroller, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award    
              HP 35s Scientific Calculator, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories    
   Xuong Tu  Dylon Matthew Tjanaka Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Up-Down Stair Climbing Robot Using Push-Pull Wheel Mechanism (Engineering) 6
              2nd Award, Engineering Category    
Peterson Middle School  Demetrius Asekomeh  Christian  Chiong 2nd Award, Botany Category What is the Effect of Changing the type of Aquatic Plant on the Amount of Oxygen Generated? (Botany) 6
        Surendra  Ghentiyala 2nd Award, Botany Category What is the Effect of Changing the type of Aquatic Plant on the Amount of Oxygen Generated? (Botany) 6
   Nancy Fohner  Shashank H. Dholakia $1000 to the Top Project in Physical Science, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize A Photometric Study of Variable Stars and Extra Solar Planetary Systems (Physics) 8
              Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              1st Award, Physics Category    
        Shishir H. Dholakia $1000 to the Top Project in Physical Science, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize A Photometric Study of Variable Stars and Extra Solar Planetary Systems (Physics) 8
              Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
              1st Award, Physics Category    
Wilcox High School  Craig Young  Suraj R. Setty Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center Increasing the Efficiency of Wind Turbines (Engineering) 10
        Hershel P. Shah Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center Increasing the Efficiency of Wind Turbines (Engineering) 10