Santa Clara Unified School District

Project Awards 2014

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Buchser Middle School  Bill Bergeron  Charlotte  Thompson Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Shaved Ice Syrup Distributor (Engineering) 8
        Ryan  Winter Honorable Mention, Engineering Category The Filter Chill (Engineering) 8
   Amy Reeber  Alissa Paige Friedman Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Fizzzz! (Chemistry) 6
        Abby  Guzules Honorable Mention, Earth / Space Sciences Category erosion (Earth / Space Sciences) 6
        Sarah Isabella Heath Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category Great Globs of Gluten! (Chemistry) 6
   Caroline Sloan  Ian Grayson Cramb Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category Got Gas (Environmental Sciences) 6
        Audrey Claire Scott 1st Award, Chemistry Category Ohm My Gosh (Chemistry) 6
        Sarah Tan Young 3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering How Does Acid Affect the Rate of Corrosion? (Chemistry) 6
              Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
Don Callejon Middle Sch.  Krista Woodward  Dylon Matthew Tjanaka 1st Award, Engineering Category Using Active Tilt Compensation to Improve Rollover Stability of Large Trucks (Engineering) 7
              Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
              Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award    
Peterson Middle School  Nancy Fohner  Rachel Freeman Ratnam Todd Shaeffer 1st place award - Grade 7 - $100, Shaeffer Schmahl Science Award Best protection from UV light (Physics) 7
Wilcox High School  Craig Young  Shashank  Dholakia Honorable Mention, Physics Category The Sky is No Limit- A Characterization of Extrasolar Planetary Systems Using Transit Photometry and Mathematical Modelling (Physics) 9
        Shishir  Dholakia Honorable Mention, Physics Category The Sky is No Limit- A Characterization of Extrasolar Planetary Systems Using Transit Photometry and Mathematical Modelling (Physics) 9