Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District

Project Awards 2013

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Los Gatos High School Dan Burns Jessica  Chiu 1st Place: Student Membership to AIAA, Certificate of Achievement, and Programmable Robot, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award The Passive Aeroelastic Response of Morphing Wing Designs Utilizing Memory Shape Alloy Actuators (Engineering) 11
            Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
  Cathy Messenger Brooke Murphy Ahmed Individual: $30 and Book, The ROD Women in Science Award An Experimental Study on the Effects of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Oceanic Acidity and Hypoxia on Calcifying Marine Organisms (Environmental Sciences) 11
      XinNi E. Chai Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) Evaluation of a Novel Microbial Fuel Cell (Engineering) 10
      Adam Kevin O'Regan Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category The Effect of Different Soil Bacteria Species on Phytoremediation of Volatile Benzene from an Indoor Environment (Environmental Sciences) 10
      Hannah Belle Spinner 1st Award, Botany Category The Effects of Mycorrhizal Networks on the Communicative Abilities of Zea mays (Botany) 11
      Olivia Lynn Woodford-Berry 2nd place, $30 check, and a Book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award An Analysis of a Potential Factor in Global Warming: The Effects of Varying Salt Water pH on Chaetomorpha (Environmental Sciences) 10
            Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration    
Saratoga High School Jill McCrystal Edward Lee White 3rd place: $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Pauchon Foundation Award Natural Motion Energy Harvesting System (Engineering) 12
            Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army    
            HP PhotoSmart 6520 printer, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories    
      David Andrew Zarrin Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine (Engineering) 12
            $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis    
            2nd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering    
            1st Award, Engineering Category    
            $50 Voucher, Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
            1st place: $250 and Certificate of Achievement, Pauchon Foundation Award    
            1st Place: $250 Cash and Framed Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society    
            2nd Place: Messenger Bag, Notepad, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, United States Army    
            3rd Place: $25 and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
            Certificate of Achievement and Lapel Pin, National Society of Professional Engineers    
            Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center