Saratoga Union School District

Project Awards 2013

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Redwood Middle School Susan Germeraad Trishla  Pokharna Family and Friends Memberships to the Tech Museum, The Tech Museum of Innovation Thermoelectric Kerosene Lamp (Engineering) 8
      Divya Ratna Rallabandi 2nd Place Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $120 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Teaching Computers to Play Games with Us (Computers / Mathematics) 7
  Manish Pandey (Sponsor) Mayank  Pandey 2nd place student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter 3D Optical Microscope (Engineering) 8
  Jason Robertson Cameron Morgan Baab 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Do Algae and pH Have Chemisty? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 7
            $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award    
      Priya Srinivas Chaganti 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category Does Heart Rate Affect Memory? (Behavioral / Social) 7
      Aayush  Gupta Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter The Effect of Features on Dementia Detection Accuracy (Bioinformatics) 7
            Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            1st Award, Bioinformatics Category    
      Keshav  Sangam Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Heat-Seeking Robot (Engineering) 7
            One Week-Long Class at the Tech Summer Camps 2013, The Tech Summer Camps    
      Nathaniel Paul Wire 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category Do Algae and pH Have Chemisty? (Biochemistry / Microbiology) 7
            $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award    
  Deborah Yakulis Albert  Tseng Honorable Mention, Engineering Category Generating Electricity with Shock Absorbers (Engineering) 8
            Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps    
      Amulya  Vadlakonda Honorable Mention, Botany Category The Effect of Acetylsalicylic Acid on Plant Growth Under Varying Environmental Conditions (Botany) 8