Private
Project Awards 2010
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellarmine College Preparatory | Patrick | Adams | Graham Walter | Beck | 2nd Award, Zoology Category | Differences in Sex Ratio and Gender Specific Body Size in Two Species of Pelagic Krill Coexisting in the Same Marine Environment. (Zoology) | 11 |
| 1st place- $50, certificate, and voucher for course materials and attendance at a safe boating course., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | |||||||
| Michael | Janda | Abrar | Choudhury | Honorable Mention, Technical Paper | Affecting the Effect: Investigating the Factors of the Mpemba Effect (Technical Paper) | 10 | |
| Robert | Janke | Sashank S. | Srinivasan | 1st Award, Engineering Category | A Device to Measure Atmospheric Haze (Engineering) | 11 | |
| Certificate of Achievement and instructions for Pewter Medallion (to come), Yale Science and Engineering Association | |||||||
| Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, American Meteorological Society | |||||||
| 2nd Award, Technical Paper | |||||||
| Jacob | Thomas | James Joe | Thomas | Honorable Mention, Computers / Mathematics Category | A Programming Language for the Construction of DNA-based Computers (Computers / Mathematics) | 10 | |
| Certificate of Achievement, letter to teacher, Mu Alpha Theta | |||||||
| Gr 9-12-$50 Gift Certificate, medallion, Certificate of Achievement, and congratulatory letter, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Intel ECS Certificate & Verification form and W-9 to submit for $200 cash, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | |||||||
| Rod | Wong | Vinayak Venkatasesha | Viswanadham | Honorable Mention Certificate (see comment below), MedImmune | Green Oil Farming: Novel Development and Implementation for Optimal Lipid Production in Nannochloropsis for Biofuel Maximization (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 12 | |
| Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | |||||||
| Grade 12 Individual Project - $200 cash award, Genencor Biotechnology Awards | |||||||
| 2nd Award, Technical Paper | |||||||
| Carden Academy of Santa Clara | Anuradha | Murthy | Neha | Dhayanand | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Water Desalination (Environmental Sciences) | 6 |
| Jyotsna | Gopinath | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | The Affect of Acid Rain on the Weathering of Different Types of Rocks (Environmental Sciences) | 7 | |||
| Nithya Sai | Gundlapalli | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Water Desalination (Environmental Sciences) | 6 | |||
| Aleksandar George | Kalman | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Thermoelectricity (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Shanmukh | Kutagulla | 2nd Award, Chemistry Category | Protection of Wood Surfaces (Chemistry) | 6 | |||
| Honorable Mention Award-Magzine Subscription and Framed Certificate, ASM International, A Society for Materials | |||||||
| Yassmin | Mostafavi | 2nd Award, Botany Category | What are the Effects of Leaf Type and Temperature on Its Water Loss? (Botany) | 7 | |||
| Sakthi | Ponnuswamy | 1st Award, Physics Category | The Effect of Spacing, Number, and Blade Design on the Production of Electricity by a Turbine (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Castilleja School | Doris | Mourad | Eleanor | Brug | 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash plus framed cert and subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Wood Harmonics - Effect of Curing Atmosphere (Chemistry) | 10 |
| Monica Xochitl | Guerrero | 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash plus framed cert and subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Wood Harmonics - Effect of Curing Atmosphere (Chemistry) | 10 | |||
| Anne | Huang | Honorable Mention: Certificate and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Genetic Evidence of Insulin in Longevity and Programmed Cell Death (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 12 | |||
| Challenger - Berryessa | May | Wang | Rachita Viral | Pandya | Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | Earbuds: Hip or Harmful (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 7 |
| Challenger - Middlefield | Erica | Cheman | Kriti | Lall | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Environmental Friendly Algal Hydrogen (Environmental Sciences) | 7 |
| 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Achievement and VIP visit to NASA-Ames, NASA Ames Research Center | |||||||
| Gr 7-$100 & scholarship to Advanced Student Research Program, Robert Brownlee - Schmahl Science Award | |||||||
| Paramjyot Singhu | Panesar | GR 6-8 -Medallion, Certificate of Achievement , and congratulatory letter, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Does Chewing Gum Help Retain Information? (Behavioral / Social) | 7 | |||
| Sanny | Figueroa | Anushka | Das | 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | The Effect of Diesel Oil Spill on Elodea Densa and Water Quality' (Environmental Sciences) | 7 | |
| Challenger - Sunnyvale | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Zareen | Choudhury | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Designing an Efficient Microbial Biofuel Cell (Environmental Sciences) | 8 |
| Anjini | Karthik | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Green Pharmacy: The Antimicrobial Effects of Spices and Herbs (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 6 | |||
| 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | |||||||
| Varun K. | Mohan | 2nd Award, Chemistry Category | Stop Cooking Away My Vitamin C! (Chemistry) | 8 | |||
| Tanay | Tandon | Honorable Mention, Physics Category | Effect of pH on Energy Storage Efficiency of a Hydrogen Fuel Cell (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Challenger -Strawberry Park | Heather | Pelayo | Arjun V | Balasingam | 1st Award, Engineering Category | Smart Medicine Cabinet: A System Using a Homemade Sensor, a Microcontroller, and a Laptop to Help Patients Take their Medications on Time (Engineering) | 8 |
| $50 Cash, Professional and Technical Consultants Association (PATCA) | |||||||
| 1st Place Award - $100 Cash plus framed cert, Product Safety Engineering Society | |||||||
| GR 6-8 -Medallion, Certificate of Achievement , and congratulatory letter, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Namrata Ramya | Balasingam | 1st Award, Physics Category | On the Rate of Flow of Liquids in Tubes and Its Implications to Cardiovascular Health (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Granada Islamic School | Shagufta | Akhtar | Amine | Boubezari | 2nd Award, Physics Category | A Cool Way to Make Electricity: Solar Power Output vs Light Intensity (Physics) | 7 |
| Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation | |||||||
| Mariam Aliyah | Khan | 1st pl MS- $100 plus cert, American Society of Civil Engineers | Water Water Everywhere, Not a Drop to Drink (Environmental Sciences) | 7 | |||
| Suleman Imran | Khan | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Ready, Set, Go!! (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Aabida Batool | Mohammed | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Multiplying Solar Energy by Focusing Light (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation | |||||||
| Sumizah | Qureshi | Kareem Hatem | Ahmed | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Capture The Refraction If You Can (Physics) | 6 | |
| Aaminah | Baloch | Honorable Mention MS - cert, American Society of Civil Engineers | Landslides (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| Zachariah Yusuf | Lichtenberg | Connections computer accessories, Kitislazender sports deluxe sling, magnetic floating pen/holder, certificates, and certificate holders, United States Air Force | Effect of Air Pressure on Flight Path of Pneumatic Rocket (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Ismail M | Shaik | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Make the wind work for you (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Lena Omar | Shamseldin | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Preventing Floodwater (Environmental Sciences) | 6 | |||
| 3rd pl MS- $25 plus cert, American Society of Civil Engineers | |||||||
| Harker School - High School Campus | Kate | Schafer | Josephine | Chen | $100 for Best Technical Paper in Biological Sciences, Certificate, Dr. Paul X Callahan Technical Paper Awards | Functional Effects of Two Novel TnI Mutations Linked with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (Technical Paper) | 11 |
| 1st Award, Technical Paper | |||||||
| Tiffany | Chien | 1st Award, Chemistry Category | Modifying TZD Drug to Improve Metabolism in Body (Chemistry) | 11 | |||
| Jeanette | Chin | GR 10-12 Second place $125 & certificate, Pauchon Foundation Award | Identification of Autoantigens in Psoriatic Arthritis (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 12 | |||
| Honorable Mention: Certificate and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | |||||||
| 2nd Award, Technical Paper | |||||||
| Alex Lee | Han | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Celastrol, A Novel Inducer of the Stress Response Protein Heme Oxygenase-l, Confers Cytoprotection and Promotes Wound Healing in Cell Culture (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 12 | |||
| Honorable Mention Certificate (see comment below), MedImmune | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | |||||||
| 1st Place : Bronze Medallion, Army Satchel, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate Folder, United States Army | |||||||
| 1st Award, Technical Paper | |||||||
| Aditi Sudhir | Joshi | Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category | The Effects of Sleep Deprivation On Brain Function (Behavioral / Social) | 11 | |||
| Ashley Sarah | Kling | 1st Place : Bronze Medallion, Army Satchel, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate Folder, United States Army | An iPhone Application to Induce Transaction Security via Secondary Authentication (Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Revanth | Kosaraju | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | The Predictability and Abstractness of Language : A Study in Understanding and Usage of the English Language Through Probabilistic Modeling and Frequency (Behavioral / Social) | 10 | |||
| 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category | |||||||
| Santa Clara County Judging Committee High School Award of Excellence, $ 50 and Certificate of Award from National APA, American Psychological Association | |||||||
| 1st Award, Technical Paper | |||||||
| Max | Lan | 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category | Altruistic Mindsets and Their Effects on Prosocial Behavior (Behavioral / Social) | 11 | |||
| Andrea | Lincoln | 2nd Award, Engineering Category | Fault Tolerance of Node Failures in a Stochastic Localization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks (Engineering) | 12 | |||
| $100 check and certificate, Wireless Communications Alliance | |||||||
| First Place HS- $150 Cash plus cert, RAE Systems | |||||||
| HM :Army Satchel, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate folder, United States Army | |||||||
| 2nd Award, Technical Paper | |||||||
| Isaac A | Madan | Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | The Role of Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor 2 in the Assembly of Elastin Fibers (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 11 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Technical Paper | |||||||
| Pranav Jamdagneya | Sharma | Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | The Effects of Yoga & Chanting On Cardiovascular Health (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 9 | |||
| Supraja | Swamy | Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | Novel Effects of Muscarinic Receptor Regulation in Cytokine Mediated Airway Inflammation (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 11 | |||
| Honorable Mention: Certificate and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | |||||||
| 2nd Award, Technical Paper | |||||||
| Kiran N. | Vodrahalli | Certificate of Achievement and instructions for Pewter Medallion (to come), Yale Science and Engineering Association | Modifications of Silicon Surface Morphology by Reactive Ion Etching and Resulting Impact on Electrical Charge Storage Capacity of Metal-Insulator-Metal Capacitors (Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Gr 9-12, 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash, magazine Subscription, Certificate, ASM International, A Society for Materials | |||||||
| HM :Army Satchel, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate folder, United States Army | |||||||
| Jason David | Young | Honorable Mention, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | A Comparative Study of Histone Modification Patterns in H1 Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 11 | |||
| Kevin Jerry | Zhang | Honorable Mention, Earth / Space Sciences Category | Extracting Information from Spectra of Andromeda Red Giant Stars: Temperature and Chemical Abundance (Earth / Space Sciences) | 12 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement and VIP visit to NASA-Ames, NASA Ames Research Center | |||||||
| 2nd Award, Technical Paper | |||||||
| Andrew Chen | Zhou | 1st Award, Technical Paper | Quantifying the Mix of Stellar Populations in Studies of the Andromeda Galaxy (Technical Paper) | 12 | |||
| Harker School - Middle School Campus | Lorna | Claerbout | Anika | Ayyar | 2nd Award, Botany Category | Effect of CO2 On Stomata Density In Leaves (Botany) | 8 |
| Christopher | Fu | 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | Effect of Repeated Ethyl Alcohol Exposures of Differing Concentration on Bacterial Resistance (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 8 | |||
| Divya | Kalidindi | 2nd Award, Zoology Category | The Effect of Caffeine on Planaria Regeneration (Zoology) | 8 | |||
| Namita I | Ravi | 2nd Award, Zoology Category | The Effect of Caffeine on Planaria Regeneration (Zoology) | 8 | |||
| Brendon | Yu | 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | Effect of Repeated Ethyl Alcohol Exposures of Differing Concentration on Bacterial Resistance (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 8 | |||
| Ilona | Davies | Saachi | Jain | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | CO2 and Global Warming (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |
| Kristine | Lin | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | CO2 and Global Warming (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| Archana | Podury | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 & Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | The Factors That Affect the Amount of Electricity Produced by An Electrical Generator (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Scott | Kley Contini | Mercedes | Chien | Lab coat, Labcoat Award for Lab Bench Finesse | The effect of household necesities on mold reproduction to reduce the risk of health complications (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 8 | |
| Pooja | Chopra | Honorable Mention, Zoology Category | Environmental Effects on Genetic Transmission in Yeast Colonies (Zoology) | 8 | |||
| Maneesha | Panja | Honorable Mention, Zoology Category | Environmental Effects on Genetic Transmission in Yeast Colonies (Zoology) | 8 | |||
| Vikram | Sundar | 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | Seeking a Cure For Hay Fever : A Study of Inhibitors of the Histidine Decarboxylase Reaction (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 8 | |||
| Benjamin | Morgensen | Corey | Gonzales | 1st Award, Physics Category | The Efficiency of Wind Turbines (Physics) | 7 | |
| Madhu | Nori | 1st Award, Physics Category | What is the Effect of Temperature on the Productivity of Solar Cells? (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Apoorva | Rangan | 1st Award, Physics Category | What is the Effect of Temperature on the Productivity of Solar Cells? (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Sahana | Rangarajan | 1st Award, Physics Category | What is the Effect of Temperature on the Productivity of Solar Cells? (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Vivek | Sriram | 1st Award, Physics Category | The Efficiency of Wind Turbines (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Daniel | Sommer | Aditya Joshua | Batra | Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category | The Effects of Phosphate on CO2 Levels in Algae (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |
| Gr 8-$100 & scholarship to Advanced Student Research Program, Robert Brownlee - Schmahl Science Award | |||||||
| Avinash | Nayak | 1st Award, Physics Category | Shock-Absorbing Packaging Materials (Physics) | 8 | |||
| Raymond | Xu | 1st Award, Physics Category | Shock-Absorbing Packaging Materials (Physics) | 8 | |||
| Rajasree | Swaminathan | Rahul | Balakrishnan | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Falling to a Conclusion (Physics) | 7 | |
| Connections computer accessories, Kitislazender sports deluxe sling, magnetic floating pen/holder, certificates, and certificate holders, United States Air Force | |||||||
| Vikas Chandra | Bhetanabhotla | 1st Award, Physics Category | A Study of Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion and Dimensionless Numbers (Physics) | 8 | |||
| IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 & Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Jennifer | Dai | 1st Award, Chemistry Category | The Effect of Heat, Light, and Air Exposure on the Ascorbic Acid Content of Orange Juice (Chemistry) | 8 | |||
| Allen Yue | Huang | Honorable Mention, Physics Category | Thermal Mass and Solar Home Efficiency (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Hemant | Kunda | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Falling to a Conclusion (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Connections computer accessories, Kitislazender sports deluxe sling, magnetic floating pen/holder, certificates, and certificate holders, United States Air Force | |||||||
| Neil Kamal | Movva | 2nd Award, Engineering Category | Solar Distillation of Water (Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Neha | Sunil | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Falling to a Conclusion (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Connections computer accessories, Kitislazender sports deluxe sling, magnetic floating pen/holder, certificates, and certificate holders, United States Air Force | |||||||
| Brian | Tuan | Honorable Mention-framed cert and subscriptions, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Engineering: Making an Environmentally Safer Adhesive Alternative (Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Holy Family School | Phil | Mariant | Allie Marie | Hughes | Honorable Mention, Botany Category | Do the Number of Worms Affect Plant Growth? (Botany) | 6 |
| 1st Place Certificate, Santa Clara County Integrated Waste Management Program | |||||||
| Brenna LaBelle | McKinley | Honorable Mention Award-Magzine Subscription and Framed Certificate, ASM International, A Society for Materials | Insulation with Common Household Materials (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Honorable Mentions & scholarship to Advanced Student Research Program, Robert Brownlee - Schmahl Science Award | |||||||
| Kaitlyn | Ng | Honorable Mention Award-Magzine Subscription and Framed Certificate, ASM International, A Society for Materials | Insulation with Common Household Materials (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Honorable Mentions & scholarship to Advanced Student Research Program, Robert Brownlee - Schmahl Science Award | |||||||
| Taylor | Todd | Individual project:Middle school-Girls think of everything:Stories of ingenious inventions by women by Catherine Thimmesh, Gold medal, Certificate,SWE Brochure-What in the world will they think of next?, Society of Women Engineers | Solar Powered Cell Phone Charger (Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Minh-Thu Melissa | Tran | Individual project:Middle school-Girls think of everything:Stories of ingenious inventions by women by Catherine Thimmesh, Gold medal, Certificate,SWE Brochure-What in the world will they think of next?, Society of Women Engineers | Solar Powered Cell Phone Charger (Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Milpitas Christian School | Lindon | Richards | Amberlin | Chen | 2nd Award, Chemistry Category | The Calorific Value of Different Brands of French Fries (Chemistry) | 7 |
| Matthew David | Hemker | 1st Award, Physics Category | Magnet Mysteries: How Extreme Temperatures Affect the Behavior of Magnets (Physics) | 8 | |||
| Gr 6-8, 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash, Magazine Subscription, Certificate, ASM International, A Society for Materials | |||||||
| Forrest | Tran | 2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category | Tiling with Spidrons (Computers / Mathematics) | 8 | |||
| Minnie | Tu | 2nd Award, Computers / Mathematics Category | Tiling with Spidrons (Computers / Mathematics) | 7 | |||
| Annie | Yeh | 2nd Award, Chemistry Category | The Calorific Value of Different Brands of French Fries (Chemistry) | 7 | |||
| Most Holy Trinity | Stephanie | Jordan | Quang-Van Thanh | Tran | 1st Award, Engineering Category | Double Paned and Triple Paned Windows (Engineering) | 6 |
| 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash plus framed cert and subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Mountain View Academy | Jim | Marxmiller | Megan Elaine | Broome | 2nd Award, Behavioral / Social Category | Th Effect of Age and Gender on Visual Perception (Behavioral / Social) | 11 |
| Notre Dame High School | Victoria | Evashenk | Sayeri | Lala | 2nd Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | Twirls,Whirls,Turns and Spins: The Science and Reflexes of Dizziness (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 9 |
| Old Orchard School | Sue | Greathouse | Emily Taylor | Cox | 1st Award, Physics Category | Sound Absorbtion Characteristics (Physics) | 7 |
| Gr 6-8, 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash, Magazine subscription, Certificate, ASM International, A Society for Materials | |||||||
| Saba | Gebremedhin | 1st Award, Chemistry Category | How to Mummify a Hot Dog (Chemistry) | 7 | |||
| Abigail Viviann | Graber | 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category | How Humans Recognize Faces? (Behavioral / Social) | 7 | |||
| Vadim | Korolik | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Thermal Conductivity in Solids and Heat Transfer between Solids and Fluids. (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Gr 6-8, 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, Magazine Subscrtiption, Certicate; ISEF Cert & medallion mailed from ASM Educational Foundation,, ASM International, A Society for Materials | |||||||
| Calvin Qui | Le | Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category | Location & Time: Partners in Crime (Behavioral / Social) | 7 | |||
| Fiona | McCutcheon | 2nd Award, Zoology Category | How to Get More Hummingbirds (Zoology) | 7 | |||
| Lindsey | Orlandi | 1st Award, Behavioral / Social Category | How Humans Recognize Faces? (Behavioral / Social) | 7 | |||
| Mikala Ann | Ross | 1st Award, Chemistry Category | How to Mummify a Hot Dog (Chemistry) | 7 | |||
| Hailey Ann | Scimone | 2nd Award, Zoology Category | How to Get More Hummingbirds (Zoology) | 7 | |||
| Linh | Pham | Raymond | Reedy | 1st Award, Physics Category | The Strongest Friction on Ramps (Physics) | 8 | |
| Catherine Patrisha | Tattersall | 1st Award, Physics Category | The Strongest Friction on Ramps (Physics) | 8 | |||
| Our Lady of Grace Nativity School | John C. | Howe | Daisy | De La Torre | Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Seeing the Rainbow (Physics) | 7 |
| Cindy | Prado | Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Seeing the Rainbow (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Pinewood Junior High School | Elaina | Tyson | Sarah Kalyn | Hantke | 1st Award, Physics Category | Increasing Solar Cell Efficiency with a Sun Tracker (Physics) | 8 |
| IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 & Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Presentation High School | Suzanne | Colvin | Vivian | Ascencio | Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | What Toxins Affect the Heart Rate of Daphnia magna? (Environmental Sciences) | 11 |
| 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place Award - $125 Cash and cert, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | |||||||
| Maitreyee | Mittal | Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | What Toxins Affect the Heart Rate of Daphnia magna? (Environmental Sciences) | 11 | |||
| 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place Award - $125 Cash and cert, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | |||||||
| John C. | Howe | Christine Veronica | Bernal | 1st Award, Botany Category | The Effect of UV-C Radiation On Lettuce Seed Germination (Botany) | 8 | |
| Elizabeth Marie | Bernal | 2nd Place SJSU College of Engineering certificate of achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering | A Comparative Structural Analysis of Two Truss Bridge Structures (Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 1st Place HS Award - $100 Cash plus cert, American Society of Civil Engineers | |||||||
| HM Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | |||||||
| Caroline Emi | Fukawa | GR 6-8 : 1st Place Award - $100 Gift Card plus cert, California Water Environment Association | An Assessment of Los Alamitos Creek Water Ecology (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| Bolun | Liu | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | An Innovative Method of Observing Frustrated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR) (Physics) | 10 | |||
| 1st Award, Physics Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation | |||||||
| Merry | Mou | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | An Innovative Method of Observing Frustrated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR) (Physics) | 10 | |||
| 1st Award, Physics Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation | |||||||
| Sonia A. | Patel | 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Phytoremediation in Brassica juncea (Environmental Sciences) | 10 | |||
| Taylor Elizabeth | Rottjakob | $100 Cash Award, Certificate, Schonert Award | The Effect of Ocean Acidification on Nassarius tiarula (Environmental Sciences) | 11 | |||
| Certificate, NOAA Medallion, letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |||||||
| Honorable mention- certificate plus voucher for course materials and attendance at a safe boating course., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | |||||||
| Preethi Naga | Siva | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Tensile Stress (Physics) | 10 | |||
| 2nd place $40 and a Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | |||||||
| Honorable Mention HS - cert, American Society of Civil Engineers | |||||||
| Jacqueline M. | Tran | 2nd Place SJSU College of Engineering certificate of achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering | A Comparative Structural Analysis of Two Truss Bridge Structures (Engineering) | 12 | |||
| 1st Place HS Award - $100 Cash plus cert, American Society of Civil Engineers | |||||||
| HM Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | |||||||
| Ramana Academy (homeschool) | Mamtha | Adiseshan | Athman R. | Adiseshan | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | The Ethology of Friendship Among Adult Male Bonnet Macaques at Arunachala Hill, India (Zoology) | 9 |
| 1st Award, Zoology Category | |||||||
| $500 savings bond and plaque (if group project, savings bond $250/ea for 2 ppl; $150/ea for 3 ppl; $125/ea for 4 ppl) All receive Plaques., California Society for Biomedical Research - Ron Orta Excellence in Biomedical Research Award | |||||||
| Saint Christopher School | JoElle | Hernandez | Alessandro Paolo | Cois | 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Used Motor Oil Spill - DANGER! (Environmental Sciences) | 6 |
| Davie | Douthit | Honorable Mention, Physics Category | Fast and Furious (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Nicholas Charles | Duncan | Honorable Mention, Physics Category | Fast and Furious (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Katherine Ragan | Premo | 1st Award, Chemistry Category | Chips, Cookies, and Seeds, O My (Chemistry) | 6 | |||
| Perry | Wreaks | Honorable Mention, Physics Category | Fast and Furious (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Leni | Tomasso | Alexandra Giovanna | Bertaccini | Second Place MS-$75 Cash plus cert, RAE Systems | More Acid, More Gas! (Chemistry) | 8 | |
| Tyler Scott | Bindi | HM Certificate of Award (from National APA org), American Psychological Association | "Shut Up and Drive" (Behavioral / Social) | 8 | |||
| Emily Cecelia | Gigantino | Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category | The Living Roof (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| Alli | Konrad | Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category | The Living Roof (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| Matthew | Piro | HM Certificate of Award (from National APA org), American Psychological Association | "Shut Up and Drive" (Behavioral / Social) | 8 | |||
| Trenton William | Scharrenberg | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Levees: The Best Flood Protection? (Environmental Sciences) | 8 | |||
| 2nd pl MS- $50 plus cert, American Society of Civil Engineers | |||||||
| Saint Cyprian School | Linda | Frolich | Milla Nicholle | Bevens | Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category | Feeding Earthworms Organic or Non-Organic Food. (Environmental Sciences) | 7 |
| Juan Ignacio | Miranda | HP35s Scientific Calculator, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories | Clean Energy Through Wind Power Generation (Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Saint Elizabeth Seton | Judy | Cala | Juan Luis | Gomez | Honorable Mentions & scholarship to Advanced Student Research Program, Robert Brownlee - Schmahl Science Award | Does Temperature Affect the Elasticity of a Rubber Band ? (Physics) | 7 |
| Edgar Alexis | Valencia | Honorable Mentions & scholarship to Advanced Student Research Program, Robert Brownlee - Schmahl Science Award | Does Temperature Affect the Elasticity of a Rubber Band ? (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Saint Francis High School | Robert | Lautenslager | Shuba Srinivas | Raghvendra | Honorable Mention, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | Analysis of Unwarranted Variation In Healthcare Costs and Delivery (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 10 |
| Linda | Segal | Malvika | Verma | 1st Award, Physics Category | A Spectrometric Investigation of the Raman Effect Using a Home-Made Spectrometer (Physics) | 12 | |
| Malvika | Verma | Honorable Mention, Technical Paper | A Spectrometric Investigation of Raman Effect Using a Home-Made Spectrometer (Technical Paper) | 12 | |||
| Jennifer | Thomas | Neil | Kumar | GR 10-12 Third place $75 & certificate, Pauchon Foundation Award | The Greenhouse Effect: Testing Industrial Wastes on Various Biomes (Environmental Sciences) | 10 | |
| Saint Joseph of Cupertino Elementary School | Lisa | Wicht | Jun-Li | Chen | 2nd Award, Physics Category | The Power of Sound (Physics) | 8 |
| Emily Hue-Yee | Leung | Honorable Mentions & scholarship to Advanced Student Research Program, Robert Brownlee - Schmahl Science Award | Wind Win Situation (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Helen Amelia | Rice | Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category | Effects of Baking Powder and Baking Soda (Chemistry) | 6 | |||
| Saint Lawrence Academy High School | Jennifer | Claudio | Alan | Chen | HM :Army Satchel, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate folder, United States Army | The Creeping Bug Reconnaissance (Engineering) | 12 |
| Ryan | Lonski | HM :Army Satchel, Certificate of Achievement in an embossed Certificate folder, United States Army | The Creeping Bug Reconnaissance (Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Saint Lawrence the Martyr | Philip | Dolan | Katrina | Antonio | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Healthy Choices (Physics) | 8 |
| Cameron | Chien | Honorable Mention, Physics Category | Angle of Attack (Physics) | 8 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement and VIP visit to NASA-Ames, NASA Ames Research Center | |||||||
| Carla Elisa | Ladd | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Resistance is Not Futile (Physics) | 8 | |||
| Whitney Therese | Larsen | Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category | Building an Algae Photo Bioreactor (Environmental Sciences) | 6 | |||
| Claudia Quirina | Portugal | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Healthy Choices (Physics) | 8 | |||
| Ethan Aaron | VanSteenburgh | 2nd Award, Engineering Category | Magnetic Bearing, A Windy Solution? (Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Kirsten Nicole | Wigant | 1st Award, Physics Category | Ring Me Up, Scotty! (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Saint Mary's School (Los Gatos) | Lynne | Dickerson | William Thomas | Baumel | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Death to Dust: What are the Effects of Key Environmental Factors on the Rate of Decay? (Environmental Sciences) | 7 |
| Molly | Bonini | Honorable Mention, Engineering Category | Rockin' Concrete - The Effect of Rock Size on Concrete Strength (Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Place Award - $100 Cash plus framed certs and subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Honorable Mention Certificate, Product Safety Engineering Society | |||||||
| Kathryn | Hench | Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category | Fantastic Fabrics: The Effect of Dye on Different Types of Fabrics (Chemistry) | 6 | |||
| $50 Cash award, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society | |||||||
| Jeffrey James | Kaufman | 2nd Place Award - $150 Cash & framed cert, System Safety Society | A Cosmic Question: Who Will Take Out the Space Trash ? (Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement and VIP visit to NASA-Ames, NASA Ames Research Center | |||||||
| Family and Friends memberships to the Tech Museum, Tech Museum of Innovation | |||||||
| Francesca Anne | LaBianca | Honorable Mention, Chemistry Category | Fantastic Fabrics: The Effect of Dye on Different Types of Fabrics (Chemistry) | 6 | |||
| $50 Cash award, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society | |||||||
| Maxwell | McKenna | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Death to Dust: What are the Effects of Key Environmental Factors on the Rate of Decay? (Environmental Sciences) | 7 | |||
| Kelly Nicole | Muskat | Honorable Mention, Engineering Category | Rockin' Concrete - The Effect of Rock Size on Concrete Strength (Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 1st Place Award - $100 Cash plus framed certs and subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Honorable Mention Certificate, Product Safety Engineering Society | |||||||
| Saint Nicholas School | Mary | Bujalski | Bella | Anderson-Enni | Honorable Mention, Physics Category | Keeping You Warm!! (Physics) | 7 |
| Chloe Julie | Buckley | Honorable Mention, Botany Category | The Affect of Liquids on Seed Germination (Botany) | 7 | |||
| Helena Gabrielle | Ong | Honorable Mention, Environmental Sciences Category | Does Water Pollution Affect the Bioluminescence of P.fusiformis Dinoflagellates? (Environmental Sciences) | 7 | |||
| Schmahl Science Workshop | Sarah | Thaler | Paulomi | Bhattacharya | 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | An Investigation of the Effect of Crop Residue Removal On Surronding Soil Health: A Genetic Perspective (Environmental Sciences) | 9 |
| Deepika | Bodapati | 1st Award, Engineering Category | Novel Use of Diatoms for Endotoxin Detection (Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Indiviual project:High school-Changing our world by Sybil E Hatch,Gold medal, Certificate,SWE Brochure-What in the world will they think of next?, Society of Women Engineers | |||||||
| Apoorva Rajiv | Dharmadhikari | Honorable Mention, Physics Category | A Comparative Analysis of the Sounds of Various Instruments & the Human Voice (Physics) | 10 | |||
| Kaavya Niveda | Jayram | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Crank 0 Partitions & the Parity of the Partition Function (Computers / Mathematics) | 10 | |||
| 1st Award, Computers / Mathematics Category | |||||||
| Nishanth Pranay | Jayram | 1st Award, Botany Category | A Comparison of Vitamin C in Modern and Older Rose Varieties (Botany) | 6 | |||
| Akila | Kadambi | Grade 11 Individual Project - $200 cash award, Genencor Biotechnology Awards | The Effect of Particulate Titanium Dioxide on DNA (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 11 | |||
| Akshay Pravin | Madhani | Honorable Mention, Behavioral / Social Category | Music's Affect on Heart (Behavioral / Social) | 8 | |||
| Suchita | Nety | Honorable Mention: Certificate and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Feasibility of Marine Algae as a Biofuel Source (Environmental Sciences) | 9 | |||
| Natalie | Ng | 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | Conductometric Biosensor for the Detection of Food-Borne Pathogens (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 8 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement and VIP visit to NASA-Ames, NASA Ames Research Center | |||||||
| Nisha | Parmeshwar | 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | The Relationship Between the Genetic Material and Transformation Efficiency for Different Strains of E.coli (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 10 | |||
| Honorable Mention: Certificate and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | |||||||
| Anin | Sayana | 1st Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | Novel Use of T4 Bacteriophage to Substitute for Antibiotics in the Treatment and Prevention of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 6 | |||
| Nikash Deveraj | Shankar | 1st Award, Chemistry Category | Are You Getting Your Antioxidants? (Chemistry) | 7 | |||
| Vishnu | Shankar | 2nd Award, Biochemistry / Microbiology Category | A PCR-based Analysis to Detect Genetically Modified Foods (Biochemistry / Microbiology) | 8 | |||
| Anna Teresa | Thomas | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Alzheimer's Disease and Inflammation: Exploring Genetic and Enzymatic Pathways Involved in Inhibition of Beta Amyloid 1-42 Induced TNF-alpha Production. (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | |||||||
| Steven M. | Wang | 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | Genetic Analysis of Male Pattern Baldness (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 7 | |||
| $50 Cash Award to student (split if team), certificate(s), letter(s), Al Foster Award | |||||||
| Stratford Middle School | Krista | Howell | Sanjna | Arvind | 3rd Place Award - $100 each, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section | Fingerprinting the Stars (Chemistry) | 7 |
| Vinay | Ayyappan | 2nd Award, Botany Category | Effect of Increased Carbon Dioxide on Plant Growth & Gemination (Botany) | 6 | |||
| Priya | Choudhary | Honorable Mention, Physics Category | Generating Electricity With Water Efficiently (Physics) | 6 | |||
| IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 & Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Yasemin | Narin | $50 Cash Award, Hegland Award | A Vertical Flight Experiment: What Determines an Object's Floating Characteristics (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Anirvin Haghanada | Sikha | Honorable Mention, Physics Category | Who Turned Out the Lights? (Physics) | 6 | |||
| Neha | Makhijani | Riya Mandar | Dange | 2nd Award, Chemistry Category | Chlorine Blasters (Chemistry) | 7 | |
| Avni | Gupta | 1st Award, Botany Category | How Does the Amount of Plant Hormone Ethylene Affect Fruit Ripening? (Botany) | 7 | |||
| Rahul | Jayaraman | 2nd Award, Physics Category | Stop, Tailgaters! (Physics) | 7 | |||
| $75 Cash Award plus Certificate and holder, Varian Medical Systems | |||||||
| Khush | Kharidia | 1st Award, Engineering Category | Clean Energy Adapter (Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Ayush Dinesh | Midha | 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Toxicity Testers (Environmental Sciences) | 7 | |||
| Prachi | Nawathe | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Project - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Air Powered Engine (Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 1st Award, Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate of Merit , lapel pin, and chance to win $1000, National Society of Professional Engineers | |||||||
| Family and Friends memberships to the Tech Museum, Tech Museum of Innovation | |||||||
| Pascal | Nguyen | Honorable Mention, Engineering Category | Robotic Guide Dog (Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Honorable Mention Certificate, Product Safety Engineering Society | |||||||
| Priyanka | Panda | Honorable Mention, Engineering Category | Wake Up and Smell the Roses (Engineering) | 8 | |||
| GR 6-8 -Medallion, Certificate of Achievement , and congratulatory letter, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Omkar | Savant | 1st Award, Physics Category | Study of Light Transmission and Application with Fiber Optics (Physics) | 7 | |||
| Plaque and a $100 check, California Association of Professional Scientists | |||||||
| Sankar | Srinivasan | 2nd Award, Engineering Category | CarProx: Electric Car Proximity Alert System (Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Anmol Singh | Thiara | Honorable Mention, Engineering Category | Sleepwalking Alert System (Engineering) | 8 | |||