Cupertino Union School District
Project Awards 2012
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cupertino Middle School | Jay | Martino | Rajiv Krishna | Nelakanti | 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 | Effect of Acidity on Phytoremediation of Copper Using Indian Mustard. (Environmental Sciences) | 6 |
| 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | |||||||
| Kennedy (John F.) Middle School - Cupertino | Kai | Brown | Nilay Sanjay | Sawant | 1st Award, Environmental Sciences Category | A Comparison of Viscosities of Different Biofuels at Various Temperatures (Environmental Sciences) | 7 |
| Gr 6-8, 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, Popular Science Magazine Subscrtiption, Certicate; ISEF Cert & medallion mailed from ASM Educational Foundation,, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | |||||||
| Khadija | Iyer | Jonathan F | Fung | 1st Award, Medicine / Health / Gerontology Category | Caffeine Effect on Daphnia Magna Heart Rate: (Can too much coffee cause tachycardia?) (Medicine / Health / Gerontology) | 8 | |
| Anu | Ranganathan | Anurag | Singh | 2nd Award, Engineering Category | Robotic Positioning System Using Wi-Fi (Engineering) | 7 | |
| Certificate of Achievement and lapel pin, National Society of Professional Engineers | |||||||
| Kaushik | Tandon | 2nd Award, Engineering Category | Robotic Positioning System Using Wi-Fi (Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Certificate of Achievement and lapel pin, National Society of Professional Engineers | |||||||
| Lawson Middle School | Emily | Mellentine | Maya | Varma | 2nd Award, Engineering Category | Arduino-Based Foot Neuropathy Analyzer (Engineering) | 8 |
| Family and Friends memberships to the Tech Museum, The Tech Museum | |||||||
| Gift Card and Certificate, Society of Women Engineers | |||||||
| Kalpana | Thatte | Utkarsh | Tandon | 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 | Minimizing Microwave Radiation Disruptions On Wireless Signal Using Reflection and Absorption Methods (Engineering) | 6 | |
| 1st Award, Engineering Category | |||||||
| Miller Middle School | Shawa | Ameen | Cassandra Elaine | Overney | Honorable Mention, Botany Category | Effect Of Sucrose On Cytoplasmic Streaming In Onions (Botany) | 7 |
| Codrutza | Popescu | Varun Jayannath | Venkatesh | 2nd Award, Environmental Sciences Category | Helping Fish Breathe: Solving the world's deoxygenation problems (Environmental Sciences) | 7 | |
| 1st Place - Multi-volume Set of Books on the Marine Environment and 4 Aquarium Tickets, Monterey Bay Aquarium | |||||||
| Outstanding Project: certificate plus voucher for course materials and attendance at a safe boating course., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | |||||||