Project Awards 2013
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| Category | Gr | Award | Student | Teacher | School | Title | Behavioral / Social | 6 | 1st Award | Anik | Gupta | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | To Be or Not To Be a Vegetarian | Behavioral / Social | 6 | 2nd Award | Audrey Sackler | Lamis | Diane | Garcia | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | The Effect of Caloric Consumption on Test Performance | Behavioral / Social | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Indali | Bora | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Does Color Affect Taste? | Behavioral / Social | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Audrey Sackler | Lamis | Diane | Garcia | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | The Effect of Caloric Consumption on Test Performance | Behavioral / Social | 7 | 1st Award | Priya Srinivas | Chaganti | Jason | Robertson | Redwood Middle School | Does Heart Rate Affect Memory? | Behavioral / Social | 7 | 1st Award | Meena | Gudapati | Jason | Robertson | Redwood Middle School | Does Heart Rate Affect Memory? | Behavioral / Social | 7 | 2nd Award | Abigail Marie | McCarthy | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Distractions While Driving | Behavioral / Social | 7 | 2nd Award | Catherine Miyuki | Petersen | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Distractions While Driving | Behavioral / Social | 7 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Ashmita | Rajkumar | Anu | Ranganathan | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | How Does Music Affect the Way Kids Behave? | Behavioral / Social | 8 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Andrew | Shen | Jim | Cox | Terman Middle School | Get Back to Work: A Study on Whether a User's Keystrokes and Mouse Movements Can Indicate Gaming | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 1st Award | Andrew | Shen | Jim | Cox | Terman Middle School | Get Back to Work: A Study on Whether a User's Keystrokes and Mouse Movements Can Indicate Gaming | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 2nd Award | Swetha Priya | Tummala | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Time on How Long the Afterimage Lasts | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 2nd Award | Priyanka Ram | Vatturi | Tini | Raman | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | Saccadic Eye Movement | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 2nd Award | Joyce | Huang | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effects of Increments of Body Visibility on Lie Detection | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 2nd Award | Meilan Eng | Steimle | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effects of Increments of Body Visibility on Lie Detection | Behavioral / Social | 9 | 1st Award | Adish | Jain | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Effectiveness of Lowering Senior Citizens' Social Isolation Through a Website | Behavioral / Social | 9 | 1st Award | Akhil Amar | Padmanabha | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Effectiveness of Lowering Senior Citizens' Social Isolation Through a Website | Behavioral / Social | 9 | Honorable Mention | Ken Kyung-Hyun | Noh | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | What is the Effect of Information Asymmetry in Multi-Rounded Games on Players' Decision Making and Behavior | Behavioral / Social | 9 | Honorable Mention | Michelle Ruomei | Du | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Cheating and Factors that Cause It | Behavioral / Social | 9 | Honorable Mention | Anurima | Polisetty | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Cheating and Factors that Cause It | Behavioral / Social | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Ken Kyung-Hyun | Noh | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | What is the Effect of Information Asymmetry in Multi-Rounded Games on Players' Decision Making and Behavior | Behavioral / Social | 10 | 1st Award | Hima Varsha | Rajana | Brittany | Stevens | Lynbrook High School | This Is Your Brain on Music : The Effect of Music on Academic Performance in Teenagers | Behavioral / Social | 10 | 2nd Award | YoungJean | Han | Sheila | Altmann | Monta Vista High School | The Correlation Between the Bed Time Variability and Short-Term Memory Retrieval | Behavioral / Social | 11 | 1st Award | Anubhav | Sarkar | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | How to Improve Test Scores Without Studying More: An Investigation of Glucose as an Ego-Depletion Compensator to Enhance System II Thinking | Behavioral / Social | 11 | Honorable Mention | Rachel Lou | Eager | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | Cognitive Reasoning and Memory Abilities in Cuttlefish: Relating Environmental Factors to Specific Patterns Using Positive Reinforcement (Sepia bandensis) | Behavioral / Social | 11 | Honorable Mention | Melissa Louise | Hartman | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | Cognitive Reasoning and Memory Abilities in Cuttlefish: Relating Environmental Factors to Specific Patterns Using Positive Reinforcement (Sepia bandensis) | Behavioral / Social | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation | Derek Myungil | Kim | Jim | Marxmiller | Mountain View Academy | Trash With Class | Behavioral / Social | 12 | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Sam | Kumar | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | True or Fake: A Stylometric Approach to Checking Originality | Behavioral / Social | 12 | 1st Award | Sam | Kumar | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | True or Fake: A Stylometric Approach to Checking Originality | Behavioral / Social | 12 | Honorable Mention | Nepheli Neeta | Aji | Suzanne | Colvin | Presentation High School | The Art of Note Taking : How Typing vs Transcribing Impacts Recall | Behavioral / Social | 12 | Honorable Mention | Ritika | Pai | Suzanne | Colvin | Presentation High School | The Art of Note Taking : How Typing vs Transcribing Impacts Recall | Behavioral / Social | 12 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Nepheli Neeta | Aji | Suzanne | Colvin | Presentation High School | The Art of Note Taking : How Typing vs Transcribing Impacts Recall | Behavioral / Social | 12 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Ritika | Pai | Suzanne | Colvin | Presentation High School | The Art of Note Taking : How Typing vs Transcribing Impacts Recall | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 6 | 1st Award | Devin Bruce | Wong | Caroline | Sloan | Buchser Middle School | Yeast Yeast Everywhere | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 6 | Honorable Mention | Rizq Yahya | Khateeb | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | No Germs for Me! | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 6 | Honorable Mention | Miles David | Bader | David | Oliver | Yavneh Day School | What is the Effect of Mouthwash on Mouth Bacteria? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 6 | Honorable Mention | Jacob Benjamin | Kahn-Samuelson | David | Oliver | Yavneh Day School | What is the Effect of Mouthwash on Mouth Bacteria? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 6 | Honorable Mention | Jalen Alexander | Milrad | David | Oliver | Yavneh Day School | What is the Effect of Mouthwash on Mouth Bacteria? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 7 | 1st Award | Amith Teja | Galivanche | Ibtisam | Khalaf | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Antimicrobial Activity of Clove Oil and Cinnamon Oil Against Escherichia Coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 7 | 1st Award | Cameron Morgan | Baab | Jason | Robertson | Redwood Middle School | Do Algae and pH Have Chemisty? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 7 | 1st Award | Nathaniel Paul | Wire | Jason | Robertson | Redwood Middle School | Do Algae and pH Have Chemisty? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 7 | 2nd Award | Rohan | Koodli | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Sensitivity of Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence to Light Exposure | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 7 | Honorable Mention | Manya | Bali | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Fountain of Youth? Antioxidants: Defense Against Free Radicals? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 7 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award | Cameron Morgan | Baab | Jason | Robertson | Redwood Middle School | Do Algae and pH Have Chemisty? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 7 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award | Nathaniel Paul | Wire | Jason | Robertson | Redwood Middle School | Do Algae and pH Have Chemisty? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | 1st Award | Michelle Q. | Xu | Sean | Carroll | A Schmahl Science Workshop | The Antibacterial Effects of Natural Herbs on E. coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | 1st Award | Avi S | Khemani | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Microwave Denaturation on Proteins Compared to Conventional Cooking Systems | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | 1st Award | Manan Ajay | Shah | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Microwave Denaturation on Proteins Compared to Conventional Cooking Systems | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | 2nd Award | Gokul Venkatraman | Kalyanasundaram | Ibtisam | Khalaf | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Effectiveness and Interactions of common Herb Oils and Antibiotic Combination aginst E.coli and S.Epidermis | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | 2nd Award | Elizabeth Ye | Wang | Khadija | Iyer | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | Investigating the Effect of Okra Mucilage and Cinnamon on Maintaining Food Freshness and Flavor using Rhizopus stolonifer | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | Honorable Mention | Srivatsav | Pyda | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Compared Effect of Natural and Over-the-Counter Medications on the Prevention of Bacterial Proliferation | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | Honorable Mention | Jonathan | Liu | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | Drought Resistant Corn vs Normal Corn, and the Concentration of BPA in Both | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | Honorable Mention | Justin Long | Xie | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | Drought Resistant Corn vs Normal Corn, and the Concentration of BPA in Both | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | 1st Award | Jonathan F | Fung | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Monosodium Glutamate: A Potential Ligand for mGluRs One and Five that causes Microtubule Depolymerization in Alzheimer's disease? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | 2nd Award | Sandhya | Kannan | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Testing Biofilm Disassembly Using Glycoside Hydrolase Enzymes on E.coli Biofilm Matrices | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | 2nd Award | Anin | Sayana | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Novel Strategy to Inhibit Metastasis of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Using Lentiviral-Mediated Knockdown of the PAX3-FOXO1 Fusion Gene via RNA Interference | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | Honorable Mention | Nithin | Buduma | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Correlating the number of CAG repeats in the huntingtin protein with cytotoxicity: A prognostic marker for the severity of Huntington's Disease | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award | Jonathan F | Fung | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Monosodium Glutamate: A Potential Ligand for mGluRs One and Five that causes Microtubule Depolymerization in Alzheimer's disease? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Anin | Sayana | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Novel Strategy to Inhibit Metastasis of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Using Lentiviral-Mediated Knockdown of the PAX3-FOXO1 Fusion Gene via RNA Interference | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Jonathan F | Fung | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Monosodium Glutamate: A Potential Ligand for mGluRs One and Five that causes Microtubule Depolymerization in Alzheimer's disease? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | Robert Brownlee Best High School project - $600, Brownlee - Shaeffer - Schmahl Science Award | Rajiv | Sancheti | Aru | Hill | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Comparing The Nutritional Content of Raw Milk Against Heat and UV Pasteurized Milk | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Joy | Jin | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Hedgehog-Gli Signaling Promotes Cell Proliferation and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Cancer | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | 1st Award | Madhu | Nori | Sean | Carroll | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Effects of Erythromycin Antibiotic Over Time on Lactobacillus Probiotic | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | 1st Award | Sriram | Somasundaram | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Novel Treatment for Biofilms using Nanocurcumin, Chitosan and nAg, and an Innovative Coating in Preventing Biofilms. | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | 1st Award | Joy | Jin | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Hedgehog-Gli Signaling Promotes Cell Proliferation and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Cancer | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | 2nd Award | Somya | Khare | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Improving Binding Affinity of the Calbindin-9k Protein to Develop an Efficient Calcium Biosensor | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | 2nd Award | Pranav G. | Reddy | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect on p53 on the Inhibition of the SASP by Rapamycin in Human Fibroblasts | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | 2nd Award | Stanley | Xie | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Increasing Lifespan through Inhibition of the HSF-1 Transcription Factor in C. Elegans? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | Grade 11 or 12 Team Project - $400 award, DuPont Industrial Biosciences | Joy | Jin | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Hedgehog-Gli Signaling Promotes Cell Proliferation and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Cancer | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | Honorable Mention Certificate of Achievement, MedImmune | Pranav G. | Reddy | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect on p53 on the Inhibition of the SASP by Rapamycin in Human Fibroblasts | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Thomas Michael | Luh | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Hedgehog-Gli Signaling Promotes Cell Proliferation and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Cancer | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Emily S. | Wang | Elana | Zizmor | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | A New Light In Biosensing: Engineering Photostable GFP Mutants For FRET | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | $2000 to the winning student or team in Bio Science, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Emily S. | Wang | Elana | Zizmor | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | A New Light In Biosensing: Engineering Photostable GFP Mutants For FRET | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | First Place: $1000 American Express Gift Card and Framed Certificate of Achievement, Agilent Technologies | Yuhui (Anna) | Liu | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Graphene as a Fluorescence Quencher in Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Top finalist High School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Emily S. | Wang | Elana | Zizmor | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | A New Light In Biosensing: Engineering Photostable GFP Mutants For FRET | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 1st Award | Emily S. | Wang | Elana | Zizmor | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | A New Light In Biosensing: Engineering Photostable GFP Mutants For FRET | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 1st Award | Thomas Michael | Luh | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Hedgehog-Gli Signaling Promotes Cell Proliferation and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Cancer | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 2nd Award | Nancy Jianing | Zhou | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Effects of Sources Attempting the Renaturation of Denatured Catalase on its Enzymatic Activity | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 2nd Award | Monica Himaani | Bodd | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | Bionanotechnology: Manipulation of Photothermal Properties of Gold Nanorod Conjugates of EGFR and VEGFR in Mammary Carcinoma and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 2nd Award | Audrey Eunyoung | Chang | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | Bionanotechnology: Manipulation of Photothermal Properties of Gold Nanorod Conjugates of EGFR and VEGFR in Mammary Carcinoma and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 2nd Award | Karen | Mac | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | Bionanotechnology: Manipulation of Photothermal Properties of Gold Nanorod Conjugates of EGFR and VEGFR in Mammary Carcinoma and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Honorable Mention | Ashwin | Srikant | Kathleen | Loia | Lynbrook High School | An Analysis of the Effect of Histone Deacytelase Inhibitors on Cohesin Function in Wild-type and Mutant varieties of Saccharomyces cerevisae | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 1st place: $51 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Monica Himaani | Bodd | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | Bionanotechnology: Manipulation of Photothermal Properties of Gold Nanorod Conjugates of EGFR and VEGFR in Mammary Carcinoma and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 1st place: $51 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Audrey Eunyoung | Chang | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | Bionanotechnology: Manipulation of Photothermal Properties of Gold Nanorod Conjugates of EGFR and VEGFR in Mammary Carcinoma and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 1st place: $51 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Karen | Mac | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | Bionanotechnology: Manipulation of Photothermal Properties of Gold Nanorod Conjugates of EGFR and VEGFR in Mammary Carcinoma and Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 2nd place: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Andrew Dinh | Nguyen | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | Effects of Graphene on Cell Growth | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 2nd place: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Sam | Taft | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | Effects of Graphene on Cell Growth | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Grade 11 Individual Project - $200 award, DuPont Industrial Biosciences | Emily S. | Wang | Elana | Zizmor | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | A New Light In Biosensing: Engineering Photostable GFP Mutants For FRET | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Grade 11 or 12 Team Project - $400 award, DuPont Industrial Biosciences | Thomas Michael | Luh | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Hedgehog-Gli Signaling Promotes Cell Proliferation and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Lung Cancer | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 12 | $250 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, California Society for Biomedical Research - Ron Orta Excellence in Biomedical Research Award | Eric Sun | Gu | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | The Effect of Ileal Interposition Surgery on MtDNA Copy Number in Transgenic Diabetic Rats | Bioinformatics | 7 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Aayush | Gupta | Jason | Robertson | Redwood Middle School | The Effect of Features on Dementia Detection Accuracy | Bioinformatics | 7 | Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Aayush | Gupta | Jason | Robertson | Redwood Middle School | The Effect of Features on Dementia Detection Accuracy | Bioinformatics | 7 | 1st Award | Aayush | Gupta | Jason | Robertson | Redwood Middle School | The Effect of Features on Dementia Detection Accuracy | Bioinformatics | 9 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Swetha | Revanur | Barjinder | Sabherwal | Evergreen Valley High School | Multi-Dimensional Genomic Data Analysis of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (Acne Inversa) and Associated Comorbidities | Bioinformatics | 9 | 1st Award | Swetha | Revanur | Barjinder | Sabherwal | Evergreen Valley High School | Multi-Dimensional Genomic Data Analysis of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (Acne Inversa) and Associated Comorbidities | Bioinformatics | 9 | 1st Award | Manogna | Vemulapati | Roberta | Chisam | Saint Francis High School | Identification of CpG Islands in a DNA Sequence using a Hidden Markov Model Trained in MapReduce | Bioinformatics | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Swetha | Revanur | Barjinder | Sabherwal | Evergreen Valley High School | Multi-Dimensional Genomic Data Analysis of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (Acne Inversa) and Associated Comorbidities | Bioinformatics | 9 | 2nd Place: $100 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award | Swetha | Revanur | Barjinder | Sabherwal | Evergreen Valley High School | Multi-Dimensional Genomic Data Analysis of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (Acne Inversa) and Associated Comorbidities | Bioinformatics | 10 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Andrew Cheng | Jin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Breast Cancer Prognosis Through Gene Expression Profiling and Tumor Morphology | Bioinformatics | 10 | 1st Award | Andrew Cheng | Jin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Breast Cancer Prognosis Through Gene Expression Profiling and Tumor Morphology | Bioinformatics | 10 | 1st Award | Steven Michael | Wang | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Anti-Tumor Immunity: A Novel Hybrid Cellular Automaton for Cancer Vaccines | Bioinformatics | 10 | 1st Place: $150 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award | Steven Michael | Wang | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Anti-Tumor Immunity: A Novel Hybrid Cellular Automaton for Cancer Vaccines | Bioinformatics | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Natalie | Ng | Joe | Kim | Monta Vista High School | Advancing Precision Medicine: MicroRNA Prognostic Signatures and Prediction Models for Distant Metastasis-Free Survival in Breast Cancer | Bioinformatics | 11 | 1st Award | Natalie | Ng | Joe | Kim | Monta Vista High School | Advancing Precision Medicine: MicroRNA Prognostic Signatures and Prediction Models for Distant Metastasis-Free Survival in Breast Cancer | Bioinformatics | 11 | 2nd Award | Vishnu | Shankar | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Application Of a Novel De-Novo and Homology-based Algorithm to Predict the 3D Structure and Dynamics of Human DP G-Protein Coupled Receptor for Cardiovascular and Immune Systems | Bioinformatics | 11 | Honorable Mention Certificate of Achievement, MedImmune | Natalie | Ng | Joe | Kim | Monta Vista High School | Advancing Precision Medicine: MicroRNA Prognostic Signatures and Prediction Models for Distant Metastasis-Free Survival in Breast Cancer | Botany | 6 | 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 | Lucas | Popescu | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Effects of IAA and Urea on Plant Growth | Botany | 6 | 1st Award | Lucas | Popescu | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Effects of IAA and Urea on Plant Growth | Botany | 6 | 1st Award | Shivam | Singhal | Roger | Terrill (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Secret Cure: Evaluation of Curcuma Longa's Ability to Desist Hypothyroidism. | Botany | 6 | 2nd Award | Ishani Pravin | Narwankar | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Going Green | Botany | 6 | 2nd Award | Christian | Chiong | Demetrius | Asekomeh | Peterson Middle School | What is the Effect of Changing the type of Aquatic Plant on the Amount of Oxygen Generated? | Botany | 6 | 2nd Award | Surendra | Ghentiyala | Demetrius | Asekomeh | Peterson Middle School | What is the Effect of Changing the type of Aquatic Plant on the Amount of Oxygen Generated? | Botany | 6 | Honorable Mention | Rachel | Chung | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Lasting Beauty | Botany | 6 | Honorable Mention | Amy Grace | Kennedy | Amy | Reeber | Buchser Middle School | It's a Seed, It's a Weed, It's a Full Grown Plant! | Botany | 7 | 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 | Sophia Ann | Harrison | Elizabeth | Levine | Carden Academy of Almaden | The Effect of Temperature on the Growth of Red Radishes with Symbiotic Endomycorrhizae | Botany | 7 | 1st Award | Sophia Ann | Harrison | Elizabeth | Levine | Carden Academy of Almaden | The Effect of Temperature on the Growth of Red Radishes with Symbiotic Endomycorrhizae | Botany | 7 | Honorable Mention | Shopnavo | Biswas | Tini | Raman | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | What is the Effect of Magnetism on Plant Growth | Botany | 8 | 1st Award | Andrew | Gu | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | What is the Effect of Stenospermocarpy in Grapes on their Nutritional Value? | Botany | 8 | 2nd Award | Anne Marie | Moultray | Nicholas | Guttadauro | Saint Christopher School | Allelopathy Apocalypse | Botany | 8 | Honorable Mention | Amulya | Vadlakonda | Deborah | Yakulis | Redwood Middle School | The Effect of Acetylsalicylic Acid on Plant Growth Under Varying Environmental Conditions | Botany | 9 | 1st Award | Ali-Asghar M. | Heera | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | The Effect of Different Types of Magnetic Fields on Plant Growth | Botany | 9 | 1st Award | Luke Jiaen | Hong | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | The Effect of Different Types of Magnetic Fields on Plant Growth | Botany | 10 | 1st Award | Disha | Bahl | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The Effect of Taraxacum officinale on Escherichia coli and Serratia marscecens | Botany | 10 | 1st Award | Jeremy Chi-Chao | Wang | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The Effect of Taraxacum officinale on Escherichia coli and Serratia marscecens | Botany | 10 | Honorable Mention | Nikki | Do | Barjinder | Sabherwal | Evergreen Valley High School | The Effect of Urine on Chlorophyll Concentration | Botany | 10 | Honorable Mention | Tran | Nguyen | Barjinder | Sabherwal | Evergreen Valley High School | The Effect of Urine on Chlorophyll Concentration | Botany | 11 | 1st Award | Hannah Belle | Spinner | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The Effects of Mycorrhizal Networks on the Communicative Abilities of Zea mays | Botany | 11 | 1st Award | Emma M. | Sydir | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | The Effect of Light Exposure on Circumnutation Size | Botany | 11 | 1st place, $50 check, and a Book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award | Emma M. | Sydir | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | The Effect of Light Exposure on Circumnutation Size | Chemistry | 6 | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Ananya | Karthik | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Mighty Microgreens? The Effect of the Maturity of Plant Greens on Their Nutrient Contents | Chemistry | 6 | 1st Award | Ananya | Karthik | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Mighty Microgreens? The Effect of the Maturity of Plant Greens on Their Nutrient Contents | Chemistry | 6 | 1st Award | Bilal | Malik | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | Vitamin C in Vegetables | Chemistry | 6 | 2nd Award | Olivia Tackaberry | Aspegren | Ann | Lorey | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | How Salt and Sugar Affect the Boiling Point of Water | Chemistry | 6 | 2nd Award | Clark Steen | Webster | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis School | Gluten Free Brownies | Chemistry | 6 | 2nd Award | Shashank Vaidehi | Mahesh | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | Soil Fertility and Electrical Conductivity | Chemistry | 6 | 2nd Award | Siddharth Vaidehi | Mahesh | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | Soil Fertility and Electrical Conductivity | Chemistry | 6 | Honorable Mention | Prerita V. | Pandya | Evelyn | Santiago | Challenger - Berryessa | The Effect of Different Types of Waters and Their Temperatures on Copper Corrosion | Chemistry | 6 | Honorable Mention | Ian Michael | Sands | Rachel | Pleis | Sacred Heart Middle School | What is the Best Way to Dry a Baseball in 45 Seconds? | Chemistry | 6 | Honorable Mention | Abinaya | Srikant | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | The Effect of Metals on Nail Polish Resistance | Chemistry | 6 | 1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Abinaya | Srikant | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | The Effect of Metals on Nail Polish Resistance | Chemistry | 6 | 1st Place: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award | Ananya | Karthik | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Mighty Microgreens? The Effect of the Maturity of Plant Greens on Their Nutrient Contents | Chemistry | 6 | 2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Prerita V. | Pandya | Evelyn | Santiago | Challenger - Berryessa | The Effect of Different Types of Waters and Their Temperatures on Copper Corrosion | Chemistry | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, Medallion, and Letter, United States Public Health Service Award | Ananya | Karthik | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Mighty Microgreens? The Effect of the Maturity of Plant Greens on Their Nutrient Contents | Chemistry | 7 | 1st Award | Rishabh | Jain | Pratibha | Jain (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | From Fields to Fuels | Chemistry | 7 | 1st Award | Rajiv Krishna | Nelakanti | Cindy | Burns | Cupertino Middle School | How do Different Natural Dyes Affect the Longevity and Power Output of Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells? | Chemistry | 7 | 2nd Award | Labanya | Mukhopadhyay | Christopher | Connolly | Chaboya School | Osmotic Effects of Dietary Ingredients | Chemistry | 7 | 2nd Award | Connery Danson | Wood | Meghan | Greenbaum | Blach Intermediate School | Cooking with Lactose: Breaking it Down | Chemistry | 7 | Honorable Mention | Anushree Manoj | Thekkedath | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Soak It Up! Effect of Chemical Composition of Liquids on Absorption by Polyacrylates | Chemistry | 7 | Honorable Mention | Alainna Lauren | Hansen | Wayne | Thompson | English (C.T.) Middle School | Popping Palooza: The Effectof Different Mediums on Pop Rocks | Chemistry | 7 | Honorable Mention | Lauren | Sanders | Wayne | Thompson | English (C.T.) Middle School | Popping Palooza: The Effectof Different Mediums on Pop Rocks | Chemistry | 7 | $50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society | Rajiv Krishna | Nelakanti | Cindy | Burns | Cupertino Middle School | How do Different Natural Dyes Affect the Longevity and Power Output of Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells? | Chemistry | 7 | 1st place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, Letter, and IFT Information, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Connery Danson | Wood | Meghan | Greenbaum | Blach Intermediate School | Cooking with Lactose: Breaking it Down | Chemistry | 7 | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Rajiv Krishna | Nelakanti | Cindy | Burns | Cupertino Middle School | How do Different Natural Dyes Affect the Longevity and Power Output of Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells? | Chemistry | 7 | 2nd Place: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Rajiv Krishna | Nelakanti | Cindy | Burns | Cupertino Middle School | How do Different Natural Dyes Affect the Longevity and Power Output of Nanocrystalline Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells? | Chemistry | 7 | Labcoat, Labcoat Award for Lab Bench Finesse | Connery Danson | Wood | Meghan | Greenbaum | Blach Intermediate School | Cooking with Lactose: Breaking it Down | Chemistry | 8 | 1st Award | Grace Louise | Bernal | Nicholas | Guttadauro | Saint Christopher School | Optimization of pH for Lactase Enzyme Function | Chemistry | 8 | 1st Award | Manu Murali | Srimat | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Fuel Cells: Hot or Cold? | Chemistry | 8 | 2nd Award | Sahil | Katrekar | Nita | Kumar | Delphi Academy-Campbell | How Does Passing an Electric Current Through Water Affect its pH? | Chemistry | 8 | 2nd Award | Benjamin J. | Ma | David | Pardue | Carden Day School of San Jose | Scrub-A-Dub-Dub: A Possible Solution for Global Warming | Chemistry | 8 | Honorable Mention | Katherine Bayron | Cervania | Lisa | Wicht | Saint Joseph of Cupertino Elem School | The Effect of Temperature and Acid Strength of an Aqueous Solution on the Solution's Electric Charge. | Chemistry | 8 | Honorable Mention | Mahir Mohammed | Malek | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | The Effect of Lead on pH | Chemistry | 8 | $50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society | Toure Erik | Oliver | Gloria | Whitaker-Daniels | Greene Scholars Program | Glowing Water | Chemistry | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Benjamin J. | Ma | David | Pardue | Carden Day School of San Jose | Scrub-A-Dub-Dub: A Possible Solution for Global Warming | Chemistry | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, Medallion, and Letter, United States Public Health Service Award | Janet Christina | Shea | Fred | Berghout | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Preserving the Most Vitamin C in Fruit | Chemistry | 9 | 1st Award | Arpita | Singhal | Kimberly | Day | Saint Francis High School | Herbalism as an Anticancer and Anti-inflamatory Agent: Characterization and Evalution of Bioavailability of Curcumin Particles | Chemistry | 9 | 2nd Award | Srishti | Dhawan | Mary | Sommers | Silver Creek High School | Milk and Lactose | Chemistry | 9 | 2nd Award | Chloe Ann | Pears | Mary | Sommers | Silver Creek High School | Milk and Lactose | Chemistry | 9 | 1st Place Award - $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section | Arpita | Singhal | Kimberly | Day | Saint Francis High School | Herbalism as an Anticancer and Anti-inflamatory Agent: Characterization and Evalution of Bioavailability of Curcumin Particles | Chemistry | 10 | Honorable Mention | Vadim | Korolik | Theresa | Hannon | Archbishop Mitty High School | Ground Water Treatment: Removal of Dissolved Iron | Chemistry | 10 | $50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society | Paramjyot S. | Panesar | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Solar Energy 24/7: The Investigation of Water Splitting and the Use of Hydrogen Fuel Cells | Chemistry | 10 | 2nd Place Award - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section | Vadim | Korolik | Theresa | Hannon | Archbishop Mitty High School | Ground Water Treatment: Removal of Dissolved Iron | Chemistry | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Paramjyot S. | Panesar | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Solar Energy 24/7: The Investigation of Water Splitting and the Use of Hydrogen Fuel Cells | Chemistry | 10 | Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Megan Rosemary | Duckering | Narquiz | Cervantes | Silver Creek High School | Plastic Bottle Solvents | Chemistry | 10 | Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Tien Lauren | Phan | Narquiz | Cervantes | Silver Creek High School | Plastic Bottle Solvents | Chemistry | 11 | 1st Award | Rohith Madhira | Bhethanabotla | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Achiral and polarimetric analysis using alpha-cyclodextrin and beta-cyclodexrin as chiral selectors to separate enantiomers and diastereomers of cypermethrin | Chemistry | 11 | 2nd Award | Mercedes | Chien | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Creating a Potential Biodiesel Additive Using an Ester and Solketal from Crude Glycerol | Chemistry | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Eesha | Khare | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for Flexible High-Performance Supercapacitors | Chemistry | 12 | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Alexander Scott | Powers | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigation of the Effects of Nanocrystal Shape on the Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells | Chemistry | 12 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Eesha | Khare | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for Flexible High-Performance Supercapacitors | Chemistry | 12 | $2000 to the winning student or team in Physical Science, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Alexander Scott | Powers | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigation of the Effects of Nanocrystal Shape on the Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells | Chemistry | 12 | Top finalist High School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Eesha | Khare | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for Flexible High-Performance Supercapacitors | Chemistry | 12 | Top finalist High School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Alexander Scott | Powers | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigation of the Effects of Nanocrystal Shape on the Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells | Chemistry | 12 | 1st Award | Eesha | Khare | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for Flexible High-Performance Supercapacitors | Chemistry | 12 | 1st Award | Alexander Scott | Powers | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigation of the Effects of Nanocrystal Shape on the Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells | Chemistry | 12 | $50 Voucher, Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Eesha | Khare | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for Flexible High-Performance Supercapacitors | Chemistry | 12 | $50 Voucher, Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Alexander Scott | Powers | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigation of the Effects of Nanocrystal Shape on the Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells | Chemistry | 12 | 1st Place Award - $100, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, Certificate of Achievement, and Certificate & Medallion from ASM Educational Foundation, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Alexander Scott | Powers | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigation of the Effects of Nanocrystal Shape on the Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells | Chemistry | 12 | 1st place student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter | Alexander Scott | Powers | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigation of the Effects of Nanocrystal Shape on the Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells | Chemistry | 12 | 1st Place: $100, Book, and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Alexander Scott | Powers | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigation of the Effects of Nanocrystal Shape on the Efficiency of Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells | Chemistry | 12 | 2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Eesha | Khare | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for Flexible High-Performance Supercapacitors | Chemistry | 12 | 2nd Place: $50, Book, and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Eesha | Khare | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for Flexible High-Performance Supercapacitors | Chemistry | 12 | 2nd Place: Messenger Bag, Notepad, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, United States Army | Eesha | Khare | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for Flexible High-Performance Supercapacitors | Computers / Mathematics | 7 | 2nd Place Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $120 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Divya Ratna | Rallabandi | Susan | Germeraad | Redwood Middle School | Teaching Computers to Play Games with Us | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | 3rd Place Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Shasvat Atman | Jawahar | Jay | Jawahar (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Diagnosing Breast Cancer using an Artificial Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | 3rd Place Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Rohin | Prabhakaran | Jay | Jawahar (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Diagnosing Breast Cancer using an Artificial Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | Grand Prize Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Maya Ratnam | Sankar | Fred | Berghout | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Misspelled: A Comparison of Various Spelling Correction Algorithms | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | 1st Award | Maya Ratnam | Sankar | Fred | Berghout | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Misspelled: A Comparison of Various Spelling Correction Algorithms | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | 2nd Award | Aditya Arya | Dhar | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | The effect of compression on audio quality in different genres of music and the optimal trade-off between compression and quality | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | 2nd Award | Shasvat Atman | Jawahar | Jay | Jawahar (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Diagnosing Breast Cancer using an Artificial Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | 2nd Award | Rohin | Prabhakaran | Jay | Jawahar (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Diagnosing Breast Cancer using an Artificial Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | 2nd Award | Arjun Srikanth | Subramaniam | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | The effect of compression on audio quality in different genres of music and the optimal trade-off between compression and quality | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Maya Ratnam | Sankar | Fred | Berghout | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Misspelled: A Comparison of Various Spelling Correction Algorithms | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Maya Ratnam | Sankar | Fred | Berghout | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Misspelled: A Comparison of Various Spelling Correction Algorithms | Computers / Mathematics | 9 | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Andrew S. | Liu | Lori | Mains | Live Oak High School | New Methods Of Generating Sets of Intransitive Dice | Computers / Mathematics | 9 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Maya | Varma | Corina | Rahmig | Presentation High School | Algorithms for DNA Sequence Alignment in a Raspberry Pi Cluster | Computers / Mathematics | 9 | 1st Award | Andrew S. | Liu | Lori | Mains | Live Oak High School | New Methods Of Generating Sets of Intransitive Dice | Computers / Mathematics | 9 | HP PAV g7z Laptop Computer with Microsoft Student Office Installed, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories | Maya | Varma | Corina | Rahmig | Presentation High School | Algorithms for DNA Sequence Alignment in a Raspberry Pi Cluster | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Tanay | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Clipped: Automated Text Summarization through Clustered Machine Learning and Semantic Natural Language Processing Algorithms | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Grand Prize Student Award: $800 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Tanay | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Clipped: Automated Text Summarization through Clustered Machine Learning and Semantic Natural Language Processing Algorithms | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Top finalist High School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Tanay | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Clipped: Automated Text Summarization through Clustered Machine Learning and Semantic Natural Language Processing Algorithms | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | 1st Award | Tanay | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Clipped: Automated Text Summarization through Clustered Machine Learning and Semantic Natural Language Processing Algorithms | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | 2nd Award | Rishabh | Jain | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Early Detection of Wildfires Through the Utilization of GOES Satellite Imagery, Edge Analysis, and Spectral-Based Hashing. | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Honorable Mention | Ajay B | Gopinath | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Computational Modeling of Phytoplanktonic Organisms to Resolve "The Paradox of the Plankton" in Aquatic Biology | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Honorable Mention | Cindy Z. | Liu | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Automated Choroidal Segmentation Method in Human Eye with 1050 nm Optical Coherence Tomography | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Honorable Mention | Anand B | Chukka | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Video Analysis Algorithm to Differentiate the Beating Patterns of Adult and Fetal Cardiomyocytes | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Honorable Mention | Julia H | Miao | Jim | Birdsong | Monta Vista High School | Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis Using Machine Learning Based on Backpropagation Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Honorable Mention | Sonia S. | Raghuram | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Video Analysis Algorithm to Differentiate the Beating Patterns of Adult and Fetal Cardiomyocytes | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd. | Meena | Rajan | Youssef | Ismail | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Defining Straight Lines in Curvilinear Coordinate Systems | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | 1st Place: Student Membership to AIAA, Certificate of Achievement, and Programmable Robot, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Rishabh | Jain | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Early Detection of Wildfires Through the Utilization of GOES Satellite Imagery, Edge Analysis, and Spectral-Based Hashing. | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Meena | Rajan | Youssef | Ismail | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Defining Straight Lines in Curvilinear Coordinate Systems | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta | Julia H | Miao | Jim | Birdsong | Monta Vista High School | Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis Using Machine Learning Based on Backpropagation Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta | Meena | Rajan | Youssef | Ismail | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Defining Straight Lines in Curvilinear Coordinate Systems | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Meena | Rajan | Youssef | Ismail | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Defining Straight Lines in Curvilinear Coordinate Systems | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Anand B | Chukka | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Video Analysis Algorithm to Differentiate the Beating Patterns of Adult and Fetal Cardiomyocytes | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Sonia S. | Raghuram | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Video Analysis Algorithm to Differentiate the Beating Patterns of Adult and Fetal Cardiomyocytes | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Julia H | Miao | Jim | Birdsong | Monta Vista High School | Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis Using Machine Learning Based on Backpropagation Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army | Rishabh | Jain | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Early Detection of Wildfires Through the Utilization of GOES Satellite Imagery, Edge Analysis, and Spectral-Based Hashing. | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army | Tanay | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Clipped: Automated Text Summarization through Clustered Machine Learning and Semantic Natural Language Processing Algorithms | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Honorable Mention: Student Membership to AIAA and Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Tanay | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Clipped: Automated Text Summarization through Clustered Machine Learning and Semantic Natural Language Processing Algorithms | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($100 to Team and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Julia H | Miao | Jim | Birdsong | Monta Vista High School | Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis Using Machine Learning Based on Backpropagation Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Tanay | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Clipped: Automated Text Summarization through Clustered Machine Learning and Semantic Natural Language Processing Algorithms | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | James B. | Gabbard | Lori | Mains | Live Oak High School | New Methods Of Generating Sets of Intransitive Dice | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Kathleen D. | Grant | Lori | Mains | Live Oak High School | New Methods Of Generating Sets of Intransitive Dice | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Nishant | Jain | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | 3D Markerless Tracking in Augmented Reality:A Moblie Interface for the Global Deployment of Spatial Anatomical Education | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 2nd Place Student Award: $240 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Calvin L | Huang | Josh | Paley | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Using Structured Learning to Improve Accuracy of Semantic Role Labeling in Natural Language Processing | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 3rd Place Student Award: $120 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Nishant | Jain | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | 3D Markerless Tracking in Augmented Reality:A Moblie Interface for the Global Deployment of Spatial Anatomical Education | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Amy A | Shen | Josh | Paley | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | A Novel Approach to Measuring Password Strength Using Machine Learning and Web Popularity | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Brian | Tuan | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Optimization of Computational Data Analysis in Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Andrew | Wang | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Optimization of Computational Data Analysis in Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 1st Award | Gabriel Sebastian | Rossmann | Stefan | Heller (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Microfluidic Chip and Software Interface for Tissue Culturing Experiments | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 1st Award | James B. | Gabbard | Lori | Mains | Live Oak High School | New Methods Of Generating Sets of Intransitive Dice | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 1st Award | Kathleen D. | Grant | Lori | Mains | Live Oak High School | New Methods Of Generating Sets of Intransitive Dice | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 2nd Award | Anshul Asawa | Ramachandran | Kavita | Gupta | Monta Vista High School | Substructure Mining by Application of Weighted Molecular Bonds to a Simplicial Complex Representation of Molecules | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Honorable Mention | Nishant | Jain | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | 3D Markerless Tracking in Augmented Reality:A Moblie Interface for the Global Deployment of Spatial Anatomical Education | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Anshul Asawa | Ramachandran | Kavita | Gupta | Monta Vista High School | Substructure Mining by Application of Weighted Molecular Bonds to a Simplicial Complex Representation of Molecules | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Colin Campbell | Aitken | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Dots and Lines: A New Combinatorial Interpretation of the Homotopy Groups of Finite Topologies | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | 1st Award | Colin Campbell | Aitken | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Dots and Lines: A New Combinatorial Interpretation of the Homotopy Groups of Finite Topologies | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | Honorable Mention | Kathleen H. | Miao | Jim | Birdsong | Monta Vista High School | Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis Using Machine Learning Based on Backpropagation Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | 2nd place: $150 and Certificate of Achievement, Pauchon Foundation Award | Colin Campbell | Aitken | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Dots and Lines: A New Combinatorial Interpretation of the Homotopy Groups of Finite Topologies | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta | Colin Campbell | Aitken | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Dots and Lines: A New Combinatorial Interpretation of the Homotopy Groups of Finite Topologies | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta | Kathleen H. | Miao | Jim | Birdsong | Monta Vista High School | Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis Using Machine Learning Based on Backpropagation Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Kathleen H. | Miao | Jim | Birdsong | Monta Vista High School | Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis Using Machine Learning Based on Backpropagation Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army | Soumya | Banna | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | What Effect Does Inflation, Nominal Interest Rates, Real Interest Rates and GDP Have on International Value of the American Exchange Rate? | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($100 to Team and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Kathleen H. | Miao | Jim | Birdsong | Monta Vista High School | Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis Using Machine Learning Based on Backpropagation Neural Network | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Colin Campbell | Aitken | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Dots and Lines: A New Combinatorial Interpretation of the Homotopy Groups of Finite Topologies | Earth / Space Sciences | 6 | 1st Award | Sean | Yang | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | What's the Angle on Solar Cells? | Earth / Space Sciences | 6 | 2nd Award | Laura Lynn | Powers | Sue | Greathouse | Homeschool (Greathouse) | Factors that Affect Glacier Speed | Earth / Space Sciences | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Laura Lynn | Powers | Sue | Greathouse | Homeschool (Greathouse) | Factors that Affect Glacier Speed | Earth / Space Sciences | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Laura Lynn | Powers | Sue | Greathouse | Homeschool (Greathouse) | Factors that Affect Glacier Speed | Earth / Space Sciences | 7 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Kari Melissa | Marquis | Stephen | Chandler | Buchser Middle School | Stand My Ground | Earth / Space Sciences | 7 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Angelina Josephine | Pavao | Stephen | Chandler | Buchser Middle School | Stand My Ground | Earth / Space Sciences | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Aayush | Gupta | Roy | Rocklin | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of the Magnetic Poles of the Planets on the Sun | Earth / Space Sciences | 9 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Inderpal | Kaur | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Liquefaction in Action: Testing Building Height vs. Liquefaction Resistance | Earth / Space Sciences | 9 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Niharika N. | Rane | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Liquefaction in Action: Testing Building Height vs. Liquefaction Resistance | Earth / Space Sciences | 9 | SAGE Certificate and $40 Amazon Gift Certificate, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Inderpal | Kaur | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Liquefaction in Action: Testing Building Height vs. Liquefaction Resistance | Earth / Space Sciences | 9 | SAGE Certificate and $40 Amazon Gift Certificate, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Niharika N. | Rane | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Liquefaction in Action: Testing Building Height vs. Liquefaction Resistance | Earth / Space Sciences | 10 | 1st Award | Christopher Alan | Powers | Michael | Janda | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigating Wave Barriers to Reduce the Power of Storm Surges | Earth / Space Sciences | 10 | 2nd Award | Maya Anusha | Josyula | Jillian | Fackrell | Homestead High School | Earth's Carbon Sinks: Exploring the Effects of Melting Arctic Ocean Ice | Earth / Space Sciences | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Maya Anusha | Josyula | Jillian | Fackrell | Homestead High School | Earth's Carbon Sinks: Exploring the Effects of Melting Arctic Ocean Ice | Earth / Space Sciences | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Christopher Alan | Powers | Michael | Janda | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigating Wave Barriers to Reduce the Power of Storm Surges | Earth / Space Sciences | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Matthew | Huang | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Using Geometric Albedos and Reflection Spectra to Model the Color of Planets | Earth / Space Sciences | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Nidhi Ajay | Navaratna | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Pattern Identification and Prediction of M-and-X-class Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections Through Computerized Analysis of Solar Magnetograms | Earth / Space Sciences | 11 | Honorable Mention | Sanika Vijay | Kulkarni | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | How do the Velocities and Positions of Different Stars Affect the Rotation Curve of the Andromeda Galaxy | Earth / Space Sciences | 11 | 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Ngoc Han | Nguyen | Ann | Shioji | Yerba Buena High School | Soil Liquifaction Mitigation | Earth / Space Sciences | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Stephanie | Chen | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Using Geometric Albedos and Reflection Spectra to Model the Color of Planets | Earth / Space Sciences | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Nikhil | Buduma | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Computational Investigation of the Structures, Energies, and Formation Pathways of Interstellar Anions: Elucidating Unexplored Mechanisms of Anionic Astrochemistry | Earth / Space Sciences | 12 | 1st Award | Nikhil | Buduma | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Computational Investigation of the Structures, Energies, and Formation Pathways of Interstellar Anions: Elucidating Unexplored Mechanisms of Anionic Astrochemistry | Earth / Space Sciences | 12 | 2nd Award | Andrew Jiakang | Luo | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Kinematics of Andromeda's Diffuse Ionized Gas Disk | Engineering | 6 | Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Dylon Matthew | Tjanaka | Xuong | Tu | Don Callejon Middle Sch. | Up-Down Stair Climbing Robot Using Push-Pull Wheel Mechanism | Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Arash | Shabany | Kevin | Seago | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The Effect of a Lens on the Electrical Energy Generated By a Solar Panel | Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Dylon Matthew | Tjanaka | Xuong | Tu | Don Callejon Middle Sch. | Up-Down Stair Climbing Robot Using Push-Pull Wheel Mechanism | Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Sameer | Chaparala | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Power of the Sun | Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Asha Aiswaryaa | Kar | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | FlingTime | Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Amanda | Wang | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | FlingTime | Engineering | 6 | 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Diya | Jain | Vipin | Jain (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | An Economical Water Purifier for Under-Developed Countries | Engineering | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Brandon H. | Baik | Krista | Nguyen | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | What Shape is the Most Stealthy? | Engineering | 6 | Family and Friends Memberships to the Tech Museum, The Tech Museum of Innovation | Aniket | Kapadia | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | Color-Teller for the Blind | Engineering | 6 | Family and Friends Memberships to the Tech Museum, The Tech Museum of Innovation | Avinash | Subramanian | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | Color-Teller for the Blind | Engineering | 6 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Asha Aiswaryaa | Kar | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | FlingTime | Engineering | 6 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Amanda | Wang | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | FlingTime | Engineering | 7 | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Utkarsh | Tandon | Joel | Carter | Lawson Middle School | Building a Wearable Autonomous Device Providing Personal Assistance to Alzheimer Patients using a Raspberry Pi Based System with GPS Capabilities | Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Utkarsh | Tandon | Joel | Carter | Lawson Middle School | Building a Wearable Autonomous Device Providing Personal Assistance to Alzheimer Patients using a Raspberry Pi Based System with GPS Capabilities | Engineering | 7 | Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Utkarsh | Tandon | Joel | Carter | Lawson Middle School | Building a Wearable Autonomous Device Providing Personal Assistance to Alzheimer Patients using a Raspberry Pi Based System with GPS Capabilities | Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Utkarsh | Tandon | Joel | Carter | Lawson Middle School | Building a Wearable Autonomous Device Providing Personal Assistance to Alzheimer Patients using a Raspberry Pi Based System with GPS Capabilities | Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Allen Khit | Cheung | Lindon | Richards | Milpitas Christian School (6-8) | Small Tiles for Big Purposes | Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | David Ngoc | Hoang | Lindon | Richards | Milpitas Christian School (6-8) | Small Tiles for Big Purposes | Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Jake Riley | Blozan | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | Jar Genie - The Electric Jar Opener | Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Mark | Shacker | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Light Armor | Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Keshav | Sangam | Jason | Robertson | Redwood Middle School | Heat-Seeking Robot | Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Sahil | Surapaneni | Phil | Mariant | Holy Family School | The Smart Cane | Engineering | 7 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd. | Rithika | Srinivasan | Cindy | Burns | Cupertino Middle School | Design a Robot Hand to Simulate Human Hand | Engineering | 7 | Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Utkarsh | Tandon | Joel | Carter | Lawson Middle School | Building a Wearable Autonomous Device Providing Personal Assistance to Alzheimer Patients using a Raspberry Pi Based System with GPS Capabilities | Engineering | 7 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Utkarsh | Tandon | Joel | Carter | Lawson Middle School | Building a Wearable Autonomous Device Providing Personal Assistance to Alzheimer Patients using a Raspberry Pi Based System with GPS Capabilities | Engineering | 7 | One Week-Long Class at the Tech Summer Camps 2013, The Tech Summer Camps | Keshav | Sangam | Jason | Robertson | Redwood Middle School | Heat-Seeking Robot | Engineering | 7 | Todd Shaeffer 1st place award - Grade 7 - $100, Brownlee - Shaeffer - Schmahl Science Award | Jake Riley | Blozan | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | Jar Genie - The Electric Jar Opener | Engineering | 8 | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Anurag | Singh | Thea | Dalvand | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | WIFI Watchdog - Application To Observe Personal Mobility of Senior Citizens | Engineering | 8 | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Kaushik | Tandon | Thea | Dalvand | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | WIFI Watchdog - Application To Observe Personal Mobility of Senior Citizens | Engineering | 8 | 2nd Place Student Award: $120 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Bryon Nicholas | Tjanaka | Vanessa | Hayden | Don Callejon Middle Sch. | Dynamic Tilt Compensation to Improve Vehicle Stability on Sloping Terrains | Engineering | 8 | Grand Prize Student Award: $400 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Anurag | Singh | Thea | Dalvand | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | WIFI Watchdog - Application To Observe Personal Mobility of Senior Citizens | Engineering | 8 | Grand Prize Student Award: $400 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Kaushik | Tandon | Thea | Dalvand | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | WIFI Watchdog - Application To Observe Personal Mobility of Senior Citizens | Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Kendra Leigh | Barker | Bonnie | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Follow the Light | Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Anish G. | Krishnan | Youssef | Ismail | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Extending Mileage In Electric Vehicles | Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Anish | Seshadri | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Automated, Wearable Guidance System for the Visually Impaired | Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Anurag | Singh | Thea | Dalvand | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | WIFI Watchdog - Application To Observe Personal Mobility of Senior Citizens | Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Kaushik | Tandon | Thea | Dalvand | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | WIFI Watchdog - Application To Observe Personal Mobility of Senior Citizens | Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Nihar Roy | Mitra | Sarah | Pierce | Jordan (David Starr) Middle School | Flashback! We can Record What We See, Why Not What We Saw? | Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Amrita | Singh | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | A Novel Mechanism for Emulating Male Cricket Wing Stridulation | Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Peter | Wu | Benjamin | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Redesigning Desk Lamps to Maximize Light Output While Reducing Glare | Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | David | Zhu | Benjamin | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Redesigning Desk Lamps to Maximize Light Output While Reducing Glare | Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Kenneth Tuankhoa | Doan | Phuong (Vickie) | To | Herman Intermediate School | 3-D Printer | Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Bryon Nicholas | Tjanaka | Vanessa | Hayden | Don Callejon Middle Sch. | Dynamic Tilt Compensation to Improve Vehicle Stability on Sloping Terrains | Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Albert | Tseng | Deborah | Yakulis | Redwood Middle School | Generating Electricity with Shock Absorbers | Engineering | 8 | 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Harsh N. | Jain | Vipin | Jain (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | An Economical Water Purifier for Under-Developed Countries | Engineering | 8 | 2nd place student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter | Mayank | Pandey | Manish | Pandey (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | 3D Optical Microscope | Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement and Lapel Pin, National Society of Professional Engineers | Anish | Seshadri | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Automated, Wearable Guidance System for the Visually Impaired | Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement and Lapel Pin, National Society of Professional Engineers | Amrita | Singh | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | A Novel Mechanism for Emulating Male Cricket Wing Stridulation | Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Kenneth Tuankhoa | Doan | Phuong (Vickie) | To | Herman Intermediate School | 3-D Printer | Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Anish | Seshadri | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Automated, Wearable Guidance System for the Visually Impaired | Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Bryon Nicholas | Tjanaka | Vanessa | Hayden | Don Callejon Middle Sch. | Dynamic Tilt Compensation to Improve Vehicle Stability on Sloping Terrains | Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Albert | Tseng | Deborah | Yakulis | Redwood Middle School | Generating Electricity with Shock Absorbers | Engineering | 8 | Family and Friends Memberships to the Tech Museum, The Tech Museum of Innovation | Sandip | Nirmel | Daniel | Sommer | Harker School-Middle Campus | Usable Electricity from Buildup of Static Electricity in Car Tires | Engineering | 8 | Family and Friends Memberships to the Tech Museum, The Tech Museum of Innovation | Trishla | Pokharna | Susan | Germeraad | Redwood Middle School | Thermoelectric Kerosene Lamp | Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention: Student Membership to AIAA, Certificate of Achievement, and Programmable Microcontroller, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Bryon Nicholas | Tjanaka | Vanessa | Hayden | Don Callejon Middle Sch. | Dynamic Tilt Compensation to Improve Vehicle Stability on Sloping Terrains | Engineering | 8 | HP 35s Scientific Calculator, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories | Kendra Leigh | Barker | Bonnie | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Follow the Light | Engineering | 8 | HP 35s Scientific Calculator, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories | Bryon Nicholas | Tjanaka | Vanessa | Hayden | Don Callejon Middle Sch. | Dynamic Tilt Compensation to Improve Vehicle Stability on Sloping Terrains | Engineering | 9 | $1000 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis | Ajay | Jain | Bruce | Kawanami (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Rapid Variable Density Map Acquisition Through a Novel Distributed Network of Autonomous Aerial Quadrotors Driven by Computer Vision Based Feature Targeting | Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Paul August | Dennig | Carol | Evans | Los Altos High School | "Where's Grandma?" Indoor Wireless Navigation Systems for Alzheimer's Patients, II | Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Paul August | Dennig | Carol | Evans | Los Altos High School | "Where's Grandma?" Indoor Wireless Navigation Systems for Alzheimer's Patients, II | Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Anjali | Ganguly | Aru | Hill | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Use of Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) to Concentrate Algae | Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Julia | Cho | Mark | Riese | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Creating a Clearer Voice Chat/Conference Experience by Using Sound Localization | Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Ajay | Jain | Bruce | Kawanami (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Rapid Variable Density Map Acquisition Through a Novel Distributed Network of Autonomous Aerial Quadrotors Driven by Computer Vision Based Feature Targeting | Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Josh | Kim | Mark | Riese | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Creating a Clearer Voice Chat/Conference Experience by Using Sound Localization | Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Yasha | Ektefaie | Phil | Wiechec | Mountain View High School | Hunting the Energy Vampire: An Innovative Way to Stop Phantom Loads | Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Rahul | Tewari | Howell | Ivy | Valley Christian High School | Simulation of Passive Attitude Stabilization of a CubeSat to Predetermine Orientations for Imaging Devices | Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Nuha | Ahmed | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Magnetic Braking System for Automobiles | Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Ankush | Rayabhari | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Electronic Touch Sensor for Detecting Human Alertness | Engineering | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Paul August | Dennig | Carol | Evans | Los Altos High School | "Where's Grandma?" Indoor Wireless Navigation Systems for Alzheimer's Patients, II | Engineering | 9 | 2nd Place: $150 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Rahul | Tewari | Howell | Ivy | Valley Christian High School | Simulation of Passive Attitude Stabilization of a CubeSat to Predetermine Orientations for Imaging Devices | Engineering | 9 | 2nd Place: Messenger Bag, Notepad, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, United States Army | Ajay | Jain | Bruce | Kawanami (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Rapid Variable Density Map Acquisition Through a Novel Distributed Network of Autonomous Aerial Quadrotors Driven by Computer Vision Based Feature Targeting | Engineering | 9 | 3rd Place: $100 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Andrew Cyril | Shacker | Matt | Trask | Piedmont Hills High School | The Practicality of Satellite-Based Laser Ablation of Space Debris | Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention: Student Membership to AIAA and Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Ajay | Jain | Bruce | Kawanami (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Rapid Variable Density Map Acquisition Through a Novel Distributed Network of Autonomous Aerial Quadrotors Driven by Computer Vision Based Feature Targeting | Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Neil K | Movva | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Novel Approach to Pupil Tracking Using IR Reflection | Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Omkar | Savant | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | An Ultrasonic Tactile Mapping Device to Enable Autonomous Navigation for the Blind | Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Leela J. | Amladi | Chihiro | Ikezi | Saint Francis High School | Fail-Proof Pill Reminder System | Engineering | 10 | $50 Voucher, Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Neil K | Movva | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Novel Approach to Pupil Tracking Using IR Reflection | Engineering | 10 | $50 Voucher, Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Omkar | Savant | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | An Ultrasonic Tactile Mapping Device to Enable Autonomous Navigation for the Blind | Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Suraj R. | Setty | Craig | Young | Wilcox High School | Increasing the Efficiency of Wind Turbines | Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Hershel P. | Shah | Craig | Young | Wilcox High School | Increasing the Efficiency of Wind Turbines | Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation | Vidya Srinivas | Raghvendra | Youssef | Ismail | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Low-Cost Water Purification and Desalination System Using Solar and Geothermal Energy | Engineering | 10 | First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Nitya | Mani | Aru | Hill | A Schmahl Science Workshop | B-carotene Production from D.Salina for Vit. A Supplementation under a Reduced Resource Setting | Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | XinNi E. | Chai | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Evaluation of a Novel Microbial Fuel Cell | Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army | Neil K | Movva | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Novel Approach to Pupil Tracking Using IR Reflection | Engineering | 10 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Omkar | Savant | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | An Ultrasonic Tactile Mapping Device to Enable Autonomous Navigation for the Blind | Engineering | 10 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Neil K | Movva | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Novel Approach to Pupil Tracking Using IR Reflection | Engineering | 11 | $1000 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis | Paras | Jain | Bruce | Kawanami (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Rapid Variable Density Map Acquisition Through a Novel Distributed Network of Autonomous Aerial Quadrotors Driven by Computer Vision Based Feature Targeting | Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Adyota | Gupta | Jon | Stark | Monta Vista High School | SmartVest: Redesigning and Revolutionizing the Conventional Bulletproof Vest | Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Maitreyee Ramprasad | Joshi | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Use of Haptic Rendering Devices to Bring Tactile Sensation to Upper Extremity Prosthetics | Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Paras | Jain | Bruce | Kawanami (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Rapid Variable Density Map Acquisition Through a Novel Distributed Network of Autonomous Aerial Quadrotors Driven by Computer Vision Based Feature Targeting | Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Vibhav Satsheel | Altekar | Roy | Rocklin | Lynbrook High School | The Quest to Engineer a Cheap Efficient Microbial Fuel Cell | Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Sumanth | Balaraman | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Using Smartphones to Screen for and Correct Hearing Loss | Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Michael A. | Kling | Ralph | Kling (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Magic Pen | Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Evan | Borras | Howell | Ivy | Valley Christian High School | Simulation of Passive Attitude Stabilization of a CubeSat to Predetermine Orientations for Imaging Devices | Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Avi | Agarwal | Youssef | Ismail | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Music of Movement | Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Irfan Danial | Faizullabhoy | Mary Anne | Plano | Homestead High School | Building a Sound Barrier that uses Acoustic Decoupling Noise Cancellation to Minimize Road-Noise | Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Ayush | Mehra | Mary Anne | Plano | Homestead High School | Building a Sound Barrier that uses Acoustic Decoupling Noise Cancellation to Minimize Road-Noise | Engineering | 11 | 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Irfan Danial | Faizullabhoy | Mary Anne | Plano | Homestead High School | Building a Sound Barrier that uses Acoustic Decoupling Noise Cancellation to Minimize Road-Noise | Engineering | 11 | 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Ayush | Mehra | Mary Anne | Plano | Homestead High School | Building a Sound Barrier that uses Acoustic Decoupling Noise Cancellation to Minimize Road-Noise | Engineering | 11 | 1st Place: Student Membership to AIAA, Certificate of Achievement, and Programmable Robot, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Jessica | Chiu | Dan | Burns | Los Gatos High School | The Passive Aeroelastic Response of Morphing Wing Designs Utilizing Memory Shape Alloy Actuators | Engineering | 11 | 1st Place: Messenger Bag, Notepad, Framed Certificate of Achievement, Letter, and Silver Medal, United States Army | Adyota | Gupta | Jon | Stark | Monta Vista High School | SmartVest: Redesigning and Revolutionizing the Conventional Bulletproof Vest | Engineering | 11 | 2nd place, $30 check, and a Book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award | Akruti Mahesh | Gupta | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Design for Wind Technology that Harnesses Wind Energy in Urban Areas | Engineering | 11 | 2nd Place: $150 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Evan | Borras | Howell | Ivy | Valley Christian High School | Simulation of Passive Attitude Stabilization of a CubeSat to Predetermine Orientations for Imaging Devices | Engineering | 11 | 2nd Place: Messenger Bag, Notepad, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, United States Army | Paras | Jain | Bruce | Kawanami (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Rapid Variable Density Map Acquisition Through a Novel Distributed Network of Autonomous Aerial Quadrotors Driven by Computer Vision Based Feature Targeting | Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and Pewter Medallion Voucher, Yale Science and Engineering Association | Sumanth | Balaraman | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Using Smartphones to Screen for and Correct Hearing Loss | Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and Pewter Medallion Voucher, Yale Science and Engineering Association | Michael A. | Kling | Ralph | Kling (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Magic Pen | Engineering | 11 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Meera Arati | Yellamraju | Bruce | Kawanami (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Cane-Mounted Camera Device to Aid the Visually Impaired at an Intersection: The Application of an Image Analysis Algorithm to Detect Moving Vehicles | Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army | Sumanth | Balaraman | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Using Smartphones to Screen for and Correct Hearing Loss | Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army | Jessica | Chiu | Dan | Burns | Los Gatos High School | The Passive Aeroelastic Response of Morphing Wing Designs Utilizing Memory Shape Alloy Actuators | Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army | Maitreyee Ramprasad | Joshi | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Use of Haptic Rendering Devices to Bring Tactile Sensation to Upper Extremity Prosthetics | Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army | Aditya | Srinivasan | Youssef | Ismail | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Active Camouflage | Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Student Membership to AIAA and Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Paras | Jain | Bruce | Kawanami (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Rapid Variable Density Map Acquisition Through a Novel Distributed Network of Autonomous Aerial Quadrotors Driven by Computer Vision Based Feature Targeting | Engineering | 11 | HP PAV g7z Laptop Computer with Microsoft Student Office Installed, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories | Izzat Mitri | Halabi | Howell | Ivy | Valley Christian High School | Free Energy | Engineering | 11 | HP PhotoSmart 6520 printer, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories | Spoorthi Venkata | Davala | Bruce | Kawanami (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Inhibition of Escherichia Coli In Refrigerators Through the Use of Pulsed Electric Field Processing | Engineering | 11 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | James | Ma | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Design, Fabrication and Calibration of a Temperature Gradient Sensor for Use in the Study of Life in the Extreme. | Engineering | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | David Andrew | Zarrin | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine | Engineering | 12 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | David Andrew | Zarrin | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine | Engineering | 12 | 1st Place: $1000 Scholarship to SJSU College of Engineering and Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering | Kimberly Mary | Vaz | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Development of a User-Friendly Automated Sprinkler Control System with Emphasis on Water Optimization Customized for Different Plants. | Engineering | 12 | 2nd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering | David Andrew | Zarrin | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine | Engineering | 12 | 3rd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering | Noorsher | Ahmed | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Quenching the World's Thirst: Rapid Distillation and Treatment of Ocean Water into Potable Drinking Water Using Electromagnetic Waves in the Microwave Frequency | Engineering | 12 | Top finalist High School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | McKenna Pearl | Duzac | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Berzeliopaper: The Arrangement of Silicon Nanoparticles in a Macroscopic Aggregate Sheet and its Comparison to Buckypaper | Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | David Andrew | Zarrin | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine | Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Ramakrishnan | Menon | David | Fryauf (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Carbon Enhanced Aluminum Oxide Memristor | Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | McKenna Pearl | Duzac | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Berzeliopaper: The Arrangement of Silicon Nanoparticles in a Macroscopic Aggregate Sheet and its Comparison to Buckypaper | Engineering | 12 | $50 Voucher, Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | David Andrew | Zarrin | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine | Engineering | 12 | 1st place: $250 and Certificate of Achievement, Pauchon Foundation Award | David Andrew | Zarrin | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine | Engineering | 12 | 1st Place: $250 Cash and Framed Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | David Andrew | Zarrin | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine | Engineering | 12 | 2nd Place Award - $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Esther | Lam | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Water You Putting in Our Rivers? Filtering Domestic Wastewater in Developing Countries. | Engineering | 12 | 2nd Place Award - $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Maria Rosa | Ruiz | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Water You Putting in Our Rivers? Filtering Domestic Wastewater in Developing Countries. | Engineering | 12 | 2nd place student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter | Ramakrishnan | Menon | David | Fryauf (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Carbon Enhanced Aluminum Oxide Memristor | Engineering | 12 | 2nd Place: Messenger Bag, Notepad, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, United States Army | David Andrew | Zarrin | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine | Engineering | 12 | 3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | McKenna Pearl | Duzac | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Berzeliopaper: The Arrangement of Silicon Nanoparticles in a Macroscopic Aggregate Sheet and its Comparison to Buckypaper | Engineering | 12 | 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Alison Emiko | Rugar | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Growth and Characterization of the Thermoelectric Properties of Indium Phosphide Nanowire Networks | Engineering | 12 | 3rd place student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter | Alison Emiko | Rugar | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Growth and Characterization of the Thermoelectric Properties of Indium Phosphide Nanowire Networks | Engineering | 12 | 3rd place: $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Pauchon Foundation Award | Edward Lee | White | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Natural Motion Energy Harvesting System | Engineering | 12 | 3rd Place: $25 and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | David Andrew | Zarrin | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine | Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and Lapel Pin, National Society of Professional Engineers | David Andrew | Zarrin | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine | Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | David Andrew | Zarrin | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Hybrid Pulsating Turbine Jet Engine | Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Jacob Truong | Nguyen | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Superhydrophobic Soot: Applying the Properties of the Dispersion of Carbon Nanoparticles to Reduce Friction from Newtonian Fluids | Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | McKenna Pearl | Duzac | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Berzeliopaper: The Arrangement of Silicon Nanoparticles in a Macroscopic Aggregate Sheet and its Comparison to Buckypaper | Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Alison Emiko | Rugar | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Growth and Characterization of the Thermoelectric Properties of Indium Phosphide Nanowire Networks | Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army | McKenna Pearl | Duzac | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Berzeliopaper: The Arrangement of Silicon Nanoparticles in a Macroscopic Aggregate Sheet and its Comparison to Buckypaper | Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Army | Edward Lee | White | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Natural Motion Energy Harvesting System | Engineering | 12 | HP PhotoSmart 6520 printer, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories | Edward Lee | White | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Natural Motion Energy Harvesting System | Engineering | 12 | Team: $60 and Book, The ROD Women in Science Award | Esther | Lam | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Water You Putting in Our Rivers? Filtering Domestic Wastewater in Developing Countries. | Engineering | 12 | Team: $60 and Book, The ROD Women in Science Award | Maria Rosa | Ruiz | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Water You Putting in Our Rivers? Filtering Domestic Wastewater in Developing Countries. | Environmental Sciences | 6 | 1st Award | Nathifa | Nasim | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | From Trash to Gas : Biomass Energy | Environmental Sciences | 6 | 1st Award | Jay | Chiruvolu | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis School | Are We Killing our Creeks? A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic Integrity of Permanente Creek Watershed | Environmental Sciences | 6 | 1st Award | Benjamin Maxwell | Dillon | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis School | Are We Killing our Creeks? A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic Integrity of Permanente Creek Watershed | Environmental Sciences | 6 | 2nd Award | Arjun Michael | Miklos | Annie | Yount | Terman Middle School | Getting into Hot Water; Comparison of Methods of Solar Water Heating | Environmental Sciences | 6 | 2nd Award | Alana Rose | De La Torre | Arlene | Brown | Saint Christopher School | Acid Rain Acid Rain Go Away | Environmental Sciences | 6 | 2nd Award | Isabelle Rebecca | McKenzie | Arlene | Brown | Saint Christopher School | Acid Rain Acid Rain Go Away | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Honorable Mention | Tejas | Kadambi | Mark | Segesta | Terman Middle School | Is the Miscibility of Oil and Water Affected by Additives? | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Honorable Mention | Sofia Bass | Kritikopoulos | Amy | Reeber | Buchser Middle School | Where's my Oxygen? | Environmental Sciences | 6 | 2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Jay | Chiruvolu | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis School | Are We Killing our Creeks? A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic Integrity of Permanente Creek Watershed | Environmental Sciences | 6 | 2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Benjamin Maxwell | Dillon | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis School | Are We Killing our Creeks? A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic Integrity of Permanente Creek Watershed | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Jay | Chiruvolu | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis School | Are We Killing our Creeks? A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic Integrity of Permanente Creek Watershed | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Benjamin Maxwell | Dillon | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis School | Are We Killing our Creeks? A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic Integrity of Permanente Creek Watershed | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Farah Noor | Masood | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | Greenhouse Effect Under Different Environments | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Svetlana | Sohoni | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | How to Prevent Soil Erosion | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Family and Friends Memberships to the Tech Museum, The Tech Museum of Innovation | Nathifa | Nasim | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | From Trash to Gas : Biomass Energy | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Jay | Chiruvolu | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis School | Are We Killing our Creeks? A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic Integrity of Permanente Creek Watershed | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Benjamin Maxwell | Dillon | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis School | Are We Killing our Creeks? A Study on the Water Quality and Biotic Integrity of Permanente Creek Watershed | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Todd Shaeffer 1st place award - Grade 6 - $100, Brownlee - Shaeffer - Schmahl Science Award | Gurmeher Sufi | Kaur | Abigail | Garrison | Jordan (David Starr) Middle School | Thrive: How do YOU Grow Your Own Food | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 1st Award | Sean McCrory | Mignosa | Rachel | Hager | Buchser Middle School | Getting Solar Energy in Focus | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 1st Award | Karthik | Ramachandran | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | An A-peeling Solution! - The Effect of Citrus Oils and d-Limonene on Polystyrene | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 2nd Award | Sara Lily | Emami | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Does Increasing Levels of Carbon Dioxide in the Air Contribute to Global Warming? | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 2nd Award | Eva Elise | Szoboszlay | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Dissolving Shells: The Effects of Ocean Acidification | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 2nd Award | Amelia Sangalang | Kinsella | Wayne | Thompson | English (C.T.) Middle School | The Great Water Rescue | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 2nd Award | Michelle Elizabeth | Philipp | Wayne | Thompson | English (C.T.) Middle School | The Great Water Rescue | Environmental Sciences | 7 | Honorable Mention | Ryan Allen | Lyle | Mary A. | Francis | Murphy (Martin) Middle School | The Effect of Salinity on the Survival Rate of Daphnia | Environmental Sciences | 7 | Honorable Mention | Yevgeniya | Orzhekhovska | Rachel | Hager | Buchser Middle School | Recycling Greywater | Environmental Sciences | 7 | Honorable Mention | Mantej Singh | Panesar | Bonnie | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Green Passive Cooling of Computer Data Centers | Environmental Sciences | 7 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Nishita | Sunkara | Cindy | Kane | Blach Intermediate School | Plastic Problems | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 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 | Venkat Narayanan | Sankar | Daniel | Sommer | Harker School-Middle Campus | Ecology or Economy: How to Have It Both Ways! A Simulation Based Approach for Managing The Impact of Infrastructure Projects on the Population Viability of Endangered Species. | Environmental Sciences | 8 | $1000 to the Top Projects in Bio Science (tie), The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Varun J. | Venkatesh | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Cementing a Solution One Brick at a Time: Using Biomineralization to Solve the World's Problems | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Hilal Nur | Atesoglu | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | Using Sesame Leaves as Low Cost Absorbent to Effectively Reduce Heavy Metal such as Lead, Copper and Cadmium from Contaminated Water Samples | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Varun J. | Venkatesh | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Cementing a Solution One Brick at a Time: Using Biomineralization to Solve the World's Problems | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 1st Award | Vardhaan Sai | Ambati | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Are Manufactured Nano-Materials (MNMs) an Ecotoxicological Risk? Experiment Conducted Using Three Commonly Manufactured Nano-Materials (MNMs) - Nano Zno, Nano CeO2, Nano-TiO2 and Rhizobia as a Biosensor | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 1st Award | Venkat Narayanan | Sankar | Daniel | Sommer | Harker School-Middle Campus | Ecology or Economy: How to Have It Both Ways! A Simulation Based Approach for Managing The Impact of Infrastructure Projects on the Population Viability of Endangered Species. | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 2nd Award | Hilal Nur | Atesoglu | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | Using Sesame Leaves as Low Cost Absorbent to Effectively Reduce Heavy Metal such as Lead, Copper and Cadmium from Contaminated Water Samples | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 2nd Award | Mallika N. | Yeleswarapu | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Water's the Matter: The Effect of pH on Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Freshwater Sources | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Honorable Mention | Varun J. | Venkatesh | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Cementing a Solution One Brick at a Time: Using Biomineralization to Solve the World's Problems | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Honorable Mention | Roxanna | Hashemi | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | Drinkable or Nondrinkable? | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Honorable Mention | Zahra Bismah | Masood | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | Drinkable or Nondrinkable? | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 1st Place: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Vardhaan Sai | Ambati | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Are Manufactured Nano-Materials (MNMs) an Ecotoxicological Risk? Experiment Conducted Using Three Commonly Manufactured Nano-Materials (MNMs) - Nano Zno, Nano CeO2, Nano-TiO2 and Rhizobia as a Biosensor | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 2nd Place: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award | Venkat Narayanan | Sankar | Daniel | Sommer | Harker School-Middle Campus | Ecology or Economy: How to Have It Both Ways! A Simulation Based Approach for Managing The Impact of Infrastructure Projects on the Population Viability of Endangered Species. | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 3rd Place Team Award - $300 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section | Roxanna | Hashemi | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | Drinkable or Nondrinkable? | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 3rd Place Team Award - $300 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section | Zahra Bismah | Masood | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | Drinkable or Nondrinkable? | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Book, Promethium Chapter of Iota Sigma Pi | Hilal Nur | Atesoglu | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | Using Sesame Leaves as Low Cost Absorbent to Effectively Reduce Heavy Metal such as Lead, Copper and Cadmium from Contaminated Water Samples | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Gardening Book and $31 class voucher, Common Ground Organic Garden Supply & Education Center | Vardhaan Sai | Ambati | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Are Manufactured Nano-Materials (MNMs) an Ecotoxicological Risk? Experiment Conducted Using Three Commonly Manufactured Nano-Materials (MNMs) - Nano Zno, Nano CeO2, Nano-TiO2 and Rhizobia as a Biosensor | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 1st Award | Shrey Sanjeev | Desai | Judy | Wan | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Antibiotic Alternative to Radiation in the Sterile Insect Technique | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 1st Award | Arka | Bagchi | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | The Maximization of CO2 Intake Through Phytochrome Genetic Overexpression, Chemical Enhancement, and Fungal Alteration | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 1st Award | Shreya | Dash | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Cleaning Oil Spills: Which Sorbents are Best | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 2nd Award | Meera Reddy | Rachamallu | Aru | Hill | A Schmahl Science Workshop | The Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Nannochloropsis oculata and Daphnia through Bioaccumulation | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 2nd Award | Sathvik | Nair | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Is Solar Distillation an Effective Form of Water Purification? | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 2nd Award | Anirvin J. | Sikha | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Is Solar Distillation an Effective Form of Water Purification? | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 3rd Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Shrey Sanjeev | Desai | Judy | Wan | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Antibiotic Alternative to Radiation in the Sterile Insect Technique | Environmental Sciences | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Sherry | Sarkar | Roy | Rocklin | Lynbrook High School | A Way to Stop Algae Blooms: Separating Fertilizer from Storm Drain Runoff | Environmental Sciences | 9 | Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Shreya | Dash | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Cleaning Oil Spills: Which Sorbents are Best | Environmental Sciences | 10 | Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP | Kriti | Lall | Aru | Hill | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Studying and Manipulating arxA, an Arsenite Oxidase, in E. coli: Unearthing Applications in Astrobiology and Water Bioremediation. | Environmental Sciences | 10 | 1st Award | Kriti | Lall | Aru | Hill | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Studying and Manipulating arxA, an Arsenite Oxidase, in E. coli: Unearthing Applications in Astrobiology and Water Bioremediation. | Environmental Sciences | 10 | 1st Award | Rachit | Kataria | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | The Maximization of CO2 Intake Through Phytochrome Genetic Overexpression, Chemical Enhancement, and Fungal Alteration | Environmental Sciences | 10 | 2nd Award | Ruchi Sandeep | Pandya | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A practical approach to water purification using filtration by photoactivated Degussa P25 making use of nanoparticles to eliminate pathogens and organic impurities. | Environmental Sciences | 10 | 2nd Award | Joshua | Kim | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Impact of Water Temperature on Freshwater Invertebrates | Environmental Sciences | 10 | 2nd Award | Ritap | Rastogi | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Impact of Water Temperature on Freshwater Invertebrates | Environmental Sciences | 10 | Honorable Mention | Adam Kevin | O'Regan | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The Effect of Different Soil Bacteria Species on Phytoremediation of Volatile Benzene from an Indoor Environment | Environmental Sciences | 10 | Honorable Mention | Shefali | Patel | Suzanne | Colvin | Presentation High School | Cyanobacteria as a BioFertilizer:Utilizing the nitrogen-fixation capabilities of Nostoc cyanobacteria to enhance the growth of Brassica pervirdis, Brassica oleracea and Beta vulgaris | Environmental Sciences | 10 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award | Ruchi Sandeep | Pandya | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A practical approach to water purification using filtration by photoactivated Degussa P25 making use of nanoparticles to eliminate pathogens and organic impurities. | Environmental Sciences | 10 | 1st Place Award - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Joshua | Kim | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Impact of Water Temperature on Freshwater Invertebrates | Environmental Sciences | 10 | 1st Place Award - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Ritap | Rastogi | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Impact of Water Temperature on Freshwater Invertebrates | Environmental Sciences | 10 | 2nd place, $30 check, and a Book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award | Olivia Lynn | Woodford-Berry | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | An Analysis of a Potential Factor in Global Warming: The Effects of Varying Salt Water pH on Chaetomorpha | Environmental Sciences | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Kacey | Fang | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Using Gas Chromatography to Analyze the Toxicity of Former Superfund Sites and Their Effects on Phaseolus vulgaris | Environmental Sciences | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Olivia Lynn | Woodford-Berry | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | An Analysis of a Potential Factor in Global Warming: The Effects of Varying Salt Water pH on Chaetomorpha | Environmental Sciences | 11 | 1st Award | Titus C-N. | Lagman | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Cleaning Oil Spills: Which Sorbents are Best | Environmental Sciences | 11 | Honorable Mention | Jiangyan | Du | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effect of Surrounding Conditions on Shewanella oneidensis in the Reduction of Chromium (VI) | Environmental Sciences | 11 | Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Titus C-N. | Lagman | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Cleaning Oil Spills: Which Sorbents are Best | Environmental Sciences | 11 | Individual: $30 and Book, The ROD Women in Science Award | Brooke Murphy | Ahmed | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | An Experimental Study on the Effects of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Oceanic Acidity and Hypoxia on Calcifying Marine Organisms | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 6 | 1st Award | Ruhi | Sayana | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Targeting Postprandial Hyperglycemia: Novel Use of the Anthocyanin Cyanidin and Eugenol to Inhibit alpha-Glucosidase for Type 2 Diabetes | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 6 | 2nd Award | Christopher Alain | Emond | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Does Caffeine Affect Blood Pressure? | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 6 | 2nd Award | Chloe B. | Lechner | Sabine | Schmuck | Old Orchard School | The Flouride Eggsperiment | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 7 | 1st Award | Mythri | Ambatipudi | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Diet Induced Thermogenesis!!! Combating Obesity and Postprandial Hyperglycemia With the Thermogenic Effects of Anthocyanins Catechins and Capsaicins | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 7 | 2nd Award | Priscilla L. | Lee | Malathi | Tuers | Valley Christian Junior High School | What is the Effect of Off-the-shelf Shampoo and/or Conditioner on Frizzy Hair? | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | $1000 to the Top Projects in Bio Science (tie), The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Pravin | Ravishanker | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Effects of Neuromodulating Agents on Spiking Rates and Patterns of Neuronal Action Potentials in Acheta domestica: An Investigation in Neuropharmacotherapy. | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Evani | Radiya-Dixit | Aru | Hill | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Use of Bromelain and Papain to Engineer Hypoallergenic Peanut Products | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Pravin | Ravishanker | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Effects of Neuromodulating Agents on Spiking Rates and Patterns of Neuronal Action Potentials in Acheta domestica: An Investigation in Neuropharmacotherapy. | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | 1st Award | Chirag Kapil | Akella | Erica | Goldsworthy | Jordan (David Starr) Middle School | All About Allergies | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | 1st Award | Celia Rose | Willner | Ann | Lorey | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | The Potential Effect of Decibel Levels in Certain Settings on Permanent Hearing Damage | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | 1st Award | David Charles | Willner | Ann | Lorey | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | The Potential Effect of Decibel Levels in Certain Settings on Permanent Hearing Damage | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | 2nd Award | Pravin | Ravishanker | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Effects of Neuromodulating Agents on Spiking Rates and Patterns of Neuronal Action Potentials in Acheta domestica: An Investigation in Neuropharmacotherapy. | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | Honorable Mention | Zunera | Ghalib | Sean | Carroll | A Schmahl Science Workshop | The Effects of Diacetyl Monoxime on Beta-Amyloid Plaques in C. elegans | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | Honorable Mention | Clayton C.W. | Moore | David | Pardue | Carden Day School of San Jose | Are Non-Newtonian Fluids Acceptable Protection Equipment Replacements? | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | Plaque and $100 check, and Compete for $1000 Outstanding Young Scientist Award, California Association of Professional Scientists | Pravin | Ravishanker | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Effects of Neuromodulating Agents on Spiking Rates and Patterns of Neuronal Action Potentials in Acheta domestica: An Investigation in Neuropharmacotherapy. | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 9 | 1st Award | Durga | Ganesh | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Determining the Most Effective Preservative to Increase the Lungs Viability over time before Transfer | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 9 | 1st Award | Amrita Vaishnavi | Iyer | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of Resveratrol on the Lifespan of Overfed Drosophila melanogaster | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 9 | Honorable Mention | Gautam | Bulusu | Gloria | Carter (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Metadherin (MTDH/AEG1): A Novel Marker of Metastasis and Chemoresistance Expression in Lymph-node Negative Estrogen Positive/HER2 Negative (Luminal A Subtype) Breast Cancer Women | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | 1st Award | Nikash D. | Shankar | Aru | Hill | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Potential Cure for Alzheimer's Disease: A Novel Therapy Using Polymeric Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Curcumin To Inhibit Caspase Pathway | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | 1st Award | Deborah | Lee | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | How Effective Are the Four Most Popular Teas: Black, White, Oolong and Green Tea in Preventing Tooth Decay? | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | 1st Award | Odelia | So | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | How Effective Are the Four Most Popular Teas: Black, White, Oolong and Green Tea in Preventing Tooth Decay? | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | Honorable Mention | Aiswarya Sunil | Sankar | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Reduction of Glutamate Levels in a Saline Solution through the Combined Administration of Insulin and Glucagon | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | Honorable Mention | Lee J. | Hsieh | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Do Sesame Seeds Produce Darker Hair? | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | Honorable Mention | Kathy | Ma | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Do Sesame Seeds Produce Darker Hair? | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | 2nd Place: $200, Rambus | Nikash D. | Shankar | Aru | Hill | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Potential Cure for Alzheimer's Disease: A Novel Therapy Using Polymeric Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Curcumin To Inhibit Caspase Pathway | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | Honorable Mention Certificate of Achievement, MedImmune | Nikash D. | Shankar | Aru | Hill | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Potential Cure for Alzheimer's Disease: A Novel Therapy Using Polymeric Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Curcumin To Inhibit Caspase Pathway | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Aiswarya Sunil | Sankar | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Reduction of Glutamate Levels in a Saline Solution through the Combined Administration of Insulin and Glucagon | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Shruthi Reddy | Perati | Kavita | Gupta | Monta Vista High School | A Molecular Study of Ror2/Wnt Signaling Pathways and Their Effects on Facial Deformities During Embryonic Development | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Top finalist High School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Vishwajit | Kode | Kathleen | Loia | Lynbrook High School | Development of Magnetite Expressing Bacteriophage and Cells for High Resolution MRI Tracking In Vivo | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | 1st Award | Shruthi Reddy | Perati | Kavita | Gupta | Monta Vista High School | A Molecular Study of Ror2/Wnt Signaling Pathways and Their Effects on Facial Deformities During Embryonic Development | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | 1st Award | Anna Teresa | Thomas | Suzanne | Colvin | Presentation High School | Evaluating the Prevalence of Noncoding Repeat Expansions in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | 2nd Award | Molly M. | Vora | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Facial Dysmorphologies Caused By an Imbalance in Wnt Signaling | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Honorable Mention | Sneha | Annamaneni | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of Physical Exercise on Neurogenesis in the Nematode Caenorhabdins elegans | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Honorable Mention | Anika N. | Ullah | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Is There a Difference Between Genders In the Neuronal Markers of Myenteric Plexus, and Could this Explain Why Some Common G1 Ailments Preferentially Affect Females? | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Honorable Mention | Venkata Soumith | Jonnakuti | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effectiveness of Serratia Marcescens on the Friability of Atherosclerotic Plaque | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Honorable Mention | Ashish | Samaddar | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effectiveness of Serratia Marcescens on the Friability of Atherosclerotic Plaque | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | $100 American Express Gift Card, Plaque, and Certificate of Achievement, MedImmune | Sophia | Nguyen | Jeanne | Appelget | Castilleja School | Salmonella Carrying shRNA Against Indolamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Induces Neutrophils During Control of Murine Pancreatic Cancer. | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | 1st place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, Letter, and IFT Information, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Sonia | Kapoor | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | The Effect of Soda Consumption On Hunger | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, Medallion, and Letter, United States Public Health Service Award | Sneha | Annamaneni | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of Physical Exercise on Neurogenesis in the Nematode Caenorhabdins elegans | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | Shruthi Reddy | Perati | Kavita | Gupta | Monta Vista High School | A Molecular Study of Ror2/Wnt Signaling Pathways and Their Effects on Facial Deformities During Embryonic Development | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Anika N. | Ullah | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Is There a Difference Between Genders In the Neuronal Markers of Myenteric Plexus, and Could this Explain Why Some Common G1 Ailments Preferentially Affect Females? | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Timothy W. | Lin | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine on C. elegans Genetically Modified to Exhibit Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Symptoms. | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Venkata Soumith | Jonnakuti | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effectiveness of Serratia Marcescens on the Friability of Atherosclerotic Plaque | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Ashish | Samaddar | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effectiveness of Serratia Marcescens on the Friability of Atherosclerotic Plaque | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Anika | Radiya-Dixit | Vibra | Radiya (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Comparison of Healthy vs. Diabetic Adipose-Derived Stem-Cell-Seeded Hydrogels for Topical Wound Healing | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | Top finalist High School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Nicki | Naddaf | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | The Epigenetic Causes of Parkinson's Disease in Relation to PINK 1 | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | Top finalist High School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Dorothy Karen | Ng | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | The Epigenetic Causes of Parkinson's Disease in Relation to PINK 1 | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | Top finalist High School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Anika | Radiya-Dixit | Vibra | Radiya (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Comparison of Healthy vs. Diabetic Adipose-Derived Stem-Cell-Seeded Hydrogels for Topical Wound Healing | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | 1st Award | Eyobed Tsehaye | Mesfun | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | The Study of the Effects of Electromagnetic Fields With Varying Frequencies on Cancerous and Non-cancerous cell-lines | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | 1st Award | Suchita | Nety | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Assessing a Targeted Heptapeptide as a Molecular Imaging Agent for Colon Cancer Screening | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | 1st Award | Anika | Radiya-Dixit | Vibra | Radiya (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Comparison of Healthy vs. Diabetic Adipose-Derived Stem-Cell-Seeded Hydrogels for Topical Wound Healing | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | 2nd Award | Albert | Ge | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Evaluation of the Interleukin-16 Knockout Mouse as a Novel Model of Human Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome ALPS | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | $200, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Dr. Paul X. Callahan in memorium - a Top Biological HS project | Anika | Radiya-Dixit | Vibra | Radiya (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Comparison of Healthy vs. Diabetic Adipose-Derived Stem-Cell-Seeded Hydrogels for Topical Wound Healing | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | Grade 12 Individual Project - $200 award, DuPont Industrial Biosciences | Anika | Radiya-Dixit | Vibra | Radiya (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Comparison of Healthy vs. Diabetic Adipose-Derived Stem-Cell-Seeded Hydrogels for Topical Wound Healing | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | Honorable Mention Certificate of Achievement, MedImmune | Kathryn Sarah | Wong | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Pharmacokinetics study of FC-FLT3L | Physics | 6 | 1st Award | Nicole Claire | Adamson | Abigail | Garrison | Jordan (David Starr) Middle School | Solar Cell Wavelength Sensitivity | Physics | 6 | 1st Award | Daniel Holum | Kass | Noel | Berghout | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Rocket Component Affects Rocket Flight Time and Stability | Physics | 6 | 1st Award | Ishita Mallika | Mohan | Lori | Lester | Terman Middle School | Weight Lost or Not? | Physics | 6 | 1st Award | Kaushik | Shivakumar | Shanthi | Adimoolam (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Effects of Roller Coaster Configurations on the Car's Final Velocity | Physics | 6 | 1st Award | Kenneth Stiles | Derryberry | Doug | Core | Springer School | Did I Mention Surface Tension? | Physics | 6 | 1st Award | Rohan Achyuth | Katpally | Doug | Core | Springer School | Did I Mention Surface Tension? | Physics | 6 | 2nd Award | Gowri | Anupama | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Energy Efficient Solar Cells | Physics | 6 | 2nd Award | Ashwin | Rammohan | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Testing and Comparing the Non-ionizing Radiation from Cell Phones for Safety | Physics | 6 | 2nd Award | Jeremy Ryan | Sharp | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Accuracy of a Trebuchet | Physics | 6 | 2nd Award | Matthew | Wong | Lisa | Kelsey | Canyon Heights Academy | The Effect of Shape on Drag | Physics | 6 | 2nd Award | Kelli Mieko | Tsukmoto | Jeannie | Bui | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Magnets and Temperature | Physics | 6 | 2nd Award | Andrew David | Wilson | Jeannie | Bui | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Magnets and Temperature | Physics | 6 | Honorable Mention | Dana Isabel | Bagis | Denise | Brady | Saint Christopher School | Music Maker | Physics | 6 | Honorable Mention | Patrick James | Burrows | Noel | Berghout | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Measuring the Effect of Ship Hull Design on Hydrodynamic Efficiency | Physics | 6 | Honorable Mention | Muzakkir Ali | Khan | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | Stealthy Aircrafts | Physics | 6 | Honorable Mention | Frederick | Nitta | Noel | Berghout | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | What Makes the Speed of Light Slower in Different Solutions? | Physics | 6 | Honorable Mention | Edward J. | Ross | Mikaela | McKenna | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Which Balloon Is Louder When Popped, Helium or Air? | Physics | 6 | Honorable Mention | Harry Wightman | Lambert | Rachel | Pleis | Sacred Heart Middle School | Which Bat Hits Furthest? | Physics | 6 | Honorable Mention | Jaeger J. | Stone | Rachel | Pleis | Sacred Heart Middle School | Which Bat Hits Furthest? | Physics | 6 | $50 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award | Edward J. | Ross | Mikaela | McKenna | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Which Balloon Is Louder When Popped, Helium or Air? | Physics | 6 | $50 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award | Colin Richard | Schultz | Mikaela | McKenna | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | How the Angle of Launch Affects the Ground Distance of a Stream of Water | Physics | 6 | $50 Cash Award to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | Joshua Eli | Rosenheim | David | Oliver | Yavneh Day School | Physics of the Tablecloth Trick | Physics | 6 | 3rd Place: $25 and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Gowri | Anupama | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Energy Efficient Solar Cells | Physics | 6 | Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Rohin Kiranapani | Tangirala | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | Hulls vs. Drag: The Effect of the Change in the Number of Hulls, Spacing Between the Hulls, and Placement of the Hulls of Various Multihulls on Their Drag | Physics | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Rohin Kiranapani | Tangirala | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | Hulls vs. Drag: The Effect of the Change in the Number of Hulls, Spacing Between the Hulls, and Placement of the Hulls of Various Multihulls on Their Drag | Physics | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Ashwin | Rammohan | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Testing and Comparing the Non-ionizing Radiation from Cell Phones for Safety | Physics | 6 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Nicholas T. | Padmanabhan | Leonel | Argumedo | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | What are the Effects of Wind Speed and Insulation Material on Heat Loss | Physics | 6 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Edward J. | Ross | Mikaela | McKenna | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Which Balloon Is Louder When Popped, Helium or Air? | Physics | 7 | 1st Award | Vivian Ruoh-Yun | Chiang | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Pulse Wave Analysis in Simulated Vascular System | Physics | 7 | 1st Award | Divya Lekshmi | Empranthiri | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Want to Play More Temple Run? The Effect of Temperature on Battery Life | Physics | 7 | 1st Award | Themistocles | Hadjiioannou | Krista | Nguyen | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | How Does Temperature Affect A Magnet's Strength? | Physics | 7 | 1st Award | Tithi | Mandal | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Airfoils and Winglets | Physics | 7 | 1st Award | Christopher Hafai | Yip | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Wind Turbines | Physics | 7 | 2nd Award | Nachiketa | Gargi | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Super Cool Science | Physics | 7 | 2nd Award | John | Ghantous | Teresa | Lesieutre | Canyon Heights Academy | The Effect of Adding Different Shapes to the Front, Back, and Bottom of the Trailer, on a Truck's Aerodynamic Drag | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Haashir | Alikhan | Shagufta | Akhtar | Granada Islamic School | Building a Raft Powered by Surface Tension | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Holly Marie | Jackson | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Billiard Bots | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Ronak Kiran | Mundkur | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Cars Powered by Aqua Fuel: Effect of Electrical Load on the Electrical Efficiency of the PEMFC Cell | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Anika Asawa | Ramachandran | Anu | Ranganathan | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | The Effect of Environmental Factors on Tennis Ball Trajectory | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Adrika Prio | Yousuf | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Temperature vs. Viscosity | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Rebekah Jasmine | Kaufman | Elizabeth | Levine | Carden Academy of Almaden | You've Been Served! | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Ashna | Perumal | Elizabeth | Levine | Carden Academy of Almaden | You've Been Served! | Physics | 7 | 3rd place student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter | Holly Marie | Jackson | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Billiard Bots | Physics | 7 | Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Divya Lekshmi | Empranthiri | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School-Santa Clara | Want to Play More Temple Run? The Effect of Temperature on Battery Life | Physics | 7 | Family and Friends Memberships to the Tech Museum, The Tech Museum of Innovation | Themistocles | Hadjiioannou | Krista | Nguyen | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | How Does Temperature Affect A Magnet's Strength? | Physics | 7 | HP 35s Scientific Calculator, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories | Holly Marie | Jackson | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Billiard Bots | Physics | 8 | $1000 to the Top Project in Physical Science, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Shashank H. | Dholakia | Nancy | Fohner | Peterson Middle School | A Photometric Study of Variable Stars and Extra Solar Planetary Systems | Physics | 8 | $1000 to the Top Project in Physical Science, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Shishir H. | Dholakia | Nancy | Fohner | Peterson Middle School | A Photometric Study of Variable Stars and Extra Solar Planetary Systems | Physics | 8 | Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Shashank H. | Dholakia | Nancy | Fohner | Peterson Middle School | A Photometric Study of Variable Stars and Extra Solar Planetary Systems | Physics | 8 | Top finalist Middle School projects, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Shishir H. | Dholakia | Nancy | Fohner | Peterson Middle School | A Photometric Study of Variable Stars and Extra Solar Planetary Systems | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Lilly Marie | Hackworth | David | Pardue | Carden Day School of San Jose | Save Our Seals: Better Parachutes | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Gajan Rathnam | Nagaraj | Thea | Dalvand | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | Why are Motocycles Less Visible in Traffic? | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Zoha | Qader | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | Do We Receive the Highest Intensity of Light When We Are Closest To the Parabolic Reflector Surface? | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Eric Kevin | Wang | Pronati | Mondal | Challenger - Almaden | The Art of Bouncing Bows x2 | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Shashank H. | Dholakia | Nancy | Fohner | Peterson Middle School | A Photometric Study of Variable Stars and Extra Solar Planetary Systems | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Shishir H. | Dholakia | Nancy | Fohner | Peterson Middle School | A Photometric Study of Variable Stars and Extra Solar Planetary Systems | Physics | 8 | 2nd Award | Yash Ashok | Deshmukh | Bonnie | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | The Effect of a Fresnel Lens on the Efficiency of a Solar Cell | Physics | 8 | 2nd Award | Reshma | Nawaz | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | Fuel Cell Technology: Save Solar Energy Use at Night! | Physics | 8 | 2nd Award | Derek Huy | Nguyen | Pronati | Mondal | Challenger - Almaden | What is the Effect of the Size of the Fins on the Stability of a Submarine? | Physics | 8 | 2nd Award | Michael Joseph | Sager | Teresa | Lesieutre | Canyon Heights Academy | An Experiment in the Mechanial Efficiency of Different Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Designs | Physics | 8 | 2nd Award | Nicole Olivia | Link | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Hot Rocks | Physics | 8 | 2nd Award | Vayl Ryan | Sorensen | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Hot Rocks | Physics | 8 | Honorable Mention | Pratik | Gongloor | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger - San Jose | Modeling Flow Rate at the Carotid Artery Bifurcation under Variable Conditions | Physics | 8 | Honorable Mention | Jerry | Liu | Fred | Berghout | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | The Mpemba Effect | Physics | 8 | Honorable Mention | Darren George | Omori | David | Pardue | Carden Day School of San Jose | What Is the Effect of the Number of Sheaves in a Block and Tackle on Its Efficiency? | Physics | 8 | Honorable Mention | Aaron Zachary | Schultz | Linda | Luo | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | What Variables Affect Drag? | Physics | 8 | Honorable Mention | Jennifer Tran | Nguyen | Carol | Hagen | Sheppard (William) Middle School | Funky Frequency Factors | Physics | 8 | Honorable Mention | Christina Diem | Pham | Carol | Hagen | Sheppard (William) Middle School | Funky Frequency Factors | Physics | 8 | 1st Place Award - $200 to Team, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, Certificate of Achievement, and Certificate & Medallion from ASM Educational Foundation, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Kyle Six | Lim | Nicholas | Guttadauro | Saint Christopher School | Material Friction In Our World Today | Physics | 8 | 1st Place Award - $200 to Team, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, Certificate of Achievement, and Certificate & Medallion from ASM Educational Foundation, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Matthew Louis | Rizzo | Nicholas | Guttadauro | Saint Christopher School | Material Friction In Our World Today | Physics | 8 | 1st place student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter | Jane | Ahn | Fred | Berghout | Stanford(Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Relationship Between Temperature and Volume of Gas | Physics | 8 | 3rd place - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Alice | Phan | Carol | Hagen | Sheppard (William) Middle School | Which Bridge Should I Truss? | Physics | 8 | Todd Shaeffer 1st place award - Grade 8 - $100, Brownlee - Shaeffer - Schmahl Science Award | Gajan Rathnam | Nagaraj | Thea | Dalvand | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | Why are Motocycles Less Visible in Traffic? | Physics | 9 | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Anjini | Karthik | Roberta | Chisam | Saint Francis High School | Biosynthesis of Metal Nanoparticles for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy | Physics | 9 | 1st Award | Anjini | Karthik | Roberta | Chisam | Saint Francis High School | Biosynthesis of Metal Nanoparticles for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy | Physics | 9 | 1st Award | Yootak | Jin | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Fractal Antennas: The Effect of the Iteration Number of a Fractal on the Strength of Signal Reception | Physics | 9 | 1st Award | Kevin | Wang | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Fractal Antennas: The Effect of the Iteration Number of a Fractal on the Strength of Signal Reception | Physics | 9 | 2nd Award | Rishabh Uday | Chandra | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect of Temperature Variation on the Flow Rate of Electromagnetic Pumps | Physics | 9 | 2nd Award | Rahul V | Joshi | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Car Seats & Damage Control: What is the Most Optimal Weight & Seating Position for Car Seat Use | Physics | 9 | 2nd Award | Viraj | Kadakia | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Effect of Temperature on Efficiency of a Solar Cell | Physics | 9 | 2nd Award | Harika | Kalluri | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Car Seats & Damage Control: What is the Most Optimal Weight & Seating Position for Car Seat Use | Physics | 9 | 2nd Award | Jonathan QuanXuan | Ma | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect of Temperature Variation on the Flow Rate of Electromagnetic Pumps | Physics | 9 | 2nd Award | Aakash | Parikh | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Effect of Temperature on Efficiency of a Solar Cell | Physics | 9 | Honorable Mention | Simran | Pabla | Mary | Sommers | Silver Creek High School | Transmitting Energy Wirelessly | Physics | 9 | 1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Anjini | Karthik | Roberta | Chisam | Saint Francis High School | Biosynthesis of Metal Nanoparticles for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy | Physics | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Yootak | Jin | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Fractal Antennas: The Effect of the Iteration Number of a Fractal on the Strength of Signal Reception | Physics | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Kevin | Wang | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Fractal Antennas: The Effect of the Iteration Number of a Fractal on the Strength of Signal Reception | Physics | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Michelle Quynh-Nhu | Pham | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Degrading Plastic: The Amount of Ultraviolet Light It Takes to Break Plastic | Physics | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Vienna Vy-van | Tran | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Degrading Plastic: The Amount of Ultraviolet Light It Takes to Break Plastic | Physics | 10 | 1st Award | Namrata Ramya | Balasingam | William | Abb | Archbishop Mitty High School | On the Dynamics of Carbon Dioxide Plumes Sequestered in Saline Aquifers: A Physics-Based Assessment of the Risk of Leakage | Physics | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Yuyuan | Chen | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Cosmic Ray Effects on Cellphone and Laptop Applications | Physics | 11 | Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP | Arjun V. | Balasingam | Ronald | Nicoletti | Archbishop Mitty High School | On Enhancing the Wind Energy Harvested by Piezoelectric Beams: An Investigation of Aeroelastic Flutter and Related Phenomena in Novel Fin-and-Bluff Systems | Physics | 11 | 1st Award | Arjun V. | Balasingam | Ronald | Nicoletti | Archbishop Mitty High School | On Enhancing the Wind Energy Harvested by Piezoelectric Beams: An Investigation of Aeroelastic Flutter and Related Phenomena in Novel Fin-and-Bluff Systems | Physics | 11 | 1st Award | Jay G. | Kamat | Mary Anne | Plano | Homestead High School | Exploring the Effect of Water Hardness on the Mpemba Effect | Physics | 11 | 1st Award | Chris | Monahan | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | Magnet Strength and Temperature | Physics | 11 | 1st Award | Alex | Nagase | Mary Anne | Plano | Homestead High School | Exploring the Effect of Water Hardness on the Mpemba Effect | Physics | 11 | 2nd Award | Avinash | Nayak | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Investigation of Four-Lepton Invariant Mass Spectrum in Proton-Proton Collisions | Physics | 11 | 2nd Award | Shreyas | Parthasarathy | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Investigation of Four-Lepton Invariant Mass Spectrum in Proton-Proton Collisions | Physics | 11 | Honorable Mention | Namrata | Ramani | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | The Optimization of The Strength of Porous Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering Through Silicon Coating | Physics | 11 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd. | Arjun V. | Balasingam | Ronald | Nicoletti | Archbishop Mitty High School | On Enhancing the Wind Energy Harvested by Piezoelectric Beams: An Investigation of Aeroelastic Flutter and Related Phenomena in Novel Fin-and-Bluff Systems | Physics | 11 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance | Arjun V. | Balasingam | Ronald | Nicoletti | Archbishop Mitty High School | On Enhancing the Wind Energy Harvested by Piezoelectric Beams: An Investigation of Aeroelastic Flutter and Related Phenomena in Novel Fin-and-Bluff Systems | Physics | 11 | $50 Voucher, Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Arjun V. | Balasingam | Ronald | Nicoletti | Archbishop Mitty High School | On Enhancing the Wind Energy Harvested by Piezoelectric Beams: An Investigation of Aeroelastic Flutter and Related Phenomena in Novel Fin-and-Bluff Systems | Physics | 11 | 1st Place: $300, Rambus | Arjun V. | Balasingam | Ronald | Nicoletti | Archbishop Mitty High School | On Enhancing the Wind Energy Harvested by Piezoelectric Beams: An Investigation of Aeroelastic Flutter and Related Phenomena in Novel Fin-and-Bluff Systems | Physics | 11 | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Namrata | Ramani | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | The Optimization of The Strength of Porous Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering Through Silicon Coating | Physics | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and Pewter Medallion Voucher, Yale Science and Engineering Association | Arjun V. | Balasingam | Ronald | Nicoletti | Archbishop Mitty High School | On Enhancing the Wind Energy Harvested by Piezoelectric Beams: An Investigation of Aeroelastic Flutter and Related Phenomena in Novel Fin-and-Bluff Systems | Physics | 12 | 1st Award | Daniel | Drager | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | Magnet Strength and Temperature | Zoology | 7 | 1st Award | Hannah Tomina | Engel | Wayne | Thompson | English (C.T.) Middle School | Pacing Pets | Zoology | 7 | 1st Award | Cassie Lynne | Korb | Wayne | Thompson | English (C.T.) Middle School | Pacing Pets | Zoology | 7 | 2nd Award | Nishka | Ayyar | Aru | Hill | A Schmahl Science Workshop | Effects of Caffeine on Mortality of Daphnia Magna | Zoology | 7 | Honorable Mention | Kathleen Iris | Navas | Hoang | Truong | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | What is the effect of acid and base on brine shrimp? | Zoology | 7 | 2nd Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Kathleen Iris | Navas | Hoang | Truong | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | What is the effect of acid and base on brine shrimp? | Zoology | 8 | Honorable Mention | Gabrielle Sylvie | Candes | Robin | Ames | Terman Middle School | Are Fingerprints Inherited? | Zoology | 11 | 1st Award | Christopher David | Fu | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | What is the Relationship Between Sea Cucumber Body Wall Ossicles and Species Types? | Zoology | 11 | 1st Award | Nicolle A. | Iacobacci | Suzanne | Colvin | Presentation High School | The Effect of Poisonous Plants on Daphnia | Zoology | 11 | 1st Award | Daniel Ryan | Pak | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | What is the Relationship Between Sea Cucumber Body Wall Ossicles and Species Types? | Zoology | 12 | 1st Award | Swetha | Janardhana Rajavel | Suzanne | Colvin | Presentation High School | The Effect of Poisonous Plants on Daphnia |
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