Project Awards 2014
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| Category | Gr | Award | Student | Teacher | School | Title | Behavioral / Social | 6 | 1st Award | Zara Anzum | Shariff | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Does the Eye Read Full Words or Individual Letters? | Behavioral / Social | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Maya Vaishali | Abiram | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Effect of Meditation on Weight Loss | Behavioral / Social | 7 | 1st Award | Diya | Jain | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Does Color Affect Learning & Memory | Behavioral / Social | 7 | 2nd Award | Rujuta Samir | Sathe | Samir | Sathe (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Does "Om" chanting help reduce stress, anxiety, and promote mental and physcical well being? | Behavioral / Social | 7 | Honorable Mention | Jacob | Fergason | David | Oliver | Yavneh Day School | The Effect of Motivation on the Human Mind While in Physical Activity | Behavioral / Social | 7 | Honorable Mention | Ari | Myron | David | Oliver | Yavneh Day School | The Effect of Motivation on the Human Mind While in Physical Activity | Behavioral / Social | 7 | Honorable Mention | Evan | Weissbart | David | Oliver | Yavneh Day School | The Effect of Motivation on the Human Mind While in Physical Activity | Behavioral / Social | 7 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Diya | Jain | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Does Color Affect Learning & Memory | Behavioral / Social | 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 | Ujjaini | Mukhopadhyay | Anuradha | Sarkar | Harte (Bret) Middle School | Note-taking: Necessary or Nuisance? | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 1st Award | Marie-Therese | Chahrouri | Teresa | Lesieutre | Canyon Heights Academy | What is the effect of the responses from the test subjects on Piaget and Kohlberg's theories? | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 1st Award | Ujjaini | Mukhopadhyay | Anuradha | Sarkar | Harte (Bret) Middle School | Note-taking: Necessary or Nuisance? | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 2nd Award | Maleisia R. | Caguiat | Carol | Hagen | Sheppard (William) Middle School | Do male and female humans determine emotions differently when analyzing facial expressions? | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 2nd Award | Hannah Tomina | Engel | Wayne | Thompson | English (C.T.) Middle School | Dumb, Dumb, Give Me Gum, Gum | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 2nd Award | Cassandra Lynne | Korb | Wayne | Thompson | English (C.T.) Middle School | Dumb, Dumb, Give Me Gum, Gum | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 2nd Award | Alethea A. | Lucas | Carol | Hagen | Sheppard (William) Middle School | Do male and female humans determine emotions differently when analyzing facial expressions? | Behavioral / Social | 8 | 2nd Award | Huong T. | Nguyen | Carol | Hagen | Sheppard (William) Middle School | Do male and female humans determine emotions differently when analyzing facial expressions? | Behavioral / Social | 8 | Honorable Mention | Advith | Gopinath | Thea | Dalvand | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | Does Rap Have a Bad Rep? A Study on How Rap Music Affects Aggression | Behavioral / Social | 8 | Honorable Mention | Naama | Gotesdyner | David | Oliver | Yavneh Day School | If Eyes Could Tell | Behavioral / Social | 8 | Honorable Mention | Molly J | Peck | David | Oliver | Yavneh Day School | If Eyes Could Tell | Behavioral / Social | 8 | Honorable Mention | Dalia | Tabibian | David | Oliver | Yavneh Day School | If Eyes Could Tell | Behavioral / Social | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Ujjaini | Mukhopadhyay | Anuradha | Sarkar | Harte (Bret) Middle School | Note-taking: Necessary or Nuisance? | Behavioral / Social | 9 | 2nd Award | Shaunak | Modak | Sam | Fung | Homestead High School | Does knowledge of the amount of time allowed influence the ability to perform a task? | Behavioral / Social | 9 | 2nd Award | William Christopher | Scott | Sam | Fung | Homestead High School | Does knowledge of the amount of time allowed influence the ability to perform a task? | Behavioral / Social | 9 | Honorable Mention | Selena | Huang | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Effect of Music on Students' Focus | Behavioral / Social | 9 | 2nd Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Anusha | Agarwal | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The Effects of Temperature on Somatic Pain | Behavioral / Social | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Shaunak | Modak | Sam | Fung | Homestead High School | Does knowledge of the amount of time allowed influence the ability to perform a task? | Behavioral / Social | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | William Christopher | Scott | Sam | Fung | Homestead High School | Does knowledge of the amount of time allowed influence the ability to perform a task? | Behavioral / Social | 10 | 1st Award | Sathvik | Nair | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Telling the Difference: Effects of human senses on detecting the difference between organic and inorganic foods | Behavioral / Social | 10 | 1st Award | Anirvin | Sikha | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Telling the Difference: Effects of human senses on detecting the difference between organic and inorganic foods | Behavioral / Social | 10 | 2nd Award | Marissa Paige | Patterson | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | The Effect of Subliminal Messages on Hunger and Thirst | Behavioral / Social | 10 | 2nd Award | Chandler Anne | Sutherland | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | The Effect of Subliminal Messages on Hunger and Thirst | Behavioral / Social | 11 | Honorable Mention | Ameena | Golding | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Short Term Memory Retrieval via Visual and Verbal Stimuli: The Effects of Age and Sex | Behavioral / Social | 12 | Honorable Mention | Rohini | Paul | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | The Effect of the McGurk Effect and Bias on the Perception of Visual and Auditory Stimuli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 6 | 1st Award | Eesha | Pamula | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Effects of Cooking on Different Organic Foods | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 6 | 2nd Award | Fionnuala F | LaTourrette | Rachel | Pleis | Sacred Heart Middle School | What can best prevent mold growth on your Jack-O-Lanterns? | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 6 | 2nd Award | Ananya | Vadlakonda | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Effect of Chlorine Bleach on the Heart Rate and Death Rate of Daphnia Magna | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 7 | 1st Award | Shiva | Balachander | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Sticky Situation: Effect of Natural Supplements on Removal of Cholesterol from Arterial Walls | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 7 | 2nd Award | Rida Imran | Khan | Patricia | Maragos | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | The Effects of Ultraviolet Light on Bacteria | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 7 | 2nd Award | Bilal Hassnain | Malik | Shagufta | Akhtar | Granada Islamic School | Honey and Spice Inhibit the Not Nice! The Antimicrobial Effects of Raw Honey, Black Seed Oil, Turmeric, Cayenne, Garlic, and Cumin on Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus cereus, and Escherichia coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 7 | Honorable Mention | Ashwin | Rammohan | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Hydrogels: Functions and Applications | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Mythri | Ambatipudi | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Breaking the AGE barrier!!! Inhibiting the Formation of Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) to Combat Atherosclerosis, Cancer, and Diabetic Complications | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | 1st Award | Mythri | Ambatipudi | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Breaking the AGE barrier!!! Inhibiting the Formation of Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) to Combat Atherosclerosis, Cancer, and Diabetic Complications | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | 1st Award | Rajiv | Movva | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Preventing Excessive Blood Sugar Levels in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: An in vitro Inhibition Mechanism of Alpha-Amylase with Flavonoids | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | 2nd Award | Cameron Morgan | Baab | Deborah | Yakulis | Redwood Middle School | The Effects of Various Extraction Methods of the Antioxidant Epigallocatechin Gallete (EGCG) from Green Tea Leaves on Fatty Acid Production in the Alga Nannochloropsis Salina. | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | 2nd Award | Priscilla | Lee | Malathi | Tuers | Valley Christian Junior High School | Penicillium Unveiled | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | 2nd Award | Anooshree | Sengupta | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Effect of Nanoparticles on E. Coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | Honorable Mention | Amith Teja | Galivanche | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Antimicrobial Activity Of Clove Oil, Cinnamon Oil, And Basil Oil Against Staphylococcus Epidermidis In Comparison To Tetracycline | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award | Mythri | Ambatipudi | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Breaking the AGE barrier!!! Inhibiting the Formation of Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) to Combat Atherosclerosis, Cancer, and Diabetic Complications | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | 1st place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, Letter, and IFT Information, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Eric Thomas | Hooton | Aru | Hill (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Use of Multiplex PCR to Test for GMO Pollination of Non-GMO Papaya Samples | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Anooshree | Sengupta | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Effect of Nanoparticles on E. Coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 8 | Labcoat, Labcoat Award for Lab Bench Finesse | Rishabh | Rajesh | Pronati | Mondal | Challenger - Almaden | Effect of Different Vegetable Oils on the Characteristics of Biodiesel | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Nadine Christina | Aderhold | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | The Effect of Temperature and Humidity on the Tensile Strength of Synthetic Spider Silk Grown From E. Coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Pranav Varasri | Lalgudi | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Study on the Expression of Recombinant Polyphenolic Adhesive Protein Mefp-5 Secreted by the Mollusk Mytilus edulis in Escherichia coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Varun J | Venkatesh | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Study on the Expression of Recombinant Polyphenolic Adhesive Protein Mefp-5 Secreted by the Mollusk Mytilus edulis in Escherichia coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | 1st Award | Gokul Venkatraman | Kalyanasundaram | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | E. Diabli: A Synthetic Biological Approach For Tackling Type 2 Diabetes | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | 1st Award | Zahra Bismah | Masood | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | Nicotine and Cancer | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | 1st Award | Kshithija | Mulam | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect on C. Elegans After the Consumption of E. Coli Bacteria Infected By Tributyltin Oxide | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | 1st Award | Alayna | Richmond | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect on C. Elegans After the Consumption of E. Coli Bacteria Infected By Tributyltin Oxide | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | 2nd Award | Nadine Christina | Aderhold | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | The Effect of Temperature and Humidity on the Tensile Strength of Synthetic Spider Silk Grown From E. Coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | 2nd Award | Sruthi Vidya | Ramabadran | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Effects of Curcurmin on Commensal and Pathogenic Intestinal Bacteria Associated with Crohn's Disease | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | Honorable Mention | Abishak | Govindarajan | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Creating Green Energy from Paper Towels through Microbial Fuel Cells | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | Honorable Mention | Pranav Varasri | Lalgudi | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Study on the Expression of Recombinant Polyphenolic Adhesive Protein Mefp-5 Secreted by the Mollusk Mytilus edulis in Escherichia coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | Honorable Mention | Varun J | Venkatesh | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Study on the Expression of Recombinant Polyphenolic Adhesive Protein Mefp-5 Secreted by the Mollusk Mytilus edulis in Escherichia coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Gokul Venkatraman | Kalyanasundaram | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | E. Diabli: A Synthetic Biological Approach For Tackling Type 2 Diabetes | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Michelle Q | Xu | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Bring Antibiotics Back to Life? Synergistic Effect of Natural Herbs with Ampicillin against Resistant E. Coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Nadine Christina | Aderhold | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | The Effect of Temperature and Humidity on the Tensile Strength of Synthetic Spider Silk Grown From E. Coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | Honorable Mention Certificate of Achievement, 2GB iPod Shuffle, MedImmune | Gokul Venkatraman | Kalyanasundaram | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | E. Diabli: A Synthetic Biological Approach For Tackling Type 2 Diabetes | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | Honorable Mention Certificate of Achievement, 2GB iPod Shuffle, MedImmune | Michelle Q | Xu | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Bring Antibiotics Back to Life? Synergistic Effect of Natural Herbs with Ampicillin against Resistant E. Coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Michelle Q | Xu | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Bring Antibiotics Back to Life? Synergistic Effect of Natural Herbs with Ampicillin against Resistant E. Coli | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | 1st Award | Vinay | Ayyappan | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Novel Strategy to Mitigate Bacterial Quorum Sensing via Inhibition of Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) through Boron Encapsulation by Polyvinyl Alcohol | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | 2nd Award | Arpita | Singhal | Jennifer | Thomas | Saint Francis High School | A Novel Method to Diagnose Cancer: Developing a BioMarker to Detect EGFRvIII Expression in Cancer Cells | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | Honorable Mention | Sarita | Berigei | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Testing Antibacterial Activity of Spider Silk Against Bacteria | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 10 | Honorable Mention Certificate of Achievement, 2GB iPod Shuffle, MedImmune | Arpita | Singhal | Jennifer | Thomas | Saint Francis High School | A Novel Method to Diagnose Cancer: Developing a BioMarker to Detect EGFRvIII Expression in Cancer Cells | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Sriram | Somasundaram | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Design and Evaluation of Chitosan-NP Ocular Drug Delivery System for targeted delivery of Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride in bacterial conjunctivitis | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | $ 1000 to the winning student or team in Bio Science + Glass award, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Sriram | Somasundaram | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Design and Evaluation of Chitosan-NP Ocular Drug Delivery System for targeted delivery of Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride in bacterial conjunctivitis | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Sriram | Somasundaram | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Design and Evaluation of Chitosan-NP Ocular Drug Delivery System for targeted delivery of Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride in bacterial conjunctivitis | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 1st Award | Sriram | Somasundaram | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Design and Evaluation of Chitosan-NP Ocular Drug Delivery System for targeted delivery of Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride in bacterial conjunctivitis | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 2nd Award | Disha | Bahl | Kavita | Gupta | Monta Vista High School | Role of Wnt3a in Restoring the Osteogenic Capacity of Aged Bone Marrow | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 2nd Award | Scott Carson | Haskell | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effects of Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Magnetic Fields on Daphnia and their Population Growth | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 2nd Award | Hersh Jasmine | Sanghvi | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Modeling Novel Sensory Uses of Graphene Nanopores to Detect Urinary Nucleoside Biomarkers 1-Methyladenosine, Cytidine, 8-Hydroxyguanosine | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Honorable Mention | Preethi | Ravi | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Effect of Curcumin on Ubq-2 (rpl-40) protein expression in Alzheimer-mutated C. elegans Using Immunohistochemistry | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Honorable Mention | Shagun | Patel | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | The Effect of Lycopene on Reducing Cancer Progression of Three Malignant Cell Lines Through the Interference of Androgen Cell Signaling Pathways | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Honorable Mention | Tanisha | Shankar | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | The Effect of Lycopene on Reducing Cancer Progression of Three Malignant Cell Lines Through the Interference of Androgen Cell Signaling Pathways | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | 3rd Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Scott Carson | Haskell | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effects of Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Magnetic Fields on Daphnia and their Population Growth | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Madeleine Annette | Barryte | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Effect of Cathodes and Catalysts on Electrical Output of Microbial Fuel Cell Batteries | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | Rachita | Pandya | Viral | Pandya (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Optimization of Chemically-Defined Media for Generating Clinical-Grade Smooth Muscle Cells, In-Vitro, as a Potential Cell-Based Therapy for Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women. | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 12 | Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Emily S. | Wang | Elana | Zizmor | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Illuminating Disease Pathways: Developing Bright Fluorescent Proteins to Improve FRET Biosensing. | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 12 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Emily S. | Wang | Elana | Zizmor | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Illuminating Disease Pathways: Developing Bright Fluorescent Proteins to Improve FRET Biosensing. | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 12 | 1st Award | Emily S. | Wang | Elana | Zizmor | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Illuminating Disease Pathways: Developing Bright Fluorescent Proteins to Improve FRET Biosensing. | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 12 | 2nd Award | Thomas | Luh | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | EMX2 as a predictive biomarker of chemotherapy efficacy in squamous cell lung cancer | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 12 | 2nd Award | Akhil | Surapaneni | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Modeling Novel Sensory Uses of Graphene Nanopores to Detect Urinary Nucleoside Biomarkers 1-Methyladenosine, Cytidine, 8-Hydroxyguanosine | Biochemistry / Microbiology | 12 | Honorable Mention | Anika | Gupta | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Novel Two-Step Approach Towards Ending Cancer Stem Cell Tumorigenesis: Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery of Biotin and Hyaluronic Acid-Taxoid Conjugates | Bioinformatics | 8 | Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Rajiv Krishna | Nelakanti | Frank | Adriance | Cupertino Middle School | An evolutionary study of hydrogenosomes and mitochondria: comparing 18S rRNA sequences of eukaryotic organisms | Bioinformatics | 8 | GR 6-8: 2nd Place, $50 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award | Rajiv Krishna | Nelakanti | Frank | Adriance | Cupertino Middle School | An evolutionary study of hydrogenosomes and mitochondria: comparing 18S rRNA sequences of eukaryotic organisms | Bioinformatics | 9 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Tanisha M | Joshi | Mary-Kate | Lesoine | Evergreen Valley High School | Quantitative analysis of macro-cellular biomarkers in early stage Ductal Carninoma in situ (DCIS) immuno-histochemical cytopathology images using machine learning. | Bioinformatics | 9 | 3rd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Rishab | Gargeya | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A software based approach for automated pathology diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy in the human retina | Bioinformatics | 9 | 1st Award | Nikhil | Cheerla | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Accurate Detection of Skin Cancer Using Multi-Stage Neural Networks | Bioinformatics | 9 | 1st Award | Tanisha M | Joshi | Mary-Kate | Lesoine | Evergreen Valley High School | Quantitative analysis of macro-cellular biomarkers in early stage Ductal Carninoma in situ (DCIS) immuno-histochemical cytopathology images using machine learning. | Bioinformatics | 9 | 2nd Award | Rishab | Gargeya | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A software based approach for automated pathology diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy in the human retina | Bioinformatics | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Rishab | Gargeya | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A software based approach for automated pathology diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy in the human retina | Bioinformatics | 9 | $200, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Callahan Award | Tanisha M | Joshi | Mary-Kate | Lesoine | Evergreen Valley High School | Quantitative analysis of macro-cellular biomarkers in early stage Ductal Carninoma in situ (DCIS) immuno-histochemical cytopathology images using machine learning. | Bioinformatics | 9 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Nikhil | Cheerla | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Accurate Detection of Skin Cancer Using Multi-Stage Neural Networks | Bioinformatics | 10 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Swetha | Revanur | David | Walz | Evergreen Valley High School | Factomics: A Cloud-Enabled Web Portal Incorporating Genomic Association Studies Facilitating Disease Correlation and Causation Analysis | Bioinformatics | 10 | 1st Award | Swetha | Revanur | David | Walz | Evergreen Valley High School | Factomics: A Cloud-Enabled Web Portal Incorporating Genomic Association Studies Facilitating Disease Correlation and Causation Analysis | Bioinformatics | 10 | 2nd Award | Jonathan F | Fung | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Prognostic Biomarker Tool for Glioblastoma: A Multi-Dimensional Cluster Analysis to Identify Target Genomic Signatures | Bioinformatics | 10 | Honorable Mention | Keerthi Vasan | Krishnan | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Reducing false-positive biopsies: a unique RT image processing technique as a filter on mammography images for BI-RADS 4 assessment and new thresholds for intervention. | Bioinformatics | 10 | First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Swetha | Revanur | David | Walz | Evergreen Valley High School | Factomics: A Cloud-Enabled Web Portal Incorporating Genomic Association Studies Facilitating Disease Correlation and Causation Analysis | Bioinformatics | 10 | GR 9-12: 1st Place, $150 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award | Swetha | Revanur | David | Walz | Evergreen Valley High School | Factomics: A Cloud-Enabled Web Portal Incorporating Genomic Association Studies Facilitating Disease Correlation and Causation Analysis | Bioinformatics | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Andrew Cheng | Jin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Steven Michael | Wang | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Vivek | Sriram | Jeff | Sutton | Harker School-Upper Campus | Using Agent-Based Modeling to Simulate the Transfer of Zoonotic Pathogens | Bioinformatics | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Tara | Iyer | Gary | Hubbs | Evergreen Valley High School | Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Co-Morbid Disorders Affecting the ASD Population | Bioinformatics | 11 | $ 1000 to the winning student or team in Physical Science + Glass award, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Andrew Cheng | Jin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | $ 1000 to the winning student or team in Physical Science + Glass award, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Steven Michael | Wang | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Andrew Cheng | Jin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Steven Michael | Wang | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Andrew Cheng | Jin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Steven Michael | Wang | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | 1st Award | Tara | Iyer | Gary | Hubbs | Evergreen Valley High School | Gender Differences in the Prevalence of Co-Morbid Disorders Affecting the ASD Population | Bioinformatics | 11 | 1st Award | Vivek | Sriram | Jeff | Sutton | Harker School-Upper Campus | Using Agent-Based Modeling to Simulate the Transfer of Zoonotic Pathogens | Bioinformatics | 11 | 1st Award | Andrew Cheng | Jin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | 1st Award | Steven Michael | Wang | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | 2nd Award | Vedant | Thyagaraj | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Gene Expression Profiling As a Tool For Early Cancer Detection | Bioinformatics | 11 | Honorable Mention | Kriti | Lall | Elaine | Middleman | Castilleja School | The Landscape of Somatic Hypermutation In Cancer | Bioinformatics | 11 | Honorable Mention | David | Lin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Identifying Molecular Signatures for Lung Adenocarcinoma Prognosis and Treatment | Bioinformatics | 11 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Somya | Khare | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Development of an Effective Pan-Cancer Prognostic Model: Analyzing Gene Expression Levels of the FOXM1 Transcription Network in Multiple Cancer Types in Order to Predict Patient Survival | Bioinformatics | 11 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Nidhi A | Navaratna | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Development of an Effective Pan-Cancer Prognostic Model: Analyzing Gene Expression Levels of the FOXM1 Transcription Network in Multiple Cancer Types in Order to Predict Patient Survival | Bioinformatics | 11 | GR 9-12: 2nd Place, $100 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award | Andrew Cheng | Jin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | GR 9-12: 2nd Place, $100 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award | Steven Michael | Wang | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | Grade 11 Individual Project - $200 award and Certificate, DuPont Industrial Biosciences | Kriti | Lall | Elaine | Middleman | Castilleja School | The Landscape of Somatic Hypermutation In Cancer | Bioinformatics | 11 | iPad Mini, Plaque, and Certificate of Achievement, MedImmune | David | Lin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Identifying Molecular Signatures for Lung Adenocarcinoma Prognosis and Treatment | Bioinformatics | 11 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Andrew Cheng | Jin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 11 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Steven Michael | Wang | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rational Discovery and Optimization of Synergistic Chemotherapy Combinations: A Novel Framework Integrating Gene Perturbation Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms | Bioinformatics | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Natalie | Ng | Joe | Kim | Monta Vista High School | An Intragenomic Screening Tool to Identify Functional Regulatory Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (rSNPs) Impacting Disease | Bioinformatics | 12 | $1000 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis | Natalie | Ng | Joe | Kim | Monta Vista High School | An Intragenomic Screening Tool to Identify Functional Regulatory Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (rSNPs) Impacting Disease | Bioinformatics | 12 | 1st Award | Natalie | Ng | Joe | Kim | Monta Vista High School | An Intragenomic Screening Tool to Identify Functional Regulatory Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (rSNPs) Impacting Disease | Bioinformatics | 12 | 2nd Award | Anna | Thomas | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | Automating Biomedical Image Segmentation with Random Forests | Botany | 6 | 1st Award | Tanvi V | Gaitonde | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Radioaction - Effect of Cell Phone Radiation on Plants | Botany | 6 | 2nd Award | Kuhoo | Gupta | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Leaf Pigments | Botany | 6 | 2nd Award | Oriel Christopher | Zagazeta | Rachel | Pleis | Sacred Heart Middle School | How Does Life React to Microwave Radiation? | Botany | 6 | Honorable Mention | Paige | Ashton | Gloria | Whitaker-Daniels (GSP Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Rose Pigment Chromatography | Botany | 7 | 1st Award | Callum Edward | Day Ham | Robin | Ames | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | CO2 in a Plants Environment | Botany | 7 | 2nd Award | Holly Nicole | Rottenborn | Eileen | Resnick | Murphy (Martin) Middle School | Trouble With Transpiration - The Effect of Salinity on Transpiration Rate in Plants | Botany | 7 | 2nd Award | Sarah Kay | Tidwell | Eileen | Resnick | Murphy (Martin) Middle School | Trouble With Transpiration - The Effect of Salinity on Transpiration Rate in Plants | Botany | 7 | Honorable Mention | Laurent | Le Borgne | Elizabeth | Levine | Carden Academy of Almaden | The Effect Of Spices On Bean Sprouts Germination and Flavor | Botany | 7 | Honorable Mention | Nicklaus Andrew | Lo | Elizabeth | Levine | Carden Academy of Almaden | The Effect Of Spices On Bean Sprouts Germination and Flavor | Botany | 7 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd. | Callum Edward | Day Ham | Robin | Ames | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | CO2 in a Plants Environment | Botany | 7 | Gardening Book and $31 class voucher, Common Ground Organic Garden Supply & Education Center | Holly Nicole | Rottenborn | Eileen | Resnick | Murphy (Martin) Middle School | Trouble With Transpiration - The Effect of Salinity on Transpiration Rate in Plants | Botany | 7 | Gardening Book and $31 class voucher, Common Ground Organic Garden Supply & Education Center | Sarah Kay | Tidwell | Eileen | Resnick | Murphy (Martin) Middle School | Trouble With Transpiration - The Effect of Salinity on Transpiration Rate in Plants | Botany | 8 | 1st Award | Anastasiya Andrew | Grebin | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effects of Calcium Sulfate on Spore Formation in the Mucor Genus of the Fungi Kingdom | Botany | 8 | 1st Award | Stephanie Renee | Swanson | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effects of Calcium Sulfate on Spore Formation in the Mucor Genus of the Fungi Kingdom | Botany | 8 | Honorable Mention | Allison | Yih | Ricky | Hu | Blach Intermediate School | Effect of light on Vitamin C content in green vegetables | Botany | 8 | Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Yashvi Sandeep | Deokule | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Phytoremidation of Zinc and Copper on an Aquatic Environment | Botany | 9 | 1st Award | Joyce | Huang | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect of Chemosensitization on the Efficacy of Antifungal Agents | Botany | 9 | 1st Award | Neymika | Jain | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect of Chemosensitization on the Efficacy of Antifungal Agents | Botany | 9 | 2nd Award | Aditi | Jain | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Can the Laccase Enzyme Released from Botrytis cinerea (Noble Rot) During Wine Fermentation Treat Candida Yeast Infections? | Botany | 9 | Honorable Mention | Marilyn | Kung | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Effects of Stanleya pinnata on Reducing the Amount of Selenium Discharges in the Permanente Creek | Botany | 9 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Aditi | Jain | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Can the Laccase Enzyme Released from Botrytis cinerea (Noble Rot) During Wine Fermentation Treat Candida Yeast Infections? | Botany | 10 | 1st Award | Shomik | Jain | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The Effect of Bisphenol A on Lactuca sativa var. Longifolia | Botany | 10 | 2nd Award | Lauren Alessandra | Verheyden | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Effects of Astragalus Canadensis Extracts on Erwinia Carotovora Diseased Plants | Botany | 10 | Honorable Mention | Liam Michael | Conrad | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The Effects of Multicolor Light on Raphanus sativus Plant Pigments | Botany | 10 | Honorable Mention | Samvardhini | Sridharan | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The emission of methyl salicylate in response to the application of simple and complex sugars to lacerations of Gaultheria Procumbens | Botany | 11 | 2nd Award | David | Liang | Sam | Fung | Homestead High School | Thigmotropic response in Passion Fruit Tendrils | Chemistry | 6 | 1st Award | Amelia Grace | Gleixner | Sabine | Schmuck | Old Orchard School | Polymer Elasticity | Chemistry | 6 | 1st Award | Zaid | Khan | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | Paper Chromatography | Chemistry | 6 | 1st Award | Audrey Claire | Scott | Caroline | Sloan | Buchser Middle School | Ohm My Gosh | Chemistry | 6 | 2nd Award | Sameeha | Salman | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | Fade,Fade,Fade Away! | Chemistry | 6 | 2nd Award | Deepan Hitesh | Shah | Jeannie | Bui | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | How much glucose is in your juice? | Chemistry | 6 | 2nd Award | Amber Kailyn | Gilligan | Arlene | Brown | Saint Christopher School | Gummy Bears Go Swimming | Chemistry | 6 | 2nd Award | Lauren Nichole | Malik | Arlene | Brown | Saint Christopher School | Gummy Bears Go Swimming | Chemistry | 6 | Honorable Mention | Alissa Paige | Friedman | Amy | Reeber | Buchser Middle School | Fizzzz! | Chemistry | 6 | Honorable Mention | Sarah Isabella | Heath | Amy | Reeber | Buchser Middle School | Great Globs of Gluten! | Chemistry | 6 | Honorable Mention | Shannon Brigette | Miranda | Teresa | Lesieutre | Canyon Heights Academy | Beet it! Reducing Road Corrosion with a Greener Solution | Chemistry | 6 | Honorable Mention | Shreya Lakshmi | Ramnath | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | How much energy is released per gram of different fuels? | Chemistry | 6 | $50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society | Sena Nur | Atesoglu | Roma | Rajpal | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | Using Banana Peels as a Green Solution to Reduce Arsenic Levels in Water | Chemistry | 6 | 2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Shannon Brigette | Miranda | Teresa | Lesieutre | Canyon Heights Academy | Beet it! Reducing Road Corrosion with a Greener Solution | Chemistry | 6 | 3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Sarah Tan | Young | Caroline | Sloan | Buchser Middle School | How Does Acid Affect the Rate of Corrosion? | Chemistry | 6 | Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Anna | Tomz | Robin | Levy | Jordan (David Starr) Middle School | What is the Best Adhesive? Comparing Sugru -- a New Invention -- and Other Adhesives | Chemistry | 6 | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Sarah Tan | Young | Caroline | Sloan | Buchser Middle School | How Does Acid Affect the Rate of Corrosion? | Chemistry | 7 | 1st Award | Olivia Grace Marie | Baumert | Rachel | Pleis | Sacred Heart Middle School | Which fruits will ruin a gelatin dessert and why? | Chemistry | 7 | 1st Award | Ananya | Karthik | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | A Greener Cleaner: Investigating a Potential Biosorbent for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions. | Chemistry | 7 | 2nd Award | Anika | Sanyal | Rachel | Nolan | Cupertino Middle School | The Power of Raw Freshness. Does Cooking/Refrigeration Decrease Vitamin C in Food? | Chemistry | 7 | 2nd Award | Tejes | Srivastava | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Renewable Green Energy - Cow Dung | Chemistry | 7 | Honorable Mention | Anika | Cheerla | Aru | Hill (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Solvatochromism: It's Not Just Black and White Anymore | Chemistry | 7 | $50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society | Siddharth | Kumar | Michael | Crowe | Carden Day School of San Jose | Factors Affecting Growth of Crystals | Chemistry | 7 | $50, book, Promethium Chapter of Iota Sigma Pi | Ananya | Karthik | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | A Greener Cleaner: Investigating a Potential Biosorbent for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions. | Chemistry | 8 | 2nd Place Award - $350 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section | Avni Pravin | Madhani | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Lye or Lime? Examining the Effect of Sodium Hydroxide and Calcium Hydroxide on the Pretreatment of Corn Husks in Ethanol Production | Chemistry | 8 | 1st Award | Rishabh | Jain | Pratibha | Jain (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Starch Your Engines - The Effect of the Type of Starch on Potential Ethanol Yield | Chemistry | 8 | 1st Award | Carmel | Baharav | Fred | Berghout | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | What Makes an Effective Sports Drink? | Chemistry | 8 | 1st Award | Noga | Hurwitz | Fred | Berghout | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | What Makes an Effective Sports Drink? | Chemistry | 8 | 2nd Award | Arturo | Gamboa-Gonzalez | Nicholas | Guttadauro | Saint Christopher School | Temperature and pH Effect on the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Catalase in Yeast | Chemistry | 8 | 2nd Award | Alexander Bao | Vu | Teresa | Lesieutre | Canyon Heights Academy | Splitting Sugar: A Study of the Effect of pH on the Rate of Hydrolysis of Sucrose | Chemistry | 8 | Honorable Mention | John | Ghantous | Teresa | Lesieutre | Canyon Heights Academy | The effect of different liquid acid concentrations, and different anode materials in a water-based salt battery, and the efficiency of the anode material. | Chemistry | 8 | Honorable Mention | Steven | Howley | Rachel | Hilario-Pigg | Saint Joseph School (Mountain View) | Burning Nuts to Count Calories | Chemistry | 8 | Honorable Mention | Alexander Isaac | Villegas | Megan | Sibley | Hoover (Herbert) Middle School | Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Development with Food | Chemistry | 8 | GR 6-8, 1st Place: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Rohan | Koodli | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Effect of Electrolytes on the Performance of Graphene Supercapacitors | Chemistry | 9 | 1st Award | Matthew Manchung Keisuke | Hase-Liu | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Effectiveness of the Natural Polymers Chitosan and Polyglutamic Acid in Water Purification | Chemistry | 9 | 2nd Award | Soumya | Siravara | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Determination of Residual Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Food | Chemistry | 9 | Honorable Mention | Vardhaan Sai | Ambati | Tom | Motroni | Archbishop Mitty High School | Testing the Effectiveness of Pectin as a Detoxifier of Heavy Metals: A Novel Approach Using Denaturation of Proteins and Arduino Based Colorimeter | Chemistry | 9 | 1st place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, Letter, and IFT Information, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Soumya | Siravara | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Determination of Residual Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Food | Chemistry | 9 | 3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Anish | Seshadri | Linda | Segal | Saint Francis High School | Increasing efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells using Nanocrystalline Gold and Silver | Chemistry | 9 | Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Vardhaan Sai | Ambati | Tom | Motroni | Archbishop Mitty High School | Testing the Effectiveness of Pectin as a Detoxifier of Heavy Metals: A Novel Approach Using Denaturation of Proteins and Arduino Based Colorimeter | Chemistry | 9 | Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Hilal Nur | Atesoglu | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | A Potential of Biosorbent Derived from Sesame Leaves for Removal of Toxic Mercury(Hg): Investigating the Effects of Contact Time, Particle Size and Constant Temperature on Removal Rate of Mercury, Phase II | Chemistry | 9 | Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Matthew Manchung Keisuke | Hase-Liu | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Effectiveness of the Natural Polymers Chitosan and Polyglutamic Acid in Water Purification | Chemistry | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Soumya | Siravara | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Determination of Residual Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Food | Chemistry | 10 | 1st Place Award - $650 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local Section | Audrey Caroline | Cheng | Elana | Zizmor | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Novel Mechanism for Attachment of Peptides to Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes | Chemistry | 10 | 1st Award | Anjini | Karthik | Jennifer | Thomas | Saint Francis High School | Developing a Novel Method for the Detection of Pathogens on Surfaces Using Cell-Imprinted Polymers. | Chemistry | 10 | 2nd Award | Kristine | Zhang | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Development of Novel Metal Nanostructures for Efficient and Broadband Solar Energy Conversion | Chemistry | 10 | Honorable Mention | Rishabh | Chandra | Suhasini | Chandra (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Improving the Efficiency of a Bio-Battery as a Biofuel Energy Source | Chemistry | 10 | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Kristine | Zhang | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Development of Novel Metal Nanostructures for Efficient and Broadband Solar Energy Conversion | Chemistry | 10 | GR 9-12, 3rd Place: $25 per student and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Shreyan | Jain | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Computational Investigation of Iridium Hydride and Other Metastable Metal Hydrides for Optimizing Hydrogen Storage in a Fuel Cell | Chemistry | 10 | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Shreyan | Jain | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Computational Investigation of Iridium Hydride and Other Metastable Metal Hydrides for Optimizing Hydrogen Storage in a Fuel Cell | Chemistry | 10 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Sampada | Deglurkar | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Water-Splitting Fuel Cells: An Efficient Way to Store Renewable Energy | Chemistry | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Ruchi Sandeep | Pandya | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The development of a Carbon Nanofiber electrode based sensor for cardiac health monitoring | Chemistry | 11 | High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Rohith C | Kuditipudi | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Separating Mirror Molecules: Computational Evaluation and Novel Framework for HPLC Method Development | Chemistry | 11 | 1st Award | Rohith C | Kuditipudi | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Separating Mirror Molecules: Computational Evaluation and Novel Framework for HPLC Method Development | Chemistry | 11 | 1st Award | Ruchi Sandeep | Pandya | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The development of a Carbon Nanofiber electrode based sensor for cardiac health monitoring | Chemistry | 11 | $50 Cash, San Jose State University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society | Rohith C | Kuditipudi | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Separating Mirror Molecules: Computational Evaluation and Novel Framework for HPLC Method Development | Chemistry | 11 | 1st Place Award - $100, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Certificate & Medallion from ASM Educational Foundation, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Ruchi Sandeep | Pandya | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The development of a Carbon Nanofiber electrode based sensor for cardiac health monitoring | Chemistry | 11 | 2nd place student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter | Ruchi Sandeep | Pandya | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The development of a Carbon Nanofiber electrode based sensor for cardiac health monitoring | Chemistry | 11 | GR 9-12, 2nd Place: $50, Book, and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Ruchi Sandeep | Pandya | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The development of a Carbon Nanofiber electrode based sensor for cardiac health monitoring | Chemistry | 11 | GR 9-12, 3rd Place: $25 per student and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Omkar | Savant | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Computational Investigation of Iridium Hydride and Other Metastable Metal Hydrides for Optimizing Hydrogen Storage in a Fuel Cell | Chemistry | 11 | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Omkar | Savant | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Computational Investigation of Iridium Hydride and Other Metastable Metal Hydrides for Optimizing Hydrogen Storage in a Fuel Cell | Chemistry | 12 | 2nd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering | Rahael | Mengistab | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Radiation Shield | Chemistry | 12 | 2nd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering | Warda Abdirzak | Osman | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Radiation Shield | Chemistry | 12 | 1st Award | Anshul | Ramachandran | Kavita | Gupta | Monta Vista High School | Determination of Accurate Molecular Models of Polyatomic Ions in Aqueous Solutions by Molecular Dynamics Simulations | Chemistry | 12 | 2nd Award | Efrey Alex | Noten | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Examining the effect of a polymer-supported palladium catalyst on the yield of a Negishi-coupled diaryl compound | Computers / Mathematics | 6 | 2nd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Tejaswi | Vemulapati | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | An Algorithm to Compute The Fractal Dimension of a Penrose Tiling | Computers / Mathematics | 6 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Swati | Goel | Cathy | Do | Terman Middle School | Family Tree of Traits | Computers / Mathematics | 6 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Suhas | Prasad | Jamie | Oliveira | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | May the Best Line-Follower Win: Comparisons of Line-Following Algorithms for Different Types of Lines | Computers / Mathematics | 6 | Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Eisho | Takatsuji | Sandeep | Khanna | Champion School | Using Text Analysis Metrics to Determine Authorship | Computers / Mathematics | 6 | Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Kazuki | Tayama | Sandeep | Khanna | Champion School | Using Text Analysis Metrics to Determine Authorship | Computers / Mathematics | 6 | Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Jay | Vishwarpue | Sandeep | Khanna | Champion School | Using Text Analysis Metrics to Determine Authorship | Computers / Mathematics | 6 | 2nd Award | Suhas | Prasad | Jamie | Oliveira | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | May the Best Line-Follower Win: Comparisons of Line-Following Algorithms for Different Types of Lines | Computers / Mathematics | 6 | Honorable Mention | Tejaswi | Vemulapati | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | An Algorithm to Compute The Fractal Dimension of a Penrose Tiling | Computers / Mathematics | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Suhas | Prasad | Jamie | Oliveira | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | May the Best Line-Follower Win: Comparisons of Line-Following Algorithms for Different Types of Lines | Computers / Mathematics | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Suhas | Prasad | Jamie | Oliveira | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | May the Best Line-Follower Win: Comparisons of Line-Following Algorithms for Different Types of Lines | Computers / Mathematics | 7 | 3rd Place Student Award: $80 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Marc Gong | Bacvanski | Vladimir | Bacvanski (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Effect of the Number of Computers on Computation Time | Computers / Mathematics | 7 | Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Anish | Muthali | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | The Minotaur of the Labyrinth | Computers / Mathematics | 7 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Oscar | Bjorkman | Cynthia | Kane | Blach Intermediate School | Homework Management App for iPhone | Computers / Mathematics | 7 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Rishi Ratnam | Sankar | Kevin | Lynch | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Polynomial Equation Solver | Computers / Mathematics | 7 | 1st Award | Anish | Muthali | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | The Minotaur of the Labyrinth | Computers / Mathematics | 7 | 2nd Award | Marc Gong | Bacvanski | Vladimir | Bacvanski (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Effect of the Number of Computers on Computation Time | Computers / Mathematics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Zade | Lobo | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Changing Wireless Intensity | Computers / Mathematics | 7 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Marc Gong | Bacvanski | Vladimir | Bacvanski (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Effect of the Number of Computers on Computation Time | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | 2nd Place Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Ana | Julian | Lisa | Wicht | Saint Joseph of Cupertino Elem School | Does the area of the equilateral triangle affect the area of the sequence of spidron triangles that follow it? | 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 | Anushka Prasad | Jogalekar | Neha | Makhijani | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Computer Assisted Color Recognition Aid for the Colorblind | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Karthik | Ramachandran | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Tag Your Meds: Reduce Accidental Drug Overdose Using NFC Tags | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | 1st Award | Karthik | Ramachandran | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Tag Your Meds: Reduce Accidental Drug Overdose Using NFC Tags | Computers / Mathematics | 8 | 2nd Award | Gautam | Mittal | Fred | Berghout | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Encryption Algorithms: Speed Versus Strength | Computers / Mathematics | 9 | 5th Place Student Award: $80 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Rahul Ram | Mohan | Brad | Lindemann | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Novel Method to detect and track the progression of Parkinson's disease using smartphone data | Computers / Mathematics | 9 | 1st Award | Rahul Ram | Mohan | Brad | Lindemann | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Novel Method to detect and track the progression of Parkinson's disease using smartphone data | Computers / Mathematics | 9 | 1st Award | Pravin | Ravishanker | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Genetics or Gender: Assessing the impact of APOE-e4 and Gender in age-specific cognitive and structural rates of decline in Alzheimer's disease | Computers / Mathematics | 9 | 2nd Award | Josephine | Koe | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Generating the Infinite List of Prime Numbers | Computers / Mathematics | 9 | Honorable Mention | Shuheng | Niu | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | Removing Topic-Specific Words to Improve Accuracy of Authorship Attribution | Computers / Mathematics | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, Medallion, and Letter, United States Public Health Service Award | Rahul Ram | Mohan | Brad | Lindemann | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Novel Method to detect and track the progression of Parkinson's disease using smartphone data | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Jason | Huang | Radu | Toma | Palo Alto High School | Prime Labeling of Complete Binary Trees and an Efficient Prime Labeling Algorithm for Connected Graph | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | 2nd Award | Ken Kyung-Hyun | Noh | Heather | Mellows | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Analysis of Pandemic Factors via Virus Simulation | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta | Jason | Huang | Radu | Toma | Palo Alto High School | Prime Labeling of Complete Binary Trees and an Efficient Prime Labeling Algorithm for Connected Graph | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Vineet Sai | Kosaraju | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Navigation Assistant for the Visually Impaired by Means of Robust and Streamlined Object Recognition | Computers / Mathematics | 10 | Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Snehal Josh | Dey | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Novel Way to Test Stress Levels in Humans Using Image Analysis | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Nitya | Mani | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Characterizing the N-Divison Points of Genus 0 Curves Through Ruler-Compass Constructions | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Tanay | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | A Machine Learning Model for Automated Short Essay Assessment through Random Forest based Ensemble Training Methods with Natural Language Processing driven Feature Engineering | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Agastya | Gupta | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | An Inexpensive, Global, and Effective Means of Diagnosing Heart Disease | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 4th Place Student Award: $120 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Ankita | Pannu | Susan | King | Harker School-Upper Campus | Finding comfort in numbers: Using natural language processing and text mining to improve the effectiveness of online cancer support groups | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Joseph | Chang | Radu | Toma | Palo Alto High School | Prime Labeling of Complete Binary Trees and an Efficient Prime Labeling Algorithm for Connected Graph | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 1st Award | Agastya | Gupta | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | An Inexpensive, Global, and Effective Means of Diagnosing Heart Disease | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 1st Award | Nitya | Mani | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Characterizing the N-Divison Points of Genus 0 Curves Through Ruler-Compass Constructions | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 1st Award | Tanay | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | A Machine Learning Model for Automated Short Essay Assessment through Random Forest based Ensemble Training Methods with Natural Language Processing driven Feature Engineering | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 2nd Award | Julia H | Miao | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Mammographic Diagnosis for Breast Cancer Biopsy Predictions Using Support Vector Machine (SVM) Learning Classification | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 2nd Award | Siddharth | Prasad | Jon | Stark | Monta Vista High School | Walks on Primes in Imaginary Quadratic Fields | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Honorable Mention | Ajay | Gopinath | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Characterizing the deformation of leukemic neutrophils from large deformations to understand cancer cell migration | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | 1st Place: Certificate of Achievement, and Programmable Robot, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Tanay | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | A Machine Learning Model for Automated Short Essay Assessment through Random Forest based Ensemble Training Methods with Natural Language Processing driven Feature Engineering | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta | Joseph | Chang | Radu | Toma | Palo Alto High School | Prime Labeling of Complete Binary Trees and an Efficient Prime Labeling Algorithm for Connected Graph | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta | Nitya | Mani | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Characterizing the N-Divison Points of Genus 0 Curves Through Ruler-Compass Constructions | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta | Siddharth | Prasad | Jon | Stark | Monta Vista High School | Walks on Primes in Imaginary Quadratic Fields | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and Pewter Medallion Voucher, Yale Science and Engineering Association | Siddharth | Prasad | Jon | Stark | Monta Vista High School | Walks on Primes in Imaginary Quadratic Fields | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Rishabh | Jain | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Navigation Assistant for the Visually Impaired by Means of Robust and Streamlined Object Recognition | Computers / Mathematics | 11 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Siddharth | Prasad | Jon | Stark | Monta Vista High School | Walks on Primes in Imaginary Quadratic Fields | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Varun | Mohan | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Lattice Boltzmann Method Based Computational Model for Optimizing Anode Morphologies to Design Efficient Li-ion Batteries | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | 1st Award | Varun | Mohan | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Lattice Boltzmann Method Based Computational Model for Optimizing Anode Morphologies to Design Efficient Li-ion Batteries | Computers / Mathematics | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Varun | Mohan | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Lattice Boltzmann Method Based Computational Model for Optimizing Anode Morphologies to Design Efficient Li-ion Batteries | Earth / Space Sciences | 6 | 1st Award | Anthony Thien | Vu | Teresa | Lesieutre | Canyon Heights Academy | The Disintegration of the Great Rome (Apple): A Study of the Effects of Different Soils on the Biodegradation Rate of Organic Matter | Earth / Space Sciences | 6 | 2nd Award | Kelly | Heimburger | Arlene | Brown | Saint Christopher School | Power of the Sun | Earth / Space Sciences | 6 | 2nd Award | Lauren | Heine | Arlene | Brown | Saint Christopher School | Power of the Sun | Earth / Space Sciences | 6 | Honorable Mention | Abby | Guzules | Amy | Reeber | Buchser Middle School | erosion | Earth / Space Sciences | 6 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Shannon Ashley | Lin | Noel | Berghout | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Exploring the Ice Wedging Phenomenon | Earth / Space Sciences | 7 | 1st Award | Anjali | Sinha | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Quake'n and Shake'n! | Earth / Space Sciences | 7 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Anjali | Sinha | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Quake'n and Shake'n! | Earth / Space Sciences | 8 | 1st Award | Nathaniel Paul | Wire | Deborah | Yakulis | Redwood Middle School | Locating and Determining the Activity Level of Faults using Electrotilluric Currents and Variations in the Earth's Magnetic Field | Earth / Space Sciences | 9 | 1st Award | Manan Ajay | Shah | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Study of the Effect of Solar Flares on the Magnetosphere of the Sun and the Propagation of Pressure Waves | Earth / Space Sciences | 9 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd. | Manan Ajay | Shah | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Study of the Effect of Solar Flares on the Magnetosphere of the Sun and the Propagation of Pressure Waves | Earth / Space Sciences | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Manan Ajay | Shah | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Study of the Effect of Solar Flares on the Magnetosphere of the Sun and the Propagation of Pressure Waves | Earth / Space Sciences | 10 | Honorable Mention | Simran | Pabla | Narquiz | Cervantes | Silver Creek High School | Classification of Celestial Objects Based On Magnitude | Earth / Space Sciences | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Simran | Pabla | Narquiz | Cervantes | Silver Creek High School | Classification of Celestial Objects Based On Magnitude | Earth / Space Sciences | 11 | 1st Award | Christopher Alan | Powers | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigating Vegetation as a Natural Barrier to Reduce Tsunami Power | Earth / Space Sciences | 11 | 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Christopher Alan | Powers | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Investigating Vegetation as a Natural Barrier to Reduce Tsunami Power | Earth / Space Sciences | 12 | 1st Award | Vidur | Sanandan | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Structural Parameters and Comparisons of Galaxies in Redshift Range 0.8 to 2.0 and Mass Greater Than 10^10 From Mathematical Residual Model Fits Made From Telescopic and Simulated Images of Varying Depth | Earth / Space Sciences | 12 | 2nd Award | Zareen | Choudhury | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Evolving Mixture of Barium Isotopes in Milky Way Halo Stars | Earth / Space Sciences | 12 | Honorable Mention | Caroline Amy | Debs | Puragra | Guhathakurta (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | High Resolution Spectroscopic Measurements of Milky Way Stars | Earth / Space Sciences | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Caroline Amy | Debs | Puragra | Guhathakurta (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | High Resolution Spectroscopic Measurements of Milky Way Stars | Engineering | 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 | Raghav | Ganesh | Latha | Subramanyan(PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Sensor based cane for the visually challenged | Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Raghav | Ganesh | Latha | Subramanyan(PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Sensor based cane for the visually challenged | Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Ronak | Pai | Caroline | Prasad (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Tramp-O-Charge | Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Gino | Prasad | Caroline | Prasad (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Tramp-O-Charge | Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Dhruv | Shah | Caroline | Prasad (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Tramp-O-Charge | Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Neil | Kapoor | Kellie | Fletcher | Jordan (David Starr) Middle School | Automatic Fish Feeder | Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Neha Hariprasad | Shetty | Nita | Kumar | Delphi Academy-Campbell | Trapping and Using Carbon Dioxide Using an Environment Beneficial Device | Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Anika | Srivastava | Nita | Kumar | Delphi Academy-Campbell | Trapping and Using Carbon Dioxide Using an Environment Beneficial Device | Engineering | 6 | 2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Shilpa Padiki | Rao | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis Elem. School | Does that fancy seismograph really work? Testing a phone's mems sensor against a homemade seismograph. | Engineering | 6 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Quang-Dan Thanh | Tran | Stephanie | Jordan | Most Holy Trinity | Tool to Select Best Roof to Install Solar Panels | Engineering | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Chinmay | Lalgudi | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Using Wave Energy to generate Electricity | Engineering | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Chinmay | Lalgudi | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | Using Wave Energy to generate Electricity | Engineering | 6 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Raghav | Ganesh | Latha | Subramanyan(PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Sensor based cane for the visually challenged | Engineering | 6 | Todd Shaeffer 1st place award - Grade 6 - $100, Shaeffer Schmahl Science Award | Pranay | Satya | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Pesky Signals Versus Charged-Up Cars: The effect of metals of different dimensions at different distances on an electromagnetic induction road sensor | Engineering | 7 | $ 500 to the winning student or team in Physical Science+ Glass Award, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Shubham | Banerjee | Muna | Mavany | Champion School | Cost Reduced Braille Printer | Engineering | 7 | Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Shubham | Banerjee | Muna | Mavany | Champion School | Cost Reduced Braille Printer | Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Anik | Gupta | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | sAssist: Helps organize your student life | Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Ayush S | Gupta | Lori | Monahan | Jordan (David Starr) Middle School | Developing a Tennis Ball Tester | Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Dylon Matthew | Tjanaka | Krista | Woodward | Don Callejon Middle Sch. | Using Active Tilt Compensation to Improve Rollover Stability of Large Trucks | Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Shashank Vaidehi | Mahesh | Kristina | Park | Hyde Middle School | Arduino controlled Paper Evaluation System | Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Ruchi | Maheshwari | Susan | Germeraad | Redwood Middle School | PoolBot: A Pool Maintenance Robot That Explores Home Automation and the Internet of Things | Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Rishab Reddy | Yeddula | Malathi | Tuers | Valley Christian Junior High School | Radar Guided Rock Layer Surface Mapping | Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Rithvik Ravi | Chuppala | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Comparing an all-carbon based supercapacitor with various energy storage devices | Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Karthik | Kalyanasundaram | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Charging Electric Vehicles On The Go | Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Siddharth Vaidehi | Mahesh | Okon | Ibanga | Hyde Middle School | Green Technology: Build an Electronic Rain Detector to Conserve Water | Engineering | 7 | 3rd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Nathan | Loi | Sandeep | Khanna | Champion School | Creating a Stronger Bridge | Engineering | 7 | 3rd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Lakhan | Singh | Sandeep | Khanna | Champion School | Creating a Stronger Bridge | Engineering | 7 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Dylon Matthew | Tjanaka | Krista | Woodward | Don Callejon Middle Sch. | Using Active Tilt Compensation to Improve Rollover Stability of Large Trucks | Engineering | 7 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Ruchi | Maheshwari | Susan | Germeraad | Redwood Middle School | PoolBot: A Pool Maintenance Robot That Explores Home Automation and the Internet of Things | Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Dylon Matthew | Tjanaka | Krista | Woodward | Don Callejon Middle Sch. | Using Active Tilt Compensation to Improve Rollover Stability of Large Trucks | 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 | Utkarsh | Tandon | Emily | Adams | Lawson Middle School | A Wearable Device for Spinal-Lumbus-Modeling to Recognize and Correct Posture through Real-Time Analysis and Flex Sensing Capabilites | Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Bryan Adrian | Cuevas | Joel | Robison | College Connection Academy | Shock Absorbers In A Bicycle | Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Utkarsh | Tandon | Emily | Adams | Lawson Middle School | A Wearable Device for Spinal-Lumbus-Modeling to Recognize and Correct Posture through Real-Time Analysis and Flex Sensing Capabilites | Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Shaya | Zarkesh | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | A Novel Approach to Generating Electricity from Human Movement through Walking Shoes | Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Aratrika | Ghatak | Irene | Khor | Chaboya School | Are You Driving too Fast on a Curved Road? | Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Sasha | Jaffarove | Malathi | Tuers | Valley Christian Junior High School | Cave Mapper | Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Quang-Long Thanh | Tran | Stephanie | Jordan | Most Holy Trinity | Freedom Robot | Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Lisa | Chau | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | WipeBoard | Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Andrea | Lam | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | WipeBoard | Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Nimreta | Singh | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | WipeBoard | Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Charlotte | Thompson | Bill | Bergeron | Buchser Middle School | Shaved Ice Syrup Distributor | Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Ryan | Winter | Bill | Bergeron | Buchser Middle School | The Filter Chill | Engineering | 8 | 3rd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Safwan | Kazmi | Sandeep | Khanna | Champion School | Creating a Stronger Bridge | Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Sasha | Jaffarove | Malathi | Tuers | Valley Christian Junior High School | Cave Mapper | Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Utkarsh | Tandon | Emily | Adams | Lawson Middle School | A Wearable Device for Spinal-Lumbus-Modeling to Recognize and Correct Posture through Real-Time Analysis and Flex Sensing Capabilites | Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | William Henry | Portman | Nicholas | Guttadauro | Saint Christopher School | Harnessing the sun with Arduino | Engineering | 8 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Lisa | Chau | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | WipeBoard | Engineering | 8 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Andrea | Lam | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | WipeBoard | Engineering | 8 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Nimreta | Singh | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | WipeBoard | Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Alan Glen | Love | Candace | Love (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Molding Metal | Engineering | 8 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Utkarsh | Tandon | Emily | Adams | Lawson Middle School | A Wearable Device for Spinal-Lumbus-Modeling to Recognize and Correct Posture through Real-Time Analysis and Flex Sensing Capabilites | Engineering | 8 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Shaya | Zarkesh | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | A Novel Approach to Generating Electricity from Human Movement through Walking Shoes | Engineering | 8 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Sasha | Jaffarove | Malathi | Tuers | Valley Christian Junior High School | Cave Mapper | Engineering | 8 | Todd Shaeffer 1st place award - Grade 8 - $100, Shaeffer Schmahl Science Award | Bryan Adrian | Cuevas | Joel | Robison | College Connection Academy | Shock Absorbers In A Bicycle | Engineering | 9 | 2nd Place Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Pratik | Gongloor | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | An EEG Controlled Hand Grip Augmentation Exoskeleton for the Physically Impaired | Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Nagaganesh | Jaladanki | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Leap off the Screen: A Novel Approach for 3D Mouses | Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Anish G | Krishnan | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Regenerative Acceleration Generator Technology to Extend the Mileage of Alternative fuel Vehicles | Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Amulya | Vadlakonda | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Smart Fuzzy Logic Based Gripping Prosthetic to Aid Hand Amputees in Handling Delicate Objects. | Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Anurag | Singh | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Parking Pigeon: Application for Enhanced Localization in Multi Story Parking Lots | Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Kaushik | Tandon | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Parking Pigeon: Application for Enhanced Localization in Multi Story Parking Lots | Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Taraneh Tara | Sadjadpour | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | SMURFE (Smart Medicine Usage Reminder For Everyone) | Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Elizabeth Ye | Wang | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | A Novel, Bio-inspired Soft Robot For Disaster Relief Via Raspberry Pi Command System and Cutting Edge Movement Mechanism | Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Anita | Ilango | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Microbial Fuel Cell for the Processing of Acid Whey and Power Generation | Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Megha | Ilango | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Microbial Fuel Cell for the Processing of Acid Whey and Power Generation | Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Pratik | Gongloor | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | An EEG Controlled Hand Grip Augmentation Exoskeleton for the Physically Impaired | Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Trishla | Pokharna | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Low-Cost Innovative Incubator using TEC Technology | Engineering | 9 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award | Anurag | Singh | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Parking Pigeon: Application for Enhanced Localization in Multi Story Parking Lots | Engineering | 9 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award | Kaushik | Tandon | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Parking Pigeon: Application for Enhanced Localization in Multi Story Parking Lots | Engineering | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Pratik | Gongloor | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | An EEG Controlled Hand Grip Augmentation Exoskeleton for the Physically Impaired | Engineering | 9 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards | Taraneh Tara | Sadjadpour | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | SMURFE (Smart Medicine Usage Reminder For Everyone) | Engineering | 9 | 1st Place: $250 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Kevin | Cao | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | 2 DOF Motion Platform | Engineering | 9 | Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Elizabeth Ye | Wang | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | A Novel, Bio-inspired Soft Robot For Disaster Relief Via Raspberry Pi Command System and Cutting Edge Movement Mechanism | Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Amulya | Vadlakonda | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Smart Fuzzy Logic Based Gripping Prosthetic to Aid Hand Amputees in Handling Delicate Objects. | Engineering | 9 | Sport Bag, Junior Tech Organizer, United States Air Force | Pragna Elizabeth | Upputuri | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Application of Optical Lift on Micromotors | Engineering | 10 | 3rd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering | Tianjian | Huang | Howell | Ivy | Valley Christian High School | Antenna Deployment System | Engineering | 10 | Grand Prize Student Award: $640 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Amrita | Venkatraman | Jillian | Fackrell | Homestead High School | Building A Mobile Sensor to Detect Hand Tremors for the Determination of Psychosocial and Pathological Conditions | Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Ajay | Jain | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | An Autonomous Networked Robotic Nurse for Patients and the Elderly for Care, Monitoring, Diagnostics and Supply Delivery | Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Ajay | Jain | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | An Autonomous Networked Robotic Nurse for Patients and the Elderly for Care, Monitoring, Diagnostics and Supply Delivery | Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Andrew | Shacker | Matt | Trask | Piedmont Hills High School | Economical Attitude Detection Using a Single GPS Antenna | Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Zuhra | Bholat | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Performance of a Plant Microbial Fuel Cell with Oryza Sativa | Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Jiayi | Luo | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Performance of a Plant Microbial Fuel Cell with Oryza Sativa | Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Vikram | Vasan | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A novel approach for improving depth perception in those impaired with stereopsis | Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Amrita | Venkatraman | Jillian | Fackrell | Homestead High School | Building A Mobile Sensor to Detect Hand Tremors for the Determination of Psychosocial and Pathological Conditions | Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Tianjian | Huang | Howell | Ivy | Valley Christian High School | Antenna Deployment System | Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Adish Ashutosh | Jain | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Approach to Harnessing the Energy of the Sun: Using a Thermoelectric Generating Heat Chamber to Recharge a Cell Phone | Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Charles Hannah | Nijmeh | Kristina | McMinn | Valley Christian High School | The Generation of Action Potentials in Neurons through Magnetic Stimulation | Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Andy | Zhang | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Approach to Harnessing the Energy of the Sun: Using a Thermoelectric Generating Heat Chamber to Recharge a Cell Phone | Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Nisha | Bhatia | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | A Smart Smoke Detector | Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Aayush | Gupta | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Trying to Make a More Hand Friendly Computer Mouse | Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Maya | Varma | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | A Novel Wireless Microcontroller-Based Pulmonary Function Analyzer for Early Detection of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | Engineering | 10 | $100 cash prize for Internet of Things project, TechLab Education | Ajay | Jain | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | An Autonomous Networked Robotic Nurse for Patients and the Elderly for Care, Monitoring, Diagnostics and Supply Delivery | Engineering | 10 | 1st Place: Certificate of Achievement, and Programmable Robot, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Ajay | Jain | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | An Autonomous Networked Robotic Nurse for Patients and the Elderly for Care, Monitoring, Diagnostics and Supply Delivery | Engineering | 10 | 2nd Place Award - $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Neha | Kunjal | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Design of an Efficient System that can Separate Mud and Debris from Muddy water | Engineering | 10 | 2nd place, $30 check, and a Book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award | Paul | Dennig | Christina | Schramm | Los Altos High School | Eliminating Thirst & Darkness in the Developing World: An Affordable and Clean System Utilizing Pumped Hydro and Axial Flux Machines | Engineering | 10 | 3rd place student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter | Maya | Varma | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | A Novel Wireless Microcontroller-Based Pulmonary Function Analyzer for Early Detection of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, Medallion, and Letter, United States Public Health Service Award | Maya | Varma | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | A Novel Wireless Microcontroller-Based Pulmonary Function Analyzer for Early Detection of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Siddharth | Venkatraman | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Theoretical Design to Beam Helium-3 Energy from the Moon | Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation | Adish Ashutosh | Jain | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Approach to Harnessing the Energy of the Sun: Using a Thermoelectric Generating Heat Chamber to Recharge a Cell Phone | Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation | Andy | Zhang | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Approach to Harnessing the Energy of the Sun: Using a Thermoelectric Generating Heat Chamber to Recharge a Cell Phone | Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Yannan | Tuo | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Enhancing Solar Cell Efficiency with Fluorescent Coatings | Engineering | 10 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Maya | Varma | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | A Novel Wireless Microcontroller-Based Pulmonary Function Analyzer for Early Detection of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | Engineering | 10 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Vikram | Vasan | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A novel approach for improving depth perception in those impaired with stereopsis | Engineering | 10 | Individual: $30 and Book, The ROD Women in Science Award | Neha | Kunjal | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Design of an Efficient System that can Separate Mud and Debris from Muddy water | Engineering | 10 | One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education | Paul | Dennig | Christina | Schramm | Los Altos High School | Eliminating Thirst & Darkness in the Developing World: An Affordable and Clean System Utilizing Pumped Hydro and Axial Flux Machines | Engineering | 10 | One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education | Ajay | Jain | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | An Autonomous Networked Robotic Nurse for Patients and the Elderly for Care, Monitoring, Diagnostics and Supply Delivery | Engineering | 10 | One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education | Amrita | Venkatraman | Jillian | Fackrell | Homestead High School | Building A Mobile Sensor to Detect Hand Tremors for the Determination of Psychosocial and Pathological Conditions | Engineering | 10 | Team: $60 and Book per team member, The ROD Women in Science Award | Zuhra | Bholat | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Performance of a Plant Microbial Fuel Cell with Oryza Sativa | Engineering | 10 | Team: $60 and Book per team member, The ROD Women in Science Award | Jiayi | Luo | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Performance of a Plant Microbial Fuel Cell with Oryza Sativa | Engineering | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Vamsi | Gadiraju | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Improving the Wettability Of Vertically Aligned Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Supercapacitors Via Substrate Patterning | Engineering | 11 | 3rd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering | Aleeza Grace | Roque | Howell | Ivy | Valley Christian High School | Antenna Deployment System | Engineering | 11 | High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Vamsi | Gadiraju | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Improving the Wettability Of Vertically Aligned Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Supercapacitors Via Substrate Patterning | Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Ajay | Ramesh | Kenji | O'Brien | Summit San Jose | Treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Through Motion Tracking Technology and the Web | Engineering | 11 | Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP | Kailas N. | Vodrahalli | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Transmission of Solar Energy through Optical Waveguides: Modeling and Material Studies. | Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Leela | Amladi | Chihiro | Ikezi | Saint Francis High School | A Pill-Buddy Platform. | Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Shiloh Sigrid | Curtis | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Enabling Situational Awareness: A Hat-Based Hands-Free Haptic Navigational Aid for the Visually Impaired | Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Jacqueline Thien An | Duong | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | Getting to the Pointe | Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Aaron Michael | Chang | Kristina | McMinn | Valley Christian High School | The Generation of Action Potentials in Neurons through Magnetic Stimulation | Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Gerrit Chi-Yung Luk | Orthlieb | Kristina | McMinn | Valley Christian High School | The Generation of Action Potentials in Neurons through Magnetic Stimulation | Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Aleeza Grace | Roque | Howell | Ivy | Valley Christian High School | Antenna Deployment System | Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Kailas N. | Vodrahalli | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Transmission of Solar Energy through Optical Waveguides: Modeling and Material Studies. | Engineering | 11 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Navigation, Ltd. | Shiloh Sigrid | Curtis | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Enabling Situational Awareness: A Hat-Based Hands-Free Haptic Navigational Aid for the Visually Impaired | Engineering | 11 | $100 First Place and Certificate, Dewayne Hendricks Wireless Technology Award | Shiloh Sigrid | Curtis | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Enabling Situational Awareness: A Hat-Based Hands-Free Haptic Navigational Aid for the Visually Impaired | Engineering | 11 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards | Leela | Amladi | Chihiro | Ikezi | Saint Francis High School | A Pill-Buddy Platform. | Engineering | 11 | 1st place student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter | Vamsi | Gadiraju | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Improving the Wettability Of Vertically Aligned Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Supercapacitors Via Substrate Patterning | Engineering | 11 | 1st place, $50 check, and a Book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award | Leron | Perez | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Biomimetic Robot Based on Cypselurus californicus For Hydro-Aerial Applications | Engineering | 11 | 2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Vamsi | Gadiraju | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Improving the Wettability Of Vertically Aligned Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Supercapacitors Via Substrate Patterning | Engineering | 11 | 2nd place, $30 check, and a Book, Apatite to Zircon, Inc. Award | Karthik | Srivatsan | Jillian | Fackrell | Homestead High School | Radiant Heat Cellphone Charger | Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Vamsi | Gadiraju | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Improving the Wettability Of Vertically Aligned Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Supercapacitors Via Substrate Patterning | Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Kailas N. | Vodrahalli | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Transmission of Solar Energy through Optical Waveguides: Modeling and Material Studies. | Engineering | 11 | GR 9-12, 1st Place: $100, Book, and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Vamsi | Gadiraju | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Improving the Wettability Of Vertically Aligned Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Supercapacitors Via Substrate Patterning | Engineering | 11 | Grade 11 or 12 Team Project - $400 award and Certificate, DuPont Industrial Biosciences | Lee | Hsieh | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Use of Microfluidic Chip Devices in Effciently Diagnosing Low Potassium Levels | Engineering | 11 | Grade 11 or 12 Team Project - $400 award and Certificate, DuPont Industrial Biosciences | Aaron | Memon | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Use of Microfluidic Chip Devices in Effciently Diagnosing Low Potassium Levels | Engineering | 11 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Leela | Amladi | Chihiro | Ikezi | Saint Francis High School | A Pill-Buddy Platform. | Engineering | 11 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Shiloh Sigrid | Curtis | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Enabling Situational Awareness: A Hat-Based Hands-Free Haptic Navigational Aid for the Visually Impaired | Engineering | 11 | Sport Bag, Junior Tech Organizer, United States Air Force | Shiloh Sigrid | Curtis | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Enabling Situational Awareness: A Hat-Based Hands-Free Haptic Navigational Aid for the Visually Impaired | Engineering | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Vibhav Satsheel | Altekar | David | Taylor | Lynbrook High School | Engineered Chitosan based MultiReservoir devices for effective localization to treat Multifaceted set of diseases | Engineering | 12 | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Abha | Pandey | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Rapid First Response by Creating a Rescue UAV to Locate Trapped Victims. | Engineering | 12 | 1st Place: $1000 Scholarship to SJSU College of Engineering and Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering | Jessica | Chiu | Dan | Burns | Los Gatos High School | Aeroelastic Flight Dynamic Modeling of an Adaptive Camber-Morphing Aircraft for Improved Cruise Efficiency | Engineering | 12 | 3rd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering | Caroline Marie | Pritchett | Howell | Ivy | Valley Christian High School | Antenna Deployment System | Engineering | 12 | High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Vibhav Satsheel | Altekar | David | Taylor | Lynbrook High School | Engineered Chitosan based MultiReservoir devices for effective localization to treat Multifaceted set of diseases | Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Vibhav Satsheel | Altekar | David | Taylor | Lynbrook High School | Engineered Chitosan based MultiReservoir devices for effective localization to treat Multifaceted set of diseases | Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Jessica | Chiu | Dan | Burns | Los Gatos High School | Aeroelastic Flight Dynamic Modeling of an Adaptive Camber-Morphing Aircraft for Improved Cruise Efficiency | Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Abha | Pandey | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Rapid First Response by Creating a Rescue UAV to Locate Trapped Victims. | Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Caroline Marie | Pritchett | Howell | Ivy | Valley Christian High School | Antenna Deployment System | Engineering | 12 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance | Maitreyee | Joshi | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Developing an Automatic Indoor Mapping Technique to Create an Indoor Navigation System App for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Engineering | 12 | 2nd Place: $150 and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Keegan Campbell | Dahm | Sean | Wilmot | Oakwood High School | Monitoring Tank Levels with Raspberry Pi | Engineering | 12 | 3rd Place: $100 and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Jessica | Chiu | Dan | Burns | Los Gatos High School | Aeroelastic Flight Dynamic Modeling of an Adaptive Camber-Morphing Aircraft for Improved Cruise Efficiency | Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Vibhav Satsheel | Altekar | David | Taylor | Lynbrook High School | Engineered Chitosan based MultiReservoir devices for effective localization to treat Multifaceted set of diseases | Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Maitreyee | Joshi | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Developing an Automatic Indoor Mapping Technique to Create an Indoor Navigation System App for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Abha | Pandey | John | Allen | Oak Grove High School | Rapid First Response by Creating a Rescue UAV to Locate Trapped Victims. | Engineering | 12 | First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Jessica | Chiu | Dan | Burns | Los Gatos High School | Aeroelastic Flight Dynamic Modeling of an Adaptive Camber-Morphing Aircraft for Improved Cruise Efficiency | Engineering | 12 | Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Jessica | Chiu | Dan | Burns | Los Gatos High School | Aeroelastic Flight Dynamic Modeling of an Adaptive Camber-Morphing Aircraft for Improved Cruise Efficiency | Engineering | 12 | Grade 12 Individual Project - $200 award and Certificate, DuPont Industrial Biosciences | Jessica | Chiu | Dan | Burns | Los Gatos High School | Aeroelastic Flight Dynamic Modeling of an Adaptive Camber-Morphing Aircraft for Improved Cruise Efficiency | Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Jessica | Chiu | Dan | Burns | Los Gatos High School | Aeroelastic Flight Dynamic Modeling of an Adaptive Camber-Morphing Aircraft for Improved Cruise Efficiency | Engineering | 12 | IEEE Award for Electro-Technology ($50 and Framed Certificate), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Jessica | Chiu | Dan | Burns | Los Gatos High School | Aeroelastic Flight Dynamic Modeling of an Adaptive Camber-Morphing Aircraft for Improved Cruise Efficiency | Engineering | 12 | One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education | Keegan Campbell | Dahm | Sean | Wilmot | Oakwood High School | Monitoring Tank Levels with Raspberry Pi | Engineering | 12 | One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education | Maitreyee | Joshi | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Developing an Automatic Indoor Mapping Technique to Create an Indoor Navigation System App for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Environmental Sciences | 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 | Anusha | Ghosh | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Making Hydraulic Fracturing More Environmentally Friendly Using Sea Water | Environmental Sciences | 6 | 1st Award | Kylie Lauren | Akiyama | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis Elem. School | Which Road De-icer is the Best for the Environment? | Environmental Sciences | 6 | 1st Award | Anusha | Ghosh | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Making Hydraulic Fracturing More Environmentally Friendly Using Sea Water | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Honorable Mention | Ian Grayson | Cramb | Caroline | Sloan | Buchser Middle School | Got Gas | Environmental Sciences | 6 | 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Anusha | Ghosh | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Making Hydraulic Fracturing More Environmentally Friendly Using Sea Water | Environmental Sciences | 6 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers | Kylie Lauren | Akiyama | Niki | Mitchell | Gardner Bullis Elem. School | Which Road De-icer is the Best for the Environment? | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 1st Award | Nathifa | Nasim | Shagufta | Akhtar | Granada Islamic School | The Effect of Using Plants on Removing the Amount of CO in the Air | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 2nd Award | Seena | Jovkar | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | The Algicidal Effects of Probiotics on Eutrophication | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 2nd Award | Luca | Popescu | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | The Algicidal Effects of Probiotics on Eutrophication | Environmental Sciences | 7 | Honorable Mention | Farah Noor | Masood | Shagufta | Akhtar | Granada Islamic School | Nanotechnology and Oil Spills | Environmental Sciences | 7 | Honorable Mention | Shivam | Singhal | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Green Alternatives: Exploring a Method for the Creation of Next Generation Biofuel by the Bioconversion of Biomass Feedstocks | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Shivam | Singhal | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Green Alternatives: Exploring a Method for the Creation of Next Generation Biofuel by the Bioconversion of Biomass Feedstocks | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Farah Noor | Masood | Shagufta | Akhtar | Granada Islamic School | Nanotechnology and Oil Spills | Environmental Sciences | 7 | 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Shivam | Singhal | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Green Alternatives: Exploring a Method for the Creation of Next Generation Biofuel by the Bioconversion of Biomass Feedstocks | Environmental Sciences | 7 | Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for Materials and a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Visala Rozalia | Tallavarjula | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | The Effect of Alviso Slough Water Quality On The Animal Population Living in the Marshes | Environmental Sciences | 7 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Kaylyn | Ho | Meghan | Greenbaum | Blach Intermediate School | Remove CO2 to Stop Global Warming | Environmental Sciences | 7 | GR 6-8, 2nd Place: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Farah Noor | Masood | Shagufta | Akhtar | Granada Islamic School | Nanotechnology and Oil Spills | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Afrah | Siddiqi | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | Bio-friendly Alternative for Disposing Polystyrene | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 1st Award | Eva Elise DeRosa | Szoboszlay | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Macroinvertebrates in Local Stream Habitats | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 2nd Award | Ryan Allen | Lyle | Mala | Udayamurthy | Murphy (Martin) Middle School | The Effects Of Overpopulation | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 2nd Award | Abigail Marie | McCarthy | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | DapHnia | Environmental Sciences | 8 | 2nd Award | Catherine Miyuki | Petersen | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | DapHnia | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Honorable Mention | Aadi | Ghildiyal | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Effects of Environmental Factors on Absorption Rates of Polymers | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Honorable Mention | Sohini | Kar | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Effects of Environmental Factors on Absorption Rates of Polymers | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Stephanie Aida | Castaneda | Vivian | Nguyen | Fischer (Clyde L.) School | The Best Soil Battery | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Yeny Lisbeth | Lopez | Vivian | Nguyen | Fischer (Clyde L.) School | The Best Soil Battery | Environmental Sciences | 8 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Julisa | Pacheco | Vivian | Nguyen | Fischer (Clyde L.) School | The Best Soil Battery | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 1st Award | Steven | Cao | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect of Aluminum Sulfate on Orthophosphate Levels in Water and Its Viability as a Solution to Northern Mexican Gulf Hypoxia | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 1st Award | Anika Apsara | Jain | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect of Insulin and Thyroxine on the Greater Growth of a Wisconsin FastPlant's root, leaf, and overall growth | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 1st Award | Sanika | Mahajan | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | What is the Effect of Exposure to Different Concentrations of Sediment from Various Locations on Daphnia Magna, and what is the LC50 of these Sediments? | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 1st Award | Anuva | Mittal | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect of Insulin and Thyroxine on the Greater Growth of a Wisconsin FastPlant's root, leaf, and overall growth | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 1st Award | Varsha | Swamy | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | What is the Effect of Exposure to Different Concentrations of Sediment from Various Locations on Daphnia Magna, and what is the LC50 of these Sediments? | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 2nd Award | Shivani Milind | Bhandarkar | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of Sulfur during Temperature Rise on the Reproduction Rate of C. Elegans | Environmental Sciences | 9 | 2nd Award | Rhea | Rangarajan | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Ocean Acidification: The Effect of Carbonate on Mussel Shells | Environmental Sciences | 9 | Honorable Mention | Neilay | Shahi | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The effect of substances on the productivity of electricity in a microbial fuel cell | Environmental Sciences | 9 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award | Steven | Cao | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effect of Aluminum Sulfate on Orthophosphate Levels in Water and Its Viability as a Solution to Northern Mexican Gulf Hypoxia | Environmental Sciences | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Basmah Hamid | Altimimi | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | What method best absorbes crude oil? | Environmental Sciences | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Basmah Hamid | Altimimi | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | What method best absorbes crude oil? | Environmental Sciences | 9 | Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Basmah Hamid | Altimimi | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | What method best absorbes crude oil? | Environmental Sciences | 9 | Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Dhanya | Mahesh | Andrew | Goldenkranz | Monta Vista High School | The Effect of Charcoal Filtering on Chemical Composition of Water | Environmental Sciences | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Shriya Reddy | Perati | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The Effect of Pesticides and Herbicides on Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria Isolated from Legumes and Soil | Environmental Sciences | 10 | Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP | Amy | Zhang | Tiffany | Yen (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Phytoremediation of Zinc by Lemna minor | Environmental Sciences | 10 | 1st Award | Amy | Zhang | Tiffany | Yen (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Phytoremediation of Zinc by Lemna minor | Environmental Sciences | 10 | 2nd Award | Bhavana | Pabbisetti | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | What is the effect of the amount of selenium in soil on the selenium intake in plants? | Environmental Sciences | 11 | 1st Award | Rachit | Kataria | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Approach on the Maximization of CO2 Intake through the Use of 3-Indoleacetic Acid and Kinetin Chemical Enhancement and Mycorrhizal Fungal Alteration on Rhizophora Mangle | Environmental Sciences | 11 | 2nd Award | Tiara | Bhatacharya | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Effect of Mushroom Cellobioses on the Degradation Rate of PNP Glucopyranoside in Coordination with their Potentials as a Biofuel | Environmental Sciences | 11 | Honorable Mention | Donghoon | Kang | Supriya | Moore | Monta Vista High School | The Effect of Photodegradation of Escherichia Coli on Water Quality Parameters | Environmental Sciences | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Rachit | Kataria | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Approach on the Maximization of CO2 Intake through the Use of 3-Indoleacetic Acid and Kinetin Chemical Enhancement and Mycorrhizal Fungal Alteration on Rhizophora Mangle | Environmental Sciences | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Wilson | Ye | Jennifer | Gerlach | Valley Christian High School | The Effectiveness of Water Filtration of Fine Particles in the Air | Environmental Sciences | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation | David I-Hsuan | Wang | Kavita | Gupta | Monta Vista High School | Practicality of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Capture by Bubbling Ambient Air through Sodium Hydroxide Solution | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 6 | Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Tarun | Chiruvolu | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Healing Bruises with Wearable Devices | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 6 | 1st Award | Tarun | Chiruvolu | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Healing Bruises with Wearable Devices | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 6 | 2nd Award | Nidhi Aswini | Gowda | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | How Sweet Is It: Measuring Glucose Levels | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 6 | GR 6-8: 1st Place, $75 and Certificate of Achievement, UCSF Center For Systems and Synthetic Biology Award | Nidhi Aswini | Gowda | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | How Sweet Is It: Measuring Glucose Levels | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 7 | 1st Award | Ishani Pravin | Narwankar | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Who Dunit? | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 7 | 2nd Award | Arjun Krishna | Prabhakar | Tamara | Juarez | Terman Middle School | Processed or Fresh? Finding the Right Diet for Diabetics. | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 7 | Honorable Mention | Ruhi | Sayana | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Isolating MHC Class II+ Dendritic Cells: A Comparative study of DC Populations in Murine Spleen and Skin with Flow Cytometry | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | $ 500 to the winning student or team in Bio Science + Glass Award, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Solomon Eben | Joseph | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Guardian Angel | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Solomon Eben | Joseph | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Guardian Angel | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | 1st Award | Sohenee | Banerjee | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Comparison of How a Probiotic and a Pathogenic Bacteria React to Different Antibiotics | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | 1st Award | Meghana S | Karinthi | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Comparison of How a Probiotic and a Pathogenic Bacteria React to Different Antibiotics | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | 2nd Award | Jerry | Chen | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Comparing the Levels of UVA and UVB Radiation Blocked by Different SPF Sunscreens Under Varying Conditions | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | 2nd Award | Jimmy | Lin | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Comparing the Levels of UVA and UVB Radiation Blocked by Different SPF Sunscreens Under Varying Conditions | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 8 | Honorable Mention | Solomon Eben | Joseph | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Guardian Angel | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 9 | 1st Award | Marilyn Mengyao | Zhang | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of the Number of Caenorhabditis elegans per Living Space on the Neurogenesis and Brain Activity of C. elegans | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 9 | 2nd Award | Venkat N. | Sankar | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Crystal Ball for Drug Efficacy: Predicting Drug Resistance with HIV Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 9 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Maya Anil | Kalbag | Aru | Hill (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Effects of Vitamin C Supplements on the Total Antioxidant Activity of Human Tears. | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Milan | Gambhir | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Wearable Ultrasonic Device for the Early Detection of Tumor Recurrence | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | High School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Milan | Gambhir | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Wearable Ultrasonic Device for the Early Detection of Tumor Recurrence | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | 1st Award | Gautam | Bulusu | Allannah | Ujifusa | Cupertino High School | Biomarkers in risk prediction model (RPM) predicting recurrence in patients with Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | 1st Award | Milan | Gambhir | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Wearable Ultrasonic Device for the Early Detection of Tumor Recurrence | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | 2nd Award | Anin | Sayana | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | The Unfolded Protein Response in Cancer Resistance: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | 2nd Award | Ishaan T | Shah | Andrew | Goldenkranz | Monta Vista High School | The Contribution of Ethanol in the Extracellular Matrix on Lipoppolysaccharide-Challenged White Blood Cells from Sheep Blood to Lactate Production. | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | 2nd Award | Vamsee | Vemulapalli | Andrew | Goldenkranz | Monta Vista High School | The Contribution of Ethanol in the Extracellular Matrix on Lipoppolysaccharide-Challenged White Blood Cells from Sheep Blood to Lactate Production. | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | Honorable Mention | Kristen | Masada | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | Solvent Solution: DMSO and Its Effects on the Drug Delivery of Lorazepam | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | Honorable Mention | Mukund | Hari | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Impact of Curcumin on Cancer Induced Drosophila Specimen | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | Honorable Mention | Srisaiteja | Vemireddy | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Impact of Curcumin on Cancer Induced Drosophila Specimen | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 10 | First Place: $500 American Express Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Agilent Technologies | Milan | Gambhir | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Wearable Ultrasonic Device for the Early Detection of Tumor Recurrence | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | 1st Award | Aiswarya Sunil | Sankar | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Reducing Hyper-excitation in Autism: A Test of Various Medicinal Herb's Ability to Increase Inhibition in the Roots of Arabidopsis Thaliana | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | 2nd Award | Nikash | Shankar | Ibtisam | Khalaf (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Promising Target For Alzheimer's Disease: Effects of Canonical and Non-Canonical Wnt Signaling Pathways On beta-Catenin and Mitochondrial Dynamics | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Honorable Mention | Hima | Rajana | Brittany | Stevens | Lynbrook High School | Understanding the Neurobiological Basis of Sleep Using Neurodegenerative Diseases as Models | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | 1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Neil | Movva | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Rapid Tissue Repair: Using Enzymatic Hydrogels and Collagen Matrices to Cover & Heal Epithelial Wounds | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, Medallion, and Letter, United States Public Health Service Award | Aiswarya Sunil | Sankar | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Reducing Hyper-excitation in Autism: A Test of Various Medicinal Herb's Ability to Increase Inhibition in the Roots of Arabidopsis Thaliana | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | 1st Award | Xiangyue Angela | Kong | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | The Transcription Factor Bcl11b Regulates Mammary Stem Cell Self-renewal and Quiescence Partially Through p21 | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | 1st Award | Shruthi Reddy | Perati | Kavita | Gupta | Monta Vista High School | A Histological Study of the Effects of Wnt Signaling on Cementum Thickness and Regeneration in the First Maxillary Molar | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | Honorable Mention | Sonia | Kapoor | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | The Effect of Mint and Cinnamon Oils on Treponema Denticola in Relation to Periodontal Disease | Medicine / Health / Gerontology | 12 | Honorable Mention | Michelle | Nguyen | Nicole | Odell | Presentation High School | The Effect of Mint and Cinnamon Oils on Treponema Denticola in Relation to Periodontal Disease | Physics | 6 | 1st Award | Adishree | Ghatare | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | What is the effect of the reflecting angle and type of reflector on the efficiency of a solar cooker? | Physics | 6 | 1st Award | Shobhan | Mangla | Lindon | Richards | Milpitas Christian School (6-8) | Stealthy Shapes | Physics | 6 | 1st Award | Andrew Basil | Nazareth | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Radiation: How Safe Are You With Your Daily Devices? | Physics | 6 | 2nd Award | Ariel | Bachman | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Sound Travel in Liquids | Physics | 6 | 2nd Award | Ana | Gamboa-Gonzalez | Arlene | Brown | Saint Christopher School | Marbles in the Viscosity Lane - Effect of Liquid Density and Temperature on Viscosity | Physics | 6 | 2nd Award | Isabel | Sperandio | Diane | Garcia | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | How do you improve the solar panels? | Physics | 6 | Honorable Mention | Kristin Yilin | Cheung | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Sound Absorption and Frequency | Physics | 6 | Honorable Mention | Marcus | Ma | Michael | Crowe | Carden Day School of San Jose | Too Hot to Handle: How Does the Exterior Color of a Car Affect Its Interior Air Temperature in the Sun? | Physics | 6 | Honorable Mention | Ashvatth | Maheriya | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | What are the factors that affect terminal velocity? | Physics | 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 | Edward | Ross | Greg | Rice | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Balloon Acoustics II: Why Do Balloons Make a Loud Noise When They Pop? | Physics | 7 | Middle School Finalist Letter, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Edward | Ross | Greg | Rice | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Balloon Acoustics II: Why Do Balloons Make a Loud Noise When They Pop? | Physics | 7 | 1st Award | Brian Man-Kit | Ng | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The effect of temperature on Nitinol wire strength | Physics | 7 | 1st Award | Nicholas Turlough | Padmanabhan | Kevin | Lynch | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | The Effect of Angle on Burn Time | Physics | 7 | 1st Award | Edward | Ross | Greg | Rice | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Balloon Acoustics II: Why Do Balloons Make a Loud Noise When They Pop? | Physics | 7 | 1st Award | Matthew Kai Hei | Wong | Teresa | Lesieutre | Canyon Heights Academy | The Effect of Varying Wing Angles on the Lift Produced | Physics | 7 | 1st Award | Anna | Yu | Kevin | Lynch | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | How to Better Control a Tennis Ball | Physics | 7 | 2nd Award | Nikhil A | Athreya | Krista | Nguyen | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The Effect of Temperature and Opacity on Solar Panel Efficiency | Physics | 7 | 2nd Award | Kaushik | Shivakumar | Shanthi | Adimoolam (Sponsor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Energy-Efficient Aircraft Landings: Factors influencing the conversion of kinetic energy of a landing airplane into useful electrical energy. | Physics | 7 | 2nd Award | Svetlana | Sohoni | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Solar Tracker | Physics | 7 | 2nd Award | Divya | Tadimeti | Robin | Ames | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | The Effect of Golf Ball Temperature on Shot Distance | Physics | 7 | 2nd Award | Sean Austin | Yang | Krista | Nguyen | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | What's the Angle on Wind Turbines? | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Audrey | Cox | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | How many magnets does it take to light an LED light using water wave power? | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | James Zhao | Peterson | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Light Diffraction: A Study of Quantum Uncertainty | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Amol | Singh | Codrutza | Popescu | Miller Middle School | MAGNETS in Action with Temperature | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Isabella Katherine | Taylor | Susan | Germeraad | Redwood Middle School | Which Waterwheel is the Most Efficient? | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Eesha | Deepak | Steve | Greenfield | Miller Middle School | The Effect of Placement and Angle of Solar Cells, Angle of Sun, and Conduciveness of the Sun's Rays on Solar Panel Potency | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention | Tanvee | Joshi | Steve | Greenfield | Miller Middle School | The Effect of Placement and Angle of Solar Cells, Angle of Sun, and Conduciveness of the Sun's Rays on Solar Panel Potency | Physics | 7 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award | Audrey | Cox | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | How many magnets does it take to light an LED light using water wave power? | Physics | 7 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award | Arash | Shabany | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Electricity Generated by a Solar Panel Exposed to Different Light Sources | Physics | 7 | 3rd place student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Chapter | Edward | Ross | Greg | Rice | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Balloon Acoustics II: Why Do Balloons Make a Loud Noise When They Pop? | Physics | 7 | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Brian Man-Kit | Ng | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The effect of temperature on Nitinol wire strength | Physics | 7 | Sport Bag, Junior Tech Organizer, United States Air Force | Viet | Nguyen | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | The science of concealment: stealth technology in the visual realm | Physics | 7 | Todd Shaeffer 1st place award - Grade 7 - $100, Shaeffer Schmahl Science Award | Rachel Freeman | Ratnam | Nancy | Fohner | Peterson Middle School | Best protection from UV light | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Vivian Ruoh-Yun | Chiang | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Soundboards Sound Bored? | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Holly Marie | Jackson | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | Sewing Science | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Labanya | Mukhopadhyay | Navpreet | Bawa | Chaboya School | Study of Light Interference Patterns through Apertures of Different Shapes and Colors of Light | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Ronak Kiran | Mundkur | Anuradha | Murthy | Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara | Surfing on Nano-Magnets | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Tian | Chen | Christina | DeGregorio | Terman Middle School | The Thermodynamic freezing paradox of The Mpemba Effect | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Anna Chuen An | Tsai | Christina | DeGregorio | Terman Middle School | The Thermodynamic freezing paradox of The Mpemba Effect | Physics | 8 | 1st Award | Ore | Ziskind | Christina | DeGregorio | Terman Middle School | The Thermodynamic freezing paradox of The Mpemba Effect | Physics | 8 | 2nd Award | Nikita | Goyal | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Effect of Spectral Window Length on the Accuracy of Decoding Music Notes | Physics | 8 | 2nd Award | Sushant | Thyagaraj | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Compatibility of A Cell Phone Spectrophotometer with Beer-Lambert Law | Physics | 8 | 2nd Award | Kyle Jiesi | Wang | Deborah | Yakulis | Redwood Middle School | The Usage of Graphene to Detect Pollen | Physics | 8 | Honorable Mention | Sathvik | Koneru | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Modeling the tension placed on the quadriceps at different squatting angles | Physics | 8 | Honorable Mention | Nikhil | Mandava | Amanda | Ehly | Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara | What are the effects of the configurations of gears on the angular velocity of wheels? | Physics | 8 | Honorable Mention | Hannah Leslie | Patrignani | Linh | Pham | Old Orchard School | What is Warmer? Chiengora, cotton, wool or paper? | Physics | 8 | Honorable Mention | Hamza Asif | Qadeer | Pronati | Mondal | Challenger - Almaden | The Effect of Increasing the Temperature of Both Ends of a Stirling Engine by an Equal Amount on the Efficiency of the Engine | Physics | 8 | 1st Place Award - $100, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Kyle Jiesi | Wang | Deborah | Yakulis | Redwood Middle School | The Usage of Graphene to Detect Pollen | Physics | 8 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Sathvik | Koneru | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Modeling the tension placed on the quadriceps at different squatting angles | Physics | 8 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Hamza Asif | Qadeer | Pronati | Mondal | Challenger - Almaden | The Effect of Increasing the Temperature of Both Ends of a Stirling Engine by an Equal Amount on the Efficiency of the Engine | Physics | 8 | GR 6-8, 3rd Place: $25 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Justin | Callahan | Anuradha | Sarkar | Harte (Bret) Middle School | Beta Testing | Physics | 9 | 1st Award | Davis Ck | Gu | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Frost: How the Angle of Glass Affect the Amount of Frost Buildup | Physics | 9 | Honorable Mention | Shashank | Dholakia | Craig | Young | Wilcox High School | The Sky is No Limit- A Characterization of Extrasolar Planetary Systems Using Transit Photometry and Mathematical Modelling | Physics | 9 | Honorable Mention | Shishir | Dholakia | Craig | Young | Wilcox High School | The Sky is No Limit- A Characterization of Extrasolar Planetary Systems Using Transit Photometry and Mathematical Modelling | Physics | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Gaurav | Sharma | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Effect of Nozzle Shape on Thrust Force | Physics | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Ames Research Center | Kushal | Sharma | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Effect of Nozzle Shape on Thrust Force | Physics | 10 | 1st Award | Nithin | Buduma | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Anisotropic Kondo Systems CeNiSn and FeSi as topological insulators reveals anomalous transport behavior | Physics | 10 | 1st Award | Christine | Pham | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Frost: How the Angle of Glass Affect the Amount of Frost Buildup | Physics | 10 | 2nd Award | Anusuya | Arjavalingam | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | The Effect of Magnetism on Electrolysis | Physics | 10 | Honorable Mention | Anjali | Ganguly | Youssef | Ismail (SSW Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Increasing Fluid Dynamic Efficiency Through Boundary Layer Tripping | Physics | 10 | 1st place: $60 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Jeremy Micheal | Browne | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | How Does the Volume of Helium Directly Relate to Its Buoyancy | Physics | 10 | 1st place: $60 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Rami | Khadder | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | How Does the Volume of Helium Directly Relate to Its Buoyancy | Physics | 10 | 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Nithin | Buduma | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Anisotropic Kondo Systems CeNiSn and FeSi as topological insulators reveals anomalous transport behavior | Physics | 10 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Nithin | Buduma | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Anisotropic Kondo Systems CeNiSn and FeSi as topological insulators reveals anomalous transport behavior | Physics | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Namrata Ramya | Balasingam | William | Abb | Archbishop Mitty High School | A Monte Carlo Study of the Scalability and Variability of the Forming Voltage of Transition Metal Oxide (TMO) ReRAMs. | Physics | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Namrata Ramya | Balasingam | William | Abb | Archbishop Mitty High School | A Monte Carlo Study of the Scalability and Variability of the Forming Voltage of Transition Metal Oxide (TMO) ReRAMs. | Physics | 11 | 1st Award | Namrata Ramya | Balasingam | William | Abb | Archbishop Mitty High School | A Monte Carlo Study of the Scalability and Variability of the Forming Voltage of Transition Metal Oxide (TMO) ReRAMs. | Physics | 11 | 1st Award | Vadim | Korolik | Theresa | Hannon | Archbishop Mitty High School | Surface tension's Influence on High Aspect Ratio Structures during Drying | Physics | 11 | 2nd Award | Leo | Yu | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | I3 and I5 Ion Diffusion Through 186-02 Film Modeled Through Monte Carlo Simulation | Physics | 11 | Honorable Mention | Anisha | Braganza | Connie | Murray | Homestead High School | Excited Oxygen Chemistry in Disks around Young Stars | Physics | 11 | Honorable Mention | Sanam | Javid | Jim | Marxmiller | Mountain View Academy | Shooting Angle & Trajectory | Physics | 11 | Honorable Mention | Vikram | Kalahasthi | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | Extinguishing Flames Using Sound | Physics | 11 | 2nd place: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Sanam | Javid | Jim | Marxmiller | Mountain View Academy | Shooting Angle & Trajectory | Physics | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Vadim | Korolik | Theresa | Hannon | Archbishop Mitty High School | Surface tension's Influence on High Aspect Ratio Structures during Drying | Physics | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Vadim | Korolik | Theresa | Hannon | Archbishop Mitty High School | Surface tension's Influence on High Aspect Ratio Structures during Drying | Physics | 12 | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Vikas Chandra | Bhetanabhotla | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Identification of Satellite Galaxies around Milky Way Galactic Analogs using Machine Learning Algorithms | Physics | 12 | 1st Award | Vikas Chandra | Bhetanabhotla | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Identification of Satellite Galaxies around Milky Way Galactic Analogs using Machine Learning Algorithms | Physics | 12 | Honorable Mention | Dani June | Bader | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | Magnetic fields | Physics | 12 | Honorable Mention | Lindon | Tran | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | Magnetic fields | Zoology | 6 | Honorable Mention | Aleema Majid | Garfinkel | Sumizah | Qureshi | Granada Islamic School | Pest Problems! | Zoology | 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 | Laura Lynn | Powers | Sue | Greathouse | Homeschool (Greathouse) | Investigating Ant Pheromone Trails | Zoology | 7 | 1st Award | Laura Lynn | Powers | Sue | Greathouse | Homeschool (Greathouse) | Investigating Ant Pheromone Trails | Zoology | 7 | $50 Cash Award to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | Laura Lynn | Powers | Sue | Greathouse | Homeschool (Greathouse) | Investigating Ant Pheromone Trails | Zoology | 7 | 1st Place Award - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Laura Lynn | Powers | Sue | Greathouse | Homeschool (Greathouse) | Investigating Ant Pheromone Trails | Zoology | 8 | 1st Award | Praveen | Batra | Akhil | Mehta | Harker School-Middle Campus | What is the effect of farnesol on ant dispersion across a flat surface? | Zoology | 8 | 1st Award | Michael | Kwan | Akhil | Mehta | Harker School-Middle Campus | What is the effect of farnesol on ant dispersion across a flat surface? | Zoology | 8 | Honorable Mention | Sumati | Wadhwa | Akhil | Mehta | Harker School-Middle Campus | Behavioral Patterns in Frogs in Complex and Simple Environments | Zoology | 11 | 1st Award | Yana | Petri | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The effects of ingestion of spores and proteinaceous parasporal crystals produced by Bacillus thuringiensis on the survival and olfactory associative learning performance of adult honeybees of the species Apis mellifera. | Zoology | 11 | Honorable Mention | Gauri | Patil | Amanda | Alonzo | Lynbrook High School | Determining the Effect of Cocos Nucifera Oil in Caenorhabditis Elegans that display Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms | Zoology | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Yana | Petri | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The effects of ingestion of spores and proteinaceous parasporal crystals produced by Bacillus thuringiensis on the survival and olfactory associative learning performance of adult honeybees of the species Apis mellifera. | Zoology | 11 | Plaque and $100 check, and Compete for $1000 Outstanding Young Scientist Award, California Association of Professional Scientists | Yana | Petri | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The effects of ingestion of spores and proteinaceous parasporal crystals produced by Bacillus thuringiensis on the survival and olfactory associative learning performance of adult honeybees of the species Apis mellifera. | Zoology | 12 | 2nd Award | Andrea Rae | Kibel | Dan | Burns | Los Gatos High School | Proof of Concept: Digital Vocabulary Analysis for C. 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