Project Awards 2016

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

Category Gr Award Student Teacher School Title
Biological Science and Engineering 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  Ahmad  Ismail  Sumizah Qureshi Granada Islamic School Yeast Busters: Stopping Fungus in its Tracks with Antifungal Medicine
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Cole Trane Bregman  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How does changing the chicken feed affect the egg
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Eden  Cohen  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How does changing the chicken feed affect the egg
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Cole Trane Bregman  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How does changing the chicken feed affect the egg
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Eden  Cohen  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How does changing the chicken feed affect the egg
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Ahmad  Ismail  Sumizah Qureshi Granada Islamic School Yeast Busters: Stopping Fungus in its Tracks with Antifungal Medicine
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Nithika  Karthikeyan  Shannon Lum Challenger - Berryessa The Effect of Water Beads on Crop Yield of Bok Choy
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Aylin Geyla Salahifar  William Jenkinson Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara What do we do to plants when we litter?
Biological Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Ahmad  Ismail  Sumizah Qureshi Granada Islamic School Yeast Busters: Stopping Fungus in its Tracks with Antifungal Medicine
Biological Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Nithika  Karthikeyan  Shannon Lum Challenger - Berryessa The Effect of Water Beads on Crop Yield of Bok Choy
Biological Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Aylin Geyla Salahifar  William Jenkinson Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara What do we do to plants when we litter?
Biological Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Cole Trane Bregman  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How does changing the chicken feed affect the egg
Biological Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Eden  Cohen  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How does changing the chicken feed affect the egg
Biological Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Haseeb M Garfinkel  Christine Koltermann Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara Tough Beans: Effects of cooking liquid on the hardness of beans
Biological Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Clara  Hansen  Sean Carroll (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project The effect of glyphosate on Dinoflagellate growth and bioluminescence
Biological Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Alya  Samsudin  Christine Koltermann Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara The Effect of Cooking methods on Vitamin C content of vegetables
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Impana R Chimmalagi  William Jenkinson Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Metabolism and Magnetism
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Ronan J Ellerby  Martin Wiedemann Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Does Wheatgrass Grow in a High Carbon Dioxide Environment Representing a Martian Habitat?
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Ruth  Cuatepotzo  Vee Zabala San Martin/Gwinn School Do Plants Have a Reaction to Aspirin?
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Gabby Irit Farber  Tammy Parke Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How do different types of music affect students' ability to type accurately and quickly
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Christina O Montanez  Vee Zabala San Martin/Gwinn School Do Plants Have a Reaction to Aspirin?
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Stephanie E Popp  Tammy Parke Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How do different types of music affect students' ability to type accurately and quickly
Biological Science and Engineering 6 2nd Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch  Cole Trane Bregman  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How does changing the chicken feed affect the egg
Biological Science and Engineering 6 2nd Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch  Eden  Cohen  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How does changing the chicken feed affect the egg
Biological Science and Engineering 6 book for student and another for her science teacher, Promethium Chapter of Iota Sigma Pi  Alya  Samsudin  Christine Koltermann Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara The Effect of Cooking methods on Vitamin C content of vegetables
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention-$50, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)  Haseeb M Garfinkel  Christine Koltermann Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara Tough Beans: Effects of cooking liquid on the hardness of beans
Biological Science and Engineering 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  Jenna Sophia Houle  Janet Wu Cabrillo Middle School Techniques to help kids improve their memory, lower anxiety, and improve their attitude about school
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Place Award - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley  Shivek  Narang  Anuradha Murthy BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School The Effect of Salt on Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Aalok Nital Patwa  Preethi Sundaresakumar Stratford Middle School - San Jose Do I Grind? A Wearable System That Detects Teeth Grinding Ahead of Its Effect on Teeth
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Aditi  Bharti  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Saliva the Samurai-The Effect of Human Saliva on Bacterial/Fungal Skin Diseases-An Effective/Eco-Friendly Alternative!
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Jenna Sophia Houle  Janet Wu Cabrillo Middle School Techniques to help kids improve their memory, lower anxiety, and improve their attitude about school
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Prathik  Kakarlamudi  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools -Milpitas Does measured glucose correlate with tear glucose ?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Khushi  Parikh  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale The Effect of the Timing of Light Exposure on the Circadian Cycles of Dinoflagellates
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Tejal Ashvin Patel  Sabine Schmuck Old Orchard School Botany Battle: Hydroponics vs Soil
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Aalok Nital Patwa  Preethi Sundaresakumar Stratford Middle School - San Jose Do I Grind? A Wearable System That Detects Teeth Grinding Ahead of Its Effect on Teeth
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Aditya Umesh Udgaonkar  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools -Milpitas Does measured glucose correlate with tear glucose ?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley  Michelle Melody Nazareth  Omar Reyes Paredes (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Bacteria Battles: Effects of antimicrobial efficacy using antibiotics and an essential oil to combat anti-bacterial resistance using E.coli and S. epidermidis biofilm formations
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Aditi  Bharti  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Saliva the Samurai-The Effect of Human Saliva on Bacterial/Fungal Skin Diseases-An Effective/Eco-Friendly Alternative!
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Jenna Sophia Houle  Janet Wu Cabrillo Middle School Techniques to help kids improve their memory, lower anxiety, and improve their attitude about school
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Khushi  Parikh  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale The Effect of the Timing of Light Exposure on the Circadian Cycles of Dinoflagellates
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Tejal Ashvin Patel  Sabine Schmuck Old Orchard School Botany Battle: Hydroponics vs Soil
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Aalok Nital Patwa  Preethi Sundaresakumar Stratford Middle School - San Jose Do I Grind? A Wearable System That Detects Teeth Grinding Ahead of Its Effect on Teeth
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Prathik  Kakarlamudi  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools -Milpitas Does measured glucose correlate with tear glucose ?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Aditya Umesh Udgaonkar  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools -Milpitas Does measured glucose correlate with tear glucose ?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Munir  Bshara  Preethi Sundaresakumar Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Portable Death Ray Device
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Chloe Hui Li  Robin Ames Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School The Effect of Cooking on the Level of Vitamin C in Vegetables
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Nikhil A Murthy  Greg Lampard Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Electroluminescent Farming: The Effect of the Color of LED Lights on the Growth of Vigna radiata
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Shivek  Narang  Anuradha Murthy BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School The Effect of Salt on Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Japji Kaur Singh  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee Grow Algae, Save the Planet
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Mithil  Chakraborty  Sean Carroll (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Evaluation of the Antibiotic Properties of Tomatine using Daphnia Magna
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Avinash  Upadhyayula  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ The Effect of Salt and Calcium on a Plant's Height
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Alekhya  Vadlakonda  Sean Carroll (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Asthma treatment revisited- preventing oxidative stress with green tea
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Anushka Atul Wagle  Greg Lampard Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Hydroponics vs. Soil Growth
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Anahita  Srinivasan  Greg Lampard Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Using Nanotechnology to Kill Leukemia Cells
Biological Science and Engineering 7 First place Middle School-Cash Award-$75 and certificate, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)  Kanav  Mittal  Greg Lampard Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Natur-o-Med: Do oils from spices and herbs impact the growth of bacteria in milk as measured by the Kirby-Bauer test
Biological Science and Engineering 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  Anusha  Ghosh  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee A Device to Detect Diabetic Retinopathy
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Cynthia  Chen  Thomas Artiss Harker School-Middle Campus A Novel Method for Reducing Water Consumption in Germinating Seeds
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Anusha  Ghosh  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee A Device to Detect Diabetic Retinopathy
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Vibha  Arramreddy  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Affects of Emotions on Test Takers
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Cynthia  Chen  Thomas Artiss Harker School-Middle Campus A Novel Method for Reducing Water Consumption in Germinating Seeds
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Anusha  Ghosh  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee A Device to Detect Diabetic Retinopathy
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Aarzu  Gupta  Thomas Artiss Harker School-Middle Campus A Test of the Potential Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Properties of Nicotine Free E-Cigarette Additives
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Shloka  Janapaty  Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose Repurposing Industrial Wastewater to enhance Algae growth
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Allison Sihan Jia  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus Delicious or Disgusting?: The Effects of Priming On A Taster's Reaction and Perception Of Food
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Sejal  Krishnan  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Affects of Emotions on Test Takers
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Kami  Richardson  Rachel McKenna Sacred Heart Middle School Broken Chain: The Effect of Ocean Acidification on Echinoids and Bivalves
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Maya  Shukla  Thomas Artiss Harker School-Middle Campus A Test of the Potential Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Properties of Nicotine Free E-Cigarette Additives
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Jasmine Kimberly Wiese  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus Delicious or Disgusting?: The Effects of Priming On A Taster's Reaction and Perception Of Food
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley  Andrew Basil Nazareth  Omar Reyes Paredes (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Bacteria Battles: Effects of antimicrobial efficacy using antibiotics and an essential oil to combat anti-bacterial resistance using E.coli and S. epidermidis biofilm formations
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Cynthia  Chen  Thomas Artiss Harker School-Middle Campus A Novel Method for Reducing Water Consumption in Germinating Seeds
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Anusha  Ghosh  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee A Device to Detect Diabetic Retinopathy
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Shloka  Janapaty  Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose Repurposing Industrial Wastewater to enhance Algae growth
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Kami  Richardson  Rachel McKenna Sacred Heart Middle School Broken Chain: The Effect of Ocean Acidification on Echinoids and Bivalves
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Vibha  Arramreddy  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Affects of Emotions on Test Takers
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Aarzu  Gupta  Thomas Artiss Harker School-Middle Campus A Test of the Potential Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Properties of Nicotine Free E-Cigarette Additives
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Allison Sihan Jia  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus Delicious or Disgusting?: The Effects of Priming On A Taster's Reaction and Perception Of Food
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Sejal  Krishnan  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Affects of Emotions on Test Takers
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Maya  Shukla  Thomas Artiss Harker School-Middle Campus A Test of the Potential Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Properties of Nicotine Free E-Cigarette Additives
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Jasmine Kimberly Wiese  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus Delicious or Disgusting?: The Effects of Priming On A Taster's Reaction and Perception Of Food
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Aditya  Hariharan  Sean Carroll (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project The Effect of B. subtilis bacteria on reducing the salinity of salt water
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Gurmehr  Klair  Tina Kim Challenger - Harwood The Effect of Screen Usage before Bedtime on Sleep Efficiency
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Fionnuala F LaTourrette  Rachel McKenna Sacred Heart Middle School Which Cup Works Best To Prevent Hand Tremours?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Natalie Erika Orup  Rachel McKenna Sacred Heart Middle School The 5 Second Rule
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Emily Ann Pember  Eileen Resnick Murphy (Martin) Middle School Can People Taste The Difference Between Bottled, Filtered, and Tap Water?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Eileen  Li  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Testing the Most Favorable Conditions For Plants In Hydroponic Systems
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Naveen Sunil Mirapuri  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus Sports Psychology: The Effects of Expectations and Bias on Athletic Performance
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Bryan  Reyes  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Effect of Music on Human Moods
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Rohan Vatsal Sonecha  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus Sports Psychology: The Effects of Expectations and Bias on Athletic Performance
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Dauntae  Vivas  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Effect of Music on Human Moods
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Catherine  Zhao  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Testing the Most Favorable Conditions For Plants In Hydroponic Systems
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Nikita Milind Bilaskar  Shagufta Akhtar Rancho Milpitas Middle School The effect of radiation on bacterial growth
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Tarun  Chiruvolu  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ A Novel Method for Ketosis Detection Using Breath Gas Analysis
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Grace Feiyan Huang  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus The Effects of Music on Efficiency
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Oriel  Zagazeta  Rachel McKenna Sacred Heart Middle School Antioxidant Power! Quenching Free Radicals
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Isabella Lena Borkovic  Youlee Lee Egan (Ardis G.) School The Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation on the Growth of Plants and E. col K12 Bacteria
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Rachel Kusheen Broweleit  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus The Effects of Carcinogenic Compounds from E-Cigarette Vapors on the Health of Fruit Flies
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Natalie  Huang  Youlee Lee Egan (Ardis G.) School The Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation on the Growth of Plants and E. col K12 Bacteria
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Anika  Tiwari  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Cleaning Kitchen Cleaners
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Arthi Valli Vaidyanathan  Youlee Lee Egan (Ardis G.) School The Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation on the Growth of Plants and E. col K12 Bacteria
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Henry Warren Wiese  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Cleaning Kitchen Cleaners
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Jackie Olivia Yang  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus The Effects of Carcinogenic Compounds from E-Cigarette Vapors on the Health of Fruit Flies
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Antonia Zoe Quake  Stephen Quake (PSP) Terman Middle School Statistical Properties of Microbial Genomes
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Ananya  Vadlakonda  Dennis Bua (SSW Mentor) Privately Sponsored Project The Effect of the Presence of Curcumin, Tyrosine, or MSG on Dopamine Stability: Implications for a Treatment for ADHD
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  Bridget Paige Berry  Rachel McKenna Sacred Heart Middle School Cleaning our Most Precious Commodity; which method of decontamination works best in cleaning creek water
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary  Dylan Thomas Hwang  Lisa Wicht Saint Joseph of Cupertino School Eye Fatigue During TV Watching: An Infrared Oculography Study
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems  Tarun  Chiruvolu  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ A Novel Method for Ketosis Detection Using Breath Gas Analysis
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Trophy, $25, The Hernandez Spirit Award For Environmental Sustainability  Margaret "Maggie"  Bazurto  Lisa Wicht Saint Joseph of Cupertino School Aquaponics: The Next Generation of Farming
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Trophy, $25, The Hernandez Spirit Award For Environmental Sustainability  Kami  Richardson  Rachel McKenna Sacred Heart Middle School Broken Chain: The Effect of Ocean Acidification on Echinoids and Bivalves
Biological Science and Engineering 9 High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Charlie Jialiang Huang  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate into Chitin in Penicillium Chrysogenum Cell Walls for Bone Repair and Prosthetics
Biological Science and Engineering 9 High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Sohil  Pokharna  Jill McCrystal Saratoga High School Affordable incubator leveraging thermal energy storage and Peltier devices for thermoregulation of neonatal preemies
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Charlie Jialiang Huang  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate into Chitin in Penicillium Chrysogenum Cell Walls for Bone Repair and Prosthetics
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Vivek Vijay Kamarshi  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effect of Heat-Sensing Mutations on Voluntary Fevering in Drosophila melanogaster
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Kamya  Krishnan  Pamela Chow Monta Vista High School The effect of sucralose on the growth of gut microbiota
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Shirley  Qi  Debbie Frazier Monta Vista High School Agent-based Program for Bee Pollination
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Rujuta Samir Sathe  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases: Using Levamisole (hydrochloride) to test for neurodegeneration in C.elegans.
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Anusha  Fatehpuria  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School The Effect of Exposure to the Pyrethroid Pesticide Deltamethrin on the Activity of Dopaminergic Neurons
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Ysabel  Li  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Effect of Dangerous Chemicals on Vibrio fischeri
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Tanvi  Narvekar  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Music and The Brain: How Different Genres of Music Affect Typing Output
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Ishani Pravin Narwankar  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Heart Track
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Amol  Singh  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Making Drought Resistant Plants: The Effect of Abscisic Acid on Fast Plants for Reducing Water Loss
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Ian Tzuchi Tai  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Making Drought Resistant Plants: The Effect of Abscisic Acid on Fast Plants for Reducing Water Loss
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Hira Nisar Ali  Pooya Hajjarian Monta Vista High School The Effects of Toxins on Daphnia: E-Cigarettes vs. Traditional Cigarettes
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Aadithya Ramana Anumala  Lora Lerner Monta Vista High School What is the Effect of Increasing CSF Flow, Adding Saline, and Removing Blood on Intracranial Pressure during an SAH?
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Shreyas Keshav Bharadwaj  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School The Effect of Varying Salinity on the Rate of Growth of Antibiotic Resistant E. Coli versus Non-Resistant E Coli.
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Vennela Janaki Chukka  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School The Effect of Flavonoids on β Amyloid Plaque Formation in C. elegans for Neurodegenerative Disease, Alzheimers.
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Samiksha  Patil  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School What is the effect of switching the order of math problems on your test performance?
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Priya  Ram  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School What is the effect of switching the order of math problems on your test performance?
Biological Science and Engineering 9 $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award  Sanjana Sandip Borle  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Pool Disinfectants and Our Respiratory Health: The Safety of Sodium-Hypochlorite, -Bromate, and Potassium Iodide
Biological Science and Engineering 9 $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award  Sohil  Pokharna  Jill McCrystal Saratoga High School Affordable incubator leveraging thermal energy storage and Peltier devices for thermoregulation of neonatal preemies
Biological Science and Engineering 9 $50 cash award and certificate to student in 9th grade, The Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award  Charlie Jialiang Huang  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate into Chitin in Penicillium Chrysogenum Cell Walls for Bone Repair and Prosthetics
Biological Science and Engineering 9 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  Charlie Jialiang Huang  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Crystallization of Calcium Carbonate into Chitin in Penicillium Chrysogenum Cell Walls for Bone Repair and Prosthetics
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Place Award - $175 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch  Rujuta Samir Sathe  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases: Using Levamisole (hydrochloride) to test for neurodegeneration in C.elegans.
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association  Heather  Migdal  Kathleen McCarty Monta Vista High School The effect of externally regulated extrinsic motivation on academic performance
Biological Science and Engineering 9 First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP)  Vennela Janaki Chukka  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School The Effect of Flavonoids on β Amyloid Plaque Formation in C. elegans for Neurodegenerative Disease, Alzheimers.
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter  Alexandria Marie Sochocki  Mark Cahn Leland High School Quality of the Surface Water in the Almaden Valley
Biological Science and Engineering 9 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Sohil  Pokharna  Jill McCrystal Saratoga High School Affordable incubator leveraging thermal energy storage and Peltier devices for thermoregulation of neonatal preemies
Biological Science and Engineering 10 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  Mythri  Ambatipudi  Linda Segal Saint Francis High School Using Circadian Rhythm Gene SNPs, Sleep-Wake Phenotypes and MRI Morphometrics to Diagnose Cognitive Impairment Diseases
Biological Science and Engineering 10 $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis  Rajiv  Movva  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus Concussion Detection: A Deep Learning-Assisted System to Detect Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries in Sports
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Grand Prize Student Award: $640 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Advith  Gopinath  Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School The Voice of Alzheimer's: An App That Can Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease
Biological Science and Engineering 10 High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Saumya  Nimmagadda  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School The Effect of Support and Knowledge from Coaches and Family on an Athlete's Return to Sport from an ACL injury
Biological Science and Engineering 10 High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Gina  Yang  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effects of tau-Fluvalinate on Mortality and Olfactory Associative Learning and Memory of Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Mythri  Ambatipudi  Linda Segal Saint Francis High School Using Circadian Rhythm Gene SNPs, Sleep-Wake Phenotypes and MRI Morphometrics to Diagnose Cognitive Impairment Diseases
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Shreyas  Chandrashekaran  Kelly Horan Harker School-Upper Campus The effect of age on human thinking processes
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Emily Yue Chen  Kate Schafer Harker School-Upper Campus Analyzing genetic relationships and linked treatment targets of obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Gina  Yang  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effects of tau-Fluvalinate on Mortality and Olfactory Associative Learning and Memory of Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Claire  Zhang  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Fighting Antibiotic Resistance: An Evaluation of Menthol as a Curing Agent of Low Copy Resistance Plasmids in E.coli
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Aditi  Gnanasekar  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School A Study of Precocious Puberty Resulting from Obesity on the Likelihood of Suffering from Dysthymia and Using Ketoconazol
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Isha  Mehrotra  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Novel interactions between Parkinson's genes and alpha-synuclein reveal new disease pathways and genetic therapies
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Rohan  Mehrotra  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Novel interactions between Parkinson's genes and alpha-synuclein reveal new disease pathways and genetic therapies
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Sydney  Ty  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School A Study of Precocious Puberty Resulting from Obesity on the Likelihood of Suffering from Dysthymia and Using Ketoconazol
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Rajiv  Movva  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus Concussion Detection: A Deep Learning-Assisted System to Detect Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries in Sports
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Saumya  Nimmagadda  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School The Effect of Support and Knowledge from Coaches and Family on an Athlete's Return to Sport from an ACL injury
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Manav Jitesh Shah  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School IBD and Colorectal Cancer: Limiting E. Coli Colon Dominance During Intestinal Dysbiosis with a Human Gut Inflamed Model
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Daria Vasilievna Syskine  Lora Lerner Monta Vista High School The Price of Predation: The Effects of Low-light Stress on the Electrical Short-Term Memory of Dionaea muscipula
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Kamya  Venkatesan  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School How does Color Affect Memory?
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Isabel Anwar Jaffer  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Water Stress Effect on Competing C3 and C4 Plants
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Shaya  Zarkesh  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Distance Measure for Gene Sequence Clustering with Applications in Tree Construction and HIV-1 Classification
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Christopher  He  Pooya Hajjarian Monta Vista High School Predicting Influenza A Virulence from Phenotypic Marker Combinations Using Machine Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  William  Hsu  Pooya Hajjarian Monta Vista High School Predicting Influenza A Virulence from Phenotypic Marker Combinations Using Machine Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Michael  Wan  Pooya Hajjarian Monta Vista High School Predicting Influenza A Virulence from Phenotypic Marker Combinations Using Machine Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 10 $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award  Rajiv  Movva  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus Concussion Detection: A Deep Learning-Assisted System to Detect Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries in Sports
Biological Science and Engineering 10 3rd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch  Gina  Yang  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effects of tau-Fluvalinate on Mortality and Olfactory Associative Learning and Memory of Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)
Biological Science and Engineering 10 First place High School-Cash Award-$75 and certificate, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)  Shreya  Thiagarajan  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Synergism Between Organic Compounds and Bacteria-Derived Nisin as an Alternative to Antibiotics Against Food Pathogens
Biological Science and Engineering 10 First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter  Gina  Yang  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effects of tau-Fluvalinate on Mortality and Olfactory Associative Learning and Memory of Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter  Catherine  Huang  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Identification of gene signature profiles of HPV induced oncogenesis through analysis of gene expression data
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Plaque and $100 check, and Compete for $1000 Outstanding Young Scientist Award, California Association of Professional Scientists (CAPS)  Gina  Yang  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effects of tau-Fluvalinate on Mortality and Olfactory Associative Learning and Memory of Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)
Biological Science and Engineering 11 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  Joshi  Rebecca Taylor Evergreen Valley High School A Self-Learning, Predictive Model for HER2 Inhibitors with Virtual In-Vitro Biochemical Assays.
Biological Science and Engineering 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  Anish  Seshadri  Linda Segal Saint Francis High School Wearable Diagnostic Instrument for AGE Correlated Degenerative Diseases
Biological Science and Engineering 11 $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis  Vardhaan Sai Ambati  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Design of a Permutable Nano-therapeutic Consisting of Quantum dots, Aptamers, and Custom-Engineered CRISPR/Cas9
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Vardhaan Sai Ambati  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Design of a Permutable Nano-therapeutic Consisting of Quantum dots, Aptamers, and Custom-Engineered CRISPR/Cas9
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Ankita  Chatterjee  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Detection of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Utilizing the Morphometry of Cortical Gyrification
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Tanisha  Joshi  Rebecca Taylor Evergreen Valley High School A Self-Learning, Predictive Model for HER2 Inhibitors with Virtual In-Vitro Biochemical Assays.
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Pravin  Ravishanker  Rod Wong Bellarmine College Preparatory ALZCan 2.0: Further Uncovering Genetic Hallmarks of Alzheimer's Using Structural, Functional, and Molecular Neuroimaging
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Anish  Seshadri  Linda Segal Saint Francis High School Wearable Diagnostic Instrument for AGE Correlated Degenerative Diseases
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Elina  Yon  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School The Effects of Silicate Applications on Drought Tolerance and Growth of Lolium perenne and Lactuca sativa var Longifolia
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Gautam  Prabhu  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Predicting Evolution of Resistance Mutations to NRTI Drugs in HIV-1 Using Computational and Statistical Methods
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Erica Jiayi Chiu  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Effect of Designer Peptides on Huntington's Disease
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Shasvat Atman Jawahar  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Using Deep Learning Techniques to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Drug Combinations.
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Andrew Yuechen Rao  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Effect of Designer Peptides on Huntington's Disease
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Lea  Stith  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School How does Color Affect Memory?
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Raymond  Xu  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Using Deep Learning Techniques to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Drug Combinations.
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Cassandra Elaine Overney  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Effect of Hypergravity on the Growth of Garlic Root Bioassays Obtained by a Genotoxicity Investigation
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Neelufar  Raja  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School The Effect of Rock and Classical Music on Cortisol Levels, Heart Rate, and Perceived Stress in Adolescents
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Trisha  Dwivedi  Gary Blickenstaff Harker School-Upper Campus A Study of Calcium Channel Blockers and Zinc and Magnesium Supplements in Inhibiting Epileptic Conditions in C. Elegans
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Kshithija  Mulam  Gary Blickenstaff Harker School-Upper Campus A Study of Calcium Channel Blockers and Zinc and Magnesium Supplements in Inhibiting Epileptic Conditions in C. Elegans
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Anish  Seshadri  Linda Segal Saint Francis High School Wearable Diagnostic Instrument for AGE Correlated Degenerative Diseases
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association  Neelufar  Raja  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School The Effect of Rock and Classical Music on Cortisol Levels, Heart Rate, and Perceived Stress in Adolescents
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology  Erica Jiayi Chiu  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Effect of Designer Peptides on Huntington's Disease
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology  Anika  Khunchandani  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Effect of Allium Sativum on GLUT-4 production in adipocytes
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology  Megan  Li  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Effects of SS-31 on Neuronal Cells Subjected to an Ischemic Environment
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology  Shivani Sonam Patel  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Effect of Allium Sativum on GLUT-4 production in adipocytes
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology  Andrew Yuechen Rao  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Effect of Designer Peptides on Huntington's Disease
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology  Elizabeth  Shen  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Effects of SS-31 on Neuronal Cells Subjected to an Ischemic Environment
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP)  Winnie  Li  Mike Pistacchi Harker School-Upper Campus The Effects of Genetically Modified Food Supply on White Cabbage Butterfly Larvae
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP)  Joyce  Zhao  Mike Pistacchi Harker School-Upper Campus The Effects of Genetically Modified Food Supply on White Cabbage Butterfly Larvae
Biological Science and 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  Barah  Aljewad  Jennifer Claudio-Quan Oak Grove High School Effects of Cigarette Litter on the Urban Ecology of Armadillidium vulgare
Biological Science and 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  Jennifer Lynn Mosch  Jennifer Claudio-Quan Oak Grove High School Effects of Cigarette Litter on the Urban Ecology of Armadillidium vulgare
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Natalie  Chau  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School How do treated inorganic seeds affect the quality of soil in comparison to grown organic seeds?
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Kylie Morgan Huch  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Restoring Extinct Genes via CRISPR/Cas9 Technology
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Barah  Aljewad  Jennifer Claudio-Quan Oak Grove High School Effects of Cigarette Litter on the Urban Ecology of Armadillidium vulgare
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Jennifer Lynn Mosch  Jennifer Claudio-Quan Oak Grove High School Effects of Cigarette Litter on the Urban Ecology of Armadillidium vulgare
Biological Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Kevin  Ly  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School The Bacterial Resistance of Elicited Phytoalexins in Arabidopsis
Biological Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Ali-Asghar  Heera  Tracy Hall Leland High School The Race to Finish: An Inquiry on how the Human Mind Perceives Merging versus Splitting
Biological Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Luke  Hong  Tracy Hall Leland High School The Race to Finish: An Inquiry on how the Human Mind Perceives Merging versus Splitting
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Mason Christopher Julian  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Fabricating an LED Based Phototherapy Device for Treatment of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
Biological Science and Engineering 12 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award  Kylie Morgan Huch  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Restoring Extinct Genes via CRISPR/Cas9 Technology
Biological Science and Engineering 12 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award  Kylie Morgan Huch  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Restoring Extinct Genes via CRISPR/Cas9 Technology
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association  Ali-Asghar  Heera  Tracy Hall Leland High School The Race to Finish: An Inquiry on how the Human Mind Perceives Merging versus Splitting
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association  Luke  Hong  Tracy Hall Leland High School The Race to Finish: An Inquiry on how the Human Mind Perceives Merging versus Splitting
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP)  Cindy  Pham  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School GFP Expression under Varying Conditions
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter  Violet India Wallerstein  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School The Effect of Resveratrol on the Lifespan of Nutritionally Stressed Drosophila
Physical Science and 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  Pujita Srilalitha Tangirala  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Got Antioxidants? Using Chemiluminescence to Study the Effect of Adding Milk or Sugar on the Antioxidant Level of Tea
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Place Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Sanjana S Jilla  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale Tempus Genie
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Jayanth S Pennathur  Ana Castillo Carden Academy of Almaden An "i" for an Eye
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Herin  Kang  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose IoT Weather Station
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Guy  Knaan  Tammy Parke Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Crowd-sourced audio study guide
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Jayanth S Pennathur  Ana Castillo Carden Academy of Almaden An "i" for an Eye
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Sneha  Revanur  Maria Moreton Carolyn A. Clark Elementary School Using Speech Recognition to Enhance Daily Life
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Adarsh Sairam Ambati  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose A Smart, Low Cost, Social Network Connected, Community Sprinkler System (IOT)
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Anousha A Athreya  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Effect of Organic Dye on Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Efficiency
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Shreyas  Basu  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee Can a liquid be made to behave like a solid?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Sanjana S Jilla  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale Tempus Genie
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Tavleen  Kaur  William Jenkinson Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Does the Surface Tension of Water Change When You Mix Different Substances in It?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Krishna S Mani  Martin Wiedemann Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Wing Efficiency Testing
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Arya  Rajesh  Pronati Mondal Challenger - Almaden The Effect of the Layout of Piezoelectric Crystals on the Amount of Electrical Energy Generated
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Surya C Tallavarjula  Lynnanne Henderson Peterson Middle School To characterize the energy loss for different types of light bulbs, and ways to recover and reuse some of the energy loss.
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Nimai  Talur  Shannon Lum Challenger - Berryessa Faster, Cleaner Composting
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Pujita Srilalitha Tangirala  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Got Antioxidants? Using Chemiluminescence to Study the Effect of Adding Milk or Sugar on the Antioxidant Level of Tea
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Anna Rose White  Lisa Kelsey Canyon Heights Academy Stitches That Bind
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Iris  Zhou  Pronati Mondal Challenger - Almaden Soil Moisture Level Detector
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Adarsh Sairam Ambati  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose A Smart, Low Cost, Social Network Connected, Community Sprinkler System (IOT)
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Anousha A Athreya  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Effect of Organic Dye on Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Efficiency
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Shreyas  Basu  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee Can a liquid be made to behave like a solid?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Sanjana S Jilla  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale Tempus Genie
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Tavleen  Kaur  William Jenkinson Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Does the Surface Tension of Water Change When You Mix Different Substances in It?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Krishna S Mani  Martin Wiedemann Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Wing Efficiency Testing
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Arya  Rajesh  Pronati Mondal Challenger - Almaden The Effect of the Layout of Piezoelectric Crystals on the Amount of Electrical Energy Generated
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Surya C Tallavarjula  Lynnanne Henderson Peterson Middle School To characterize the energy loss for different types of light bulbs, and ways to recover and reuse some of the energy loss.
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Nimai  Talur  Shannon Lum Challenger - Berryessa Faster, Cleaner Composting
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Pujita Srilalitha Tangirala  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Got Antioxidants? Using Chemiluminescence to Study the Effect of Adding Milk or Sugar on the Antioxidant Level of Tea
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Anna Rose White  Lisa Kelsey Canyon Heights Academy Stitches That Bind
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Iris  Zhou  Pronati Mondal Challenger - Almaden Soil Moisture Level Detector
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Bhavjot Kaur Dhillon  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose Which material is the best to clean up oil spills in the ocean ?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Nicolas Roy Garcia  Lisa Kelsey Canyon Heights Academy How Do the Different Types of Pots Affect the Safety of Food
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Nathaniel R Hahn  Tammy Parke Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School The design and construction of a toy drone with a longer flight time for kids.
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Deven Venkat Iyer  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose What is the Effect of Added Weight on the Revolutions Per Minute of a Helicopter?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Krithi Vishesh Koodli  Kim Stinson Miller Middle School Computer Simulation of Intersecting Orbits of Celestial Bodies
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Iyanu B Olukotun  Mikaela McKenna Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Toxic Teflon: Is Teflon Safe to Use in Modern Kitchens?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Anokhi Manan Shah  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee Effects of Centripetal force on the movement of an object
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Diptanshu  Sikdar  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale Effect of shapes of solar panels on the generation of electricity
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Nethra  Srinivasan  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee Orbital Mechanics: Effects of Speed and Gravity on a Satellite's Orbit
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Mai Tien  Tran  Lisa Kelsey Canyon Heights Academy Stable Bases
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Jacob  Gans  Tammy Parke Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Turn Signals for Bicycles
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Matan  Sandhaus  Tammy Parke Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Turn Signals for Bicycles
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Arnav S Bharadwaj  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose Movie night...dim the light: Effect of Variable Resistor on the Luminance of light bulb
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Pierre Alain Carcione  Arlene Brown Saint Christopher School Effect of Pump Rate on Sediment Collected from Well Water
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Cady  Chen  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose What is the effect of viscosity on the strength of concrete?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Isabella  Hilton  Nikita Gettu Allen at Steinbeck What is the Effect of Weight on Gravitational Forces in Different Roller Coaster Elements?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Guy  Knaan  Tammy Parke Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Crowd-sourced audio study guide
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Mary  Shen  Chang Su Eagle Wing Academy (homeschool) How to Build A Musical Instrument Using Household Objects.
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Carina  Huang  Katherine Kingman Covington School Human powered portable generator
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Eesha  Palasamudrum  Katherine Kingman Covington School Human powered portable generator
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Leonardo U Zhao  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools -Milpitas Air Activated Iron
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Eric Perry Zhu  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools -Milpitas Air Activated Iron
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Anna  Jun  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose Making The Most Earthquake Proof Structure
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Tavleen  Kaur  William Jenkinson Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Does the Surface Tension of Water Change When You Mix Different Substances in It?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 3rd place - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Joshua Ching-Hei Wong  Lisa Kelsey Canyon Heights Academy Earthquake Structures
Physical Science and Engineering 6 3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Lydia  Cheng  Mark Segesta Terman Middle School Home Made Plastic
Physical Science and Engineering 6 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Camilla  Lindh  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose How many times higher can a 3.540 kg dumbbell be dropped on pykrete versus ice without breaking the subject?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Kate  Behan  Arlene Brown Saint Christopher School Liquid Viscosity vs. Splatter Diameter
Physical Science and Engineering 6 3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Elena R Kennedy  Arlene Brown Saint Christopher School Liquid Viscosity vs. Splatter Diameter
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Ushoshi  Basumallick  Shama Mohamed Merryhill Schools -Milpitas Optimizing Wireless Signal Strength for a (multilevel) Townhouse
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Krithi Vishesh Koodli  Kim Stinson Miller Middle School Computer Simulation of Intersecting Orbits of Celestial Bodies
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Certificate of Achievement, United States Public Health Service  Nicolas Roy Garcia  Lisa Kelsey Canyon Heights Academy How Do the Different Types of Pots Affect the Safety of Food
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter  Sumaiyah  Alamgir  Sumizah Qureshi Granada Islamic School Water Retention Capability of Soil
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter  Sara Ann Withers  Rachel McKenna Sacred Heart Middle School How to Block a Landslide
Physical Science and Engineering 6 GR 6-8, 3rd Place: $25 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt,Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)  Diptanshu  Sikdar  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale Effect of shapes of solar panels on the generation of electricity
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Sumaiyah  Alamgir  Sumizah Qureshi Granada Islamic School Water Retention Capability of Soil
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Sara Ann Withers  Rachel McKenna Sacred Heart Middle School How to Block a Landslide
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Lilian  Shen  Chang Su Eagle Wing Academy (homeschool) Identification test and analysis for various fibers(vegetable fibers, animal fibers and artificial fibers)
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Anousha A Athreya  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Effect of Organic Dye on Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Efficiency
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Adarsh Sairam Ambati  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose A Smart, Low Cost, Social Network Connected, Community Sprinkler System (IOT)
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)  Surya C Tallavarjula  Lynnanne Henderson Peterson Middle School To characterize the energy loss for different types of light bulbs, and ways to recover and reuse some of the energy loss.
Physical Science and Engineering 6 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Eric Charles Cohan  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School The design and construction of a four digit lock for middle schoolers to access a locker more efficiently.
Physical Science and Engineering 6 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Pujita Srilalitha Tangirala  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Got Antioxidants? Using Chemiluminescence to Study the Effect of Adding Milk or Sugar on the Antioxidant Level of Tea
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School  Kaushik Sai Tota  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Developing Magnesium-Air Fuel Cells
Physical Science and Engineering 7 $125 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Andrew  Chiang  Kevyn Adams BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Force Sensing Techniques for Robotic Arms
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Kaushik Sai Tota  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Developing Magnesium-Air Fuel Cells
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Johan D.S. Vonk  Lorena Rolland Blach Intermediate School Pitch Detection on Arduino using Autocorrelation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Samarth B. Jayadev  Nita Kumar Delphi Academy-Campbell How separating oxygen from water could help infinite breathing time under water.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Zahra Abdul Aziz  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ The Effects of High and Low pH Levels and Sodium Citrate on Spherification for Human Health
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Galloping Prisms: Using Vortex Shedding to Optimize the Performance of a Novel Flow Energy Harvester for Remote Sensing
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Andrew  Chiang  Kevyn Adams BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Force Sensing Techniques for Robotic Arms
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Gisele M Inaba  Peter Cheng Carden Day School of San Jose We All Live in a Clear Submarine
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Kate E Jackson  Sabine Schmuck Old Orchard School Constructing Science: Comparing the Strength of Wooden Joints Made with Nails Screws and/or Glue
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Masha  Korolik  Sabine Schmuck Old Orchard School Solar Energy Concentrator Integrated into Windows: Smart Solar Energy Conversion
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Diana B Labonville  Peter Cheng Carden Day School of San Jose We All Live in a Clear Submarine
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Arvind  Ramachandran  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale TrackBar: Tracking Food Expiration Dates to Reduce Wastage
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Shruthi  Sriram  Greg Lampard Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Effect of different ratios of fructose to glucose on the rate of aerobic respiration of yeast
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Kaushik Sai Tota  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Developing Magnesium-Air Fuel Cells
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Johan D.S. Vonk  Lorena Rolland Blach Intermediate School Pitch Detection on Arduino using Autocorrelation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Zahra Abdul Aziz  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ The Effects of High and Low pH Levels and Sodium Citrate on Spherification for Human Health
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Galloping Prisms: Using Vortex Shedding to Optimize the Performance of a Novel Flow Energy Harvester for Remote Sensing
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Andrew  Chiang  Kevyn Adams BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Force Sensing Techniques for Robotic Arms
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Kate E Jackson  Sabine Schmuck Old Orchard School Constructing Science: Comparing the Strength of Wooden Joints Made with Nails Screws and/or Glue
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Masha  Korolik  Sabine Schmuck Old Orchard School Solar Energy Concentrator Integrated into Windows: Smart Solar Energy Conversion
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Arvind  Ramachandran  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale TrackBar: Tracking Food Expiration Dates to Reduce Wastage
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Shruthi  Sriram  Greg Lampard Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Effect of different ratios of fructose to glucose on the rate of aerobic respiration of yeast
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Kaushik Sai Tota  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Developing Magnesium-Air Fuel Cells
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Johan D.S. Vonk  Lorena Rolland Blach Intermediate School Pitch Detection on Arduino using Autocorrelation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Gisele M Inaba  Peter Cheng Carden Day School of San Jose We All Live in a Clear Submarine
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Diana B Labonville  Peter Cheng Carden Day School of San Jose We All Live in a Clear Submarine
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Sophia L Cha  Anuradha Murthy BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Drought Buster: Kaolin Soil Amendments and Irriguous Earth
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Arnav  Garg  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale Textual help for the visually impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Samarth  Girish  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee Engineering a Mobile Helio Tracker to Enhance Solar Efficiency for Rural and Urban Areas to Provide Eco Friendly Energy
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Caitlin Maya Gorin  Greg Lampard Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Which type of 3D Printed Plastic is the "Strongest"?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Samarth B. Jayadev  Nita Kumar Delphi Academy-Campbell How separating oxygen from water could help infinite breathing time under water.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Supriya  Lall  Riley Brazil Castilleja School Intelligent Gas Sensor
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Claire  Luo  Preethi Sundaresakumar Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Effect of a Toilet's Pipe Structure on the Flush
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Deepa  Mahesh  Joel Carter Lawson Middle School Analyzing Images to Help with Obstacle Avoidance for the Blind
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Aadit  Trivedi  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee Fueling the Future: The Effect of Different Electrolytes on Water Electrolysis
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Krish  Praseeth  Jennifer Lee Cabrillo Middle School The design and construction of a Braille emulator for visually impaired people to surf the web
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Gabriel N Ticau  Jennifer Lee Cabrillo Middle School The design and construction of a Braille emulator for visually impaired people to surf the web
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Nishita  Belur  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Detecting Metal Surface Defects Using Laser Light Reflection
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Nikhil  Chandra  Deborah Loeb Harte (Bret) Middle School Noise level reduction using bent tubes embedded in sound proofing materials
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Cailin Mylinh Le  Sabine Schmuck Old Orchard School What method of cooking retains the most vitamin C in broccoli?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Shachi Shikha Prasad  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee What is the effect of global warming (temperature and salinity) on the brine shrimp population?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Anjali  Singh  Kai Brown Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino IoT Device System for Tracking Hand Motions Of Senior Citizens in Morse Code
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Ashwini  Suriyaprakash  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale Intruder Alert!
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Ishir A Vaidyanath  Preethi Sundaresakumar Stratford Middle School - San Jose Sonic Extinguisher (The effect of Sound on Fire)
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Sean Kyson Do  Nicole Hulgan Cabrillo Middle School Using hand gestures to operate mechanisms.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Talin Joshi Ray  Nicole Hulgan Cabrillo Middle School Using hand gestures to operate mechanisms.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award  Mary  Hemker  Lindon Richards Milpitas Christian School (6-8) How Steady are Your Hands?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 $50 Cash Award to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award  Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Galloping Prisms: Using Vortex Shedding to Optimize the Performance of a Novel Flow Energy Harvester for Remote Sensing
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Caitlin Maya Gorin  Greg Lampard Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara Which type of 3D Printed Plastic is the "Strongest"?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Kate E Jackson  Sabine Schmuck Old Orchard School Constructing Science: Comparing the Strength of Wooden Joints Made with Nails Screws and/or Glue
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Place Award - $100, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Kaushik Sai Tota  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Developing Magnesium-Air Fuel Cells
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st place HS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Galloping Prisms: Using Vortex Shedding to Optimize the Performance of a Novel Flow Energy Harvester for Remote Sensing
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Ian Alexander Ezzo  Pronati Mondal Challenger - Almaden Method for Designing an Automated Irrigation System
Physical Science and Engineering 7 GR 6-8, 1st Place: $85 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)  Kaushik Sai Tota  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Developing Magnesium-Air Fuel Cells
Physical Science and Engineering 7 GR 6-8, 2nd Place: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)  Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Galloping Prisms: Using Vortex Shedding to Optimize the Performance of a Novel Flow Energy Harvester for Remote Sensing
Physical Science and Engineering 7 GR 6-8: 1st Place, Programable Robotics Kit, Certificate of Achievement, and tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Galloping Prisms: Using Vortex Shedding to Optimize the Performance of a Novel Flow Energy Harvester for Remote Sensing
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Eric  Tang  Mary Melnick Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Self Driving Robotic Car
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Galloping Prisms: Using Vortex Shedding to Optimize the Performance of a Novel Flow Energy Harvester for Remote Sensing
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Andrew  Chiang  Kevyn Adams BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Force Sensing Techniques for Robotic Arms
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Johan D.S. Vonk  Lorena Rolland Blach Intermediate School Pitch Detection on Arduino using Autocorrelation
Physical Science and 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  Vedha  Santhosh  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee The Effect of Using Bioplastics as a Food Packaging and Storage Alternative Instead of a Petroleum Based Packaging
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Matthew  Cho  Khadija Iyer Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Smart Shoes: An innovative method to analyze and correct improper gait
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Raghav  Ganesh  Latha Subramanyan(PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Characterizing Brain Activity using Facial Feature Recognition and Gaze Tracking
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Shivam  Verma  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Controlling Wheelchair Motion Using a Computer Vision System that Detects Head Movement
Physical Science and Engineering 8 3rd Place Student Award: $80 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Rashi  Ranjan  Pronati Mondal Challenger - Almaden Alleviating Food Waste Using Real-time Data Collection and Analysis Through Raspberry Pi and a USB Scale
Physical Science and Engineering 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  Adishree  Ghatare  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee A Learning Platform for Increasing Memory Retention of Definitions of Words
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Raghav  Ganesh  Latha Subramanyan(PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Characterizing Brain Activity using Facial Feature Recognition and Gaze Tracking
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Patrick  Yu  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project A Novel Approach to Leaf and Image Recognition
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Raghav  Ganesh  Latha Subramanyan(PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Characterizing Brain Activity using Facial Feature Recognition and Gaze Tracking
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Agneesh Sakthi Kumar  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale Using RFID cards to make the departure process more efficient
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Patrick  Yu  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project A Novel Approach to Leaf and Image Recognition
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Athena  Fung  Khadija Iyer Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino A Bluer Ocean: Replacing Microplastics with Water-Soluble Bioplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Milan  Ganai  Mahasweta Ganai (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Wearable Therapeutic Device with Bluetooth for Sarcopenia Patients and Caregivers
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Adishree  Ghatare  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee A Learning Platform for Increasing Memory Retention of Definitions of Words
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Nina N Isaka  Pronati Mondal Challenger - Almaden Cleaning Your Kitchen Organically
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Suhas  Prasad  Susan Hansen Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Do Hamiltonian Bugs Always Converge? A Computer-Inspired Proof
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Vedha  Santhosh  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee The Effect of Using Bioplastics as a Food Packaging and Storage Alternative Instead of a Petroleum Based Packaging
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Kirtan  Shah  Thea Dalvand Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Image Compression: Which algorithm performs the best?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Shruti  Sridhar  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project A Novel Sensor-Based Device to Detect Heatstroke and Dehydration
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Rushil  Srivastava  Navpreet Bawa Chaboya School A Cheaper Keyboard for the Blind
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Dan  Tran  Katherine Batti Most Holy Trinity What Affect Does the Size of a Magnet Have on its Ability to Serve as a Frictionless Bearing?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Athena  Fung  Khadija Iyer Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino A Bluer Ocean: Replacing Microplastics with Water-Soluble Bioplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Milan  Ganai  Mahasweta Ganai (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Wearable Therapeutic Device with Bluetooth for Sarcopenia Patients and Caregivers
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Adishree  Ghatare  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee A Learning Platform for Increasing Memory Retention of Definitions of Words
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Nina N Isaka  Pronati Mondal Challenger - Almaden Cleaning Your Kitchen Organically
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Suhas  Prasad  Susan Hansen Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Do Hamiltonian Bugs Always Converge? A Computer-Inspired Proof
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Vedha  Santhosh  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee The Effect of Using Bioplastics as a Food Packaging and Storage Alternative Instead of a Petroleum Based Packaging
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Kirtan  Shah  Thea Dalvand Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Image Compression: Which algorithm performs the best?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Shruti  Sridhar  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project A Novel Sensor-Based Device to Detect Heatstroke and Dehydration
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Rushil  Srivastava  Navpreet Bawa Chaboya School A Cheaper Keyboard for the Blind
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Dan  Tran  Katherine Batti Most Holy Trinity What Affect Does the Size of a Magnet Have on its Ability to Serve as a Frictionless Bearing?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Letitia D Aloysius  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Sign Language Alphabets using Augmented Reality
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Ansel Robert Austin  Leisa Moore Valley Christian Junior High School Impact of Applying Structural Features of an Owl's Feather on Reducing Noise Output of Rotor Blades
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Srinivas  Balagopal  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee Desert Island: The Effect of Mesh Designs on the amount of water collected from fog harvesters
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Matthew  Cho  Khadija Iyer Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Smart Shoes: An innovative method to analyze and correct improper gait
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Swati  Goel  Gregory Davies Terman Middle School The Optimal Scheduling Algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Mubashir  Hussain  Heather Mackewicz Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ Software solution to improve prescription of medication to senior citizens and monitoring intake
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Rithik  Jain  Shalini D'Souza Challenger - Sunnyvale The Effect of Different Flavonoids on the Inhibition of Alpha Amylase
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Jeffrey  Kwan  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus The Performance of a Ping-Pong Ball
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Chinmay K Lalgudi  Shree Murthy (PSP) Miller Middle School The Development of a Thermoelectric Generator Integrated Laptop Case to Charge Computers using their own Heat
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Kylee Rose Nielsen  Vivian Flora Piedmont Middle School Automated Softball Tee Loader
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Isabel  Sperandio  Qin (Linda) Luo Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School The Effect of an Infrared and Ultraviolet Cut Filter on a Photovoltaic Cell
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Patrick  Yu  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project A Novel Approach to Leaf and Image Recognition
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Ryan L Ramirez  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School BlindNav
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Siddarth  Ramkrishnan  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School BlindNav
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Elaine  Chu  Greg Rice Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School The Effect of Humidity and Pressure on Hot Ice Hand Warmers
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Joseph M Hernandez Jr.  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Become The Smarty
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Shounak Kiran Ranabhor  Maneesha Ranabhor (PSP) Miller Middle School Angel's Eye - The Heat Battalion
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Kavish  Trivedi  Dipa Trivedi (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Preventing Crime using a Smart Doorbell
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Pranav  Vadali  Martin Wiedemann Stratford Middle School - Santa Clara On-Demand Watering of a Plant
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Montek  Kalsi  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Soundproof Recyclables
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Rakesh Sastri Nori  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Soundproof Recyclables
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award  Rushil  Saha  Thea Dalvand Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Wearable Device for Dementia Patients to Log Activity and Location, and R Analysis of Data to Find Trends in Movements
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award  Patrick  Yu  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project A Novel Approach to Leaf and Image Recognition
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award  Srinivas  Balagopal  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee Desert Island: The Effect of Mesh Designs on the amount of water collected from fog harvesters
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award  Vedha  Santhosh  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee The Effect of Using Bioplastics as a Food Packaging and Storage Alternative Instead of a Petroleum Based Packaging
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards  Athena  Fung  Khadija Iyer Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino A Bluer Ocean: Replacing Microplastics with Water-Soluble Bioplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Mihir  Godbole  Anuradha Murthy BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Making Bioplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Athena  Fung  Khadija Iyer Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino A Bluer Ocean: Replacing Microplastics with Water-Soluble Bioplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary  Shruti  Sridhar  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project A Novel Sensor-Based Device to Detect Heatstroke and Dehydration
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Raghav  Ganesh  Latha Subramanyan(PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Characterizing Brain Activity using Facial Feature Recognition and Gaze Tracking
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers  Elena  Kong  Dawn Wright Piedmont Middle School The Giving Machine
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers  Jenny  Pham  Dawn Wright Piedmont Middle School The Giving Machine
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers  Anna Anh Phan  Dawn Wright Piedmont Middle School The Giving Machine
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers  Shruti  Sridhar  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project A Novel Sensor-Based Device to Detect Heatstroke and Dehydration
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Swati  Goel  Gregory Davies Terman Middle School The Optimal Scheduling Algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)  Amla  Rashingkar  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus How Shady is the Shade Ball?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)  Gloria Z Zhang  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus How Shady is the Shade Ball?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Raghav  Ganesh  Latha Subramanyan(PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Characterizing Brain Activity using Facial Feature Recognition and Gaze Tracking
Physical Science and Engineering 8 One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education  Matthew  Cho  Khadija Iyer Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Smart Shoes: An innovative method to analyze and correct improper gait
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Trophy, $25, The Hernandez Spirit Award For Environmental Sustainability  Amanuddin  Syed  Pamela Stewart Magnolia Science Acad of Santa Clara Effect Of Airflow On Solar Energy
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Trophy, $25, The Hernandez Spirit Award For Environmental Sustainability  Ashley Kalishia Yeh  Lisa Wicht Saint Joseph of Cupertino School Could nanotechnology increase the efficiency of removing oil from water in an oil spill?
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $1000 cash award for project demonstrating entrepeneurial promise., Muddu Family Entrepreneurial and Startup Award  Marc Gong Bacvanski  Ly Nguyen Mountain View High School CloudCard: Mobile Learning Tool with Open Cloud Back-End
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP  Cameron Cole Jones  Miriam Allersma Harker School-Upper Campus Laser Etching of Graphene Oxide to Create High Energy Density Micro-Supercapacitors
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Marc Gong Bacvanski  Ly Nguyen Mountain View High School CloudCard: Mobile Learning Tool with Open Cloud Back-End
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Ravi Nikhil Bhatt  David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Improved GPS Navigation By Learning Drivers' Routes and Preferences
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Krishnakumar Sivaganesh Bhattaram  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Mathematical Designing and Modelling of Cascadable NAND Gate for Surface Plasmon Polariton (SPP) Computing
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Cameron Cole Jones  Miriam Allersma Harker School-Upper Campus Laser Etching of Graphene Oxide to Create High Energy Density Micro-Supercapacitors
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Sanjana Viral Shah  Debbie Frazier Monta Vista High School Smart Flood Sensor: detect, analyze, and predict water accumulation in city's drainage system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Cindy Xindi Wang  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus Drone Flight Path Charting with DJI Phantom 3 Professional and Google Maps Using Cubic Spline Interpolation
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Katherine  Zhang  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus Drone Flight Path Charting with DJI Phantom 3 Professional and Google Maps Using Cubic Spline Interpolation
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Yusra  Arub  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Instructor-less Driving Lessons Using Simulated Connected Car
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Anik  Gupta  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Hydroit: Smart water usage monitoring system using Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Shiven  Gupta  Anuradha Murthy BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School R. I. P - Replace Infrared with an iPhone
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Ananya  Karthik  Terry O'Donnell Saint Francis High School Investigating a Green Chemistry Approach to Water Remediation
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Laura  Powers  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Investigation of Desalination Waste Disposal Methods
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Shiva  Balachander  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Touchdown: Determining Ground Contact Using Changes in Aircraft Wheel Pressure
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Ranesh  Prasad  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School High School Organizer App for Students
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Neeraj  Senthil  George Bechara Homestead High School Watch That Water!: Investigating Daphnia Magna as a Biomarker to Monitor Water Toxicity
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Eun seo (Katie)  Kang  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Division of Corn Stover Material to Increase Efficiency of Conversion to Cellulosic Ethanol
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Leo  Rassieur  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Division of Corn Stover Material to Increase Efficiency of Conversion to Cellulosic Ethanol
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Shivam  Singhal  Emmanuel Garcia Saint Francis High School Health and Wealth: Developing Novel Algorithms in Java for Advanced Data Analysis and Statistical Predictions
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award  Siddharth Vaidehi Mahesh  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Devising a Parallel Maze-solving Algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award  Arjun Krishna Prabhakar  Maria Powell Gunn (Henry M.) High School The Use of Biopolymers to Mitigate Soil Erosion
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards  Sanjana Viral Shah  Debbie Frazier Monta Vista High School Smart Flood Sensor: detect, analyze, and predict water accumulation in city's drainage system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $50 cash award and certificate to student in 9th grade, The Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award  Zade  Lobo  Chihiro Ikezi Saint Francis High School "Body-Guard"
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1 certificate and nomination to enter 2017 Sustainability Soutions Festival, possible trip to Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives  Laura  Powers  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Investigation of Desalination Waste Disposal Methods
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Arjun Krishna Prabhakar  Maria Powell Gunn (Henry M.) High School The Use of Biopolymers to Mitigate Soil Erosion
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Place Award - $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Arjun Krishna Prabhakar  Maria Powell Gunn (Henry M.) High School The Use of Biopolymers to Mitigate Soil Erosion
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Place: $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society  Yusra  Arub  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Instructor-less Driving Lessons Using Simulated Connected Car
Physical Science and Engineering 9 3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Ananya  Karthik  Terry O'Donnell Saint Francis High School Investigating a Green Chemistry Approach to Water Remediation
Physical Science and Engineering 9 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Cameron Cole Jones  Miriam Allersma Harker School-Upper Campus Laser Etching of Graphene Oxide to Create High Energy Density Micro-Supercapacitors
Physical Science and Engineering 9 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Tarun  Amarnath  Mike Chechelnitsky Saint Francis High School Hello Criminals! Meet Big Data: Applying Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning to Thwart Crime in San Francisco
Physical Science and Engineering 9 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Zade  Lobo  Chihiro Ikezi Saint Francis High School "Body-Guard"
Physical Science and Engineering 9 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Gaurav  Vipat  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Improving the detection of facial key points to improve facial recognition software.
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Sanjana Viral Shah  Debbie Frazier Monta Vista High School Smart Flood Sensor: detect, analyze, and predict water accumulation in city's drainage system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society  Ethan  Jean  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Climate Change scenarios in the Bay Area 100 years from now- Big Data and GIS Analysis
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society  Rishi  Parikh  Barjinder Sabherwal Evergreen Valley High School Creating a Platform to Monitor and Improve the Air Quality in our Environment
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award  Ethan  Jean  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Climate Change scenarios in the Bay Area 100 years from now- Big Data and GIS Analysis
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  Ethan  Jean  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Climate Change scenarios in the Bay Area 100 years from now- Big Data and GIS Analysis
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Sanjana Viral Shah  Debbie Frazier Monta Vista High School Smart Flood Sensor: detect, analyze, and predict water accumulation in city's drainage system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Visala R Tallavarjula  Mary Pat Slate Wilcox High School Methods based on Statistical Analysis To Improve Water Retention in Sub-surface Irrigation
Physical Science and Engineering 9 GR 9-12, 2nd Place: $70, Book, and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)  Cameron Cole Jones  Miriam Allersma Harker School-Upper Campus Laser Etching of Graphene Oxide to Create High Energy Density Micro-Supercapacitors
Physical Science and Engineering 9 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Cameron Cole Jones  Miriam Allersma Harker School-Upper Campus Laser Etching of Graphene Oxide to Create High Energy Density Micro-Supercapacitors
Physical Science and Engineering 9 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Sanjana Viral Shah  Debbie Frazier Monta Vista High School Smart Flood Sensor: detect, analyze, and predict water accumulation in city's drainage system
Physical Science and Engineering 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  Anushka  Jogalekar  Doug Miller Evergreen Valley High School Using Machine Learning to Detect Computer Network Security Threats
Physical Science and Engineering 10 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  Vivian  Chiang  Kathleen Koch Monta Vista High School Motion Detection in Video Surveillance
Physical Science and Engineering 10 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  Andrew Tong Li  Kathleen Loia Lynbrook High School The effects of different transition metal ions on carbon fixation and silica content of Thalassiosira Pseudonana Diatom
Physical Science and Engineering 10 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  Robert  Yang  Kathleen Loia Lynbrook High School The effects of different transition metal ions on carbon fixation and silica content of Thalassiosira Pseudonana Diatom
Physical Science and Engineering 10 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  Matthew  Zhou  Kathleen Loia Lynbrook High School The effects of different transition metal ions on carbon fixation and silica content of Thalassiosira Pseudonana Diatom
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $1000 cash award for project demonstrating entrepeneurial promise., Muddu Family Entrepreneurial and Startup Award  Sanika  Sahasrabudhe  Doug Miller Evergreen Valley High School Ocular Sensors: Detecting Drowsy Drivers and Saving Lives
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Place Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Adiyan  Kaul  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Hawkeye:Unmanned Search and Rescue Missions through Intelligent Drones Guided by Computer Vision and Dynamic Pathfinding
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Place Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Sohan  Vichare  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Hawkeye:Unmanned Search and Rescue Missions through Intelligent Drones Guided by Computer Vision and Dynamic Pathfinding
Physical Science and Engineering 10 3rd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Ashmita  Rajkumar  David Greenstein Monta Vista High School A Novel Approach to an Intrusion Detection System: Detecting intrusions within a Home Network
Physical Science and Engineering 10 4th Place Student Award: $120 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Arjun  Subramonian  Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School A New Software Approach to Music Transposition through Image Processing
Physical Science and Engineering 10 5th Place Student Award: $80 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Avinash Kalpit Jain  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Crimson - A Service Revolutionizing Online Reading through Audio and Voice Control
Physical Science and Engineering 10 First Place: One Week DEEP Summer Academy at the University of Toronto, Std Residence Package, and Travel Stipend, University of Toronto Award  Jonathan  Li  Karen Lee Leland High School What is the most cost effective and practical method of dissolving active oxygen in unsafe drinking water.
Physical Science and Engineering 10 High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Jasper  Huang  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Auditory Analysis of Gait and Footstep Patterns as a Novel Method of Biometrics
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Shadaj  Laddad  Roy Rocklin Lynbrook High School A Machine Learning Algorithm for Classification of Discrete Series through Markov Chain Models
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Ryan  Lee  Jeff Lutze Leland High School Testing the randomness of computer-generated random numbers
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Ashwin  Nathan  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Evaluating Which Heuristic Algorithm (Genetic vs. Monte Carlo Simulation) Is Better At Predicting Stock Performance
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Vivian  Chiang  Kathleen Koch Monta Vista High School Motion Detection in Video Surveillance
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Kyle John Ettinger  Ted Shinta Monta Vista High School Multiroter Disabling Technology
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Shomil  Jain  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Developing an Artificial Turf Field with Embedded Thermoelectric Generators for Heat Absorption & Electricity Generation
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Anushka  Jogalekar  Doug Miller Evergreen Valley High School Using Machine Learning to Detect Computer Network Security Threats
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Shadaj  Laddad  Roy Rocklin Lynbrook High School A Machine Learning Algorithm for Classification of Discrete Series through Markov Chain Models
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Labanya  Mukhopadhyay  Mary-Kate Lesoine Evergreen Valley High School Study of Micro-robotic Motions in Low Reynolds Number Liquids
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Atul  Raghunathan  Charles Williams Cupertino High School Recovering and recycling excess thermal energy to improve the net efficiency of common lighting sources.
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Adiyan  Kaul  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Hawkeye:Unmanned Search and Rescue Missions through Intelligent Drones Guided by Computer Vision and Dynamic Pathfinding
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Andrew Tong Li  Kathleen Loia Lynbrook High School The effects of different transition metal ions on carbon fixation and silica content of Thalassiosira Pseudonana Diatom
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Sohan  Vichare  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Hawkeye:Unmanned Search and Rescue Missions through Intelligent Drones Guided by Computer Vision and Dynamic Pathfinding
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Robert  Yang  Kathleen Loia Lynbrook High School The effects of different transition metal ions on carbon fixation and silica content of Thalassiosira Pseudonana Diatom
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Matthew  Zhou  Kathleen Loia Lynbrook High School The effects of different transition metal ions on carbon fixation and silica content of Thalassiosira Pseudonana Diatom
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Nikita  Goyal  Chihiro Ikezi Saint Francis High School Wearable Posture Correction Device for the Cervical Vertebrae
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Jasper  Huang  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Auditory Analysis of Gait and Footstep Patterns as a Novel Method of Biometrics
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Vikram S Miryala  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Optimizing Piezo-Electric Energy Harvesting on a Cantilever
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Ashwin  Nathan  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Evaluating Which Heuristic Algorithm (Genetic vs. Monte Carlo Simulation) Is Better At Predicting Stock Performance
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Priscilla  Siow  Ted Shinta Monta Vista High School Thermoelectric Powered Heart Rate Monitor
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Derek  Yen  Gary Blickenstaff Harker School-Upper Campus Comparing the viability of different plant materials for the creation of cellulose-derived biofuel
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Allen Khit Cheung  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Gravity Wheel Electric Generator: Harnessing Free Energy from Ocean Waves
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Akul  Gupta  Doug Miller Evergreen Valley High School An AI system that integrates facial recognition with social networking platforms
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  David Ngoc Hoang  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Gravity Wheel Electric Generator: Harnessing Free Energy from Ocean Waves
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Maya  Kumar  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus A location-aware sensor-rich mobile robot for human interaction and guidance
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Anooshree  Sengupta  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus A location-aware sensor-rich mobile robot for human interaction and guidance
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Nikhil  Ajjarapu  Kathleen Loia Lynbrook High School A Novel Algorithm to Predict the Expenses of a Natural Disaster based on Geographic Features
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Scott Alexander Bout  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Novel Wing Design That Creates Proverse Yaw Without The Use Of Rudders Or A Vertical Stabilizer
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Aratrika  Ghatak  Carol Metica-Pongol Evergreen Valley High School A Low-Cost Solution to fight California's Drought: Controlling Water Usage with Mobile Applications and IOT technology
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Mark  Shacker  Matt Trask Piedmont Hills High School EchoView: A Device to Supplement the Visually Impaired's Ability to Detect Incoming Objects
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Arjun  Subramonian  Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School A New Software Approach to Music Transposition through Image Processing
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Kevin  Keechempallil  Doug Miller Evergreen Valley High School 20-20-20 Eye Relaxer
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Sumer  Kohli  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Towards Quicker Rehabilitation for Smokers: Determining a Mechanism By Which Menthol increases Addiction to Nicotine
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Neelesh Krishna Ramachandran  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Towards Quicker Rehabilitation for Smokers: Determining a Mechanism By Which Menthol increases Addiction to Nicotine
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Dylan H Tran  Doug Miller Evergreen Valley High School 20-20-20 Eye Relaxer
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Jonathan Hong Yu  Doug Miller Evergreen Valley High School 20-20-20 Eye Relaxer
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award  Isa  Dash  Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Applying Swarming and Clustering Algorithms to Vehicles for Real Time, Data-Driven Traffic Management
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award  Shadaj  Laddad  Roy Rocklin Lynbrook High School A Machine Learning Algorithm for Classification of Discrete Series through Markov Chain Models
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance  Maya  Kumar  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus A location-aware sensor-rich mobile robot for human interaction and guidance
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance  Anooshree  Sengupta  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus A location-aware sensor-rich mobile robot for human interaction and guidance
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1 certificate and nomination to enter 2017 Sustainability Soutions Festival, possible trip to Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives  Allen Khit Cheung  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Gravity Wheel Electric Generator: Harnessing Free Energy from Ocean Waves
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1 certificate and nomination to enter 2017 Sustainability Soutions Festival, possible trip to Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives  David Ngoc Hoang  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Gravity Wheel Electric Generator: Harnessing Free Energy from Ocean Waves
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Place: $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society  Adiyan  Kaul  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Hawkeye:Unmanned Search and Rescue Missions through Intelligent Drones Guided by Computer Vision and Dynamic Pathfinding
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Place: $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society  Sohan  Vichare  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Hawkeye:Unmanned Search and Rescue Missions through Intelligent Drones Guided by Computer Vision and Dynamic Pathfinding
Physical Science and Engineering 10 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Magdalena Alejandra Mendoza  Jennifer Claudio-Quan Oak Grove High School How does sandbag shape affect the efficacy of water blockage?
Physical Science and Engineering 10 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Nikhil  Ajjarapu  Kathleen Loia Lynbrook High School A Novel Algorithm to Predict the Expenses of a Natural Disaster based on Geographic Features
Physical Science and Engineering 10 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Isa  Dash  Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Applying Swarming and Clustering Algorithms to Vehicles for Real Time, Data-Driven Traffic Management
Physical Science and Engineering 10 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Karena  Kong  Gary Blickenstaff Harker School-Upper Campus Visual-Based Cognitive Facial Expression Recognition Software with the Application of an AI Learning Algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 10 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Linus  Li  Gary Blickenstaff Harker School-Upper Campus Visual-Based Cognitive Facial Expression Recognition Software with the Application of an AI Learning Algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 10 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Karthik  Ramachandran  Jill McCrystal Saratoga High School Overdose Watch: Tracking Medicine Consumption and Drug Interactions using NFC tags and NIH databases
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Nikhil  Ajjarapu  Kathleen Loia Lynbrook High School A Novel Algorithm to Predict the Expenses of a Natural Disaster based on Geographic Features
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society  Justin  Callahan  Karen Lee Leland High School California Drought and El Nino: A study of the effects of drought and El Nino on fertility of the topsoil (Physical Scie
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society  Ujjaini  Mukhopadhyay  Karen Lee Leland High School California Drought and El Nino: A study of the effects of drought and El Nino on fertility of the topsoil (Physical Scie
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation  Gautham Reddy  Gujjula  Ted Shinta Monta Vista High School Cooking Fire Prevention System
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Justin  Callahan  Karen Lee Leland High School California Drought and El Nino: A study of the effects of drought and El Nino on fertility of the topsoil (Physical Scie
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Ujjaini  Mukhopadhyay  Karen Lee Leland High School California Drought and El Nino: A study of the effects of drought and El Nino on fertility of the topsoil (Physical Scie
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers  Priscilla  Siow  Ted Shinta Monta Vista High School Thermoelectric Powered Heart Rate Monitor
Physical Science and Engineering 10 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Prachi  Bhagavatha  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Improved Cane for the Visually-Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 10 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Kyle John Ettinger  Ted Shinta Monta Vista High School Multiroter Disabling Technology
Physical Science and Engineering 10 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Maya  Kumar  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus A location-aware sensor-rich mobile robot for human interaction and guidance
Physical Science and Engineering 10 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Jasmine  Ngo  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Improved Cane for the Visually-Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 10 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Atul  Raghunathan  Charles Williams Cupertino High School Recovering and recycling excess thermal energy to improve the net efficiency of common lighting sources.
Physical Science and Engineering 10 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Anooshree  Sengupta  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus A location-aware sensor-rich mobile robot for human interaction and guidance
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Individual: Certificate of Merit, The ROD Women in Science Award  Saba  Sharfuddin  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School The Effect of Escherichia coli and Micrococcus luteus on Polyvinyl Chloride
Physical Science and Engineering 10 One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education  Shadaj  Laddad  Roy Rocklin Lynbrook High School A Machine Learning Algorithm for Classification of Discrete Series through Markov Chain Models
Physical Science and Engineering 10 One-day immersive trip to Palo Alto Networks, TechLab Education  Anushka  Jogalekar  Doug Miller Evergreen Valley High School Using Machine Learning to Detect Computer Network Security Threats
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary  Adiyan  Kaul  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Hawkeye:Unmanned Search and Rescue Missions through Intelligent Drones Guided by Computer Vision and Dynamic Pathfinding
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary  Sohan  Vichare  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Hawkeye:Unmanned Search and Rescue Missions through Intelligent Drones Guided by Computer Vision and Dynamic Pathfinding
Physical Science and Engineering 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  Sophia  Lau  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Photoelectrochemical Conversion System of Organic, Dye-Sensitized Voltaic Cells
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Anurag  Singh  David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Wearable Device to Enable Independent Living for Senior Citizens
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP  Bennett  Ngan  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School A Solar Thermoelectric Generator Utilizing a Phase Change Thermal Battery
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Second Place: University of Toronto "Swag Bag", University of Toronto Award  Anish G Krishnan  Kavita Gupta Monta Vista High School Gasping Grizzly: An Innovative Cost-Efficient System to Detect the Scent of Lung Cancer and Diabetes.
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Aditya  Dhar  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Predicting and Identifying Forced Human Displacement Hotspots Using Multiple Linear Regression and Neural Networks
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Matthew M. Hase-Liu  Roy Rocklin Lynbrook High School Improving the Efficiency of a Mass Driver with the Use of Nonuniform Coil Density and Current Reversal via H-bridges
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Sophia  Lau  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Photoelectrochemical Conversion System of Organic, Dye-Sensitized Voltaic Cells
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Sritam  Mishra  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Effectively Preventing Seizures Triggered by Photosensitive Epilepsy through an Efficient Computer Algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Shaunak  Modak  Greg Burroughs Homestead High School A Novel Method for Diagnosing Mechanical Component Failure using Sound
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Bennett  Ngan  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School A Solar Thermoelectric Generator Utilizing a Phase Change Thermal Battery
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Rishi Pulin Desai  Annette Lane Valley Christian High School Using Bluetooth Trilateration for Robot Navigation
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Neelay  Junnarkar  Christopher Kuszmaul Palo Alto High School Mathematical Model and Computer Simulation of Plant Distribution in Response to Water Level Change in Baylands Ecosystem
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Gajan R. Nagaraj  David Clark San Jose Middle College Water: Drought or Deluge
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Eric Kevin Wang  Debjani Roy Bellarmine College Preparatory An Ungrounded Handheld Kinesthetic Haptic Device Utilizing Gyroscopic Precession
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Himanshu  Gautam  Doug Miller Evergreen Valley High School An AI system that integrates facial recognition with social networking platforms
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Riana  Karim  Lisa Yi Notre Dame High School Effect of Different Tea Varieties on Iron Absorption
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Sharon Kim Truong  Lisa Yi Notre Dame High School Effect of Different Tea Varieties on Iron Absorption
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Kaushik  Tandon  Debbie Frazier Monta Vista High School H.A.W.K. Machine Learning Algorithm for Hate Speech Detection
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Akaash  Tawade  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Using Electromagnetism to Reduce the Viscosity of Crude Oil for Increased Velocity During Transport
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Omeed Ali Askary  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Implementation of Graphene Based RFID Chips Into Clothing
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Sammy G Khadder  Carole Ng Santa Teresa High School Water Displacement App
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Klemen  Kotar  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Implementation of Graphene Based RFID Chips Into Clothing
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award  Anurag  Singh  David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Wearable Device to Enable Independent Living for Senior Citizens
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Isela Jaqueline Medina  Ann Shioji Overfelt (William C.) High School The Effect of Perforated Pipes on Liquefaction
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd place MS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Bennett  Ngan  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School A Solar Thermoelectric Generator Utilizing a Phase Change Thermal Battery
Physical Science and Engineering 11 3rd place MS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Enrique  Munguia  Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School Telescope Using Mirrors and Sunshields
Physical Science and Engineering 11 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Swethasree  Bhattaram  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School A Machine Learning Approach to Recognition of Early Stages of Carcinoma
Physical Science and Engineering 11 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Samiksha  Pal  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School A Machine Learning Approach to Recognition of Early Stages of Carcinoma
Physical Science and Engineering 11 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Kaushik  Tandon  Debbie Frazier Monta Vista High School H.A.W.K. Machine Learning Algorithm for Hate Speech Detection
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary  Jennifer  Nguyen  Traci Verna Silver Creek High School The Effects of Phosphate Enrichment on the Growth Rate of Marine Phytoplankton and Domoic Acid Production
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary  Aleisa  Quach  Traci Verna Silver Creek High School The Effects of Phosphate Enrichment on the Growth Rate of Marine Phytoplankton and Domoic Acid Production
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and Pewter Medallion Voucher, Yale Science and Engineering Association  Matthew M. Hase-Liu  Roy Rocklin Lynbrook High School Improving the Efficiency of a Mass Driver with the Use of Nonuniform Coil Density and Current Reversal via H-bridges
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society  Gajan R. Nagaraj  David Clark San Jose Middle College Water: Drought or Deluge
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and Letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  Neelay  Junnarkar  Christopher Kuszmaul Palo Alto High School Mathematical Model and Computer Simulation of Plant Distribution in Response to Water Level Change in Baylands Ecosystem
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Ricoh Corporation  Sneha  Kurella  Doug Miller Evergreen Valley High School Enabling the hearing-impaired to perceive audible alarms: An application of Internet of Things (IoT) techniques
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Gajan R. Nagaraj  David Clark San Jose Middle College Water: Drought or Deluge
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers  Anita  Ilango  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Modeling of EEG Signals and Corresponding Hand Movements for Applications in Brain Controlled Prosthetics
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Gift Card and Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers  Megha  Ilango  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Modeling of EEG Signals and Corresponding Hand Movements for Applications in Brain Controlled Prosthetics
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Vianna Tam Vo  Fitzgerald Vo Branham High School The Effectiveness of Eggshells as a Method of Recovering Potable Water for Plants
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Jonelle  Pascual  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Paper Clips and Surface Tension
Physical Science and Engineering 11 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Omeed Ali Askary  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Implementation of Graphene Based RFID Chips Into Clothing
Physical Science and Engineering 11 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Klemen  Kotar  Rita Huff Valley Christian High School The Implementation of Graphene Based RFID Chips Into Clothing
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award  Saumya Deepak Baswant  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Virtual Water Usage Assistant and Guard
Physical Science and Engineering 11 One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education  Kaushik  Tandon  Debbie Frazier Monta Vista High School H.A.W.K. Machine Learning Algorithm for Hate Speech Detection
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter  Daniela  Velazquez  Ann Shioji Overfelt (William C.) High School Wire Mesh Adobe
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Place: $1000 Scholarship to SJSU College of Engineering and Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering  Erin Yurim Kim  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Body Heat Powered LED Vest
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering  Adesh  Kumar  Doug Miller Evergreen Valley High School Can we make 3D prints stronger?
Physical Science and Engineering 12 3rd Place: SJSU College of Engineering Certificate of Achievement, San Jose State University College of Engineering  Kevin  Sanchez  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School How much force is needed to run on water?
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Reid Alexander Barton  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Perovskite Crystals: A Bright Future in Solar Cell Technology
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Sanjay Asher Mohan  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Handwritten Text Processing
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Maya  Varma  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Autonomous Smartphone-Controlled Robotic Wheelchair with iBeacon-Assisted Navigation
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Shomik  Jain  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School WaterMind: An Algorithm-Based iOS Application That Determines and Monitors Your Daily Water Intake
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Erin Yurim Kim  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Body Heat Powered LED Vest
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Josephine  Chu  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School The effects of the toxicity of cigarette butts and their chemical components on marine life
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Purnima  Seshadri  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School The effects of the toxicity of cigarette butts and their chemical components on marine life
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Aashia  Bajwa  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Effect of Various Desalination Techniques on the Growth of Mung Beans
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Luis  Gallegos  Carole Ng Santa Teresa High School Water Displacement App
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Tony  Jojan  Carole Ng Santa Teresa High School Water Displacement App
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Aditi  Mittal  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Effect of Various Desalination Techniques on the Growth of Mung Beans
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Arpita  Singhal  Emmanuel Garcia Saint Francis High School Health and Wealth: Developing Novel Algorithms in Java for Advanced Data Analysis and Statistical Predictions
Physical Science and Engineering 12 $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award  Pransu  Dash  Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Applying Swarming and Clustering Algorithms to Vehicles for Real Time, Data-Driven Traffic Management
Physical Science and Engineering 12 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance  Maya  Varma  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Autonomous Smartphone-Controlled Robotic Wheelchair with iBeacon-Assisted Navigation
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Shruti  Juneja  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Derivatized starch-based bioplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Yovani Isai Hernandez  Ann Shioji Overfelt (William C.) High School The Effect of Perforated Pipes on Liquefaction
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st place MS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Reid Alexander Barton  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Perovskite Crystals: A Bright Future in Solar Cell Technology
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Reid Alexander Barton  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Perovskite Crystals: A Bright Future in Solar Cell Technology
Physical Science and Engineering 12 3rd place MS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Jennifer Lynn Guise  Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School Telescope Using Mirrors and Sunshields
Physical Science and Engineering 12 3rd Place: $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society  Maya  Varma  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Autonomous Smartphone-Controlled Robotic Wheelchair with iBeacon-Assisted Navigation
Physical Science and Engineering 12 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Pransu  Dash  Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Applying Swarming and Clustering Algorithms to Vehicles for Real Time, Data-Driven Traffic Management
Physical Science and Engineering 12 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Sanjay Asher Mohan  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Handwritten Text Processing
Physical Science and Engineering 12 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Erin Yurim Kim  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Body Heat Powered LED Vest
Physical Science and Engineering 12 One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education  Sanjay Asher Mohan  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Handwritten Text Processing
Physical Science and Engineering 12 One-day immersive trip to Palo Alto Networks, TechLab Education  Maya  Varma  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Autonomous Smartphone-Controlled Robotic Wheelchair with iBeacon-Assisted Navigation
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter  Melissa  Gutierrez  Ann Shioji Overfelt (William C.) High School Wire Mesh Adobe
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter  Daena  Valencia Samora  Ann Shioji Overfelt (William C.) High School Wire Mesh Adobe
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Krish  Kapadia  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus The Use of Salivary Lactic Acid Levels as a Noninvasive Biomarker for Sepsis
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Anjay  Saklecha  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus The Use of Salivary Lactic Acid Levels as a Noninvasive Biomarker for Sepsis
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Anika  Cheerla  Debbie Frazier Monta Vista High School Automated Prediction of Future Breast Cancer Occurrence from Non-Cancerous Mammograms
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Kaushik  Shivakumar  Anuran Chatterjee (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project The Effects of Simulated Microgravity on Planarian Regeneration and the Use of Resolvin to Negate Them
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Alexander  Young  Anuran Chatterjee (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project The Effects of Simulated Microgravity on Planarian Regeneration and the Use of Resolvin to Negate Them
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, United States Public Health Service  Anika  Sanyal  Elaina Chambers (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project A Practical Approach To Treating and Regulating Cholesterol Levels for Patients with Chronic LDL-Cholesterol and Plaque
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems  Anika  Cheerla  Debbie Frazier Monta Vista High School Automated Prediction of Future Breast Cancer Occurrence from Non-Cancerous Mammograms
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Utkarsh  Tandon  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Diabetic Retinopathy Prognosis via Hypertensive Modeling:ML-based Morphological Computer Vision for Rapid Ophthalmology
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Jerry  Chen  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Combating the Obesity Epidemic: Computational Analysis to Identify Driver Genes and Virtual Screening to Discover Novel
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Amy  Jin  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Combating the Obesity Epidemic: Computational Analysis to Identify Driver Genes and Virtual Screening to Discover Novel
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Chengzi  Guo  Dennis Bua (SSW Mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Determine how the opportunistic pathogen Candida glabrata is resistant to antifungal agents when other yeast are not
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Aayush  Gupta  Jill McCrystal Saratoga High School A novel method for combination drug toxicity prescription recommendation using protein-drug interactome signatures
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis  Arvind P Sridhar  Rod Wong Bellarmine College Preparatory Engineering Low-Cost Scaffolds Doped with Nano Graphene Oxide: A Novel Approach to Cancer Therapy and Tissue Engineering
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Pranav  Lalgudi  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Identification of Transdifferentiation Regulating Genes in Caenorhabditis elegans
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Scott  Song  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Development of a Novel Microfluidic System to Study Neurodegenerative Disorders
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Sajeev  Saluja  Kavita Gupta Monta Vista High School Computational analysis of Als3 amyloid-like aggregation in Candida albicans
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Arvind P Sridhar  Rod Wong Bellarmine College Preparatory Engineering Low-Cost Scaffolds Doped with Nano Graphene Oxide: A Novel Approach to Cancer Therapy and Tissue Engineering
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Krishna  Sunder  Pamela Chow Monta Vista High School The effect of ARHGAP28 on human airway smooth muscle contraction
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Marilyn Mengyao Zhang  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Exploring Extracellular Vesicle-mediated Breast Tumor Communication with Macrophages in Tumor Progression
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Zunera  Ghalib  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effects of Altering Polyphosphate in Rotenone-induced Drosophila Models of Parkinson's Disease
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Sachi Kedar Shirali  Sean Carroll (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Antibacterial Effects of Essential Oils on Escherichia Coli
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Arjun  Subramaniam  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus AdaptSet: A Novel Synthesis of Deep Learning and Level Set for Segmentation of Cancer Lesions
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)  Arvind P Sridhar  Rod Wong Bellarmine College Preparatory Engineering Low-Cost Scaffolds Doped with Nano Graphene Oxide: A Novel Approach to Cancer Therapy and Tissue Engineering
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems  Arjun  Subramaniam  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus AdaptSet: A Novel Synthesis of Deep Learning and Level Set for Segmentation of Cancer Lesions
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 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  Jonathan  Ma  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Genomics-Based Cancer Drug Response Prediction through the Adaptive Elastic Net
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 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  Sadhika S Malladi  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Application of EMDomics to Identify Age-Associated Expression and Treatments in Cancer
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 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  Swetha  Revanur  Scott Lubbs Evergreen Valley High School Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Omics Discovery and Characterization of Gene-Gene Interactions Impacting Disease
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 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  Anin  Sayana  Debjani Roy Bellarmine College Preparatory Accelerating Cancer Immunotherapy: Optimization of an EGFRvIII-based Cancer Vaccine via Computationally-aided Analysis
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis  Swetha  Revanur  Scott Lubbs Evergreen Valley High School Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Omics Discovery and Characterization of Gene-Gene Interactions Impacting Disease
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis  Sherry  Zhou  Casey O'Connell Gunn (Henry M.) High School Rapid, Low Cost, On-Chip Isolation and Enrichment of Exosomes for Cancer Early Detection
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Durga  Ganesh  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Angiopoietin-2 Induces Myeloid Cell Adhesion via G Protein-Coupled Receptor X
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Jonathan  Ma  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Genomics-Based Cancer Drug Response Prediction through the Adaptive Elastic Net
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Sadhika S Malladi  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Application of EMDomics to Identify Age-Associated Expression and Treatments in Cancer
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Swetha  Revanur  Scott Lubbs Evergreen Valley High School Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Omics Discovery and Characterization of Gene-Gene Interactions Impacting Disease
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Anin  Sayana  Debjani Roy Bellarmine College Preparatory Accelerating Cancer Immunotherapy: Optimization of an EGFRvIII-based Cancer Vaccine via Computationally-aided Analysis
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Julia Hayoung Cho  Pamela Chow Monta Vista High School Genetically encoded bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET)-based Ca2+ indicator for in vivo imaging
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Sherry  Zhou  Casey O'Connell Gunn (Henry M.) High School Rapid, Low Cost, On-Chip Isolation and Enrichment of Exosomes for Cancer Early Detection
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Rishi  Veerapaneni  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus AdaptSet: A Novel Synthesis of Deep Learning and Level Set for Segmentation of Cancer Lesions
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award  Swetha  Revanur  Scott Lubbs Evergreen Valley High School Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Omics Discovery and Characterization of Gene-Gene Interactions Impacting Disease
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 $200, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Dr. Paul X. Callahan in Memoriam Award  Durga  Ganesh  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School Angiopoietin-2 Induces Myeloid Cell Adhesion via G Protein-Coupled Receptor X
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Swetha  Revanur  Scott Lubbs Evergreen Valley High School Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Omics Discovery and Characterization of Gene-Gene Interactions Impacting Disease
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Julia Hayoung Cho  Pamela Chow Monta Vista High School Genetically encoded bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET)-based Ca2+ indicator for in vivo imaging
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Swetha  Revanur  Scott Lubbs Evergreen Valley High School Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Omics Discovery and Characterization of Gene-Gene Interactions Impacting Disease
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Sherry  Zhou  Casey O'Connell Gunn (Henry M.) High School Rapid, Low Cost, On-Chip Isolation and Enrichment of Exosomes for Cancer Early Detection
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award  Swetha  Revanur  Scott Lubbs Evergreen Valley High School Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Omics Discovery and Characterization of Gene-Gene Interactions Impacting Disease
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems  Rishi  Veerapaneni  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus AdaptSet: A Novel Synthesis of Deep Learning and Level Set for Segmentation of Cancer Lesions
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award  Brian  Ng  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Autonomous Stress Detection using Electromyography
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 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  Amy C Dunphy  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Preventing Urushiol (Poison Oak)-Induced Dermatitis by Deactivating the Allergen
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Place Award - $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley  Amy C Dunphy  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Preventing Urushiol (Poison Oak)-Induced Dermatitis by Deactivating the Allergen
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Holly Marie Jackson  Lisa Yi Notre Dame High School CUBOCTimization: Topological Optimization of a Cuboct Truss Bridge Using a Genetic Algorithm
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Amy C Dunphy  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Preventing Urushiol (Poison Oak)-Induced Dermatitis by Deactivating the Allergen
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Holly Marie Jackson  Lisa Yi Notre Dame High School CUBOCTimization: Topological Optimization of a Cuboct Truss Bridge Using a Genetic Algorithm
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Mythili Priya Bhethanabotla  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School A Study on Routing Protocols in DTN Scenarios to Determine an Effective Way of Communication in Extreme Conditions
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement and Letter to Teacher, Mu Alpha Theta  Holly Marie Jackson  Lisa Yi Notre Dame High School CUBOCTimization: Topological Optimization of a Cuboct Truss Bridge Using a Genetic Algorithm
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 GR 9-12: 1st Place, Programable Robotics Kit, Certificate of Achievement, and tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Holly Marie Jackson  Lisa Yi Notre Dame High School CUBOCTimization: Topological Optimization of a Cuboct Truss Bridge Using a Genetic Algorithm
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 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  Shashank  Dholakia  David Iverson Wilcox High School A Search and Exploration of Multi-Exoplanet Systems Using Novel Photometric and TTV Algorithms for the K2 Mission
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 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  Shishir  Dholakia  David Iverson Wilcox High School A Search and Exploration of Multi-Exoplanet Systems Using Novel Photometric and TTV Algorithms for the K2 Mission
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 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  Rishab  Gargeya  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy in Fundus Images: A Novel Synthesis of Biological and Data Driven Approaches
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 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  Manan  Shah  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy in Fundus Images: A Novel Synthesis of Biological and Data Driven Approaches
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 $1000 cash award for project demonstrating entrepeneurial promise., Muddu Family Entrepreneurial and Startup Award  Rishab  Gargeya  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy in Fundus Images: A Novel Synthesis of Biological and Data Driven Approaches
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 $1000 cash award for project demonstrating entrepeneurial promise., Muddu Family Entrepreneurial and Startup Award  Manan  Shah  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy in Fundus Images: A Novel Synthesis of Biological and Data Driven Approaches
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Shashank  Dholakia  David Iverson Wilcox High School A Search and Exploration of Multi-Exoplanet Systems Using Novel Photometric and TTV Algorithms for the K2 Mission
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Shishir  Dholakia  David Iverson Wilcox High School A Search and Exploration of Multi-Exoplanet Systems Using Novel Photometric and TTV Algorithms for the K2 Mission
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Annabel  Marks  JD Armstrong (PSP) Gunn (Henry M.) High School V1149 Observations
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Allen Huaxin Chen  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School A Novel Method of Paraphrase Identification in Natural Language Processing
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Third Place: University of Toronto T-shirt & Portable Cellphone Charger, University of Toronto Award  Kartik  Chandra  Josh Paley Gunn (Henry M.) High School Verification of Type Systems with Symbolic Execution
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Shashank  Dholakia  David Iverson Wilcox High School A Search and Exploration of Multi-Exoplanet Systems Using Novel Photometric and TTV Algorithms for the K2 Mission
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Shishir  Dholakia  David Iverson Wilcox High School A Search and Exploration of Multi-Exoplanet Systems Using Novel Photometric and TTV Algorithms for the K2 Mission
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Rishab  Gargeya  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy in Fundus Images: A Novel Synthesis of Biological and Data Driven Approaches
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Manan  Shah  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy in Fundus Images: A Novel Synthesis of Biological and Data Driven Approaches
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Sneha  Bhetanabhotla  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Reducing Noise Level in High Temperature Superconducting SQUIDs
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Christine Suhyun Cho  Jason Lee Lynbrook High School A Study on Routing Protocols in DTN Scenarios to Determine an Effective Way of Communication in Extreme Conditions
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Rishab  Gargeya  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy in Fundus Images: A Novel Synthesis of Biological and Data Driven Approaches
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, ASEI Award  Manan  Shah  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Automated Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy in Fundus Images: A Novel Synthesis of Biological and Data Driven Approaches
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award  Kartik  Chandra  Josh Paley Gunn (Henry M.) High School Verification of Type Systems with Symbolic Execution
RRI Physical Science and 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  Anjini  Karthik  Jennifer Thomas Saint Francis High School Rapid and Selective Detection of Viruses Using Virus Imprinted Polymer Films
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 $1000 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis  Anjini  Karthik  Jennifer Thomas Saint Francis High School Rapid and Selective Detection of Viruses Using Virus Imprinted Polymer Films
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Anjini  Karthik  Jennifer Thomas Saint Francis High School Rapid and Selective Detection of Viruses Using Virus Imprinted Polymer Films
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Audrey  Cheng  Elana Zizmor Gunn (Henry M.) High School Enhancing the Efficiency of Self-Assembled Organic Solar Cells with the Addition of a Second Electron Donor and Graphene
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society  Audrey  Cheng  Elana Zizmor Gunn (Henry M.) High School Enhancing the Efficiency of Self-Assembled Organic Solar Cells with the Addition of a Second Electron Donor and Graphene
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement, United States Public Health Service  Anjini  Karthik  Jennifer Thomas Saint Francis High School Rapid and Selective Detection of Viruses Using Virus Imprinted Polymer Films
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 GR 9-12, 1st Place: $110, Book, and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt,Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)  Audrey  Cheng  Elana Zizmor Gunn (Henry M.) High School Enhancing the Efficiency of Self-Assembled Organic Solar Cells with the Addition of a Second Electron Donor and Graphene
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 GR 9-12, 3rd Place: $35 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)  Anjini  Karthik  Jennifer Thomas Saint Francis High School Rapid and Selective Detection of Viruses Using Virus Imprinted Polymer Films