Project Awards 2017
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, Certificate, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Kavya Manasa | Pandrangi | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Which indoor plant absorbs the most carbon dioxide? | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Arti | Gnanasekar | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Investigating the Effects of Different Chemical Composition of Pesticides on the Survival of Honey Bees | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Safaa Fareeha | Hussain | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | To Praise or Not to Praise? | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Emma | Lenchenkova | Jeannie | Bui | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Saline Hydroponics | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Kavya Manasa | Pandrangi | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Which indoor plant absorbs the most carbon dioxide? | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Arti | Gnanasekar | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Investigating the Effects of Different Chemical Composition of Pesticides on the Survival of Honey Bees | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Safaa Fareeha | Hussain | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | To Praise or Not to Praise? | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Emma | Lenchenkova | Jeannie | Bui | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Saline Hydroponics | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Kavya Manasa | Pandrangi | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Which indoor plant absorbs the most carbon dioxide? | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Jasmine Isabella | Clancy | De Leys | Hamm | Canyon Heights Academy | Grow, Grow, Grow Your Plants | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Pareekshith Hosalli | Krishna | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | What is the effect of Seaweed on a Potato Plant's Growth? | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Nikita | Senthil | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Investigating the effect of different stress factors on the lipid production in green microalgae | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Manasvini | Kothari | Tina | Kim | Challenger - Harwood | Name that Hue | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Natalya Belle | Sanchez | Vee | Zabala | San Martin/Gwinn School | Eggshells versus Fertilizer | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Arya Shriya | Srivastava | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Fighting Food Waste: The effect of E. coli on excess food | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Safaa Fareeha | Hussain | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | To Praise or Not to Praise? | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | Safaa Fareeha | Hussain | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | To Praise or Not to Praise? | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, Certificate, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Ahmad | Ismail | Jinaan | Al-Shehabi | Granada Islamic School | Effect of structure and behavior of antifungal agents on the treatment of Candidiasis | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Adarsh Sairam | Ambati | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Low-Cost Cloud-based Contactless Vital Signs Monitor using Photo Plethysmographic Imaging & Infrared Sensing Techniques | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Adarsh Sairam | Ambati | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Low-Cost Cloud-based Contactless Vital Signs Monitor using Photo Plethysmographic Imaging & Infrared Sensing Techniques | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Ahmad | Ismail | Jinaan | Al-Shehabi | Granada Islamic School | Effect of structure and behavior of antifungal agents on the treatment of Candidiasis | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Aylin Gela | Salahifar | Greg | Lampard | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Comparing Biodegradable versus Biobased Laundry Greywater on Plants | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Adarsh Sairam | Ambati | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Low-Cost Cloud-based Contactless Vital Signs Monitor using Photo Plethysmographic Imaging & Infrared Sensing Techniques | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Ahmad | Ismail | Jinaan | Al-Shehabi | Granada Islamic School | Effect of structure and behavior of antifungal agents on the treatment of Candidiasis | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Aylin Gela | Salahifar | Greg | Lampard | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Comparing Biodegradable versus Biobased Laundry Greywater on Plants | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Nithika | Karthikeyan | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | The effect of genotypes on the phytoremediation of heavy metals, introduced by fracking, in soil. | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Madeleine Zee | Chow | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Remove CO2 From Water Using Plants And Macroalgae | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Aasia Irene | Hasan | Caren | Furtado | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | How will phosphorus supplements affect growth of the stem and development of leaves of a plant grown with hydroponics? | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Mahati | Manda | Anuradha | Murthy | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Modeling Angioplasty: Detection of Density of Calcium Carbonate Deposits in Tubes | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Divya | Sundar | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | The Effect of Different Concentrations of Biopesticides and Chemical Pesticides on Earthworm Mass and Growth | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Adarsh Sairam | Ambati | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Low-Cost Cloud-based Contactless Vital Signs Monitor using Photo Plethysmographic Imaging & Infrared Sensing Techniques | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, Certificate, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Anushka | Sanyal | Sonia | Cuellar (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Developing a tool for studying Alzheimer's: A bacterial expression vector for the M3-M4 fragment of the nAChR alpha-7 | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | $ 250 to the winning student or team in middle school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Arohee | Bhoja | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | An Investigation of the Effects of Super-Absorbent Polymers on the Germination rates of Seeds | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Arohee | Bhoja | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | An Investigation of the Effects of Super-Absorbent Polymers on the Germination rates of Seeds | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Ankita | Kundu | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | Finding the Most Effective Two-Step Filtration System to Remove Biological, Mineral, and Chemical Contaminants in Water | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Deepa | Mahesh | Joel | Carter | Lawson Middle School | Using machine learning to find associations between cardiovascular disease data and clinical information. | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Elizabeth | Szeto | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | Finding the Most Effective Two-Step Filtration System to Remove Biological, Mineral, and Chemical Contaminants in Water | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Sidra | Xu | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | A Novel Solution to Algal Blooms by Inhibiting Photosynthesis Using Polystyrene Balls | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Russell | Yang | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | A Novel Solution to Algal Blooms by Inhibiting Photosynthesis Using Polystyrene Balls | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Alexandra Anne | Baeckler | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Given Names on a Shelter Animal's Adoptability | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Ruchika Sunil | Dixit | Sean | Carroll (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | How Quorum Sensing and Media affect Bacterial Bioluminescence | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Grace | Li | Pronati | Mondal | Challenger - Almaden | A Natural Insulator: What is the effect of different plant types covering roofs on the temperature of the buildings? | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Anushka | Sanyal | Sonia | Cuellar (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Developing a tool for studying Alzheimer's: A bacterial expression vector for the M3-M4 fragment of the nAChR alpha-7 | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Alexandra Anne | Baeckler | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Given Names on a Shelter Animal's Adoptability | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Ruchika Sunil | Dixit | Sean | Carroll (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | How Quorum Sensing and Media affect Bacterial Bioluminescence | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Grace | Li | Pronati | Mondal | Challenger - Almaden | A Natural Insulator: What is the effect of different plant types covering roofs on the temperature of the buildings? | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Anushka | Sanyal | Sonia | Cuellar (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Developing a tool for studying Alzheimer's: A bacterial expression vector for the M3-M4 fragment of the nAChR alpha-7 | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Samarth | Girish | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Watch Your Back: A Portable Device For Posture Detection | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Srikar Pranav | Kolluru | Anuradha | Murthy | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Effects of Natural Antioxidants on Sodium Bicarbonate Deposits: Application for Amelioration of Atherosclerosis | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Sidra | Xu | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | A Novel Solution to Algal Blooms by Inhibiting Photosynthesis Using Polystyrene Balls | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Russell | Yang | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | A Novel Solution to Algal Blooms by Inhibiting Photosynthesis Using Polystyrene Balls | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Arohee | Bhoja | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | An Investigation of the Effects of Super-Absorbent Polymers on the Germination rates of Seeds | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Jenna | Houle | Nelson | Hori | Cabrillo Middle School | The use of a polymer based active cuff for the treatment of edema in the lower extremities | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Ankita | Kundu | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | Finding the Most Effective Two-Step Filtration System to Remove Biological, Mineral, and Chemical Contaminants in Water | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Elizabeth | Szeto | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | Finding the Most Effective Two-Step Filtration System to Remove Biological, Mineral, and Chemical Contaminants in Water | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | Alexandra Anne | Baeckler | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Given Names on a Shelter Animal's Adoptability | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | Luisa | Pan | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Studies of the Learning Behavior of the Single Cell Organism, Stentor coeruleus, Under Various Types of Stimuli | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | Betsy | Tian | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Studies of the Learning Behavior of the Single Cell Organism, Stentor coeruleus, Under Various Types of Stimuli | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Ashvin Saikumar | Irrinki | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Improving the Human Gait for One-Legged Amputees with a Synergetic Prosthesis | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Arnav Sameer | Joshi | Scott | Pflaumer | Harker School-Upper Campus | A novel system for detecting COPD, asthma, and other obstructive lung diseases early in low-resource environments | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Athena | Fung | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Sodium Chloride: An Excitotoxin Triggering Neurodegeneration Through An Increased Na+/Ca2+ Influx Into Neuron | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Raghav | Ganesh | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Developing a novel, accurate, and rapid machine learning based cell classification algorithm to diagnose diseases | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Shloka | Janapaty | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | The Effects of Pseudomonas Putida Bioremediation of Agricultural Runoff on Low-density Polyethylene Decomposition rates | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Chinmay K | Lalgudi | Roy | Rocklin | Lynbrook High School | Investigating methylation to explain gene expression patterns between Glioblastoma and Alzheimer's Disease | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Shruti | Sridhar | Victoria | Evashenk | Notre Dame High School | Bridging Vectorcardiography and Computational Genetics: A Novel Approach to Noninvasive Early Detection of Heart Disease | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Raka | Acharya | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of Anabaena inaequalis on Salvinia minima to Absorb Crude Oil in Freshwater | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Arnav Prashant | Gattani | Rita | Huff | Valley Christian High School | Water Usage Meter | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Aarzu | Gupta | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Efficacy of Combinations of Plant Based Natural Antibiotics in Aiding the Fight Against Superbugs | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Kirti | Hargunani | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of Anabaena inaequalis on Salvinia minima to Absorb Crude Oil in Freshwater | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Maya | Shukla | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Efficacy of Combinations of Plant Based Natural Antibiotics in Aiding the Fight Against Superbugs | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Vittal | Thirumalai | Rita | Huff | Valley Christian High School | Water Usage Meter | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Arnav Sameer | Joshi | Scott | Pflaumer | Harker School-Upper Campus | A novel system for detecting COPD, asthma, and other obstructive lung diseases early in low-resource environments | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Chaelee | Park | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | The Effect of Herbal Extracts in Combination with Metformin in C. Elegans Subjected to a High Glucose Environment | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Alex Bakshi | Richardson | Kathleen | Koch | Monta Vista High School | Taking notes by hand vs typing and its affects on learning | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Zara Anzum | Shariff | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | The Effect of Diluted Bleach on Ice Plants vs. Echeveria | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Ishanee | Mitra | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of Different Probiotics on the Growth of Baker's Yeast | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Trisha | Sengupta | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of Different Probiotics on the Growth of Baker's Yeast | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Ashvin Saikumar | Irrinki | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Improving the Human Gait for One-Legged Amputees with a Synergetic Prosthesis | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Raj | Janardhan | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | The Effect of Music on Brain Competency | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Varun Chandra | Kodur | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The Effect of Acetic Vapor On Aspergillus Niger Growth On Allium Cepa L. Onion Slices | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Jeffrey | Fung | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Variations in Salinity and Growth Effects ofthe Marine Microalga Nannochloropsis | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Allison Sihan | Jia | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Using EEG to Analyze Common High School Distractions While Studying | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Isaac Jun Zhe | Lo | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | Modeling Algorithms to Simulate Individual and Colonial Ant Behavior | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Brendan Lu | Su | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | Modeling Algorithms to Simulate Individual and Colonial Ant Behavior | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Maanvi | Thawani | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | What is the effect of glucose, milk, and antacids on the survival rate L. Acidophilus in simulated gastric acid? | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Jasmine Kimberly | Wiese | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Using EEG to Analyze Common High School Distractions While Studying | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Brandon J | Yan | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | Modeling Algorithms to Simulate Individual and Colonial Ant Behavior | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Catherinez | Zhao | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Variations in Salinity and Growth Effects ofthe Marine Microalga Nannochloropsis | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | William | Zong | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | What is the effect of glucose, milk, and antacids on the survival rate L. Acidophilus in simulated gastric acid? | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Raghav | Ganesh | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Developing a novel, accurate, and rapid machine learning based cell classification algorithm to diagnose diseases | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Anusha | Ghosh | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | Automated Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes using Closed Loop Glucose Monitoring | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Sriya Tulasi | Jonnakuti | Anuradha | Murthy | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | The Patterns of Exon Gene Mutations in Key Diseases in Specific Organs | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, United States Public Health Service | Rohit Venkatasai | Tanikella | Michael | Lordan | Monta Vista High School | Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Cognitive Anxiety on Cognitive Performance | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Prashanthi | Rayapati | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of G. lucidum on the Lifespan of C. elegans modeling Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Shloka | Janapaty | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | The Effects of Pseudomonas Putida Bioremediation of Agricultural Runoff on Low-density Polyethylene Decomposition rates | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Ashley Kalishia | Yeh | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The Effects of NAD+ on a Drosophila Melanogaster Model of Cognitive Decline. | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Plaque and Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department | Shloka | Janapaty | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | The Effects of Pseudomonas Putida Bioremediation of Agricultural Runoff on Low-density Polyethylene Decomposition rates | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Harshita | Saha | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Dissolving Blood Clots with vibrations in localized areas for people diagnosed with thrombosis | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Hira Nisar | Ali | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The Effect of Valeriana officinalis vs. L-Tyrosine on a Rotenone-Induced Drosophila Model for Parkinson's Disease | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Vivek Vijay | Kamarshi | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effects of Gut Microbiota on Drosophila Models of Parkinson's Disease | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Rujuta Samir | Sathe | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Using PQQ mitochondrial biogenesis as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment for Neurodegenerative Disease (ALS) | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Anjani | Patibandla | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of Anabaena inaequalis on Salvinia minima to Absorb Crude Oil in Freshwater | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Katherine | Tian | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | Seizure Prediction Using Deep Learning | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Katherine Feifei | Zhang | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | Seizure Prediction Using Deep Learning | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Jason | Dong | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Diagnosing Medical-Related Issues by Creating a Machine Learning Algorithm Utilizing Artificial Neural Networks | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Cameron Cole | Jones | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Intelligent Hearing Aids: Improving Speech Intelligibility and Separation in Noisy Environments through Deep Learning | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Mariapaula | Sunzeri Hernandez | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Behavioral Modification using Red and Green LED Lights to Train Planarians with Positive Reinforcement | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Annika | Bhanot | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | The Effect of Oxybenzone on the Viability of Zebrafish Embryos | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Vennela J. | Chukka | Kathleen | Loia | Lynbrook High School | Deep Learning Approach for Gland Segmentation in Cancerous Tissue Images | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Anusha | Fatehpuria | Kathleen | Loia | Lynbrook High School | Deep Learning Approach for Gland Segmentation in Cancerous Tissue Images | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Roma Swarna | Kidambi | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | The Effect of Oxybenzone on the Viability of Zebrafish Embryos | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Aadithya Ramana | Anumala | Pamela | Chow | Monta Vista High School | Overexpression of p63 and p73 with E2F1 and pcDNA6/TR in yeast model of Breast Cancer effect on mortality with cisplatin | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Sowmya Prathika | Kolluru | Anuradha | Murthy | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | The Effect of Oxidative Stress on the Germination and Growth of Glycine max Plants | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Rory Dewitt | Morgan | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | What are the Effects of Climate Change on the Evolution of a Population of Simulated Organisms? | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Sohil | Pokharna | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | IoT enabled Neonatal Incubator for Monitoring and Storage of Vital Data for Predicting Short and Long Term Ailments | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Kaushik | Shivakumar | Anu | Datar | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Machine-Learning Approach to Correlate Environmental and Demographic Factors to Cancer Incidences Across US Counties | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 3rd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Vivek Vijay | Kamarshi | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effects of Gut Microbiota on Drosophila Models of Parkinson's Disease | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Vennela J. | Chukka | Kathleen | Loia | Lynbrook High School | Deep Learning Approach for Gland Segmentation in Cancerous Tissue Images | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Anusha | Fatehpuria | Kathleen | Loia | Lynbrook High School | Deep Learning Approach for Gland Segmentation in Cancerous Tissue Images | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate and nomination to enter 2018 Sustainability Soutions Festival in Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives | Kaushik | Shivakumar | Anu | Datar | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Machine-Learning Approach to Correlate Environmental and Demographic Factors to Cancer Incidences Across US Counties | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, United States Public Health Service | Sandhini | Agarwal | Marie | Durquet | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Using Computer Technology to Accurately Assess and Diagnose Walking Balance Disorders | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Mihir | Hasan | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of G. lucidum on the Lifespan of C. elegans modeling Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Sohil | Pokharna | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | IoT enabled Neonatal Incubator for Monitoring and Storage of Vital Data for Predicting Short and Long Term Ailments | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Mythri | Ambatipudi | Linda | Segal | Saint Francis High School | Combating Neurovirulence of ZIKA and Flavivirus Epidemics Using In Silico Phylogenetic Analysis and RNAi Gene Silencing | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Catherine Shuqi Xu | grebin | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Biocompatible Microdroplets: A Paradigm Shift in the Reversal of Atherosclerosis | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 3rd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Vinay | Senthil | Roy | Rocklin | Lynbrook High School | A Three Dimensional Modeling and Real Time Data Analysis Algorithm for Bronchoscopy Enhancement | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Mythri | Ambatipudi | Linda | Segal | Saint Francis High School | Combating Neurovirulence of ZIKA and Flavivirus Epidemics Using In Silico Phylogenetic Analysis and RNAi Gene Silencing | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Advith | Gopinath | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The Voice of Alzheimer's: Wearable Technology Coupled with Machine Learning to Track Alzheimer's Disease Progression | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Anastasiya | Grebin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Common crop higher plant growth impairment from human pharmaceuticals present in surface water. | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Catherine Shuqi Xu | grebin | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Biocompatible Microdroplets: A Paradigm Shift in the Reversal of Atherosclerosis | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Vinay | Senthil | Roy | Rocklin | Lynbrook High School | A Three Dimensional Modeling and Real Time Data Analysis Algorithm for Bronchoscopy Enhancement | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Daria Vasilievna | Syskine | Lora | Lerner | Monta Vista High School | Non-social Butterflies: Effects of Social Learning on Flower Foraging in the nonsocial Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris rapae) | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Alexander Bao | Vu | Rita | Huff | Valley Christian High School | The Effect of Probiotic Bacteria on the Passage of Allergens through the Intestinal Epithelium | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Amar Piyush | Kothary | Rita | Huff | Valley Christian High School | Effects of Pharmacological Agents on the Nonamyloidogenic Processing of the Beta-amyloid Precursor Protein | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Sophia Waye | Patterson | Rita | Huff | Valley Christian High School | Effects of Pharmacological Agents on the Nonamyloidogenic Processing of the Beta-amyloid Precursor Protein | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Ishana | Deb | Linda | Segal | Saint Francis High School | Why is the pruning of Purkinje cell and Climbing Fiber synapses in the Cerebellum, impaired in autistic children? | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Caitlin | Huang | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | An Attribute and Instance Weighted Naive Bayes Algorithm that uses Medical Knowledge for Heart Disease Detection | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Ujjaini | Mukhopadhyay | Mark | Cahn | Leland High School | Mindset or Aptitude: What drives the learning ability of high school students? | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Gina | Yang | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Investigating Colony Collapse Disorder: Synergistic Effects of In-hive Miticides on the Health of Honeybees A. mellifera | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Akhil | Arun | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Machine Learning Based Approach to Skin Lesion Segmentation using Superpixels | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Aditi | Gnanasekar | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Pumping Up Security: Using Encryption and 2 FA to Secure Connected Medical Devices | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Zachary Andrew | Shah | Rita | Huff | Valley Christian High School | Hormonal Regulation of Hexosaminidase: Implications for Tay Sachs Disease | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Geeta | Shankar | Martina | Steiner | Stanford Online High School | A computer simulation to investigate the change of allele frequencies of Sickle Cell Disease based on biogeography | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Sahana Gorantla | Srinivasan | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Machine Learning Based Approach to Skin Lesion Segmentation using Superpixels | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Michelle Trieu-My | Tang | Rita | Huff | Valley Christian High School | Hormonal Regulation of Hexosaminidase: Implications for Tay Sachs Disease | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Sydney | Ty | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Pumping Up Security: Using Encryption and 2 FA to Secure Connected Medical Devices | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Allison | Yih | Martina | Steiner | Stanford Online High School | A computer simulation to investigate the change of allele frequencies of Sickle Cell Disease based on biogeography | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Shreyas | Chandrashekaran | Kelly | Horan | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effects of Age on Distracted Driving Reaction Times | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Gwendolyn Izabel | Erdosh | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Anti-parasitic Effects of Milkweed Species on Monarch Butterflies Infected with Ophryocystis elektroscirrha | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Charlotta Giselle | Lebedenko | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Evaluating the effects of non-caloric artificial sweeteners on human gut microbiota to prevent glucose intolerance | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Loren H | Chang | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effect of different quantities of sodium hexametaphosphate on ampicillin resistance in E coli | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Saumya | Nimmagadda | Roy | Rocklin | Lynbrook High School | Knee Brace with Sensor Based Controllers Approach to Prediction of ACL Tear | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Jessica | Peng | Roy | Rocklin | Lynbrook High School | Knee Brace with Sensor Based Controllers Approach to Prediction of ACL Tear | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Karan Vivek | Sharma | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effect of different quantities of sodium hexametaphosphate on ampicillin resistance in E coli | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Vikas Vinayak | Srinivasa | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Effect of different quantities of sodium hexametaphosphate on ampicillin resistance in E coli | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Emma Krisztina | Brezoczky | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | A study of cadmium neurodegenerative effect on Caenorhabditis elegans in relation to Parkinson's disease. | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Tuong | Tran | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Modeling the Effects of Monosodium Glutamate on Geotaxis, Life Expectancy, Pulse Rate Using Drosophila melanogaster | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Akhil | Arun | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Machine Learning Based Approach to Skin Lesion Segmentation using Superpixels | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Geeta | Shankar | Martina | Steiner | Stanford Online High School | A computer simulation to investigate the change of allele frequencies of Sickle Cell Disease based on biogeography | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Sahana Gorantla | Srinivasan | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Machine Learning Based Approach to Skin Lesion Segmentation using Superpixels | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Allison | Yih | Martina | Steiner | Stanford Online High School | A computer simulation to investigate the change of allele frequencies of Sickle Cell Disease based on biogeography | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Roseann | Phan | Traci | Verna | Silver Creek High School | The Effect of UV Light on Different Strains of Bacteria | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Vy | Truong | Traci | Verna | Silver Creek High School | The Effect of UV Light on Different Strains of Bacteria | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Kevin | Xu | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | Modeling the Dual Effect of Governmental Aid and Hospital Subsidization on Hospital Performance: An Affordable Care Act | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, United States Public Health Service | Shreyas | Chandrashekaran | Kelly | Horan | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Effects of Age on Distracted Driving Reaction Times | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, United States Public Health Service | Ujjaini | Mukhopadhyay | Mark | Cahn | Leland High School | Mindset or Aptitude: What drives the learning ability of high school students? | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Mythri | Ambatipudi | Linda | Segal | Saint Francis High School | Combating Neurovirulence of ZIKA and Flavivirus Epidemics Using In Silico Phylogenetic Analysis and RNAi Gene Silencing | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Stephanie Thuy | Le | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Testing Antibiotic Resistance of Staphylococcus Epidermidis | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Samantha | Lu | Narquiz | Cervantes | Silver Creek High School | The effects of antioxidants on Artemia (brine shrimp) | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Khiem | Nguyen | Narquiz | Cervantes | Silver Creek High School | The effects of antioxidants on Artemia (brine shrimp) | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Mythri | Ambatipudi | Linda | Segal | Saint Francis High School | Combating Neurovirulence of ZIKA and Flavivirus Epidemics Using In Silico Phylogenetic Analysis and RNAi Gene Silencing | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Catherine Shuqi Xu | grebin | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Biocompatible Microdroplets: A Paradigm Shift in the Reversal of Atherosclerosis | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Packet of Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | Manav Jitesh | Shah | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Redefining Patient-Specific Tumor Neo-Antigen Detection: Using Bacterial Quorum Sensing as a Lung Cancer Biomarker | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Packet of Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | Zachary Andrew | Shah | Rita | Huff | Valley Christian High School | Hormonal Regulation of Hexosaminidase: Implications for Tay Sachs Disease | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Packet of Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | Michelle Trieu-My | Tang | Rita | Huff | Valley Christian High School | Hormonal Regulation of Hexosaminidase: Implications for Tay Sachs Disease | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Packet of Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | Alexander Bao | Vu | Rita | Huff | Valley Christian High School | The Effect of Probiotic Bacteria on the Passage of Allergens through the Intestinal Epithelium | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 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 | Investigating Colony Collapse Disorder: Synergistic Effects of In-hive Miticides on the Health of Honeybees A. mellifera | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Aditi | Gnanasekar | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Pumping Up Security: Using Encryption and 2 FA to Secure Connected Medical Devices | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Sydney | Ty | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Pumping Up Security: Using Encryption and 2 FA to Secure Connected Medical Devices | 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 | Pravin | Ravishanker | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | ALZCan: Predicting Future Onset of Alzheimer's Disease Using Polygenic Risk Scores and Multiple Neuroimaging Modalities | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Gautam | Prabhu | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Kinetic Modeling of Signal Transduction in the Intra-S Phase DNA Damage Checkpoint | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Pravin | Ravishanker | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | ALZCan: Predicting Future Onset of Alzheimer's Disease Using Polygenic Risk Scores and Multiple Neuroimaging Modalities | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Riana Ali | Karim | Lisa | Yi | Notre Dame High School | The Effect of Different Probiotic Bacterial Strains on Ammonia (NH3) Production Levels | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Sharon Kim | Truong | Lisa | Yi | Notre Dame High School | The Effect of Different Probiotic Bacterial Strains on Ammonia (NH3) Production Levels | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Varvara Alexeevna | Shvareva | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Upregulating the levels of the microtubule severing protein spastin in neuroblastomas to model axonal regeneration | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Jordan Davis | Gorospe | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Green tea catechins inhibitory effects on tumorigenisis | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Talal Ahmed | Sohail | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Using Drosophila melanogaster as a Model Organism to Investigate the Effects of Geometric Patterns on Food Attraction | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | $40 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Daijunay Justine | Turner | Jennifer | Claudio-Quan | Oak Grove High School | The Role of Invasive Snail Ecology in the Production of Possible Natural Buffer Solutions | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Amulya | Vadlakonda | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | The Effects of Awareness Models on the Sustainability of our Organ Donation System | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Raymond | Xu | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | Modeling the Dual Effect of Governmental Aid and Hospital Subsidization on Hospital Performance: An Affordable Care Act | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Samantha Yan | Cheung | Jeff | Lutze | Leland High School | The Investigation of the Prevalence of the Wolbachia Gene in Arthropods from Cities of the Bay Area | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, Certificate, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Anirudh | Venkatraman | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Production of Bioplastics from Vegetable Waste | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Place Award - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley | Anirudh | Venkatraman | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Production of Bioplastics from Vegetable Waste | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | GR 6-8 Most Promising Female Researcher, $100, Certificate, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Ayana Rose | Wilmot | Nisanti | Wilmot | Oakwood Country School | LED Gloves: A Communication Solution for the Hearing Impaired in the Dark | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | GR 6-8, 2nd Place: $150 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Sydney Maya | Gorin | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Solar Cell Optimization | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Anika | Pandey | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Effect of Nano-particle Hydrophobic Paint on the Surface Tension and Surface Bonding of Water | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Yusuf Ali | Atesoglu | Aliya | Shafquat | Granada Islamic School | The Effect of plastic bottles on reducing copper from contaminated water | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Allison | Bang | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Which Ball Creates the Least Drag? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Rohan | Bansal | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Let's Fly - The Effect Of Airfoil Design On Lift | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Sophia Charlotte | Campbell | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Earthworms' Diet and their Effect on Soil | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Michelle | Chen | Caren | Furtado | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | Exploring the mechanical strength of stent unit cells with different patterns, widths, and thickness | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Roy | Gross | Annie | Yount | Terman Middle School | Radiocartography: Mapping the Unseen World of Radio | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Parth Nimish | Hathalia | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | Moisture Detection Platform | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Nidhya | Shivakumar | Shanthi | Adimoolam (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Halophytes:A Potential Solution for the Remediation of Soil in Saline Wastelands | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Anirudh | Venkatraman | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Production of Bioplastics from Vegetable Waste | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Joyce Boying | Yang | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | What is the effect of time and temperature on the amount of sodium nitrate and nitrite contained in processed meats? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Yusuf Ali | Atesoglu | Aliya | Shafquat | Granada Islamic School | The Effect of plastic bottles on reducing copper from contaminated water | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Allison | Bang | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Which Ball Creates the Least Drag? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Rohan | Bansal | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Let's Fly - The Effect Of Airfoil Design On Lift | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Sophia Charlotte | Campbell | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Earthworms' Diet and their Effect on Soil | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Michelle | Chen | Caren | Furtado | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | Exploring the mechanical strength of stent unit cells with different patterns, widths, and thickness | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Roy | Gross | Annie | Yount | Terman Middle School | Radiocartography: Mapping the Unseen World of Radio | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Parth Nimish | Hathalia | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | Moisture Detection Platform | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Nidhya | Shivakumar | Shanthi | Adimoolam (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Halophytes:A Potential Solution for the Remediation of Soil in Saline Wastelands | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Anirudh | Venkatraman | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Production of Bioplastics from Vegetable Waste | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Joyce Boying | Yang | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | What is the effect of time and temperature on the amount of sodium nitrate and nitrite contained in processed meats? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Roshan | Bellary | Shobi | Murali | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The effect of an intensification of a beam of light and time on the energy output of a solar panel | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Brayden T. | Callan | Arlene | Brown | Saint Christopher School | Which Seawall Shape Best Mitigates Storm Surges? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Brian | Chen | Jin | Cheng (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | RotorCar: A Novel Idea to Reduce Traffic Using Flying Cars | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Parth | Kasmalkar | Clarissa | Chaplin | Valley Christian Junior High School | Earthquakes: How much shaking can these buildings take? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Aisha Ibrahim | Kazi | Firdous | Gousia | Thinking Minds Academy (homeschool) | Walk n Light | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | David Wynne | Kipp | Susan | Greathouse | Sacred Heart Middle School | Downhill Coasting | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Alan Dongjin | Lee | Lori | Lester | Terman Middle School | How Effective is Silica Gel in Food Package and Does It Last Until The Expiry date? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Leyla Mathilde | Murgia | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Warkawater Tree | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Anika | Pandey | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Effect of Nano-particle Hydrophobic Paint on the Surface Tension and Surface Bonding of Water | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Arya Tara | Prabhu | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Up, Up, and Away! Aerodynamics | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Ayana Rose | Wilmot | Nisanti | Wilmot | Oakwood Country School | LED Gloves: A Communication Solution for the Hearing Impaired in the Dark | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Ishaan | Agrawal | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The Affect of different Modifications on a Structure's ability to withstand Seismic Waves | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Talha | Aziz | Aliya | Shafquat | Granada Islamic School | Burning Biomass Briquettes | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Snikitha | Banda | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Graffiti Removal | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Sydney Maya | Gorin | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Solar Cell Optimization | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Koena | Gupta | Kevin | Seago | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | How Does Temperature Affect The Bounciness of a Bouncy Ball? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Brennen | Ho | Sarah | Pierce | Jordan (David Starr) Middle School | Wearable GPS Tracker | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Malini | Iyer | Tammy | Teng | Peterson Middle School | The Effect of Viscosity on the Stability of Emulsions | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Ishan | Kar | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Hands Free Motion and Obstacle Detector for the Visually Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Christian John | Moran | Susan | Greathouse | Sacred Heart Middle School | Energy Production During the Year | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Khushi | Nigam | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Home Robot 9267X - Make Life Great Again | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Siddharth | Sai | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | STOP underwater noise pollution! | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Saurish | Srivastava | Howard | Greenfield | Silver Oak School | ETSBot: A Novel Cost Efficient Approach To Solve The Issue of Endangered Species | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Zach | Berman | Genevieve | Greene | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Motorized Egg Cracker | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Sammy Isaac | Burns | Genevieve | Greene | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Motorized Egg Cracker | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Apoorva Ameya | Talwalkar | Poorva | Gupta (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Dance Imagination: Projecting Real-Time Special Effects Based on a Dancer's Motion | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | $50 Cash Award to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | Zach | Berman | Genevieve | Greene | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Motorized Egg Cracker | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | $50 Cash Award to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | Sammy Isaac | Burns | Genevieve | Greene | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Motorized Egg Cracker | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Parth | Kasmalkar | Clarissa | Chaplin | Valley Christian Junior High School | Earthquakes: How much shaking can these buildings take? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 3rd place - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Ishaan | Agrawal | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The Affect of different Modifications on a Structure's ability to withstand Seismic Waves | 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 | Malini | Iyer | Tammy | Teng | Peterson Middle School | The Effect of Viscosity on the Stability of Emulsions | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 3rd place MS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Eleanore Jane | Kirshner | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Soggy Sandwich Conundrum : Condensation-Free Ice Packs | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Roy | Gross | Annie | Yount | Terman Middle School | Radiocartography: Mapping the Unseen World of Radio | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award | Parth | Kasmalkar | Clarissa | Chaplin | Valley Christian Junior High School | Earthquakes: How much shaking can these buildings take? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Namrata Reggie | Nair | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | The Effect of Types of Polymer Materials in Soil on the Moisture of the Soil | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Jia S. | Gill | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | How Different Types of Foundations Affect a Building's Resiliency Towards Earthquakes | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Namrata Reggie | Nair | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | The Effect of Types of Polymer Materials in Soil on the Moisture of the Soil | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Affanuddin | Syed | Tammy | Teng | Peterson Middle School | The Strongest Bridge of All | 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 | Yusuf Ali | Atesoglu | Aliya | Shafquat | Granada Islamic School | The Effect of plastic bottles on reducing copper from contaminated water | 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 | Anika | Pandey | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Effect of Nano-particle Hydrophobic Paint on the Surface Tension and Surface Bonding of Water | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Simon Young | Koski | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | Going Up? Using a Genetic Algorithm to Optimize Elevator Controllers | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Middle school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Brayden T. | Callan | Arlene | Brown | Saint Christopher School | Which Seawall Shape Best Mitigates Storm Surges? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Middle school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Eleanore Jane | Kirshner | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Soggy Sandwich Conundrum : Condensation-Free Ice Packs | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Middle school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Daniel Edison | Siegel | Patricia | Balbuena | Jordan (David Starr) Middle School | Measurement and Analysis of Resonant Frequencies in Thin Plates using Sound Waves | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Ben Robert | Gleixner | Tim | Ainoa | Old Orchard School | Save The Ship | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, Certificate, 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 | A Green, Low-Cost Adsorbent for the Removal of Dye from Aqueous Solutions | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | $ 250 to the winning student or team in middle school Physical Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Pujita Srilalitha | Tangirala | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | A Green, Low-Cost Adsorbent for the Removal of Dye from Aqueous Solutions | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | $125 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Guy | Knaan | Liat | Baranoff | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Voice Swap | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | $250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Shlok | Shah | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | Autonomous vehicle crash avoidance algorithm | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Akshita Lakshmi | Ponnuru | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | The Future for the Blind: A Navigation System Promoting Independence | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Keshav | Balaji | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Third Eye: The Helpful Eye for the Visually Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Yahli | Einav | Liat | Baranoff | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Automatic dry dog food dispenser | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Rishi Ramji | Pankhaniya | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Designing a Wristband to Aid the Visually Disabled | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Yoav | Segev | Liat | Baranoff | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Automatic dry dog food dispenser | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | GR 6-8, 3rd Place: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Krithi Vishesh | Koodli | Gary | Oas | Stanford Online High School | Design of an Energy Device using Computer Simulation of Ionization | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Grand Prize Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Manvitha | Pabbathi | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | Mobile Sleeper | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Cole Trane | Bregman | Liat | Baranoff | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | The creation of a system that will free a dog during a fire | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Nathaniel Read | Hahn | Liat | Baranoff | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | The creation of a system that will free a dog during a fire | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Allyson | Chiu | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Forget Me Not Child Warning System | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Shailee | Nanavati | Wilson | Tsang | Cabrillo Middle School | Student Life Helper Audio App | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Annika | Viswesh | Greg | Lampard | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Oculus Patch Assistant | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Pujita Srilalitha | Tangirala | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | A Green, Low-Cost Adsorbent for the Removal of Dye from Aqueous Solutions | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Danya | Balagopal | Nisanti | Wilmot | Oakwood Country School | Recycling Food Waste to Sequester Carbon, Improve Soil Nutrition, and Growth of Plants in Urban Environments | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Lorenzo Ivan | Beronilla | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | Blind Sight Cane | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Jason Robert | Co | Hope | Oliver | Cabrillo Middle School | The iCane | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Saurav Saumil | Gandhi | Hope | Oliver | Cabrillo Middle School | The iCane | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Andrea Xinyu | Liu | Tatiana | Braun | Stratford Middle School - Milpitas | Paddle Choices for Optimal Speed | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Ryan Wenyuan | Liu | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | Blind Sight Cane | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Krishna Srinivasan | Mani | Greg | Lampard | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Building an Endurance UAV | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Jackson Cooper | Moody | Hope | Oliver | Cabrillo Middle School | The iCane | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Shlok | Shah | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | Autonomous vehicle crash avoidance algorithm | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Samika | Swamy | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | BioFresh Food Smarts: An eco-friendly, smart solution to reduce wastage of climacteric produce. | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Afifuddin | Syed | Amy | Brindos | Buchser Middle School | Skateboard Improvement | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Pujita Srilalitha | Tangirala | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | A Green, Low-Cost Adsorbent for the Removal of Dye from Aqueous Solutions | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Annika | Viswesh | Greg | Lampard | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Oculus Patch Assistant | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Danya | Balagopal | Nisanti | Wilmot | Oakwood Country School | Recycling Food Waste to Sequester Carbon, Improve Soil Nutrition, and Growth of Plants in Urban Environments | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Andrea Xinyu | Liu | Tatiana | Braun | Stratford Middle School - Milpitas | Paddle Choices for Optimal Speed | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Krishna Srinivasan | Mani | Greg | Lampard | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Building an Endurance UAV | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Shlok | Shah | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | Autonomous vehicle crash avoidance algorithm | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Samika | Swamy | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | BioFresh Food Smarts: An eco-friendly, smart solution to reduce wastage of climacteric produce. | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Afifuddin | Syed | Amy | Brindos | Buchser Middle School | Skateboard Improvement | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Pujita Srilalitha | Tangirala | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | A Green, Low-Cost Adsorbent for the Removal of Dye from Aqueous Solutions | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Annika | Viswesh | Greg | Lampard | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Oculus Patch Assistant | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Lorenzo Ivan | Beronilla | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | Blind Sight Cane | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Jason Robert | Co | Hope | Oliver | Cabrillo Middle School | The iCane | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Saurav Saumil | Gandhi | Hope | Oliver | Cabrillo Middle School | The iCane | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Ryan Wenyuan | Liu | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | Blind Sight Cane | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Jackson Cooper | Moody | Hope | Oliver | Cabrillo Middle School | The iCane | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Anousha Anand | Athreya | Jislaine | Elsayed | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The Effect of Light on the Potency of Antioxidants in Spices | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Akshay | Attaluri | Joel | Carter | Lawson Middle School | Tsunami Guard: Finding the Most Effective Wave Breaker Design | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Shreyas | Basu | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Changing the Speed of Light | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Brian Tsungyue | Chang | Gregory | Namba | Peterson Middle School | A Numerical Solver for Finding the Distance a Ball Will Travel in Any Medium | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Sanjana Saisuma | Jilla | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | Tempus Genie 2.0 | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Herin | Kang | Jislaine | Elsayed | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Algae Oxygen Generator | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Rahil | Kapadia | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Cooling Arm Sleeve | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Camilla Jasmine | Lindh | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Visually Impaired Navigator | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Iyanu Bomar | Olukotun | Mary | Melnick | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Heating the Moon: Creating a Thermal Mass to Warm the Lunar Surface | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Sovie Prasad | Shekhar | Greg | Lampard | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | The Amount of Time Taken for the Oil Spill Polymer, Enviro Bond 403, to Add-on to Different Oils in Tap and Salt Water. | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Surya Christopher | Tallavarjula | Idiko | Stennis | Peterson Middle School | Development of Blocking Disc Method to Water Plants and Trees Efficiently and to Reduce Water Usage | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Yahli | Einav | Liat | Baranoff | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Automatic dry dog food dispenser | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Yoav | Segev | Liat | Baranoff | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Automatic dry dog food dispenser | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Ushoshi | Basumallick | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Let the Light Decide - Testing the compositions of common household liquids using a home made SpectroPhotoMeter | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Allyson | Chiu | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Forget Me Not Child Warning System | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Ronan | Ellerby | Greg | Lampard | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Effect of Chicken Living Conditions on Eggshell Properties | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Arijit | Ghoshal | Sujatha | Raghu | Rolling Hills Middle School | Mechanical Advantage of Various Gear Trains | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Vedansh | Goenka | Wilson | Tsang | Cabrillo Middle School | Mag-Tag Magnetic Locking System | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Sinaya | Joshi | Joel | Carter | Lawson Middle School | A novel system for the reduction of drowning deaths in young children | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Rishi Ramji | Pankhaniya | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Designing a Wristband to Aid the Visually Disabled | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Arya | Rajesh | Pronati | Mondal | Challenger - Almaden | An IoT For Detecting Forest Fires | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Tanvi | Rao | Sujatha | Raghu | Rolling Hills Middle School | An Energy Efficient Home that Can Maintain Year Round Temperature. | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Diptanshu | Sikdar | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Wireless charging via an Ultrasonic - Piezoelectric Bridge | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Isita Nandana | Talukdar | Kevyn | Adams | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Navigational Techniques In Self Driving Cars | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Keshiv Shaan | Tandon | Caren | Furtado | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | Energy Conservation Using Color of Paint on Houses | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Spencer Harrison | Cha | Casey | Brown | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Electricity Outputs From Different Exothermic Processes | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Riya | Gupta | Poorva | Gupta (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Dance Imagination: Projecting Real-Time Special Effects Based on a Dancer's Motion | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Ashwin | Kannan | Casey | Brown | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Electricity Outputs From Different Exothermic Processes | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Noa | Talmor | Trevor | Davis | Yavneh Day School | How does changing temperature of a magnet affect its magnetic field strength? | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Aurora | Zeltser | Trevor | Davis | Yavneh Day School | How does changing temperature of a magnet affect its magnetic field strength? | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award | Sovie Prasad | Shekhar | Greg | Lampard | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | The Amount of Time Taken for the Oil Spill Polymer, Enviro Bond 403, to Add-on to Different Oils in Tap and Salt Water. | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Diya Kaur | Dhindsa | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Creating an Earthquake-Resistant Building | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Nina | Phatak | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Creating an Earthquake-Resistant Building | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Aru | Rastogi | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Creating an Earthquake-Resistant Building | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Andrea Xinyu | Liu | Tatiana | Braun | Stratford Middle School - Milpitas | Paddle Choices for Optimal Speed | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Xenia | Torres | Kim | Moritz | Allen at Steinbeck | How Does Heat Transfer Through Metals vs. Alloys? | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Justin Han | Gubbens | Caren | Furtado | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | How quickly does a focused picosecond green laser cut different metal and non-metal materials with accuracy? | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Camilla Jasmine | Lindh | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Visually Impaired Navigator | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Akshay | Attaluri | Joel | Carter | Lawson Middle School | Tsunami Guard: Finding the Most Effective Wave Breaker Design | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Rishi Ramji | Pankhaniya | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Designing a Wristband to Aid the Visually Disabled | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Diptanshu | Sikdar | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Wireless charging via an Ultrasonic - Piezoelectric Bridge | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Anna | Jun | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Strength of Honeycomb Structures | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Diptanshu | Sikdar | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Wireless charging via an Ultrasonic - Piezoelectric Bridge | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Nethra | Srinivasan | Jill | Fischer | Harte (Bret) Middle School | Fluid Mechanics: The Effects of Temperature on a Liquid's Viscosity | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle School-Cash Award-$75 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Naomi Gavriella | Barkan | Megan | Babat | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Keeping apples beautiful: Which fruit's juice is the best for preserving apples? | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle School-Cash Award-$75 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Gabby Irit | Farber | Megan | Babat | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Keeping apples beautiful: Which fruit's juice is the best for preserving apples? | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle School-Cash Award-$75 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Natalie | Perrochon | Megan | Babat | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Keeping apples beautiful: Which fruit's juice is the best for preserving apples? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, Certificate, and $100 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Akhilesh Varadan | Balasingam | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Manhattan Fluidics: On Optimizing Network Geometry by Circuit Analogy for Low-cost 3D-Printed Lab-on-a-Chip Devices | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Andrew C. | Chiang | Kevyn | Adams | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Manipulation of Ultrasonic Force Field | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Place Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Khushi | Parikh | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Creating a Computer Algorithm to Accurately Predict the Next Season's Influenza Virus Strain | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 3rd Place Student Award: $80 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Aadit | Trivedi | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Drive Smart, Drive Safe: Designing an Anti-Collision Vehicular Network | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Nikhil | Chandra | Jenna | Patton | Harte (Bret) Middle School | Iot Water Leak Alarm: Delivers an email to a connected user immediately upon detection of a water leak | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Akash | Dasgupta | Khadija | Iyer | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | Electrical Fire Prevention Device | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Riteka | Murugesh | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Baby Alert - Did You Miss Me? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Shachi Shikha | Prasad | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Mobile Medicine Tracker | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Neeraj | Rattehalli | Caren | Furtado | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | An Iot Approach to a Smart Stove | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Parthiv | Seetharaman | Jenna | Patton | Harte (Bret) Middle School | Iot Water Leak Alarm: Delivers an email to a connected user immediately upon detection of a water leak | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Molly Elizabeth | Waddington | James | Levis | Britton Middle School | Robo Garden | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | GR 6-8, 1st Place: $200 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Akhilesh Varadan | Balasingam | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Manhattan Fluidics: On Optimizing Network Geometry by Circuit Analogy for Low-cost 3D-Printed Lab-on-a-Chip Devices | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Sruthi | Mikkilineni | Chris | Scharmen | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | SafeNet: Protect children from the dangers of Internet using Convolutional Neural Networks | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Akshar | Sarvesh | Kevyn | Adams | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Neural Networks for Heart Disease Classification | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Anjali | Singh | Khadija | Iyer | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | Formality Analysis of Written Text Using Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Masha | Korolik | Tim | Ainoa | Old Orchard School | Refraction of Light: Its Dependence on the Density and Nature of a Solution | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Srivishnu | Pyda | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Developing Bio-Composite Materials: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Chitin Matrix | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Pranjal | Agrawal | Michael | Atkins | Chaboya School | Does the Amount of Precipitation Have Any Effect on the Seismic Activity in California? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Aditi | Bharti | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | KnowYourAntibiotic: A Mobile App To Fight Antibiotic Resistance | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Vivek Srinivas | Veluvali | Sean | Carroll (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A novel method of forward osmosis involving iron nanopaticles | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Anushka Haraki | Aritharan | Lisa | Wicht | Saint Joseph of Cupertino School | What is the effect of different ingredients in skin moisturizers on the retention of moisture in the model human skin? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Akhilesh Varadan | Balasingam | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Manhattan Fluidics: On Optimizing Network Geometry by Circuit Analogy for Low-cost 3D-Printed Lab-on-a-Chip Devices | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Nishita Sathyabodha | Belur | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | A Tele-Health Smartphone App to Virtually Connect Rural Patients in Underdeveloped Countries to Doctors and Hospitals | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Anika Rajendra | Bhatia | Shama | Mohamed | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Go Grey - Laundry to Landscape Irrigation System | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | William Quincy | Chang | Caren | Furtado | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | Global Warming Affects Buoyancy? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Andrew C. | Chiang | Kevyn | Adams | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Manipulation of Ultrasonic Force Field | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Caitlin Maya | Gorin | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Filtering Electromagnetic Fields on Cellular Devices | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Mihir Bhushan | Heda | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Eco-Friendly Calculator | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Kate Elizabeth | Jackson | Tim | Ainoa | Old Orchard School | Sustainable Play: Comparing the Safety of Renewable Alternatives to Commercial Playground Surface Materials | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Akshay Josyula | Manglik | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | A mobile software application to educate citizens with accurate, up to date, and accessible political information | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Elise Cat-Tien | Pham | Nathan | Laing | Sierramont Middle School | Bionic Hand | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Sahana | Rajmohan | Shama | Mohamed | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Go Grey - Laundry to Landscape Irrigation System | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Sruthi | Ramesh Kumar | Shama | Mohamed | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Go Grey - Laundry to Landscape Irrigation System | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Anjali | Singh | Khadija | Iyer | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | Formality Analysis of Written Text Using Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Srinath | Somasundaram | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Novel Design and Evaluation of a Temperature Controlled Smart Sock with Fuzzy Logic Control | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Anushka Haraki | Aritharan | Lisa | Wicht | Saint Joseph of Cupertino School | What is the effect of different ingredients in skin moisturizers on the retention of moisture in the model human skin? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Akhilesh Varadan | Balasingam | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Manhattan Fluidics: On Optimizing Network Geometry by Circuit Analogy for Low-cost 3D-Printed Lab-on-a-Chip Devices | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Nishita Sathyabodha | Belur | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | A Tele-Health Smartphone App to Virtually Connect Rural Patients in Underdeveloped Countries to Doctors and Hospitals | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | William Quincy | Chang | Caren | Furtado | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | Global Warming Affects Buoyancy? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Andrew C. | Chiang | Kevyn | Adams | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Manipulation of Ultrasonic Force Field | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Caitlin Maya | Gorin | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Filtering Electromagnetic Fields on Cellular Devices | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Mihir Bhushan | Heda | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Eco-Friendly Calculator | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Kate Elizabeth | Jackson | Tim | Ainoa | Old Orchard School | Sustainable Play: Comparing the Safety of Renewable Alternatives to Commercial Playground Surface Materials | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Akshay Josyula | Manglik | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | A mobile software application to educate citizens with accurate, up to date, and accessible political information | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Elise Cat-Tien | Pham | Nathan | Laing | Sierramont Middle School | Bionic Hand | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Anjali | Singh | Khadija | Iyer | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | Formality Analysis of Written Text Using Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Srinath | Somasundaram | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Novel Design and Evaluation of a Temperature Controlled Smart Sock with Fuzzy Logic Control | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Anika Rajendra | Bhatia | Shama | Mohamed | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Go Grey - Laundry to Landscape Irrigation System | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Sahana | Rajmohan | Shama | Mohamed | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Go Grey - Laundry to Landscape Irrigation System | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Sruthi | Ramesh Kumar | Shama | Mohamed | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Go Grey - Laundry to Landscape Irrigation System | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Alexander | Grindrod | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The FitShock | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Supriya | Lall | Tiffany | Crist-Studley | Castilleja School | Gunshot Detector | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Emma | Lu | Shobi | Murali | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Which type of french fries has the shortest shelf life? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Arushi | Patel | Nelson | Hori | Cabrillo Middle School | Code Green: Measuring Chlorophyll a levels in the Delta | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Josh | Sanyal | Michael | Askins (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Homework Machine: Helps students work smarter, not harder, and collaborate with peers, teachers, and parents | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Akshar | Sarvesh | Kevyn | Adams | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Neural Networks for Heart Disease Classification | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Misbah Mariam | Syed | Farhana | Afroz | Granada Islamic School | Catch the Wave! Energy obtained by harnessing ocean wave power. | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Kaushik Sai | Tota | Sean | Carroll (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Portable Water Bottle Which Utilizes a Ceramic Filter to Provide Clean Water to Areas with a Polluted Water Supply | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Aadit | Trivedi | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Drive Smart, Drive Safe: Designing an Anti-Collision Vehicular Network | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Sakshi | Kumar | Nelson | Hori | Cabrillo Middle School | Poop Patrol: Simplifying the Interaction Between the Visually Impaired and Their Service Dogs | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Arya | Maheshwari | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Analyzing Trajectories: The Aerodynamics of Different Badminton Shuttlecocks | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | James | Pflaging | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Analyzing Trajectories: The Aerodynamics of Different Badminton Shuttlecocks | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Nithila | Poongovan | Nelson | Hori | Cabrillo Middle School | Poop Patrol: Simplifying the Interaction Between the Visually Impaired and Their Service Dogs | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Eshani Reddy | Arumalla | Josh | Small | Quimby Oak School | What conditions cause algae to produce the most oil ? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Malak Wael | Ashmawi | Farhana | Afroz | Granada Islamic School | Blood Splattering Patterns: Effect of Height, Viscosity, and Surface on the Splatter of simulated Blood | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Arnav | Garg | Deepali | Deshmukh | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Rescuebot, in search for survivors! | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Julia | Lovato | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | Pain Reliever | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Shachi Shikha | Prasad | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Mobile Medicine Tracker | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Srivishnu | Pyda | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Developing Bio-Composite Materials: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Chitin Matrix | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Anokhi | Shah | Thea | Dalvand | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | Giving Fruit Waste a Second Chance: Using Dried Peels as a Binding Agent to Remove Toxic Metals from Contaminated Water | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Nilisha | Baid | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | How Egg Substitutes Affect Baking | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Vaishnavi Gorantla | Murari | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | How Egg Substitutes Affect Baking | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Krish | Praseeth | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | The Design and Construction of a Fitness App to Encourage Children to Exercise | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Talin Joshi | Ray | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | The Design and Construction of a Fitness App to Encourage Children to Exercise | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Amar | Singh | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | The Information Pathways of the Brain | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Praneel | Singla | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | The Information Pathways of the Brain | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Manas Shyam | Srivastava | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | The Design and Construction of a Fitness App to Encourage Children to Exercise | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Annamma Jijen | Vazhaeparambil | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | A Method of Efficiently Purifying Gray Water in Homes to Use in Neighborhood Backyards | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Aditi | Vinod | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | A Method of Efficiently Purifying Gray Water in Homes to Use in Neighborhood Backyards | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award | Kate Elizabeth | Jackson | Tim | Ainoa | Old Orchard School | Sustainable Play: Comparing the Safety of Renewable Alternatives to Commercial Playground Surface Materials | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | Arushi | Agastwar | Marc | Kulla | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | An Innovative Aide to Help Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Better Confront Daily Struggles Using Visual Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | Avishi | Agastwar | Marc | Kulla | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | An Innovative Aide to Help Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Better Confront Daily Struggles Using Visual Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 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 | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Filtering Electromagnetic Fields on Cellular Devices | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Place Award - $100, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Anokhi | Shah | Thea | Dalvand | Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino | Giving Fruit Waste a Second Chance: Using Dried Peels as a Binding Agent to Remove Toxic Metals from Contaminated Water | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st place MS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Akhilesh Varadan | Balasingam | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Manhattan Fluidics: On Optimizing Network Geometry by Circuit Analogy for Low-cost 3D-Printed Lab-on-a-Chip Devices | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Place: $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Aadit | Trivedi | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Drive Smart, Drive Safe: Designing an Anti-Collision Vehicular Network | 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 | Kate Elizabeth | Jackson | Tim | Ainoa | Old Orchard School | Sustainable Play: Comparing the Safety of Renewable Alternatives to Commercial Playground Surface Materials | 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 | Srivishnu | Pyda | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Developing Bio-Composite Materials: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Chitin Matrix | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd place MS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Masha | Korolik | Tim | Ainoa | Old Orchard School | Refraction of Light: Its Dependence on the Density and Nature of a Solution | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, Hegland Award | Misbah Mariam | Syed | Farhana | Afroz | Granada Islamic School | Catch the Wave! Energy obtained by harnessing ocean wave power. | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Sakshi | Kumar | Nelson | Hori | Cabrillo Middle School | Poop Patrol: Simplifying the Interaction Between the Visually Impaired and Their Service Dogs | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Khushi | Parikh | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Creating a Computer Algorithm to Accurately Predict the Next Season's Influenza Virus Strain | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, Society of Women Engineers | Nithila | Poongovan | Nelson | Hori | Cabrillo Middle School | Poop Patrol: Simplifying the Interaction Between the Visually Impaired and Their Service Dogs | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 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 | Srinath | Somasundaram | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | A Novel Design and Evaluation of a Temperature Controlled Smart Sock with Fuzzy Logic Control | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention-$50, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Emma | Lu | Shobi | Murali | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Which type of french fries has the shortest shelf life? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Molly Elizabeth | Waddington | James | Levis | Britton Middle School | Robo Garden | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Andrew C. | Chiang | Kevyn | Adams | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Manipulation of Ultrasonic Force Field | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificiate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Misbah Mariam | Syed | Farhana | Afroz | Granada Islamic School | Catch the Wave! Energy obtained by harnessing ocean wave power. | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Caitlin Maya | Gorin | Martin | Wiedemann | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Filtering Electromagnetic Fields on Cellular Devices | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 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 | Siddharth | Das | Sangeeta | Bhatnagar | Evergreen Valley High School | A Fast, Efficient Technique for Finding a Path through Multiple Destinations | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Hawk | Azordegan | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | An Easily Adjustable Ramp for the Physically Disabled | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Eileen | Li | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Addressing the Global Landfill Problem: A Novel Automatic Waste Sorting Algorithm Based on Machine Learning Methods | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Emily | Liu | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Addressing the Global Landfill Problem: A Novel Automatic Waste Sorting Algorithm Based on Machine Learning Methods | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | GR 9-12 Most Promising Female Researcher, $150, Certificate, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Isabel W | Sperandio | Christina | Woznicki | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | A New Solar Panel Design: Producing Electricity Day and Night Using Photovoltaic, Seebeck, and Thermal Elements | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Grand Prize Student Award: $640 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Matthew | Cho | Michael | Lordan | Monta Vista High School | Strategic Decision Making Utilizing Neural Networks Trained with Optimal Patterns from Reinforcement Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Bogdan | Kovtun | Jim | Birdsong | Monta Vista High School | Utilizing Vortex Generating Perforations on Fixed-Wing Aircraft for Improving High Angle-of-Attack Performance | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Patrick | Yu | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | Never Lost: An App to Keep You On Track | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Swati | Goel | Christina | Woznicki | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Truth on the Internet: A Web Extension and Back-End Search System to Discover Original Sources | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Srinivas | Balagopal | Val | Monticue | Pinewood High School (7-12) | Amending desert soil to reverse desertification | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Simrithaa | Karunakaran | Jeffrey | Solomon | Evergreen Valley High School | Safety Step - A Novel Device Using IoT to Provide Safe Navigation for the Visually Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Nicholas David | Rumley | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | Heat-Sensing Rescue Robot | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Vedha | Santhosh | Karen | Lee | Leland High School | The Effect of Using Biodegradable Coagulants on Domestic Wastewater Treatment to Promote Water Conservation | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Rehaan | Ahmad | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Machine Learning Based Orchard Management Software to improve yield and productivity | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Raj Sekhar Reddy | Palleti | Skip | Mueller | Monta Vista High School | What Factors Determine an Eulerian Polygon? A Computer-Inspired Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Suhas | Prasad | Skip | Mueller | Monta Vista High School | What Factors Determine an Eulerian Polygon? A Computer-Inspired Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Brian | Yang | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Machine Learning Based Orchard Management Software to improve yield and productivity | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Cynthia | Chen | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Fighting Malnutrition: Automated Optimization of Nutrition Using Novel n-Dimensional Linear Programming Models. | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Siddharth | Das | Sangeeta | Bhatnagar | Evergreen Valley High School | A Fast, Efficient Technique for Finding a Path through Multiple Destinations | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Swati | Goel | Christina | Woznicki | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Truth on the Internet: A Web Extension and Back-End Search System to Discover Original Sources | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Shannon Brigette | Miranda | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | An Effective Flame Resistant Household Paint | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Triya | Roy | Andrew | Goldenkranz | Monta Vista High School | The affect concentrations of pollutants and amount of food source on Daphnia's sensitivity to toxins. | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Isabel W | Sperandio | Christina | Woznicki | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | A New Solar Panel Design: Producing Electricity Day and Night Using Photovoltaic, Seebeck, and Thermal Elements | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Quang-Dan Thanh | Tran | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Magnetic Shock Absorbers for Machines and Vehicles | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Michelle Yue | Zhu | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | A novel, inexpensive, portable, medication and vaccine refrigeration device for use in developing countries | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Hawk | Azordegan | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | An Easily Adjustable Ramp for the Physically Disabled | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Matthew | Cho | Michael | Lordan | Monta Vista High School | Strategic Decision Making Utilizing Neural Networks Trained with Optimal Patterns from Reinforcement Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Jahan | Razavi | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | A Ground Topography Detection System for the Blind | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Kami E | Richardson | Victoria | Evashenk | Notre Dame High School | Ocean Rx: Reducing Pharmaceutical Water Pollution. Utilizing organic materials as a novel alternative to nanoparticles. | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award | Rehaan | Ahmad | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Machine Learning Based Orchard Management Software to improve yield and productivity | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award | Brian | Yang | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Machine Learning Based Orchard Management Software to improve yield and productivity | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Cynthia | Chen | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Fighting Malnutrition: Automated Optimization of Nutrition Using Novel n-Dimensional Linear Programming Models. | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Isabel W | Sperandio | Christina | Woznicki | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | A New Solar Panel Design: Producing Electricity Day and Night Using Photovoltaic, Seebeck, and Thermal Elements | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | Adishree | Ghatare | Linda | Segal | Saint Francis High School | Assessment of Cognitive Health and Assistance in Daily Life for the Elderly | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award | Hawk | Azordegan | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | An Easily Adjustable Ramp for the Physically Disabled | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award | Matthew | Cho | Michael | Lordan | Monta Vista High School | Strategic Decision Making Utilizing Neural Networks Trained with Optimal Patterns from Reinforcement Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Maddie | Huynh | Jeff | Sutton | Harker School-Upper Campus | Effects of Runoff Water on Aquatic Plants | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Michelle | Kwan | Jeff | Sutton | Harker School-Upper Campus | Effects of Runoff Water on Aquatic Plants | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Carolyn | Lu | Jeff | Sutton | Harker School-Upper Campus | Effects of Runoff Water on Aquatic Plants | 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 | Kareena Paresh | Hargunani | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The Design and Construction of a Produce Battery to Charge a Phone for People Who Do Not Have Access to a Power Outlet. | 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 | Natalie Lynn | Semersky | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The Design and Construction of a Produce Battery to Charge a Phone for People Who Do Not Have Access to a Power Outlet. | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Rithwik | Kerur | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The design and construction of a water desalinator for anyone living by sea water to desalinate water cheaply | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Andrew Bowei | Wang | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The design and construction of a water desalinator for anyone living by sea water to desalinate water cheaply | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 3rd Place: $25 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Pranav | Kumar | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | Flood Escape App: An App That Shows the Quickest Route to Safety During a Flood | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Simrithaa | Karunakaran | Jeffrey | Solomon | Evergreen Valley High School | Safety Step - A Novel Device Using IoT to Provide Safe Navigation for the Visually Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Srinivas | Balagopal | Val | Monticue | Pinewood High School (7-12) | Amending desert soil to reverse desertification | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Richard | Hu | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Impact of Solar Plants on Microclimate | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Kami E | Richardson | Victoria | Evashenk | Notre Dame High School | Ocean Rx: Reducing Pharmaceutical Water Pollution. Utilizing organic materials as a novel alternative to nanoparticles. | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Mia Watson | Fong | Monica | Minson | Los Gatos High School | If Radon Exists in Santa Cruz Mountain Well Water, How Much Radon Will Be Present at the House Tap | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | High school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, ONR Medallion, and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Ansel Robert | Austin | George | Sousa | Valley Christian High School | 3D Printable Shock-Absorbing Surfaces: Comparative Testing of Various Auxetic Designs | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | High school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, ONR Medallion, and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Bogdan | Kovtun | Jim | Birdsong | Monta Vista High School | Utilizing Vortex Generating Perforations on Fixed-Wing Aircraft for Improving High Angle-of-Attack Performance | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | High school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, ONR Medallion, and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Quang-Dan Thanh | Tran | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Magnetic Shock Absorbers for Machines and Vehicles | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Siddharth | Das | Sangeeta | Bhatnagar | Evergreen Valley High School | A Fast, Efficient Technique for Finding a Path through Multiple Destinations | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Swati | Goel | Christina | Woznicki | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Truth on the Internet: A Web Extension and Back-End Search System to Discover Original Sources | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Packet of Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | Simrithaa | Karunakaran | Jeffrey | Solomon | Evergreen Valley High School | Safety Step - A Novel Device Using IoT to Provide Safe Navigation for the Visually Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Packet of Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | Isabel W | Sperandio | Christina | Woznicki | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | A New Solar Panel Design: Producing Electricity Day and Night Using Photovoltaic, Seebeck, and Thermal Elements | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Packet of Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | William | Xu | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | How does the humidity in the soil affect the amount of energy produced by the bacteria in the Microbial Fuel Cell? | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Packet of Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | Michelle Yue | Zhu | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | A novel, inexpensive, portable, medication and vaccine refrigeration device for use in developing countries | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | $100 TechLab IoT prize; BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Yusra | Arub | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Smart+Connected Doorbell with real-time coordinated Continuum of Care Information - A path to end all homelessness | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Ashwin | Viswesvaran | Sean | Wilmot | Oakwood High School | The Making of a Maker: How I built my 3D Printer | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP | Ethan n/a | Jean | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley | Alicia | Pang | Alec | Glassford | Independence High School | Thermodynamic Limitations in the High School Peanut Calorimetry Experiment | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley | Jennifer | Tang | Alec | Glassford | Independence High School | Thermodynamic Limitations in the High School Peanut Calorimetry Experiment | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley | Janelle | Wang | Alec | Glassford | Independence High School | Thermodynamic Limitations in the High School Peanut Calorimetry Experiment | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Third Place: University of Toronto "Swag Bag", University of Toronto Award | Marc Gong | Bacvanski | Ly | Nguyen | Mountain View High School | Ok City: Unifying Mobile, Cloud, and AI Techniques in a Crowdsourcing Application for Smart Cities | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Matthew Harrison | Park | Sushma | Bana | Monta Vista High School | Energy Conservation Through Timely Sleep Detection with Mobile Devices | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Avi | Patel | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Confirming the Coevolution of Supermassive Black Holes & Dark Matter Halos by Analyzing the Structure of Galaxy Bulges | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Carl | Rosenthal | Pooya | Hajjarian | Monta Vista High School | A Gel-Based Combination of Pyriproxyfen and Hydroprene Insect Growth Regulators for the Control of Blattella Germanica. | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Ashwin | Viswesvaran | Sean | Wilmot | Oakwood High School | The Making of a Maker: How I built my 3D Printer | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Mokshith | Voodarla | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Codex AI: A Self-Learning, Self-Improving AI Which Can Write Code Based on User-Inputted Tasks/Descriptions | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Ethan n/a | Jean | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Yusra | Arub | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Smart+Connected Doorbell with real-time coordinated Continuum of Care Information - A path to end all homelessness | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Marc Gong | Bacvanski | Ly | Nguyen | Mountain View High School | Ok City: Unifying Mobile, Cloud, and AI Techniques in a Crowdsourcing Application for Smart Cities | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Edward | Ross | Dana | Buller | San Jose Unified School District-homestudy program | Got Moisture? Could surface treatments of uninsulated concrete slab foundations eliminate indoor moisture accumulation | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Avinash | Subramanian | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Code-Cut: The affordable and accessible laser cutter! | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Visala Rozalia | Tallavarjula | Deana | Dutton | Wilcox High School | Optimized Root Zone Water Delivery Comparable to a Sub-Surface System Using Low Cost Surface Drip Micro-Irrigation | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Frederick | Nitta | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Density Functional Theory Study of Fe, Co, Ni, and Pt Embedded Graphene | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Shiven | Gupta | Anuradha | Murthy | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | IoT-Enabled Universal Remote for Entertainment Systems | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Fatima Ibrahim | Kazi | Ibrahim | Kazi | Thinking Minds Academy (homeschool) | Bring 'em home - Help reunite missing children with their loved ones | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Alice | Martynova | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Using Artificial Intelligence to Correct Grammar and Spelling Mistakes | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Christian W. | Chiong | Jon | Stark | Monta Vista High School | Analyzing the likelihood and composition of planets orbiting Herbig Ae/Be stars using only low resolution instruments | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Anjali | Sinha | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | Automated Atomizer: Releasing Essential Oils to Control Varroa Mites | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Regina | Ta | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | Automated Atomizer: Releasing Essential Oils to Control Varroa Mites | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Eric | Yang | Jon | Stark | Monta Vista High School | Analyzing the likelihood and composition of planets orbiting Herbig Ae/Be stars using only low resolution instruments | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award | Ethan n/a | Jean | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award | Ethan n/a | Jean | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance | Aditya Sunil | Shah | Andrew | Goldenkranz | Monta Vista High School | Smart Wildfire Sensor: Automated Fuel Size Detection and Classification using Neural Networks for Prediction of Wildfire | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance | Sanjana Viral | Shah | Andrew | Goldenkranz | Monta Vista High School | Smart Wildfire Sensor: Automated Fuel Size Detection and Classification using Neural Networks for Prediction of Wildfire | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st place HS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Ashwin | Viswesvaran | Sean | Wilmot | Oakwood High School | The Making of a Maker: How I built my 3D Printer | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Place Award - $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Edward | Ross | Dana | Buller | San Jose Unified School District-homestudy program | Got Moisture? Could surface treatments of uninsulated concrete slab foundations eliminate indoor moisture accumulation | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Frederick | Nitta | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Density Functional Theory Study of Fe, Co, Ni, and Pt Embedded Graphene | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Marc Gong | Bacvanski | Ly | Nguyen | Mountain View High School | Ok City: Unifying Mobile, Cloud, and AI Techniques in a Crowdsourcing Application for Smart Cities | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation | Yusra | Arub | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Smart+Connected Doorbell with real-time coordinated Continuum of Care Information - A path to end all homelessness | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation | Ethan n/a | Jean | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Ethan n/a | Jean | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | Christian W. | Chiong | Jon | Stark | Monta Vista High School | Analyzing the likelihood and composition of planets orbiting Herbig Ae/Be stars using only low resolution instruments | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | Eric | Yang | Jon | Stark | Monta Vista High School | Analyzing the likelihood and composition of planets orbiting Herbig Ae/Be stars using only low resolution instruments | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Sophia | Barwegen | Lisa | Yi | Notre Dame High School | The Effect of Wildfire on Seqoiadendron giganteum Growth and CO2 Flux | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Plaque and Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department | Rustam Khushroo | Gandhi | Heather | Mellows | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | What is the effect of changing the catalyst plated on the anode on the efficiency of the water splitting reaction. | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter and Certificate, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Visala Rozalia | Tallavarjula | Deana | Dutton | Wilcox High School | Optimized Root Zone Water Delivery Comparable to a Sub-Surface System Using Low Cost Surface Drip Micro-Irrigation | Physical 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 | Aratrika | Ghatak | Benjamin | Higgins | Evergreen Valley High School | Developing a Predictive Model for On-Campus Crime using Machine Learning Algorithms and Reporting via Mobile App. | Physical 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 | Labanya | Mukhopadhyay | Scott | Lubbs | Evergreen Valley High School | Predicting the Efficiency of Chaotic Mixing of Granular Pharmaceutical Materials Using Image Processing | 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 | Michelle | Li | Scott | Lubbs | Evergreen Valley High School | Development and Efficacy Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms Applied to the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $1000 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis | Nikhil | Ajjarapu | George | Peck | Lynbrook High School | A Machine Learning Algorithm for Classification of Medical Problems through SMS | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $1000 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis | Avinash Kalpit | Jain | George | Peck | Lynbrook High School | A Machine Learning Algorithm for Classification of Medical Problems through SMS | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 4th Place Student Award: $120 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Sohini | Kar | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Factorization of Recurrence Relations | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 5th Place Student Award: $80 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Nikita | Goyal | Chihiro | Ikezi | Saint Francis High School | HappiNec | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Shomil | Jain | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | ACE: Assistive Crosswalk Engagement through Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC) between Vehicles and Pedestrians | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Ryan | Lee | Jeff | Lutze | Leland High School | A self-contained file Encryptor based on the Arduino platform | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | GR 9-12, 3rd Place: $100 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Anh | Tran | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Determining the Role of Nickel on TiO2 in Photocatalytic Glucose Reforming | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Kyle John | Ettinger | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Automated targeting and firing of Multirotor Disabling Technology | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Karena | Kong | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Traffic Network Management: Novel Approach Using a Deep-Learning System Driven by Dynamic Data | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Shadaj Ramnivas | Laddad | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Direct Control of Autonomous Mobile Robots via Deep Reinforcement Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Aubhro | Sengupta | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Approach to Detecting Vitamin Deficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Vikranth Achyut | Srivatsa | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Approach to Detecting Vitamin Deficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Shaya | Zarkesh | Robbie | Korin | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Novel Approach to Semantic Parsing of Mathematical Word Problems with Neural Networks | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Jonathan B | Li | Karen | Lee | Leland High School | Fabricating a modified dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) using a novel fast-ion conduction electrolyte layer | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP | Johnson | Ku | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Benjamin Hue | Dinh | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Effect of Solar Panel Inclination on Power Output | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Kyle John | Ettinger | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Automated targeting and firing of Multirotor Disabling Technology | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Aratrika | Ghatak | Benjamin | Higgins | Evergreen Valley High School | Developing a Predictive Model for On-Campus Crime using Machine Learning Algorithms and Reporting via Mobile App. | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Karena | Kong | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Traffic Network Management: Novel Approach Using a Deep-Learning System Driven by Dynamic Data | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Shadaj Ramnivas | Laddad | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Direct Control of Autonomous Mobile Robots via Deep Reinforcement Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Labanya | Mukhopadhyay | Scott | Lubbs | Evergreen Valley High School | Predicting the Efficiency of Chaotic Mixing of Granular Pharmaceutical Materials Using Image Processing | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Atul | Raghunathan | Charles | Williams | Cupertino High School | Six Degree Positioning Based on Laser Plane Projection and Inertial Navigation. | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Kimberly | Zhu | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | An Efficient Waste Segregation System through Computer Vision | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Kevin | Frans | Bill | Dunbar | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Coordinated Multi-Agent Control Utilizing Deep Reinforcement Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Alex | Gao | Bill | Dunbar | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Coordinated Multi-Agent Control Utilizing Deep Reinforcement Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Johnson | Ku | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Isa | Dash | Kenneth | Iams | Lynbrook High School | Improving Prognosis of Melanoma with Bio-marker Imaging Through an SVM Algorithm | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Aayush | Gupta | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Better Uber: Reinforcement Learning Pricing to Help Users in the On-demand Economy | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Sohini | Kar | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Factorization of Recurrence Relations | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Jonathan B | Li | Karen | Lee | Leland High School | Fabricating a modified dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) using a novel fast-ion conduction electrolyte layer | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Michelle | Li | Scott | Lubbs | Evergreen Valley High School | Development and Efficacy Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms Applied to the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | David | Lipman | Anthony | Grabowski | Kehillah Jewish High School | Algorithmic search of the Automated Planet Finder spectra to identify extraterrestrial laser signals | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Pranav V | Muthuraman | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | "Why So Salty?" An Energy Efficient Method for Desalination of Water Using Microbial Fuel Cells | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Kent Makoto | Van Belleghem | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Using Nitinol as a Concussion Indicator in Football Helmets | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Love-Lei | Balbas | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | You Can't Stop the Motion of the Ocean | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Tian | Chen | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Density Functional Theory Study of Fe, Co, Ni, and Pt Embedded Graphene | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Adiyan | Kaul | Stella | Demetriou | Cupertino High School | Thor: A Disaster Prediction and Relief System using Autonomous Drones, Computer Vision, and Artificial Intelligence | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Kyra | Semone | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | You Can't Stop the Motion of the Ocean | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Sohan | Vichare | Stella | Demetriou | Cupertino High School | Thor: A Disaster Prediction and Relief System using Autonomous Drones, Computer Vision, and Artificial Intelligence | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Olivia Flores | Briones | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | An Ecological Approach to Oil Spill Clean Up: Modifying Plant Fibers to Absorb Oil | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Nikita | Goyal | Chihiro | Ikezi | Saint Francis High School | HappiNec | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Kris | Satya | Roy | Rocklin | Lynbrook High School | Prediction of Heart Attacks with a Neural Network Algorithm | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Anh | Tran | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Determining the Role of Nickel on TiO2 in Photocatalytic Glucose Reforming | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Theodora | Worledge | Jeff | Lutze | Leland High School | The role of spontaneous symmetry breaking in the initial formation of ski moguls | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Shaya | Zarkesh | Robbie | Korin | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Novel Approach to Semantic Parsing of Mathematical Word Problems with Neural Networks | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Nikhil | Ajjarapu | George | Peck | Lynbrook High School | A Machine Learning Algorithm for Classification of Medical Problems through SMS | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Yuhsin Vivian | Huang | Nicole | DellaSantina | Lynbrook High School | Degradation of Polyurethane depending on Aspergillus Niger Grown in Different Broths | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Avinash Kalpit | Jain | George | Peck | Lynbrook High School | A Machine Learning Algorithm for Classification of Medical Problems through SMS | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Rhee | Kang | Nicole | DellaSantina | Lynbrook High School | Degradation of Polyurethane depending on Aspergillus Niger Grown in Different Broths | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Danning | Liang | George | Sousa | Valley Christian High School | Spray Paint Can Nozzle that reduce the air flowing paint particles | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Aubhro | Sengupta | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Approach to Detecting Vitamin Deficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Vikranth Achyut | Srivatsa | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Approach to Detecting Vitamin Deficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Jianan | Wang | George | Sousa | Valley Christian High School | Spray Paint Can Nozzle that reduce the air flowing paint particles | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Fair Manager's Graphic Design Award | Johnson | Ku | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award | Johnson | Ku | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Tian | Chen | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Density Functional Theory Study of Fe, Co, Ni, and Pt Embedded Graphene | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Nicholas James | Liu | George | Sousa | Valley Christian High School | Voice Control for Electronic Wheelchairs | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Eric Shengwen | Zhang | George | Sousa | Valley Christian High School | Voice Control for Electronic Wheelchairs | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation | Aayush | Gupta | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Better Uber: Reinforcement Learning Pricing to Help Users in the On-demand Economy | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation | Johnson | Ku | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and letter, Yale Science and Engineering Association | Atul | Raghunathan | Charles | Williams | Cupertino High School | Six Degree Positioning Based on Laser Plane Projection and Inertial Navigation. | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Johnson | Ku | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Water quality in Silicon Valley | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Niviru | Wijayaratne | Rita | Huff | Valley Christian High School | Water conserving irrigation apparatus for small and large scale horticulture | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | David | Lipman | Anthony | Grabowski | Kehillah Jewish High School | Algorithmic search of the Automated Planet Finder spectra to identify extraterrestrial laser signals | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Olivia Flores | Briones | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | An Ecological Approach to Oil Spill Clean Up: Modifying Plant Fibers to Absorb Oil | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Alyssa | Ungerer | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | Copper Poisoning in Freshwater: The Effect of Copper on Zebrafish | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | High school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, ONR Medallion, and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Kyle John | Ettinger | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Automated targeting and firing of Multirotor Disabling Technology | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | High school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, ONR Medallion, and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Michael Long | Pham | Jennifer | Claudio-Quan | Oak Grove High School | Construction of a Relatively Low Cost Handmade Telescope System | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | High School-Cash Award-$75 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Chau | Luu | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | What effect does the temperature during the roasting process have on the caffeine content in coffee beans? | 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 | Olivia Flores | Briones | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | An Ecological Approach to Oil Spill Clean Up: Modifying Plant Fibers to Absorb Oil | 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 | Olivia Flores | Briones | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | An Ecological Approach to Oil Spill Clean Up: Modifying Plant Fibers to Absorb Oil | 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 | Jeffrey | Huynh | Jonathan | Ho | Silver Creek High School | Naturally Fire Retardant-How do Ashes Improve the Fire Retardant Properties of Balsa wood? | 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 | Rishabh | Rajesh | Jonathan | Ho | Silver Creek High School | Naturally Fire Retardant-How do Ashes Improve the Fire Retardant Properties of Balsa wood? | 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 | Alvin | Zou | Jonathan | Ho | Silver Creek High School | Naturally Fire Retardant-How do Ashes Improve the Fire Retardant Properties of Balsa wood? | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Kyle John | Ettinger | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Automated targeting and firing of Multirotor Disabling Technology | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Theodora | Worledge | Jeff | Lutze | Leland High School | The role of spontaneous symmetry breaking in the initial formation of ski moguls | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Prachi | Bhagavatha | Traci | Verna | Silver Creek High School | Obstacle and Pavement Detection Computing Realtime Distance Using Optical Flow Algorithms for the Visually-Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Jasmine | Ngo | Traci | Verna | Silver Creek High School | Obstacle and Pavement Detection Computing Realtime Distance Using Optical Flow Algorithms for the Visually-Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Plaque and Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department | Labanya | Mukhopadhyay | Scott | Lubbs | Evergreen Valley High School | Predicting the Efficiency of Chaotic Mixing of Granular Pharmaceutical Materials Using Image Processing | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Place Award - $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley | Anisha | Palasamudrum | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Testing Vitamin E Isomers to downregulate VEGF Receptors and inhibit angiogenesis. | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Muhammad | Anas | Wilson | Yen | Leland High School | Classroom Behavioral Management Tool | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education | Syed Waqasul | Hassan | Wilson | Yen | Leland High School | Classroom Behavioral Management Tool | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Nicolas Arthur | Chan | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Evaluating and Developing Algorithms for Computer Music Composition | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Gajan | Nagaraj | David | Clark | San Jose Middle College | A Novel Fire Hazard Autodetect System for Vents, Pipes, and Chimneys. | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Shashank | Dholakia | David | Iverson | Wilcox High School | Searching for Exoplanets: A Novel K2-based Study of the Effects of Open Cluster Characteristics on Exoplanet Abundance | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Shishir | Dholakia | David | Iverson | Wilcox High School | Searching for Exoplanets: A Novel K2-based Study of the Effects of Open Cluster Characteristics on Exoplanet Abundance | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Kanika Nirmal | Nair | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | Is red marine seaweed able to detoxify plastic pollutants in the Brine Shrimp population? | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Swathi | Ramprasad | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | Is red marine seaweed able to detoxify plastic pollutants in the Brine Shrimp population? | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Nilay | Sawant | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | FitBox: A Smart Diet Controlling Container for Type 2 Diabetes | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Shanmurugan | Selvamurugan | David | Walz | Evergreen Valley High School | Designing a Probabilistic Photometric Transit Algorithm to Increase Success Rates of Identifying Earth-like Planets | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Elina | Yon | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | eyeHelper: An iOS Application Aid for the Visually Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Allison En-Chuan | Lee | Fitzgerald | Vo | Branham High School | Removal of Boron and Other Harmful Solutes from Greywater Using Low-Cost Household Items | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Vianna Tam | Vo | Fitzgerald | Vo | Branham High School | Removal of Boron and Other Harmful Solutes from Greywater Using Low-Cost Household Items | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Alana Marthe Phan | Beyer | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Assessing the accuracy of WordtoVec Assisted Translations of Uncommon Languages | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Angela Lam | Bui | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | What is the effect of different water treatment methods on the removal of Copper (II) ions? | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Jennifer | Huang | Brian | Cronquist | Valley Christian High School | Analyzing the Effects of Differing Musical Tone Colors on the Frequency Spectrum Using Spectrum Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Harlan Isaac | Wiitala | Jennifer | Claudio-Quan | Oak Grove High School | Innovative CubeSat Thermal Regulation Using Phase-Changing Materials | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Harlan Isaac | Wiitala | Jennifer | Claudio-Quan | Oak Grove High School | Innovative CubeSat Thermal Regulation Using Phase-Changing Materials | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Tracy Thuy | Doan | Jennifer | Claudio-Quan | Oak Grove High School | Durability of Biodegradable Fabric Alternatives | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Michelle Bao | Le | Jennifer | Claudio-Quan | Oak Grove High School | Durability of Biodegradable Fabric Alternatives | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Hillary Huynh | Trinh | Jennifer | Claudio-Quan | Oak Grove High School | Durability of Biodegradable Fabric Alternatives | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Place: $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Gajan | Nagaraj | David | Clark | San Jose Middle College | A Novel Fire Hazard Autodetect System for Vents, Pipes, and Chimneys. | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Angela Lam | Bui | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | What is the effect of different water treatment methods on the removal of Copper (II) ions? | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | Shashank | Dholakia | David | Iverson | Wilcox High School | Searching for Exoplanets: A Novel K2-based Study of the Effects of Open Cluster Characteristics on Exoplanet Abundance | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | Shishir | Dholakia | David | Iverson | Wilcox High School | Searching for Exoplanets: A Novel K2-based Study of the Effects of Open Cluster Characteristics on Exoplanet Abundance | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | High school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, ONR Medallion, and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Harlan Isaac | Wiitala | Jennifer | Claudio-Quan | Oak Grove High School | Innovative CubeSat Thermal Regulation Using Phase-Changing Materials | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | $ 500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Krish | Kapadia | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Use of Salivary Proteins as Novel Biomarkers for Concussion | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | $ 500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Anjay | Saklecha | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Use of Salivary Proteins as Novel Biomarkers for Concussion | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Krish | Kapadia | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Use of Salivary Proteins as Novel Biomarkers for Concussion | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Anjay | Saklecha | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Use of Salivary Proteins as Novel Biomarkers for Concussion | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Nithya Sri | Attaluri | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Combating Cervical Cancer: Investigating Mechanisms of Host Immune Evasion by Human Papillomaviruses | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Krish | Kapadia | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Use of Salivary Proteins as Novel Biomarkers for Concussion | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Anjay | Saklecha | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Use of Salivary Proteins as Novel Biomarkers for Concussion | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Ruhi | Sayana | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | Exploitation of Cell Survival Mechanisms to Induce Apoptosis for High-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Siddhi | Shah | Sean | Carroll (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Effect of Glutamine Synthetase 2, a Glial-Specific Gene, on Long-Term Memory Formation in Drosophila | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Amol | Singh | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | The Effects of Varying Ca:Mg Concentrations on the Survival Threshold of A. eximia and A. formosa | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Arian Salil | Raje | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Pharma.AI: A Novel Approach to QSAR Using Gradient Boosting and DNNs in the Prediction of Drug-Target Interactions | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Keval | Shah | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Smart Bio-Sensor Data Acquisition System | RRI 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 | Gaeun | Kim | Juergen | Willmann | Stanford Online High School | Assessing treatment response in colorectal cancer patients through novel volumetric contrast-enhanced ultrasound methods | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Ashmita | Rajkumar | David | Greenstein | Monta Vista High School | MedHack: The Impact of Malware Attack upon Biomedical Devices | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Rohan | Mehrotra | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Nanoscale Approach to Combat Disease: Electrically-stimulated Drug Release from Biodegradable PCL Nanoparticles | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | GR 9-12, 1st Place: $300, and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Rohan | Mehrotra | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Nanoscale Approach to Combat Disease: Electrically-stimulated Drug Release from Biodegradable PCL Nanoparticles | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Rohan | Mehrotra | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Nanoscale Approach to Combat Disease: Electrically-stimulated Drug Release from Biodegradable PCL Nanoparticles | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Myra | Cheng | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Understanding Arithmetic Learning in Young Children through a Novel Computational Model of Number Representation | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Jimmy | Lin | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Automated Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Novel Assessment of Tumor-Associated Stroma Using Deep Learning Algorithms | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Rohan | Mehrotra | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | A Novel Nanoscale Approach to Combat Disease: Electrically-stimulated Drug Release from Biodegradable PCL Nanoparticles | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Mythili | Bhethanabotla | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Automated Classification of Rhabdomyosarcoma Tumors:A Novel Method to Determine Appropriate Therapy | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Gaeun | Kim | Juergen | Willmann | Stanford Online High School | Assessing treatment response in colorectal cancer patients through novel volumetric contrast-enhanced ultrasound methods | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Ashmita | Rajkumar | David | Greenstein | Monta Vista High School | MedHack: The Impact of Malware Attack upon Biomedical Devices | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Kelly | Ho | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Role of Olfactory Cues in the Detection of California Mussels by the Nucella Emarginata | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Rajiv | Movva | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Machine Learning-Based Discovery of Synergistic Drug Combinations for Rapid and Effective Cancer Treatment | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Karthik | Ramachandran | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Breaking Down Barriers: Using RNAi on ABC Transporter Genes to Determine Role in Organism Survival and Toxin Resistance | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Divija Anantasai | Bhimaraju | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Determining the Effect of the Age of the Environment on the Incidence of Cellular Senescence | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Neelesh Krishna | Ramachandran | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Determining the Effect of the Age of the Environment on the Incidence of Cellular Senescence | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate and nomination to enter 2018 Sustainability Soutions Festival in Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives | Millie | Lin | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Prevalence of Parent-Teacher Interactions and their Influence on Student Outcomes in Developing Countries | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Millie | Lin | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Prevalence of Parent-Teacher Interactions and their Influence on Student Outcomes in Developing Countries | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Millie | Lin | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Prevalence of Parent-Teacher Interactions and their Influence on Student Outcomes in Developing Countries | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Isha | Mehrotra | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Identifying novel prion-like proteins from SNT1+ Human Homologs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 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 | Manan Ajay | Shah | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Deep Learning Assessment of Tumor Proliferation in Histological Images for Comprehensive Breast Cancer Severity Analysis | 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 | Arvind P | Sridhar | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Toward Precision Medicine: Harnessing Graphene Hydrogels, iPSCs, and Computational Models for Cardiac Tissue Engineering | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Arjun | Subramaniam | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | CadML: Computational Antibody Design Through Deep Learning and Structural Protein Analysis | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Arvind P | Sridhar | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Toward Precision Medicine: Harnessing Graphene Hydrogels, iPSCs, and Computational Models for Cardiac Tissue Engineering | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | GR 9-12, 2nd Place: $200 and Certificate of Achievement, T-Shirt, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Arvind P | Sridhar | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Toward Precision Medicine: Harnessing Graphene Hydrogels, iPSCs, and Computational Models for Cardiac Tissue Engineering | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Manan Ajay | Shah | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Deep Learning Assessment of Tumor Proliferation in Histological Images for Comprehensive Breast Cancer Severity Analysis | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Arvind P | Sridhar | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Toward Precision Medicine: Harnessing Graphene Hydrogels, iPSCs, and Computational Models for Cardiac Tissue Engineering | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Marilyn Mengyao | Zhang | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Inflammatory Immune Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles Impose Malignant Phenotypes in Normal Breast Epithelial Cells | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Gokul Venkatraman | Kalyanasundaram | Dara | Levy | Homestead High School | Tuning Promoters for Glucose Detection in Escherichia. coli Using Energy Matrix Based Computational Model | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Pranav Varasri | Lalgudi | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | CRISPR/Cas9-based in vivo somatic gene editing enables investigation of Kras mutant function in mouse models of cancer | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Evani | Radiya-Dixit | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Identification of Therapeutic Cancer Targets Across Adenocarcinomas Using Genome-wide DNA Methylation Analyses | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Arjun | Subramaniam | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | CadML: Computational Antibody Design Through Deep Learning and Structural Protein Analysis | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Vardhaan Sai | Ambati | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Personalized Cancer and Viral Therapy: Clostridium-based Cell Delivery System coupled to CRISPR/Cas9 Nanotherapeutic | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award | Manan Ajay | Shah | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Deep Learning Assessment of Tumor Proliferation in Histological Images for Comprehensive Breast Cancer Severity Analysis | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award | Arvind P | Sridhar | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Toward Precision Medicine: Harnessing Graphene Hydrogels, iPSCs, and Computational Models for Cardiac Tissue Engineering | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Arvind P | Sridhar | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Toward Precision Medicine: Harnessing Graphene Hydrogels, iPSCs, and Computational Models for Cardiac Tissue Engineering | 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, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Evani | Radiya-Dixit | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Identification of Therapeutic Cancer Targets Across Adenocarcinomas Using Genome-wide DNA Methylation Analyses | 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, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Manan Ajay | Shah | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Deep Learning Assessment of Tumor Proliferation in Histological Images for Comprehensive Breast Cancer Severity Analysis | 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, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Arjun | Subramaniam | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | CadML: Computational Antibody Design Through Deep Learning and Structural Protein Analysis | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Marilyn Mengyao | Zhang | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Inflammatory Immune Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles Impose Malignant Phenotypes in Normal Breast Epithelial Cells | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Place Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Milan | Ganai | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | ShieldMe: Detect and Prevent Coordinated Cyber Attack on Android devices | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Milan | Ganai | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | ShieldMe: Detect and Prevent Coordinated Cyber Attack on Android devices | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Suhas | Kotha | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Piezoelectric Energy Harvester | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Certificate of Achievement Award and Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Suhas | Kotha | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Piezoelectric Energy Harvester | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 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 | Maya | Nayak | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Self-Navigating Wheelchair | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Milan | Ganai | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | ShieldMe: Detect and Prevent Coordinated Cyber Attack on Android devices | 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 | Anika | Cheerla | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Mitosis Detection and Tumor Grading Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks | RRI 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 | Anika | Sanyal | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | An Inexpensive, Digital Frequency Elimination Device: To Help Autistics and Others with Hearing Sensitivities | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Charles Jialiang | Huang | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Characterization of 2D Molybdenum Disulfide Crystal Growth For Nano-Optics And the Extension of Moore's Law | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Siddharth | Jain | Youssef | Ismail (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Brain Impact Suppresion - Building a Better Helmet | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Anika | Cheerla | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Mitosis Detection and Tumor Grading Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 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 | Charles Jialiang | Huang | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Characterization of 2D Molybdenum Disulfide Crystal Growth For Nano-Optics And the Extension of Moore's Law | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Charles Jialiang | Huang | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Characterization of 2D Molybdenum Disulfide Crystal Growth For Nano-Optics And the Extension of Moore's Law | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Wesley | Luh | Karen | Davis | Los Altos High School | Optimizing Machine Learning Based Ocean Oil Spill Detection using Genetic Algorithm Techniques | 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 | Holly Marie | Jackson | Lisa | Yi | Notre Dame High School | Unlocking History: An Algorithm to Virtually Unfold 3D Computed Tomography Scans of Unopened Historical Documents | 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 | Amy | Jin | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Deep learning-based automated tool detection and analysis of surgical videos to assess operative skill | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $ 500 to the winning student or team in high school Physical Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Holly Marie | Jackson | Lisa | Yi | Notre Dame High School | Unlocking History: An Algorithm to Virtually Unfold 3D Computed Tomography Scans of Unopened Historical Documents | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Utkarsh | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | OneRing: An Intelligent Wearable Ring for Automated Parkinson's Diagnostics through ML-based Random Forest Ensembles | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Holly Marie | Jackson | Lisa | Yi | Notre Dame High School | Unlocking History: An Algorithm to Virtually Unfold 3D Computed Tomography Scans of Unopened Historical Documents | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP | Gautham Reddy | Gujjula | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Demystifying Electromagnetic Coupling Within Antenna Arrays | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Outstanding Sustainability Project. Weeklong I-SWEEEP Competition, I-SWEEEP | Yash | Tandon | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Demystifying Electromagnetic Coupling Within Antenna Arrays | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Second Place: University of Toronto "Swag Bag", University of Toronto Award | Utkarsh | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | OneRing: An Intelligent Wearable Ring for Automated Parkinson's Diagnostics through ML-based Random Forest Ensembles | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Holly Marie | Jackson | Lisa | Yi | Notre Dame High School | Unlocking History: An Algorithm to Virtually Unfold 3D Computed Tomography Scans of Unopened Historical Documents | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Amy | Jin | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Deep learning-based automated tool detection and analysis of surgical videos to assess operative skill | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Utkarsh | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | OneRing: An Intelligent Wearable Ring for Automated Parkinson's Diagnostics through ML-based Random Forest Ensembles | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Rohan | Dhesikan | Shailendra | Deva (mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | Fabrication and Manipulation of Magnet Micro Robots for Complex Engineering Applications | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Gautham Reddy | Gujjula | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Demystifying Electromagnetic Coupling Within Antenna Arrays | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Yash | Tandon | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Demystifying Electromagnetic Coupling Within Antenna Arrays | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award | Holly Marie | Jackson | Lisa | Yi | Notre Dame High School | Unlocking History: An Algorithm to Virtually Unfold 3D Computed Tomography Scans of Unopened Historical Documents | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award | Amy | Jin | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Deep learning-based automated tool detection and analysis of surgical videos to assess operative skill | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award | Utkarsh | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | OneRing: An Intelligent Wearable Ring for Automated Parkinson's Diagnostics through ML-based Random Forest Ensembles | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Gautham Reddy | Gujjula | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Demystifying Electromagnetic Coupling Within Antenna Arrays | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Yash | Tandon | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Demystifying Electromagnetic Coupling Within Antenna Arrays | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | High school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, ONR Medallion, and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Jerry | Chen | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Modeling the Internal Rotation and Dispersion of Distant Galaxies (z ~ 1.0) Using Multi-PA Keck DEIMOS Slit Spectra | RRI 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 | Sachin | Narayan | Sean | Carroll (SSW mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | The Design and Construction of an Underwater Oil Cleanup Device for Platforms and Ships to Contain Oil Plumes | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Amy | Dunphy | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Ditch the Keyboard: A Novel Touchless Input Scheme | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Holly Marie | Jackson | Lisa | Yi | Notre Dame High School | Unlocking History: An Algorithm to Virtually Unfold 3D Computed Tomography Scans of Unopened Historical Documents | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Justin Vincent | Yu | Karen | Davis | Los Altos High School | Optimizing Machine Learning Based Ocean Oil Spill Detection using Genetic Algorithm Techniques | 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 | Nikhil | Cheerla | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Mitosis Detection and Tumor Grading Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks | 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 | Matthew Manchung Keisuke | Hase-Liu | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Efficient Point-Counting Algorithms for Superelliptic Curves via the Cartier Operator and the Hasse-Weil Bound | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Aditya | Menon | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Engineering Biologically Inspired Enzymatic Analogs: Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Nanocatalysts | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Rishab Srinivasan | Gargeya | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | EyeLogic: All-Purpose Vision Disease Detection in Clinic-Sourced and Low-Cost Smartphone-Based Retinal Images | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Matthew Manchung Keisuke | Hase-Liu | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Efficient Point-Counting Algorithms for Superelliptic Curves via the Cartier Operator and the Hasse-Weil Bound | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Nikhil | Cheerla | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Mitosis Detection and Tumor Grading Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Rishab Srinivasan | Gargeya | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | EyeLogic: All-Purpose Vision Disease Detection in Clinic-Sourced and Low-Cost Smartphone-Based Retinal Images | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Aditya | Menon | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Engineering Biologically Inspired Enzymatic Analogs: Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Nanocatalysts | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Sandip | Nirmel | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Biological Pump in a Changing Climate: Identifying Drivers of Sinking of Antarctic Phytoplankton and Ice Algae | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Akaash | Tawade | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Operation Pulse: Quantifying the Impact of Precipitation and Inundation on Pulsed Salt Marsh Greenhouse Gas Fluxes | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Eric Kevin | Wang | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Flow Characterization of Airwakes Around a Naval Ship Model | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award | Akaash | Tawade | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Operation Pulse: Quantifying the Impact of Precipitation and Inundation on Pulsed Salt Marsh Greenhouse Gas Fluxes | RRI 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 | Aditya | Menon | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Engineering Biologically Inspired Enzymatic Analogs: Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Nanocatalysts | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | Matthew Manchung Keisuke | Hase-Liu | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Efficient Point-Counting Algorithms for Superelliptic Curves via the Cartier Operator and the Hasse-Weil Bound | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Sandip | Nirmel | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | The Biological Pump in a Changing Climate: Identifying Drivers of Sinking of Antarctic Phytoplankton and Ice Algae | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Akaash | Tawade | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Operation Pulse: Quantifying the Impact of Precipitation and Inundation on Pulsed Salt Marsh Greenhouse Gas Fluxes | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | High school - One packet with Letter, Certificate of Achievement, ONR Medallion, and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Eric Kevin | Wang | Rod | Wong | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Flow Characterization of Airwakes Around a Naval Ship Model | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Matthew Manchung Keisuke | Hase-Liu | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | Efficient Point-Counting Algorithms for Superelliptic Curves via the Cartier Operator and the Hasse-Weil Bound |
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