Project Awards 2018
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 and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Fatimah | Ismail | Haadiyah | Razzack | Granada Islamic School | Developing an Artificial Pancreas to Deal with Diabetes | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Sharon | Mathew | De Leys | Hamm | Canyon Heights Academy | Smart Container: A Container That Can Detect Mold | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Iffat | Alamgir | Haadiyah | Razzack | Granada Islamic School | Effect of Nanosilver in Consumer Products on Pond Life | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Fatimah | Ismail | Haadiyah | Razzack | Granada Islamic School | Developing an Artificial Pancreas to Deal with Diabetes | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Vedant V. | Janapaty | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Redirecting Water to the Roots: An Effective Way to Increase Water Absorbency | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Iffat | Alamgir | Haadiyah | Razzack | Granada Islamic School | Effect of Nanosilver in Consumer Products on Pond Life | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Fatimah | Ismail | Haadiyah | Razzack | Granada Islamic School | Developing an Artificial Pancreas to Deal with Diabetes | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Vedant V. | Janapaty | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Redirecting Water to the Roots: An Effective Way to Increase Water Absorbency | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Samik | Pattanayak | Manpreet | Kaur | Delphi Academy-Campbell | Does Screen Time before Bedtime Impinge on the Quality of Sleep? | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Nandana | Shankar | Brad | Bowden | Challenger - Shawnee | Blooms from the garbage pile | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Neel | Sudhakaran | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | What is the Effect of Oregano Oil on Bacteria | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Zella Jane | Harper | Pronati | Mondal | Challenger - Almaden | Stretch It! | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Isabelle Unhae | Cho | Eric | Cho | Milpitas Christian School (6-8) | The effect of storage temperature variations on the glucose content of fruits | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Rafael Alexander | Figueroa | Vee | Zabala | San Martin/Gwinn School | What works best: fertilizer or fruit scraps? | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Joshua Miles | Gagni | Vee | Zabala | San Martin/Gwinn School | What works best: fertilizer or fruit scraps? | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Himani | Manjunath | Eric | Cho | Milpitas Christian School (6-8) | The effect of storage temperature variations on the glucose content of fruits | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Iffat | Alamgir | Haadiyah | Razzack | Granada Islamic School | Effect of Nanosilver in Consumer Products on Pond Life | Biological Science and Engineering | 6 | Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Fatimah | Ismail | Haadiyah | Razzack | Granada Islamic School | Developing an Artificial Pancreas to Deal with Diabetes | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Ayana Rose | Wilmot | Nisanti | Wilmot | Oakwood School | Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis of California Lichens | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Swathi | Badrinarayanan | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Eye Pushups - a novel tool for vision therapy | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Nikko Koshiyama | Baird | Hadeel | Abutouk | Carden Academy of Almaden | What is the effect of different conifer type sapwood on filtering bacteria sized dye from water | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Justin | Hou | Elisa | Peters | Terman Middle School | Growth of Lettuce in an Hydroponic Environment With Different Lighting Patterns | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Tasha | Lera | Elisa | Peters | Terman Middle School | Growth of Lettuce in an Hydroponic Environment With Different Lighting Patterns | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Kavya Manasa | Pandrangi | Bradley | Behrens | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Artificial Pancreas System with Feedback Mechanism for Diabetics | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Nikita | Senthil | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Eliminating E.coli: The Effect of Nanosilver Particles on E.coli Growth | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Nidhya | Shivakumar | Shanthi | Adimoolam (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | SPOILER ALERT! An Arduino Sensor-Based Approach to Detecting Food Spoilage | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Ayana Rose | Wilmot | Nisanti | Wilmot | Oakwood School | Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis of California Lichens | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Nikko Koshiyama | Baird | Hadeel | Abutouk | Carden Academy of Almaden | What is the effect of different conifer type sapwood on filtering bacteria sized dye from water | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Kavya Manasa | Pandrangi | Bradley | Behrens | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Artificial Pancreas System with Feedback Mechanism for Diabetics | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Nikita | Senthil | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Eliminating E.coli: The Effect of Nanosilver Particles on E.coli Growth | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Nidhya | Shivakumar | Shanthi | Adimoolam (Mentor) | Privately Sponsored Project | SPOILER ALERT! An Arduino Sensor-Based Approach to Detecting Food Spoilage | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Ayana Rose | Wilmot | Nisanti | Wilmot | Oakwood School | Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis of California Lichens | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Justin | Hou | Elisa | Peters | Terman Middle School | Growth of Lettuce in an Hydroponic Environment With Different Lighting Patterns | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Tasha | Lera | Elisa | Peters | Terman Middle School | Growth of Lettuce in an Hydroponic Environment With Different Lighting Patterns | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Safaa Fareeha | Hussain | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Charlize | Nishitoyo | Lindon | Richards | Milpitas Christian School (6-8) | Seed Size vs. Growth Rates in Beans | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Rohan | Sinha | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Glaucoma Eye Drop Medication Monitoring Device | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Olivia Da Silva | Wahl | Jaimee | Burch | Old Orchard School | Cleaning water on a dime:Which method of purifying water is cheap, quick, easy to use and reduces the most contaminants? | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Swathi | Badrinarayanan | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Eye Pushups - a novel tool for vision therapy | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Meghaa | Ravichandran | Tatiana | Braun | Stratford Middle School - Milpitas | What is the effect of the Mass of Oil spill on oxygen production of Anacharis? | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | $100 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society | Ayana Rose | Wilmot | Nisanti | Wilmot | Oakwood School | Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis of California Lichens | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Adarsh | Gupta | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Investigating the Cellular Mechanisms (deformities and sterility) of Alzheimer's Desease using C. elegans | Biological Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Kavya Manasa | Pandrangi | Bradley | Behrens | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Artificial Pancreas System with Feedback Mechanism for Diabetics | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Ahmad | Ismail | Farhana | Afroz | Granada Islamic School | Effect of Combination Antifungal Therapy on the Treatment of Candidiasis | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | $ 250 to the winning student or team in middle school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Saurav Saumil | Gandhi | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | A CMUcam5/Computer Vision Based Arduino Wearable Navigation System for the Visually Impaired | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Nimai | Talur | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | A Smart Device to Effectively Monitor Blood and Vascular Tissue Characteristics | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Saurav Saumil | Gandhi | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | A CMUcam5/Computer Vision Based Arduino Wearable Navigation System for the Visually Impaired | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Akhilesh | Chegu | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Interrupted Sleep on Life Expectancy, Cognitive Behavior, and Neurophysiology in Drosophila melanogaster | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Saurav Saumil | Gandhi | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | A CMUcam5/Computer Vision Based Arduino Wearable Navigation System for the Visually Impaired | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Ahmad | Ismail | Farhana | Afroz | Granada Islamic School | Effect of Combination Antifungal Therapy on the Treatment of Candidiasis | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Arhan Rashmi | Rout | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Using Adjuvants to Amplify the Effect of Organic Herbicides to Kill Undesired Plants | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Aylin Gela | Salahifar | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Using Adjuvants to Amplify the Effect of Organic Herbicides to Kill Undesired Plants | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Deven Chawla | Shah | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Interrupted Sleep on Life Expectancy, Cognitive Behavior, and Neurophysiology in Drosophila melanogaster | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Saurav Saumil | Gandhi | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | A CMUcam5/Computer Vision Based Arduino Wearable Navigation System for the Visually Impaired | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Ahmad | Ismail | Farhana | Afroz | Granada Islamic School | Effect of Combination Antifungal Therapy on the Treatment of Candidiasis | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Akhilesh | Chegu | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Interrupted Sleep on Life Expectancy, Cognitive Behavior, and Neurophysiology in Drosophila melanogaster | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Arhan Rashmi | Rout | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Using Adjuvants to Amplify the Effect of Organic Herbicides to Kill Undesired Plants | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Aylin Gela | Salahifar | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Using Adjuvants to Amplify the Effect of Organic Herbicides to Kill Undesired Plants | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Deven Chawla | Shah | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Interrupted Sleep on Life Expectancy, Cognitive Behavior, and Neurophysiology in Drosophila melanogaster | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Harsh | Deep | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of T4 Bacteriophages on Antibiotic Resistant Strains of E-coli. | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Shounak | Ghosh | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of T4 Bacteriophages on Antibiotic Resistant Strains of E-coli. | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Syna Sushrut | Gogte | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | Bioremediation of Oil Spills Using Green Algaes, Chlorella, Ulothrix, and Scenedesmus | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Pranav | Gupta | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | What is the effect of UV light on a Uroctonus Mordax scorpion's ability to find cover? | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Prakrit | Jain | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | What is the effect of UV light on a Uroctonus Mordax scorpion's ability to find cover? | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Rishi | Jain | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | The effects of environmental factors in biodegrading polystyrene foam through mealworm consumption | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Ishaan | Mantripragada | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | The effects of environmental factors in biodegrading polystyrene foam through mealworm consumption | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Kate Y-Lan | Olsen | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | Bioremediation of Oil Spills Using Green Algaes, Chlorella, Ulothrix, and Scenedesmus | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Shweta | Arun | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Wrist Watch: A device to detect unhealthy wrist posture | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Jeena | Mahajan | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Science Behind Gratification | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Arjun | Rajaram | Pronati | Mondal | Challenger - Almaden | The effect of different plants on firescaping. | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Jason Robert | Co | Nelson | Hori | Cabrillo Middle School | The Multipurpose Arm (Creating attachments for people who have an amputated arm(s) to help them in their everyday life) | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Angela | Gao | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Bacteria Growth in Different Types of Baby Formulae | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Angela | Jia | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Bacteria Growth in Different Types of Baby Formulae | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Aaron | Lo | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Testing Different Ways on the Growth of a Green Algae Mixture to Eliminate Blue-Green Cyanobacteria in the Effective Way | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Sohan Dhiman | Nannra | Nelson | Hori | Cabrillo Middle School | The Multipurpose Arm (Creating attachments for people who have an amputated arm(s) to help them in their everyday life) | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Zeel | Thakkar | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effects of Using Hand-Written Versus Digital Flashcards on Memorization Skills | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Nicole | Tian | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Testing Different Ways on the Growth of a Green Algae Mixture to Eliminate Blue-Green Cyanobacteria in the Effective Way | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Melody | Yazdi | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effects of Using Hand-Written Versus Digital Flashcards on Memorization Skills | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | $50 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society | Arjun | Rajaram | Pronati | Mondal | Challenger - Almaden | The effect of different plants on firescaping. | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Akhilesh | Chegu | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Interrupted Sleep on Life Expectancy, Cognitive Behavior, and Neurophysiology in Drosophila melanogaster | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Place Award - $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Deven Chawla | Shah | Kathy | Peng | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effect of Interrupted Sleep on Life Expectancy, Cognitive Behavior, and Neurophysiology in Drosophila melanogaster | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Riyaa K | Randhawa | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Fidget Spinners: Focusing Agents or Major Distractions | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Liza Andrea | Shchegrov | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | Fidget Spinners: Focusing Agents or Major Distractions | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School-Cash Award-$50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Anishka | Raina | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effects of Different Combinations of Natural Food Preservatives on The Growth of E. coli and Bacillus Subtilis | Biological Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School-Cash Award-$50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Thresiamma Jijen | Vazhaeparambil | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The Effects of Different Combinations of Natural Food Preservatives on The Growth of E. coli and Bacillus Subtilis | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Riya | Chatterjee | Pooya | Hajjarian | Monta Vista High School | Genetic Disease Detection in Diverse Populations using Facial Recognition and Deep Learning Methodologies | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Seung Ah | Choi | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Modeling a Bioluminescent LED that Enhances the Brightness of Photobacterium Phosphoreum with Optimized Dye - Sensitized | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Nikhil | Gargeya | Denise | Gurer | Khan Lab School | Characterizing North Atlantic Whale Calls Using Acoustic Data | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Aalok Nital | Patwa | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Find My Pet: UnLEASHING the Power of Image Neural Networks to Unite Lost Pets with Their Owners | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Aditi | Singh | Nora | Beamon | Monta Vista High School | Testing Von Restorff Effect In Long-Term Free Memory Recall | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Sriya | Sridhar | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | Water Works! | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Atreyi Leela | Mukherjee | Christine | Koltermann | Notre Dame High School | Can ultrasound alone be used to reduce the viability of E. coli in milk better than pasteurization? | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Khushi | Parikh | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Creating a Device to Detect the Presence of Allergens | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Kaushal | Raghu | Debbie | Curley | Homestead High School | The Effect of Various Sedatives on the Heart Rate of Daphnia Magna | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Andrew Bakshi | Richardson | Jenna | Smith | Monta Vista High School | Cadence of music to cadence of stride: Effects of listening to varying bpm in music on running speed in the 400 meter | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Neil | Patel | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The effect of the Streptomyces Thermoautotrophicus, Mycorrhizae, Rhizobia on a pea plant's rate of photosynthesis. | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Nevin Neil | Thombre | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The effect of the Streptomyces Thermoautotrophicus, Mycorrhizae, Rhizobia on a pea plant's rate of photosynthesis. | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Sidra Yang | Xu | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Designing a Machine Learning Based Decision-Making Application to Predict the Surgical Mortality of Lung Cancer Patients | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Russell Anthony | Yang | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Designing a Machine Learning Based Decision-Making Application to Predict the Surgical Mortality of Lung Cancer Patients | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Nikhita Srinivasan | Arun | Barjinder | Sabherwal | Evergreen Valley High School | Computer Model that Identifies MicroRNA Gene Expression from NSCLC Patient Data | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Laasya | Chukka | Kenneth | Iams | Lynbrook High School | Low Cost Alternative for Skin Cancer Detection with the Use of Machine Learning App | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Arnav | Jhingran | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Machine-learning based approach to model the patterns of muscle movements caused by motor tics in Tourette's Syndrome | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Amrita Samhita | Shankar | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The effect of probiotics on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease modeling via Atx-2 C.elegans | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award | Sriya | Sridhar | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | Water Works! | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Sriya | Sridhar | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | Water Works! | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Angela Gigi | Tsang | Scott | VanderVeen | Valley Christian High School | What is the effect of using natural and synthetic antibiotics on bacterial cultures? | 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 | Riya | Chatterjee | Pooya | Hajjarian | Monta Vista High School | Genetic Disease Detection in Diverse Populations using Facial Recognition and Deep Learning Methodologies | 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 | Aalok Nital | Patwa | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Find My Pet: UnLEASHING the Power of Image Neural Networks to Unite Lost Pets with Their Owners | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate and $100 check, and Compete for $1000 Outstanding Young Scientist Award, California Association of Professional Scientists (CAPS) | Atreyi Leela | Mukherjee | Christine | Koltermann | Notre Dame High School | Can ultrasound alone be used to reduce the viability of E. coli in milk better than pasteurization? | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Rutvik Mohan | Gandhasri | James | Staten | Silver Creek High School | Microbes and Their Environments | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Nikhil | Gargeya | Denise | Gurer | Khan Lab School | Characterizing North Atlantic Whale Calls Using Acoustic Data | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | High School-Cash Award-$50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Atreyi Leela | Mukherjee | Christine | Koltermann | Notre Dame High School | Can ultrasound alone be used to reduce the viability of E. coli in milk better than pasteurization? | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Seung Ah | Choi | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Modeling a Bioluminescent LED that Enhances the Brightness of Photobacterium Phosphoreum with Optimized Dye - Sensitized | Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Atreyi Leela | Mukherjee | Christine | Koltermann | Notre Dame High School | Can ultrasound alone be used to reduce the viability of E. coli in milk better than pasteurization? | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Christina | Ngo | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Investigating the effect of makeup primer bases on the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Nikki Anvy | Nguyen | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Investigating the effect of makeup primer bases on the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Christina | Tran | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Investigating the effect of makeup primer bases on the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Chaelee | Park | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | The Effect of Bittermelon with Metformin on Oxidative Stress and Insulin Signaling Pathways in Hyperglycemic C. elegans | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Tarun | Chiruvolu | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Point-Of-Care Detection of Cancer Mutations | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Shloka | Janapaty | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | Addressing the Plastic Binge: A Study of Low-Density Polyethylene Degradation using Mycoremediation of Landfill Leachate | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Raj | Janardhan | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | The Effect of Music On The Brain Using Machine Learning | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Sripad | Sureshbabu | Amy | Ripp-Andrzejewski | Cupertino High School | Diagnosis and Multiple Stage Prognosis for Multiple Forms of Dementia in Middle Aged Adults Using Machine Learning | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Neha | Mannem | Jessica | Lu | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of P. fluorescens and R. ruber on the Rate of Low-Density Polyethylene Degradation in Aquatic Environments | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Christina | Ngo | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Investigating the effect of makeup primer bases on the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Nikki Anvy | Nguyen | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Investigating the effect of makeup primer bases on the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Saniya | Patel | Jessica | Lu | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of P. fluorescens and R. ruber on the Rate of Low-Density Polyethylene Degradation in Aquatic Environments | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Christina | Tran | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Investigating the effect of makeup primer bases on the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Charu | Vijay | Jessica | Lu | Lynbrook High School | The Effect of P. fluorescens and R. ruber on the Rate of Low-Density Polyethylene Degradation in Aquatic Environments | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Victoria Leth | Carlson | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Testing the Effects of the Rambo Micklem Competition Bridle on Equus Caballus Dressage Scores | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Audrey | Cui | Joe | Kim | Monta Vista High School | Ovarian Cancer Biomarker Identification from SELDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Datasets Using Machine Learning Methods | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Shreya | Garg | Christine | Koltermann | Notre Dame High School | Testing the Antimicrobial Properties of Green Cellulose-Mediated Silver Nanoparticles | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Raghav | Ganesh | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Developing a Novel Machine Learning based Algorithm to Help Diagnose Parkinson's Disease by analyzing vocal dysphonia. | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Lakshay | Maharana | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Developing a Novel Machine Learning based Algorithm to Help Diagnose Parkinson's Disease by analyzing vocal dysphonia. | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Sina Nakhkoob | Niasari | Johnathan | Langberg | Leland High School | The Effect of AntiMicrobial Food Preservatives on Gut Bacteria | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Anish | Somani | Johnathan | Langberg | Leland High School | The Effect of AntiMicrobial Food Preservatives on Gut Bacteria | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Terrence | Te | Johnathan | Langberg | Leland High School | The Effect of AntiMicrobial Food Preservatives on Gut Bacteria | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | William | Bai | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Reengineering Haptic Feedback for a White Cane | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Eleni Christine | Bauman | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Testing the Effectiveness of NSAIDs in Protection Against Amyloid-beta toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans. | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Aditya | Behal | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | A Novel Investigation of Sonic Impact on Bacterial Metabolism | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Athena F. | Fung | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Palmitate: Reducing Proliferative Properties of Cancer Cells Through the Dephosphorylation of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Julia Isabel | Hansen | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The Effect of Ammonium Chloride on the Reproductive Behavior of Daphnia Magna | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Eileen | Li | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Deep Learning Approach for Early Detection of Lung Cancer | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Emmy Laine | Martin | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Oxybenzone Toxicity Study on the Reproductive Rates of Drosophila | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 3rd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Julia Isabel | Hansen | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The Effect of Ammonium Chloride on the Reproductive Behavior of Daphnia Magna | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Vi Thuy | Tran | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | The effect of ocean environments on bacteria that are capable of eating plastic | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Jessica Ngoc | Trinh | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | The effect of ocean environments on bacteria that are capable of eating plastic | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Manik Keshav | Taneja | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Are stress and anxiety related issues underreported among Asians at competitive high schools? | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Eleni Christine | Bauman | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Testing the Effectiveness of NSAIDs in Protection Against Amyloid-beta toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans. | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Raghav | Ganesh | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Developing a Novel Machine Learning based Algorithm to Help Diagnose Parkinson's Disease by analyzing vocal dysphonia. | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Anushka Himanshu | Goel | Thomas | Dornhoffer | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Using Neural Nets and Molecular Clocks to Predict which Influenza Strains should be Included in the Seasonal Flu Vaccine | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Lakshay | Maharana | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Developing a Novel Machine Learning based Algorithm to Help Diagnose Parkinson's Disease by analyzing vocal dysphonia. | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Athena F. | Fung | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Palmitate: Reducing Proliferative Properties of Cancer Cells Through the Dephosphorylation of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Triya | Roy | Sushma | Bana | Monta Vista High School | A portable and cost-effective Non-Mydriatic camera capable of taking a colored and red free image of the Ocular Fundus | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Eleni Christine | Bauman | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Testing the Effectiveness of NSAIDs in Protection Against Amyloid-beta toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans. | Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Tarun | Chiruvolu | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Point-Of-Care Detection of Cancer Mutations | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Shivam | Singhal | Larry | Steinke | Saint Francis High School | iDetect: A Machine Learning Algorithm for Non-Invasive Cancer Diagnosis through Epigenetic Biomarker Identification | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Angelynn Hoang-Anh | Nguyen | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Determining if the acidity of the growth media affects Candida albicans's biofilms mechanism | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Shivam | Singhal | Larry | Steinke | Saint Francis High School | iDetect: A Machine Learning Algorithm for Non-Invasive Cancer Diagnosis through Epigenetic Biomarker Identification | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Aadithya R. | Anumala | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Insertion of tp73 into mutp53-type cancer E. coli model effect on cisplatin induced cell mortality. | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Pranav D | Atreya | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Portable Ultrasonic Organ Tomography for Early Detection of Tumors and Blockages | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Josh | De Leon | Jennifer | Claudio | Oak Grove High School | The Mitey Roach Exchange: Examining Morphological Differences in Roach Mites | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Angelynn Hoang-Anh | Nguyen | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Determining if the acidity of the growth media affects Candida albicans's biofilms mechanism | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Shivam | Singhal | Larry | Steinke | Saint Francis High School | iDetect: A Machine Learning Algorithm for Non-Invasive Cancer Diagnosis through Epigenetic Biomarker Identification | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Anya | Gupta | Meghan | Strazicich | Los Altos High School | Effects of various antioxidants on the CEP-1 promoter gene in C. Elegans; CEP-1 tumor suppressor protein quantification | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Romella Katherine | Sagatelian | Meghan | Strazicich | Los Altos High School | Effects of various antioxidants on the CEP-1 promoter gene in C. Elegans; CEP-1 tumor suppressor protein quantification | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Zeeshaan | Chunawala | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Determining the Efficacy of Essential Oils as Natural Antibiotic Substitutes and their Incorporation in Common Products | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Ana | Cismaru | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Testing the Effects of Fipronil on Motor Neuron Degeneration in C. elegans | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Chetan | Mokkapati | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The Effect of Light Pollution on the Circadian Rhythm in Drosophila melanogaster. | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Kiran | Rachamallu | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | A Novel Method of Screening for Parkinson's | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Anisha | Chandra | Sukhraj | Sohal | Homestead High School | Constructing a Paper-Based Microfluidic Device to Monitor and Diagnose Deficiencies in Developing Nations | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Aarya | Gupta | Sukhraj | Sohal | Homestead High School | Constructing a Paper-Based Microfluidic Device to Monitor and Diagnose Deficiencies in Developing Nations | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Reet | Mishra | Sukhraj | Sohal | Homestead High School | Constructing a Paper-Based Microfluidic Device to Monitor and Diagnose Deficiencies in Developing Nations | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Mihir | Borkar | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Can Life Be Accurately Simulated by a Computer? (A simple simulation of an organism using Java) | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Bhargavi | Garimella | Jeff | Lutze | Leland High School | Hidden Prejudice: The Impact of Implicit Memory Bias and Misremembering on Perpetuating Racial Stereotypes | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Prabhat Kumar | Jandhyala | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | The Epigenetic Effects of Groundwater Pollutant 2,6-Dichlorobenzamide in Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Alexander Michael | Noriega | Jennifer | Claudio | Oak Grove High School | Antimicrobial Synergies of the Digestive Juices Formed by Nepenthaceae Plants | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Daniel Jarrod | Ong | Elana | Zizmor | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Recognizing Toxic Moieties in Potential Medicinal Chemicals Using Deep Learning | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Vishnu | Palaniappan | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Subacute Neurotoxic Effects of Atrazine in C. elegans. | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Ayush Magan | Pancholy | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Detection of Skin Cancers with a Machine Learning Model | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Keval Amish | Shah | Martin | Baynes | Harker School-Upper Campus | FundusX: A Machine Learning Model for Disease Diagnosis in Fundus Images | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Irene | Chu | Olga | Bronin | Lynbrook High School | Different intensities of Light Emitting Diodes on the growth of silkworms | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Caitlin | Leong | Olga | Bronin | Lynbrook High School | Different intensities of Light Emitting Diodes on the growth of silkworms | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | $50 High School Plant Science, California Botanical Society | Alexander Michael | Noriega | Jennifer | Claudio | Oak Grove High School | Antimicrobial Synergies of the Digestive Juices Formed by Nepenthaceae Plants | 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 | Mihir | Borkar | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Can Life Be Accurately Simulated by a Computer? (A simple simulation of an organism using Java) | 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 | Aditya Sunil | Shah | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Supervised machine learning framework for automatic detection & classification of Glioblastomas using SVM-RFE algorithm | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Aadithya R. | Anumala | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Insertion of tp73 into mutp53-type cancer E. coli model effect on cisplatin induced cell mortality. | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Pranav D | Atreya | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Portable Ultrasonic Organ Tomography for Early Detection of Tumors and Blockages | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Josh | De Leon | Jennifer | Claudio | Oak Grove High School | The Mitey Roach Exchange: Examining Morphological Differences in Roach Mites | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Anisha | Chandra | Sukhraj | Sohal | Homestead High School | Constructing a Paper-Based Microfluidic Device to Monitor and Diagnose Deficiencies in Developing Nations | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Aarya | Gupta | Sukhraj | Sohal | Homestead High School | Constructing a Paper-Based Microfluidic Device to Monitor and Diagnose Deficiencies in Developing Nations | Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Special Award: $75 and Certificate of Achievement, Varian Medical Systems | Reet | Mishra | Sukhraj | Sohal | Homestead High School | Constructing a Paper-Based Microfluidic Device to Monitor and Diagnose Deficiencies in Developing Nations | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | $ 500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Charlotta Giselle | Lebedenko | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Evaluating the Effects of Artificial Sweeteners and Caffeine on Human Gut Microbiota to Prevent Glucose Intolerance | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Charlotta Giselle | Lebedenko | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Evaluating the Effects of Artificial Sweeteners and Caffeine on Human Gut Microbiota to Prevent Glucose Intolerance | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Alexander Bao | Vu | Scott | VanderVeen | Valley Christian High School | Cholesterol Control: The Effect of Bisphosphonates on Cellular LDL Uptake | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Ken | Hinh | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Optimizing Architecture of Bioprinted Cardiac Tissue | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Gaeun | Kim | Kim | Failor | Stanford Online High School | Prediction of Chemotherapeutic Drug Efficacy Based on Hallmark Evolution Patterns of Cancer Cell Genomes | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Charlotta Giselle | Lebedenko | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Evaluating the Effects of Artificial Sweeteners and Caffeine on Human Gut Microbiota to Prevent Glucose Intolerance | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Yukino | Torrey | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The effect of the Phytoestrogen Genistin, estrogen therapy on Fragile-X Drosophila Melanogaster. | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Alexander Bao | Vu | Scott | VanderVeen | Valley Christian High School | Cholesterol Control: The Effect of Bisphosphonates on Cellular LDL Uptake | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Justin | Callahan | Anuradha | Sarkar | Leland High School | How does the exposure to cold temperatures affect germination characteristics of winter-annual Triticum aestivum? | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Ella Anne | Milliken | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Synthesizing Analogs of 6-(Carbobenzyloxyamino) caproic acid to Inhibit FcYRIIa in Tumor Associated Macrophages | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Tuong | Tran | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Comparing the effects of Gingko Biloba and Donepezil on Amyloid Beta Toxicity using Trans C.elegans Model in AD Research | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Nomita | Chandra | Mark | Cahn | Leland High School | Octree Structures in MRI Imaging for Multimodal Data Computation and Query in Research and Diagnosis | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Gwendolyn Izabel | Erdosh | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Comparing the Retention of Scent Aversion Through Metamorphosis in V. cardui and M. sexta | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | $100 High School Plant Science, California Botanical Society | Ananya | Subramanian | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Enhancement of mitochondrial function and seed germination by pterostilbene, ellagic acid, and nicotinamide riboside | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Kendrick Khang | Le | Chung | Khong | Yerba Buena High School | Investigating the Feasibility of Small-Scale Aquaponics in a Classroom Environment | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Bryant | Tran | Chung | Khong | Yerba Buena High School | Investigating the Feasibility of Small-Scale Aquaponics in a Classroom Environment | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Christian John Cruz | Ventura | Chung | Khong | Yerba Buena High School | Investigating the Feasibility of Small-Scale Aquaponics in a Classroom Environment | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Jasmine | Nguyen | Jennifer | Claudio | Oak Grove High School | The Effects of Priming in the Context of Race and Crime | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter | Charlotta Giselle | Lebedenko | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Evaluating the Effects of Artificial Sweeteners and Caffeine on Human Gut Microbiota to Prevent Glucose Intolerance | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | High School-Cash Award-$50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Charlotta Giselle | Lebedenko | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Evaluating the Effects of Artificial Sweeteners and Caffeine on Human Gut Microbiota to Prevent Glucose Intolerance | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Tuong | Tran | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Comparing the effects of Gingko Biloba and Donepezil on Amyloid Beta Toxicity using Trans C.elegans Model in AD Research | Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) | Alexander Bao | Vu | Scott | VanderVeen | Valley Christian High School | Cholesterol Control: The Effect of Bisphosphonates on Cellular LDL Uptake | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Wyndia | Ohm | Dustin | Umberger | Sunnyvale Middle School | Pollination Buggy | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | $ 250 to the winning student or team in middle school Physical Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | William Yang | Zhang | Jingshu | Guo (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | An Inexpensive and Convenient Way of Making Millions of Existing Old-style Sprinkler Control Systems Conserve Water | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | $125 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Sriram Venugopal | Bhimaraju | Bhimaraju | Prasad (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Low-Cost Archery Assistant with an Interface for the Visually Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | William Yang | Zhang | Jingshu | Guo (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | An Inexpensive and Convenient Way of Making Millions of Existing Old-style Sprinkler Control Systems Conserve Water | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Sriram Venugopal | Bhimaraju | Bhimaraju | Prasad (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Low-Cost Archery Assistant with an Interface for the Visually Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Abhay | Dharnidharka | Michael | Berwald | Harte (Bret) Middle School | Sound Proofing: which material sound-proofs the best? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Jennifer Ann | Dick-Peddie | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The Effect of an Object's Velocity, Size, and Mass on the Diameter and Depth Of Its Impact Crater | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Terry | Hsu | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Flip It Around | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Wyndia | Ohm | Dustin | Umberger | Sunnyvale Middle School | Pollination Buggy | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Eshan | Rachapudi | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Plant Water Conservation | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Sangyani | Sinha | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | CYAN: Clean Your Air Now: An Indoor Air Pollution Control System | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Sonia | Swamy | Deepali | Deshmukh | Challenger - Sunnyvale | AlgalPlast- Sustainable Bioplastic from Algae and its Effect on Tensile Strength, Water Resistance, and Compostability | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Henry | Yao | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Effect of Time and Temperature on Nitrite Level in Cooked Foods | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Sriram Venugopal | Bhimaraju | Bhimaraju | Prasad (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Low-Cost Archery Assistant with an Interface for the Visually Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Abhay | Dharnidharka | Michael | Berwald | Harte (Bret) Middle School | Sound Proofing: which material sound-proofs the best? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Jennifer Ann | Dick-Peddie | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The Effect of an Object's Velocity, Size, and Mass on the Diameter and Depth Of Its Impact Crater | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Terry | Hsu | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Flip It Around | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Wyndia | Ohm | Dustin | Umberger | Sunnyvale Middle School | Pollination Buggy | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Eshan | Rachapudi | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Plant Water Conservation | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Sangyani | Sinha | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | CYAN: Clean Your Air Now: An Indoor Air Pollution Control System | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Sonia | Swamy | Deepali | Deshmukh | Challenger - Sunnyvale | AlgalPlast- Sustainable Bioplastic from Algae and its Effect on Tensile Strength, Water Resistance, and Compostability | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Award | Henry | Yao | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Effect of Time and Temperature on Nitrite Level in Cooked Foods | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Aadit Gautam | Golwala | Kevin | Seago | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Bioplastics: which one is the strongest? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Ananya Venkata | Jilla | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | Debate Detective | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Ashwini | Paramesh | Neetha | Anandakumar (PSP) | Matsumoto (Tom) School K-6 | Can a moss wall be used as an effective acoustic insulator in buildings ? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Adhip | Raghunathan | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Smart Lighting System to Ensure Uniform Illumination and to Conserve Power | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Katherine Alexandra | Wales | De Leys | Hamm | Canyon Heights Academy | How Effective Are Laundry Detergents? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Jonathan | Yu | Bryan | Tran | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Testing the Widths of Parabolic Reflectors with Light Signals from an LED | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Tvisha | Nepani | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Crude Awakening - The Spoils of Oil | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Award | Saloni Himanshu | Shah | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Crude Awakening - The Spoils of Oil | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Anagha | Badriprasad | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Effect of the Type of Prescription Bottle on Ultraviolet Ray Blockage | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Rohan | Chopra | Kevin | Seago | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Hydropower! How Water Height Affects Electricity Production | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Nilansh Dey | Ghosh | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Developing an efficient and portable water still for emergency situations or remote communities | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Sama | Karim | Deepali | Deshmukh | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Effect of Burnt Materials on the pH of soil | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Dashmi Kaur | Singh | Brad | Bowden | Challenger - Shawnee | Does Temperature affect Chemistry? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention | Ishwar | Suriyaprakash | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Light Sleep | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | $50 Cash Award to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | Tate Jett | Bregman | Liat | Baranoff | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Termite farts to electricity | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | $50 Cash Award to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | Ari S | Katsav | Liat | Baranoff | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Termite farts to electricity | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | $50 Cash Award to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | Ari Jack | Strober | Liat | Baranoff | Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Termite farts to electricity | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Aadit Gautam | Golwala | Kevin | Seago | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Bioplastics: which one is the strongest? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Place Award - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS | Henry | Yao | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Effect of Time and Temperature on Nitrite Level in Cooked Foods | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Joshua | Lang | Maria | Cammisa | Yavneh Day School | How well do different materials block RFID signals? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | 3rd Place - $50, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Sanika | Iyer | Paul | Casareno | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | The Shear Strength of Velcro | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Anika P | Kulkarni | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | What's Up With the Weather Nowadays? | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | Sonia | Swamy | Deepali | Deshmukh | Challenger - Sunnyvale | AlgalPlast- Sustainable Bioplastic from Algae and its Effect on Tensile Strength, Water Resistance, and Compostability | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Nidhi | Prakash | Kevin | Seago | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Preventing Earthquake Damage, Testing Building Braces | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Justin | Kim | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The effect of the raked wingtip on flight distance | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Sriram Venugopal | Bhimaraju | Bhimaraju | Prasad (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Low-Cost Archery Assistant with an Interface for the Visually Impaired | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Claire | Tsai | Yunpei | Chang (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Hamster Fitt: Hamster Runs for Prize! Hamster Goes Nuts for Pinata! | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Lori | Yang | Yunpei | Chang (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Hamster Fitt: Hamster Runs for Prize! Hamster Goes Nuts for Pinata! | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Middle School-Cash Award-$50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | Henry | Yao | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | The Effect of Time and Temperature on Nitrite Level in Cooked Foods | Physical Science and Engineering | 6 | Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Andrew Ramesh | Chandra | Hadeel | Abutouk | Carden Academy of Almaden | Swimming Faster with High-Tech Swim Suits | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Joseph Philip | Thomas | Joey | Colucci | Saint Christopher School | A Decision Tree Based Approach to Determining NBA Rookie Potential | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | $250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Roy | Gross | Elisa | Peters | Terman Middle School | An Emergency Communication Mesh Network for Civilians: Lessons from Puerto Rico | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | $500 - best grade 6-8 entry for either Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering amongst girls, Synopsys - Society of Women Engineers | Aanya | Virmani | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Pet Food Dispensers! | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Place Student Award: $200 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Yu-Ting | Chang | Mary | Melnick | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | A Computer Vision Based Human-Tracking and Following Robot | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 3rd Place Student Award: $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Joseph Philip | Thomas | Joey | Colucci | Saint Christopher School | A Decision Tree Based Approach to Determining NBA Rookie Potential | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | GR 6-8, 1st Place: $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Leyla Mathilde | Murgia | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Solar Panel Tree: effect of the shape of solar panels on the efficiency of collecting energy | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Grand Prize Student Award: $340 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Hemal Bharat | Kurani | Nancy | Messner | Sunnyvale Middle School | Smart Waste Management | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Kaushik | Salem | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | Intelligent Traffic Signal System Using Simplified Bayes' Theorem | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Kunal | Jain | Tatiana | Braun | Stratford Middle School - Milpitas | Earthquake Detection System | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Sanjana | Manikandan | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Renewable Energy Harvester: A Hybrid Piezoelectric - Photovoltaic Roof Tile Suitable for Various Weather | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Sritej | Ponna | Kevin | Seago | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Soil Desalination | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Harsha Rohan | Rajkumar | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Glaze The Glaciers | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Arhana | Aatresh | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Up, Up and Away: the effect of substrate type, substrate temperature, and load on hover engines on hovering efficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Mokshitaa | Dhamotharan | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | Poseidon's Filter | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Roy | Gross | Elisa | Peters | Terman Middle School | An Emergency Communication Mesh Network for Civilians: Lessons from Puerto Rico | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Alexis Jolie | Korb | Wayne | Thompson | English (C.T.) Middle School | Rain-Walker; An Engineering Project Testing The Efficiency of a Handheld Umbrella vs. an Umbrella Designed For a Walker | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Hemal Bharat | Kurani | Nancy | Messner | Sunnyvale Middle School | Smart Waste Management | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Harsha Rohan | Rajkumar | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Glaze The Glaciers | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Kaden Tyler | Roschuk | Eileen | Resnick | Murphy (Martin) Middle School | Popsicle Bridges | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Rayyan Tawseef | Talukdar | Yasmine | Abusaif | Granada Islamic School | Bamboo to use: Making it 100% Biodegradable | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Joseph Philip | Thomas | Joey | Colucci | Saint Christopher School | A Decision Tree Based Approach to Determining NBA Rookie Potential | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Kaitlyn Hugyn-Lan Cloke | Venator | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | Poseidon's Filter | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Arhana | Aatresh | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Up, Up and Away: the effect of substrate type, substrate temperature, and load on hover engines on hovering efficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Roy | Gross | Elisa | Peters | Terman Middle School | An Emergency Communication Mesh Network for Civilians: Lessons from Puerto Rico | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Alexis Jolie | Korb | Wayne | Thompson | English (C.T.) Middle School | Rain-Walker; An Engineering Project Testing The Efficiency of a Handheld Umbrella vs. an Umbrella Designed For a Walker | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Hemal Bharat | Kurani | Nancy | Messner | Sunnyvale Middle School | Smart Waste Management | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Harsha Rohan | Rajkumar | Kanchan | Bhandare | Merryhill Schools -Milpitas | Glaze The Glaciers | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Kaden Tyler | Roschuk | Eileen | Resnick | Murphy (Martin) Middle School | Popsicle Bridges | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Rayyan Tawseef | Talukdar | Yasmine | Abusaif | Granada Islamic School | Bamboo to use: Making it 100% Biodegradable | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Joseph Philip | Thomas | Joey | Colucci | Saint Christopher School | A Decision Tree Based Approach to Determining NBA Rookie Potential | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Mokshitaa | Dhamotharan | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | Poseidon's Filter | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Award | Kaitlyn Hugyn-Lan Cloke | Venator | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | Poseidon's Filter | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Aditi Mittal | Jain | Alicia | Dantzker | Girls Middle School | L.A.S.E.R (Light Aided Sugar EstimatoR) | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Kunal | Jain | Tatiana | Braun | Stratford Middle School - Milpitas | Earthquake Detection System | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Dhwani | Kharidia | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Best Shock Absorbing Shoe Sole Material | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Aarush | Krishnan | Bradley | Behrens | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Factors that Affect the Current Produced by Wind Turbines | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Sanjana | Manikandan | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Renewable Energy Harvester: A Hybrid Piezoelectric - Photovoltaic Roof Tile Suitable for Various Weather | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Kaushik | Salem | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | Intelligent Traffic Signal System Using Simplified Bayes' Theorem | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Filip | Sedlacik | Amy | Brindos | Buchser Middle School | Hands free turning music stand | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Stanley | Shen | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | More Efficient Hearing Protection | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Alice | Tsioutsioulikli | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Clean Up Oil Spills with Ferrofluid | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Award | Anirudh | Venkatraman | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Friction Flashlight | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Ishaan | Agrawal | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Convenient 2-Factor Authentication for Smartphones | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Rohan | Bansal | Preethi | Sundaresakumar | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | The Effect of a Windmill's Blade Design on Rotations per Minute | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Yu-Ting | Chang | Mary | Melnick | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | A Computer Vision Based Human-Tracking and Following Robot | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Jia Sidhu | Gill | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Bioenergy - Natural Energy From Your Compost Bin | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Parth Nimish | Hathalia | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | Mapping And Geo-fencing Platform | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Aisha Ibrahim | Kazi | Ibrahim | Kazi (PSP) | Homeschool - Thinking Minds Academy | A Better Brick - Designing a home to be shipped in a box for under $500 | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Pareekshith Hosalli | Krishna | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Natural Roof-Cooling Technology Blocking Excessive Heat from the Sun Using Low-Cost Shading | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Hetal Bharat | Kurani | Rosemarie | Weller | Sunnyvale Middle School | Your Math Mentor: The Adaptive Math Learning App | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Alexander Timothy | Nguyen | Eileen | Resnick | Murphy (Martin) Middle School | The Making of the Exoskeleton | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Abhineet I. | Pal | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | Real-Time Indoor Air Quality Monitor | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention | Arya Shriya | Srivastava | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | An Eco-Friendly Solution Using Azadirachta indica To Reduce Toxic pH Levels and Tannic Acid Chemicals in Water | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award | Roy | Gross | Elisa | Peters | Terman Middle School | An Emergency Communication Mesh Network for Civilians: Lessons from Puerto Rico | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Najia Muhiedine | Maaz | Yasmine | Abusaif | Granada Islamic School | Best type of soil to build small structures on | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st Place Award - $100, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Allison | Bang | Bradley | Behrens | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Polymer Structure and Susceptibility to UV Degradation | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 1st place MS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Sunny | Vinay | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Effect of temperature on the speed of sound | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Aryo | Nabyzadeh | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | The effect of the size of storm drain grating on their ability to block debris. | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Aaleesha | Doshi | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | The Effect of Different Heat Settings for the Type of Filament on its Durability for 3D Printing | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 2nd Place: $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Roy | Gross | Elisa | Peters | Terman Middle School | An Emergency Communication Mesh Network for Civilians: Lessons from Puerto Rico | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | 3rd place MS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | David Wynne | Kipp | Susan | Greathouse | Sacred Heart Middle School | The Frisbees fly | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards Additional $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Roy | Gross | Elisa | Peters | Terman Middle School | An Emergency Communication Mesh Network for Civilians: Lessons from Puerto Rico | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Certificate of Achievement $50, Hegland Award | Hetal Bharat | Kurani | Rosemarie | Weller | Sunnyvale Middle School | Your Math Mentor: The Adaptive Math Learning App | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Sanjana | Manikandan | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Renewable Energy Harvester: A Hybrid Piezoelectric - Photovoltaic Roof Tile Suitable for Various Weather | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Terry Liam | Russell | Nelson | Hori | Cabrillo Middle School | Ocean Filtration | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | Arya Shriya | Srivastava | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | An Eco-Friendly Solution Using Azadirachta indica To Reduce Toxic pH Levels and Tannic Acid Chemicals in Water | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Najia Muhiedine | Maaz | Yasmine | Abusaif | Granada Islamic School | Best type of soil to build small structures on | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Adeeb | Syed | Fayaz | Syed (PSP) | Connecting Waters Charter School, Modesto | Which truss bridge will support the most weight? | 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 | Rayyan Tawseef | Talukdar | Yasmine | Abusaif | Granada Islamic School | Bamboo to use: Making it 100% Biodegradable | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Roy | Gross | Elisa | Peters | Terman Middle School | An Emergency Communication Mesh Network for Civilians: Lessons from Puerto Rico | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Rory James Cui | Wilson | Chris | Wilson (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Can we power a space elevator using lights and solar cells? | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Arhana | Aatresh | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Up, Up and Away: the effect of substrate type, substrate temperature, and load on hover engines on hovering efficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Packet with Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | Kaushik | Salem | Jennifer | Lee | Cabrillo Middle School | Intelligent Traffic Signal System Using Simplified Bayes' Theorem | Physical Science and Engineering | 7 | Packet with Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | Austin Mathew | Wu | Sarah | Rahman | Cabrillo Middle School | Creating a Fully Electric Photovoltaic Airplane that can fly Continuously | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School | Sneha | Revanur | Kirenpal | Jaspal | Quimby Oak School | Analyzing Gender-Based Violence and Aggressive Behavior Through Social Media Data | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Shlok R. | Shah | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | The Creation of an Autonomous Lifeguard System | 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 | Navya | Agrawal | Shalini | D'Souza | Challenger - Sunnyvale | MyStressRelief | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | GR 6-8 Most Promising Female Researcher, $100, Framed Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Nithika | Karthikeyan | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | The design of an algorithm to encode ASCII characters using amino acids for use by IT archival systems. | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | GR 6-8, 2nd Place: $150 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Faye | Neighbors | Tim | Ainoa | Old Orchard School | Effect of an Optically Active Substance on Polarized Light | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | GR 6-8, 3rd Place: $50 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Daisy | Ding | Peter | Ellerkamp | Summit Denali (grades 6-10) | Exploring a Method for Energy Efficient Windows that Don't Block Cell Phone Signals | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | GR 6-8, 3rd Place: $50 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Vikas | Ramasubban | Peter | Ellerkamp | Summit Denali (grades 6-10) | Exploring a Method for Energy Efficient Windows that Don't Block Cell Phone Signals | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Grand Prize Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Oviya | Seeniraj | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | Homework Admin | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Diptanshu | Sikdar | Youssef | Ismail (mentor) | Schmahl Science Workshop | Energy Harvesting Utilizing a Wind Driven Triboelectric Generator | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Alex Khoa-Nguyen | Bui | Bonny | Basu | Challenger - Shawnee | Put a HALT! to Smoking | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Ram | Gorthi | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Brain Drive | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Spencer Alexander | Halmos | Eileen | Resnick | Murphy (Martin) Middle School | Snap Notify - Wireless Mouse Trap Notification | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Oviya | Seeniraj | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | Homework Admin | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Anousha Anand | Athreya | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The Effect of Sunlight and Rain on Low-Cost Graphene Solar Cell Efficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Finalist Certificate & Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Riya | Gupta | Poorva | Gupta (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Producing pleasing guitar chord progressions algorithmically | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Daisy | Ding | Peter | Ellerkamp | Summit Denali (grades 6-10) | Exploring a Method for Energy Efficient Windows that Don't Block Cell Phone Signals | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Alice | Feng | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The effect of nutrients, substrates, and mushroom types on the properties of a novel biodegradable material: mycelium | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Arijit | Ghoshal | Sujatha | Raghu | Rolling Hills Middle School | The effect of different types of reeds on the timbre of instrument | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Vedansh | Goenka | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | "NFC Tap and Go" a Near Field Communication based Magnetic Lock | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Nithika | Karthikeyan | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | The design of an algorithm to encode ASCII characters using amino acids for use by IT archival systems. | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Krithi | Koodli | Rajeev | Koodli (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Distinguishing Between Binary and Non-Binary Star Systems Using Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Vikas | Ramasubban | Peter | Ellerkamp | Summit Denali (grades 6-10) | Exploring a Method for Energy Efficient Windows that Don't Block Cell Phone Signals | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Sneha | Revanur | Kirenpal | Jaspal | Quimby Oak School | Analyzing Gender-Based Violence and Aggressive Behavior Through Social Media Data | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Diptanshu | Sikdar | Youssef | Ismail (mentor) | Schmahl Science Workshop | Energy Harvesting Utilizing a Wind Driven Triboelectric Generator | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Arely | Sun | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The effect of nutrients, substrates, and mushroom types on the properties of a novel biodegradable material: mycelium | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Pujita | Tangirala | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | A Green, Low-Cost Solution for the Removal and Recovery of Dye from Industrial Wastewater | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Mahit Vishnusai | Tanikella | Natraj | Narayanswami | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening Using Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Arijit | Ghoshal | Sujatha | Raghu | Rolling Hills Middle School | The effect of different types of reeds on the timbre of instrument | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Vedansh | Goenka | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | "NFC Tap and Go" a Near Field Communication based Magnetic Lock | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Nithika | Karthikeyan | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | The design of an algorithm to encode ASCII characters using amino acids for use by IT archival systems. | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Krithi | Koodli | Rajeev | Koodli (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Distinguishing Between Binary and Non-Binary Star Systems Using Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Sneha | Revanur | Kirenpal | Jaspal | Quimby Oak School | Analyzing Gender-Based Violence and Aggressive Behavior Through Social Media Data | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Diptanshu | Sikdar | Youssef | Ismail (mentor) | Schmahl Science Workshop | Energy Harvesting Utilizing a Wind Driven Triboelectric Generator | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Pujita | Tangirala | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | A Green, Low-Cost Solution for the Removal and Recovery of Dye from Industrial Wastewater | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Mahit Vishnusai | Tanikella | Natraj | Narayanswami | Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale | Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening Using Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Daisy | Ding | Peter | Ellerkamp | Summit Denali (grades 6-10) | Exploring a Method for Energy Efficient Windows that Don't Block Cell Phone Signals | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Alice | Feng | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The effect of nutrients, substrates, and mushroom types on the properties of a novel biodegradable material: mycelium | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Vikas | Ramasubban | Peter | Ellerkamp | Summit Denali (grades 6-10) | Exploring a Method for Energy Efficient Windows that Don't Block Cell Phone Signals | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Award | Arely | Sun | Kristen | Morgensen | Harker School-Middle Campus | The effect of nutrients, substrates, and mushroom types on the properties of a novel biodegradable material: mycelium | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Danya Simran | Balagopal | Sean | Wilmot | Oakwood High School | Constructing a sustainable, low-cost herbal biosorbent filter to remove heavy metals from contaminated groundwater | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Joy | Barsoum | Lisa | Wicht | Saint Joseph of Cupertino School | Portable and Light Origami Booster for People Requiring Adjustments in Seating | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Ram | Gorthi | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | Brain Drive | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Camilla Jasmine | Lindh | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Cost Effective Solar Multi-Purpose Water Filter | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Ryan Wenyuan | Liu | Nelson | Hori | Cabrillo Middle School | Bike Back Ultrasonic Sensor System | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Oviya | Seeniraj | Muna | Khanna | Champion School (K-9) | Homework Admin | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Harjot | Singh | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | Home Automation | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Keshiv Shaan | Tandon | Caren | Furtado | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | How the Weight or Speed of an RC Car Affects the Electricity Produced Using a Thermoelectric Strip | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd Award | Amy | Ton Nu | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | Conducting Robot | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Adarsh Sairam | Ambati | Jeffrey | Takemoto | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Artificial Intelligence (AI) based network security virtual appliance for residential usage. | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Anousha Anand | Athreya | Kristi | Chung | Stratford Middle School - San Jose | The Effect of Sunlight and Rain on Low-Cost Graphene Solar Cell Efficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Akshay | Attaluri | Joel | Carter | Lawson Middle School | Finding the Optimal Salter Duck Design for Maximized Energy Production | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Spencer Alexander | Halmos | Eileen | Resnick | Murphy (Martin) Middle School | Snap Notify - Wireless Mouse Trap Notification | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Iyanu Bomar | Olukotun | Fred | Berghout | Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School | Keeping Cool Despite Global Warming; Cost Effective and Environmentally Friendly Ways To Keep Your House Cool | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Shlok R. | Shah | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | The Creation of an Autonomous Lifeguard System | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Samika | Swamy | Deepali | Deshmukh | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Water Wise: An eco-friendly, low cost system to remove and monitor heavy metal contamination in aqueous wastes | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Surya Christopher | Tallavarjula | Lori | King | Peterson Middle School | Wind Turbine Efficiency Improvement Studies | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Akash | Vig | Nelson | Hori | Cabrillo Middle School | Safer Speeds: Using a Virtual Governor to Stop Speeding and Create the Roads of the Future | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Kyle Nehemiah | Bermillo | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | Redesigning A Laundry Hamper | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Zachary Spencer | Clark | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | What is the effect of high temperatures on the strength of Neodymium magnets and Samarium-Cobalt Magnets? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Kris Mosada | Lalas | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | Redesigning A Laundry Hamper | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Khanh Ngoc | Nguyen | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | Bicycle Generator | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Brandon Minjoon | Park | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | What is the effect of high temperatures on the strength of Neodymium magnets and Samarium-Cobalt Magnets? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention | Dat Dinh | Truong | Vivian | Flora | Piedmont Middle School | Bicycle Generator | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | Mahi | Ravi | Deepali | Deshmukh | Challenger - Sunnyvale | Sugar it Down: An easy diet management tool designed to track the calorie and sugar intake of diabetic patients | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 1st Place Award - $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS | Pujita | Tangirala | Heather | Mackewicz | Challenger-Strawberry Park-SJ | A Green, Low-Cost Solution for the Removal and Recovery of Dye from Industrial Wastewater | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 2nd place MS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Prithi Anjana | SRINIVASAN | Caren | Furtado | Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | A Novel Approach to ReducingWater Salinity in Natural Disaster Scenarios | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 3rd place - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Colin | Pereira | Lisa | Wicht | Saint Joseph of Cupertino School | Suspension Bridges in Earthquakes | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Daisy | Ding | Peter | Ellerkamp | Summit Denali (grades 6-10) | Exploring a Method for Energy Efficient Windows that Don't Block Cell Phone Signals | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Vikas | Ramasubban | Peter | Ellerkamp | Summit Denali (grades 6-10) | Exploring a Method for Energy Efficient Windows that Don't Block Cell Phone Signals | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement $50, Hegland Award | William | Huang | Betty | Chan | Miller Middle School | Predicting the possibility of future earthquakes in California | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | Danya Simran | Balagopal | Sean | Wilmot | Oakwood High School | Constructing a sustainable, low-cost herbal biosorbent filter to remove heavy metals from contaminated groundwater | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | GR 6-8: 1st Place, Certificate of Achievement, and tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Shlok R. | Shah | Shannon | Deza | Challenger - Berryessa | The Creation of an Autonomous Lifeguard System | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Nasrin Yassin | Indris | Farhana | Afroz | Granada Islamic School | The Helpful Homeless Housing Project | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Zachary Spencer | Clark | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | What is the effect of high temperatures on the strength of Neodymium magnets and Samarium-Cobalt Magnets? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Honorable Mention Award - Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Brandon Minjoon | Park | Thomas | Artiss | Harker School-Middle Campus | What is the effect of high temperatures on the strength of Neodymium magnets and Samarium-Cobalt Magnets? | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Diptanshu | Sikdar | Youssef | Ismail (mentor) | Schmahl Science Workshop | Energy Harvesting Utilizing a Wind Driven Triboelectric Generator | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Arijit | Ghoshal | Sujatha | Raghu | Rolling Hills Middle School | The effect of different types of reeds on the timbre of instrument | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Vedansh | Goenka | Glenn | Lillie | Cabrillo Middle School | "NFC Tap and Go" a Near Field Communication based Magnetic Lock | Physical Science and Engineering | 8 | Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Krithi | Koodli | Rajeev | Koodli (PSP) | Privately Sponsored Project | Distinguishing Between Binary and Non-Binary Star Systems Using Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $ 500 to the winning student or team in high school Physical Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Michael Lichao | Yuan | Kenneth | Iams | Lynbrook High School | PID Control Ball on Plate System | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Michael Lichao | Yuan | Kenneth | Iams | Lynbrook High School | PID Control Ball on Plate System | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Andrew C. | Chiang | Alex | McKale | Stanford Online High School | Automatic Basketball Shooting Trajectory Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention: Framed Certificate of Achievement,, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Maria | Korolik | Kate | Slevin | Archbishop Mitty High School | Heat transfer for energy-efficient window design: What properties of gas affect its ability to conduct heat? | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Vardhan Kishore | Agrawal | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Autonomous Light Pole Monitoring Platform Using Drones | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Roya | Ahmadi | Pooya | Hajjarian | Monta Vista High School | Wildfire Prevention Through a Self Sustained Measurement Reporting and Analysis System | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Andrew C. | Chiang | Alex | McKale | Stanford Online High School | Automatic Basketball Shooting Trajectory Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Jenna Sofia | Houle | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | The optimization of a nylon based artificial muscle | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Joshua | Lee | John | Shelby | Homestead High School | Inexpensive, Fluid Convection-Based Central Processing Unit Cooler | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Aadit | Trivedi | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | SafeSeat: Designing a Smart and Safe Car Seat for Children | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Akash | Dasgupta | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Is it Possible to Detect Fake Tungsten-based Gold Bullion with Non-Destructive testing? | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Tae Kyu | Kim | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | Context-aware Paraphrase Suggestion System using Recurrent Neural Networks with Autoencoder and Quality Classifier | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Josh | Sanyal | Jessica | Wakefield | Homestead High School | Developing and Analyzing Machine Learning Models for the Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer, HPV, and CIN | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Michael Lichao | Yuan | Kenneth | Iams | Lynbrook High School | PID Control Ball on Plate System | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Kunal | Kapur | Barjinder | Sabherwal | Evergreen Valley High School | Recognition System for Optimal Nutrient Assimilation of Plants | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Sneha Madhan | Raj | Barjinder | Sabherwal | Evergreen Valley High School | Recognition System for Optimal Nutrient Assimilation of Plants | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Claire | Tang | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | Virtual Ear: Hearing Assistant for the Hearing Impaired Using Deep Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Francis | Tang | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | Virtual Ear: Hearing Assistant for the Hearing Impaired Using Deep Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Sriteja | Vijapurapu | Barjinder | Sabherwal | Evergreen Valley High School | Recognition System for Optimal Nutrient Assimilation of Plants | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Akash | Amalarasan | Nicole | Sebek | University Preparatory Academy (UPA) | Complete Home Automation | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Nishita Sathyabodha | Belur | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | A Novel, Low-Cost, Efficient Alternative to Photo ElectroChemical Oxidation (PECO) Air Purifiers Using Titanium Dioxide | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Samarth | Girish | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | Launch-alyzer: A Silver Bullet to Predict Rocket Launch Failures | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Caitlin Maya | Gorin | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | A Testing Device to Determine Which Type of 3D Printed Plastic is the Strongest in Terms of Compression and Flexure | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Kaushik Sai | Tota | Daniel | Meyer | Saint Francis High School | Effect of Anode Metal Type on Voltage and Current in a Portable Metal Air Fuel Cell | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Honorable Mention | Ashwatha | Tulsi | Kyle | Jones | Monta Vista High School | Particulate Organic Matter Production by Sea Sponges Incorporated with Different Concentrations of Crude Oil | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance | Gaurav | Kamath | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Generating Electricity From The Orbital Ocean Waves | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Ankita | Kundu | Martin | Baynes | Harker School-Upper Campus | Converting Passive Kinetic Energy into Electrical Energy to Charge Electronic Devices | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award | Anokhi Jitesh | Shah | Kyle | Jones | Monta Vista High School | Adsorption of Copper Ions from Wastewater Using a Low Cost Modified Starch Polymer for Water Purification | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award | Andrew C. | Chiang | Alex | McKale | Stanford Online High School | Automatic Basketball Shooting Trajectory Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award | Fiona Lin | Luo | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Harvesting body heat from a chair using thermoelectric generators to power a light source | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Place Award - $100, Popular Science Magazine Subscription, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Certificate & Medallion from ASM Educational Foundation, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Maria | Korolik | Kate | Slevin | Archbishop Mitty High School | Heat transfer for energy-efficient window design: What properties of gas affect its ability to conduct heat? | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st place HS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Maria | Korolik | Kate | Slevin | Archbishop Mitty High School | Heat transfer for energy-efficient window design: What properties of gas affect its ability to conduct heat? | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Place: $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Aadit | Trivedi | Debjani | Roy | Bellarmine College Preparatory | SafeSeat: Designing a Smart and Safe Car Seat for Children | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Place - $75, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Caitlin Maya | Gorin | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | A Testing Device to Determine Which Type of 3D Printed Plastic is the Strongest in Terms of Compression and Flexure | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Akash | Dasgupta | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Is it Possible to Detect Fake Tungsten-based Gold Bullion with Non-Destructive testing? | 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 | Nishita Sathyabodha | Belur | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | A Novel, Low-Cost, Efficient Alternative to Photo ElectroChemical Oxidation (PECO) Air Purifiers Using Titanium Dioxide | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 3rd Place Award - $50, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Zeiler R. | Randall-Reed | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | What is the effect of the density of a medium on sound waves of varying frequencies as they pass through said medium? | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 5 Students will be awarded a check for $100 each, IBM Award | Tae Kyu | Kim | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | Context-aware Paraphrase Suggestion System using Recurrent Neural Networks with Autoencoder and Quality Classifier | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation | Kaushik Sai | Tota | Daniel | Meyer | Saint Francis High School | Effect of Anode Metal Type on Voltage and Current in a Portable Metal Air Fuel Cell | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Iain | Jung | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The effect of NaOH,NaHCO3,and NH4OH on bleaching Briareum spp. living in seawater with current oceanic levels of H2C03 | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Anokhi Jitesh | Shah | Kyle | Jones | Monta Vista High School | Adsorption of Copper Ions from Wastewater Using a Low Cost Modified Starch Polymer for Water Purification | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Akshanth Bhargav | Srivatsa | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The effect of NaOH,NaHCO3,and NH4OH on bleaching Briareum spp. living in seawater with current oceanic levels of H2C03 | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Ashwatha | Tulsi | Kyle | Jones | Monta Vista High School | Particulate Organic Matter Production by Sea Sponges Incorporated with Different Concentrations of Crude Oil | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Iain | Jung | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The effect of NaOH,NaHCO3,and NH4OH on bleaching Briareum spp. living in seawater with current oceanic levels of H2C03 | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Gaurav | Kamath | Ted | Shinta | Monta Vista High School | Generating Electricity From The Orbital Ocean Waves | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Akshanth Bhargav | Srivatsa | Isaac | Pallone | Lynbrook High School | The effect of NaOH,NaHCO3,and NH4OH on bleaching Briareum spp. living in seawater with current oceanic levels of H2C03 | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Flora | Huang | Kathleen | Koch | Monta Vista High School | Using Big Data Analytics to Correlate Slow Slip Events and Repeating Earthquakes in the Nicoya Peninsula Subduction Zone | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Jenna Sofia | Houle | Suzanne | Miller-Moody | Santa Clara High School | The optimization of a nylon based artificial muscle | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Michael Lichao | Yuan | Kenneth | Iams | Lynbrook High School | PID Control Ball on Plate System | Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department | Ramya Ulhas | Chamkeri | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Neutralizing the Odor of a Cheese Brine with a Thiol-Neutralizing Solution | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Raj Sekhar Reddy | Palleti | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | What Properties Define the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Suhas | Prasad | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | What Properties Define the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Milan | Ganai | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Achieving Improved Accuracy Model for Jet Energy Measurements in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using Machine Learning. | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Michelle Yue | Zhu | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | A Novel, Portable, Brain Cooling Device to Increase Brain Recovery After Cardiac Arrest | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Place Student Award: $400 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Christina E | Wong | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Creating an Android App for Gait Synchronization via Music Therapy | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | GR 9-12, 2nd Place: $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Liam Sebastian | McHugh | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The Use of Rubidium Cations to Economically Produce Perovskite Solar Cells | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Grand Prize Student Award: $560 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Siddharth | Das | Sangeeta | Bhatnagar | Evergreen Valley High School | A Novel Parking Management System, for Smart Cities, to Save Fuel, Time, and Money | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Matthew | Cho | Sushma | Bana | Monta Vista High School | Intelligent Decision-Making for Autonomous Cars with Distributed Reinforcement Learning and Self-Trained Neural Networks | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Milan | Ganai | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | Achieving Improved Accuracy Model for Jet Energy Measurements in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using Machine Learning. | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Vedha | Santhosh | Mark | Cahn | Leland High School | Effect of Using Soil Stabilizing Biopolymers to Reduce Shear Induced Erosion and Improve Soil Productivity | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Michelle Yue | Zhu | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | A Novel, Portable, Brain Cooling Device to Increase Brain Recovery After Cardiac Arrest | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Rehaan | Ahmad | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | An Adiabatic Quantum Computation Based Binary Classifier For Detection of Heap Spraying Attacks | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Raj Sekhar Reddy | Palleti | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | What Properties Define the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Govind | Pimpale | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | Rendering 4D Surfaces | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Suhas | Prasad | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | What Properties Define the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Brian | Yang | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | An Adiabatic Quantum Computation Based Binary Classifier For Detection of Heap Spraying Attacks | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Ansel Robert | Austin | George | Sousa | Valley Christian High School | The Boxfish Advantage: a Novel Biomimetic AUV Design for Studying Coral Habitats | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Swati | Goel | Eric | Ledgerwood | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Neural Networks to Map Pine Beetle Infestations Using Satellite Imagery | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Brandon Riley | McClelland | Alan | Tan | Santa Clara High School | Testing the Shock Absorbing Properties of Non-Newtonian Fluids | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Liam Sebastian | McHugh | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The Use of Rubidium Cations to Economically Produce Perovskite Solar Cells | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Aayush | Bhat | Scott | Keller | Cupertino High School | SilverTongue | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Ojas | Mor | Scott | Keller | Cupertino High School | SilverTongue | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Tyler Christian | Adams | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Wind Energy Harvesting by use of Piezoelectric Materials and Vortex Induced Vibrations (VIV) | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Jashan | Pabla | Sean | Wilmot | Oakwood High School | Virtual Vision | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Isabel W | Sperandio | Tarn | Wilson | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: A Portable, Efficient, and Coastal Wave Energy Converter | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Ashish Prakash | Rao | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Reinforcement Learning Methods for Automated Theorem Proving | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Rachit | Sharma | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | Reinforcement Learning Methods for Automated Theorem Proving | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | Adishree | Ghatare | Robert | Lautenslager | Saint Francis High School | Detection of Fake News Using Machine Learning Algorithms | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Place Award - $150 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Wassim | Zahzah | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | The Perfect Bridge | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Kelly | An | Jonathan | Ho | Silver Creek High School | Effects of Air Flow and Temperature on Object Movement | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Ryan | Tat | Jonathan | Ho | Silver Creek High School | Effects of Air Flow and Temperature on Object Movement | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Hawk | Azordegan | Alan | Tan | Santa Clara High School | An Easily Adjustable Ramp for the Physically Disabled | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Isaac Jun | Lo | Alan | Tan | Santa Clara High School | An Easily Adjustable Ramp for the Physically Disabled | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 5 Students will be awarded a check for $100 each, IBM Award | Matthew | Cho | Sushma | Bana | Monta Vista High School | Intelligent Decision-Making for Autonomous Cars with Distributed Reinforcement Learning and Self-Trained Neural Networks | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | A certificate, chance to apply to the Genius Olympiad, NY, Genius Olympiad-State University of New York, Oswego | Kami Elise | Richardson | Christine | Koltermann | Notre Dame High School | Water Body Mapping: Water Quality and Fluid Dynamics In Relation to Freshwater Mussel Absorption Rate and Development of | 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 | Rehaan | Ahmad | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | An Adiabatic Quantum Computation Based Binary Classifier For Detection of Heap Spraying Attacks | 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 | Adishree | Ghatare | Robert | Lautenslager | Saint Francis High School | Detection of Fake News Using Machine Learning Algorithms | 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 | Brian | Yang | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | An Adiabatic Quantum Computation Based Binary Classifier For Detection of Heap Spraying Attacks | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation | Shannon B | Miranda | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | An Environmentally Friendly Method to Permanently Sequester Carbon Dioxide | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Shannon B | Miranda | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | An Environmentally Friendly Method to Permanently Sequester Carbon Dioxide | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | Raj Sekhar Reddy | Palleti | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | What Properties Define the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | Suhas | Prasad | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | What Properties Define the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Christian Robin | Bout | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Growth and Health of Trochus Snails | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society | Isabel W | Sperandio | Tarn | Wilson | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: A Portable, Efficient, and Coastal Wave Energy Converter | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award | Shannon B | Miranda | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | An Environmentally Friendly Method to Permanently Sequester Carbon Dioxide | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Christian Robin | Bout | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Growth and Health of Trochus Snails | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Achievement, NOAA Medallion, and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Nikitha Venkatesh | Kalahasti | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | The Comparative Effects of Nitrogen Fixing Cyanobacterium on Nutrient Levels in the Presence of Agricultural Runoff | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Iris Xinran | Xia | Kathleen | Koch | Monta Vista High School | Using Big Data Analytics to Correlate Slow Slip Events and Repeating Earthquakes in the Nicoya Peninsula Subduction Zone | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Matthew | Cho | Sushma | Bana | Monta Vista High School | Intelligent Decision-Making for Autonomous Cars with Distributed Reinforcement Learning and Self-Trained Neural Networks | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Ansel Robert | Austin | George | Sousa | Valley Christian High School | The Boxfish Advantage: a Novel Biomimetic AUV Design for Studying Coral Habitats | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Adishree | Ghatare | Robert | Lautenslager | Saint Francis High School | Detection of Fake News Using Machine Learning Algorithms | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Michelle Yue | Zhu | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | A Novel, Portable, Brain Cooling Device to Increase Brain Recovery After Cardiac Arrest | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Matthew | Cho | Sushma | Bana | Monta Vista High School | Intelligent Decision-Making for Autonomous Cars with Distributed Reinforcement Learning and Self-Trained Neural Networks | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Adishree | Ghatare | Robert | Lautenslager | Saint Francis High School | Detection of Fake News Using Machine Learning Algorithms | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Raj Sekhar Reddy | Palleti | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | What Properties Define the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Suhas | Prasad | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | What Properties Define the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department | Liam Sebastian | McHugh | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | The Use of Rubidium Cations to Economically Produce Perovskite Solar Cells | Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department | Wilma L | Wei | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Testing Combinations of Plasticizer and Carrageenan Extract from Rhodymenia To Form a Biodegradable and Flexible Polymer | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Philip | Kabranov | Narquiz | Cervantes | Silver Creek High School | Improving Breast Cancer Detection in Fine Needle Aspirate Biopsies through Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Alice | Martynova | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Using Generative Adversarial Networks to Enhance an Affordable Microscope for Epidemic Prevention in Developing Areas | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Alice | Martynova | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Using Generative Adversarial Networks to Enhance an Affordable Microscope for Epidemic Prevention in Developing Areas | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $500 - best grade 9-12 entry for either Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering amongst girls, Synopsys - Society of Women Engineers | 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 | 11 | First Place: One Week DEEP Summer Academy at the University of Toronto, Std Residence Package, and Travel Stipend, University of Toronto Award | Alice | Martynova | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Using Generative Adversarial Networks to Enhance an Affordable Microscope for Epidemic Prevention in Developing Areas | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Johnny Young | Wang | Martin | Baynes | Harker School-Upper Campus | Flexible Capacitive Graphene-Based Touch Sensor with macOS Application | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Lizhi | Yang | Martin | Baynes | Harker School-Upper Campus | Flexible Capacitive Graphene-Based Touch Sensor with macOS Application | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Justin | Quan | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Intelligent Switch Employing Modular Sensors For Improved Power Control With a Focus on Energy Efficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Framed Certificate of Achievement,, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Johnny Young | Wang | Martin | Baynes | Harker School-Upper Campus | Flexible Capacitive Graphene-Based Touch Sensor with macOS Application | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Framed Certificate of Achievement,, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Lizhi | Yang | Martin | Baynes | Harker School-Upper Campus | Flexible Capacitive Graphene-Based Touch Sensor with macOS Application | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Third Place: University of Toronto "Swag Bag", University of Toronto Award | Sohil | Pokharna | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Super fast wireless charging of smartphones | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Alice | Martynova | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Using Generative Adversarial Networks to Enhance an Affordable Microscope for Epidemic Prevention in Developing Areas | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Ryan | Mei | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Atmospheric Water Generation Using Hygroscopic Substances | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Justin | Quan | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Intelligent Switch Employing Modular Sensors For Improved Power Control With a Focus on Energy Efficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Visala Rozalia | Tallavarjula | Nalinee | Srinivasan | Wilcox High School | Irrigation Efficiency Improvement by Percolation Water Loss Reduction Using Carbon Sequestration | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Mokshith | Voodarla | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | TionAI: Understanding Human Emotion through an Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks for better AI-Human Interaction | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Oskar | Attar | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | Rendering 4D Surfaces | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Philip | Kabranov | Narquiz | Cervantes | Silver Creek High School | Improving Breast Cancer Detection in Fine Needle Aspirate Biopsies through Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Johnny Young | Wang | Martin | Baynes | Harker School-Upper Campus | Flexible Capacitive Graphene-Based Touch Sensor with macOS Application | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Lizhi | Yang | Martin | Baynes | Harker School-Upper Campus | Flexible Capacitive Graphene-Based Touch Sensor with macOS Application | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Shivani | Deglurkar | Carol Metica | Pongol | Evergreen Valley High School | Effect of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic antioxidants on the decay rates of free radicals | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Siddharth | Mahesh | April | Williams | Cupertino High School | Devising an Artificial Neural Network to Predict Heart Disease Progression | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Matthew Harrison | Park | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | Diagnosing Systemic Diseases With Fingernail Image Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Avi | Patel | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | A Study of the Variation of Metallicities in Galaxy Clusters with Relation to their Morphologies | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Jeremy | Tien | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | An Automated Tool to Classify and Categorize "Methods and Materials" Sections Across Biomed Papers using Deep Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Ashwin | Viswesvaran | Sean | Wilmot | Oakwood High School | Analyzing 2D-CNN's ability to learn obstacle avoidance in self-driving applications. | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | 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 | 11 | Honorable Mention | Sophia Ayame Fujieda | Barwegen | Lee | Pruett | Notre Dame High School | Various Particulate Matter Effects on Ice Melting Rates | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Sohil | Pokharna | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Super fast wireless charging of smartphones | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Siddhant | Rao | Joe | Kim | Monta Vista High School | A Deep Learning Approach to Breast Cancer Prognosis via Convolutional Neural Networks | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Ethan | Hsiao | Kenji | Mitchell | Cupertino High School | Molecular Dynamics of Metal Nanoparticles with Caveolae for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Membrane Microdomains | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Charles Jialiang | Huang | Kenji | Mitchell | Cupertino High School | Molecular Dynamics of Metal Nanoparticles with Caveolae for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Membrane Microdomains | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Anjali | Sinha | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | Think Beach: Integrating Robotics and Deep Learning for Coastal Cleanup | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award | Justin | Quan | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Intelligent Switch Employing Modular Sensors For Improved Power Control With a Focus on Energy Efficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Wireless Communications Alliance | Sohil | Pokharna | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Super fast wireless charging of smartphones | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $40 and Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association | Rustam K | Gandhi | Elana | Zizmor | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | What is the effect of the concentration of a chiral molecule on the rotation of plane polarized light? | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 3rd Place: $25 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society | Dhruv | Jain | Benjamin | Higgins | Evergreen Valley High School | Using Control Loops to Increase Sensor Reliability | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 5 Students will be awarded a check for $100 each, IBM Award | Justin | Quan | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Intelligent Switch Employing Modular Sensors For Improved Power Control With a Focus on Energy Efficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 5 Students will be awarded a check for $100 each, IBM Award | Mokshith | Voodarla | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | TionAI: Understanding Human Emotion through an Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks for better AI-Human Interaction | 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 | Shiven | Gupta | Kevyn | Adams | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | A Wearable Device for Real-Time Fall Detection for the Elderly | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and letter - medallion and cert will be received in mail after student fills out the online link., Yale Science and Engineering Association | Matthew Harrison | Park | Scott | DeRuiter | Monta Vista High School | Diagnosing Systemic Diseases With Fingernail Image Analysis | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation | Ryan | Mei | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Atmospheric Water Generation Using Hygroscopic Substances | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Ryan | Mei | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Atmospheric Water Generation Using Hygroscopic Substances | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Visala Rozalia | Tallavarjula | Nalinee | Srinivasan | Wilcox High School | Irrigation Efficiency Improvement by Percolation Water Loss Reduction Using Carbon Sequestration | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | GR 9-12: 1st Place, Certificate of Achievement, and tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Isha | Chakraborty | Debbie | Frazier | Monta Vista High School | Forest Fire Detection with Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Generative Adversarial Networks using Drone | 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 | Ryan | Mei | Angela | Merchant | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | Atmospheric Water Generation Using Hygroscopic Substances | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Siddhant | Rao | Joe | Kim | Monta Vista High School | A Deep Learning Approach to Breast Cancer Prognosis via Convolutional Neural Networks | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Justin | Quan | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Intelligent Switch Employing Modular Sensors For Improved Power Control With a Focus on Energy Efficiency | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Sophia Ayame Fujieda | Barwegen | Lee | Pruett | Notre Dame High School | Various Particulate Matter Effects on Ice Melting Rates | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificates of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS | Ethan | Hsiao | Kenji | Mitchell | Cupertino High School | Molecular Dynamics of Metal Nanoparticles with Caveolae for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Membrane Microdomains | Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Team award - $300 total and Framed Certificates of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS | Charles Jialiang | Huang | Kenji | Mitchell | Cupertino High School | Molecular Dynamics of Metal Nanoparticles with Caveolae for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Membrane Microdomains | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Prachi | Bhagavatha | Traci | Verna | Silver Creek High School | Obstacle and Pavement Detection with Stereo Vision and Real-Time Distance Computation for the Visually-Impaired People | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Dhanvee | Ivaturi | Narquiz | Cervantes | Silver Creek High School | Improving Breast Cancer Detection in Fine Needle Aspirate Biopsies through Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Jasmine | Ngo | Traci | Verna | Silver Creek High School | Obstacle and Pavement Detection with Stereo Vision and Real-Time Distance Computation for the Visually-Impaired People | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | GR 9-12 Most Promising Female Researcher, $150, Framed Certificate, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Samira | Sriram | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Synthesizing (La(NO3)3) additive with pyrrolidinium and piperidinium based ionic liquid electrolytes in a Li-S battery | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Samira | Sriram | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Synthesizing (La(NO3)3) additive with pyrrolidinium and piperidinium based ionic liquid electrolytes in a Li-S battery | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Jacob Nicholas | Ouyang | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Reinforcement Learning to Optimize Lane Changing: A Study for Self Driving Cars in a Simulated Highway Environment | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Geoffrey Roy | Glass | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Inside The Black Box: How Deep Neural Networks Converge to Optimal Algorithms | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Aayush | Gupta | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Generating CT images from MRI images and vice versa | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Kevin Gabriel | Kuehn | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Two-phase immersion cooling | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Tanya Theresa | Matthew | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Synthesizing Inhibitors of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase to Inhibit Glutamine-Dependent Reductive Carboxylation in Tumors | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Prachi | Bhagavatha | Traci | Verna | Silver Creek High School | Obstacle and Pavement Detection with Stereo Vision and Real-Time Distance Computation for the Visually-Impaired People | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Dhanvee | Ivaturi | Narquiz | Cervantes | Silver Creek High School | Improving Breast Cancer Detection in Fine Needle Aspirate Biopsies through Machine Learning | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Jasmine | Ngo | Traci | Verna | Silver Creek High School | Obstacle and Pavement Detection with Stereo Vision and Real-Time Distance Computation for the Visually-Impaired People | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Sarah Elizabeth | Cliff | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Theoretical examination of the effect a quantum dark subspace has on the efficiency of qubits | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Amy | Dunphy | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Using Biopolymers to Reduce Heavy Metal Soil Pollution | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Austin | Lam | Jennifer | Claudio | Oak Grove High School | Effect of Non-Tip Wing Structure on Performance of Aircrafts | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Avinash Kalpit | Jain | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | An Intuitive and Functional Braille Screen | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Vinay | Senthil | Lester | Leung | Lynbrook High School | An Intuitive and Functional Braille Screen | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Caitlin | Huang | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Combining a Neural Network with a Decision Tree Model to Forecast the Federal Funds Rate | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Samira | Sriram | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Synthesizing (La(NO3)3) additive with pyrrolidinium and piperidinium based ionic liquid electrolytes in a Li-S battery | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Alyssa | Ungerer | Tracy | Hughes | Presentation High School | Think Beach: Integrating Robotics and Deep Learning for Coastal Cleanup | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award | Sydney Anne | Brown | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Ecofriendly Oil Spill Clean Up: A Comparison of the Efficiency of Oil Absorption by the Leaves of Selected Trichomes | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Place Award - $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Eric Khang | Nguyen | Jennifer | Claudio | Oak Grove High School | A Proposed Design for Earthquake Resistant Housing Architecture | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Place Award - $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Jimmy An | Nguyen | Jennifer | Claudio | Oak Grove High School | A Proposed Design for Earthquake Resistant Housing Architecture | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA | Michael Long | Pham | Jennifer | Claudio | Oak Grove High School | The Development of a Solid State Fixed Wing Aircraft Powered by an Electro-Aerodynamic Thruster | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | A certificate, chance to apply to the Genius Olympiad, NY, Genius Olympiad-State University of New York, Oswego | Sydney Anne | Brown | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Ecofriendly Oil Spill Clean Up: A Comparison of the Efficiency of Oil Absorption by the Leaves of Selected Trichomes | Physical 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 | Aayush | Gupta | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Generating CT images from MRI images and vice versa | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate and nomination to enter 2018 Sustainability Soutions Festival in Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives | Samira | Sriram | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Synthesizing (La(NO3)3) additive with pyrrolidinium and piperidinium based ionic liquid electrolytes in a Li-S battery | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate and nomination to enter 2018 Sustainability Soutions Festival in Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives | Serhat | Suzer | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Synthesizing small molecule activators of AMPk to reduce aging in humans. | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation | Shomil | Jain | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Solar-Powered Water Purification through a Portable & Cost-Efficient Vapor Compression Distillation Apparatus | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Ryan | Chao | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | Agar Water Bottle Production | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Shomil | Jain | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Solar-Powered Water Purification through a Portable & Cost-Efficient Vapor Compression Distillation Apparatus | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Nicole | Lu | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | Agar Water Bottle Production | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Shreeya | Negi | Debra | Dimas | Santa Teresa High School | Agar Water Bottle Production | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Phuong Thao | Pham | Patrick | Allamandola | Andrew Hill High School | Make It Rain: Countering the Effects of Acid Rain on Plants | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | Geoffrey Roy | Glass | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Inside The Black Box: How Deep Neural Networks Converge to Optimal Algorithms | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta | Caitlin | Huang | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Combining a Neural Network with a Decision Tree Model to Forecast the Federal Funds Rate | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Zitlaly | Martinez | Jennifer | Claudio | Oak Grove High School | An Innovative Gutter Design to Minimize Property Damage | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention - Framed Certificate of Achievement and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Samira | Sriram | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Synthesizing (La(NO3)3) additive with pyrrolidinium and piperidinium based ionic liquid electrolytes in a Li-S battery | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Sarah Elizabeth | Cliff | Darren | Dressen | Los Altos High School | Theoretical examination of the effect a quantum dark subspace has on the efficiency of qubits | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Kevin Gabriel | Kuehn | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Two-phase immersion cooling | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards Additional $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Sydney Anne | Brown | Cathy | Messenger | Los Gatos High School | Ecofriendly Oil Spill Clean Up: A Comparison of the Efficiency of Oil Absorption by the Leaves of Selected Trichomes | Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Packet with Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | Michael Long | Pham | Jennifer | Claudio | Oak Grove High School | The Development of a Solid State Fixed Wing Aircraft Powered by an Electro-Aerodynamic Thruster | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Award | Anushka | Sanyal | Sonia | Cuellar (mentor) | Schmahl Science Workshop | Effects on Learning/Memory of a Mutation in D-Alpha 7, a fruit fly homolog of Alzheimer's related gene for nAChR Alpha 7 | RRI 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 | Anushka | Sanyal | Sonia | Cuellar (mentor) | Schmahl Science Workshop | Effects on Learning/Memory of a Mutation in D-Alpha 7, a fruit fly homolog of Alzheimer's related gene for nAChR Alpha 7 | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Allison Sihan | Jia | Miriam | Allersma | Harker School-Upper Campus | A System with Functional Quantum Dot Labeled Tau and a Microfluidic Chamber for a Dynamic Study of Taupathologies | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Cynthia | Chen | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Type 2 Diabetes Prediction Using Longitudinal Machine Learning Analyses and Integrative Personal Omics Profiling | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Allison Sihan | Jia | Miriam | Allersma | Harker School-Upper Campus | A System with Functional Quantum Dot Labeled Tau and a Microfluidic Chamber for a Dynamic Study of Taupathologies | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Rushil | Srivastava | Doug | Miller | Evergreen Valley High School | Developing a Deep Learning Algorithm to Identify Skin Cancer using Public Image Search Data | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | Honorable Mention | Ashvin Saikumar | Irrinki | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | A Novel Solution to Regrow Nerves & Retain Memory for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Using Sheath Cells on C. Elegans | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Sanoja | Kikkeri | Thomas | Dornhoffer | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Inducing apoptotic pathway effects of the ced-9 gene in cancer C. elegans offspring and the cure against human diseases. | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Anita | Taft | Thomas | Dornhoffer | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Inducing apoptotic pathway effects of the ced-9 gene in cancer C. elegans offspring and the cure against human diseases. | 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 | Sahil | Jain | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Stem Cell Engineering and Immunofluorescence Quantification of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Neurons | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Krish Brij | Kapadia | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Salivary Proteins: Novel Biomarkers in Traumatic Brain Injury | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Anjay | Saklecha | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Salivary Proteins: Novel Biomarkers in Traumatic Brain Injury | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Ruhi | Sayana | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Precision Medicine Approach: Epigenetic Inhibitors Induce Highly-Specific Apoptosis in High Risk Acute Leukemia | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Katherine Feifei | Zhang | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Deep Learning Analysis of Human Gut Microbiome Metagenomic Data with Applications in Geolocation and Disease Prediction | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Nithya Sri | Attaluri | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Machine Learning Algorithm to Detect Breast and Prostate Cancer Using Novel Anti-Carbohydrate Antibodies as Biomarkers | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Ruhi | Sayana | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Precision Medicine Approach: Epigenetic Inhibitors Induce Highly-Specific Apoptosis in High Risk Acute Leukemia | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Shreya Sai | Shekhar | Thomas | Dornhoffer | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Predicting Pharmacogenomic Biomarkers Using RNA Sequencing | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Nithya Sri | Attaluri | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Machine Learning Algorithm to Detect Breast and Prostate Cancer Using Novel Anti-Carbohydrate Antibodies as Biomarkers | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Ayush | Alag | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Epigenetic Biomarkers for Diagnosing Food Allergy: A Deep Learning Approach | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Vivek Vijay | Kamarshi | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Investigation of Tacrolimus-Induced Changes in Fusogenicity and Pathogenicity of Varicella Zoster Virus | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Ruhi | Sayana | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Precision Medicine Approach: Epigenetic Inhibitors Induce Highly-Specific Apoptosis in High Risk Acute Leukemia | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Aditi | Venkatesh | Thomas | Dornhoffer | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | The Effect of Exercise on Brown Adipose Tissue | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Katherine Feifei | Zhang | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Deep Learning Analysis of Human Gut Microbiome Metagenomic Data with Applications in Geolocation and Disease Prediction | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Krish Brij | Kapadia | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Salivary Proteins: Novel Biomarkers in Traumatic Brain Injury | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Anjay | Saklecha | Gary | Blickenstaff | Harker School-Upper Campus | Salivary Proteins: Novel Biomarkers in Traumatic Brain Injury | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Katherine | Tian | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Automated Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma Grade Classification with Prognostic Significance | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Eva | Prakash | Thomas | Dornhoffer | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Interpretable Support Vector Machines for Variant Interpretation and Motif Discovery in Genomics | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Arian | Raje | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Predicting the Biological Mechanisms in Protein-Protein Interactions Using Paired Feature Boosting | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Malavika Mysore | Ramarao | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Investigation into Neural Stem Cells and how they Influence Brain Growth | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Hrishikesh Reddy | Yeluru | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | Investigation into Neural Stem Cells and how they Influence Brain Growth | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Shreya | Dasari | David | Casso | Harker School-Upper Campus | Comprehensive Identification and Quantification of Mouse Lung Alveolar Epithelial Cell Subtypes | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention | Ankith Parimala | Maremanda | Eric | Espinosa (mentor) | BioCurious | Identification of antimicrobial fractions in Olea Europea, Zingiber Officinale, and Allium Sativum using chromatography | RRI 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 | Tarun | Amarnath | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Aiding the Aid: Early Clinical Diagnosis of Electronic Health Records Through Text Classification | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards Additional $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary | Anke | Hao | Sukhraj | Sohal | Homestead High School | Bullying Perceptions among Deployed Military Personnel--the Impact on Exhaustion/Burnout and Organizational Commitment | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association | Anke | Hao | Sukhraj | Sohal | Homestead High School | Bullying Perceptions among Deployed Military Personnel--the Impact on Exhaustion/Burnout and Organizational Commitment | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | Vivek Vijay | Kamarshi | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Investigation of Tacrolimus-Induced Changes in Fusogenicity and Pathogenicity of Varicella Zoster Virus | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | Prerita | Pandya | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Archbishop Mitty High School | A Study of Cell Cycle Control in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology | Anjali | Sadarangani | Thomas | Dornhoffer | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Investigating Retinitis Pigmentosa: Gene Expression of iPSC's Derived from Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 11 | HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Aditi | Venkatesh | Thomas | Dornhoffer | BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | The Effect of Exercise on Brown Adipose Tissue | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Bryan Hau-Ping | Chiang | Nicole | DellaSantina | Lynbrook High School | Illuminating Gene Dysregulation in Cancer: Deep Learning Identification of Disrupted Transcription Factor Binding Sites | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Utkarsh | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Early-onset Schizophrenia Detection via Novel Diffusion Tensor Machine Learning of Cingulate-Orbitofrontal Tractography | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Rohan | Koodli | Kathleen | Loia | Lynbrook High School | EternaBrain: A Deep Learning Algorithm for RNA Molecule Design Using Move Sets from An Internet-scale RNA Videogame | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | $1500 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis | Rohan | Mehrotra | Olga | Bronin | Lynbrook High School | On-Demand Electrically Controlled Drug Release from Resorbable Nanocomposite Films | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize | Bryan Hau-Ping | Chiang | Nicole | DellaSantina | Lynbrook High School | Illuminating Gene Dysregulation in Cancer: Deep Learning Identification of Disrupted Transcription Factor Binding Sites | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Bryan Hau-Ping | Chiang | Nicole | DellaSantina | Lynbrook High School | Illuminating Gene Dysregulation in Cancer: Deep Learning Identification of Disrupted Transcription Factor Binding Sites | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Rohan | Mehrotra | Olga | Bronin | Lynbrook High School | On-Demand Electrically Controlled Drug Release from Resorbable Nanocomposite Films | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Utkarsh | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Early-onset Schizophrenia Detection via Novel Diffusion Tensor Machine Learning of Cingulate-Orbitofrontal Tractography | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Swapnil | Garg | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Automated Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma Grade Classification with Prognostic Significance | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Myra | Cheng | Nicole | DellaSantina | Lynbrook High School | Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Change Detection Using Multi-Scale Radiomic Features of Magnetic Resonance Images | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 2nd Award | Rajiv | Movva | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | SNPpet: Deep Learning the Human Epigenome Reveals Regulatory Sequence Patterns and Genomic Mechanisms of Disease | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | 5 Students will be awarded a check for $100 each, IBM Award | Rohan | Mehrotra | Olga | Bronin | Lynbrook High School | On-Demand Electrically Controlled Drug Release from Resorbable Nanocomposite Films | 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 | Michael | Kwan | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | Aiding the Aid: Early Clinical Diagnosis of Electronic Health Records Through Text Classification | 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 | Utkarsh | Tandon | Eric | Ferrante | Cupertino High School | Early-onset Schizophrenia Detection via Novel Diffusion Tensor Machine Learning of Cingulate-Orbitofrontal Tractography | RRI Biological Science and Engineering | 12 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Rohan | Mehrotra | Olga | Bronin | Lynbrook High School | On-Demand Electrically Controlled Drug Release from Resorbable Nanocomposite Films | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | GR 9-12, 1st Place: $300, and Framed Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Akhilesh Varadan | Balasingam | Ronald | Nicoletti | Archbishop Mitty High School | Gossamer: A Monte Carlo Simulator for the Optimal Design of Soft Nanowire Composites for Wearable Biomedical Electronics | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 2nd Award | Akhilesh Varadan | Balasingam | Ronald | Nicoletti | Archbishop Mitty High School | Gossamer: A Monte Carlo Simulator for the Optimal Design of Soft Nanowire Composites for Wearable Biomedical Electronics | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | 1st Place - $100, Framed Certificate of Achievement, and Popular Science Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Akhilesh Varadan | Balasingam | Ronald | Nicoletti | Archbishop Mitty High School | Gossamer: A Monte Carlo Simulator for the Optimal Design of Soft Nanowire Composites for Wearable Biomedical Electronics | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Anika | Fuloria | Youssef | Ismail (mentor) | Schmahl Science Workshop | A novel, low-cost approach to reduce motorcycle accidents using ultrasound technology | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 9 | Packet with Bag, flash drive, car charger, and battery, United States Air Force | Akhilesh Varadan | Balasingam | Ronald | Nicoletti | Archbishop Mitty High School | Gossamer: A Monte Carlo Simulator for the Optimal Design of Soft Nanowire Composites for Wearable Biomedical Electronics | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 1st Award | Srinivas Brinda | Balagopal | Haggai | Mark | Pinewood High School (7-12) | Evaluating the Impact of Nonlinear Regression on Air Pollutant Forecasts to Recalibrate AQI in a San Jose Microclimate | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 10 | 2nd Award | Arnav Sameer | Joshi | Rich | Williams (mentor) | Schmahl Science Workshop | Predicting asthmatic risk and asthma related hospital visits using a novel machine learning solution | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Anika | Cheerla | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Deep, Multimodal Representation Learning for Pan-Cancer Prognosis Prediction | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Cameron Cole | Jones | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Automated Identification of Organic Molecular Structure and Relative Concentrations from Infrared Spectral Data | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Ananya | Karthik | Chihiro | Ikezi | Saint Francis High School | Developing Phase-change Nanoparticles for Focused Ultrasound Induced Targeted Neuromodulatory Drug Release | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Ananya | Karthik | Chihiro | Ikezi | Saint Francis High School | Developing Phase-change Nanoparticles for Focused Ultrasound Induced Targeted Neuromodulatory Drug Release | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | $100 First Prize, Morgan Lewis | Varun | Shenoy | Mark | St. John | Cupertino High School | Deepwound: Automated Postoperative Wound Assessment and Surgical Site Surveillance through Convolutional Neural Networks | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 3rd Place Student Award: $240 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Varun | Shenoy | Mark | St. John | Cupertino High School | Deepwound: Automated Postoperative Wound Assessment and Surgical Site Surveillance through Convolutional Neural Networks | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | GR 9-12, 3rd Place: $100 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) | Karly | Hou | Cathy | Cohn | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | PMMA-Induced Polymer Solar Cell Active Layer Self-Assembly: Simulation to Optimize Morphology for Low-Cost Solar Energy | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Cameron Cole | Jones | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Automated Identification of Organic Molecular Structure and Relative Concentrations from Infrared Spectral Data | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Second Place: University of Toronto "Swag Bag", University of Toronto Award | Anika | Cheerla | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Deep, Multimodal Representation Learning for Pan-Cancer Prognosis Prediction | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Anika | Cheerla | Renee | Fallon | Monta Vista High School | Deep, Multimodal Representation Learning for Pan-Cancer Prognosis Prediction | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Cameron Cole | Jones | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | Automated Identification of Organic Molecular Structure and Relative Concentrations from Infrared Spectral Data | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 1st Award | Ananya | Karthik | Chihiro | Ikezi | Saint Francis High School | Developing Phase-change Nanoparticles for Focused Ultrasound Induced Targeted Neuromodulatory Drug Release | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | 2nd Award | Karly | Hou | Cathy | Cohn | Gunn (Henry M.) High School | PMMA-Induced Polymer Solar Cell Active Layer Self-Assembly: Simulation to Optimize Morphology for Low-Cost Solar Energy | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Aakash | Karvat | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | How does changing pH levels of chlorinated water impact the yield of disinfection byproducts? | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize | Aastha | Upadhyay | Daniel | Stavis | Cupertino High School | How does changing pH levels of chlorinated water impact the yield of disinfection byproducts? | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 11 | Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Kaushik | Shivakumar | Eric | Nelson | Harker School-Upper Campus | A Weak Supervision Machine Learning Approach to Classification Using an XGBoost Model | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | 1st Award | Sohini | Kar | Jill | McCrystal | Saratoga High School | Factorizing Delayed Powers of Generalized Fibonacci Sequence | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Jasper | Huang | Jason | Lee | Lynbrook High School | A Comparison of Machine Learning Classifiers for Acoustic Gait Analysis | RRI Physical Science and Engineering | 12 | Honorable Mention | Justin Long | Xie | Chris | Spenner | Harker School-Upper Campus | A New Light: Type Ia Supernovae Mechanism Identification Through Spectral Analysis and Comparison to Theoretical Models |
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