Project Awards 2019

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  Raya Idell Farber  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
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  Zoe Pearl Stern  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Samantha Christene Togliatti  Vee Zabala San Martin/Gwinn School Fish versus Soil.
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Raya Idell Farber  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Maryam  Ismail  Zeba Haq Granada Islamic School Eliminating the Zit: Finding an Effective Treatment for Exterminating Bacteria
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Hemani V. Kamarshi  Corinna Chung Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Monitoring Amounts of Vitamin C in Fruits When Cut and Left in a Refrigerator for Different Amounts of Time
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Zoe Pearl Stern  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
Biological Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Maryam  Ismail  Zeba Haq Granada Islamic School Eliminating the Zit: Finding an Effective Treatment for Exterminating Bacteria
Biological Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Hemani V. Kamarshi  Corinna Chung Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Monitoring Amounts of Vitamin C in Fruits When Cut and Left in a Refrigerator for Different Amounts of Time
Biological Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Raya Idell Farber  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
Biological Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Zoe Pearl Stern  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
Biological Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Samarjit  Deshmukh  Ben Eccleston Challenger - Sunnyvale The Anticoagulant Properties of Garlic, Ginger, Turmeric and Fish Oil
Biological Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Ada Sophia Yoder  Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Can plants survive without sunlight?
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Aarush  Gogineni  Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Effect of Different Foods on the Concentration of Glucose based on Glycemic Index after Digestion
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Krish  Maheshwari  Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose Effect of Wi-Fi signals on the growth of pea shoot plants.
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Praneel Anil Shah  Corinna Chung Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Investigating the Effect of Excess Carbon Dioxide on Plant Growth through Dry Ice
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  Abhinav  Harikrishna  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
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  Tanish  Swarnapuri  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
Biological Science and Engineering 7 $250 to the winning student or team in middle school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Diya Deepak Kadadi  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Bioplastics from Biowaste
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Abhinav  Harikrishna  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Tanish  Swarnapuri  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Diya Deepak Kadadi  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Bioplastics from Biowaste
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Sadik  Aref  Najia Zaman Granada Islamic School Investigating effects of decongestant and coenzymeQ-10 on the heart rate of Daphnia
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Abhinav  Harikrishna  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Diya Deepak Kadadi  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Bioplastics from Biowaste
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Tanish  Swarnapuri  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Sadik  Aref  Najia Zaman Granada Islamic School Investigating effects of decongestant and coenzymeQ-10 on the heart rate of Daphnia
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Diya Deepak Kadadi  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Bioplastics from Biowaste
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Abhinav  Harikrishna  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Tanish  Swarnapuri  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Austin  Hu  Avi Gardner Rossinca-Carden International STEAM Academy Is Mouthwash as Effective as It Claims?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Sudeepthi  Ravipati  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Sunscreen Science
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Nadine Paula Tan Ngo  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Smart Socket?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Aasees Kaur Sandhu  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Smart Socket?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Noah Eli Fond  Mazikeen Wagner Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Tempo Master: Testing Human Sensitivity to Tempo Changes
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Tanisha V Gupta  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the Effect of Different Levels of Insect Repellent Containing DEET on the Viability of bacteria found on humans?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Fatimah  Ismail  Najia Zaman Granada Islamic School Developing a Realistic Model of an Artificial Pancreas to Deal with Type 1 Diabetes
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Niti Kowkuntla Reddy  Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ ColorMania
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Ben  Freda-Eskenazi  Mazikeen Wagner Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Medkit AI: developing a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) to diagnose skin level injuries, and conditions
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Lillian  Kaelber  Susan Greathouse Sacred Heart Middle School How does the amount of algae in water affect the size of the microorganism population?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Dov Jack Morris  Mazikeen Wagner Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Medkit AI: developing a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) to diagnose skin level injuries, and conditions
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Navon Haim Soussan  Mazikeen Wagner Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Medkit AI: developing a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) to diagnose skin level injuries, and conditions
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Eva  Talamantez  Susan Greathouse Sacred Heart Middle School How does the amount of algae in water affect the size of the microorganism population?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 $100.00, Opportunity X + Synopsys  Jorge  Guhe  Kendall Bell River Glen School Sideways Plants vs Right Side Up Plants
Biological Science and Engineering 7 $100.00, Opportunity X + Synopsys  Francisco  Martin  Kendall Bell River Glen School Sideways Plants vs Right Side Up Plants
Biological Science and Engineering 7 $50 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society  Ruhi  Batchu  Wilson Tsang Cabrillo Middle School Watering Efficiently
Biological Science and Engineering 7 $50 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society  Vyshnavi  Katta  Wilson Tsang Cabrillo Middle School Watering Efficiently
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  Nikita  Senthil  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Feed the Diatoms: The Effect of Iron Filings on the Oxygen Production of Thalassiosira Diatoms
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Nidhya  Shivakumar  Richard Williams (mentor) Schmahl Science Workshop A Machine Learning Approach to Evaluate the Long Term Health Effects Of Forest Fires
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Arya Shriya Srivastava  Kameswari Rayaprolu Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ One More Shot at Hearing: Making Cost Efficient Bone Conduction Technology to Aid People with Conductive Hearing Loss
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Safaa  Hussain  Ben Eccleston Challenger - Sunnyvale Reward, Praise, and Criticism: What Works Best?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Danica  Kubota  Brad Bowden Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Biodegradable Take - Out Sauce Containers.
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Jai Vir Mehta  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Shorter Days: The Effect of the Day/Night Cycle on Plant Growth in Indoor Farming
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Namrata  Nair  Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ The Effect of Different Metal Nanoparticles on the Growth of E. coli
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Nikita  Senthil  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Feed the Diatoms: The Effect of Iron Filings on the Oxygen Production of Thalassiosira Diatoms
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Nicholas  Wei  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Shorter Days: The Effect of the Day/Night Cycle on Plant Growth in Indoor Farming
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Safaa  Hussain  Ben Eccleston Challenger - Sunnyvale Reward, Praise, and Criticism: What Works Best?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Danica  Kubota  Brad Bowden Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Biodegradable Take - Out Sauce Containers.
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Namrata  Nair  Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ The Effect of Different Metal Nanoparticles on the Growth of E. coli
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Nikita  Senthil  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Feed the Diatoms: The Effect of Iron Filings on the Oxygen Production of Thalassiosira Diatoms
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Jai Vir Mehta  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Shorter Days: The Effect of the Day/Night Cycle on Plant Growth in Indoor Farming
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Nicholas  Wei  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Shorter Days: The Effect of the Day/Night Cycle on Plant Growth in Indoor Farming
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Ashwika  Agrawal  Karen Miller Lawson Middle School An App to Identify Skin Infections in Canines
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Brian  Chen  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus Validating Novel Algorithm-Generated Crop Rotations: A Second Year Study
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Jeremy  Ko  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Fast-Paced Video Games on Short-Term Concentration
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Stephen  Xia  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Fast-Paced Video Games on Short-Term Concentration
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Annli  Zhu  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Water on the Strength of Retted Fiber
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Sabrina  Zhu  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Water on the Strength of Retted Fiber
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Iyaad Faiz Ahammed  Farhana Afroz Granada Islamic School Magical Microbes:Producing clean energy using microbial fuel cells
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Maria  Grothe  De Leys Hamm Canyon Heights Academy Do Acute Bladder Snails Have Memory That Enables Them To Learn?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Arya Shriya Srivastava  Kameswari Rayaprolu Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ One More Shot at Hearing: Making Cost Efficient Bone Conduction Technology to Aid People with Conductive Hearing Loss
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Zeynep Sena Tokuz  Farhana Afroz Granada Islamic School Effects of Hazardous Chemicals on pregnancy: Using planaria as a model
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Joyce Boying Yang  Ben Eccleston Challenger - Sunnyvale What is the effect of food-waste on the growth rate of Allium fistulosum?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Riya  Gupta  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Problem-solving Capabilities of Physarum Polycephalum
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Arissa  Huda  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Fear on Spacial Perception
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Connie Ping Jiang  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Problem-solving Capabilities of Physarum Polycephalum
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Michelle  Jin  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Fear on Spacial Perception
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Eileen  Ma  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus How Do Different Types of Bacteria Affect the Growth of Lepidium sativum?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Sally  Zhu  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus How Do Different Types of Bacteria Affect the Growth of Lepidium sativum?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 $100 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society  Brian  Chen  Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus Validating Novel Algorithm-Generated Crop Rotations: A Second Year Study
Biological Science and Engineering 8 3rd Place $75 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch  Ashwika  Agrawal  Karen Miller Lawson Middle School An App to Identify Skin Infections in Canines
Biological Science and Engineering 9 $500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Rishab Xinrui Parthasarathy  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
Biological Science and Engineering 9 $500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  William  Zhao  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Place Award - $300 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS  Myung Suh  Choi  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Comparing the photoprotection capabilities of the phytochemical anthocyanin to oxybenzone in commercial sunscreen
Biological Science and Engineering 9 High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Jason Robert Co  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School The Multipurpose Prosthetic: Using 3D printing to create various attachments for amputees
Biological Science and Engineering 9 High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Rishab Xinrui Parthasarathy  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
Biological Science and Engineering 9 High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  William  Zhao  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Annika  Viswesh  Randy Scilingo Palo Alto High School Classifying different types of cancer by applying machine learning techniques on epigenetic information
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Jason Robert Co  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School The Multipurpose Prosthetic: Using 3D printing to create various attachments for amputees
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Sasvath  Ramachandran  Jeff Sutton Harker School-Upper Campus The Effects of UVA Radiation on Hypsibius dujardini Reproduction Capabilities
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Nathan Wai Keung Chiu  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a patch with an application for people that alerts the user when they are slouching
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Swasti  Jain  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a patch with an application for people that alerts the user when they are slouching
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Joe Jien Jie Lin  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a patch with an application for people that alerts the user when they are slouching
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Rishab Xinrui Parthasarathy  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  William  Zhao  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Myung Suh  Choi  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Comparing the photoprotection capabilities of the phytochemical anthocyanin to oxybenzone in commercial sunscreen
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Shailesh  Senthil Kumar  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School The Effect of Quorum Sensing Molecules on Extracellular Matrix Production in the S. Epidermidis Biofilm
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Jocelyn Elizabeth Swift  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The Effects of Natural and Artificial Sweeteners on Gut Bacteria as Modeled by E. coli
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Aneesh  Bhat  Kenji Mitchell Cupertino High School Diagnosis of Nystagmus Using Deep Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Anoop  Bhat  Kenji Mitchell Cupertino High School Diagnosis of Nystagmus Using Deep Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Amulya  Bhattaram  Kenji Mitchell Cupertino High School Diagnosis of Nystagmus Using Deep Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Ramya  Chamkeri  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effect of Mixture with Varying Ratios of Manuka Honey to Silver Nanoparticles on Biofilm Formation of Micrococcus Luteus
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Deepesh  Aggarwal  Thomas Dornhoffer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Effects of Different Spices on Yeast Production
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  William  Huang  Michele Quindipan Lynbrook High School Identification of Gene Signature Profiles of Asthma using Machine Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Ahmad  Ismail  William Beadell Wilcox High School Exploring a Treatment for Candidiasis by Investigating Interactions Between Candida and Bacteria
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Zechen  Liu  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School The effect of salinity on the nitrogen-fixation effects of Azospirillum Brasilense
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Aishwarya  Manoj  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School The effects of propylene glycol on heart rate in Daphnia Magna
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Rhea  Rai  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effect of Potassium Nitrate on Growth of Escherichia Coli
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Jonah  Tien  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Measuring the Effect of Varying Electrical Current Frequencies on Controlled Stimulation of Cephalopod Chromatophores
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Aleena  Bosky  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Is watching television more beneficial to one's short-term memory than exercising for ten minutes?
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Kaitlyn Celeste Butcher  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Is watching television more beneficial to one's short-term memory than exercising for ten minutes?
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Prakrit  Jain  Andrew Irvine Harker School-Upper Campus Investigation of Compounds responsible for scorpion fluorescence and cuticle light sensitivity
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Stephanie  Samame  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Is watching television more beneficial to one's short-term memory than exercising for ten minutes?
Biological Science and Engineering 9 $100 Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award  Kavita S Murthy  Matthew Harley Harker School-Upper Campus The Amount of Heat-resistant Escherichia coli Found in Organically and Conventionally Grown Spinacia oleracea
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Place $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch  Prakrit  Jain  Andrew Irvine Harker School-Upper Campus Investigation of Compounds responsible for scorpion fluorescence and cuticle light sensitivity
Biological Science and Engineering 9 High School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)  Kavita S Murthy  Matthew Harley Harker School-Upper Campus The Amount of Heat-resistant Escherichia coli Found in Organically and Conventionally Grown Spinacia oleracea
Biological Science and Engineering 9 HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Tara Sophia Pande  Victoria Johnson Los Altos High School Optimizing Sleep and Wellbeing in Sleep-Deprived Teenagers
Biological Science and Engineering 10 $100, Morgan Lewis  Vardhan Kishore Agrawal  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School A Novel System for Cuff-Less Blood Pressure Monitoring
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Grand Prize Student Award: $640 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Pranav  Eranki  Charles Williams Cupertino High School Asthma diagnosis and progression tracking through the use of non-intrusive wearable technology and respiratory analysis
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Grand Prize Student Award: $640 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Shashank  Venkatramani  Charles Williams Cupertino High School Asthma diagnosis and progression tracking through the use of non-intrusive wearable technology and respiratory analysis
Biological Science and Engineering 10 High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Vardhan Kishore Agrawal  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School A Novel System for Cuff-Less Blood Pressure Monitoring
Biological Science and Engineering 10 High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Arnav  Jhingran  Brad Lindemann Bellarmine College Preparatory HeartSense: Detecting cardiac abnormalities using a simple stethoscope recorder and analysis using a deep learning model
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Vardhan Kishore Agrawal  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School A Novel System for Cuff-Less Blood Pressure Monitoring
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Nicholas  Manuto  Rebecca Taylor Evergreen Valley High School Expressing Alkane Degradation and Measuring the Biodegradation Efficiency
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Beatrice Maria Mihalache  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Effects of Polyethylene Microbeads on Lactuca sativa var. Longifolia
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Atreyi Leela Mukherjee  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The effect of electronic cigarette liquid on the viability of Lumbriculus variegatus
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Anshika  Agarwal  Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School In Their Shoes: Using Virtual Reality to Foster Empathy
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Seung Ah  Choi  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Increasing the Efficiency of the Topical Medication Triamcinolone Acetonide in the Oral Cavity
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Nishan Kuraparti Reddy  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Testing the effects of the herbicide, Glyphosate, on motor neurons within C. elegans
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Megha Reddy Yengoti  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effect of Mixture with Varying Ratios of Manuka Honey to Silver Nanoparticles on Biofilm Formation of Micrococcus Luteus
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Kelly Sachi Ferguson  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Testing for Abnormal Heart Rate as a Side Effect of Passiflora incarnata in Wingless Drosophila melanogaster
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Arnav  Jhingran  Brad Lindemann Bellarmine College Preparatory HeartSense: Detecting cardiac abnormalities using a simple stethoscope recorder and analysis using a deep learning model
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Safaa Aicha Mouline  David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Application that Enhances Comprehension of Real Time Speech for People with Auditory Processing Disorder
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  James  Ouyang  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School The Healing Abilities of Antioxidants on Drosophila with Blue Light Induced Photoreceptor Degeneration
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Andrew Duc Dang  Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School The Effect of Materials and Their Properties on The Effectiveness of Solar Water Disinfection
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Pranav  Eranki  Charles Williams Cupertino High School Asthma diagnosis and progression tracking through the use of non-intrusive wearable technology and respiratory analysis
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Harper Lee Forbes  Andrew Irvine Harker School-Upper Campus Investigation of Compounds responsible for scorpion fluorescence and cuticle light sensitivity
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Sally  Ha  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Leaf Me Alone: Inhibition of Weed Growth Using Allelopathic Potential of Aromatic Plants
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Avani  Karvat  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School What is the effect of music on the state dependent learning phenomenon in high school students?
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Kristine Soohyun McLaughlin  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School What is the effect of music on the state dependent learning phenomenon in high school students?
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Joshua Seungjoon Park  Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School The Effect of Materials and Their Properties on The Effectiveness of Solar Water Disinfection
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Aditya Arun Rao  Hugo Steemers Cupertino High School Machine Learning - Investigative Study of Classifiers in Melanoma Depth Estimation using 3D Reconstruction of 2D Images
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Tracy Bao Thi Tran  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Leaf Me Alone: Inhibition of Weed Growth Using Allelopathic Potential of Aromatic Plants
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Shashank  Venkatramani  Charles Williams Cupertino High School Asthma diagnosis and progression tracking through the use of non-intrusive wearable technology and respiratory analysis
Biological Science and Engineering 10 $100, IBM Award  Seung Ah  Choi  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Increasing the Efficiency of the Topical Medication Triamcinolone Acetonide in the Oral Cavity
Biological Science and Engineering 10 $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards  Safaa Aicha Mouline  David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Application that Enhances Comprehension of Real Time Speech for People with Auditory Processing Disorder
Biological Science and Engineering 10 $50 High School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society  Charlotte Emily Lara  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Allelopathic Effects of California Native Trees on a California Native Grass, Festuca Californica
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Place $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch  Harper Lee Forbes  Andrew Irvine Harker School-Upper Campus Investigation of Compounds responsible for scorpion fluorescence and cuticle light sensitivity
Biological Science and Engineering 10 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Safaa Aicha Mouline  David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Application that Enhances Comprehension of Real Time Speech for People with Auditory Processing Disorder
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Anya  Chatterjee  Annie Reynolds Lynbrook High School Levels of Dissolved Oxygen Produced by Nonvascular Plants in Freshwater Ponds
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association  Anshika  Agarwal  Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School In Their Shoes: Using Virtual Reality to Foster Empathy
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association  Neeta  Chethan  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Distracted Interferences on Reaction Time
Biological Science and Engineering 10 First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter  Safaa Aicha Mouline  David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Application that Enhances Comprehension of Real Time Speech for People with Auditory Processing Disorder
Biological Science and Engineering 10 HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Jordan Arfai Naddaf  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Increased Airborne Zinc Concentration and the Onset of Anosmia using Drosophila melanogaster
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  Pranav  Kakhandiki  Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Automated Diagnosis of Aortitis using Machine Learning
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  Benjamin  Lipman  Daniel Kelley Kehillah Jewish High School Accurate Identification of Cardiac Anomalies Through Deep Learning
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  Royal June Huey III  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Effects of Simulated Microgravity through Perpetual Falling on Raphanus raphanistrum Root Network Development
Biological Science and Engineering 11 $100, Morgan Lewis  Shloka V. Janapaty  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School A Novel, Fast, Low-Cost Approach to Achieve Near 100% LDPE Degradation: Bioremedial Landfill Implementation
Biological Science and Engineering 11 $100, Morgan Lewis  William Na Yang  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Separating and counting red blood cells using microfluidic magnetophoresis, phone imaging, and machine learning analysis
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Tarun  Chiruvolu  Debjani Roy Bellarmine College Preparatory Toward Automated Pathology: Deep Learning for Breast Cancer Classification and Genomic Characterization
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Shreya  Garg  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Determining the Roles of CuSB, Flagellin, and AcrAB-TolC in Bacterial Responses to Nonlethal Concentrations of AgNPs
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Royal June Huey III  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Effects of Simulated Microgravity through Perpetual Falling on Raphanus raphanistrum Root Network Development
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Shloka V. Janapaty  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School A Novel, Fast, Low-Cost Approach to Achieve Near 100% LDPE Degradation: Bioremedial Landfill Implementation
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Raymond  Kuan  Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School Effects of phycocyanin in spirulina platensis on planarian tumor growth
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Derek  Tan  Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School Effects of phycocyanin in spirulina platensis on planarian tumor growth
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Sierra Victoria Marie Howard  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Implications of Inhibiting the Wnt Signaling Pathway in Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells using the Novel Antibody Omp-18R5
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Pranav  Kakhandiki  Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Automated Diagnosis of Aortitis using Machine Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Benjamin  Lipman  Daniel Kelley Kehillah Jewish High School Accurate Identification of Cardiac Anomalies Through Deep Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Jaidyn  Moodley  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Effects of Bacillus Subtilis NCIB 3610, Rhizobium leguminosarum, and Anabaena sp. on Plant Growth
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Supriya Alyssa Mula  Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School The Effects of TNF-beta on Harmful A1 Astrocyte Differentiation in Glial Scars
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Franklin Ye Ruan  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School The Symbiotic Effects of Panax notoginseng (Ginseng) Extracted Steroid Glycosides on Kanamycin Resistant E-Coli
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Kylie Lauren Lo-wen Akiyama  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Reducing Brevetoxin Production in Karenia brevis by Inhibition of Non-Photochemical Quenching (NPQ)
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Elena Maria Mujica  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Reducing Brevetoxin Production in Karenia brevis by Inhibition of Non-Photochemical Quenching (NPQ)
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Ashvin Saikumar Irrinki  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School A Novel Biomarker for Detecting CTE Utilizing TDP-43 Aggregated Deposits in Relation to Elevated Tau Concentration
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Ethan Ramirez Kim  Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School The Effects Of Vitamins A,B and D on colon cancer cell line LoVo
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Emerson Laine Martin  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Evaluating the Protective Effects of Cyanocobalamin and Methylcobalamin when C.elegans are exposed to Bisphenol-A
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Arthi  Vaidyanathan  Meghan Strazicich Los Altos High School Testing the Effects of Iron Supplements on the Production of Siderophores in Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Alexander Kailong Wu  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School In vitro models of meningeal lymphatic clearance on diffusion across the blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Uyen-Vy  Le  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Leaf Me Alone: Inhibition of Weed Growth Using Allelopathic Potential of Aromatic Plants
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Pratya  Poosala  Pooya Hajjarian Monta Vista High School Testing whether the use of simulated laboratory experiments correlates to increased understanding of concepts
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Purnima  Venkat  Pooya Hajjarian Monta Vista High School Testing whether the use of simulated laboratory experiments correlates to increased understanding of concepts
Biological Science and Engineering 11 $100 High School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society  Royal June Huey III  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Effects of Simulated Microgravity through Perpetual Falling on Raphanus raphanistrum Root Network Development
Biological Science and Engineering 11 $100, IBM Award  Chinmay Keshava Lalgudi  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Investigating biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease for prodromal diagnosis and prediction of disease progression
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology  Sierra Victoria Marie Howard  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Implications of Inhibiting the Wnt Signaling Pathway in Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells using the Novel Antibody Omp-18R5
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology  Wesley B Liao  Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School Comparison of Beta Amyloid Production by BACE1 and BACE2 Enzymes
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology  Katelyn  Stone  Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School Comparison of Beta Amyloid Production by BACE1 and BACE2 Enzymes
Biological Science and Engineering 11 HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Pranav  Kakhandiki  Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Automated Diagnosis of Aortitis using Machine Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department  Shreya  Garg  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Determining the Roles of CuSB, Flagellin, and AcrAB-TolC in Bacterial Responses to Nonlethal Concentrations of AgNPs
Biological 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  Helen  Nguyen  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
Biological 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  Ezequiel  Ponce  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
Biological 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  Sophia  Tran  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
Biological Science and Engineering 12 $100, Morgan Lewis  Alice  Martynova  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School An Affordable, AI-Enhanced Device to Diagnosis Strep Throat and Prevent Rheumatic Fever in Developing Countries
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Sandhini  Agarwal  Bill Dunbar Gunn (Henry M.) High School Tracking Parkinsonian Tremors: A Wearable Device Application Utilizing Smart Sensing for Real-Time Monitoring & Analysis
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Ana  Cismaru  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Parkinson's Disease Classification via Convolutional Neural Networks using DaTscans
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Greg W. Santangeli  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Effect of Dissolved Urea on the Reproductive Rate and ROS Production of Dinoflagellates Under Thermal Stress
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Helen  Nguyen  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Ezequiel  Ponce  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Sophia  Tran  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
Biological Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Lubat  Asadova  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Testing the Effect of Heat Shock On the Behavior Response and on the Neuron Activity in C. Elegans
Biological Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Alice  Martynova  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School An Affordable, AI-Enhanced Device to Diagnosis Strep Throat and Prevent Rheumatic Fever in Developing Countries
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Anna  Castello  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Testing the Efficacy of Coconut Oil and its Components in Protection Against Amyloid Toxicity in Transgenic C. elegans
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Zeeshaan  Chunawala  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Magnetization of Incorporated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Method for Combatting Candida albicans Biofilm Growth
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Ryan M Judy  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Determining the effect of ascorbic acid on viability of drosophila melanogaster with developmental nicotine exposure
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Joshita  Kamalakannan  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Using Aronia melanocarpa Extract to Analyze the Effects of Antioxidant-Rich Foods on the Health Span of Drosophila
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Annika Hope Mittelhauser  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Can Air Pollution Damage Memory? Impact of Varying NO2 Exposure Times on Memory of Drosophila Melanogaster
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Evelyn  Rubinchik  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School The Effect of Blue Light Exposure on the Retinal Degeneration of Light and Dark Eyes
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Shivam  Singhal  Larry Steinke Saint Francis High School A Non-Invasive Tool for Cancer Diagnosis through the Optimization of Cell-free RNA and DNA
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Divya Arun Rao  Hugo Steemers Cupertino High School Machine Learning - Investigative Study of Classifiers in Melanoma Depth Estimation using 3D Reconstruction of 2D Images
Biological Science and Engineering 12 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Dulati  Aideli  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Optimizing The Coronary Stent By Designing Vibration Dampeners And A New Deployment Method
Biological Science and Engineering 12 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Sandhini  Agarwal  Bill Dunbar Gunn (Henry M.) High School Tracking Parkinsonian Tremors: A Wearable Device Application Utilizing Smart Sensing for Real-Time Monitoring & Analysis
Biological Science and Engineering 12 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Shivam  Singhal  Larry Steinke Saint Francis High School A Non-Invasive Tool for Cancer Diagnosis through the Optimization of Cell-free RNA and DNA
Biological Science and Engineering 12 First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP)  Sandhini  Agarwal  Bill Dunbar Gunn (Henry M.) High School Tracking Parkinsonian Tremors: A Wearable Device Application Utilizing Smart Sensing for Real-Time Monitoring & Analysis
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP)  Ana  Cismaru  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Parkinson's Disease Classification via Convolutional Neural Networks using DaTscans
Biological Science and Engineering 12 HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Annika Hope Mittelhauser  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Can Air Pollution Damage Memory? Impact of Varying NO2 Exposure Times on Memory of Drosophila Melanogaster
Biological Science and Engineering 12 HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Greg W. Santangeli  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Effect of Dissolved Urea on the Reproductive Rate and ROS Production of Dinoflagellates Under Thermal Stress
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  Ayush  Ghosh  Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Reducing Ocean Acidification Using Aquatic Plants
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Aaryan  Doshi  Natraj Narayanswami Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Fight the Fire: An Innovative Software-Based Approach to Fire Prevention and Protection using Android Development
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Ayush  Ghosh  Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Reducing Ocean Acidification Using Aquatic Plants
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Samanya  Girish  Brad Bowden Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Novel and Accurate Method to Measure the Performance of a Linear Accelerator
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Neel  Jagdish  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Blue Light Exposed
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Rucha Sunil Mujumdar  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Edible Membranes to Protect the Environment
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Siddharth Anand Phatak  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Blue Light Exposed
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Jared Meyer Saal  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How Particle Size Affects Viscosity In Chocolate
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade  Reva Chidella Sharma  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Edible Membranes to Protect the Environment
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Aaryan  Doshi  Natraj Narayanswami Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Fight the Fire: An Innovative Software-Based Approach to Fire Prevention and Protection using Android Development
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Ayush  Ghosh  Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Reducing Ocean Acidification Using Aquatic Plants
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Samanya  Girish  Brad Bowden Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Novel and Accurate Method to Measure the Performance of a Linear Accelerator
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Jared Meyer Saal  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How Particle Size Affects Viscosity In Chocolate
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Neel  Jagdish  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Blue Light Exposed
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Rucha Sunil Mujumdar  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Edible Membranes to Protect the Environment
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Siddharth Anand Phatak  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Blue Light Exposed
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Reva Chidella Sharma  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Edible Membranes to Protect the Environment
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Vir  Bhutani  Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose Which Natural Fat is the Most Unsaturated?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Ishan Zhisheng Juluri  Youssef Ismail (mentor) Schmahl Science Workshop The Effect of Tuned Mass Dampers on Oscillating Buildings
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Ayush Avinash Sodani  Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose What is the effect of more turns in the coil on the amount of electricity created?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Doron  Bentov  Danny Watson Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School The WASP (wearable aerosol spray protection)
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Ori Isaac Gillai  Danny Watson Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School The WASP (wearable aerosol spray protection)
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Isaac Reed Zucker  Danny Watson Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School The WASP (wearable aerosol spray protection)
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Brandon Richard Do  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas The Self-driving Car
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Hannah Jo Grayeski  Claire Weber Graham (Issac Newton) Middle School What is the ideal length for a mechanical pencil not to break?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Mamoon Rahman Khan  Haadiyah Razzack Granada Islamic School Effect of Concentrations of Ammonium Nitrate on the Temperature of a Cold Pack
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Rohit  Mekkoth  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Fuel Cells to the Rescue
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Vaibhav  Rau  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Suppressing Evaporation
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Aahan  Shah  Tatiana Braun Stratford Middle School - Milpitas Effect of Mass and Thrust on the Speed of Propeller Zipline Cable Car
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  James  Tsaggaris  Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Effect of Heat on the Strength of Ferrite Magnets
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Anish  Bhethanabotla  Tanuja Madhavapeddi (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project An elegant and cost effective way of measuring air quality using Arduino
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Arin  Kathapurkar  Shama Mohamed Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Duck Cover Hold
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Aadtiya  Mahajan  Tanuja Madhavapeddi (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project An elegant and cost effective way of measuring air quality using Arduino
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Harsha  Manamala  Shama Mohamed Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Duck Cover Hold
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Micah Ariel Nassi  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Sound Adventure: An audio and touch-based game for people with limited vision
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Anna  Suvorova  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Sound Adventure: An audio and touch-based game for people with limited vision
Physical Science and Engineering 6 $50 to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award  Aidan Michael Miranda  De Leys Hamm Canyon Heights Academy A Greener Environmentally Friendly De-icing Solution
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society  Paulo Cabarloc Cho  Claire Weber Graham (Issac Newton) Middle School What is the effect of air pollution and weather on solar cell output?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society  Ayush  Ghosh  Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Reducing Ocean Acidification Using Aquatic Plants
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Maya  Schechtman  Tim Ainoa Old Orchard School Magnetism and Temperature
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  James  Tsaggaris  Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Effect of Heat on the Strength of Ferrite Magnets
Physical Science and Engineering 6 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Samanya  Girish  Brad Bowden Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Novel and Accurate Method to Measure the Performance of a Linear Accelerator
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Middle School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)  Jared Meyer Saal  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How Particle Size Affects Viscosity In Chocolate
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Packet with over-the-shoulder sling pack, dog tag USB flash memory drive, USB car charger, power bank charger and certificate in folder, United States Air Force  Hrishikesh  Ankireddi  Tatiana Braun Stratford Middle School - Milpitas Impact of Ice on Aircraft Engines
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  Reshma  Kosaraju  Hari Kosaraju (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Application of Meteorological Data to Predict the Chances of a Forest Fire Using Machine Learning and Neural Networks
Physical Science and Engineering 7 $250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Reshma  Kosaraju  Hari Kosaraju (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Application of Meteorological Data to Predict the Chances of a Forest Fire Using Machine Learning and Neural Networks
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Nithya  Appannagaari  Hamby Aochi Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Engineering a Flood Proof Safety Crate
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Vedavi Anika Kavoori  Hamby Aochi Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Engineering a Flood Proof Safety Crate
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Ashwini  Paramesh  Neetha Anandakumar (PSP) Chaboya School Can Sphagnum Moss clean our fresh water lakes and ponds?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Place $75, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Vedant V. Janapaty  Juliana West Stratford Middle School - San Jose Water conservation - Drastically reducing surface water evaporation with improved water delivery techniques
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Place $75, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Sangyani  Sinha  Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) AquaWise: An Intelligent Irrigation System
Physical Science and Engineering 7 3rd Place $50, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Rayan  SenGupta  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose Clean Water Transportation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 3rd Place $50, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Nicole  Tsioutsioulikli  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose The effect of the material at the bottom of the desalination device on the amount of the water produced by condensation.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Sudiksha  Das  Amanda Saintil Chaboya School A Smart Solution to Prevent Drunk-Driving Accidents
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Sanskriti  Singh  Sujatha Raghu Rolling Hills Middle School Detection of Pneumonia on CXR image using Convolutional Neural Networks with an emphasis on minimizing False Negatives
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Aadit  Golwala  Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Making an Offshore Wind Turbine Where the Entire Structure Turns into the Wind
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Sanskriti  Singh  Sujatha Raghu Rolling Hills Middle School Detection of Pneumonia on CXR image using Convolutional Neural Networks with an emphasis on minimizing False Negatives
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Noah Isaac Barlahan  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Romina  Blanco-Sarmiento  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Ryan Pierce Co  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Aralyn  Connolly  Yun-pei Chang (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project The effect of temperature and light exposure on pigments in picked leafy greens
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Jennifer Ann Dick-Peddie  Juliana West Stratford Middle School - San Jose Designing an Autogyro to Accurately Deliver a Payload to a Designated Landing Zone with the Slowest Descent Rate
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Jeremy Zhou Flint  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Aadit  Golwala  Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Making an Offshore Wind Turbine Where the Entire Structure Turns into the Wind
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Miranda Rose Gutierrez  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Sarah Christine Honer  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Reshma  Kosaraju  Hari Kosaraju (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Application of Meteorological Data to Predict the Chances of a Forest Fire Using Machine Learning and Neural Networks
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Keshav  Narang  Jiu Chang (mentor) Absence of school name Generalizing a Solution to the Tower of Hanoi with Varying Number of Pegs and Rings
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Gael Keren Neighbors  Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Which type of starch makes a stronger bioplastic?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Wyndia  Ohm  Sophanie Gee Sunnyvale Middle School Mystery Spot: Does Physics, mainly those used by aerospace scientists contradict the claim of gravitational anomaly?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Adhip  Raghunathan  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Novel Electrochromic System to Regulate Internal Lighting
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Kabir Singh Sahni  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Julian I. Schultz  Tammy Parke Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Can Your Sweatshirt Save You? How effective are fabrics at lowering the particulate concentration of polluted air?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Neel  Sharma  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Ashar Ahmad Siddiqui  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Sanskriti  Singh  Sujatha Raghu Rolling Hills Middle School Detection of Pneumonia on CXR image using Convolutional Neural Networks with an emphasis on minimizing False Negatives
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Sonia  Swamy  Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale BioDeDye: An eco-friendly, low-cost, agro-waste biosorbent for the reduction of dye contaminants in aqueous wastes
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade  Claire  Tsai  Yun-pei Chang (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project The effect of temperature and light exposure on pigments in picked leafy greens
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Jennifer Ann Dick-Peddie  Juliana West Stratford Middle School - San Jose Designing an Autogyro to Accurately Deliver a Payload to a Designated Landing Zone with the Slowest Descent Rate
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Aadit  Golwala  Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Making an Offshore Wind Turbine Where the Entire Structure Turns into the Wind
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Reshma  Kosaraju  Hari Kosaraju (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Application of Meteorological Data to Predict the Chances of a Forest Fire Using Machine Learning and Neural Networks
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Keshav  Narang  Jiu Chang (mentor) Absence of school name Generalizing a Solution to the Tower of Hanoi with Varying Number of Pegs and Rings
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Gael Keren Neighbors  Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Which type of starch makes a stronger bioplastic?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Wyndia  Ohm  Sophanie Gee Sunnyvale Middle School Mystery Spot: Does Physics, mainly those used by aerospace scientists contradict the claim of gravitational anomaly?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Adhip  Raghunathan  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Novel Electrochromic System to Regulate Internal Lighting
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Julian I. Schultz  Tammy Parke Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Can Your Sweatshirt Save You? How effective are fabrics at lowering the particulate concentration of polluted air?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Sanskriti  Singh  Sujatha Raghu Rolling Hills Middle School Detection of Pneumonia on CXR image using Convolutional Neural Networks with an emphasis on minimizing False Negatives
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Sonia  Swamy  Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale BioDeDye: An eco-friendly, low-cost, agro-waste biosorbent for the reduction of dye contaminants in aqueous wastes
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Noah Isaac Barlahan  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Romina  Blanco-Sarmiento  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Ryan Pierce Co  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Aralyn  Connolly  Yun-pei Chang (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project The effect of temperature and light exposure on pigments in picked leafy greens
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Jeremy Zhou Flint  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Miranda Rose Gutierrez  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Sarah Christine Honer  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Kabir Singh Sahni  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Neel  Sharma  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Ashar Ahmad Siddiqui  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Claire  Tsai  Yun-pei Chang (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project The effect of temperature and light exposure on pigments in picked leafy greens
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Sudiksha  Das  Amanda Saintil Chaboya School A Smart Solution to Prevent Drunk-Driving Accidents
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Alon  Knaan  Danny Watson Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Bionic Xylophone Arm
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Elaine  Lee  Caren Furtado Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto Impact of disposable water bottles on our oceans
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Aziza Amin Mohammed  Najia Zaman Granada Islamic School Investigating Kombucha biofilm as an alternative for other flexible materials
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Swastik S Purathepparambil  Natraj Narayanswami Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor The Ergonomic Lunch Box
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Eshan  Rachapudi  Kameswari Rayaprolu Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Extracting Water from Humidity
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Isabelle  Shay  Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Comparing Plants' Ability to Block Phosphate
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Rohit  Vakkalagadda  Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ Benevolent Bioplastics: What is the effect of the materials used to make a bioplastic bag on the mass it can hold?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Paulina  Xu  Caren Furtado Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto A New Way Of Travel
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Javeria  Ahmed  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School The Greenhouse of the future
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Ynna Sophia Bondad Buriel  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School The Greenhouse of the future
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Rosie  Chen  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School The Greenhouse of the future
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Anagha  Badriprasad  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Biofuel: Testing Alternative Sources for Sustainable Biodiesel Production
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Nilansh Dey Ghosh  Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Search for a Low-Cost Material to Improve Air Quality.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Sahas  Goli  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Filter of the Future
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Terry  Hsu  Lindon Richards Milpitas Christian School (6-8) Robotic Control On Puppets- a First Study On Bionics
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Charles Zhang Huang  Kevin Seago Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Dual-Purpose Boba Straw
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Sanika  Iyer  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Creating a Smart Fridge Using RFID Sensors to Eliminate Food Wastage
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Vedant V. Janapaty  Juliana West Stratford Middle School - San Jose Water conservation - Drastically reducing surface water evaporation with improved water delivery techniques
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Ananya Venkata Jilla  Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) Machine Learning (ML) Driven Diabetes Predictor
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Sidharth Nitin Kalje  Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) Water-Efficient Sprinkler System
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Beckett Gasich Lyons  Erland Patterson Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School The Aerodynamic Of Truck Platooning
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Himani  Manjunath  Lindon Richards Milpitas Christian School (6-8) Natural Water Purifier: Using Banana Peels to Remove Lead From Water
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Vishnu  Potharaju  Kevin Seago Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Help Save the Planet - TrashRight
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Nicolas Joaquin Quijano  Tim Ainoa Old Orchard School Probing Haptic Glove for the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Dashmi  Singh  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Agrofuel: The Future
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Ishwar  Suriyaprakash  Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale Factors affecting the amplitude of sound propagating through a tube
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Hoshita Venkatasai Undella  Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale Testing blade angles, number of blades and blade designs of a Wind Turbine for Maximum Voltage Output
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Jonathan  Yu  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor A Simple Way to Save Oceans
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Mallika Suvali Ghante  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas No Wifi? No Problem!
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Anika  Kulkarni  Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas No Wifi? No Problem!
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Marisa Ai Malto  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Wildfire Drone and Fire Detection System
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Caitlin Minh Thy Nguyen  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Car Seat
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Nikhil  Ramkrishnan  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Wildfire Drone and Fire Detection System
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Shelby Rose Schuberg  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School O.R.C.A
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Sanjay  Selvakumar  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Wildfire Drone and Fire Detection System
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Lauren Maha Taffe  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Car Seat
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Stephanie Thai Vu  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School O.R.C.A
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Taylor Kristyn Wong  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Car Seat
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Chaela Rafael Zaide  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School O.R.C.A
Physical Science and Engineering 7 $100.00, Opportunity X + Synopsys  Ava Isabelle Alexander  Kendall Bell River Glen School Water on water?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 $100.00, Opportunity X + Synopsys  Ashukem Adrienne Taku  Kendall Bell River Glen School Water on water?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards  Nicolas Joaquin Quijano  Tim Ainoa Old Orchard School Probing Haptic Glove for the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Henry  Yao  Rachna Sharma BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating Chitosan-Based Bioplastic, and Its Effect on Food Packaging and Preservation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Aziza Amin Mohammed  Najia Zaman Granada Islamic School Investigating Kombucha biofilm as an alternative for other flexible materials
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Nilansh Dey Ghosh  Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Search for a Low-Cost Material to Improve Air Quality.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd place MS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Beckett Gasich Lyons  Erland Patterson Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School The Aerodynamic Of Truck Platooning
Physical Science and Engineering 7 3rd place - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Ava  Hultquist  Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Do cities make rivers dirtier? Measuring the change of biotoxicity and organic chemical content of my city's rivers
Physical Science and Engineering 7 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Gael Keren Neighbors  Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Which type of starch makes a stronger bioplastic?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Neel  Sudhakaran  Juliana West Stratford Middle School - San Jose A New Fuel Cell Design
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  Elaine  Lee  Caren Furtado Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto Impact of disposable water bottles on our oceans
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  Jonathan  Yu  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor A Simple Way to Save Oceans
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Exceptional Merit, Framed Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Adhip  Raghunathan  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Novel Electrochromic System to Regulate Internal Lighting
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Exceptional Merit, Framed Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Hoshita Venkatasai Undella  Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale Testing blade angles, number of blades and blade designs of a Wind Turbine for Maximum Voltage Output
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Anagha  Badriprasad  Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Biofuel: Testing Alternative Sources for Sustainable Biodiesel Production
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Himani  Manjunath  Lindon Richards Milpitas Christian School (6-8) Natural Water Purifier: Using Banana Peels to Remove Lead From Water
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Alon  Knaan  Danny Watson Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Bionic Xylophone Arm
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Beckett Gasich Lyons  Erland Patterson Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School The Aerodynamic Of Truck Platooning
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Wyndia  Ohm  Sophanie Gee Sunnyvale Middle School Mystery Spot: Does Physics, mainly those used by aerospace scientists contradict the claim of gravitational anomaly?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Middle School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)  Henry  Yao  Rachna Sharma BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating Chitosan-Based Bioplastic, and Its Effect on Food Packaging and Preservation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Henry  Yao  Rachna Sharma BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating Chitosan-Based Bioplastic, and Its Effect on Food Packaging and Preservation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Most Promising Young Scientist (Male), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Aadit  Golwala  Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Making an Offshore Wind Turbine Where the Entire Structure Turns into the Wind
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter  Ava  Hultquist  Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Do cities make rivers dirtier? Measuring the change of biotoxicity and organic chemical content of my city's rivers
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  Daniel  Siegel  Shelly Bethke Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School Surround3: The Design and Construction of a Sensor-Enhanced Probing Cane to Help the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $100, Morgan Lewis  Cindy Jingru Wang  Sefika Gul Eris Palo Alto High School Smart Irrigation Systems
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $125 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Kaushik  Salem  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School A target acquisition system for landing aircrafts in constrained spaces using modified Hough Transform
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $250 to the winning student or team in middle school Physical Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Daniel  Siegel  Shelly Bethke Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School Surround3: The Design and Construction of a Sensor-Enhanced Probing Cane to Help the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Yu-Ting  Chang  Qin (Linda) Luo Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Greedy, Yet Intelligent, Algorithms for the Game 2048 Using Python
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $500 and Certificate for Best grade 6-8 entry for Electrical Engineering amongst girls, Synopsys - Society of Women Engineers  Ishani  Das  Anu Iyer Lawson Middle School An Arduino-based Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired to Guide and Receive Immediate Help Using GPS and GSM Service
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $500 and Certificate for Best grade 6-8 entry for Software Engineering amongst girls, Synopsys - Society of Women Engineers  Hemal  Kurani  Marianne Bouja Sunnyvale Middle School Smart Campus Security Shield: A Risk Based Real Time Crime Alert and Prevention System Using Student ID Card
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $500 and Certificate for Best grade 6-8 entry for Software Engineering amongst girls, Synopsys - Society of Women Engineers  Hetal  Kurani  Marianne Bouja Sunnyvale Middle School Smart Campus Security Shield: A Risk Based Real Time Crime Alert and Prevention System Using Student ID Card
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Sharad  Parulekar  Qin (Linda) Luo Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Dr.One: A Flying Angel to Keep an Eye on Seniors
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  Tanisha  Grover  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School So Many Houses, But Which One To Choose?
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  Kimberly Carol Maddox  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School So Many Houses, But Which One To Choose?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Arti  Gnanasekar  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Memory Vision: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Patients
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Alan Dongjin Lee  Kevin Thompson Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School Machine Learning for Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Liver Tumors
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Aanya  Virmani  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Memory Vision: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Patients
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Sherif  Abdou  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Building a rescue robot
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Justin Graham Hou  Kevin Thompson Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School Analyzing Images and Text Found Online with AI in Order to Determine if a Website is Educational
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Juno  Kim  Kevin Thompson Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School Analyzing Images and Text Found Online with AI in Order to Determine if a Website is Educational
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Sahana  Moogi  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Kaitlyn Dinh Nguyen  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Kavinaya  Rajesh  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Austin Mathew Wu  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Building a rescue robot
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Anika  Pandey  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose Designing an Environmentally Friendly and Efficient Supercapacitor/Battery with Nanoparticulate Graphene
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Daniel  Siegel  Shelly Bethke Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School Surround3: The Design and Construction of a Sensor-Enhanced Probing Cane to Help the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Yu-Ting  Chang  Qin (Linda) Luo Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Greedy, Yet Intelligent, Algorithms for the Game 2048 Using Python
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Uday  Chaudhary  Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the effect of using compound wood boards on the overall flammability, durability and strength of the wood board?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Gordon Zhou Chen  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Inhibiting Rabies at the Molecular Level
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Lexxa Elizabeth D'Amico  James Levis Britton Middle School Motion Activated Sensor and Servo to push Crosswalk Button and Eliminate Bacterial Spread
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Ria Neelkanth Deshpande  James Levis Britton Middle School Motion Activated Sensor and Servo to push Crosswalk Button and Eliminate Bacterial Spread
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Kinjal  Govil  Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the effect of using compound wood boards on the overall flammability, durability and strength of the wood board?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Jacob Zuguang Huang  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Inhibiting Rabies at the Molecular Level
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Harsha Rohan  Rajkumar  Shama Mohamed Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Naturogenic Cloud
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Daniel  Siegel  Shelly Bethke Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School Surround3: The Design and Construction of a Sensor-Enhanced Probing Cane to Help the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Joseph Philip Thomas  Caitlin Brady Saint Christopher School Transfer Learning from Deep ImageNet Models to Simpler Models for Rapid Binary Classification
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade  Anirudh  Venkatraman  Art Wellersdick Challenger - Sunnyvale Tremor Monitor
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Yu-Ting  Chang  Qin (Linda) Luo Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Greedy, Yet Intelligent, Algorithms for the Game 2048 Using Python
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Harsha Rohan  Rajkumar  Shama Mohamed Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Naturogenic Cloud
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Daniel  Siegel  Shelly Bethke Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School Surround3: The Design and Construction of a Sensor-Enhanced Probing Cane to Help the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Joseph Philip Thomas  Caitlin Brady Saint Christopher School Transfer Learning from Deep ImageNet Models to Simpler Models for Rapid Binary Classification
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Anirudh  Venkatraman  Art Wellersdick Challenger - Sunnyvale Tremor Monitor
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Uday  Chaudhary  Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the effect of using compound wood boards on the overall flammability, durability and strength of the wood board?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Gordon Zhou Chen  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Inhibiting Rabies at the Molecular Level
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Lexxa Elizabeth D'Amico  James Levis Britton Middle School Motion Activated Sensor and Servo to push Crosswalk Button and Eliminate Bacterial Spread
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Ria Neelkanth Deshpande  James Levis Britton Middle School Motion Activated Sensor and Servo to push Crosswalk Button and Eliminate Bacterial Spread
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Kinjal  Govil  Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the effect of using compound wood boards on the overall flammability, durability and strength of the wood board?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Jacob Zuguang Huang  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Inhibiting Rabies at the Molecular Level
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Arhana Vepa Aatresh  Kameswari Rayaprolu Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Over the Wing: investigating the effect of wind speed, wing angle, and propeller speed on a blown wing's lift force
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Pranav  Amarnath  Ben Eccleston Challenger - Sunnyvale Effect of acid on activity of salivary amylase enzyme in digesting starch
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Romina  Jately  Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) FitTreat
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Alan Dongjin Lee  Kevin Thompson Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School Machine Learning for Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Liver Tumors
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Kaushik  Salem  Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School A target acquisition system for landing aircrafts in constrained spaces using modified Hough Transform
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Rohan  Siva  Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) The Bane of Vulcan
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Adreema Tasnova Ahsan  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School How to save a life " CPR dummy remodeled"
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Arjun Jay Barrett  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Using Machine Learning and Infrared Imagery to Detect Drunk Individuals
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Rohan Tan Bhowmik  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Using Machine Learning and Infrared Imagery to Detect Drunk Individuals
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Jonathan Nehemiah Dimas  Claire Weber Graham (Issac Newton) Middle School Emergency gas mask for smoke from forest fires
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Vasily  Ermolenko  Claire Weber Graham (Issac Newton) Middle School Emergency gas mask for smoke from forest fires
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Saee Kunal Pole  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School How to save a life " CPR dummy remodeled"
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Kaitlyn Huygn-Lan Cloke Venator  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School How to save a life " CPR dummy remodeled"
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Ishaan  Agrawal  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose A Wireless Piezoelectric Auto-Charging Backpack for Mobile Devices
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Swathi  Badrinarayanan  Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale A Renewable Energy Device Providing Rural Electrification to the Last Billion
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Om Sunil Chhaya  Sunil Chhaya (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Wearable Personalized Health Information System
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Aaleesha Sanjiv Doshi  Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ The design of an algorithm to detect road quality through vibrations, user input, and connection with Google Maps
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Ben Alan Hayes  James Levis Britton Middle School Creek Stew
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Eleanore Jane Kirshner  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor No More Ocean Garbage: The Solution to Removing Microplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Sanjana  Manikandan  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ A Solution to Pollution - Mycoremediation: Growing Mushrooms to Clean the Air
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Christian John Moran  Susan Greathouse Sacred Heart Middle School Maximizing Golf Ball Performance by Studying the Effect of the Deepness of Its Dimples
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Alexander Timothy Nguyen  Eileen Resnick Murphy (Martin) Middle School Exoskeleton Actuation
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Sritej  Ponna  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the Effect of Different Frequencies, Amplitudes, and Distances of Sound Waves on Fire
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Dario Romano Quintero  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Measuring the Capillary Action of Various Kinds of Paper
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Rayyan Tawseef Talukdar  Farhana Afroz Granada Islamic School "Compost at Work: Bioremediation of Pesticide/Herbicide Contaminated Soil".
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Arti  Gnanasekar  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Memory Vision: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Patients
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Hemal  Kurani  Marianne Bouja Sunnyvale Middle School Smart Campus Security Shield: A Risk Based Real Time Crime Alert and Prevention System Using Student ID Card
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Hetal  Kurani  Marianne Bouja Sunnyvale Middle School Smart Campus Security Shield: A Risk Based Real Time Crime Alert and Prevention System Using Student ID Card
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Shuhul  Mujoo  Michael Atkins Chaboya School Leveraging Machine Learning to Compute the Progression of Parkinson's Disease
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Saurish  Srivastava  Michael Atkins Chaboya School Leveraging Machine Learning to Compute the Progression of Parkinson's Disease
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Aanya  Virmani  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Memory Vision: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Patients
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award  Ishani  Das  Anu Iyer Lawson Middle School An Arduino-based Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired to Guide and Receive Immediate Help Using GPS and GSM Service
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $100 and Certificate, The Lemelson Early Inventor Prize  Swathi  Badrinarayanan  Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale A Renewable Energy Device Providing Rural Electrification to the Last Billion
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Aryo  Nabyzadeh  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Creating a more efficient storm drain design
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  James  Thornton  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Creating a more efficient storm drain design
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement from ASM Materials Education Foundation and Ribbon, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Anika  Pandey  Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose Designing an Environmentally Friendly and Efficient Supercapacitor/Battery with Nanoparticulate Graphene
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st place MS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Christian John Moran  Susan Greathouse Sacred Heart Middle School Maximizing Golf Ball Performance by Studying the Effect of the Deepness of Its Dimples
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Eleanore Jane Kirshner  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor No More Ocean Garbage: The Solution to Removing Microplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 8 3rd place MS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Sritej  Ponna  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the Effect of Different Frequencies, Amplitudes, and Distances of Sound Waves on Fire
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards Additional $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary  Ateef Ayman Mahmud  Farhana Afroz Granada Islamic School Eutrophication: The De-oxygenating Epidemic in Water Bodies
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Certificate and $100 check, and Compete for $1000 Outstanding Young Scientist Award, California Association of Professional Scientists (CAPS)  Ben Alan Hayes  James Levis Britton Middle School Creek Stew
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award  Sanjana  Manikandan  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ A Solution to Pollution - Mycoremediation: Growing Mushrooms to Clean the Air
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award  Harsha Rohan  Rajkumar  Shama Mohamed Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Naturogenic Cloud
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association  Cindy Jingru Wang  Sefika Gul Eris Palo Alto High School Smart Irrigation Systems
Physical Science and Engineering 8 First Place $150 and Certificate of Recognition, Middle Grades STEM Award  Isha  Jagadish  Gail Inlow Redwood Middle School Identifying Polygenic Disease Risk Susceptibility Across Ethnic Super Populations
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  Ishani  Das  Anu Iyer Lawson Middle School An Arduino-based Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired to Guide and Receive Immediate Help Using GPS and GSM Service
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Certificate of Recognition, Middle Grades STEM Award  Shuhul  Mujoo  Michael Atkins Chaboya School Leveraging Machine Learning to Compute the Progression of Parkinson's Disease
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Certificate of Recognition, Middle Grades STEM Award  Saurish  Srivastava  Michael Atkins Chaboya School Leveraging Machine Learning to Compute the Progression of Parkinson's Disease
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Aaleesha Sanjiv Doshi  Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ The design of an algorithm to detect road quality through vibrations, user input, and connection with Google Maps
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Ishani  Das  Anu Iyer Lawson Middle School An Arduino-based Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired to Guide and Receive Immediate Help Using GPS and GSM Service
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Dhwani Mehul Kharidia  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Power Line Fire Hazard Detection System
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Eleanore Jane Kirshner  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor No More Ocean Garbage: The Solution to Removing Microplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Alexander Timothy Nguyen  Eileen Resnick Murphy (Martin) Middle School Exoskeleton Actuation
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Most Promising Young Scientist (Female), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Swathi  Badrinarayanan  Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale A Renewable Energy Device Providing Rural Electrification to the Last Billion
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary  Eleanore Jane Kirshner  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor No More Ocean Garbage: The Solution to Removing Microplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Second Place $100 and Certificate Letter of Recognition, Middle Grades STEM Award  Sahana  Moogi  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Second Place $100 and Certificate Letter of Recognition, Middle Grades STEM Award  Kaitlyn Dinh Nguyen  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Second Place $100 and Certificate Letter of Recognition, Middle Grades STEM Award  Kavinaya  Rajesh  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Third Place $50 and Certificate of Recognition, Middle Grades STEM Award  Tasha  Lera  Kevin Thompson Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School Using Data Analysis to Build a Personalized Search Engine
Physical Science and Engineering 9 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  Alexander  Zhang  Jeremy Dybdahl Lynbrook High School The Effects of a Random Configuration of a Master Pyraminx on its Solveableness
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Danya  Balagopal  Sean Wilmot Oakwood High School The Effect of Bio-coagulants on the Adsorption of Waste Oil and the Reduction of Turbidity from Oil-Produced Waters
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Place Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Shlok  Shah  Daniel Meyer Saint Francis High School Creating a Non-intrusive Elder Care 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  Veda Sahithi Kamaraju  Thomas Dornhoffer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Mobile Urban Sensing System: A Novel, Smart City Approach to Detect, Analyze, and Prevent Air Pollutants
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Danya  Balagopal  Sean Wilmot Oakwood High School The Effect of Bio-coagulants on the Adsorption of Waste Oil and the Reduction of Turbidity from Oil-Produced Waters
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Saurav Saumil Gandhi  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School A Hand Dynamometer Controlled Computer Vision based AI Robotic Navigation System for the Visually Impaired and Elderly
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Veda Sahithi Kamaraju  Thomas Dornhoffer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Mobile Urban Sensing System: A Novel, Smart City Approach to Detect, Analyze, and Prevent Air Pollutants
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Rishi Ramji Pankhaniya  Kathleen McCarty Monta Vista High School A Portable Pollen Counter
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Samika  Swamy  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School CogniGuard: A novel, herb-based treatment for protection against neurotoxicity from lead pollution.
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Alexander  Zhang  Jeremy Dybdahl Lynbrook High School The Effects of a Random Configuration of a Master Pyraminx on its Solveableness
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Alice  Feng  Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus DeepGuide: A Deep Learning Based Mobile System to Assist Visually Impaired Pedestrians To Cross Intersections
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Krithi  Koodli  Shahram Mostarshed Stanford Online High School A Novel Method of Distinguishing Habitable Rocky Planets from Uninhabitable Gas Giants using Machine Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Tejas Satyavrat Prabhune  Scott Lubbs Evergreen Valley High School Developing a Reusable LED Notifier for Consumers Using Expired Pills
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Shlok  Shah  Daniel Meyer Saint Francis High School Creating a Non-intrusive Elder Care System
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Diptanshu  Sikdar  Anastasia Batrachenko BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Novel Hybrid Thermal Management Solution for Photovoltaic Systems
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Ethan Sun Zuo  Jill McCrystal Saratoga High School The Effect of Thermal Transfer Rate on Laptop Performance
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Aeshon  Balasubramanian  Audrey Warmuth Saratoga High School Improving the Safety of Self-Driving Cars with Deep Learning and Audio
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Devin  Gupta  Kyle Jones Monta Vista High School The Effects of Cellulose/Polypyrrole Composite on Energy Retention Rates in Specialized Paper Thin Batteries
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Shreyaa  Karan  Christopher Meharg Evergreen Valley High School Leveraging Machine Learning and Image Analysis to Detect Melanoma (Skin Cancer) and Develop a Prognosis For It
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Anav Huzefa Mehta  Ted McLeod Cupertino High School A Cheap Braille Literacy Assistant
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Shailee  Nanavati  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Modeling Quantum Levitation with Superconductors
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Akshita Lakshmi Ponnuru  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Sustainable Affordable Housing for Homeless
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Sneha  Revanur  Barjinder Sabherwal Evergreen Valley High School A Novel Approach to Analyzing Neglected Tropical Diseases Using Deep Learning and Graph Networks
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Nethra  Srinivasan  Mark Cahn Leland High School Biomechanics: The Effect of Flexibility of Quadriceps and Angle of Knee on Force Applied on the Patella During Squats
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Pujita  Tangirala  Terry O'Donnell Saint Francis High School Comparing Correlation between Color and Metallicity in Cluster vs Non-Cluster Galaxies
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Mahit Vishnusai Tanikella  Kathleen Koch Monta Vista High School Human Protein Atlas Image Classification
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Akshay  Attaluri  Ted McLeod Cupertino High School Using Deep Learning for Classification/Segmentation and Contrast Agent Development for Multimodal Brain Tumor MR Images
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Bennie  Chang  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Belinda  Chen  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Impana R Chimmalagi  Jerry Knaack Wilcox High School ThumbsUp: Designing an Optimal Cryo-Brace to Treat Texting Thumb
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Tavleen  Kaur  Jerry Knaack Wilcox High School ThumbsUp: Designing an Optimal Cryo-Brace to Treat Texting Thumb
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Srikar  Nimmagadda  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award  Veer Hemal Doshi  Kate Slevin Archbishop Mitty High School Aiding Wildfire Rescue Operations through Mobile Geolocation Tracking, Geofencing and Data-Driven Prediction Modeling
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100 Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award  Saurav Saumil Gandhi  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School A Hand Dynamometer Controlled Computer Vision based AI Robotic Navigation System for the Visually Impaired and Elderly
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100 Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award  Sanjana S Jilla  Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) ML/DNA Driven Disease Susceptibility Analyzer
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100 Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award  Shlok  Shah  Daniel Meyer Saint Francis High School Creating a Non-intrusive Elder Care System
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award  Akshita Lakshmi Ponnuru  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Sustainable Affordable Housing for Homeless
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award  Diptanshu  Sikdar  Anastasia Batrachenko BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Novel Hybrid Thermal Management Solution for Photovoltaic Systems
Physical Science and Engineering 9 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Akshay  Attaluri  Ted McLeod Cupertino High School Using Deep Learning for Classification/Segmentation and Contrast Agent Development for Multimodal Brain Tumor MR Images
Physical Science and Engineering 9 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Veer Hemal Doshi  Kate Slevin Archbishop Mitty High School Aiding Wildfire Rescue Operations through Mobile Geolocation Tracking, Geofencing and Data-Driven Prediction Modeling
Physical Science and Engineering 9 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Sanjana S Jilla  Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) ML/DNA Driven Disease Susceptibility Analyzer
Physical Science and Engineering 9 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Veda Sahithi Kamaraju  Thomas Dornhoffer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Mobile Urban Sensing System: A Novel, Smart City Approach to Detect, Analyze, and Prevent Air Pollutants
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards Additional $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary  Danya  Balagopal  Sean Wilmot Oakwood High School The Effect of Bio-coagulants on the Adsorption of Waste Oil and the Reduction of Turbidity from Oil-Produced Waters
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Danya  Balagopal  Sean Wilmot Oakwood High School The Effect of Bio-coagulants on the Adsorption of Waste Oil and the Reduction of Turbidity from Oil-Produced Waters
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society  Aeshon  Balasubramanian  Audrey Warmuth Saratoga High School Improving the Safety of Self-Driving Cars with Deep Learning and Audio
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society  Alice  Feng  Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus DeepGuide: A Deep Learning Based Mobile System to Assist Visually Impaired Pedestrians To Cross Intersections
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association  Bennie  Chang  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association  Belinda  Chen  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association  Srikar  Nimmagadda  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Saurav Saumil Gandhi  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School A Hand Dynamometer Controlled Computer Vision based AI Robotic Navigation System for the Visually Impaired and Elderly
Physical Science and Engineering 9 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Anousha A Athreya  Kate Slevin Archbishop Mitty High School Investigating the Effect of Low-Cost Graphene on Different Kinds of Solar Cells
Physical Science and Engineering 9 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Rakesh Vinod Mehta  Jerell Maneja Milpitas High School How does the size of nozzle affect ion engine's speed?
Physical Science and Engineering 9 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Shlok  Shah  Daniel Meyer Saint Francis High School Creating a Non-intrusive Elder Care System
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department  Diptanshu  Sikdar  Anastasia Batrachenko BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Novel Hybrid Thermal Management Solution for Photovoltaic Systems
Physical Science and Engineering 10 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  Marek  Pinto  Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100, Morgan Lewis  Pratibha  Ramasamy  Elena Sherbakov Milpitas High School Circuit Smart Breaker
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $500 and Certificate for Best grade 9-12 entry for Electrical Engineering amongst girls, Synopsys - Society of Women Engineers  Anjali  Singh  Mia Onodera Monta Vista High School Creating Adversarial Examples for Face Recognition Algorithms to Secure Privacy of Online Photographs
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Place $150, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Sriya  Sridhar  Alan Tan Santa Clara High School Water Footprint!
Physical Science and Engineering 10 High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Krishay  Mukhija  Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus Using Deep Learning Techniques to Develop Novel Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase
Physical Science and Engineering 10 High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Srivishnu  Pyda  Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus Using Deep Learning Techniques to Develop Novel Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Maciej  Buszko  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Swarm Navigation Control Systems for Connecting Tetrahedral Linear Actuator Robots
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Caitlin Maya Gorin  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School A Multi-Faceted Material Strength Testing Machine for 3D Printed Plastics
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Nicole  Krockenberger  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Creating a Renewable and Biodegradable Bioplastic from Bambusa multiplex
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Aalok Nital Patwa  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Computationally Efficient, Accurate and Real-Time Detection of Colon Polyps Using Deep Neural Networks
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Sohom Kumar Roy  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Gyroscopic Based System to provide Camera Stabilization and Object Detection/Tracking in Real Time
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Aditya  Tadimeti  Jeff Sutton Harker School-Upper Campus The Effects of Different Aquatic Environments on the Rate of Polyethylene Biodegradation by Bacillus subtilis
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Jadelynn Kim Dao  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Using Reinforcement Learning in Detection Systems to Modernize Traffic Control Algorithms
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Advit  Deepak  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Using Reinforcement Learning in Detection Systems to Modernize Traffic Control Algorithms
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Krishay  Mukhija  Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus Using Deep Learning Techniques to Develop Novel Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Marek  Pinto  Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Srivishnu  Pyda  Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus Using Deep Learning Techniques to Develop Novel Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Shray  Alag  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus Applying Natural Language Processing to Mine Clinical Trials Data to Extract Unique Insights about Diseases, Drugs, SNPs
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Nishita  Belur  Kate Slevin Archbishop Mitty High School An Innovative APProach to Augment Mobile Hospital Care: Prescreening and Virtually Connecting Rural Patients to Doctors
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Maciej  Buszko  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Swarm Navigation Control Systems for Connecting Tetrahedral Linear Actuator Robots
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Maria  Korolik  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School The Role of Fluid Elasticity on Droplet Rebound on Various Surfaces
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Supriya  Lall  Ann Greyson Castilleja School A novel approach to Gunshot Detection using Machine Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Manasa  Pooni  Barjinder Sabherwal Evergreen Valley High School Building assistive technologies for the deaf using a deep learning shared representation multimodel across domains
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Elizabeth  Szeto  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus The Effectiveness of Raw and Treated Cotton and Kapok Fibers for Oil Spill Cleanup
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Iain  Jung  Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School The effect of C4H6O4Ca and Ca(OH)2 on the growth of algae cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. when added to fertilizer
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Jason Yu-Sheng Lo  Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School The effect of C4H6O4Ca and Ca(OH)2 on the growth of algae cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. when added to fertilizer
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Akshanth  Srivatsa  Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School The effect of C4H6O4Ca and Ca(OH)2 on the growth of algae cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. when added to fertilizer
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Anissa  Aribi  Sameer Khanna Champion School (grades 9-12) Cost Effective Slow Motion for Medical Diagnostics
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Andrew C. Chiang  Alex McKale Stanford Online High School 3D LED Volumetric Display with Eccentric Rotating Blades
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Dylan Rose Chin  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Ability of Ferrofluids to Remove Organophosphates from Ocean Water
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Nicholas James Hotelling  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Estimating Volleyball Speed Real-time Using an Apple iPhone
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Kate Elizabeth Jackson  Sean Wilmot Oakwood High School The Effect of Limestone in Removing Excess Fluoride from Water
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Arushi  Patel  Alan Tan Santa Clara High School Use of AI Base Image Recognition for Delta Smelt Substrate Mapping
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Sneha Madhan Raj  Barjinder Sabherwal Evergreen Valley High School Modular Robotic Configuration Inspired by Origami Engineering
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Tharika  Thambidurai  Thomas Dornhoffer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Reducing Global Air Pollution Using A Self-Cleaning Photocatalyst
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Aadit  Trivedi  Debjani Roy Bellarmine College Preparatory Third Eye: A Smart Braille Assistant for the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Michael Lichao Yuan  Thanh Nguyen Lynbrook High School Sequential Monte Carlo Based Localization Robot
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Janya  Budaraju  David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Using Predictive Analytics to More Effectively Determine the Impact of Earthquakes on Mortality & Infrastructure
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Eric  Hu  Hyungi Woo Cupertino High School An Image-Based Archaeological Classification System using Computer Vision and a Convolutional Neural Network
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Grace  Kuo  David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Using Predictive Analytics to More Effectively Determine the Impact of Earthquakes on Mortality & Infrastructure
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Heidi  Lin  Thanh Nguyen Lynbrook High School An Intelligent Parking System for Driverless Vehicles
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Fiona Lin Luo  Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School Soil Contamination Detection and Identification through Soil Spectroscopy using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Rohit Vinod Malhotra  Nhat Nguyen Lynbrook High School Navigation for the Blind using Deep Learning and Image Processing
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Dien khoa Nguyen  Carole Ng Santa Teresa High School Shutter-Gutter
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Ashwin  Rajesh  Hyungi Woo Cupertino High School An Image-Based Archaeological Classification System using Computer Vision and a Convolutional Neural Network
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Vivek  Verma  Nhat Nguyen Lynbrook High School Navigation for the Blind using Deep Learning and Image Processing
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Claire Qi-Yue Wen  Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School Soil Contamination Detection and Identification through Soil Spectroscopy using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Michael  Zhao  Thanh Nguyen Lynbrook High School An Intelligent Parking System for Driverless Vehicles
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100, IBM Award  Munir Nafea Bshara  Brad Lindemann Bellarmine College Preparatory Protecting Digital Information in Post Quantum Computing Era
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement from ASM Materials Education Foundation and Ribbon, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Caitlin Maya Gorin  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School A Multi-Faceted Material Strength Testing Machine for 3D Printed Plastics
Physical Science and Engineering 10 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Jyoti  Rani  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Autonomous Robotic Medicine Sorter, A.R.M.S.
Physical Science and Engineering 10 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Sivaramakalyan  Suvarna  Arjun Ashokkumar Evergreen Valley High School A Deep Learning Based Music Judge for Music Learners and Competitions
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Ganesh Mandar Pimpale  Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School Marine Autonomous Litter Collector (M.A.L.C.)
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society  Dylan Rose Chin  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Ability of Ferrofluids to Remove Organophosphates from Ocean Water
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society  Sohom Kumar Roy  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Gyroscopic Based System to provide Camera Stabilization and Object Detection/Tracking in Real Time
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association  Emily  Park  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Wave Breaker System to Stop Tsunami Waves
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Sohom Kumar Roy  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Gyroscopic Based System to provide Camera Stabilization and Object Detection/Tracking in Real Time
Physical Science and Engineering 10 HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Supriya  Lall  Ann Greyson Castilleja School A novel approach to Gunshot Detection using Machine Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 10 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Sahana  Rajmohan  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The Effect of Laundering Polyester Fabric on the Dispersion of Microfibers in Washing Machine Wastewater
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award  Maciej  Buszko  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Swarm Navigation Control Systems for Connecting Tetrahedral Linear Actuator Robots
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award  Arvind  Ramachandran  Jill McCrystal Saratoga High School SafeRetro: A Secure Emulator for 8080 apps
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award  Aadit  Trivedi  Debjani Roy Bellarmine College Preparatory Third Eye: A Smart Braille Assistant for the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards Additional $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary  Emily  Park  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Wave Breaker System to Stop Tsunami Waves
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Packet with over-the-shoulder sling pack, dog tag USB flash memory drive, USB car charger, power bank charger and certificate in folder, United States Air Force  Sakshi  Kumar  Alan Tan Santa Clara High School An Alternative to the Pitot Tube For Measuring Airspeed
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  Govind  Pimpale  Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
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  Raghav  Ganesh  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Developing a novel, accurate, and rapid machine learning based skin disease classification algorithm
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  Tejas  Narayanan  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
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  Ashish Prakash Rao  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
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  Bidipta  Sarkar  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $100, Morgan Lewis  Ansel Robert Austin  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Clean Water For All: a Novel Filtration and Maintenance Mechanism for Improving India Mark II Water Pump Performance
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $100, Morgan Lewis  Eddie Jinghua Wang  Sefika Gul Eris Palo Alto High School Smart Irrigation Systems
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $500 and Certificate for Best grade 9-12 entry for Software Engineering amongst girls, Synopsys - Society of Women Engineers  Audrey Yining Cui  Joe Kim Monta Vista High School From Pixels to Paragraph: A Deep Artwork Passage Generator
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Place $150, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Neha  Mannem  Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Place $150, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Charu  Vijay  Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Place Award - $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS  Alexander  Guh-Siesel  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School A Method for Treating Celiac Disease: Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the HLA-DQ2 Receptor
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Vittal  Thirumalai  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
Physical Science and Engineering 11 3rd Place $75, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Ashley  Dang  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Removing Heavy Metals and Pathogens from Water Using Biosand Filters Containing Plant Biomass
Physical Science and Engineering 11 3rd Place $75, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Shannon Brigette Miranda  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School An Environmentally Friendly Wetland Nitrate Filtration Method with Reduced Global Warming Gases
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  Katherine Ann Nasif  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Development of an Electro-activated Dynamic-Resisting Polyaniline Sensor for use in Electronics Prototyping Applications
Physical Science and Engineering 11 High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Alexander  Guh-Siesel  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School A Method for Treating Celiac Disease: Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the HLA-DQ2 Receptor
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Matthew  Cho  John Conlin Monta Vista High School A novel device for detecting objects using artificial intelligence and sound localization for the visually impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Tejas  Narayanan  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Ashish Prakash Rao  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter  Bidipta  Sarkar  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Second Place: University of Toronto "Swag Bag", University of Toronto Award  Anusha  Ghosh  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Detection and Translation of American Sign Language through Deep Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Third Place: University of Toronto "Swag Bag", University of Toronto Award  Raghav  Ganesh  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Developing a novel, accurate, and rapid machine learning based skin disease classification algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  William Chung K Chung  Jena Lee Gunn (Henry M.) High School Manipulating concentrations of plant-based starches to optimize durability for use in biodegradable plastics
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Raghav  Ganesh  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Developing a novel, accurate, and rapid machine learning based skin disease classification algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Anusha  Ghosh  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Detection and Translation of American Sign Language through Deep Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Alexander  Guh-Siesel  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School A Method for Treating Celiac Disease: Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the HLA-DQ2 Receptor
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Isabel W Sperandio  Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: Designing an Efficient and Portable Wave Energy Converter Prototype
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Rehaan  Ahmad  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Forecasting Vegetation Health Maps of Sub-Saharan Africa Using an Innovative Long Short Term Memory Based Algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Grace  Kwak  Cody King Pioneer High School Real Time Prediction of Vehicle Steering Angles using Convolutional Networks and Computer Vision on Dashcam Video
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Tejas  Narayanan  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Raj S. Palleti  Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School What Dimensional Isomorphisms Extend the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Govind  Pimpale  Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Suhas  Prasad  Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School What Dimensional Isomorphisms Extend the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Ashish Prakash Rao  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Bidipta  Sarkar  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Vittal  Thirumalai  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Brian  Yang  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Forecasting Vegetation Health Maps of Sub-Saharan Africa Using an Innovative Long Short Term Memory Based Algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Tom  Zhang  Cody King Pioneer High School Real Time Prediction of Vehicle Steering Angles using Convolutional Networks and Computer Vision on Dashcam Video
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Srinivas  Balagopal  Monica Ventrice Pinewood High School (7-12) Bio-wall:Retooling walls into Carbon and VOC sinks
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Audrey Yining Cui  Joe Kim Monta Vista High School From Pixels to Paragraph: A Deep Artwork Passage Generator
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Aryia  Dattamajumdar  Anita Wu Fremont High School An early warning AI-powered portable system to reduce workload and inspect environmental damage after natural disasters
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Dadmehr  Ghasemfar  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Detection of Forest Fires through the use of Convolutional Neural Networks and other Algorithmic Techniques
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Bogdan  Kovtun  Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School The Future of Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Novel, Cost-Effective, Modular UAS Concept
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Steven  Long  Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School The Future of Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Novel, Cost-Effective, Modular UAS Concept
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Neha  Mannem  Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Charu  Vijay  Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Ansel Robert Austin  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Clean Water For All: a Novel Filtration and Maintenance Mechanism for Improving India Mark II Water Pump Performance
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Milan  Ganai  Thanh Nguyen Lynbrook High School A Novel Segregation of Lorentz-boosted Higgs Bosons from the Biggest QCD Background with High Efficiency and Precision
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Nikitha Venkatesh Kalahasti  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School The effect of plant recolonisation on soil properties post fire exposure during drought stress
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Liam Sebastian McHugh  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Engineering Magnetorheological Fluid for Optimal Performance in a Variable Compression Damper
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Jonathan Ko Park  Ashwini Avadahni Palo Alto High School Choose the Correct Products! Smart Speaking Glasses App to Find Food and Drug Allergens for Seniors
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Ada Isabelle Peschanskiy  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Reducing Radio Frequency Exposure to Mobile Phone Users by Disabling WiFi, Mobile Data and Bluetooth During Phone Calls
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Kami Elise Richardson  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Coral Collapse: Investigating and Reducing Environmental Stress Factors in LPS Corals with Delayed Release Substrate
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Rushil  Saha  Joe Kim Monta Vista High School A Novel Approach to Image Registration with Fourier Transforms for Improved Accuracy and Efficiency
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Luis Jesus Alcaraz  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Role of Grain Size in Arch & Pillar Strength
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Aayush  Bhat  Ted McLeod Cupertino High School OmniVision: A wearable device to aid the visually impaired using echolocation.
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Ojas  Mor  Ted McLeod Cupertino High School OmniVision: A wearable device to aid the visually impaired using echolocation.
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Jose Aldhair Talon  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Role of Grain Size in Arch & Pillar Strength
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award  Rehaan  Ahmad  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Forecasting Vegetation Health Maps of Sub-Saharan Africa Using an Innovative Long Short Term Memory Based Algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award  Brian  Yang  Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Forecasting Vegetation Health Maps of Sub-Saharan Africa Using an Innovative Long Short Term Memory Based Algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $100, IBM Award  Katherine Ann Nasif  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Development of an Electro-activated Dynamic-Resisting Polyaniline Sensor for use in Electronics Prototyping Applications
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Place Award - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Jennifer  Chacon-Duran  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Place Award - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Bianca Isabel Poblano  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Luis Jesus Alcaraz  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Role of Grain Size in Arch & Pillar Strength
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Jose Aldhair Talon  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Role of Grain Size in Arch & Pillar Strength
Physical Science and Engineering 11 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Jennifer  Chacon-Duran  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
Physical Science and Engineering 11 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Bianca Isabel Poblano  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
Physical Science and Engineering 11 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Vittal  Thirumalai  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
Physical Science and Engineering 11 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Aayush  Bhat  Ted McLeod Cupertino High School OmniVision: A wearable device to aid the visually impaired using echolocation.
Physical Science and Engineering 11 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Anusha  Ghosh  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Detection and Translation of American Sign Language through Deep Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 11 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Lakshay  Maharana  Bradley Fulk Lynbrook High School A novel machine learning algorithm to detect an arrhythmia using electrocardiogram images and data
Physical Science and Engineering 11 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Ojas  Mor  Ted McLeod Cupertino High School OmniVision: A wearable device to aid the visually impaired using echolocation.
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  Isabel W Sperandio  Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: Designing an Efficient and Portable Wave Energy Converter Prototype
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  Kami Elise Richardson  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Coral Collapse: Investigating and Reducing Environmental Stress Factors in LPS Corals with Delayed Release Substrate
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation  Ashley  Dang  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Removing Heavy Metals and Pathogens from Water Using Biosand Filters Containing Plant Biomass
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation  Neha  Mannem  Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation  Kami Elise Richardson  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Coral Collapse: Investigating and Reducing Environmental Stress Factors in LPS Corals with Delayed Release Substrate
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation  Charu  Vijay  Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Ashley  Dang  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Removing Heavy Metals and Pathogens from Water Using Biosand Filters Containing Plant Biomass
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Neha  Mannem  Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Shannon Brigette Miranda  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School An Environmentally Friendly Wetland Nitrate Filtration Method with Reduced Global Warming Gases
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Timothy long Nguyen  Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School Marine Autonomous Litter Collector (M.A.L.C.)
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Jyotaaver Singh Nirula  Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School Marine Autonomous Litter Collector (M.A.L.C.)
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Karthyayani  Sajeev  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School What is the effect of various nitrate concentrations on freshwater hydrophyte development?
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Vittal  Thirumalai  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Charu  Vijay  Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta  Raj S. Palleti  Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School What Dimensional Isomorphisms Extend the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta  Suhas  Prasad  Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School What Dimensional Isomorphisms Extend the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society  Isabel W Sperandio  Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: Designing an Efficient and Portable Wave Energy Converter Prototype
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association  Aryia  Dattamajumdar  Anita Wu Fremont High School An early warning AI-powered portable system to reduce workload and inspect environmental damage after natural disasters
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association  Eddie Jinghua Wang  Sefika Gul Eris Palo Alto High School Smart Irrigation Systems
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Exceptional Merit, Framed Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Jason Jin Chen  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Optimizing Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Invasive Undaria Pinnatifida to Create Bioethanol
Physical Science and Engineering 11 First Place, $150 Wireless Communications Alliance Award, Wireless Communications Alliance  Isabel W Sperandio  Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: Designing an Efficient and Portable Wave Energy Converter Prototype
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  Aryia  Dattamajumdar  Anita Wu Fremont High School An early warning AI-powered portable system to reduce workload and inspect environmental damage after natural disasters
Physical Science and Engineering 11 High School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)  Jonathan Ko Park  Ashwini Avadahni Palo Alto High School Choose the Correct Products! Smart Speaking Glasses App to Find Food and Drug Allergens for Seniors
Physical Science and Engineering 11 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Raghav  Ganesh  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Developing a novel, accurate, and rapid machine learning based skin disease classification algorithm
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award  Tejas  Narayanan  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award  Ashish Prakash Rao  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award  Bidipta  Sarkar  Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Most Promising Young Scientist (Female), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 9-12), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Isabel W Sperandio  Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: Designing an Efficient and Portable Wave Energy Converter Prototype
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Most Promising Young Scientist (Male), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 9-12), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Ansel Robert Austin  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Clean Water For All: a Novel Filtration and Maintenance Mechanism for Improving India Mark II Water Pump Performance
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Packet with over-the-shoulder sling pack, dog tag USB flash memory drive, USB car charger, power bank charger and certificate in folder, United States Air Force  Katherine Ann Nasif  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Development of an Electro-activated Dynamic-Resisting Polyaniline Sensor for use in Electronics Prototyping Applications
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department  Srinivas  Balagopal  Monica Ventrice Pinewood High School (7-12) Bio-wall:Retooling walls into Carbon and VOC sinks
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  Nikitha Venkatesh Kalahasti  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School The effect of plant recolonisation on soil properties post fire exposure during drought stress
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  Nitish  Reuben  Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
Physical Science and Engineering 12 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  Emilio  Cantu-Cervini  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Mars Likes it Hot: The Effect of Dust Storms and Temperature on the Clay Bicarbonate Reaction
Physical Science and Engineering 12 $500 to the winning student or team in high school Physical Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Visala R Tallavarjula  David Iverson Wilcox High School Water Use Optimization for Irrigation in Desert Sand Using Percolation Control Layer
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District  Abida  Diep  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
Physical Science and Engineering 12 High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Visala R Tallavarjula  David Iverson Wilcox High School Water Use Optimization for Irrigation in Desert Sand Using Percolation Control Layer
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Pranav Dinesh Atreya  Stella Demetriou Cupertino High School Determining Expressions for Parameter Derivatives of an object with unknown Parameterization
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Sophia Ayame Fujieda Barwegen  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The Effect of Light Pollution on Sky Brightness and the Calvin Cycle of Wildflowers in Yosemite National Park
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Abida  Diep  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Nitish  Reuben  Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Emilio  Cantu-Cervini  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Mars Likes it Hot: The Effect of Dust Storms and Temperature on the Clay Bicarbonate Reaction
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Philip  Kabranov  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Accretion Analysis through Profile Decomposition of T-Tauri Stellar Spectra using Non-linear Least Square Minimization
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Visala R Tallavarjula  David Iverson Wilcox High School Water Use Optimization for Irrigation in Desert Sand Using Percolation Control Layer
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Justin Nicholas Quan  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Network of Checkpoints and RFID-Equipped Apparel for Campus Security and Nonintrusive Tracking in Schools
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Romella Katherine Sagatelian  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Synthesis of Pyrazolopyridine Derivatives as Potential NADPH Oxidase 5 (NOX5) Inhibitors
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Nithya Sri Attaluri  Ted McLeod Cupertino High School Using Deep Learning for Classification/Segmentation and Contrast Agent Development for Multimodal Brain Tumor MR Images
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Minh T Phan  Carole Ng Santa Teresa High School Shutter-Gutter
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Anjali  Sinha  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Fighting Flames: Heat-Activated Dispenser for Fire Retardant
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Samantha  Yang  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Fighting Flames: Heat-Activated Dispenser for Fire Retardant
Physical Science and Engineering 12 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award  Visala R Tallavarjula  David Iverson Wilcox High School Water Use Optimization for Irrigation in Desert Sand Using Percolation Control Layer
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Place Award - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Milagros (Millie)  Sotelo  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
Physical Science and Engineering 12 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Milagros (Millie)  Sotelo  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
Physical Science and Engineering 12 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch  Abida  Diep  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
Physical Science and Engineering 12 A certificate, chance to apply to the Genius Olympiad, NY, Genius Olympiad-State University of New York, Oswego  Sophia Ayame Fujieda Barwegen  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The Effect of Light Pollution on Sky Brightness and the Calvin Cycle of Wildflowers in Yosemite National Park
Physical Science and Engineering 12 ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award  Nithya Sri Attaluri  Ted McLeod Cupertino High School Using Deep Learning for Classification/Segmentation and Contrast Agent Development for Multimodal Brain Tumor MR Images
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Abida  Diep  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta  Pranav Dinesh Atreya  Stella Demetriou Cupertino High School Determining Expressions for Parameter Derivatives of an object with unknown Parameterization
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter  Sophia Ayame Fujieda Barwegen  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The Effect of Light Pollution on Sky Brightness and the Calvin Cycle of Wildflowers in Yosemite National Park
Physical Science and Engineering 12 HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps  Visala R Tallavarjula  David Iverson Wilcox High School Water Use Optimization for Irrigation in Desert Sand Using Percolation Control Layer
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Packet with over-the-shoulder sling pack, dog tag USB flash memory drive, USB car charger, power bank charger and certificate in folder, United States Air Force  Duc Huynh Huu Tran  Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Bandage Made from Brassica oleracea Used to Monitor Wound pH Levels
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Adarsh Sairam Ambati  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School An In-Field Diagnostic to Detect a Chytrid Fungal Amphibian Pathogen Using Ribosome Display and Lateral Flow Assays
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 $100, Morgan Lewis  Josh  Sanyal  Jessica Wakefield Homestead High School Fully Automated Image Analysis Pipeline for Assessing the Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer in Multiparametric MRI Scans
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Khushi  Parikh  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School The Effect of Virtual Reality Application on the Pain Perception of Patients Undergoing Allergy Testing and Treatment
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Anushka  Sanyal  Sonia Cuellar (mentor) Schmahl Science Workshop Exploring the role of G-protein Signaling Pathway interactions with nAChR alpha-7 in D. melanogaster Alzheimer's models
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Michael Chen Eng  Mike Pistacchi Harker School-Upper Campus Role of Host Cell Receptors in the Uptake of the Fungus Candida Albicans
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Josh  Sanyal  Jessica Wakefield Homestead High School Fully Automated Image Analysis Pipeline for Assessing the Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer in Multiparametric MRI Scans
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Place $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch  Ruchika Sunil Dixit  Amy Devitt (mentor) Schmahl Science Workshop Comparing the Effects of Renilla to Firefly Luciferase When Genetically Inserted Into the Drosophila Melanogaster Genome
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association  Jason Chen Lin  Mike Pistacchi Harker School-Upper Campus The Role of Relational Reasoning in College Student Learning
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  Cynthia  Chen  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Decoding Neural Networks: Novel Computational Methods to Discover Anti-Tumor B-Cell Receptor Binding Motifs
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  Allison Sihan Jia  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Modeling Neurodegeneration in vitro: A Dynamic Study of Tau in a Microfluidic Chamber System Via Quantum Dot Labeling
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Cynthia  Chen  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Decoding Neural Networks: Novel Computational Methods to Discover Anti-Tumor B-Cell Receptor Binding Motifs
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Allison Sihan Jia  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Modeling Neurodegeneration in vitro: A Dynamic Study of Tau in a Microfluidic Chamber System Via Quantum Dot Labeling
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Triya  Roy  Inez Yuwanita (mentor) Schmahl Science Workshop The Effect of a High-Sugar Diet on Drosophila melanogaster
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Rohit Venkatasai Tanikella  Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School Diagnosing Mental Disorders in 9-10 year olds using MRI scans and Deep Learning
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Mallika Kumud Parulekar  Jena Lee Gunn (Henry M.) High School A Fast, Unsupervised Learning Method to Identify Novel and Diverse Signals in High-Throughput Genetic Data
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Shreya  Sinha  Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) Analyzing the Role of Chromothripsis in Cancer via Telomere Modification
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Christina E Wong  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Visualizing Tumor Heterogeneity and Predicting Metastasis with Machine Learning
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Anuva  Banwasi  Ashwini Avadahni Palo Alto High School Biomarker identification in the adipogenic pathway of tumor cells - a metabolomics approach
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Aditya  Behal  Debjani Roy Bellarmine College Preparatory Novel Drug Development To Inhibit Nipah Virus Glycoprotein G Binding to Human Ephrin-B2 and Ephrin-B3 Receptors
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Chaelee  Park  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Role of morphine in the microglial TLR4-mediated inflammatory response to ischemia
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Rashi  Ranjan  Mark Kent Leland High School Examining the Mdivi-1-Induced Fusion-Independent Mechanism of a-KG Inhibition in Lung Cancer Cells
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Shruti  Sridhar  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Investigating Genetic Mechanisms of the Tumor Endothelium Using scRNA-Seq Analytics & Developmental Trajectory Mapping
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Rushil  Srivastava  Scott Lubbs Evergreen Valley High School Standardizing and Optimizing Skin Allergy Testing using Computer Vision
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Keshav  Gurushankar  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Investigating the Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Myofiber Type Under Microgravity Conditions
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Ria Umesh Nawathe  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Investigating the Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Myofiber Type Under Microgravity Conditions
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Tanaya Umesh Nawathe  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Investigating the Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Myofiber Type Under Microgravity Conditions
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology  Allison Sihan Jia  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Modeling Neurodegeneration in vitro: A Dynamic Study of Tau in a Microfluidic Chamber System Via Quantum Dot Labeling
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology  Rashi  Ranjan  Mark Kent Leland High School Examining the Mdivi-1-Induced Fusion-Independent Mechanism of a-KG Inhibition in Lung Cancer Cells
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter  Shruti  Sridhar  Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Investigating Genetic Mechanisms of the Tumor Endothelium Using scRNA-Seq Analytics & Developmental Trajectory Mapping
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter  Van-Khanh  Tran  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School The Effect of Glia on Neural Excitability
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  Charles Jialiang Huang  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Characterization of NADPH Binding Patterns for the Rational Design of a Photoactivatable NADPH Analog
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  Ruhi  Sayana  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Precision Care for Cancer: Discovery of Novel Therapeutics for High-Risk ALL via Epigenetic and Computational Profiling
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 $100, Morgan Lewis  Ruhi  Sayana  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Precision Care for Cancer: Discovery of Novel Therapeutics for High-Risk ALL via Epigenetic and Computational Profiling
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Charles Jialiang Huang  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Characterization of NADPH Binding Patterns for the Rational Design of a Photoactivatable NADPH Analog
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Vivek Vijay Kamarshi  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Cellular Pathways for Increasing Fusion and Decreasing Replication of Varicella Zoster Virus
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Ruhi  Sayana  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Precision Care for Cancer: Discovery of Novel Therapeutics for High-Risk ALL via Epigenetic and Computational Profiling
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Katherine Feifei Zhang  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus Multiple Disease Prediction with Machine Learning on Large Microbiome Metagenomic Datasets
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Jason  Dong  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Grape skin extract improves muscle function / lifespan of a Drosophila model of Parkinson's through mitophagy
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter  Aishwarya  Atmakuri  Kathleen Loia Lynbrook High School Effect of vitamin D3 on ER stress in multiple myeloma and cervical cancer to augment chemotherapy
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam  Ronald Nicoletti Archbishop Mitty High School The Search for a Better Synapse for Neurocomputing: A KMC Study of Defect-Modulated Non-Filamentary RRAMS Under Pulsing
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Eshani  Jha  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School The Effect of Mineral Doping on Enhancement of Contaminant Uptake by Biochar
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Arya  Maheshwari  Barbara Schremp Branham High School Automated Classification of a Mysterious Population of "Weak CN" Stars in the Andromeda Galaxy
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Akash  Dasgupta  Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School Low-temperature Methods for Creating Stable, Optimal Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and Perovskite Solar Cells
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Anika  Fuloria  Mike Pistacchi Harker School-Upper Campus Vibrotactile Rendering of Virtual Sculptures Using Wave Voxel Synthesis
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Betsy  Tian  Thomas Artiss Harker School-Upper Campus The Location of Fe II Emission in AGNs and the Response of Fe II Emission to Changes in the Continuum
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100, IBM Award  Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam  Ronald Nicoletti Archbishop Mitty High School The Search for a Better Synapse for Neurocomputing: A KMC Study of Defect-Modulated Non-Filamentary RRAMS Under Pulsing
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 A certificate, chance to apply to the Genius Olympiad, NY, Genius Olympiad-State University of New York, Oswego  Eshani  Jha  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School The Effect of Mineral Doping on Enhancement of Contaminant Uptake by Biochar
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  Nikita Nitin Salunke  David Walz Evergreen Valley High School Effect of Epitaxial Compression on Structural & Electrical Transport Properties of 3D Topological Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2
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  Aditi  Ghalsasi  Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 $100, Morgan Lewis  Aditi  Ghalsasi  Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 3rd Place Award - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS  Aditi  Ghalsasi  Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Nikita Nitin Salunke  David Walz Evergreen Valley High School Effect of Epitaxial Compression on Structural & Electrical Transport Properties of 3D Topological Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Aditi  Ghalsasi  Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Justin  Cai  Katie Collins Monta Vista High School The Effects of Burrowing Animals and Mass Extinctions on Marine Ecosystems Through Earth History
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Iris Xinran Xia  Katie Collins Monta Vista High School The Effects of Burrowing Animals and Mass Extinctions on Marine Ecosystems Through Earth History
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Maya  Abiram  Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Can random walks on retinal connectome structure differentiate amacrine cell functionality in the retina
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Gautham  Raghupathi  Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School Tracking Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Stem Cells via Segmentation with Deep 4D Convolutional Neural Networks
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st place HS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Nikita Nitin Salunke  David Walz Evergreen Valley High School Effect of Epitaxial Compression on Structural & Electrical Transport Properties of 3D Topological Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Nikita Nitin Salunke  David Walz Evergreen Valley High School Effect of Epitaxial Compression on Structural & Electrical Transport Properties of 3D Topological Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Aditi  Ghalsasi  Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Aditi  Ghalsasi  Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Kavish  Trivedi  David Taylor Lynbrook High School Deposition and Characterization of Ultra Thin Zinc Oxide Films
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Kavish  Trivedi  David Taylor Lynbrook High School Deposition and Characterization of Ultra Thin Zinc Oxide Films
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  Sahil  Jain  Anita Chetty Harker School-Upper Campus Binary Classification for Entity Linking Disambiguation with TFIDF Vectorization and SVM Linear Models
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 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 Ultrasound-activated Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Brain
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 $1500 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis  Ananya  Karthik  Chihiro Ikezi Saint Francis High School Ultrasound-activated Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Brain
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize  Jocelin  Su  Rebecca Taylor Evergreen Valley High School Computionally Efficient Measures of Neuron Importance in Deep Neural Networks
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Ananya  Karthik  Chihiro Ikezi Saint Francis High School Ultrasound-activated Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Brain
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Ishani Pravin Narwankar  Kate Slevin Archbishop Mitty High School Engineering an Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle for Use in Search and Rescue Missions Post Natural Disasters
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Alexandra Chase Masegian  Barbara Schremp Branham High School Automated Classification of a Mysterious Population of "Weak CN" Stars in the Andromeda Galaxy
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Stanley  Wang  Jeremy Dybdahl Lynbrook High School Connectedness of the Moduli Space of Genus 1 Planar Tropical Curves
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Ananya  Karthik  Chihiro Ikezi Saint Francis High School Ultrasound-activated Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Brain
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Phillip  Chau  David Taylor Lynbrook High School Deposition and Characterization of Ultra Thin Zinc Oxide Films
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta  Shiva  Balachander  George Sousa Valley Christian High School Analysis of Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network Structures on the Accuracy of Stock Price Predictions
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta  Stanley  Wang  Jeremy Dybdahl Lynbrook High School Connectedness of the Moduli Space of Genus 1 Planar Tropical Curves
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Phillip  Chau  David Taylor Lynbrook High School Deposition and Characterization of Ultra Thin Zinc Oxide Films