Valley Christian High School

Project Awards 2019

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School	Teacher		Student		Award	Title	Gr
Valley Christian High School	George	Sousa	Ansel Robert	Austin	$100, Morgan Lewis	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, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					Most Promising Young Scientist (Male), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 9-12), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"
			Shiva	Balachander	Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta	Analysis of Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network Structures on the Accuracy of Stock Price Predictions (RRI Physical Science and Engineering)	12
			Abida	Diep	2nd Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District	Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean (Physical Science and Engineering)	12
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch
					Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize
			Vittal	Thirumalai	2nd Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District	Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean (Physical Science and Engineering)	11
					1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category
					3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch
					Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize
	Scott	VanderVeen	Ethan Ramirez	Kim	Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category	The Effects Of Vitamins A,B and D on colon cancer cell line LoVo (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Raymond	Kuan	1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Effects of phycocyanin in spirulina platensis on planarian tumor growth (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Wesley B	Liao	Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology	Comparison of Beta Amyloid Production by BACE1 and BACE2 Enzymes (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Supriya Alyssa	Mula	2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	The Effects of TNF-beta on Harmful A1 Astrocyte Differentiation in Glial Scars (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Katelyn	Stone	Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology	Comparison of Beta Amyloid Production by BACE1 and BACE2 Enzymes (Biological Science and Engineering)	11
			Derek	Tan	1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category	Effects of phycocyanin in spirulina platensis on planarian tumor growth (Biological Science and Engineering)	11