Private
Project Awards 2021
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Mitty High School | Thuy-Anh | Nguyen | Joy | Barsoum | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Repurposing "Lay's-ee" wrappers: Using Non-Recyclable Food Packaging Material to Create High Quality Capacitive Styluses (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Maria | Grothe | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | I Spy a Bionic Eye!: Engineering of a Bionic Eye Prototype That Uses Action Potentials to Convey Retinotopy on a Model of the Primary Visual Cortex (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Rahil | Kapadia | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Detecting Distracted Students (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Riley | Kong | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | An AI-Based Global News Service using Cross-lingual Text Summarization and Translation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Arnav | Mishra | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Meet Mom's Copilot: A security net, guiding parents to filter out age-inappropriate online content using ML, LSTM, & NLP (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Khushi | Parikh | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Determining the Cross-Reactivity of Allergenic Proteins using Biophysical Comparison Methods (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Angelina | Pham | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | I Spy a Bionic Eye!: Engineering of a Bionic Eye Prototype That Uses Action Potentials to Convey Retinotopy on a Model of the Primary Visual Cortex (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Sritej | Ponna | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | What is the Best Face Mask Material to Reduce Spread of Transmissible Diseases? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Yash | Tipirneni | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Selectively Targeting Leukemia Cells via Ultrasonic Resonant Frequencies (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School | Kevyn | Adams | Aadrit Nandan | Talukdar | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Smart and Reusable Packaging Solution for Online Order Shipments (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Anna | Beck | Isita Nandana | Talukdar | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Predicting Global Food Shortages Based on Climate and Socioeconomic Factors Utilizing Machine Learning Models (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Serena | Yeh | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Design and Modification of an Innovative Loofah Sponge Device for the Removal of Aquatic Microplastics (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Rene | Flood | Rishi | Sinha | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Detecting Emotion From Speech With Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Sunita | Gehlot | Sanskriti | Singh | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | A Novel Mask R-CNN Model to Segment Heterogeneous Brain Tumors through Image Subtraction (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Honorable Mention, Certificate Only, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | |||||||
| Anuradha | Murthy | Vaibhav | Gurunathan | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Developing computational models using amyloid-beta torsion angles to predict residues that cause Alzheimer's disease. (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Veda | Kamaraju | HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and business card to complete award ($50 gift card) and letter of congratulations, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Healthcare Supply Chain Automation: an Integrated Deep Learning Platform to Optimize and Forecast Surgical Supply Demand (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Priyanka | Patel | 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Meta-Analysis on Intranasal Oxytocin Treatment to Improve Social Emotional Responsiveness in Autistic Individuals (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Bellarmine College Preparatory | Chris | Cozort | Joseph Philip | Thomas | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Machine Learning Algorithm for Lossy Compression of Time Series Data: A COVID-19 Case Study (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Debjani | Roy | Aadit | Trivedi | Honorable Mention, Certificate Only, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | SignalNet: A Wireless Traffic Light-Centered Network for Autonomous Vehicles That Optimizes Traffic Flow (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Canyon Heights Academy | Jiwon | Kim | Ethan Anthony | Chacko | 3rd place - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Hurricane Home Design (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Victor Nolan | Swinkels -Ryan | 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | Wobbly Thickening (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Veronica Yin-Hei | Wong | 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | DIY Heat Packs (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Challenger - Berryessa - SJ | Samantha | Carlisle | Swara Ruchirkumar | Shah | $100 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society | Wonderful Wood: What is the effect of sapwood on the purity of water? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Ilesh Veliah | Sundar | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Radiation Station:What is the Effect of Material Type on the Amount of Particulate and Electromagnetic Radiation Blocked (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Most Promising Young Scientist (Male), $250 and Certificate (GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| Sowmya | Sundar | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Reusing greywater - Using natural filter materials to remove contaminants in greywater (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| GR 6-8: Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | |||||||
| Challenger - Shawnee - SJ | Bonny | Basu | Sneha | Arun | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Resounding Sound (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Shreesh | Basu | 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | Effect of Dish Soap on the Strength of Kinetic Sand (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Vivan H. | Doshi | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Detect Distracted Driver Through Facial Recognition CNN Machine Learning and Override to AI AutoPilot Full Self Driving (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 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 | |||||||
| Jaiveer Singh | Gill | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Improving the efficiency of Gratzel cells by using various naturally occuring anthocyanin dyes at differing pH levels (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| Vaibhav | Rau | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A User-Friendly Personal Carbon Footprint Tracker (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ | Kameswari | Rayaprolu | Sudhanva Sathyabodha | Belur | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Application of Pectin in Homemade Organic Hydrogels using Bio-waste to help Drought Mitigation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion and letter of congratulations, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Ishana | Manikandan | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Determining the Efficiency of Ferrofluid in Removing Oil Spills from Still and Moving Water (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Yash | Sharma | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Improving Wind Turbine Output (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Nolan Hyunjae | Woo | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | What is the Effect of the Size of the Piezoelectric Generator and the Amount of Weight Dropped on the Voltage Produced? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto | Diane | Rusu | Yuqin | Ma | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | The Finest Fluoride: The Effect of Different Fluoride Compounds on Reducing Acid Erosion on Calcium Carbonate (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School | Liat | Baranoff | Eli Paz | Kozodoy | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Testing mask's effectiveness at home (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Dalia Miri | Saal | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Reducing Food Waste - Can antioxidant coatings protect our produce? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Eli | Sobel | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Get out and Vote! (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Laura | Coughlin | Ori | Gillai | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Tent Based Smoke Protection for the Homeless (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Isaac Reed | Zucker | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Tent Based Smoke Protection for the Homeless (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Zalman Wolf | Zucker | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Distance Detecting Bike Safety Device (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Granada Islamic School | Hajira | Abbasi | Usman | Khan | Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Smart Environmental Monitoring: The invisible properties of what we inhale. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Farhana | Afroz | Aman Ihsan | Bose | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | A Dynamic Braille Display (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Zeba | Haq | Mouaaz Mohamed Abdelmohsen | Aly | 2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | Storm Inlets: Do They Really Keep The Ocean Trash Free? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |
| Tarek | Aref | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Effect of Food Colors on Brine Shrimp Mortality (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Maryam | Hashmi | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | What is the effect of heat, ash, and smoke on the rate of photosynthesis of a Hornwort plant? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Zaara Fathima | Mohamed | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Save The Oceans! Can Nanotechnology and Magnetisim Help Clean Ocean Oil Spills (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Harker School-Middle Campus | Tina | Kim | Anandita | Arun | $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Fighting AI With AI: Identifying Key Features for Detecting Deepfakes (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Saanvi | Bhargava | $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | Fighting AI With AI: Identifying Key Features for Detecting Deepfakes (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Satvika Iyengar | Gautham | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the Effect of Non-Toxic Dish Soaps on the Growth of Plants? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Neil | Krishnan | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Activated Carbon Air Filter and AC (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Kashish | Priyam | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | What is the effect of different blended fruits on Chrysanthemum Morifolium's conversion rate of CO2? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sidak Kaur | Sanghari | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the Effect of Non-Toxic Dish Soaps on the Growth of Plants? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Aarush | Vailaya | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Activated Carbon Air Filter and AC (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sophia | Zhu | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | What is the effect of different blended fruits on Chrysanthemum Morifolium's conversion rate of CO2? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Kristen | Morgensen | Daniel M. | Chen | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Blind Man's Best Friend (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Felix | Chen | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Automated Nutrient Dispersal for Hydroponic Farming (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Andy | Chung | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Automated Nutrient Dispersal for Hydroponic Farming (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Hima | Thota | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Detecting Nutrient Deficiencies and Optimizing Plant Health Using Machine Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $50 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society | |||||||
| Jonathan | Wang | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Blind Man's Best Friend (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Alison | Yang | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | The effects varying sources of acetic acid have on the rate of yeast fermentation (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Melody | Yin | Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Developing a Novel Hybrid Method to Diagnose and Predict Sports Related Concussions (SRC) with Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | |||||||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $250 Dollar Gift Certificate, RaspberryPi Foundation Personal Computer Kit, Broadcom Coding with Commitment Award | |||||||
| Kathy | Peng | Nikhil | Chadha | Middle School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | The Impossible Peanut: A Hypo Allergenic Peanut Alternative (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Audrey | Cheng | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | The Effects of Decellularization on Organ Longevity (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jia Jia | Jiang | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Novel Applications of Origami-Inspired Structures in Transformable Photonics Devices (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Lindsey | Tuckey | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | The Effects of Decellularization on Organ Longevity (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Sahil | Varma | Middle School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) | The Impossible Peanut: A Hypo Allergenic Peanut Alternative (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Sonia | Yu | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Novel Applications of Origami-Inspired Structures in Transformable Photonics Devices (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | |||||||
| Harker School-Upper Campus | Miriam | Allersma | Tiffany | Chang | Honorable Mention: Patch and Certificate, SETI Institute | Optimizing the Detection of Signals From Very High Energy Gamma Ray Bursts (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Martin | Baynes | Dawson | Chen | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | The Intelligent Robotic Irrigation System -- I.R.I.S. -- for Urban Grass Environments (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Mark | Brada | Sasvath M. | Ramachandran | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Spectral and Efficiency Analysis of Solar Cells through Polluted Air (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Most Promising Young Scientist (Male), $300 and Certificate (GR 9-12), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| Nicole | Tian | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Globular Clusters of Virgo Cluster Dwarf Galaxies (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Anita | Chetty | Stephen | Xia | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist - $500 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | First-Principles Simulation of 2D Nanomaterial Boron Carbide as a Biosensor for COVID-19 Testing (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| Anu | Datar | Sathvik | Chundru | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Signum: A real-time two-way communication application between sign language users and non-users using CNNs (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 | |||||||
| Amrita | Pasupathy | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Analysis of miRNA in Ovarian Cancer to Identify Potential Biomarkers and Predict Platinum Resistance (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Ashley | Ruan | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Analysis of miRNA in Ovarian Cancer to Identify Potential Biomarkers and Predict Platinum Resistance (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Ella Lindsey | Yee | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist - $500 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Novel Stage Optimized Image Processing to Improve Deep Learning Driven Diagnosis of Early Stage Diabetic Retinopathy (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Certificate and $100 check, and Compete for $1000 Outstanding Young Scientist Award, California Association of Professional Scientists (CAPS) | |||||||
| Andrew | Irvine | Gordon | Chen | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Performing Directed Evolution in silico to Develop a Novel Inhibitor for SARS-CoV-2 (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Eric | Nelson | Harsh | Deep | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Deciphering Transcriptome-wide Off-targets from CRISPR-guided Base-editors Using Convolutional Neural Networks (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Alex | Hu | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Discovery of Earth Size Exoplanets in Kepler Data Using a Novel GPU Fast Folding Method and a Deep Learning Model (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Honorable Mention: Patch and Certificate, SETI Institute | |||||||
| Ella Selina | Lan | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | A Novel Deep ML Architecture by Integrating Visual SLAM into Mask R-CNN for Realtime Surgery Video Analysis Utilizing AR (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $100 for Individual projects, IBM Award | |||||||
| ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | |||||||
| Krish | Maniar | Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | MeniSight: A Machine Learning Progressive Web App for Individualized Prognosis and Early-Detection for Meningioma Tumors (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | |||||||
| Johnathan Y | Mo | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Machine Learning Approach to Diagnosing Skin Condition in Diverse Skin Types (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Rishab Xinrui | Parthasarathy | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Prediction of Oncogenic Mutation Progression for Targeted Therapy using a Novel Combination of RNNs and Pathway Analysis (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Grant Sheridan | Sims | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Machine Learning Approach to Diagnosing Skin Condition in Diverse Skin Types (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Kevin | Wang | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Discovery of Earth Size Exoplanets in Kepler Data Using a Novel GPU Fast Folding Method and a Deep Learning Model (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Honorable Mention: Patch and Certificate, SETI Institute | |||||||
| Alina | Yuan | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Discovery of Earth Size Exoplanets in Kepler Data Using a Novel GPU Fast Folding Method and a Deep Learning Model (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Honorable Mention: Patch and Certificate, SETI Institute | |||||||
| Robert Yida | Zhang | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Machine Learning Approach to Diagnosing Skin Condition in Diverse Skin Types (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Sabrina | Zhu | Honorable Mention, Certificate Only, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Hybrid Model: A Highly Accurate Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease Severity by Combining MRI Brain Scans and Assessment Scores (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Mike | Pistacchi | Manasa Hari | Bhimaraju | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Atmosome: A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding the Personal Atmospheric Exposome (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Most Promising Young Scientist (Female), $300 and Certificate (GR 9-12), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| Shounak | Ghosh | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Developing a Robust EKG Classifier Resistant to Adversarial Attacks (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Vienna | Parnell | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Design and Implementation of Origami-Inspired Biomedical Microrobots Through Computer Visualization and 3D Modeling (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Kate | Schafer | Sriram Venugopal | Bhimaraju | Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF) - $250 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | SAAGARA: A 2-pronged solution to protect coral reefs with a sunscreen analysis app & ocean-safe chemical-adsorbing beads (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Chris | Spenner | Rohan Tan | Bhowmik | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Novel Spatio-Temporal Artificial Intelligence Network for Respiratory Disease Exacerbation Prediction and Telelehealth (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and business card to complete award ($50 gift card) and letter of congratulations, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Brian | Chen | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Unearthing Deep Earthquakes: A Novel Visualization Method to Detect Mantle Earthquakes Using the Sn/Lg Theory (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 2nd Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | |||||||
| Alisa | Grebin | $50 High School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society | Can Mulch be Effective Against Stopping the Spread of Wildfires and Prevent the Growth of Additional Flammable Material? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Prakrit | Jain | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | An Automated, Algorithmic Approach to Wildlife Range Mapping (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Alexa | Lowe | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | An MFCC Spectrogram-based Convolutional Neural Network for Urban Environmental Sound Classification (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| GR 9-12: Honorable Mention, Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | |||||||
| Ishaan | Mantripragada | GR 9-12: Honorable Mention, Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award | Energy Efficient Robotic Motion Planning on Deep Learning Hardware (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Sunjum Singh | Sanghari | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Which wavelength of light in a turbidimeter is the most effective at accurately determining the turbidity of a solution? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Saloni | Shah | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Identifying Resilience Mutations in an Alzheimer's Disease Whole-Genome Sequencing Cohort (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Betsy | Tian | First Place: Paperweight, Patch, Certificate and Office Tour, SETI Institute | The Total Energy and Evolution of Jupiter-like Planets (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Nicholas | Wei | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Uncovering the Black Box: Can Mouse Transcriptomic Data Predict Human Cardiomyocyte Types in hiPSC Differentiation? (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Sidra Yang | Xu | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist - $500 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | A Novel Transformation of Genetic Information into Images for Improved Primary Cancer Classification (Biological Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Homeschool - Explora Academy | Aida | Rivera | Elisa | Grothe | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Device to Eliminate Air Bubbles from IV Lines (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Grace | Ji | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | A Practical and Affordable Neonatal Incubator (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Daniela | Urdaneta | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | A Practical and Affordable Neonatal Incubator (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Rebeca | Urdaneta | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | A Device to Eliminate Air Bubbles from IV Lines (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Homeschool - KHS (Cupertino) | Susheel | Kaushik (PSP) | Karun | Kaushik | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | X-Check-MD: An AI-Based Covid-19 Diagnostics and Progression Monitoring Solution using Affordable Modalities like X-Rays (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and business card to complete award ($50 gift card) and letter of congratulations, United States Navy and Marine Corps | |||||||
| Milpitas Christian School (6-8) | Eric | Cho | Atharva | Manjunath | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | Investigating the Inhibitory Effect of Trigonella foenum-graecum on Carbohydrate Digestive Enzymes (Biological Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| First place (tie)- $125 and framed cert, Dave Parker | |||||||
| Notre Dame High School | Chelsey | Beck | Anchal | Bhardwaj | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Comparing rates of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli with preliminary investigation into carbapenem resistance (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| Aksithi | Eswaran | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | Comparing rates of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli with preliminary investigation into carbapenem resistance (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Christine | Koltermann | Snikitha | Banda | Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist - $500 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Style Transfer Augmentation: Cancer Subtype Classification using Genetic Status in Histopathology Images (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Rupali | Batta | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Low Cost Comprehensive Diagnostic Web Application for Parkinson's Disease Using Image and Voice Recognition (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Atreyi Leela | Mukherjee | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | The Viability of Hydroponic Agriculture in Urban Environments Based on Water Quality (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Diya | Pendyala | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | The Effects of the Type of Flour (White, Whole-Wheat, and Gluten-free) on Saccharomyces Cerevisiae (Yeast) Respiration (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Anya | Rocque | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Terrarium Models of the Effects of Wildfire Particulates on the Growth of Blue Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Old Orchard School | Tim | Ainoa | Catherine Beatrix | Dover | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | How does ocean acidification affect the food chain? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Shauryan Shobhit | Kanaujia | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Testing the Effectiveness of Bio Coagulants on Water Purification (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Jaimee | Burch | Andrew | Su | Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch | What is the strongest type of bridge? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Presentation High School | Tracy | Hughes | Arshiya Ishi | Anand | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Reduced Circuit Wiring for a Vehicle's 12 Volt System -- Specifically Lights and A.C. -- by Limiting Signal Wires (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 |
| Niharika | Bozza | Honorable Mention, Certificate Only, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | A Novel Approach Towards the Optimization of Microphone Signal Processing in Cochlear Implants (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Jadelynn Kim | Dao | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Time of Flight for Interfacing: Real Time, Gesture-Based, Human-Computer-Interaction Embedded Device (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Advit | Deepak | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Time of Flight for Interfacing: Real Time, Gesture-Based, Human-Computer-Interaction Embedded Device (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Harshini | Manian | Honorable Mention, Certificate Only, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Using Deep Learning and Geospatial Data for Disaster Relief Management (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Katherine Grace | Mekechuk | Honorable Mention, Certificate Only, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | Using Deep Learning and Geospatial Data for Disaster Relief Management (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Alexandra Virginia | Mull | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Reduced Circuit Wiring for a Vehicle's 12 Volt System -- Specifically Lights and A.C. -- by Limiting Signal Wires (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| Shachi Shikha | Prasad | GR 9-12: Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter | Low Cost Acid Neutralizing Filter for Acid Rain (Physical Science and Engineering) | 12 | |||
| Tanisha | Prasad | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Reseal Your Peel: Creating Packaging Material Using Food Waste (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | |||||||
| Sasha Brooke | Wang | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the Effect of Repeated Trials on the Ability of Prenolepis Imparis Ants to Optimize Food Gathering? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Privately Sponsored Project | Geetika | Bansal | Ryan | Bansal | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | The research and development of an AI solution to reduce crashes at stop-signs (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Daniel Qi | Sun | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | The research and development of an AI solution to reduce crashes at stop-signs (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Rik | Derynck (mentor) | Kingshuk | Daschowdhury | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Simulating the Effects of DNA Glycosylase Repair on Benzo[a]pyrene Induced TP53 Mutations Using a Computer-based Model (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Tevin | Wang | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Simulating the Effects of DNA Glycosylase Repair on Benzo[a]pyrene Induced TP53 Mutations Using a Computer-based Model (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Raymond | Yap | Honorable Mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Simulating the Effects of DNA Glycosylase Repair on Benzo[a]pyrene Induced TP53 Mutations Using a Computer-based Model (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Fang | Fang (PSP) | Claire | Xu | 2nd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Emotion Detector During COVID-19 Pandemic (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |
| Tanu | Garg (PSP) | Disha | Gupta | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | An Algorithm Designed to Determine Eligibility for Genetic Screening of Breast Cancer Leading to Early Identification (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| Tanvi | Sivakumar | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | An Algorithm Designed to Determine Eligibility for Genetic Screening of Breast Cancer Leading to Early Identification (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| Jian | Ge (mentor) | Cindy Jingru | Wang | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Studying the fundamental stellar mass-radius relation in low mass binaries identified in Kepler-MARVELS survey data (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Akira | Hasegawa (PSP) | Dylan Chen | Ong | 2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Predicting Covid-19 From X-Rays With Machine Learning (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Padjama | Khulbe (PSP) | Aarav | Karasi | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Odd Jobs: The design and construction of an app that allows you to find work and hire workers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |
| Dhananjay | Khulbe | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Odd Jobs: The design and construction of an app that allows you to find work and hire workers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Hari | Kosaraju (PSP) | Reshma | Kosaraju | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Determining Role of Ecotropic Viral Integration Site 1 in Anti-Leukemic Drug Resistance Using Gene Expression Analysis (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Varinder | Kumar (PSP) | Aaditya Ryan | Mahajan | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | FireBrigade (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Akshay Ethan | Mahajan | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | FireBrigade (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Zaiyi | Liao (mentor) | Tse Kai | Chan | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Computational Platform to Optimize Irrigation for Maximum Farming Yield using Deep Learning and Dynamic Modeling (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Yu | Liu (mentor) | Angela | Hu | 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Using Machine Learning and Single Cell RNA-sequencing to Elucidate Genetic Determinants of Heart Failure (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Wayne | Liu (PSP) | Nathan Tsai | Liu | Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | A Scientific Method to Demystify the Lightning Caused 2020 August Complex Fire & EVT Theorem to Predict the Extreme Event (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Qing | Lu (PSP) | Heidi | Lu | Honorable Mention, Certificate Only, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | New Methodology To Accelerate Reinforcement Learning For Autonomous Driving Through Imitation Learning & Human Driving (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Olivia | Xu | Honorable Mention, Certificate Only, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | New Methodology To Accelerate Reinforcement Learning For Autonomous Driving Through Imitation Learning & Human Driving (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Saitanuja | Madhavapeddi (PSP) | Anish Sriram | Bhethanabotla | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade | Advent - A comprehensive low cost automatic ventilator and vital signs monitor (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Jeru | Manuel (mentor) | Sareena | Garg | 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | Role of hMLH1 gene in colorectal carcinoma (CRC). (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Lei | Ming (PSP) | Nathan Xuyan | Ming | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Effect of Different Commercially Viable Sources of Sugar on the CO2 Production of Yeast Fermentation in the Production o (Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Rachna | Pandey (PSP) | Viraj | Pandey | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | Investigating the Photoluminescence Signature of Graphene Quantum Dots in the Conservation of Endangered Species (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| First place (tie)- $125 and framed cert, Dave Parker | |||||||
| Anoop | Singh (PSP) | Arnav | Saharan | ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | CVI Assist Technology: A device that aids the visually impaired social distance during COVID-19 (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 | |
| Atul | Singh (PSP) | Kaushal | Amancherla | 2nd Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Machine Learning Model To Detect Diabetic Retinopathy In Eye Images (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| Nisha | Talagala (PSP) | Danika Anne | Gupta | Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion and letter of congratulations, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Early Detection of Alzheimers Via Machine Learning with Multi-Modal Data (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Shida | Tan (PSP) | Ava Tan | Bhowmik | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Developing a Home-Built Metrology to Analyze Oral Fluid Droplets and Aerosol and Evaluate the Efficacy of Mask Materials (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $50 to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award | |||||||
| Most Promising Young Scientist (Female), $250 and Certificate (GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| Jinlin | Wang (PSP) | Brenna | Ren | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Identifying Different Types of Lesions in CT Scan Images Using Deep Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Kallie | Wang | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Identifying Different Types of Lesions in CT Scan Images Using Deep Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Hong | Wei (PSP) | Sofia | Shah | 3rd Place $75 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Predicting and Modeling a Dog's Behavior Based on Data from the Perspective of the Dog (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Tiffany | Zhu | 3rd Place $75 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch | Predicting and Modeling a Dog's Behavior Based on Data from the Perspective of the Dog (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Brandon | Wilson (mentor) | Ishani | Das | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | A Novel Examination of the Influence of Genes Linked to Comorbidities on the Development of Diabetic Retinopathy (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Saint Francis High School | David | Cobb | Kavya | Ummethala | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Using Spectral Imaging and Machine learning for remote sensing (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| Hoshita Venkatasai | Undella | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the effect of different fruit peel paper towels on the removal of E. coli bacteria and the absorption of water? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 9 | |||
| Andrew | Fischer | Shlok | Shah | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Quantum Computing Based Light Transport Simulation (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |
| $200 and Certificate of Achievement, Excellence in Computer Science Award: Sponsored by SCVSEFA | |||||||
| ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award | |||||||
| Pujita | Tangirala | Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category | Modeling Atmospheric Band Measurements to Enhance Precision of Stellar Line-of-Sight Velocities (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Honorable Mention: Patch and Certificate, SETI Institute | |||||||
| Robert | Lautenslager | Fazal | Mittu | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | More Accurate Lawn Watering Using an Image Segmentation Model Paired with an Arduino Based Sprinkler System (Physical Science and Engineering) | 10 | |
| Schmahl Science Workshop | Youssef | Ismail (mentor) | Ishan | Juluri | IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers | Using Pathfinding Algorithms and Addressable LEDS to Evacuate a Burning Building. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Stanford Online High School | Kalee | Tock | Krithi | Koodli | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Orbital Mechanics Design to Maximize Satellite Service Time for Earth-Based Regions of Interest (Physical Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Stratford Middle School - Milpitas | Lekhana | Revankar | Anagha Seshasayee | Ankireddi | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A Semi-Automated Pancake Machine (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Durva Vishal | Dhok | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Hydraulic Arm (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Clarina | Manuel | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Effect of temperature difference on the electromotive force produced due to Thermoelectric Effect (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | |||||||
| Stratford Middle School - San Jose | Ana Juliete Brito de Moraes | Alsberg | Parinaz Behzad | Dastur | Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion and letter of congratulations, United States Navy and Marine Corps | Communication Through Technology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Nikethana | Karthikeyan | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Pothole and Bump detector for Bicycles using Lidar (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Alison | Gee | Zara | Mody | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | What is the difference between my homemade compost and the manufacture's compost? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Emily | Ren | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | The Effect of Volume and Frequency on Sound Absorption (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| 2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | |||||||
| Jeffrey | Takemoto | Cody Shen | Chen | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade | Voice To ASL - an Easy Way to Communicate With the Deaf (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Arunima | Garg | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Oil Spill Cleanup! (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Ayush | Ghosh | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Fire Growth Predictor Using Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Rishi Manit | Prasad | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Personal COVID Medical Assistant (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Ayush Avinash | Sodani | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Recycling Home Water for Immediate Reuse (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor | Shannon | Deza | Orchita | Chakraborty | Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade | The design of an oil boom with magnets that will efficiently clean up ocean oil spills magnetized with nanoparticles. (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 |
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Aanya V | Gupta | Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Save Halloween: A Contact Free Candy Dispenser (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Ananya | Mehta | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | A more efficient disaster relief system (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Zia Leif, Richard | Svendsen | Exceptional Merit, Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | Social Distancing Device (SDD) (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |||
| Heather | Mackewicz | Harmony | Tse | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Toy Picker Upper (Physical Science and Engineering) | 6 | |
| Stratford Middle School-Palo Alto | Kelsie | Davis | Riya Mayank | Chaudhary | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | What is the effect of forced air on different masks? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 7 |
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Navya | Chawla | Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter | Video Game for the Blind (Physical Science and Engineering) | 7 | |||
| Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| The King's Academy (TKA) | James | Terrell | Aaditya | Pillai | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Enhancing the bearing strength of soil by using cheaper and ecofriendly biopolymers (Physical Science and Engineering) | 9 |
| Valley Christian High School | Scott | VanderVeen | Sia | Agarwal | Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | The Effect of Metal Pollution on Zoospore Development of Giant Kelp Macrocystis Pyrifera (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 |
| Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $100 High School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society | |||||||
| Spencer | He | Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF) - $250 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Developing a New Autism Diagnosis Process Based on a Hybrid Deep Learning Architecture Through Analyzing Home Videos (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $500 and Certificate, Regeneron Biomedical Science Award | |||||||
| Ryan | Liu | Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF) - $250 Cash, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School | Developing a New Autism Diagnosis Process Based on a Hybrid Deep Learning Architecture Through Analyzing Home Videos (Biological Science and Engineering) | 11 | |||
| Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), California Science & Engineering Fair | |||||||
| 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| $500 and Certificate, Regeneron Biomedical Science Award | |||||||