Project Awards 2023

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 - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School  Zana Noor Kirstine Svendsen  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Preparatory School The Effect of Certain Mycelium on the Growth of Spinach
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 6th Grade  Zana Noor Kirstine Svendsen  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Preparatory School The Effect of Certain Mycelium on the Growth of Spinach
Biological Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Zana Noor Kirstine Svendsen  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Preparatory School The Effect of Certain Mycelium on the Growth of Spinach
Biological Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Mridini  Parui  Dipti Shingnapurkar Merryhill School - Milpitas Magic Mulch
Biological Science and Engineering 6 $50 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society  Mridini  Parui  Dipti Shingnapurkar Merryhill School - Milpitas Magic Mulch
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School  Danny  Stein  Pooja Dimba Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Can mealworms compost different types of foam, and what type of foam is composted the fastest.
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Dawud  Ayub  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Ripeness of Potatoes
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Neel Hemanth Gowda  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Ripeness of Potatoes
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Hasini  Kandula  Rachel Hager Cabrillo Middle School What is the Effect of Algae in Waters Contaminated by Roundup, a Glyphosate-Based Herbicide?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Ruhi Sameer Kelkar  Rachel Hager Cabrillo Middle School What is the Effect of Algae in Waters Contaminated by Roundup, a Glyphosate-Based Herbicide?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Harshika Naga Manapragada  Rachel Hager Cabrillo Middle School What is the Effect of Algae in Waters Contaminated by Roundup, a Glyphosate-Based Herbicide?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Aayush Rajesh Upalekar  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Ripeness of Potatoes
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Aditi  Badriprasad  Ben Eccleston Challenger - Sunnyvale Statistical Analysis of the Effect of Varying N-P-K Ratios on the Vertical Growth of Nannochloropsis Oculata Algae
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Rohan  Pal  Samantha Carlisle Challenger - Berryessa - SJ Observing the effects of different levels of CBD on curing cancer in Drosophila model.
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Danny  Stein  Pooja Dimba Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Can mealworms compost different types of foam, and what type of foam is composted the fastest.
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Sophie  Tong  Diane Rusu Challenger Middlefield - Palo Alto Investigating the Effect of Environmental Temperature on CO2 Absorption Rate During Photosynthesis
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Aarush  Vashi  Samantha Carlisle Challenger - Berryessa - SJ The Effect of Gravity and Air Pressure on Plant Growth
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Rohan  Pal  Samantha Carlisle Challenger - Berryessa - SJ Observing the effects of different levels of CBD on curing cancer in Drosophila model.
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Danny  Stein  Pooja Dimba Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Can mealworms compost different types of foam, and what type of foam is composted the fastest.
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Sophie  Tong  Diane Rusu Challenger Middlefield - Palo Alto Investigating the Effect of Environmental Temperature on CO2 Absorption Rate During Photosynthesis
Biological Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Aarush  Vashi  Samantha Carlisle Challenger - Berryessa - SJ The Effect of Gravity and Air Pressure on Plant Growth
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Ashraya  Siruvole  Lekhana Revankar Stratford Middle School - Milpitas Building a Wearable Device to Measure Parkinson's Tremors
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Ben Liam Balteriski  Sharon Elia Yavneh Day School How do the percentages of fat in milk affect its spoiling time
Biological Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Dan  Pozniansky  Sharon Elia Yavneh Day School How do the percentages of fat in milk affect its spoiling time
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Arisha  Jain  Lekhana Revankar Stratford Middle School - Milpitas Heartrate Monitor
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Nila  Santhosh  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose What are the effects of soil moisture and watering methods on water conservation and plant growth?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Aiden  Yang  Lekhana Revankar Stratford Middle School - Milpitas What is the effect of pH on Bacterial Growth?
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Dawud  Ayub  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Ripeness of Potatoes
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Neel Hemanth Gowda  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Ripeness of Potatoes
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Aayush Rajesh Upalekar  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Ripeness of Potatoes
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Middle School or High School $200 and a letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)  Ben Liam Balteriski  Sharon Elia Yavneh Day School How do the percentages of fat in milk affect its spoiling time
Biological Science and Engineering 7 Middle School or High School $200 and a letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT)  Dan  Pozniansky  Sharon Elia Yavneh Day School How do the percentages of fat in milk affect its spoiling time
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School  Carina  Gross  Tamara Wallace Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School AVIAN: Aerial Video Identification Automated Network-Novel Machine Learning to Monitor Bird Population by Flight Pattern
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Azalea Cadence Bieber  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change for Crop Production Optimization on Pea Plant Growth
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Mateo  Espinal  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change for Crop Production Optimization on Pea Plant Growth
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Sofia  Lukac  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change for Crop Production Optimization on Pea Plant Growth
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade  Kashish  Kapoor  Ollie Schindler BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Using Machine learning to better classify different stages of Alzheimer's Disease
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Carina  Gross  Tamara Wallace Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School AVIAN: Aerial Video Identification Automated Network-Novel Machine Learning to Monitor Bird Population by Flight Pattern
Biological Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Kashish  Kapoor  Ollie Schindler BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Using Machine learning to better classify different stages of Alzheimer's Disease
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Shripriya  Kalbhavi  Betty Chan Miller Middle School The Effect of Phytochemicals Present in Spices on the Inhibition of Tumor Growth induced by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Biological Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Zia  Svendsen  Heather Mackewicz Stratford Preparatory School The Effect Of Capsaicin On Yeasts And Molds
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Caroline  Zhou  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus What is the impact of agricultural fertilizers on the health of daphnia populations?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Anya  Bharti  Rajasree Swaminathan Harker School-Middle Campus SFDIPS - Smart Fall Detection and Injury Prevention System
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Amey  Garg  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School What are the effects of adding different materials in mud to alter energy outputs using a microbial fuel generator?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Connor Wei Lin  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School What are the effects of adding different materials in mud to alter energy outputs using a microbial fuel generator?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Heather  Wang  Benjamin Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus What is the effect of different frequencies of noise pollution on the level of mate attraction of Gryllodes sigillatus?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Nicki  Yazdi  Rajasree Swaminathan Harker School-Middle Campus SFDIPS - Smart Fall Detection and Injury Prevention System
Biological Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Ellie  Zhou  Benjamin Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus What is the effect of different frequencies of noise pollution on the level of mate attraction of Gryllodes sigillatus?
Biological Science and Engineering 8 $100 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society  Cynthia Xinyao Wang  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Alternative Sources of Nitrogen for Use in Chemical Fertilizers.
Biological Science and Engineering 8 $100 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society  Elaine  Zou  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Alternative Sources of Nitrogen for Use in Chemical Fertilizers.
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Sahana  Anamika  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Telemedicine by Auscultation: Cardiovascular Differential Diagnosis by a Cloud-based Deep Learning Intelligent System
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Sahithi  Cherukuri  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Telemedicine by Auscultation: Cardiovascular Differential Diagnosis by a Cloud-based Deep Learning Intelligent System
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Anika  Mukherjee  Kenji Mitchell Cupertino High School Utilizing Machine Learning Models to Predict the Malignancy of Mammographic Masses based on BI-RADS Attributes and Age
Biological Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Reva  Ukkadam  Kenji Mitchell Cupertino High School Utilizing Machine Learning Models to Predict the Malignancy of Mammographic Masses based on BI-RADS Attributes and Age
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Yuqin  Ma  Anuradha Datar Harker School-Upper Campus Building a CNN model to efficiently diagnose COVID-19 from other viral infections using cough MFCCs
Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Lily  Shi  Anuradha Datar Harker School-Upper Campus Developing a Novel Diagnostic System of Glaucoma Using a Multi-Task Deep Learning Architecture
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Aryan  Ganesh  Ganesh Vanamu (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Detection of Parkinson's using novel SNN model and develop closed loop wearable device for tremor monitor & suppression
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Charan  Sridhar  Kirti Tamhane BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Detection of Pulmonary Embolism using an Ensemble Model Based on Neural Networks of EHR Data and CT Scans
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Aditi  Vaduri  Anuradha Murthy Stratford Preparatory School Efficacy of Botanical Herbs in Ameliorating Metal Ions Through Mediated Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's Disease
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Andrew Tae Hee Hong  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School Measuring the effects of multiple pharmaceutical and personal care products on the growth rate of three Algae species
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Amanda  Jin  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School Measuring the effects of multiple pharmaceutical and personal care products on the growth rate of three Algae species
Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Isaiah  Sit  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School Measuring the effects of multiple pharmaceutical and personal care products on the growth rate of three Algae species
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Andrew  Liang  Anuradha Datar Harker School-Upper Campus BeeWell: Developing an AI-based Bee Health Assessment System Utilizing Computer Vision and Acoustic Signal Processing
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Vince  Wu  Sefika Gul Eris Palo Alto High School Development of a Predictive Model of Honey Bee Foraging Activity Under Different Climate Conditions
Biological Science and Engineering 10 $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards  Anish Sriram Bhethanabotla  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School RetiVision: An Advanced and Economical Method for Precise Fundus Disease Detection via Retinal Imaging and Deep Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Andrew  Liang  Anuradha Datar Harker School-Upper Campus BeeWell: Developing an AI-based Bee Health Assessment System Utilizing Computer Vision and Acoustic Signal Processing
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Brandon  Ha  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Expediting the Regenerative Process in Planaria Using Low Frequency Sound Frequency Waves
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Ryan Seungyoon Kim  Cecilia Walsh Palo Alto High School BeeSafe: Detecting bee diseases with multi-scale object detection and Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Andrew  Liang  Anuradha Datar Harker School-Upper Campus BeeWell: Developing an AI-based Bee Health Assessment System Utilizing Computer Vision and Acoustic Signal Processing
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Sophia Isabelle Lee Nguyen  Jennifer Lee Los Gatos High School The effects of artificial flavorings on intestinal barrier permeability in Drosophila melanogaster
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Hiranya Nikhil Parekh  Tracy McClennan Santa Clara High School A Novel Design for a Robotic Electromechanically Controlled Injection Mechanism
Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Vince  Wu  Sefika Gul Eris Palo Alto High School Development of a Predictive Model of Honey Bee Foraging Activity Under Different Climate Conditions
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Anish Sriram Bhethanabotla  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School RetiVision: An Advanced and Economical Method for Precise Fundus Disease Detection via Retinal Imaging and Deep Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Cadence  Ho  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Investigating the effects of bee salivary enzymes on incised Brassica rapa maturation
Biological Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Stella  Su  David Deggeller Henry M. Gunn High School Cardiac Gene Regulatory Programs in Mammalian Embryonic Development and Disease Risk Association
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Lauren Jungmin Lee  Karen Saxena Henry M. Gunn High School Probiotics Protect Tomato Growth from Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Induced Stress
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Sydney Layne Mortensen  Jennifer Lee Los Gatos High School Using Apiin to Disrupt TGF-beta Signaling Pathway for the Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease in a C. elegans Model
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Mina  Nakamura  Jennifer Lee Los Gatos High School The Effects of Mealworm Frass, Post Polystyrene Consumption in Brassica rapa
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Medha Renuka Sarkar  Jennifer Lee Los Gatos High School Testing if pectin can disrupt the TGF-beta pathway to avoid misfolding in a C. elegans model of Alzheimer's disease
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Aarav  Sharma  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Leveraging Computer Vision To Establish a Correlation Between Eye-Gaze Estimation and Saccades
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Meghana  Somu  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Using public maternal cell-free DNA and machine learning techniques to predict pregnancies with adverse outcomes
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Junhao  Wang  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Testing the Antibacterial Effects of Essential Oil Coated Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Ruchi  Alavilli  Alan Tan Santa Clara High School Administering Anesthesia Accurately
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Ashika  Sugali  Alan Tan Santa Clara High School Administering Anesthesia Accurately
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Saamya  Yadav  Alan Tan Santa Clara High School Administering Anesthesia Accurately
Biological Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Grace Frances Crites  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Comparison between Pontederia cordata and Pontederia crassipes in phytoremediation of heavy metals
Biological Science and Engineering 10 High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps  Anish Sriram Bhethanabotla  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School RetiVision: An Advanced and Economical Method for Precise Fundus Disease Detection via Retinal Imaging and Deep Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Ella Selina Lan  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus HDformer: A Higher Dimensional Transformer for Diabetes Detection Utilizing Long Range Vascular Signals
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Ananya  Dasaka  James Staten Silver Creek High School A Model to Optimize Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Adhip  Raghunathan  Amanda Slowikowski Cupertino High School Leveraging Textural Information from Structured Light Scanning for Automated Classification of Skin Conditions
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Sahana  Chowlur  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Can an AI model be implemented to identify & predict a type of cancer based on different biomarkers?
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Kshitij  Teotia  Sangeeta Bhatnagar Evergreen Valley High School SMILES Encoding and Deep Learning to Predict Quantitative Efficacy of Structurally Distinct Molecules for Antibiotics
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Lynn  Dai  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Reduced Psoriasis Skin Irritation Symptoms through the Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicines on Planarial Stem Cells
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Ananya  Dasaka  James Staten Silver Creek High School A Model to Optimize Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Ella Selina Lan  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus HDformer: A Higher Dimensional Transformer for Diabetes Detection Utilizing Long Range Vascular Signals
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Adhip  Raghunathan  Amanda Slowikowski Cupertino High School Leveraging Textural Information from Structured Light Scanning for Automated Classification of Skin Conditions
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Sanskriti  Singh  Swetha Bhattacharya BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School The Segmentation of Lung Anomalies on Chest Radiograph X-rays using Machine Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Elizabeth Margaret Snyder  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Observing The Effect of Polyethylene Microplastic Exposure on Glyphosate Toxicity in Staurastrum, sp. Algae
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Kshitij  Teotia  Sangeeta Bhatnagar Evergreen Valley High School SMILES Encoding and Deep Learning to Predict Quantitative Efficacy of Structurally Distinct Molecules for Antibiotics
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Ella Lindsey Yee  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Developing a Novel Hybrid Approach to Extract Circadian Gene Signatures and Uncover Mechanisms of Tumorigenesis
Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Sahana  Chowlur  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Can an AI model be implemented to identify & predict a type of cancer based on different biomarkers?
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Pria  Chandarana  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Inducing Rb knockdown to generate a stable Drosophila Melanogaster retinoblastoma model
Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Claire  Liu  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Testing the effect of bromoform on Halobacterium growth, modeling methane production
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Arjun  Gurjar  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus The Effect of Clemastine Fumarate on C. elegans in a Hyperglycemic Model of PAD related Oxidative Stress
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Tebin  Kim  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School The Effects of Sugar and Non-Metabolizable Sweetener Concentrations on Probiotic Bacterial Survival in Gastric Acid pH
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Maanasa  Ramprasad  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School A Tool for Optimally Formulating Ready-To-Use Foods Based on Ingredient Price Trends
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Anne  Xu  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Using Machine Learning Models to Predict Onset of Alzheimer's Disease Based on MRI Images
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Krish  Desai  Jeff Lutze Leland High School DeepAD: A Deep Learning Application for Predicting Amyloid SUVR through PET for Alzheimer's Prognosis
Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Sucheer Mahesh Maddury  Jeff Lutze Leland High School DeepAD: A Deep Learning Application for Predicting Amyloid SUVR through PET for Alzheimer's Prognosis
Biological Science and Engineering 11 $100 High School Plant Science, California Botanical Society  Vaishnavi  Kunapuli  Nicole DellaSantina Lynbrook High School Examining the Phytotoxic Effects of the Fungal Secondary Metabolite Helvolic Acid on the Growth of Oryza Sativa
Biological Science and Engineering 11 $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award  Sanskriti  Singh  Swetha Bhattacharya BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School The Segmentation of Lung Anomalies on Chest Radiograph X-rays using Machine Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 11 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  Paulina  Plater  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Removal of Microplastics in the Bloodstream Using a Ferrofluid Magneto-Chemical Filter
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Roshni  Parulekar-Martins  Daniel Nunez Homestead High School RandomRibo: A Novel Tool for Transcript-Level Translation Elongation Velocity Determinant Identification at Single Codon
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Ananya  Raman  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Can an AI model be implemented to identify & predict a type of cancer based on different biomarkers?
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Sasha  Balasingam  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Testing Shank 3-deficient C. elegans as an Autism model on repetitive/social deficits from my last study on NLG-1 mutant
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Rodrigo  Cantu Valadez  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Can lipase from Candida rugosa positively affect Gymnodinium sp. health by degradation of environmental microplastics?
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Roshni  Parulekar-Martins  Daniel Nunez Homestead High School RandomRibo: A Novel Tool for Transcript-Level Translation Elongation Velocity Determinant Identification at Single Codon
Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Ananya  Raman  Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Can an AI model be implemented to identify & predict a type of cancer based on different biomarkers?
Biological Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Kamron Reza Emami  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Examining the Anti-diabetic Properties of Norisoboldine on a Diet Induced Hyperglycemic Drosophila melanogaster model
Biological Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Taara  Jayaraj  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Can Rutin disrupt the TGF-beta Signaling Pathway in C. elegans Model as a Possible Mechanism for Parkinson's?
Biological Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Christopher T Sun  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Investigating Dementia Onset for Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis Through 4D Neuroimaging and Deep Learning
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Victoria  Anderson  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Effects of Vitamin B12 on Bacteria and Fungi Promoting Dysbiosis in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Microbiome In Vitro
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Manasi  Gajjalapurna  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Using unsupervised learning to identify which antihyperglycemic drugs best improve fertility biomarkers in PCOS patients
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Antone  Jung  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Acclimating Lactuca sativa and Cucumis sativus to Assimilate Acetate: a necessary step toward artificial photosynthesis
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Letizia  Pastore  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School The effect of a diet high in processed foods on intestinal E.coli growth associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Faris  Raza  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Employing Generative Adversarial Networks and Cascaded CNNs to Reconstruct Cryo-EM Images at High Speeds and Resolutions
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Nandini Prasanna Anantha  Victoria Johnson Los Altos High School Investigating the potential for optogenetic stimulation to regulate cardiac arrhythmias through the C. elegans pharynx
Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Anagha  Rajesh  Victoria Johnson Los Altos High School Investigating the potential for optogenetic stimulation to regulate cardiac arrhythmias through the C. elegans pharynx
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School  Sanjana  Iyengar  Lekhana Revankar Stratford Middle School - Milpitas What is the effect of different types of plant based organic bio coagulants on filtering of microplastics in contaminated water?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Juan Esteban Bermeo  Sharon Elia Yavneh Day School Sandout shoe- a shoe that can let the sand out by opening a zipper that's attached to the bottom of the shoe.
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Isadora  Rothstein  Sharon Elia Yavneh Day School Sandout shoe- a shoe that can let the sand out by opening a zipper that's attached to the bottom of the shoe.
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 6th Grade  Malek  Alhussien  Zeba Haq Granada Islamic School Evaluating the carbon footprint of raising backyard chickens
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 6th Grade  Sanjana  Iyengar  Lekhana Revankar Stratford Middle School - Milpitas What is the effect of different types of plant based organic bio coagulants on filtering of microplastics in contaminated water?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 6th Grade  Samarth  Iyer  Lekhana Revankar Stratford Middle School - Milpitas Sir Eatalot
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Malek  Alhussien  Zeba Haq Granada Islamic School Evaluating the carbon footprint of raising backyard chickens
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Sanjana  Iyengar  Lekhana Revankar Stratford Middle School - Milpitas What is the effect of different types of plant based organic bio coagulants on filtering of microplastics in contaminated water?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 1st Award  Samarth  Iyer  Lekhana Revankar Stratford Middle School - Milpitas Sir Eatalot
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Shanya  Gill  Shannon Deza Stratford Preparatory School Prevention of Casualties and Property Damage due to Home Fires by Using Thermal Imaging and AI Based Occupancy Detection
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Award  Emmanuel  Swenson  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ What is the effect of metal type on electromagnetic field strength, as observed by measuring the speed of a magnet train
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Ajay  Jagadish  Virginia Young Redwood Middle School An Efficient Household Direct Air Capture (DAC) System that Removes Carbon Dioxide to Mitigate Climate Change
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Korey Tannen Phung Latimer  Ana Juliete Brito de Moraes Alsberg Stratford Middle School - San Jose Touchscreen Interaction Automation
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Vihaan  Narkhede  Shannon Deza Stratford Preparatory School The Sunlight Router
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Honorable Mention  Alisa Michelle Solnit  Sharon Elia Yavneh Day School Nickel test kit for Jewelry - Kit to detect nickel presence for people with allergy or irritation .
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Sanjana  Iyengar  Lekhana Revankar Stratford Middle School - Milpitas What is the effect of different types of plant based organic bio coagulants on filtering of microplastics in contaminated water?
Physical Science and Engineering 6 2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Emmanuel  Swenson  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ What is the effect of metal type on electromagnetic field strength, as observed by measuring the speed of a magnet train
Physical Science and Engineering 6 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Korey Tannen Phung Latimer  Ana Juliete Brito de Moraes Alsberg Stratford Middle School - San Jose Touchscreen Interaction Automation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School  Inika  Adapala  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose Communication App for Patients with Locked-in Syndrome
Physical Science and Engineering 7 $125 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Inika  Adapala  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose Communication App for Patients with Locked-in Syndrome
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Hua Celine Cheng  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Storm Drain Separator
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Vanessa  Dinh  Teddy Li Cabrillo Middle School The Effect of Lavender and Lemon Juice as Natural Pesticides
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Allysa Johana Domensino  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Designing Houses to Withstand Earthquakes
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Kalliana Haylee Flora  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Designing Houses to Withstand Earthquakes
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Vanya  Goenka  Rachel Hager Cabrillo Middle School Creating a Device to Sense and Sound an Alarm if Rodents Come Through a Pet Door
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Claire Cashel Hinton  Rachel Hager Cabrillo Middle School Creating a Device to Sense and Sound an Alarm if Rodents Come Through a Pet Door
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Hunar  Kaur  Rachel Hager Cabrillo Middle School Creating a Device to Sense and Sound an Alarm if Rodents Come Through a Pet Door
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Richa Sanvi Madala  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Storm Drain Separator
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Aahana  Nayak  Teddy Li Cabrillo Middle School The Effect of Lavender and Lemon Juice as Natural Pesticides
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Avni  Vohra  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Designing Houses to Withstand Earthquakes
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Tristan Jing Ye  Teddy Li Cabrillo Middle School The Effect of Lavender and Lemon Juice as Natural Pesticides
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Certificate of Merit and $150, Bessie Stough Awards  Kiyomi  Yoshimura  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Storm Drain Separator
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Spencer  Liu  Shama Mohamed Merryhill School - Milpitas Arduino Vehicle Warning System Using LiDAR Sensor
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Inika  Adapala  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose Communication App for Patients with Locked-in Syndrome
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Ricky Rex  Alexias  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Auto-following Backpack Carrier to Help Prevent Back Strain and Injuries
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Sera  John  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Sweet Refraction
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Maya  Mazin  Pooja Dimba Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Seaweed And Its Absorption Of CO2 In Worms
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Devshree  Mistry  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Colorful Chromatography
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Saharsh  Myneni  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Auto-following Backpack Carrier to Help Prevent Back Strain and Injuries
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Aman Singh Puri  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Trash Can
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Mridula  Rajagopalan  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Water as Energy Source: On-demand electricity using H2 from electrochemical electrolysis of water using GaAl electrodes.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Kourosh  Shahid  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Trash Can
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Noah Ohnyu Song  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Trash Can
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 7th Grade  Aadit  Sood  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Auto-following Backpack Carrier to Help Prevent Back Strain and Injuries
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Inika  Adapala  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose Communication App for Patients with Locked-in Syndrome
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Sera  John  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Sweet Refraction
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Maya  Mazin  Pooja Dimba Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Seaweed And Its Absorption Of CO2 In Worms
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Devshree  Mistry  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Colorful Chromatography
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Mridula  Rajagopalan  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Water as Energy Source: On-demand electricity using H2 from electrochemical electrolysis of water using GaAl electrodes.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Ricky Rex  Alexias  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Auto-following Backpack Carrier to Help Prevent Back Strain and Injuries
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Saharsh  Myneni  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Auto-following Backpack Carrier to Help Prevent Back Strain and Injuries
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Aman Singh Puri  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Trash Can
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Kourosh  Shahid  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Trash Can
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Noah Ohnyu Song  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Trash Can
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Award  Aadit  Sood  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Auto-following Backpack Carrier to Help Prevent Back Strain and Injuries
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Kiyan Arun Raisinghani  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ The Hydraulic Advantage
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Alexis Cailyn Santosa  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose Engineering a Squeezing and Sound-Playing Wristband for Autistic People
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Manasvini  Singh  Erika Elvert Rolling Hills Middle School A Better Understanding of Water Consumption Using Machine Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Ziya  Ahmad  Emily Adams Lawson Middle School Creating an AI Robot for Collecting and Recognizing Aluminum Cans To Reduce Beach Pollution
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Vansh  Bahety  Teddy Li Cabrillo Middle School Carbon Reducing Transportation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Manasvi Lola Divakaruni  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Earthquake Resistant Houses
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Netra Gaurav Khot  Emily Adams Lawson Middle School Creating an AI Robot for Collecting and Recognizing Aluminum Cans To Reduce Beach Pollution
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Akhil  Munipalle  Teddy Li Cabrillo Middle School Carbon Reducing Transportation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Mahati Mahesh Srinivasan  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Earthquake Resistant Houses
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Arhaan  Swaminath  Teddy Li Cabrillo Middle School Carbon Reducing Transportation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd Award  Charlotte Katherine Yang  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Earthquake Resistant Houses
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Adyant  Bhavsar  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Tap, Tap... Power On!
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Silas Lok-Ian Chao  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Does the Type of Band-Aid Really Matter?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Aanya  Kandala  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Seeding The Sky
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Spencer  Liu  Shama Mohamed Merryhill School - Milpitas Arduino Vehicle Warning System Using LiDAR Sensor
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Delisha  Manuel  Lekhana Revankar Stratford Middle School - Milpitas Navigation Device for the Blind
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Aavya  Mishra  Ruchika Mishra (PSP) Privately Sponsored Project Investigating the fidelity & impact of AI language translation towards inclusivity in linguistically diverse communities
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Nissangh  Mohan Babu  Tessa Trautner Stratford Middle School - Milpitas Virtualzoolive.com: Website for Zoo Cameras Around the World
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Ethan  Mutchnik  Sharon Elia Yavneh Day School How does the sphere's diameter (size) affect its durability in different surfaces.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Ojas Satyavrat Prabhune  Mai Dang Chaboya Middle School Predicting areas with high concentrations of forever chemicals using geomarkers
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Purab  Shah  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Eggs and Osmosis
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Aayush  Trivedi  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose DriveSafe: A Smart Autonomous Vehicular System
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Cynthia  Wang  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ What is the effect of different temperatures and different chemicals on the setting time of concrete?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Adiyat  Ahsan  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Making an Automatically Dispensing Oil Boom to Contain Oil Spilled From Oil Tankers
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Allysa Johana Domensino  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Designing Houses to Withstand Earthquakes
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Kalliana Haylee Flora  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Designing Houses to Withstand Earthquakes
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention  Avni  Vohra  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Designing Houses to Withstand Earthquakes
Physical Science and Engineering 7 $50 to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award  David Alexander Clark  Veronica Oropeza Ibarra Stratford Middle School - Palo Alto The Seed Speader
Physical Science and Engineering 7 $50 to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award  Kanishk  Jain  Veronica Oropeza Ibarra Stratford Middle School - Palo Alto The Seed Speader
Physical Science and Engineering 7 $50 to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award  Kabeer  Mehta  Veronica Oropeza Ibarra Stratford Middle School - Palo Alto The Seed Speader
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS  Aanya  Kandala  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Seeding The Sky
Physical Science and Engineering 7 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  Mridula  Rajagopalan  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Water as Energy Source: On-demand electricity using H2 from electrochemical electrolysis of water using GaAl electrodes.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 1st place MS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Kiyan Arun Raisinghani  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ The Hydraulic Advantage
Physical Science and Engineering 7 2nd place MS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Adyant  Bhavsar  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Tap, Tap... Power On!
Physical Science and Engineering 7 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Umar Muhammad Khan  Sadaf Khalil Granada Islamic School Effect of Gels on Improving the Efficiency of Photovoltaic Panels
Physical Science and Engineering 7 3rd place MS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Ashwath  Ram  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose Can Sound Waves Counter Earthquakes?
Physical Science and Engineering 7 First Place Award: $250 and framed cert, SVACS Dave Parker Award for Excellence in Chemistry  Mridula  Rajagopalan  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Water as Energy Source: On-demand electricity using H2 from electrochemical electrolysis of water using GaAl electrodes.
Physical Science and Engineering 7 GR 6-8: $40 and Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter certificate, and AWG Banquet invitation, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter  Aanya  Kandala  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Seeding The Sky
Physical Science and Engineering 7 GR 6-8: 1st Place, Certificate of Achievement, and virtual tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Zeba Yawar Nahvi  Sadaf Khalil Granada Islamic School Building a Fire-Fighting Robotic System
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Eric  Guo  Tessa Trautner Stratford Middle School - Milpitas Effect of different ratios of sand and cement on concrete strength
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Ziya  Ahmad  Emily Adams Lawson Middle School Creating an AI Robot for Collecting and Recognizing Aluminum Cans To Reduce Beach Pollution
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Vansh  Bahety  Teddy Li Cabrillo Middle School Carbon Reducing Transportation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Kye  Elder-Groebe  Chloe Bombardieri Union Middle School The Application of Ultrasonic sensors for assisting the visually impaired(The Visionator)
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Umar Muhammad Khan  Sadaf Khalil Granada Islamic School Effect of Gels on Improving the Efficiency of Photovoltaic Panels
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Netra Gaurav Khot  Emily Adams Lawson Middle School Creating an AI Robot for Collecting and Recognizing Aluminum Cans To Reduce Beach Pollution
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Akhil  Munipalle  Teddy Li Cabrillo Middle School Carbon Reducing Transportation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Aditi  Panchagnula  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose Hoopy: Improving Basketball Skills by Detecting and Displaying Scored and Attempted Shots
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Aman Singh Puri  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Trash Can
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Kourosh  Shahid  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Trash Can
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Sahana  Shyam  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose 3 in 1 Generator - Using Solar, Wind, and Water Power
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Noah Ohnyu Song  Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Trash Can
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Arhaan  Swaminath  Teddy Li Cabrillo Middle School Carbon Reducing Transportation
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Siddhanth  Venkatesan  Chloe Bombardieri Union Middle School The Application of Ultrasonic sensors for assisting the visually impaired(The Visionator)
Physical Science and Engineering 7 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (6th/7th Grade)  Tiffany  Yuan  Betty Chan Miller Middle School Pipe Flute: A Simple Music Instrument
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and Medallion, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps  Aditi  Panchagnula  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose Hoopy: Improving Basketball Skills by Detecting and Displaying Scored and Attempted Shots
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and Medallion, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps  Sahana  Shyam  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose 3 in 1 Generator - Using Solar, Wind, and Water Power
Physical Science and Engineering 7 Second Place Award: $125 and framed cert, SVACS Dave Parker Award for Excellence in Chemistry  Cynthia  Wang  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ What is the effect of different temperatures and different chemicals on the setting time of concrete?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Qualified for State Science Fair, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School  Anish  Kosaraju  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Using Machine Learning to Detect Validity of Login Attempts to Prevent Account Takeovers
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Diana  Bajdechi  Samantha Carlisle Challenger - Berryessa - SJ Breathing Sensor for Remote Medicine
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Krishna  Bhatt  Ollie Schindler BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School A Wearable Auto-balance Device to Prevent Falling for People with Balancing Issues
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Nikhil Rafik Bawa  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus A Novel Method of Detection for Pulmonary Embolisms Using Machine Learning Technology
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Siddhartha Patel Daswani  Benjamin Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Fire Spread Prediction
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award  Rohan  Goyal  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus A Novel Method of Detection for Pulmonary Embolisms Using Machine Learning Technology
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Most Promising Young Scientist, $200 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Siddhartha Patel Daswani  Benjamin Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Fire Spread Prediction
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Most Promising Young Scientist, $200 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Venice  Parnell  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Most Promising Young Scientist, $200 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Haripriya  Ramakrishnan  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Smart Responsive Materials
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Most Promising Young Scientist, $200 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Claire Fang Xu  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade  Sneha  Arun  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ The Heat Mapper: A device to measure albedo
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade  Sharanya Munjal Chudgar  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Solar-Tracking Litterminator
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade  Siddhartha Patel Daswani  Benjamin Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Fire Spread Prediction
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade  Anish  Kosaraju  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Using Machine Learning to Detect Validity of Login Attempts to Prevent Account Takeovers
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade  Venice  Parnell  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade  Claire  Tian  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus What is the effect of using matted hair on oil spills?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade  Claire Fang Xu  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade  Elizabeth  Zhang  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus What is the effect of using matted hair on oil spills?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Sneha  Arun  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ The Heat Mapper: A device to measure albedo
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Sharanya Munjal Chudgar  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Solar-Tracking Litterminator
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Jeanelle  Dao  Alison Gee Stratford Middle School - San Jose FilterEye: Energy-Saving Embedded Electronic Device to Alert User to Change Air Filter
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Siddhartha Patel Daswani  Benjamin Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Fire Spread Prediction
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Anish  Kosaraju  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Using Machine Learning to Detect Validity of Login Attempts to Prevent Account Takeovers
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Venice  Parnell  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Claire  Tian  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus What is the effect of using matted hair on oil spills?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Claire Fang Xu  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Award  Elizabeth  Zhang  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus What is the effect of using matted hair on oil spills?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Krishna  Bhatt  Ollie Schindler BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School A Wearable Auto-balance Device to Prevent Falling for People with Balancing Issues
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Orchita  Chakraborty  Shannon Deza Stratford Preparatory School Prognosis of Alzheimer's Disease using Machine Learning and The Virtual Brain
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Maryam  Hashmi  Farhana Afroz Granada Islamic School The Effect of Bile Salts On Digestion
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Tisha  Prasad  Jessica Reinman Challenger - Berryessa - SJ Eco-friendly Papermaking
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Ellanya  Sivasubramaniam  Betty Chan Miller Middle School Liberate: A device to assist stroke patients, with a speech impediment, to communicate effectively with ease.
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Brandon Sun Labio  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus PathFinder: A Smart Retrieval Robot for Optimal Sports Training Efficiency
Physical Science and Engineering 8 2nd Award  Nathan Tyler Yee  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus PathFinder: A Smart Retrieval Robot for Optimal Sports Training Efficiency
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Diana  Bajdechi  Samantha Carlisle Challenger - Berryessa - SJ Breathing Sensor for Remote Medicine
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Ethan  Effendi  Shama Mohamed Merryhill School - Milpitas Detecting and Correcting Harmful Stimuli in Video Content to Provide Safer Viewing Experiences to Photosensitive People
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Anika  Ganu  Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Charging Green
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Andrew Muze Li  Ross Cunningham BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School The Power of Voice: A Speech Analytics Application using Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Ethan  Liang  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Developing Machine Learning Models for Glaucoma Detection through Retinal Image Processing
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Ananya  Mehta  Shannon Deza Stratford Preparatory School An Automatic Enforcer For Special Traffic Zones
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Tarun  Reddy  Samantha Carlisle Challenger - Berryessa - SJ Household Carbon Capture Device
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Dalia Miri Saal  Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Can Argon Flushing a Fridge Reduce Food Waste?
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Sadhana  Arun  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Piezo Power - Creating and Testing the Efficiency of Piezoelectricity from Daily Movement
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Cassien  Delmas  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Bike Bumper: A Novel Machine-Learning Based Bike Safety System to Decrease Bike Accidents on the Road
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Raeanne  Li  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus The effect of landscaping groundcovers on the growth of different drought-tolerant plants
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Iona  Liu  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus The effect of landscaping groundcovers on the growth of different drought-tolerant plants
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Nicholas Nam Nguyen  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Making an Automatically Dispensing Oil Boom to Contain Oil Spilled From Oil Tankers
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Vihaan Chirag Parikh  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Bike Bumper: A Novel Machine-Learning Based Bike Safety System to Decrease Bike Accidents on the Road
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Rig  Saini  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Making an Automatically Dispensing Oil Boom to Contain Oil Spilled From Oil Tankers
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Areha  Shah  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Piezo Power - Creating and Testing the Efficiency of Piezoelectricity from Daily Movement
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Eshaan  Sharma  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Bike Bumper: A Novel Machine-Learning Based Bike Safety System to Decrease Bike Accidents on the Road
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Anaina  Shettin  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Rainwater Collecting Watering System
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Sophie  Woo  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Rainwater Collecting Watering System
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Matthew  Yang  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Rainwater Collecting Watering System
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention  Selina  Yum  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Piezo Power - Creating and Testing the Efficiency of Piezoelectricity from Daily Movement
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards  Nicole  Dean  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Edible Utensils: The Step above Silverware!
Physical Science and Engineering 8 $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards  Aanya  Sharma  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Edible Utensils: The Step above Silverware!
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS  Raeanne  Li  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus The effect of landscaping groundcovers on the growth of different drought-tolerant plants
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards-MS  Iona  Liu  Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus The effect of landscaping groundcovers on the growth of different drought-tolerant plants
Physical Science and Engineering 8 1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Haripriya  Ramakrishnan  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Smart Responsive Materials
Physical Science and Engineering 8 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Anika Ghosh Basu  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Effects of Wallet Materials on Radio-Frequency Identification
Physical Science and Engineering 8 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Evan Matthew Yuan  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Effects of Wallet Materials on Radio-Frequency Identification
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Certificate, $250 Dollar Gift Certificate,RaspberryPi Foundation Personal Computer Kit, Broadcom Coding with Commitment Award  Zaria  Shahabdeen  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Guide Glass for the visually impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Gr 6-8: Honorable Mention, Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Ananya  Mehta  Shannon Deza Stratford Preparatory School An Automatic Enforcer For Special Traffic Zones
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Venice  Parnell  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Claire Fang Xu  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Sadhana  Arun  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Piezo Power - Creating and Testing the Efficiency of Piezoelectricity from Daily Movement
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Diana  Bajdechi  Samantha Carlisle Challenger - Berryessa - SJ Breathing Sensor for Remote Medicine
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Sharanya Munjal Chudgar  Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Solar-Tracking Litterminator
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Catherine La Huynh  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Generating Electricity Using Runoff Rainwater Produced by Gutters
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Ananya  Mehta  Shannon Deza Stratford Preparatory School An Automatic Enforcer For Special Traffic Zones
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Venice  Parnell  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Yihan  Ran  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Generating Electricity Using Runoff Rainwater Produced by Gutters
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Avantika  Sawant  Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Generating Electricity Using Runoff Rainwater Produced by Gutters
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Areha  Shah  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Piezo Power - Creating and Testing the Efficiency of Piezoelectricity from Daily Movement
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Ellanya  Sivasubramaniam  Betty Chan Miller Middle School Liberate: A device to assist stroke patients, with a speech impediment, to communicate effectively with ease.
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Claire Fang Xu  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Future of Clothing: Turning Waste into Vegan Leather
Physical Science and Engineering 8 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade)  Selina  Yum  Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School Piezo Power - Creating and Testing the Efficiency of Piezoelectricity from Daily Movement
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Letter to apply for $100 and Certificate, The Lemelson Early Inventor Prize  Ethan  Liang  Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Developing Machine Learning Models for Glaucoma Detection through Retinal Image Processing
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and Medallion, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps  Diana  Bajdechi  Samantha Carlisle Challenger - Berryessa - SJ Breathing Sensor for Remote Medicine
Physical Science and Engineering 8 Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, and Medallion, Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps  Ellanya  Sivasubramaniam  Betty Chan Miller Middle School Liberate: A device to assist stroke patients, with a speech impediment, to communicate effectively with ease.
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Gauri  Todur  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Finding Galaxies Beyond: Vision Transformer Based Gravitational Lens Search Model Using Synthetic Data
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards  Jaiveer Singh Gill  Dan Judnick Bellarmine College Preparatory Creating a real time navigational aid for the visually impaired using context aware scene description and CNNs
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards HS  Cyrus  Ghane  Jeff Sutton Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Utilization of Ocimum basilicum Mucilage to Reduce Nitrate Runoff
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards HS  Rebecca YiKun Han  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a household water conservation system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards HS  Amrita  Ramabadran  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a household water conservation system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards HS  Ankita Shree Ramabadran  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a household water conservation system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards HS  Kairui  Sun  Jeff Sutton Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Utilization of Ocimum basilicum Mucilage to Reduce Nitrate Runoff
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Vivan  Doshi  Peng Yav Bellarmine College Preparatory Un-Distracted - App That Prevents Distracted and Drowsy Driving through Facial and Spatial Recognition using CNNs
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Serena Saumil Gandhi  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School NOSI & ROSI - Novel Odor Sensing & Security Reconnaissance Controller - Responder Robots for Airport Operations
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Nandana  Maheskumar  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Weather Agnostic Farming: An Innovative Revenue Generating System to Protect Crops from Extreme Weather
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Viraj  Pandey  John Meyers Bellarmine College Preparatory Enhancing crop yields using quantum dots for Terrestrial, Martian, or space-bound human biomes
Physical Science and Engineering 9 1st Award  Gauri  Todur  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Finding Galaxies Beyond: Vision Transformer Based Gravitational Lens Search Model Using Synthetic Data
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Diana  Martynova  Janice Mortensen Los Gatos High School Intelligent Slime Robot
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Nolan  Woo  Janny Cahatol Saratoga High School Absolute Pitch: Recognizing Live Music to Automatically Scroll Through Sheet Music
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Youngjun  An  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a Wearable to Prevent Students from Falling Asleep in Class
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Chaaruhaas  Kandregula  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a Wearable to Prevent Students from Falling Asleep in Class
Physical Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Harold  Wang  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a Wearable to Prevent Students from Falling Asleep in Class
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Rrishi  Anand  Jena Lee Henry M. Gunn High School Unsupervised Detection of Abnormal Crop Changes From Aerial Images
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Arahan  Balasubramanian  Janny Cahatol Saratoga High School A Novel Multi-Layered Realtime Approach to Ensure Distracted Young Driver's Safety using Deep Learning and Geolocation.
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Jacob  Chiu  Jena Lee Henry M. Gunn High School Water Boiling Device with Heat Exchanger-Based Preheating to Produce Potable Water with Increased Energy Efficiency
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Jaiveer Singh Gill  Dan Judnick Bellarmine College Preparatory Creating a real time navigational aid for the visually impaired using context aware scene description and CNNs
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Varini Manish Kadakia  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Drone based system to improve pollution using inexpensive materials
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Saketh  Srikantha  James Terrell Saint Francis High School Wave Danger Detection - Using buoy data and wave properties
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Linda  Zeng  Anuradha Datar Harker School-Upper Campus A Generative-Adversarial Approach to Translating Low-Resource Languages with Machine Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Haoyuan  Deng  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a semi-automatic shuttlecock collector
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Rebecca YiKun Han  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a household water conservation system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Richard  Li  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a semi-automatic shuttlecock collector
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Amrita  Ramabadran  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a household water conservation system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Ankita Shree Ramabadran  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a household water conservation system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Audrey  Zhu  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a Vertical Surface Cleaner
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Bolang  Zhu  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a Vertical Surface Cleaner
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention  Kevin  Zhu  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a Vertical Surface Cleaner
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award  Raneem Faisal Abu-Nimeh  Zeba Haq Granada Islamic School Supernova in a Box! Replicating Space Conditions
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award  Krish  Arora  Anuradha Datar Harker School-Upper Campus FindMySpace: A Cost Effective Carbon Reduction Solution for Parking Using Deep Learning and Edge Devices.
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award  Harika  Chodavarapu  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School What is the effect of different soil additions on the amount and quality of water leached when a pesticide is applied?
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award  Nandana  Maheskumar  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Weather Agnostic Farming: An Innovative Revenue Generating System to Protect Crops from Extreme Weather
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award  Jacob  Chiu  Jena Lee Henry M. Gunn High School Water Boiling Device with Heat Exchanger-Based Preheating to Produce Potable Water with Increased Energy Efficiency
Physical Science and Engineering 9 $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award  Varini Manish Kadakia  Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Drone based system to improve pollution using inexpensive materials
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Apply to get $100 and a Certificate, National Geographic That's Geography-Cultivating Empathy for the Earth Award  Nandana  Maheskumar  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Weather Agnostic Farming: An Innovative Revenue Generating System to Protect Crops from Extreme Weather
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh USA, Inc  Nandana  Maheskumar  Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Weather Agnostic Farming: An Innovative Revenue Generating System to Protect Crops from Extreme Weather
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Cyrus  Ghane  Jeff Sutton Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Utilization of Ocimum basilicum Mucilage to Reduce Nitrate Runoff
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Rebecca YiKun Han  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a household water conservation system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Ishaan Reddt Mandala  James Staten Silver Creek High School Generating Fresh Water from the Atmosphere: Exploring the Effects of Temperature on Water Vaporization
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Amrita  Ramabadran  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a household water conservation system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Ankita Shree Ramabadran  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a household water conservation system
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Yash  Sharma  Janny Cahatol Saratoga High School A Novel Drought Forecasting System Using Deep Learning Techniques
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Kairui  Sun  Jeff Sutton Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Utilization of Ocimum basilicum Mucilage to Reduce Nitrate Runoff
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award  Raneem Faisal Abu-Nimeh  Zeba Haq Granada Islamic School Supernova in a Box! Replicating Space Conditions
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Certificate, Association for Women Geoscientists (Regional)  Harika  Chodavarapu  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School What is the effect of different soil additions on the amount and quality of water leached when a pesticide is applied?
Physical Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention certificate, Access Braille Awards  Jaiveer Singh Gill  Dan Judnick Bellarmine College Preparatory Creating a real time navigational aid for the visually impaired using context aware scene description and CNNs
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards  Gauri Kannanoor Elavanmadam  Tracy McClennan Santa Clara High School Voice Controlled Prosthetic Arm
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards  Tanisha  Jain  Tracy McClennan Santa Clara High School Voice Controlled Prosthetic Arm
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards  Tanvi  Kenkre  Tracy McClennan Santa Clara High School Voice Controlled Prosthetic Arm
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards  Divij Vikram Motwani  Ashwini Avadahni Palo Alto High School Ankh - Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance for the Visually Impaired.
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $500 Grand Prize, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards  Aishani  Singh  Marina Peregrino Harker School-Upper Campus LiveConv: AI Enabled Live Conversation Across Language Barriers on Augmented Reality Glasses
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Excellence in Engineering Science (all grades) $250, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Aishani  Singh  Marina Peregrino Harker School-Upper Campus LiveConv: AI Enabled Live Conversation Across Language Barriers on Augmented Reality Glasses
Physical Science and Engineering 10 First place, $250 Wireless Communications Alliance Award, Wireless Communications Alliance  Aleksey  Valouev  Thomas Peters Palo Alto High School An AI-Powered Network of Sensors with Wireless Data Transmission for Real-Time Wildfire Detection
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Divij Vikram Motwani  Ashwini Avadahni Palo Alto High School Ankh - Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance for the Visually Impaired.
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Natasha  Thombre  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a Machine Learning Model that Uses Stellar Spectra to Predict Stellar Features
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Aleksey  Valouev  Thomas Peters Palo Alto High School An AI-Powered Network of Sensors with Wireless Data Transmission for Real-Time Wildfire Detection
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Armaan Christopher Gomes  Kathleen Shreve Homestead High School Leveraging Genetic Algorithms and Mathematical Wildfire Propagation Models to Determine Optimal Firebreak Placement
Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Samuel  Yuan  Kathleen Shreve Homestead High School Leveraging Genetic Algorithms and Mathematical Wildfire Propagation Models to Determine Optimal Firebreak Placement
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Lakshya  Agrawal  Jennifer Lee Los Gatos High School Fabricating a Novel Air Engine Capable of Maintaining a Certain Mechanical Efficiency and Studying Viability for Car Use
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Ayush  Ghosh  Samantha Janisse Bellarmine College Preparatory Predicting Influences of Social Determinants of Health on Cardiovascular Disease Susceptibility Using Machine Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Yash Mahadev Ranjith  John Riffle Westmont High School 2D and 3D Physics Informed Neural Network for Pollutant Spread with Simple and Complex Flow Regimes
Physical Science and Engineering 10 2nd Award  Calvin  Zhou  Bradley Fulk Lynbrook High School BISET: A Blockchain and IoT Sensor-based Emissions Trading System with Integrated Monitoring
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Mahita  Arun  Arjun Ashokkumar Evergreen Valley High School Diagnosing Melanoma in Diverse Skin Types using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN)
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Raghav Venkata Garimella  David Walz Evergreen Valley High School Predicting the Probability and Severity of Forest Fires Using a Multi-Layer Perceptron Classifier on Meteorological Data
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Samanya  Girish  Chelsey Beck Notre Dame High School A Novel Approach to Aid Video Capsule Endoscopy Diagnosis Using a Convolutional Neural Network
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Philip  Oberhart  Dan Judnick Bellarmine College Preparatory Wind to Electrical Energy Conversion for EV or Hybrid Cars
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Sivani  Ryali  Diana Shak Valley Christian High School Automatic Irrigation System Using Soil Moisture Analysis Methods
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Niranjana  Sankar  Joe Kim Monta Vista High School Determining Natural Products for Skin Cancer Drugs using Molecular Descriptors and Machine Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Ayush Avinash Sodani  Alice Li Evergreen Valley High School Measuring Home Water Usage using a Differential Pressure Sensor
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  David  Wang  Jennifer Lee Los Gatos High School Testing Data Augmentation through Homogeneity-Based Audio Segmentation in Music Genre Classification
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Franklin  Yang  Thanh Nguyen Lynbrook High School A study of the composition of dust grains in the Crab nebula by analyzing data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Sammy Mansour Elzein  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a semi-automatic shuttlecock collector
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Gahyeon  Yoon  Theodore Shim Valley Christian High School A Research on Planning Renewable Energies toward 100% Green Energy Considering California's Climate Change
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award  Armaan Christopher Gomes  Kathleen Shreve Homestead High School Leveraging Genetic Algorithms and Mathematical Wildfire Propagation Models to Determine Optimal Firebreak Placement
Physical Science and Engineering 10 $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award  Samuel  Yuan  Kathleen Shreve Homestead High School Leveraging Genetic Algorithms and Mathematical Wildfire Propagation Models to Determine Optimal Firebreak Placement
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Samarjit  Deshmukh  Chris Cozort Bellarmine College Preparatory A Lost Cost Waterborne Illness Detection Device Using Machine Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Aarav  Garai  Chris Cozort Bellarmine College Preparatory A Lost Cost Waterborne Illness Detection Device Using Machine Learning
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Eunseo  Ryu  Samantha Nguyen Leigh High School Effective and Low-Cost Method to Generate Fresh Water from the Atmosphere
Physical Science and Engineering 10 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Minseo  Ryu  Samantha Nguyen Leigh High School Effective and Low-Cost Method to Generate Fresh Water from the Atmosphere
Physical Science and Engineering 10 First place- $50 gift check and certificate, Access Braille Awards  Divij Vikram Motwani  Ashwini Avadahni Palo Alto High School Ankh - Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance for the Visually Impaired.
Physical Science and Engineering 10 High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps  Connor  Chin  Kathy Young The King's Academy (TKA) A signal processing modeling and feedback system for stringed instrument musicians
Physical Science and Engineering 10 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  Connor  Chin  Kathy Young The King's Academy (TKA) A signal processing modeling and feedback system for stringed instrument musicians
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Vedant Venkatasai Janapaty  Bich Nguyen Silver Creek High School A Novel Physics Based Predictive Model For Wetland Eutrophication
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Henry  Yao  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating A Novel Chitosan Bioplastic with NP Coating & Its Effect on Food Preservation
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Ryan Ruien Zhang  Marina Peregrino Harker School-Upper Campus PEDS-AI: A Novel UAV Based AI Powered Visual-Acoustic Field Deployed Pest Early Detection and Identification System
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards  Abhay M Dharnidharka  Jeff Lutze Leland High School A Novel Way To Purify Water
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards  Henry  Yao  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating A Novel Chitosan Bioplastic with NP Coating & Its Effect on Food Preservation
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd place - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, SVACS High School Award for Excellence in Chemistry  Angely  Vargas  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Synthesizing a mGluR5 negative allosteric modulator to minimize the frequency of bulimic tendencies
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Oscar Y Anderson  Hilary McDaniel Palo Alto High School Impact of Mycorrhizae on Terrestrial Carbon Sinks Under Elevated CO2 Levels: How Fungi can Slow Climate Change
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Wyndia  Ohm  Narayanan Raju (PSP) Homeschool - Raju Systematic Finite & Infinitesimal Explorations in N-Dimensional Space that lead to new identities & a new field of study
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Outstanding Project, Certificate (any field and all grades) $200, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Julian Cloud Ng-Thow-Hing  Daniel Nunez Homestead High School A machine learning algorithm to predict muscle activations during motions performed in real time
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Sanjoli  Gupta  Cheryl Lenz Saratoga High School Changing Climate Will Cause Internal Climate Migration in Brazil, Pakistan and Somalia
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Vedant Venkatasai Janapaty  Bich Nguyen Silver Creek High School A Novel Physics Based Predictive Model For Wetland Eutrophication
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Zeyneb N Kaya  Janny Cahatol Saratoga High School MADLIBS: A Novel Multilingual Data Augmentation Approach for Low-Resource Neural Machine Translation
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Sonia  Swamy  Elizabeth McCracken Monta Vista High School Curb-AD: Effect of Fenchol-Based Treatments on Reduction of ETS-induced Neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's Disease Pathology
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Henry  Yao  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating A Novel Chitosan Bioplastic with NP Coating & Its Effect on Food Preservation
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Ryan Ruien Zhang  Marina Peregrino Harker School-Upper Campus PEDS-AI: A Novel UAV Based AI Powered Visual-Acoustic Field Deployed Pest Early Detection and Identification System
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Ethan  Zuo  Peng Yav Bellarmine College Preparatory Autonomous, Self-balancing Bicycle for Urban Delivery and Community Connection
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Anchal  Bhardwaj  Jiani Liao Notre Dame High School Developing a Novel Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Model to Improve Tone Pronunciation in Mandarin
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Ryan Pierce Co  Jyothi Sunkara Santa Clara High School Drone Braiding: A Lightweight Approach to Space Manufacturing
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Jeremy Zhou Flint  Jyothi Sunkara Santa Clara High School Drone Braiding: A Lightweight Approach to Space Manufacturing
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Sumayyah Khurram Ismail  Jiani Liao Notre Dame High School Developing a Novel Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Model to Improve Tone Pronunciation in Mandarin
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Ritik  Jalisatgi  Andree Heyneman Fremont High School Theia: Assistive Environmental Communication via Audio Patterns for the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Bridget Gwyneth Liu  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Synthesizing analogs of Stearoyl-Coenzyme A Desaturase 1 inhibitors to ameliorate alpha-Syn cytotoxicity in Parkinson's.
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Alexander  Mehta  Andree Heyneman Fremont High School Theia: Assistive Environmental Communication via Audio Patterns for the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Mridula  Srinivasan  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Robot that Detects Plant Disease Using Convolutional Neural Network
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Shridhula  Srinivasan  Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Robot that Detects Plant Disease Using Convolutional Neural Network
Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Audrey Rachel Tsai  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Synthesizing analogs of Stearoyl-Coenzyme A Desaturase 1 inhibitors to ameliorate alpha-Syn cytotoxicity in Parkinson's.
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Nidhi Omeshwar Lawange  Patrick Huet BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Novel Approach to Correct Ballet Dance Technique Using Machine Learning Model
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Himani  Manjunath  Suzette Pangrle Piedmont Hills High School "Ap-peeling" Bioplastic: Investigating the Effect of Adding Cocos nucifera Shells to Potato Peel Bioplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Anika  Mehrotra  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Exploring the Explainability of AI Systems and Efficacy of Existing Explanation Systems
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Wyndia  Ohm  Narayanan Raju (PSP) Homeschool - Raju Systematic Finite & Infinitesimal Explorations in N-Dimensional Space that lead to new identities & a new field of study
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Rohan  Shah  Amanda Slowikowski Cupertino High School Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify Triggering Videos that Can Be Detrimental to One's Mental Health
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Akshay  Anand  Precious Bagamaspad Cupertino High School Detecting Speech Disorders and Determining their Severity for Treatment Using CRNNs and Unsupervised Learning Methods
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Vibhor  Narang  Precious Bagamaspad Cupertino High School Detecting Speech Disorders and Determining their Severity for Treatment Using CRNNs and Unsupervised Learning Methods
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Oscar Y Anderson  Hilary McDaniel Palo Alto High School Impact of Mycorrhizae on Terrestrial Carbon Sinks Under Elevated CO2 Levels: How Fungi can Slow Climate Change
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Diya  Bengani  Daniel Nunez Homestead High School Wearable Plantar Pressure Sensor for GPS-Based Alert System
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Sanjay  Chandrasekar  Jeff Payne Monta Vista High School A Novel Machine Learning System for Suicide Risk Stratification via Analysis of Linguistic Features in Social Media
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Clarisse  Cheung  Chelsey Beck Notre Dame High School Explainable Statistical Machine Learning Models in Drought Monitoring
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Radhika  Goyal  Bradley Fulk Lynbrook High School A Maxflow-based Algorithm to Determine a Cost-Minimizing Schedule for Emergency Supply Management
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Rohan  Gupta  Daniel Hahn Henry M. Gunn High School Augmenting End-to-End Machine Learning Steering Angle Prediction with CAN bus data
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Rohit  Khorana  Emily Thomas Saint Francis High School Low-Earth Satellite Orbit Determination Using Deep Convolutional Networks with Satellite Imagery
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Olivia  Li  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Using sentiment analysis to generate a color palette from words for graphic design purposes
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Aadittya  Tiwari  Bradley Fulk Lynbrook High School Where does Quantum Machine Learning have an advantage over Classical Machine Learning on various machine learning models
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Angely  Vargas  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Synthesizing a mGluR5 negative allosteric modulator to minimize the frequency of bulimic tendencies
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Collin Arthur Wentzien  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Using CNNs for object detection and avoidance for use on an autonomous bicycle.
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Bhavan Sai Balusu  Julie Choi Monta Vista High School Sleep score Diagnosis using a machine learning classification model.
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Shiven  Bhatt  Julie Choi Monta Vista High School Sleep score Diagnosis using a machine learning classification model.
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Sihyeon  Yoon  Theodore Shim Valley Christian High School A Research on Planning Renewable Energies toward 100% Green Energy Considering California's Climate Change
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award  Youngwoo  Tahk  Sam Fung Homestead High School A New Environmentally Conscious Tennis Ball
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award  Michelle  Zhou  David Taylor Lynbrook High School Large-scale PageRank on a Single Raspberry Pi
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards  Ananya  Bharathapudi  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Alleviating Psychological Distress in Afghanistan: A Mental Wellness App
Physical Science and Engineering 11 $50 High School Plant Science AND Certificate of Achievement, California Botanical Society  Oscar Y Anderson  Hilary McDaniel Palo Alto High School Impact of Mycorrhizae on Terrestrial Carbon Sinks Under Elevated CO2 Levels: How Fungi can Slow Climate Change
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Himani  Manjunath  Suzette Pangrle Piedmont Hills High School "Ap-peeling" Bioplastic: Investigating the Effect of Adding Cocos nucifera Shells to Potato Peel Bioplastics
Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Henry  Yao  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating A Novel Chitosan Bioplastic with NP Coating & Its Effect on Food Preservation
Physical Science and Engineering 11 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Woong  Choi  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Storing H2 from nitrogen-based heterocyclic Metal Organic Frameworks linked with Nickel
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  Sangyani  Sinha  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School OmniGraphia v2: A Novel Intelligent Robot Replacement for all Optical Laboratory Instruments
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA  Amy Xinyu Zheng  Julie Choi Monta Vista High School A novel machine-learning based model for global flood-forecasting and risk assessment
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, United States Air Force  Henry  Yao  Lester Leung Lynbrook High School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating A Novel Chitosan Bioplastic with NP Coating & Its Effect on Food Preservation
Physical Science and Engineering 11 GR 9-12: $40, and Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter certificate, and AWG Banquet invitation, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter  Amy Xinyu Zheng  Julie Choi Monta Vista High School A novel machine-learning based model for global flood-forecasting and risk assessment
Physical Science and Engineering 11 GR 9-12: Honorable Mention, Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Collin Arthur Wentzien  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Using CNNs for object detection and avoidance for use on an autonomous bicycle.
Physical Science and Engineering 11 GR 9-12: Honorable Mention, Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Ethan  Zuo  Peng Yav Bellarmine College Preparatory Autonomous, Self-balancing Bicycle for Urban Delivery and Community Connection
Physical Science and Engineering 11 High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps  Diya  Bengani  Daniel Nunez Homestead High School Wearable Plantar Pressure Sensor for GPS-Based Alert System
Physical Science and Engineering 11 High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps  Aaditya  Pillai  Nick Nitescu The King's Academy (TKA) Origami in Engineering: Improving the Earthquake Resistance of Structures using Origami Inspired Designs
Physical Science and Engineering 11 High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps  Nandanaa  Srikanth  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Foot Operated Remote Control To Aid Those With Limited Dexterity
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention certificate, Access Braille Awards  Ritik  Jalisatgi  Andree Heyneman Fremont High School Theia: Assistive Environmental Communication via Audio Patterns for the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention certificate, Access Braille Awards  Alexander  Mehta  Andree Heyneman Fremont High School Theia: Assistive Environmental Communication via Audio Patterns for the Visually Impaired
Physical Science and Engineering 11 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  Diya  Bengani  Daniel Nunez Homestead High School Wearable Plantar Pressure Sensor for GPS-Based Alert System
Physical Science and Engineering 11 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  Aaditya  Pillai  Nick Nitescu The King's Academy (TKA) Origami in Engineering: Improving the Earthquake Resistance of Structures using Origami Inspired Designs
Physical Science and Engineering 11 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  Nandanaa  Srikanth  Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Foot Operated Remote Control To Aid Those With Limited Dexterity
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Roy C Gross  James Lincoln Henry M. Gunn High School Tactical Drone Detection and Tracking using Machine-Learned Radio Interferometry: Lessons from Ukraine
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Daniel Edison Siegel  Matthew Rossillon Palo Alto High School OctoGrasp: The Design and Construction of a Cephalopod-Inspired Prosthetic Arm
Physical Science and Engineering 12 $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards  Nidhi  Mathihalli  Janny Cahatol Saratoga High School Using Comp Eng and AI/ML to Create a Currency Detection Device for the Visually Impaired in Third World Countries
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Yuval  Amit  Victoria Johnson Los Altos High School A Metascientific Analysis of How Restricting p-Values in Research Journalism Affected Research Trends
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Erick  Zaragoza  Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Effects of Solar Radiation Pressure on Orbital Trajectory of Long Duration Uncrewed Missions to Mars
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Exceptional Merit- Betterment of Humanity, $200 Certificate (all grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Nidhi  Mathihalli  Janny Cahatol Saratoga High School Using Comp Eng and AI/ML to Create a Currency Detection Device for the Visually Impaired in Third World Countries
Physical Science and Engineering 12 First place, $250 Wireless Communications Alliance Award, Wireless Communications Alliance  Roy C Gross  James Lincoln Henry M. Gunn High School Tactical Drone Detection and Tracking using Machine-Learned Radio Interferometry: Lessons from Ukraine
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Team Award - $300 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, SVACS High School Award for Excellence in Chemistry  Alexandra Keira Chatwin  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Accessible Synthesis of the Tricyclic Core of Forskolin as an Adenylyl Cyclase Activator against Cellular Senescence
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Team Award - $300 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, SVACS High School Award for Excellence in Chemistry  Sarah  Su  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Accessible Synthesis of the Tricyclic Core of Forskolin as an Adenylyl Cyclase Activator against Cellular Senescence
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Rohan Tan Bhowmik  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus A Multi-Modal Wildfire Prediction and Early-Warning System Based on a Novel Machine Learning Framework
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Roy C Gross  James Lincoln Henry M. Gunn High School Tactical Drone Detection and Tracking using Machine-Learned Radio Interferometry: Lessons from Ukraine
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Nidhi  Mathihalli  Janny Cahatol Saratoga High School Using Comp Eng and AI/ML to Create a Currency Detection Device for the Visually Impaired in Third World Countries
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Daniel Edison Siegel  Matthew Rossillon Palo Alto High School OctoGrasp: The Design and Construction of a Cephalopod-Inspired Prosthetic Arm
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Alexandra Keira Chatwin  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Accessible Synthesis of the Tricyclic Core of Forskolin as an Adenylyl Cyclase Activator against Cellular Senescence
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Aakash  Kumar  John Conlin Monta Vista High School An end to end system for autonomous 3D model construction to analyze pertinent areas in natural disasters
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Amanjyoti  Mridha  John Conlin Monta Vista High School An end to end system for autonomous 3D model construction to analyze pertinent areas in natural disasters
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Sarah  Su  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Accessible Synthesis of the Tricyclic Core of Forskolin as an Adenylyl Cyclase Activator against Cellular Senescence
Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Sooraj  Vydyanathan  John Conlin Monta Vista High School An end to end system for autonomous 3D model construction to analyze pertinent areas in natural disasters
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Alan  Lee  David Deggeller Henry M. Gunn High School Connectedness in Friends-and-Strangers Graphs of Spiders and Complements
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Jeremy Ty Lu  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School A Novel Approach to Optimize Memory Reconstruction Using Joint Multimodal Networks
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Alyssa  Manche  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Design, synthesis, and BCR-AbI targeting activity of novel Dasatinib PROTACs towards the treatment of cancer
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Jai  Sharma  Julie Choi Monta Vista High School A Novel Deep Learning Approach to Automated Cell Migration Tracking and Segmentation
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Howard Yongshou Shu  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Investigating how polymer doping for the electron transport layer affects efficiency in tin-based perovskite solar cells
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Austin  Wu  Sara Silverman Santa Clara High School Hardware Acceleration of Sequential Logic Functions in Vector Processors through the use of a Modified FPGA Architecture
Physical Science and Engineering 12 $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award  Daniel Edison Siegel  Matthew Rossillon Palo Alto High School OctoGrasp: The Design and Construction of a Cephalopod-Inspired Prosthetic Arm
Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st place HS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Howard Yongshou Shu  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Investigating how polymer doping for the electron transport layer affects efficiency in tin-based perovskite solar cells
Physical Science and Engineering 12 3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Stanley  Shen  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Reducing the Impact of Circuit Boards through Flax Composites Substrates and Laser Ablation Patterning
Physical Science and Engineering 12 A Certificate, a Letter and apply for a Social Media Toolkit, U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID)  Nidhi  Mathihalli  Janny Cahatol Saratoga High School Using Comp Eng and AI/ML to Create a Currency Detection Device for the Visually Impaired in Third World Countries
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement, United States Air Force  Roy C Gross  James Lincoln Henry M. Gunn High School Tactical Drone Detection and Tracking using Machine-Learned Radio Interferometry: Lessons from Ukraine
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Certificate of Achievement, United States Air Force  Amelia Marissa Yu  James Lincoln Henry M. Gunn High School Developing and Using a Novel Convolutional Neural Network Program to Discover and Confirm Exoplanets
Physical Science and Engineering 12 First place- $50 gift check and certificate, Access Braille Awards  Nidhi  Mathihalli  Janny Cahatol Saratoga High School Using Comp Eng and AI/ML to Create a Currency Detection Device for the Visually Impaired in Third World Countries
Physical Science and Engineering 12 GR 9-12: 1st Place, Certificate of Achievement, and virtual tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award  Roy C Gross  James Lincoln Henry M. Gunn High School Tactical Drone Detection and Tracking using Machine-Learned Radio Interferometry: Lessons from Ukraine
Physical Science and Engineering 12 High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps  Daniel Edison Siegel  Matthew Rossillon Palo Alto High School OctoGrasp: The Design and Construction of a Cephalopod-Inspired Prosthetic Arm
Physical Science and Engineering 12 High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps  Austin  Wu  Sara Silverman Santa Clara High School Hardware Acceleration of Sequential Logic Functions in Vector Processors through the use of a Modified FPGA Architecture
Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter  Howard Yongshou Shu  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Investigating how polymer doping for the electron transport layer affects efficiency in tin-based perovskite solar cells
Physical Science and Engineering 12 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  Roy C Gross  James Lincoln Henry M. Gunn High School Tactical Drone Detection and Tracking using Machine-Learned Radio Interferometry: Lessons from Ukraine
Physical Science and Engineering 12 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  Daniel Edison Siegel  Matthew Rossillon Palo Alto High School OctoGrasp: The Design and Construction of a Cephalopod-Inspired Prosthetic Arm
Physical Science and Engineering 12 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  Austin  Wu  Sara Silverman Santa Clara High School Hardware Acceleration of Sequential Logic Functions in Vector Processors through the use of a Modified FPGA Architecture
Physical Science and Engineering 12 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  Amelia Marissa Yu  James Lincoln Henry M. Gunn High School Developing and Using a Novel Convolutional Neural Network Program to Discover and Confirm Exoplanets
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 2nd Award  Ilesh Veliah Sundar  Peng Yav Bellarmine College Preparatory Autofeelment: Automatic Monofilament Test for Diabetic Neuropathy
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award  Ilesh Veliah Sundar  Peng Yav Bellarmine College Preparatory Autofeelment: Automatic Monofilament Test for Diabetic Neuropathy
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize  Maitri  Singhal  Olga Eidelman Milpitas High School Smart Sprinkler to Save Water
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 1st Award  Adrit  Rao  Margaret Deng Palo Alto High School Automated Segmentation and Measurement of Aortic Aneurysms in Computed Tomography Angiography Using Deep Learning
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Reva  Sharma  Sharon Diep Milpitas High School Secret Behind The Perfect Smile: Clarity On Aligner Materials
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Melody  Yin  Anita Chetty Harker School-Upper Campus Investigating Sequence Determinants and Their Role in Drosophila Gene Expression using Deep Learning
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Reshma  Kosaraju  Eric Johnson Harker School-Upper Campus Quantification and Optimization of Circular RNA Stability for Improved RNA Therapeutics
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Evelyn Mae Hsu  Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School Agrobacterium rhizogenes Versus Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-DNA Transformation in Brachypodium distachyon
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Reshma  Kosaraju  Eric Johnson Harker School-Upper Campus Quantification and Optimization of Circular RNA Stability for Improved RNA Therapeutics
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Andrew Yurun Zhou  Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School Predicting patient outcome and immunotherapy response in bladder cancer using gene expression profiles and deep learning
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Paras  Goel  Swetha Bhattacharya BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School The Effect of Stain Normalization and Data Augmentation on Metastatic Tissue Classification
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Ramit Rajan Goyal  Mike Pistacchi Harker School-Upper Campus Developing a model to predict whether single nucleotide variants are likely benign or pathogenic
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Akhil  Agarwal  Ihwa Miao Evergreen Valley High School Dynamics of Two Competing Viruses over Large-Scale Networks
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Isha  Kotalwar  Jeff Sutton Harker School-Upper Campus Using 1D CNNs to Classify Heart Arrhythmia from Electrocardiogram Signals
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Betul Serra Tulu  Bryan Valek Castilleja School The Biomechanics of Tooth Eruption
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 11 $375 Cash Prize Voucher from Society for Science and Certificate, Regeneron Biomedical Science Award  Reshma  Kosaraju  Eric Johnson Harker School-Upper Campus Quantification and Optimization of Circular RNA Stability for Improved RNA Therapeutics
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Tiffany  Chang  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Crucial Pathogenic Role of Elevated Mast Cells in Pulmonary Fibrosis Revealed by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Tiffany  Chang  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Crucial Pathogenic Role of Elevated Mast Cells in Pulmonary Fibrosis Revealed by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Alexander Y Lan  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Twin Convolutional Neural Network to Decipher the Functional Effect of Genetic Variants in Alzheimer's Disease
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 2nd Award  Saurish  Srivastava  Sangeeta Bhatnagar Evergreen Valley High School Scant Evidence for Domain-General Metacognition
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Sreyan  Sarkar  Victoria Johnson Los Altos High School Identifying the receptors involved in detecting valeriana officinalis extracts through chemotaxis assays of C. elegans
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Agastya  Goel  Daniel Hahn Henry M. Gunn High School RSK-completeness and Cycle Decompositions
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 Honorable Mention  Chiling  Han  Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SSGeoLocator- Finding Geographic Coordinates from a non-GPS Approach/Geopositioning Using Street Name Plates
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Kaitlyn  Wang  Jian Ge (mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Discovery of rare small ultra-short-period exoplanets orbiting F and G dwarfs in Kepler Survey
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Place Award - $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, SVACS High School Award for Excellence in Chemistry  Saanchi  Kapoor  Karen Allendoerfer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School A novel aqueous approach for the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Tevin  Ding  Elaina Khoo Summit Denali High School First experimentally proven theory that accurately predicts thin film alloy refraction index
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Exceptional Merit, Certificate (all Grades), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Daniel  Lin  Elaina Khoo Summit Denali High School First experimentally proven theory that accurately predicts thin film alloy refraction index
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Most Promising Young Scientist , $250 and Certificate (High School GR 9-12), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist"  Saanchi  Kapoor  Karen Allendoerfer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School A novel aqueous approach for the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Saanchi  Kapoor  Karen Allendoerfer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School A novel aqueous approach for the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Award  Kaitlyn  Wang  Jian Ge (mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Discovery of rare small ultra-short-period exoplanets orbiting F and G dwarfs in Kepler Survey
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Canis  Li  Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School Optical brightness variations of ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg II X-1
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 2nd Award  Kyleen  Liao  Janny Cahatol Saratoga High School Forecasting Air Quality in California By Modeling the Effects of Meteorology and Wildfires Using Graph Neural Networks
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Anish  Lakkapragada  Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Novel Methods for Mitigation of Negative Transfer in Multi-Task Learning Models for Emotion Understanding
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Michelle  Wei  Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Cycle Spaces of Friends-and-strangers Graphs
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Amanda  Guo  Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School Analyzing the Mislabeling of Quasars in X-ray Catalogs
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention  Arjun  Shrivastava  Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School Analyzing the Mislabeling of Quasars in X-ray Catalogs
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Saanchi  Kapoor  Karen Allendoerfer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School A novel aqueous approach for the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Certificate of Achievement, United States Air Force  Kaitlyn  Wang  Jian Ge (mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Discovery of rare small ultra-short-period exoplanets orbiting F and G dwarfs in Kepler Survey
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Tevin  Ding  Elaina Khoo Summit Denali High School First experimentally proven theory that accurately predicts thin film alloy refraction index
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering  Daniel  Lin  Elaina Khoo Summit Denali High School First experimentally proven theory that accurately predicts thin film alloy refraction index
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 11 IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers  Kaitlyn  Wang  Jian Ge (mentor) Privately Sponsored Project Discovery of rare small ultra-short-period exoplanets orbiting F and G dwarfs in Kepler Survey
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School  Snikitha  Banda  Chelsey Beck Notre Dame High School Early Survival and Recurrence Prediction for Diabetes Patients via Biomarker Discovery in Text-Based Clinical Narratives
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Snikitha  Banda  Chelsey Beck Notre Dame High School Early Survival and Recurrence Prediction for Diabetes Patients via Biomarker Discovery in Text-Based Clinical Narratives
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 1st Award  Iona Zhuoran Xia  Kathleen Koch Monta Vista High School Discovering Rare Ca II Quasar Absorption Lines with a Neural Network
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 Honorable Mention  Lisa  Fung  Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Developing a Coupled Matrix-Tensor Factorization Model in Python to Analyze Mobility Data for Disaster Response
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Kavin  Agarwal  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Enhancing Optical Communications by Controlling Reflection-Induced Chaos in Lasers
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 12 2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA  Rohan  Bhatt  Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Enhancing Optical Communications by Controlling Reflection-Induced Chaos in Lasers