Harker School-Middle Campus
Project Awards 2023
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship
| School | Teacher | Student | Award | Title | Gr | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harker School-Middle Campus | Tina | Kim | Anika Ghosh | Basu | 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | The Effects of Wallet Materials on Radio-Frequency Identification (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 |
| Anish | Kosaraju | 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 | 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 | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Ethan | Liang | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | Developing Machine Learning Models for Glaucoma Detection through Retinal Image Processing (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Letter to apply for $100 and Certificate, The Lemelson Early Inventor Prize | |||||||
| Venice | Parnell | Most Promising Young Scientist, $200 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | 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 | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade) | |||||||
| Claire | Tian | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | What is the effect of using matted hair on oil spills? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Claire Fang | Xu | Most Promising Young Scientist, $200 and Certificate (Middle School GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" | 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 | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering | |||||||
| IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (8th Grade) | |||||||
| Evan Matthew | Yuan | 3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter | The Effects of Wallet Materials on Radio-Frequency Identification (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Elizabeth | Zhang | Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | What is the effect of using matted hair on oil spills? (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Benjamin | Morgensen | Siddhartha Patel | Daswani | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | 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" | |||||||
| Nominated to compete envelope to apply for Thermo Fisher JIC, Thermo Fisher JIC - 8th Grade | |||||||
| 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | |||||||
| Heather | Wang | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the effect of different frequencies of noise pollution on the level of mate attraction of Gryllodes sigillatus? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Ellie | Zhou | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the effect of different frequencies of noise pollution on the level of mate attraction of Gryllodes sigillatus? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Kristen | Morgensen | Nikhil Rafik | Bawa | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | A Novel Method of Detection for Pulmonary Embolisms Using Machine Learning Technology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Nicole | Dean | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | Edible Utensils: The Step above Silverware! (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Rohan | Goyal | Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award | A Novel Method of Detection for Pulmonary Embolisms Using Machine Learning Technology (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Brandon Sun | Labio | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | PathFinder: A Smart Retrieval Robot for Optimal Sports Training Efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Raeanne | Li | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | 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 | Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category | 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 | |||||||
| Aanya | Sharma | $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards | Edible Utensils: The Step above Silverware! (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Cynthia Xinyao | Wang | $100 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society | Alternative Sources of Nitrogen for Use in Chemical Fertilizers. (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Nathan Tyler | Yee | 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category | PathFinder: A Smart Retrieval Robot for Optimal Sports Training Efficiency (Physical Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Caroline | Zhou | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | What is the impact of agricultural fertilizers on the health of daphnia populations? (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Elaine | Zou | $100 Middle School Plant Science, California Botanical Society | Alternative Sources of Nitrogen for Use in Chemical Fertilizers. (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||
| Rajasree | Swaminathan | Anya | Bharti | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | SFDIPS - Smart Fall Detection and Injury Prevention System (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |
| Nicki | Yazdi | Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category | SFDIPS - Smart Fall Detection and Injury Prevention System (Biological Science and Engineering) | 8 | |||