Cupertino Union School District

Project Awards 2016

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino  Kai Brown  Anjali  Singh Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category IoT Device System for Tracking Hand Motions Of Senior Citizens in Morse Code (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
   Thea Dalvand  Rushil  Saha $100 and a Certificate of Achievement, IBM Award Wearable Device for Dementia Patients to Log Activity and Location, and R Analysis of Data to Find Trends in Movements (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
        Kirtan  Shah Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Image Compression: Which algorithm performs the best? (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
   Susan Hansen  Suhas  Prasad Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Do Hamiltonian Bugs Always Converge? A Computer-Inspired Proof (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
   Khadija Iyer  Matthew  Cho $250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award Smart Shoes: An innovative method to analyze and correct improper gait (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              One-day immersive trip to Firebase to work on API project, TechLab Education    
        Athena  Fung Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade A Bluer Ocean: Replacing Microplastics with Water-Soluble Bioplastics (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
              1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
              $50 and Certificate of Achievement, The Kerry Veenstra Awards    
              2nd Place Award - $75, Popular Science Magazine Subscription and Framed Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
Lawson Middle School  Joel Carter  Deepa  Mahesh 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Analyzing Images to Help with Obstacle Avoidance for the Blind (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
Miller Middle School  Shree Murthy (PSP)  Chinmay K Lalgudi 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Development of a Thermoelectric Generator Integrated Laptop Case to Charge Computers using their own Heat (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
   Maneesha Ranabhor (PSP)  Shounak Kiran Ranabhor Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Angel's Eye - The Heat Battalion (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
   Kim Stinson  Krithi Vishesh Koodli 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Computer Simulation of Intersecting Orbits of Celestial Bodies (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
              Certificate of Achievement and ONR Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps