Project Awards 2019

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 - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Raya Idell Farber Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
      Zoe Pearl Stern Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
    Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Samantha Christene Togliatti Vee Zabala San Martin/Gwinn School Fish versus Soil.
    Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Raya Idell Farber Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
      Maryam  Ismail Zeba Haq Granada Islamic School Eliminating the Zit: Finding an Effective Treatment for Exterminating Bacteria
      Hemani V. Kamarshi Corinna Chung Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Monitoring Amounts of Vitamin C in Fruits When Cut and Left in a Refrigerator for Different Amounts of Time
      Zoe Pearl Stern Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
    1st Award Maryam  Ismail Zeba Haq Granada Islamic School Eliminating the Zit: Finding an Effective Treatment for Exterminating Bacteria
      Hemani V. Kamarshi Corinna Chung Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Monitoring Amounts of Vitamin C in Fruits When Cut and Left in a Refrigerator for Different Amounts of Time
      Raya Idell Farber Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
      Zoe Pearl Stern Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School What is the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages?
    2nd Award Samarjit  Deshmukh Ben Eccleston Challenger - Sunnyvale The Anticoagulant Properties of Garlic, Ginger, Turmeric and Fish Oil
      Ada Sophia Yoder Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Can plants survive without sunlight?
    Honorable Mention Aarush  Gogineni Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Effect of Different Foods on the Concentration of Glucose based on Glycemic Index after Digestion
      Krish  Maheshwari Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose Effect of Wi-Fi signals on the growth of pea shoot plants.
      Praneel Anil Shah Corinna Chung Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Investigating the Effect of Excess Carbon Dioxide on Plant Growth through Dry Ice
  7 Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Abhinav  Harikrishna Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
      Tanish  Swarnapuri Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
    $250 to the winning student or team in middle school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Diya Deepak Kadadi Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Bioplastics from Biowaste
    Grand Prize Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Abhinav  Harikrishna Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
      Tanish  Swarnapuri Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
    Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Diya Deepak Kadadi Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Bioplastics from Biowaste
    Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade Sadik  Aref Najia Zaman Granada Islamic School Investigating effects of decongestant and coenzymeQ-10 on the heart rate of Daphnia
      Abhinav  Harikrishna Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
      Diya Deepak Kadadi Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Bioplastics from Biowaste
      Tanish  Swarnapuri Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
    1st Award Sadik  Aref Najia Zaman Granada Islamic School Investigating effects of decongestant and coenzymeQ-10 on the heart rate of Daphnia
      Diya Deepak Kadadi Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Bioplastics from Biowaste
      Abhinav  Harikrishna Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
      Tanish  Swarnapuri Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Need A Hand
    2nd Award Austin  Hu Avi Gardner Rossinca-Carden International STEAM Academy Is Mouthwash as Effective as It Claims?
      Sudeepthi  Ravipati Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Sunscreen Science
      Nadine Paula Tan Ngo Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Smart Socket?
      Aasees Kaur Sandhu Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Smart Socket?
    Honorable Mention Noah Eli Fond Mazikeen Wagner Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Tempo Master: Testing Human Sensitivity to Tempo Changes
      Tanisha V Gupta Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the Effect of Different Levels of Insect Repellent Containing DEET on the Viability of bacteria found on humans?
      Fatimah  Ismail Najia Zaman Granada Islamic School Developing a Realistic Model of an Artificial Pancreas to Deal with Type 1 Diabetes
      Niti Kowkuntla Reddy Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ ColorMania
      Ben  Freda-Eskenazi Mazikeen Wagner Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Medkit AI: developing a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) to diagnose skin level injuries, and conditions
      Lillian  Kaelber Susan Greathouse Sacred Heart Middle School How does the amount of algae in water affect the size of the microorganism population?
      Dov Jack Morris Mazikeen Wagner Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Medkit AI: developing a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) to diagnose skin level injuries, and conditions
      Navon Haim Soussan Mazikeen Wagner Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Medkit AI: developing a CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) to diagnose skin level injuries, and conditions
      Eva  Talamantez Susan Greathouse Sacred Heart Middle School How does the amount of algae in water affect the size of the microorganism population?
    $100.00, Opportunity X + Synopsys Jorge  Guhe Kendall Bell River Glen School Sideways Plants vs Right Side Up Plants
      Francisco  Martin Kendall Bell River Glen School Sideways Plants vs Right Side Up Plants
    $50 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society Ruhi  Batchu Wilson Tsang Cabrillo Middle School Watering Efficiently
      Vyshnavi  Katta Wilson Tsang Cabrillo Middle School Watering Efficiently
  8 Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Nikita  Senthil Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Feed the Diatoms: The Effect of Iron Filings on the Oxygen Production of Thalassiosira Diatoms
    Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Nidhya  Shivakumar Richard Williams (mentor) Harker School (SSW) A Machine Learning Approach to Evaluate the Long Term Health Effects Of Forest Fires
      Arya Shriya Srivastava Kameswari Rayaprolu Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ One More Shot at Hearing: Making Cost Efficient Bone Conduction Technology to Aid People with Conductive Hearing Loss
    Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Safaa  Hussain Ben Eccleston Challenger - Sunnyvale Reward, Praise, and Criticism: What Works Best?
      Danica  Kubota Brad Bowden Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Biodegradable Take - Out Sauce Containers.
      Jai Vir Mehta Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Shorter Days: The Effect of the Day/Night Cycle on Plant Growth in Indoor Farming
      Namrata  Nair Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ The Effect of Different Metal Nanoparticles on the Growth of E. coli
      Nikita  Senthil Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Feed the Diatoms: The Effect of Iron Filings on the Oxygen Production of Thalassiosira Diatoms
      Nicholas  Wei Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Shorter Days: The Effect of the Day/Night Cycle on Plant Growth in Indoor Farming
    1st Award Safaa  Hussain Ben Eccleston Challenger - Sunnyvale Reward, Praise, and Criticism: What Works Best?
      Danica  Kubota Brad Bowden Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Biodegradable Take - Out Sauce Containers.
      Namrata  Nair Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ The Effect of Different Metal Nanoparticles on the Growth of E. coli
      Nikita  Senthil Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Feed the Diatoms: The Effect of Iron Filings on the Oxygen Production of Thalassiosira Diatoms
      Jai Vir Mehta Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Shorter Days: The Effect of the Day/Night Cycle on Plant Growth in Indoor Farming
      Nicholas  Wei Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Shorter Days: The Effect of the Day/Night Cycle on Plant Growth in Indoor Farming
    2nd Award Ashwika  Agrawal Karen Miller Lawson Middle School An App to Identify Skin Infections in Canines
      Brian  Chen Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus Validating Novel Algorithm-Generated Crop Rotations: A Second Year Study
      Jeremy  Ko Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Fast-Paced Video Games on Short-Term Concentration
      Stephen  Xia Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Fast-Paced Video Games on Short-Term Concentration
      Annli  Zhu Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Water on the Strength of Retted Fiber
      Sabrina  Zhu Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Water on the Strength of Retted Fiber
    Honorable Mention Iyaad Faiz Ahammed Farhana Afroz Granada Islamic School Magical Microbes:Producing clean energy using microbial fuel cells
      Maria  Grothe De Leys Hamm Canyon Heights Academy Do Acute Bladder Snails Have Memory That Enables Them To Learn?
      Arya Shriya Srivastava Kameswari Rayaprolu Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ One More Shot at Hearing: Making Cost Efficient Bone Conduction Technology to Aid People with Conductive Hearing Loss
      Zeynep Sena Tokuz Farhana Afroz Granada Islamic School Effects of Hazardous Chemicals on pregnancy: Using planaria as a model
      Joyce Boying Yang Ben Eccleston Challenger - Sunnyvale What is the effect of food-waste on the growth rate of Allium fistulosum?
      Riya  Gupta Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Problem-solving Capabilities of Physarum Polycephalum
      Arissa  Huda Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Fear on Spacial Perception
      Connie Ping Jiang Kristen Morgensen Harker School-Middle Campus Problem-solving Capabilities of Physarum Polycephalum
      Michelle  Jin Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus The Effect of Fear on Spacial Perception
      Eileen  Ma Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus How Do Different Types of Bacteria Affect the Growth of Lepidium sativum?
      Sally  Zhu Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus How Do Different Types of Bacteria Affect the Growth of Lepidium sativum?
    $100 Middle School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society Brian  Chen Kathy Peng Harker School-Middle Campus Validating Novel Algorithm-Generated Crop Rotations: A Second Year Study
    3rd Place $75 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch Ashwika  Agrawal Karen Miller Lawson Middle School An App to Identify Skin Infections in Canines
  9 $500 to the winning student or team in high school Bio Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Rishab Xinrui Parthasarathy Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
      William  Zhao Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
    2nd Place Award - $300 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS Myung Suh  Choi Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Comparing the photoprotection capabilities of the phytochemical anthocyanin to oxybenzone in commercial sunscreen
    High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Jason Robert Co Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School The Multipurpose Prosthetic: Using 3D printing to create various attachments for amputees
      Rishab Xinrui Parthasarathy Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
      William  Zhao Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
    Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Annika  Viswesh Randy Scilingo Palo Alto High School Classifying different types of cancer by applying machine learning techniques on epigenetic information
    1st Award Jason Robert Co Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School The Multipurpose Prosthetic: Using 3D printing to create various attachments for amputees
      Sasvath  Ramachandran Jeff Sutton Harker School-Upper Campus The Effects of UVA Radiation on Hypsibius dujardini Reproduction Capabilities
      Nathan Wai Keung Chiu Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a patch with an application for people that alerts the user when they are slouching
      Swasti  Jain Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a patch with an application for people that alerts the user when they are slouching
      Joe Jien Jie Lin Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The Design and Construction of a patch with an application for people that alerts the user when they are slouching
      Rishab Xinrui Parthasarathy Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
      William  Zhao Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus SkinSight: A Novel Implementation of a Convolutional Neural Network to Recognize Skin Diseases
    2nd Award Myung Suh  Choi Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Comparing the photoprotection capabilities of the phytochemical anthocyanin to oxybenzone in commercial sunscreen
      Shailesh  Senthil Kumar Lester Leung Lynbrook High School The Effect of Quorum Sensing Molecules on Extracellular Matrix Production in the S. Epidermidis Biofilm
      Jocelyn Elizabeth Swift Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The Effects of Natural and Artificial Sweeteners on Gut Bacteria as Modeled by E. coli
      Aneesh  Bhat Kenji Mitchell Cupertino High School Diagnosis of Nystagmus Using Deep Learning
      Anoop  Bhat Kenji Mitchell Cupertino High School Diagnosis of Nystagmus Using Deep Learning
      Amulya  Bhattaram Kenji Mitchell Cupertino High School Diagnosis of Nystagmus Using Deep Learning
      Ramya  Chamkeri Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effect of Mixture with Varying Ratios of Manuka Honey to Silver Nanoparticles on Biofilm Formation of Micrococcus Luteus
    Honorable Mention Deepesh  Aggarwal Thomas Dornhoffer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Effects of Different Spices on Yeast Production
      William  Huang Michele Quindipan Lynbrook High School Identification of Gene Signature Profiles of Asthma using Machine Learning
      Ahmad  Ismail William Beadell Wilcox High School Exploring a Treatment for Candidiasis by Investigating Interactions Between Candida and Bacteria
      Zechen  Liu Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School The effect of salinity on the nitrogen-fixation effects of Azospirillum Brasilense
      Aishwarya  Manoj Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School The effects of propylene glycol on heart rate in Daphnia Magna
      Rhea  Rai Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effect of Potassium Nitrate on Growth of Escherichia Coli
      Jonah  Tien Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Measuring the Effect of Varying Electrical Current Frequencies on Controlled Stimulation of Cephalopod Chromatophores
      Aleena  Bosky Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Is watching television more beneficial to one's short-term memory than exercising for ten minutes?
      Kaitlyn Celeste Butcher Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Is watching television more beneficial to one's short-term memory than exercising for ten minutes?
      Prakrit  Jain Andrew Irvine Harker School-Upper Campus Investigation of Compounds responsible for scorpion fluorescence and cuticle light sensitivity
      Stephanie  Samame Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Is watching television more beneficial to one's short-term memory than exercising for ten minutes?
    $100 Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award Kavita S Murthy Matthew Harley Harker School-Upper Campus The Amount of Heat-resistant Escherichia coli Found in Organically and Conventionally Grown Spinacia oleracea
    1st Place $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch Prakrit  Jain Andrew Irvine Harker School-Upper Campus Investigation of Compounds responsible for scorpion fluorescence and cuticle light sensitivity
    High School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) Kavita S Murthy Matthew Harley Harker School-Upper Campus The Amount of Heat-resistant Escherichia coli Found in Organically and Conventionally Grown Spinacia oleracea
    HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps Tara Sophia Pande Victoria Johnson Los Altos High School Optimizing Sleep and Wellbeing in Sleep-Deprived Teenagers
  10 $100, Morgan Lewis Vardhan Kishore Agrawal Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School A Novel System for Cuff-Less Blood Pressure Monitoring
    Grand Prize Student Award: $640 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Pranav  Eranki Charles Williams Cupertino High School Asthma diagnosis and progression tracking through the use of non-intrusive wearable technology and respiratory analysis
      Shashank  Venkatramani Charles Williams Cupertino High School Asthma diagnosis and progression tracking through the use of non-intrusive wearable technology and respiratory analysis
    High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Vardhan Kishore Agrawal Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School A Novel System for Cuff-Less Blood Pressure Monitoring
      Arnav  Jhingran Brad Lindemann Bellarmine College Preparatory HeartSense: Detecting cardiac abnormalities using a simple stethoscope recorder and analysis using a deep learning model
    1st Award Vardhan Kishore Agrawal Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School A Novel System for Cuff-Less Blood Pressure Monitoring
      Nicholas  Manuto Rebecca Taylor Evergreen Valley High School Expressing Alkane Degradation and Measuring the Biodegradation Efficiency
      Beatrice Maria Mihalache Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Effects of Polyethylene Microbeads on Lactuca sativa var. Longifolia
      Atreyi Leela Mukherjee Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The effect of electronic cigarette liquid on the viability of Lumbriculus variegatus
    2nd Award Anshika  Agarwal Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School In Their Shoes: Using Virtual Reality to Foster Empathy
      Seung Ah  Choi Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Increasing the Efficiency of the Topical Medication Triamcinolone Acetonide in the Oral Cavity
      Nishan Kuraparti Reddy Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Testing the effects of the herbicide, Glyphosate, on motor neurons within C. elegans
      Megha Reddy Yengoti Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Effect of Mixture with Varying Ratios of Manuka Honey to Silver Nanoparticles on Biofilm Formation of Micrococcus Luteus
    Honorable Mention Kelly Sachi Ferguson Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Testing for Abnormal Heart Rate as a Side Effect of Passiflora incarnata in Wingless Drosophila melanogaster
      Arnav  Jhingran Brad Lindemann Bellarmine College Preparatory HeartSense: Detecting cardiac abnormalities using a simple stethoscope recorder and analysis using a deep learning model
      Safaa Aicha Mouline David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Application that Enhances Comprehension of Real Time Speech for People with Auditory Processing Disorder
      James  Ouyang Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School The Healing Abilities of Antioxidants on Drosophila with Blue Light Induced Photoreceptor Degeneration
      Andrew Duc Dang Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School The Effect of Materials and Their Properties on The Effectiveness of Solar Water Disinfection
      Pranav  Eranki Charles Williams Cupertino High School Asthma diagnosis and progression tracking through the use of non-intrusive wearable technology and respiratory analysis
      Harper Lee Forbes Andrew Irvine Harker School-Upper Campus Investigation of Compounds responsible for scorpion fluorescence and cuticle light sensitivity
      Sally  Ha Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Leaf Me Alone: Inhibition of Weed Growth Using Allelopathic Potential of Aromatic Plants
      Avani  Karvat Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School What is the effect of music on the state dependent learning phenomenon in high school students?
      Kristine Soohyun McLaughlin Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School What is the effect of music on the state dependent learning phenomenon in high school students?
      Joshua Seungjoon Park Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School The Effect of Materials and Their Properties on The Effectiveness of Solar Water Disinfection
      Aditya Arun Rao Hugo Steemers Cupertino High School Machine Learning - Investigative Study of Classifiers in Melanoma Depth Estimation using 3D Reconstruction of 2D Images
      Tracy Bao Thi Tran Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Leaf Me Alone: Inhibition of Weed Growth Using Allelopathic Potential of Aromatic Plants
      Shashank  Venkatramani Charles Williams Cupertino High School Asthma diagnosis and progression tracking through the use of non-intrusive wearable technology and respiratory analysis
    $100, IBM Award Seung Ah  Choi Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Increasing the Efficiency of the Topical Medication Triamcinolone Acetonide in the Oral Cavity
    $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards Safaa Aicha Mouline David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Application that Enhances Comprehension of Real Time Speech for People with Auditory Processing Disorder
    $50 High School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society Charlotte Emily Lara Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Allelopathic Effects of California Native Trees on a California Native Grass, Festuca Californica
    1st Place $125 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch Harper Lee Forbes Andrew Irvine Harker School-Upper Campus Investigation of Compounds responsible for scorpion fluorescence and cuticle light sensitivity
    ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award Safaa Aicha Mouline David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Application that Enhances Comprehension of Real Time Speech for People with Auditory Processing Disorder
    Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize Anya  Chatterjee Annie Reynolds Lynbrook High School Levels of Dissolved Oxygen Produced by Nonvascular Plants in Freshwater Ponds
    Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association Anshika  Agarwal Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School In Their Shoes: Using Virtual Reality to Foster Empathy
      Neeta  Chethan Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Distracted Interferences on Reaction Time
    First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter Safaa Aicha Mouline David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Application that Enhances Comprehension of Real Time Speech for People with Auditory Processing Disorder
    HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps Jordan Arfai Naddaf Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Increased Airborne Zinc Concentration and the Onset of Anosmia using Drosophila melanogaster
  11 Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Pranav  Kakhandiki Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Automated Diagnosis of Aortitis using Machine Learning
      Benjamin  Lipman Daniel Kelley Kehillah Jewish High School Accurate Identification of Cardiac Anomalies Through Deep Learning
    Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Royal June Huey III Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Effects of Simulated Microgravity through Perpetual Falling on Raphanus raphanistrum Root Network Development
    $100, Morgan Lewis Shloka V. Janapaty Tracy Hughes Presentation High School A Novel, Fast, Low-Cost Approach to Achieve Near 100% LDPE Degradation: Bioremedial Landfill Implementation
      William Na Yang Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Separating and counting red blood cells using microfluidic magnetophoresis, phone imaging, and machine learning analysis
    1st Award Tarun  Chiruvolu Debjani Roy Bellarmine College Preparatory Toward Automated Pathology: Deep Learning for Breast Cancer Classification and Genomic Characterization
      Shreya  Garg Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Determining the Roles of CuSB, Flagellin, and AcrAB-TolC in Bacterial Responses to Nonlethal Concentrations of AgNPs
      Royal June Huey III Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Effects of Simulated Microgravity through Perpetual Falling on Raphanus raphanistrum Root Network Development
      Shloka V. Janapaty Tracy Hughes Presentation High School A Novel, Fast, Low-Cost Approach to Achieve Near 100% LDPE Degradation: Bioremedial Landfill Implementation
      Raymond  Kuan Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School Effects of phycocyanin in spirulina platensis on planarian tumor growth
      Derek  Tan Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School Effects of phycocyanin in spirulina platensis on planarian tumor growth
    2nd Award Sierra Victoria Marie Howard Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Implications of Inhibiting the Wnt Signaling Pathway in Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells using the Novel Antibody Omp-18R5
      Pranav  Kakhandiki Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Automated Diagnosis of Aortitis using Machine Learning
      Benjamin  Lipman Daniel Kelley Kehillah Jewish High School Accurate Identification of Cardiac Anomalies Through Deep Learning
      Jaidyn  Moodley Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Effects of Bacillus Subtilis NCIB 3610, Rhizobium leguminosarum, and Anabaena sp. on Plant Growth
      Supriya Alyssa Mula Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School The Effects of TNF-beta on Harmful A1 Astrocyte Differentiation in Glial Scars
      Franklin Ye Ruan Darren Dressen Los Altos High School The Symbiotic Effects of Panax notoginseng (Ginseng) Extracted Steroid Glycosides on Kanamycin Resistant E-Coli
      Kylie Lauren Lo-wen Akiyama Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Reducing Brevetoxin Production in Karenia brevis by Inhibition of Non-Photochemical Quenching (NPQ)
      Elena Maria Mujica Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Reducing Brevetoxin Production in Karenia brevis by Inhibition of Non-Photochemical Quenching (NPQ)
    Honorable Mention Ashvin Saikumar Irrinki Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School A Novel Biomarker for Detecting CTE Utilizing TDP-43 Aggregated Deposits in Relation to Elevated Tau Concentration
      Ethan Ramirez Kim Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School The Effects Of Vitamins A,B and D on colon cancer cell line LoVo
      Emerson Laine Martin Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Evaluating the Protective Effects of Cyanocobalamin and Methylcobalamin when C.elegans are exposed to Bisphenol-A
      Arthi  Vaidyanathan Meghan Strazicich Los Altos High School Testing the Effects of Iron Supplements on the Production of Siderophores in Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
      Alexander Kailong Wu Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School In vitro models of meningeal lymphatic clearance on diffusion across the blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier
      Uyen-Vy  Le Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Leaf Me Alone: Inhibition of Weed Growth Using Allelopathic Potential of Aromatic Plants
      Pratya  Poosala Pooya Hajjarian Monta Vista High School Testing whether the use of simulated laboratory experiments correlates to increased understanding of concepts
      Purnima  Venkat Pooya Hajjarian Monta Vista High School Testing whether the use of simulated laboratory experiments correlates to increased understanding of concepts
    $100 High School Plant Science (Amazon Gift Card), California Botanical Society Royal June Huey III Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Effects of Simulated Microgravity through Perpetual Falling on Raphanus raphanistrum Root Network Development
    $100, IBM Award Chinmay Keshava Lalgudi Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Investigating biomarkers in Parkinson's Disease for prodromal diagnosis and prediction of disease progression
    Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology Sierra Victoria Marie Howard Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Implications of Inhibiting the Wnt Signaling Pathway in Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells using the Novel Antibody Omp-18R5
      Wesley B Liao Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School Comparison of Beta Amyloid Production by BACE1 and BACE2 Enzymes
      Katelyn  Stone Scott VanderVeen Valley Christian High School Comparison of Beta Amyloid Production by BACE1 and BACE2 Enzymes
    HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps Pranav  Kakhandiki Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Automated Diagnosis of Aortitis using Machine Learning
    Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department Shreya  Garg Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Determining the Roles of CuSB, Flagellin, and AcrAB-TolC in Bacterial Responses to Nonlethal Concentrations of AgNPs
  12 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Helen  Nguyen Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
      Ezequiel  Ponce Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
      Sophia  Tran Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
    $100, Morgan Lewis Alice  Martynova Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School An Affordable, AI-Enhanced Device to Diagnosis Strep Throat and Prevent Rheumatic Fever in Developing Countries
    1st Award Sandhini  Agarwal Bill Dunbar Gunn (Henry M.) High School Tracking Parkinsonian Tremors: A Wearable Device Application Utilizing Smart Sensing for Real-Time Monitoring & Analysis
      Ana  Cismaru Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Parkinson's Disease Classification via Convolutional Neural Networks using DaTscans
      Greg W. Santangeli Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Effect of Dissolved Urea on the Reproductive Rate and ROS Production of Dinoflagellates Under Thermal Stress
      Helen  Nguyen Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
      Ezequiel  Ponce Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
      Sophia  Tran Patrick Allamandola Andrew Hill High School Targeting susceptibility to mutations in the cell cycle
    2nd Award Lubat  Asadova Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Testing the Effect of Heat Shock On the Behavior Response and on the Neuron Activity in C. Elegans
      Alice  Martynova Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School An Affordable, AI-Enhanced Device to Diagnosis Strep Throat and Prevent Rheumatic Fever in Developing Countries
    Honorable Mention Anna  Castello Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Testing the Efficacy of Coconut Oil and its Components in Protection Against Amyloid Toxicity in Transgenic C. elegans
      Zeeshaan  Chunawala Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Magnetization of Incorporated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Method for Combatting Candida albicans Biofilm Growth
      Ryan M Judy Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Determining the effect of ascorbic acid on viability of drosophila melanogaster with developmental nicotine exposure
      Joshita  Kamalakannan Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Using Aronia melanocarpa Extract to Analyze the Effects of Antioxidant-Rich Foods on the Health Span of Drosophila
      Annika Hope Mittelhauser Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Can Air Pollution Damage Memory? Impact of Varying NO2 Exposure Times on Memory of Drosophila Melanogaster
      Evelyn  Rubinchik Tracy Hughes Presentation High School The Effect of Blue Light Exposure on the Retinal Degeneration of Light and Dark Eyes
      Shivam  Singhal Larry Steinke Saint Francis High School A Non-Invasive Tool for Cancer Diagnosis through the Optimization of Cell-free RNA and DNA
      Divya Arun Rao Hugo Steemers Cupertino High School Machine Learning - Investigative Study of Classifiers in Melanoma Depth Estimation using 3D Reconstruction of 2D Images
    3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter Dulati  Aideli Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Optimizing The Coronary Stent By Designing Vibration Dampeners And A New Deployment Method
    ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award Sandhini  Agarwal Bill Dunbar Gunn (Henry M.) High School Tracking Parkinsonian Tremors: A Wearable Device Application Utilizing Smart Sensing for Real-Time Monitoring & Analysis
      Shivam  Singhal Larry Steinke Saint Francis High School A Non-Invasive Tool for Cancer Diagnosis through the Optimization of Cell-free RNA and DNA
    First Place: $100, Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) Sandhini  Agarwal Bill Dunbar Gunn (Henry M.) High School Tracking Parkinsonian Tremors: A Wearable Device Application Utilizing Smart Sensing for Real-Time Monitoring & Analysis
    Honorable Mention Certificate, Santa Clara County Biotech Education Partnership (SCCBEP) Ana  Cismaru Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Parkinson's Disease Classification via Convolutional Neural Networks using DaTscans
    HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps Annika Hope Mittelhauser Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Can Air Pollution Damage Memory? Impact of Varying NO2 Exposure Times on Memory of Drosophila Melanogaster
      Greg W. Santangeli Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Effect of Dissolved Urea on the Reproductive Rate and ROS Production of Dinoflagellates Under Thermal Stress
Physical Science and Engineering 6 Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Ayush  Ghosh Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Reducing Ocean Acidification Using Aquatic Plants
    Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade Aaryan  Doshi Natraj Narayanswami Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Fight the Fire: An Innovative Software-Based Approach to Fire Prevention and Protection using Android Development
      Ayush  Ghosh Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Reducing Ocean Acidification Using Aquatic Plants
      Samanya  Girish Brad Bowden Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Novel and Accurate Method to Measure the Performance of a Linear Accelerator
      Neel  Jagdish Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Blue Light Exposed
      Rucha Sunil Mujumdar Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Edible Membranes to Protect the Environment
      Siddharth Anand Phatak Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Blue Light Exposed
      Jared Meyer Saal Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How Particle Size Affects Viscosity In Chocolate
      Reva Chidella Sharma Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Edible Membranes to Protect the Environment
    1st Award Aaryan  Doshi Natraj Narayanswami Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Fight the Fire: An Innovative Software-Based Approach to Fire Prevention and Protection using Android Development
      Ayush  Ghosh Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Reducing Ocean Acidification Using Aquatic Plants
      Samanya  Girish Brad Bowden Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Novel and Accurate Method to Measure the Performance of a Linear Accelerator
      Jared Meyer Saal Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How Particle Size Affects Viscosity In Chocolate
      Neel  Jagdish Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Blue Light Exposed
      Rucha Sunil Mujumdar Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Edible Membranes to Protect the Environment
      Siddharth Anand Phatak Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Blue Light Exposed
      Reva Chidella Sharma Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Edible Membranes to Protect the Environment
    2nd Award Vir  Bhutani Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose Which Natural Fat is the Most Unsaturated?
      Ishan Zhisheng Juluri Youssef Ismail (mentor) Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Effect of Tuned Mass Dampers on Oscillating Buildings
      Ayush Avinash Sodani Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose What is the effect of more turns in the coil on the amount of electricity created?
      Doron  Bentov Danny Watson Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School The WASP (wearable aerosol spray protection)
      Ori Isaac Gillai Danny Watson Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School The WASP (wearable aerosol spray protection)
      Isaac Reed Zucker Danny Watson Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School The WASP (wearable aerosol spray protection)
    Honorable Mention Brandon Richard Do Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas The Self-driving Car
      Hannah Jo Grayeski Claire Weber Graham (Issac Newton) Middle School What is the ideal length for a mechanical pencil not to break?
      Mamoon Rahman Khan Haadiyah Razzack Granada Islamic School Effect of Concentrations of Ammonium Nitrate on the Temperature of a Cold Pack
      Rohit  Mekkoth Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Fuel Cells to the Rescue
      Vaibhav  Rau Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Suppressing Evaporation
      Aahan  Shah Tatiana Braun Stratford Middle School - Milpitas Effect of Mass and Thrust on the Speed of Propeller Zipline Cable Car
      James  Tsaggaris Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Effect of Heat on the Strength of Ferrite Magnets
      Anish  Bhethanabotla Tanuja Madhavapeddi (PSP) Miller Middle School An elegant and cost effective way of measuring air quality using Arduino
      Arin  Kathapurkar Shama Mohamed Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Duck Cover Hold
      Aadtiya  Mahajan Tanuja Madhavapeddi (PSP) Miller Middle School An elegant and cost effective way of measuring air quality using Arduino
      Harsha  Manamala Shama Mohamed Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Duck Cover Hold
      Micah Ariel Nassi Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Sound Adventure: An audio and touch-based game for people with limited vision
      Anna  Suvorova Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Sound Adventure: An audio and touch-based game for people with limited vision
    $50 to student, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Al Foster Award Aidan Michael Miranda De Leys Hamm Canyon Heights Academy A Greener Environmentally Friendly De-icing Solution
    Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society Paulo Cabarloc Cho Claire Weber Graham (Issac Newton) Middle School What is the effect of air pollution and weather on solar cell output?
      Ayush  Ghosh Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Reducing Ocean Acidification Using Aquatic Plants
    Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter Maya  Schechtman Tim Ainoa Old Orchard School Magnetism and Temperature
      James  Tsaggaris Kristi Chung Stratford Middle School - San Jose The Effect of Heat on the Strength of Ferrite Magnets
    IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Samanya  Girish Brad Bowden Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Novel and Accurate Method to Measure the Performance of a Linear Accelerator
    Middle School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) Jared Meyer Saal Liat Baranoff Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School How Particle Size Affects Viscosity In Chocolate
    Packet with over-the-shoulder sling pack, dog tag USB flash memory drive, USB car charger, power bank charger and certificate in folder, United States Air Force Hrishikesh  Ankireddi Tatiana Braun Stratford Middle School - Milpitas Impact of Ice on Aircraft Engines
  7 Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Reshma  Kosaraju Hari Kosaraju (PSP) Harker School-Middle Campus Application of Meteorological Data to Predict the Chances of a Forest Fire Using Machine Learning and Neural Networks
    $250 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award Reshma  Kosaraju Hari Kosaraju (PSP) Harker School-Middle Campus Application of Meteorological Data to Predict the Chances of a Forest Fire Using Machine Learning and Neural Networks
    1st Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District Nithya  Appannagaari Hamby Aochi Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Engineering a Flood Proof Safety Crate
      Vedavi Anika Kavoori Hamby Aochi Kennedy(John F.) Middle School-Cupertino Engineering a Flood Proof Safety Crate
      Ashwini  Paramesh Neetha Anandakumar (PSP) Chaboya School Can Sphagnum Moss clean our fresh water lakes and ponds?
    2nd Place $75, Santa Clara Valley Water District Vedant V. Janapaty Juliana West Stratford Middle School - San Jose Water conservation - Drastically reducing surface water evaporation with improved water delivery techniques
      Sangyani  Sinha Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) AquaWise: An Intelligent Irrigation System
    3rd Place $50, Santa Clara Valley Water District Rayan  SenGupta Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose Clean Water Transportation
      Nicole  Tsioutsioulikli Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose The effect of the material at the bottom of the desalination device on the amount of the water produced by condensation.
    Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Sudiksha  Das Amanda Saintil Chaboya School A Smart Solution to Prevent Drunk-Driving Accidents
      Sanskriti  Singh Sujatha Raghu Rolling Hills Middle School Detection of Pneumonia on CXR image using Convolutional Neural Networks with an emphasis on minimizing False Negatives
    Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Aadit  Golwala Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Making an Offshore Wind Turbine Where the Entire Structure Turns into the Wind
      Sanskriti  Singh Sujatha Raghu Rolling Hills Middle School Detection of Pneumonia on CXR image using Convolutional Neural Networks with an emphasis on minimizing False Negatives
    Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade Noah Isaac Barlahan Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
      Romina  Blanco-Sarmiento Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
      Ryan Pierce Co Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
      Aralyn  Connolly Yun-pei Chang (PSP) Castillero Middle School The effect of temperature and light exposure on pigments in picked leafy greens
      Jennifer Ann Dick-Peddie Juliana West Stratford Middle School - San Jose Designing an Autogyro to Accurately Deliver a Payload to a Designated Landing Zone with the Slowest Descent Rate
      Jeremy Zhou Flint Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
      Aadit  Golwala Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Making an Offshore Wind Turbine Where the Entire Structure Turns into the Wind
      Miranda Rose Gutierrez Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
      Sarah Christine Honer Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
      Reshma  Kosaraju Hari Kosaraju (PSP) Harker School-Middle Campus Application of Meteorological Data to Predict the Chances of a Forest Fire Using Machine Learning and Neural Networks
      Keshav  Narang Jiu Chang (mentor) BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Generalizing a Solution to the Tower of Hanoi with Varying Number of Pegs and Rings
      Gael Keren Neighbors Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Which type of starch makes a stronger bioplastic?
      Wyndia  Ohm Sophanie Gee Sunnyvale Middle School Mystery Spot: Does Physics, mainly those used by aerospace scientists contradict the claim of gravitational anomaly?
      Adhip  Raghunathan Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Novel Electrochromic System to Regulate Internal Lighting
      Kabir Singh Sahni Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
      Julian I. Schultz Tammy Parke Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Can Your Sweatshirt Save You? How effective are fabrics at lowering the particulate concentration of polluted air?
      Neel  Sharma Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
      Ashar Ahmad Siddiqui Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
      Sanskriti  Singh Sujatha Raghu Rolling Hills Middle School Detection of Pneumonia on CXR image using Convolutional Neural Networks with an emphasis on minimizing False Negatives
      Sonia  Swamy Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale BioDeDye: An eco-friendly, low-cost, agro-waste biosorbent for the reduction of dye contaminants in aqueous wastes
      Claire  Tsai Yun-pei Chang (PSP) Castillero Middle School The effect of temperature and light exposure on pigments in picked leafy greens
    1st Award Jennifer Ann Dick-Peddie Juliana West Stratford Middle School - San Jose Designing an Autogyro to Accurately Deliver a Payload to a Designated Landing Zone with the Slowest Descent Rate
      Aadit  Golwala Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Making an Offshore Wind Turbine Where the Entire Structure Turns into the Wind
      Reshma  Kosaraju Hari Kosaraju (PSP) Harker School-Middle Campus Application of Meteorological Data to Predict the Chances of a Forest Fire Using Machine Learning and Neural Networks
      Keshav  Narang Jiu Chang (mentor) BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Generalizing a Solution to the Tower of Hanoi with Varying Number of Pegs and Rings
      Gael Keren Neighbors Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Which type of starch makes a stronger bioplastic?
      Wyndia  Ohm Sophanie Gee Sunnyvale Middle School Mystery Spot: Does Physics, mainly those used by aerospace scientists contradict the claim of gravitational anomaly?
      Adhip  Raghunathan Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Novel Electrochromic System to Regulate Internal Lighting
      Julian I. Schultz Tammy Parke Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Can Your Sweatshirt Save You? How effective are fabrics at lowering the particulate concentration of polluted air?
      Sanskriti  Singh Sujatha Raghu Rolling Hills Middle School Detection of Pneumonia on CXR image using Convolutional Neural Networks with an emphasis on minimizing False Negatives
      Sonia  Swamy Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale BioDeDye: An eco-friendly, low-cost, agro-waste biosorbent for the reduction of dye contaminants in aqueous wastes
      Noah Isaac Barlahan Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
      Romina  Blanco-Sarmiento Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
      Ryan Pierce Co Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
      Aralyn  Connolly Yun-pei Chang (PSP) Castillero Middle School The effect of temperature and light exposure on pigments in picked leafy greens
      Jeremy Zhou Flint Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Making Hydropower More Environmentally Friendly
      Miranda Rose Gutierrez Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
      Sarah Christine Honer Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Operation Cut Free (OCF)
      Kabir Singh Sahni Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
      Neel  Sharma Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
      Ashar Ahmad Siddiqui Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School Improving Oil Cleanup Equipment To Help Clean Up Oil Spills
      Claire  Tsai Yun-pei Chang (PSP) Castillero Middle School The effect of temperature and light exposure on pigments in picked leafy greens
    2nd Award Sudiksha  Das Amanda Saintil Chaboya School A Smart Solution to Prevent Drunk-Driving Accidents
      Alon  Knaan Danny Watson Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Bionic Xylophone Arm
      Elaine  Lee Caren Furtado Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto Impact of disposable water bottles on our oceans
      Aziza Amin Mohammed Najia Zaman Granada Islamic School Investigating Kombucha biofilm as an alternative for other flexible materials
      Swastik S Purathepparambil Natraj Narayanswami Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor The Ergonomic Lunch Box
      Eshan  Rachapudi Kameswari Rayaprolu Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Extracting Water from Humidity
      Isabelle  Shay Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Comparing Plants' Ability to Block Phosphate
      Rohit  Vakkalagadda Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ Benevolent Bioplastics: What is the effect of the materials used to make a bioplastic bag on the mass it can hold?
      Paulina  Xu Caren Furtado Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto A New Way Of Travel
      Javeria  Ahmed Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School The Greenhouse of the future
      Ynna Sophia Bondad Buriel Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School The Greenhouse of the future
      Rosie  Chen Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School The Greenhouse of the future
    Honorable Mention Anagha  Badriprasad Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Biofuel: Testing Alternative Sources for Sustainable Biodiesel Production
      Nilansh Dey Ghosh Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Search for a Low-Cost Material to Improve Air Quality.
      Sahas  Goli Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Filter of the Future
      Terry  Hsu Lindon Richards Milpitas Christian School (6-8) Robotic Control On Puppets- a First Study On Bionics
      Charles Zhang Huang Kevin Seago Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Dual-Purpose Boba Straw
      Sanika  Iyer Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Creating a Smart Fridge Using RFID Sensors to Eliminate Food Wastage
      Vedant V. Janapaty Juliana West Stratford Middle School - San Jose Water conservation - Drastically reducing surface water evaporation with improved water delivery techniques
      Ananya Venkata Jilla Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) Machine Learning (ML) Driven Diabetes Predictor
      Sidharth Nitin Kalje Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) Water-Efficient Sprinkler System
      Beckett Gasich Lyons Erland Patterson Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School The Aerodynamic Of Truck Platooning
      Himani  Manjunath Lindon Richards Milpitas Christian School (6-8) Natural Water Purifier: Using Banana Peels to Remove Lead From Water
      Vishnu  Potharaju Kevin Seago Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Help Save the Planet - TrashRight
      Nicolas Joaquin Quijano Tim Ainoa Old Orchard School Probing Haptic Glove for the Visually Impaired
      Dashmi  Singh Bonny Basu Challenger - Shawnee - SJ Agrofuel: The Future
      Ishwar  Suriyaprakash Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale Factors affecting the amplitude of sound propagating through a tube
      Hoshita Venkatasai Undella Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale Testing blade angles, number of blades and blade designs of a Wind Turbine for Maximum Voltage Output
      Jonathan  Yu Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor A Simple Way to Save Oceans
      Mallika Suvali Ghante Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas No Wifi? No Problem!
      Anika  Kulkarni Kanchan Bhandare Merryhill Schools - Milpitas No Wifi? No Problem!
      Marisa Ai Malto Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Wildfire Drone and Fire Detection System
      Caitlin Minh Thy Nguyen Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Car Seat
      Nikhil  Ramkrishnan Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Wildfire Drone and Fire Detection System
      Shelby Rose Schuberg Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School O.R.C.A
      Sanjay  Selvakumar Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School The Wildfire Drone and Fire Detection System
      Lauren Maha Taffe Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Car Seat
      Stephanie Thai Vu Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School O.R.C.A
      Taylor Kristyn Wong Sarah Rahman Cabrillo Middle School Smart Car Seat
      Chaela Rafael Zaide Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School O.R.C.A
    $100.00, Opportunity X + Synopsys Ava Isabelle Alexander Kendall Bell River Glen School Water on water?
      Ashukem Adrienne Taku Kendall Bell River Glen School Water on water?
    $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Kerry Veenstra Awards Nicolas Joaquin Quijano Tim Ainoa Old Orchard School Probing Haptic Glove for the Visually Impaired
    1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Henry  Yao Rachna Sharma BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating Chitosan-Based Bioplastic, and Its Effect on Food Packaging and Preservation
    2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Aziza Amin Mohammed Najia Zaman Granada Islamic School Investigating Kombucha biofilm as an alternative for other flexible materials
    2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter Nilansh Dey Ghosh Lindsay Holt Stratford Middle School - San Jose Search for a Low-Cost Material to Improve Air Quality.
    2nd place MS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Beckett Gasich Lyons Erland Patterson Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School The Aerodynamic Of Truck Platooning
    3rd place - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Ava  Hultquist Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Do cities make rivers dirtier? Measuring the change of biotoxicity and organic chemical content of my city's rivers
    3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Gael Keren Neighbors Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Which type of starch makes a stronger bioplastic?
    3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter Neel  Sudhakaran Juliana West Stratford Middle School - San Jose A New Fuel Cell Design
    Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Elaine  Lee Caren Furtado Challenger-Middlefield-Palo Alto Impact of disposable water bottles on our oceans
      Jonathan  Yu Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor A Simple Way to Save Oceans
    Exceptional Merit, Framed Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" Adhip  Raghunathan Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Novel Electrochromic System to Regulate Internal Lighting
      Hoshita Venkatasai Undella Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale Testing blade angles, number of blades and blade designs of a Wind Turbine for Maximum Voltage Output
    Honorable Mention - Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Anagha  Badriprasad Swapna Mayya Challenger - Sunnyvale Biofuel: Testing Alternative Sources for Sustainable Biodiesel Production
    Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter Himani  Manjunath Lindon Richards Milpitas Christian School (6-8) Natural Water Purifier: Using Banana Peels to Remove Lead From Water
    IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Alon  Knaan Danny Watson Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School Bionic Xylophone Arm
      Beckett Gasich Lyons Erland Patterson Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School The Aerodynamic Of Truck Platooning
      Wyndia  Ohm Sophanie Gee Sunnyvale Middle School Mystery Spot: Does Physics, mainly those used by aerospace scientists contradict the claim of gravitational anomaly?
    Middle School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) Henry  Yao Rachna Sharma BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating Chitosan-Based Bioplastic, and Its Effect on Food Packaging and Preservation
    Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps Henry  Yao Rachna Sharma BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating Chitosan-Based Bioplastic, and Its Effect on Food Packaging and Preservation
    Most Promising Young Scientist (Male), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" Aadit  Golwala Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Making an Offshore Wind Turbine Where the Entire Structure Turns into the Wind
    Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Ava  Hultquist Jaimee Burch Old Orchard School Do cities make rivers dirtier? Measuring the change of biotoxicity and organic chemical content of my city's rivers
  8 Castro Family Award for Best Physical Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Daniel  Siegel Shelly Bethke Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School Surround3: The Design and Construction of a Sensor-Enhanced Probing Cane to Help the Visually Impaired
    $100, Morgan Lewis Cindy Jingru Wang Sefika Gul Eris Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Smart Irrigation Systems
    $125 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award Kaushik  Salem Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School A target acquisition system for landing aircrafts in constrained spaces using modified Hough Transform
    $250 to the winning student or team in middle school Physical Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Daniel  Siegel Shelly Bethke Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School Surround3: The Design and Construction of a Sensor-Enhanced Probing Cane to Help the Visually Impaired
    $500 + certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award Yu-Ting  Chang Qin (Linda) Luo Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Greedy, Yet Intelligent, Algorithms for the Game 2048 Using Python
    $500 and Certificate for Best grade 6-8 entry for Electrical Engineering amongst girls, Synopsys - Society of Women Engineers Ishani  Das Anu Iyer Lawson Middle School An Arduino-based Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired to Guide and Receive Immediate Help Using GPS and GSM Service
    $500 and Certificate for Best grade 6-8 entry for Software Engineering amongst girls, Synopsys - Society of Women Engineers Hemal  Kurani Marianne Bouja Sunnyvale Middle School Smart Campus Security Shield: A Risk Based Real Time Crime Alert and Prevention System Using Student ID Card
      Hetal  Kurani Marianne Bouja Sunnyvale Middle School Smart Campus Security Shield: A Risk Based Real Time Crime Alert and Prevention System Using Student ID Card
    2nd Place Student Award: $160 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Sharad  Parulekar Qin (Linda) Luo Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Dr.One: A Flying Angel to Keep an Eye on Seniors
    Grand Prize Student Award, Outstanding Young Woman in Computing: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Tanisha  Grover Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School So Many Houses, But Which One To Choose?
      Kimberly Carol Maddox Michelle Scilingo Cabrillo Middle School So Many Houses, But Which One To Choose?
    Honorable Mention Certificate + a signed book + breakfast with Bob Zeidman, Zeidman Award Arti  Gnanasekar Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Memory Vision: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Patients
      Alan Dongjin Lee Kevin Thompson Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School Machine Learning for Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Liver Tumors
      Aanya  Virmani Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Memory Vision: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Patients
    Honorable Mention Student Award: $40 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Sherif  Abdou Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Building a rescue robot
      Justin Graham Hou Kevin Thompson Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School Analyzing Images and Text Found Online with AI in Order to Determine if a Website is Educational
      Juno  Kim Kevin Thompson Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School Analyzing Images and Text Found Online with AI in Order to Determine if a Website is Educational
      Sahana  Moogi Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
      Kaitlyn Dinh Nguyen Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
      Kavinaya  Rajesh Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
      Austin Mathew Wu Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Building a rescue robot
    Middle School Finalist Certificate & $25 barnesandnoble.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Anika  Pandey Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose Designing an Environmentally Friendly and Efficient Supercapacitor/Battery with Nanoparticulate Graphene
      Daniel  Siegel Shelly Bethke Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School Surround3: The Design and Construction of a Sensor-Enhanced Probing Cane to Help the Visually Impaired
    Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 8th Grade Yu-Ting  Chang Qin (Linda) Luo Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Greedy, Yet Intelligent, Algorithms for the Game 2048 Using Python
      Uday  Chaudhary Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the effect of using compound wood boards on the overall flammability, durability and strength of the wood board?
      Gordon Zhou Chen Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Inhibiting Rabies at the Molecular Level
      Lexxa Elizabeth D'Amico James Levis Britton Middle School Motion Activated Sensor and Servo to push Crosswalk Button and Eliminate Bacterial Spread
      Ria Neelkanth Deshpande James Levis Britton Middle School Motion Activated Sensor and Servo to push Crosswalk Button and Eliminate Bacterial Spread
      Kinjal  Govil Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the effect of using compound wood boards on the overall flammability, durability and strength of the wood board?
      Jacob Zuguang Huang Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Inhibiting Rabies at the Molecular Level
      Harsha Rohan  Rajkumar Shama Mohamed Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Naturogenic Cloud
      Daniel  Siegel Shelly Bethke Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School Surround3: The Design and Construction of a Sensor-Enhanced Probing Cane to Help the Visually Impaired
      Joseph Philip Thomas Caitlin Brady Saint Christopher School Transfer Learning from Deep ImageNet Models to Simpler Models for Rapid Binary Classification
      Anirudh  Venkatraman Art Wellersdick Challenger - Sunnyvale Tremor Monitor
    1st Award Yu-Ting  Chang Qin (Linda) Luo Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Greedy, Yet Intelligent, Algorithms for the Game 2048 Using Python
      Harsha Rohan  Rajkumar Shama Mohamed Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Naturogenic Cloud
      Daniel  Siegel Shelly Bethke Greene (Frank S., Jr.) Middle School Surround3: The Design and Construction of a Sensor-Enhanced Probing Cane to Help the Visually Impaired
      Joseph Philip Thomas Caitlin Brady Saint Christopher School Transfer Learning from Deep ImageNet Models to Simpler Models for Rapid Binary Classification
      Anirudh  Venkatraman Art Wellersdick Challenger - Sunnyvale Tremor Monitor
      Uday  Chaudhary Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the effect of using compound wood boards on the overall flammability, durability and strength of the wood board?
      Gordon Zhou Chen Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Inhibiting Rabies at the Molecular Level
      Lexxa Elizabeth D'Amico James Levis Britton Middle School Motion Activated Sensor and Servo to push Crosswalk Button and Eliminate Bacterial Spread
      Ria Neelkanth Deshpande James Levis Britton Middle School Motion Activated Sensor and Servo to push Crosswalk Button and Eliminate Bacterial Spread
      Kinjal  Govil Meimei Wang Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the effect of using compound wood boards on the overall flammability, durability and strength of the wood board?
      Jacob Zuguang Huang Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Inhibiting Rabies at the Molecular Level
    2nd Award Arhana Vepa Aatresh Kameswari Rayaprolu Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ Over the Wing: investigating the effect of wind speed, wing angle, and propeller speed on a blown wing's lift force
      Pranav  Amarnath Ben Eccleston Challenger - Sunnyvale Effect of acid on activity of salivary amylase enzyme in digesting starch
      Romina  Jately Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) FitTreat
      Alan Dongjin Lee Kevin Thompson Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School Machine Learning for Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Liver Tumors
      Kaushik  Salem Nelson Hori Cabrillo Middle School A target acquisition system for landing aircrafts in constrained spaces using modified Hough Transform
      Rohan  Siva Muna Khanna Champion School (K-8) The Bane of Vulcan
      Adreema Tasnova Ahsan Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School How to save a life " CPR dummy remodeled"
      Arjun Jay Barrett Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Using Machine Learning and Infrared Imagery to Detect Drunk Individuals
      Rohan Tan Bhowmik Tina Kim Harker School-Middle Campus Using Machine Learning and Infrared Imagery to Detect Drunk Individuals
      Jonathan Nehemiah Dimas Claire Weber Graham (Issac Newton) Middle School Emergency gas mask for smoke from forest fires
      Vasily  Ermolenko Claire Weber Graham (Issac Newton) Middle School Emergency gas mask for smoke from forest fires
      Saee Kunal Pole Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School How to save a life " CPR dummy remodeled"
      Kaitlyn Huygn-Lan Cloke Venator Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School How to save a life " CPR dummy remodeled"
    Honorable Mention Ishaan  Agrawal Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose A Wireless Piezoelectric Auto-Charging Backpack for Mobile Devices
      Swathi  Badrinarayanan Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale A Renewable Energy Device Providing Rural Electrification to the Last Billion
      Om Sunil Chhaya Sunil Chhaya (PSP) BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Wearable Personalized Health Information System
      Aaleesha Sanjiv Doshi Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ The design of an algorithm to detect road quality through vibrations, user input, and connection with Google Maps
      Ben Alan Hayes James Levis Britton Middle School Creek Stew
      Eleanore Jane Kirshner Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor No More Ocean Garbage: The Solution to Removing Microplastics
      Sanjana  Manikandan Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ A Solution to Pollution - Mycoremediation: Growing Mushrooms to Clean the Air
      Christian John Moran Susan Greathouse Sacred Heart Middle School Maximizing Golf Ball Performance by Studying the Effect of the Deepness of Its Dimples
      Alexander Timothy Nguyen Eileen Resnick Murphy (Martin) Middle School Exoskeleton Actuation
      Sritej  Ponna Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the Effect of Different Frequencies, Amplitudes, and Distances of Sound Waves on Fire
      Dario Romano Quintero Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Measuring the Capillary Action of Various Kinds of Paper
      Rayyan Tawseef Talukdar Farhana Afroz Granada Islamic School "Compost at Work: Bioremediation of Pesticide/Herbicide Contaminated Soil".
      Arti  Gnanasekar Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Memory Vision: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Patients
      Hemal  Kurani Marianne Bouja Sunnyvale Middle School Smart Campus Security Shield: A Risk Based Real Time Crime Alert and Prevention System Using Student ID Card
      Hetal  Kurani Marianne Bouja Sunnyvale Middle School Smart Campus Security Shield: A Risk Based Real Time Crime Alert and Prevention System Using Student ID Card
      Shuhul  Mujoo Michael Atkins Chaboya School Leveraging Machine Learning to Compute the Progression of Parkinson's Disease
      Saurish  Srivastava Michael Atkins Chaboya School Leveraging Machine Learning to Compute the Progression of Parkinson's Disease
      Aanya  Virmani Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Memory Vision: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Patients
    $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award Ishani  Das Anu Iyer Lawson Middle School An Arduino-based Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired to Guide and Receive Immediate Help Using GPS and GSM Service
    $100 and Certificate, The Lemelson Early Inventor Prize Swathi  Badrinarayanan Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale A Renewable Energy Device Providing Rural Electrification to the Last Billion
    1st place - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Aryo  Nabyzadeh Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Creating a more efficient storm drain design
      James  Thornton Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School Creating a more efficient storm drain design
    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 Anika  Pandey Jeffrey Takemoto Stratford Middle School - San Jose Designing an Environmentally Friendly and Efficient Supercapacitor/Battery with Nanoparticulate Graphene
    1st place MS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Christian John Moran Susan Greathouse Sacred Heart Middle School Maximizing Golf Ball Performance by Studying the Effect of the Deepness of Its Dimples
    2nd place - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Eleanore Jane Kirshner Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor No More Ocean Garbage: The Solution to Removing Microplastics
    3rd place MS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Sritej  Ponna Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor What is the Effect of Different Frequencies, Amplitudes, and Distances of Sound Waves on Fire
    Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards Additional $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Ateef Ayman Mahmud Farhana Afroz Granada Islamic School Eutrophication: The De-oxygenating Epidemic in Water Bodies
    Certificate and $100 check, and Compete for $1000 Outstanding Young Scientist Award, California Association of Professional Scientists (CAPS) Ben Alan Hayes James Levis Britton Middle School Creek Stew
    Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award Sanjana  Manikandan Sandip Panesar Challenger - Strawberry Park - SJ A Solution to Pollution - Mycoremediation: Growing Mushrooms to Clean the Air
      Harsha Rohan  Rajkumar Shama Mohamed Merryhill Schools - Milpitas Naturogenic Cloud
    Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association Cindy Jingru Wang Sefika Gul Eris Stanford (Jane Lathrop) Middle School Smart Irrigation Systems
    First Place $150 and Certificate of Recognition, Middle Grades STEM Award Isha  Jagadish Gail Inlow Redwood Middle School Identifying Polygenic Disease Risk Susceptibility Across Ethnic Super Populations
    GR 6-8: 1st Place, Certificate of Achievement, and tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award Ishani  Das Anu Iyer Lawson Middle School An Arduino-based Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired to Guide and Receive Immediate Help Using GPS and GSM Service
    Honorable Mention Certificate of Recognition, Middle Grades STEM Award Shuhul  Mujoo Michael Atkins Chaboya School Leveraging Machine Learning to Compute the Progression of Parkinson's Disease
      Saurish  Srivastava Michael Atkins Chaboya School Leveraging Machine Learning to Compute the Progression of Parkinson's Disease
    Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award Aaleesha Sanjiv Doshi Shannon Deza Challenger - Berryessa - SJ The design of an algorithm to detect road quality through vibrations, user input, and connection with Google Maps
    IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Ishani  Das Anu Iyer Lawson Middle School An Arduino-based Wearable Device for the Visually Impaired to Guide and Receive Immediate Help Using GPS and GSM Service
      Dhwani Mehul Kharidia Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor Power Line Fire Hazard Detection System
    Middle School Student - Certificate of Achievement and Medallion, United States Navy and Marine Corps Eleanore Jane Kirshner Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor No More Ocean Garbage: The Solution to Removing Microplastics
      Alexander Timothy Nguyen Eileen Resnick Murphy (Martin) Middle School Exoskeleton Actuation
    Most Promising Young Scientist (Female), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 6-8), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" Swathi  Badrinarayanan Shobi Murali Challenger - Sunnyvale A Renewable Energy Device Providing Rural Electrification to the Last Billion
    Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Eleanore Jane Kirshner Heather Mackewicz Stratford Middle School - Sunnyvale Raynor No More Ocean Garbage: The Solution to Removing Microplastics
    Second Place $100 and Certificate Letter of Recognition, Middle Grades STEM Award Sahana  Moogi Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
      Kaitlyn Dinh Nguyen Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
      Kavinaya  Rajesh Glenn Lillie Cabrillo Middle School In A HeartBeat: Heart Disease Detecting Device and App
    Third Place $50 and Certificate of Recognition, Middle Grades STEM Award Tasha  Lera Kevin Thompson Fletcher (Ellen) Middle School Using Data Analysis to Build a Personalized Search Engine
  9 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Alexander  Zhang Jeremy Dybdahl Lynbrook High School The Effects of a Random Configuration of a Master Pyraminx on its Solveableness
    2nd Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District Danya  Balagopal Sean Wilmot Oakwood High School The Effect of Bio-coagulants on the Adsorption of Waste Oil and the Reduction of Turbidity from Oil-Produced Waters
    2nd Place Student Award: $320 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Shlok  Shah Daniel Meyer Saint Francis High School Creating a Non-intrusive Elder Care System
    Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Veda Sahithi Kamaraju Thomas Dornhoffer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Mobile Urban Sensing System: A Novel, Smart City Approach to Detect, Analyze, and Prevent Air Pollutants
    1st Award Danya  Balagopal Sean Wilmot Oakwood High School The Effect of Bio-coagulants on the Adsorption of Waste Oil and the Reduction of Turbidity from Oil-Produced Waters
      Saurav Saumil Gandhi Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School A Hand Dynamometer Controlled Computer Vision based AI Robotic Navigation System for the Visually Impaired and Elderly
      Veda Sahithi Kamaraju Thomas Dornhoffer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Mobile Urban Sensing System: A Novel, Smart City Approach to Detect, Analyze, and Prevent Air Pollutants
      Rishi Ramji Pankhaniya Kathleen McCarty Monta Vista High School A Portable Pollen Counter
      Samika  Swamy Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School CogniGuard: A novel, herb-based treatment for protection against neurotoxicity from lead pollution.
      Alexander  Zhang Jeremy Dybdahl Lynbrook High School The Effects of a Random Configuration of a Master Pyraminx on its Solveableness
    2nd Award Alice  Feng Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus DeepGuide: A Deep Learning Based Mobile System to Assist Visually Impaired Pedestrians To Cross Intersections
      Krithi  Koodli Shahram Mostarshed Stanford Online High School A Novel Method of Distinguishing Habitable Rocky Planets from Uninhabitable Gas Giants using Machine Learning
      Tejas Satyavrat Prabhune Scott Lubbs Evergreen Valley High School Developing a Reusable LED Notifier for Consumers Using Expired Pills
      Shlok  Shah Daniel Meyer Saint Francis High School Creating a Non-intrusive Elder Care System
      Diptanshu  Sikdar Anastasia Batrachenko BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Novel Hybrid Thermal Management Solution for Photovoltaic Systems
      Ethan Sun Zuo Jill McCrystal Saratoga High School The Effect of Thermal Transfer Rate on Laptop Performance
    Honorable Mention Aeshon  Balasubramanian Audrey Warmuth Saratoga High School Improving the Safety of Self-Driving Cars with Deep Learning and Audio
      Devin  Gupta Kyle Jones Monta Vista High School The Effects of Cellulose/Polypyrrole Composite on Energy Retention Rates in Specialized Paper Thin Batteries
      Shreyaa  Karan Christopher Meharg Evergreen Valley High School Leveraging Machine Learning and Image Analysis to Detect Melanoma (Skin Cancer) and Develop a Prognosis For It
      Anav Huzefa Mehta Ted McLeod Cupertino High School A Cheap Braille Literacy Assistant
      Shailee  Nanavati Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Modeling Quantum Levitation with Superconductors
      Akshita Lakshmi Ponnuru Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Sustainable Affordable Housing for Homeless
      Sneha  Revanur Barjinder Sabherwal Evergreen Valley High School A Novel Approach to Analyzing Neglected Tropical Diseases Using Deep Learning and Graph Networks
      Nethra  Srinivasan Mark Cahn Leland High School Biomechanics: The Effect of Flexibility of Quadriceps and Angle of Knee on Force Applied on the Patella During Squats
      Pujita  Tangirala Terry O'Donnell Saint Francis High School Comparing Correlation between Color and Metallicity in Cluster vs Non-Cluster Galaxies
      Mahit Vishnusai Tanikella Kathleen Koch Monta Vista High School Human Protein Atlas Image Classification
      Akshay  Attaluri Ted McLeod Cupertino High School Using Deep Learning for Classification/Segmentation and Contrast Agent Development for Multimodal Brain Tumor MR Images
      Bennie  Chang Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
      Belinda  Chen Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
      Impana R Chimmalagi Jerry Knaack Wilcox High School ThumbsUp: Designing an Optimal Cryo-Brace to Treat Texting Thumb
      Tavleen  Kaur Jerry Knaack Wilcox High School ThumbsUp: Designing an Optimal Cryo-Brace to Treat Texting Thumb
      Srikar  Nimmagadda Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
    $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award Veer Hemal Doshi Kate Slevin Archbishop Mitty High School Aiding Wildfire Rescue Operations through Mobile Geolocation Tracking, Geofencing and Data-Driven Prediction Modeling
    $100 Certificate of Achievement, Inez M. Lechner Award Saurav Saumil Gandhi Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School A Hand Dynamometer Controlled Computer Vision based AI Robotic Navigation System for the Visually Impaired and Elderly
      Sanjana S Jilla Muna Khanna Champion School (grades 9-12) ML/DNA Driven Disease Susceptibility Analyzer
      Shlok  Shah Daniel Meyer Saint Francis High School Creating a Non-intrusive Elder Care System
    $50 cash award and certificate, Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award Akshita Lakshmi Ponnuru Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School Sustainable Affordable Housing for Homeless
      Diptanshu  Sikdar Anastasia Batrachenko BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Novel Hybrid Thermal Management Solution for Photovoltaic Systems
    ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award Akshay  Attaluri Ted McLeod Cupertino High School Using Deep Learning for Classification/Segmentation and Contrast Agent Development for Multimodal Brain Tumor MR Images
      Veer Hemal Doshi Kate Slevin Archbishop Mitty High School Aiding Wildfire Rescue Operations through Mobile Geolocation Tracking, Geofencing and Data-Driven Prediction Modeling
      Sanjana S Jilla Muna Khanna Champion School (grades 9-12) ML/DNA Driven Disease Susceptibility Analyzer
      Veda Sahithi Kamaraju Thomas Dornhoffer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Mobile Urban Sensing System: A Novel, Smart City Approach to Detect, Analyze, and Prevent Air Pollutants
    Best Project: $50, Certificate of Achievement, and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards Additional $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Danya  Balagopal Sean Wilmot Oakwood High School The Effect of Bio-coagulants on the Adsorption of Waste Oil and the Reduction of Turbidity from Oil-Produced Waters
    Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize Danya  Balagopal Sean Wilmot Oakwood High School The Effect of Bio-coagulants on the Adsorption of Waste Oil and the Reduction of Turbidity from Oil-Produced Waters
    Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society Aeshon  Balasubramanian Audrey Warmuth Saratoga High School Improving the Safety of Self-Driving Cars with Deep Learning and Audio
      Alice  Feng Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus DeepGuide: A Deep Learning Based Mobile System to Assist Visually Impaired Pedestrians To Cross Intersections
    Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association Bennie  Chang Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
      Belinda  Chen Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
      Srikar  Nimmagadda Isaac Pallone Lynbrook High School The design and construction of a system to automatically transcribe music for musicians to create sheet music instantly
    Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award Saurav Saumil Gandhi Suzanne Miller-Moody Santa Clara High School A Hand Dynamometer Controlled Computer Vision based AI Robotic Navigation System for the Visually Impaired and Elderly
    IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Anousha A Athreya Kate Slevin Archbishop Mitty High School Investigating the Effect of Low-Cost Graphene on Different Kinds of Solar Cells
      Rakesh Vinod Mehta Jerell Maneja Milpitas High School How does the size of nozzle affect ion engine's speed?
      Shlok  Shah Daniel Meyer Saint Francis High School Creating a Non-intrusive Elder Care System
    Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department Diptanshu  Sikdar Anastasia Batrachenko BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Novel Hybrid Thermal Management Solution for Photovoltaic Systems
  10 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Marek  Pinto Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
    $100, Morgan Lewis Pratibha  Ramasamy Elena Sherbakov Milpitas High School Circuit Smart Breaker
    $500 and Certificate for Best grade 9-12 entry for Electrical Engineering amongst girls, Synopsys - Society of Women Engineers Anjali  Singh Mia Onodera Monta Vista High School Creating Adversarial Examples for Face Recognition Algorithms to Secure Privacy of Online Photographs
    1st Place $150, Santa Clara Valley Water District Sriya  Sridhar Alan Tan Santa Clara High School Water Footprint!
    High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Krishay  Mukhija Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus Using Deep Learning Techniques to Develop Novel Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase
      Srivishnu  Pyda Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus Using Deep Learning Techniques to Develop Novel Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase
    Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Maciej  Buszko Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Swarm Navigation Control Systems for Connecting Tetrahedral Linear Actuator Robots
    1st Award Caitlin Maya Gorin Tracy Hughes Presentation High School A Multi-Faceted Material Strength Testing Machine for 3D Printed Plastics
      Nicole  Krockenberger Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Creating a Renewable and Biodegradable Bioplastic from Bambusa multiplex
      Aalok Nital Patwa Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Computationally Efficient, Accurate and Real-Time Detection of Colon Polyps Using Deep Neural Networks
      Sohom Kumar Roy Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Gyroscopic Based System to provide Camera Stabilization and Object Detection/Tracking in Real Time
      Aditya  Tadimeti Jeff Sutton Harker School-Upper Campus The Effects of Different Aquatic Environments on the Rate of Polyethylene Biodegradation by Bacillus subtilis
      Jadelynn Kim Dao Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Using Reinforcement Learning in Detection Systems to Modernize Traffic Control Algorithms
      Advit  Deepak Tracy Hughes BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Using Reinforcement Learning in Detection Systems to Modernize Traffic Control Algorithms
      Krishay  Mukhija Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus Using Deep Learning Techniques to Develop Novel Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase
      Marek  Pinto Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
      Srivishnu  Pyda Anu Datar Harker School-Upper Campus Using Deep Learning Techniques to Develop Novel Inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase
    2nd Award Shray  Alag Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus Applying Natural Language Processing to Mine Clinical Trials Data to Extract Unique Insights about Diseases, Drugs, SNPs
      Nishita  Belur Kate Slevin Archbishop Mitty High School An Innovative APProach to Augment Mobile Hospital Care: Prescreening and Virtually Connecting Rural Patients to Doctors
      Maciej  Buszko Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Swarm Navigation Control Systems for Connecting Tetrahedral Linear Actuator Robots
      Maria  Korolik Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School The Role of Fluid Elasticity on Droplet Rebound on Various Surfaces
      Supriya  Lall Ann Greyson Castilleja School A novel approach to Gunshot Detection using Machine Learning
      Manasa  Pooni Barjinder Sabherwal Evergreen Valley High School Building assistive technologies for the deaf using a deep learning shared representation multimodel across domains
      Elizabeth  Szeto Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus The Effectiveness of Raw and Treated Cotton and Kapok Fibers for Oil Spill Cleanup
      Iain  Jung Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School The effect of C4H6O4Ca and Ca(OH)2 on the growth of algae cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. when added to fertilizer
      Jason Yu-Sheng Lo Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School The effect of C4H6O4Ca and Ca(OH)2 on the growth of algae cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. when added to fertilizer
      Akshanth  Srivatsa Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School The effect of C4H6O4Ca and Ca(OH)2 on the growth of algae cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. when added to fertilizer
    Honorable Mention Anissa  Aribi Sameer Khanna Champion School (grades 9-12) Cost Effective Slow Motion for Medical Diagnostics
      Andrew C. Chiang Alex McKale Stanford Online High School 3D LED Volumetric Display with Eccentric Rotating Blades
      Dylan Rose Chin Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Ability of Ferrofluids to Remove Organophosphates from Ocean Water
      Nicholas James Hotelling Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Estimating Volleyball Speed Real-time Using an Apple iPhone
      Kate Elizabeth Jackson Sean Wilmot Oakwood High School The Effect of Limestone in Removing Excess Fluoride from Water
      Arushi  Patel Alan Tan Santa Clara High School Use of AI Base Image Recognition for Delta Smelt Substrate Mapping
      Sneha Madhan Raj Barjinder Sabherwal Evergreen Valley High School Modular Robotic Configuration Inspired by Origami Engineering
      Tharika  Thambidurai Thomas Dornhoffer BASIS Independent Silicon Valley School Reducing Global Air Pollution Using A Self-Cleaning Photocatalyst
      Aadit  Trivedi Debjani Roy Bellarmine College Preparatory Third Eye: A Smart Braille Assistant for the Visually Impaired
      Michael Lichao Yuan Thanh Nguyen Lynbrook High School Sequential Monte Carlo Based Localization Robot
      Janya  Budaraju David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Using Predictive Analytics to More Effectively Determine the Impact of Earthquakes on Mortality & Infrastructure
      Eric  Hu Hyungi Woo Cupertino High School An Image-Based Archaeological Classification System using Computer Vision and a Convolutional Neural Network
      Grace  Kuo David Greenstein Monta Vista High School Using Predictive Analytics to More Effectively Determine the Impact of Earthquakes on Mortality & Infrastructure
      Heidi  Lin Thanh Nguyen Lynbrook High School An Intelligent Parking System for Driverless Vehicles
      Fiona Lin Luo Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School Soil Contamination Detection and Identification through Soil Spectroscopy using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
      Rohit Vinod Malhotra Nhat Nguyen Lynbrook High School Navigation for the Blind using Deep Learning and Image Processing
      Dien khoa Nguyen Carole Ng Santa Teresa High School Shutter-Gutter
      Ashwin  Rajesh Hyungi Woo Cupertino High School An Image-Based Archaeological Classification System using Computer Vision and a Convolutional Neural Network
      Vivek  Verma Nhat Nguyen Lynbrook High School Navigation for the Blind using Deep Learning and Image Processing
      Claire Qi-Yue Wen Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School Soil Contamination Detection and Identification through Soil Spectroscopy using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
      Michael  Zhao Thanh Nguyen Lynbrook High School An Intelligent Parking System for Driverless Vehicles
    $100, IBM Award Munir Nafea Bshara Brad Lindemann Bellarmine College Preparatory Protecting Digital Information in Post Quantum Computing Era
    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 Caitlin Maya Gorin Tracy Hughes Presentation High School A Multi-Faceted Material Strength Testing Machine for 3D Printed Plastics
    ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award Jyoti  Rani Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Autonomous Robotic Medicine Sorter, A.R.M.S.
      Sivaramakalyan  Suvarna Arjun Ashokkumar Evergreen Valley High School A Deep Learning Based Music Judge for Music Learners and Competitions
    Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize Ganesh Mandar Pimpale Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School Marine Autonomous Litter Collector (M.A.L.C.)
    Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society Dylan Rose Chin Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Ability of Ferrofluids to Remove Organophosphates from Ocean Water
    Certificate of Achievement, System Safety Society Sohom Kumar Roy Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Gyroscopic Based System to provide Camera Stabilization and Object Detection/Tracking in Real Time
    Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association Emily  Park Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Wave Breaker System to Stop Tsunami Waves
    Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award Sohom Kumar Roy Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Gyroscopic Based System to provide Camera Stabilization and Object Detection/Tracking in Real Time
    HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps Supriya  Lall Ann Greyson Castilleja School A novel approach to Gunshot Detection using Machine Learning
    IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Sahana  Rajmohan Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The Effect of Laundering Polyester Fabric on the Dispersion of Microfibers in Washing Machine Wastewater
    Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award Maciej  Buszko Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Swarm Navigation Control Systems for Connecting Tetrahedral Linear Actuator Robots
      Arvind  Ramachandran Jill McCrystal Saratoga High School SafeRetro: A Secure Emulator for 8080 apps
      Aadit  Trivedi Debjani Roy Bellarmine College Preparatory Third Eye: A Smart Braille Assistant for the Visually Impaired
    Outstanding Project: Certificate of Achievement and Voucher for a Safe Boating Course. Completion of Course Awards Additional $50., United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Emily  Park Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Wave Breaker System to Stop Tsunami Waves
    Packet with over-the-shoulder sling pack, dog tag USB flash memory drive, USB car charger, power bank charger and certificate in folder, United States Air Force Sakshi  Kumar Alan Tan Santa Clara High School An Alternative to the Pitot Tube For Measuring Airspeed
  11 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Govind  Pimpale Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
    Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Raghav  Ganesh Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Developing a novel, accurate, and rapid machine learning based skin disease classification algorithm
      Tejas  Narayanan Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
      Ashish Prakash Rao Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
      Bidipta  Sarkar Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
    $100, Morgan Lewis Ansel Robert Austin George Sousa Valley Christian High School Clean Water For All: a Novel Filtration and Maintenance Mechanism for Improving India Mark II Water Pump Performance
      Eddie Jinghua Wang Sefika Gul Eris Palo Alto High School Smart Irrigation Systems
    $500 and Certificate for Best grade 9-12 entry for Software Engineering amongst girls, Synopsys - Society of Women Engineers Audrey Yining Cui Joe Kim Monta Vista High School From Pixels to Paragraph: A Deep Artwork Passage Generator
    1st Place $150, Santa Clara Valley Water District Neha  Mannem Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
      Charu  Vijay Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
    1st Place Award - $500 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS Alexander  Guh-Siesel Darren Dressen Los Altos High School A Method for Treating Celiac Disease: Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the HLA-DQ2 Receptor
    2nd Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District Vittal  Thirumalai George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
    3rd Place $75, Santa Clara Valley Water District Ashley  Dang Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Removing Heavy Metals and Pathogens from Water Using Biosand Filters Containing Plant Biomass
      Shannon Brigette Miranda Tracy Hughes Presentation High School An Environmentally Friendly Wetland Nitrate Filtration Method with Reduced Global Warming Gases
    First Place: One Week DEEP Summer Academy at the University of Toronto, Std Residence Package, and Travel Stipend, University of Toronto Award Katherine Ann Nasif Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Development of an Electro-activated Dynamic-Resisting Polyaniline Sensor for use in Electronics Prototyping Applications
    High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Alexander  Guh-Siesel Darren Dressen Los Altos High School A Method for Treating Celiac Disease: Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the HLA-DQ2 Receptor
    Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Matthew  Cho John Conlin Monta Vista High School A novel device for detecting objects using artificial intelligence and sound localization for the visually impaired
      Tejas  Narayanan Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
      Ashish Prakash Rao Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
      Bidipta  Sarkar Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
    Second Place: University of Toronto "Swag Bag", University of Toronto Award Anusha  Ghosh Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Detection and Translation of American Sign Language through Deep Learning
    Third Place: University of Toronto "Swag Bag", University of Toronto Award Raghav  Ganesh Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Developing a novel, accurate, and rapid machine learning based skin disease classification algorithm
    1st Award William Chung K Chung Jena Lee Gunn (Henry M.) High School Manipulating concentrations of plant-based starches to optimize durability for use in biodegradable plastics
      Raghav  Ganesh Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Developing a novel, accurate, and rapid machine learning based skin disease classification algorithm
      Anusha  Ghosh Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Detection and Translation of American Sign Language through Deep Learning
      Alexander  Guh-Siesel Darren Dressen Los Altos High School A Method for Treating Celiac Disease: Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the HLA-DQ2 Receptor
      Isabel W Sperandio Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: Designing an Efficient and Portable Wave Energy Converter Prototype
      Rehaan  Ahmad Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Forecasting Vegetation Health Maps of Sub-Saharan Africa Using an Innovative Long Short Term Memory Based Algorithm
      Grace  Kwak Cody King Pioneer High School Real Time Prediction of Vehicle Steering Angles using Convolutional Networks and Computer Vision on Dashcam Video
      Tejas  Narayanan Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
      Raj S. Palleti Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School What Dimensional Isomorphisms Extend the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis
      Govind  Pimpale Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
      Suhas  Prasad Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School What Dimensional Isomorphisms Extend the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis
      Ashish Prakash Rao Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
      Bidipta  Sarkar Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
      Vittal  Thirumalai George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
      Brian  Yang Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Forecasting Vegetation Health Maps of Sub-Saharan Africa Using an Innovative Long Short Term Memory Based Algorithm
      Tom  Zhang Cody King Monta Vista High School Real Time Prediction of Vehicle Steering Angles using Convolutional Networks and Computer Vision on Dashcam Video
    2nd Award Srinivas  Balagopal Monica Ventrice Pinewood High School (7-12) Bio-wall:Retooling walls into Carbon and VOC sinks
      Audrey Yining Cui Joe Kim Monta Vista High School From Pixels to Paragraph: A Deep Artwork Passage Generator
      Aryia  Dattamajumdar Anita Wu Fremont High School An early warning AI-powered portable system to reduce workload and inspect environmental damage after natural disasters
      Dadmehr  Ghasemfar Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Detection of Forest Fires through the use of Convolutional Neural Networks and other Algorithmic Techniques
      Bogdan  Kovtun Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School The Future of Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Novel, Cost-Effective, Modular UAS Concept
      Steven  Long Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School The Future of Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Novel, Cost-Effective, Modular UAS Concept
      Neha  Mannem Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
      Charu  Vijay Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
    Honorable Mention Ansel Robert Austin George Sousa Valley Christian High School Clean Water For All: a Novel Filtration and Maintenance Mechanism for Improving India Mark II Water Pump Performance
      Milan  Ganai Thanh Nguyen Lynbrook High School A Novel Segregation of Lorentz-boosted Higgs Bosons from the Biggest QCD Background with High Efficiency and Precision
      Nikitha Venkatesh Kalahasti Tracy Hughes Presentation High School The effect of plant recolonisation on soil properties post fire exposure during drought stress
      Liam Sebastian McHugh Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Engineering Magnetorheological Fluid for Optimal Performance in a Variable Compression Damper
      Jonathan Ko Park Ashwini Avadahni Palo Alto High School Choose the Correct Products! Smart Speaking Glasses App to Find Food and Drug Allergens for Seniors
      Ada Isabelle Peschanskiy Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Reducing Radio Frequency Exposure to Mobile Phone Users by Disabling WiFi, Mobile Data and Bluetooth During Phone Calls
      Kami Elise Richardson Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Coral Collapse: Investigating and Reducing Environmental Stress Factors in LPS Corals with Delayed Release Substrate
      Rushil  Saha Joe Kim Monta Vista High School A Novel Approach to Image Registration with Fourier Transforms for Improved Accuracy and Efficiency
      Luis Jesus Alcaraz Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Role of Grain Size in Arch & Pillar Strength
      Aayush  Bhat Ted McLeod Cupertino High School OmniVision: A wearable device to aid the visually impaired using echolocation.
      Ojas  Mor Ted McLeod Cupertino High School OmniVision: A wearable device to aid the visually impaired using echolocation.
      Jose Aldhair Talon Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Role of Grain Size in Arch & Pillar Strength
    $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Trimble Award Rehaan  Ahmad Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Forecasting Vegetation Health Maps of Sub-Saharan Africa Using an Innovative Long Short Term Memory Based Algorithm
      Brian  Yang Daniel Stavis Cupertino High School Forecasting Vegetation Health Maps of Sub-Saharan Africa Using an Innovative Long Short Term Memory Based Algorithm
    $100, IBM Award Katherine Ann Nasif Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Development of an Electro-activated Dynamic-Resisting Polyaniline Sensor for use in Electronics Prototyping Applications
    1st Place Award - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Jennifer  Chacon-Duran Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
      Bianca Isabel Poblano Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
    2nd Place Award - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Luis Jesus Alcaraz Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Role of Grain Size in Arch & Pillar Strength
      Jose Aldhair Talon Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Role of Grain Size in Arch & Pillar Strength
    3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Jennifer  Chacon-Duran Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
      Bianca Isabel Poblano Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
    3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Vittal  Thirumalai George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
    ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award Aayush  Bhat Ted McLeod Cupertino High School OmniVision: A wearable device to aid the visually impaired using echolocation.
      Anusha  Ghosh Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Detection and Translation of American Sign Language through Deep Learning
      Lakshay  Maharana Bradley Fulk Lynbrook High School A novel machine learning algorithm to detect an arrhythmia using electrocardiogram images and data
      Ojas  Mor Ted McLeod Cupertino High School OmniVision: A wearable device to aid the visually impaired using echolocation.
    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 Isabel W Sperandio Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: Designing an Efficient and Portable Wave Energy Converter Prototype
    Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Kami Elise Richardson Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Coral Collapse: Investigating and Reducing Environmental Stress Factors in LPS Corals with Delayed Release Substrate
    Certificate of Achievement and letter, Ricoh Corporation Ashley  Dang Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Removing Heavy Metals and Pathogens from Water Using Biosand Filters Containing Plant Biomass
      Neha  Mannem Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
      Kami Elise Richardson Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Coral Collapse: Investigating and Reducing Environmental Stress Factors in LPS Corals with Delayed Release Substrate
      Charu  Vijay Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
    Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize Ashley  Dang Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Removing Heavy Metals and Pathogens from Water Using Biosand Filters Containing Plant Biomass
      Neha  Mannem Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
      Shannon Brigette Miranda Tracy Hughes Presentation High School An Environmentally Friendly Wetland Nitrate Filtration Method with Reduced Global Warming Gases
      Timothy long Nguyen Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School Marine Autonomous Litter Collector (M.A.L.C.)
      Jyotaaver Singh Nirula Debra Dimas Santa Teresa High School Marine Autonomous Litter Collector (M.A.L.C.)
      Karthyayani  Sajeev Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School What is the effect of various nitrate concentrations on freshwater hydrophyte development?
      Vittal  Thirumalai George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
      Charu  Vijay Jessica Lu Lynbrook High School Bioremediation by Bacteria and Microalgae on the Lasting Impact of Ocean and Lake Eutrophication
    Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta Raj S. Palleti Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School What Dimensional Isomorphisms Extend the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis
      Suhas  Prasad Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School What Dimensional Isomorphisms Extend the Eulerian Sequence? A Computer-Inspired Analysis
    Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society Isabel W Sperandio Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: Designing an Efficient and Portable Wave Energy Converter Prototype
    Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association Aryia  Dattamajumdar Anita Wu Fremont High School An early warning AI-powered portable system to reduce workload and inspect environmental damage after natural disasters
      Eddie Jinghua Wang Sefika Gul Eris Palo Alto High School Smart Irrigation Systems
    Exceptional Merit, Framed Certificate, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" Jason Jin Chen Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Optimizing Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Invasive Undaria Pinnatifida to Create Bioethanol
    First Place, $150 Wireless Communications Alliance Award, Wireless Communications Alliance Isabel W Sperandio Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: Designing an Efficient and Portable Wave Energy Converter Prototype
    GR 9-12: 1st Place, Certificate of Achievement, and tour of NASA Ames Research Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award Aryia  Dattamajumdar Anita Wu Fremont High School An early warning AI-powered portable system to reduce workload and inspect environmental damage after natural disasters
    High School $50 and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT) Jonathan Ko Park Ashwini Avadahni Palo Alto High School Choose the Correct Products! Smart Speaking Glasses App to Find Food and Drug Allergens for Seniors
    IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Raghav  Ganesh Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Developing a novel, accurate, and rapid machine learning based skin disease classification algorithm
    Intel ECS Certificate of Achievement and Forms to Submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award Tejas  Narayanan Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
      Ashish Prakash Rao Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
      Bidipta  Sarkar Eric Ferrante Cupertino High School Novel Reinforcement Learning Methods in Collaborative Environments
    Most Promising Young Scientist (Female), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 9-12), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" Isabel W Sperandio Tarn Wilson Gunn (Henry M.) High School Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: Designing an Efficient and Portable Wave Energy Converter Prototype
    Most Promising Young Scientist (Male), $100 and Framed Certificate (GR 9-12), SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" Ansel Robert Austin George Sousa Valley Christian High School Clean Water For All: a Novel Filtration and Maintenance Mechanism for Improving India Mark II Water Pump Performance
    Packet with over-the-shoulder sling pack, dog tag USB flash memory drive, USB car charger, power bank charger and certificate in folder, United States Air Force Katherine Ann Nasif Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Development of an Electro-activated Dynamic-Resisting Polyaniline Sensor for use in Electronics Prototyping Applications
    Plaque and letter of invitation to Tour of Stanford Chemistry Department Labs, Stanford University Chemistry Department Srinivas  Balagopal Monica Ventrice Pinewood High School (7-12) Bio-wall:Retooling walls into Carbon and VOC sinks
    Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter, $40, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Nikitha Venkatesh Kalahasti Tracy Hughes Presentation High School The effect of plant recolonisation on soil properties post fire exposure during drought stress
  12 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Outreach Schools - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Nitish  Reuben Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
    Grand Prize Alternate - Outreach Schools - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Emilio  Cantu-Cervini Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Mars Likes it Hot: The Effect of Dust Storms and Temperature on the Clay Bicarbonate Reaction
    $500 to the winning student or team in high school Physical Science, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Visala R Tallavarjula David Iverson Wilcox High School Water Use Optimization for Irrigation in Desert Sand Using Percolation Control Layer
    2nd Place $100, Santa Clara Valley Water District Abida  Diep George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
    High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Visala R Tallavarjula David Iverson Wilcox High School Water Use Optimization for Irrigation in Desert Sand Using Percolation Control Layer
    1st Award Pranav Dinesh Atreya Stella Demetriou Cupertino High School Determining Expressions for Parameter Derivatives of an object with unknown Parameterization
      Sophia Ayame Fujieda Barwegen Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The Effect of Light Pollution on Sky Brightness and the Calvin Cycle of Wildflowers in Yosemite National Park
      Abida  Diep George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
      Nitish  Reuben Channy Cornejo Santa Teresa High School GPU Based Scalable Plant Architecture Simulation
    2nd Award Emilio  Cantu-Cervini Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Mars Likes it Hot: The Effect of Dust Storms and Temperature on the Clay Bicarbonate Reaction
      Philip  Kabranov Narquiz Cervantes Silver Creek High School Accretion Analysis through Profile Decomposition of T-Tauri Stellar Spectra using Non-linear Least Square Minimization
      Visala R Tallavarjula David Iverson Wilcox High School Water Use Optimization for Irrigation in Desert Sand Using Percolation Control Layer
    Honorable Mention Justin Nicholas Quan Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Network of Checkpoints and RFID-Equipped Apparel for Campus Security and Nonintrusive Tracking in Schools
      Romella Katherine Sagatelian Darren Dressen Los Altos High School Synthesis of Pyrazolopyridine Derivatives as Potential NADPH Oxidase 5 (NOX5) Inhibitors
      Nithya Sri Attaluri Ted McLeod Cupertino High School Using Deep Learning for Classification/Segmentation and Contrast Agent Development for Multimodal Brain Tumor MR Images
      Minh T Phan Carole Ng Santa Teresa High School Shutter-Gutter
      Anjali  Sinha Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Fighting Flames: Heat-Activated Dispenser for Fire Retardant
      Samantha  Yang Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Fighting Flames: Heat-Activated Dispenser for Fire Retardant
    $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award Visala R Tallavarjula David Iverson Wilcox High School Water Use Optimization for Irrigation in Desert Sand Using Percolation Control Layer
    1st Place Award - $150 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Milagros (Millie)  Sotelo Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
    3rd Place - $50, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Milagros (Millie)  Sotelo Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School The Effects of Hair Fibers in Clay Brick Strength
    3rd Place Award - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers- San Jose Branch Abida  Diep George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
    A certificate, chance to apply to the Genius Olympiad, NY, Genius Olympiad-State University of New York, Oswego Sophia Ayame Fujieda Barwegen Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The Effect of Light Pollution on Sky Brightness and the Calvin Cycle of Wildflowers in Yosemite National Park
    ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology Membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award Nithya Sri Attaluri Ted McLeod Cupertino High School Using Deep Learning for Classification/Segmentation and Contrast Agent Development for Multimodal Brain Tumor MR Images
    Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, Stockholm Junior Water Prize Abida  Diep George Sousa Valley Christian High School Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Collects and Sorts Trash in the Ocean
    Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta Pranav Dinesh Atreya Stella Demetriou Cupertino High School Determining Expressions for Parameter Derivatives of an object with unknown Parameterization
    Certificate of Excellence from National Association of Women Geoscientists, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Sophia Ayame Fujieda Barwegen Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School The Effect of Light Pollution on Sky Brightness and the Calvin Cycle of Wildflowers in Yosemite National Park
    HS student - Certificate of Achievement, Medallion and $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps Visala R Tallavarjula David Iverson Wilcox High School Water Use Optimization for Irrigation in Desert Sand Using Percolation Control Layer
    Packet with over-the-shoulder sling pack, dog tag USB flash memory drive, USB car charger, power bank charger and certificate in folder, United States Air Force Duc Huynh Huu Tran Jennifer Claudio Oak Grove High School Bandage Made from Brassica oleracea Used to Monitor Wound pH Levels
RRI Biological Science and Engineering 9 Honorable Mention Adarsh Sairam Ambati Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School An In-Field Diagnostic to Detect a Chytrid Fungal Amphibian Pathogen Using Ribosome Display and Lateral Flow Assays
  10 $100, Morgan Lewis Josh  Sanyal Jessica Wakefield Homestead High School Fully Automated Image Analysis Pipeline for Assessing the Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer in Multiparametric MRI Scans
    2nd Award Khushi  Parikh Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School The Effect of Virtual Reality Application on the Pain Perception of Patients Undergoing Allergy Testing and Treatment
      Anushka  Sanyal Sonia Cuellar (mentor) Homestead High School (SSW) Exploring the role of G-protein Signaling Pathway interactions with nAChR alpha-7 in D. melanogaster Alzheimer's models
    Honorable Mention Michael Chen Eng Mike Pistacchi Harker School-Upper Campus Role of Host Cell Receptors in the Uptake of the Fungus Candida Albicans
      Josh  Sanyal Jessica Wakefield Homestead High School Fully Automated Image Analysis Pipeline for Assessing the Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer in Multiparametric MRI Scans
    2nd Place $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch Ruchika Sunil Dixit Amy Devitt (mentor) Homestead High School (SSW) Comparing the Effects of Renilla to Firefly Luciferase When Genetically Inserted Into the Drosophila Melanogaster Genome
    Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association Jason Chen Lin Mike Pistacchi Harker School-Upper Campus The Role of Relational Reasoning in College Student Learning
  11 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Cynthia  Chen Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Decoding Neural Networks: Novel Computational Methods to Discover Anti-Tumor B-Cell Receptor Binding Motifs
      Allison Sihan Jia Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Modeling Neurodegeneration in vitro: A Dynamic Study of Tau in a Microfluidic Chamber System Via Quantum Dot Labeling
    1st Award Cynthia  Chen Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Decoding Neural Networks: Novel Computational Methods to Discover Anti-Tumor B-Cell Receptor Binding Motifs
      Allison Sihan Jia Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Modeling Neurodegeneration in vitro: A Dynamic Study of Tau in a Microfluidic Chamber System Via Quantum Dot Labeling
      Triya  Roy Inez Yuwanita (mentor) Monta Vista High School (SSW) The Effect of a High-Sugar Diet on Drosophila melanogaster
      Rohit Venkatasai Tanikella Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School Diagnosing Mental Disorders in 9-10 year olds using MRI scans and Deep Learning
    2nd Award Mallika Kumud Parulekar Jena Lee Gunn (Henry M.) High School A Fast, Unsupervised Learning Method to Identify Novel and Diverse Signals in High-Throughput Genetic Data
      Shreya  Sinha Muna Khanna Champion School (grades 9-12) Analyzing the Role of Chromothripsis in Cancer via Telomere Modification
      Christina E Wong Cathy Messenger Los Gatos High School Visualizing Tumor Heterogeneity and Predicting Metastasis with Machine Learning
    Honorable Mention Anuva  Banwasi Ashwini Avadahni Palo Alto High School Biomarker identification in the adipogenic pathway of tumor cells - a metabolomics approach
      Aditya  Behal Debjani Roy Bellarmine College Preparatory Novel Drug Development To Inhibit Nipah Virus Glycoprotein G Binding to Human Ephrin-B2 and Ephrin-B3 Receptors
      Chaelee  Park Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School Role of morphine in the microglial TLR4-mediated inflammatory response to ischemia
      Rashi  Ranjan Mark Kent Leland High School Examining the Mdivi-1-Induced Fusion-Independent Mechanism of a-KG Inhibition in Lung Cancer Cells
      Shruti  Sridhar Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Investigating Genetic Mechanisms of the Tumor Endothelium Using scRNA-Seq Analytics & Developmental Trajectory Mapping
      Rushil  Srivastava Scott Lubbs Evergreen Valley High School Standardizing and Optimizing Skin Allergy Testing using Computer Vision
      Keshav  Gurushankar Tracy Hughes Homestead High School Investigating the Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Myofiber Type Under Microgravity Conditions
      Ria Umesh Nawathe Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Investigating the Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Myofiber Type Under Microgravity Conditions
      Tanaya Umesh Nawathe Tracy Hughes Presentation High School Investigating the Role of Oxidative Phosphorylation in Myofiber Type Under Microgravity Conditions
    Certificate of Achievement, Society for In Vitro Biology Allison Sihan Jia Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Modeling Neurodegeneration in vitro: A Dynamic Study of Tau in a Microfluidic Chamber System Via Quantum Dot Labeling
      Rashi  Ranjan Mark Kent Leland High School Examining the Mdivi-1-Induced Fusion-Independent Mechanism of a-KG Inhibition in Lung Cancer Cells
    Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter Shruti  Sridhar Christine Koltermann Notre Dame High School Investigating Genetic Mechanisms of the Tumor Endothelium Using scRNA-Seq Analytics & Developmental Trajectory Mapping
      Van-Khanh  Tran Thuy-Anh Nguyen Archbishop Mitty High School The Effect of Glia on Neural Excitability
  12 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Charles Jialiang Huang Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Characterization of NADPH Binding Patterns for the Rational Design of a Photoactivatable NADPH Analog
      Ruhi  Sayana Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Precision Care for Cancer: Discovery of Novel Therapeutics for High-Risk ALL via Epigenetic and Computational Profiling
    $100, Morgan Lewis Ruhi  Sayana Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Precision Care for Cancer: Discovery of Novel Therapeutics for High-Risk ALL via Epigenetic and Computational Profiling
    1st Award Charles Jialiang Huang Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Characterization of NADPH Binding Patterns for the Rational Design of a Photoactivatable NADPH Analog
      Vivek Vijay Kamarshi Renee Fallon Monta Vista High School Cellular Pathways for Increasing Fusion and Decreasing Replication of Varicella Zoster Virus
      Ruhi  Sayana Chris Spenner Harker School-Upper Campus Precision Care for Cancer: Discovery of Novel Therapeutics for High-Risk ALL via Epigenetic and Computational Profiling
      Katherine Feifei Zhang Eric Nelson Harker School-Upper Campus Multiple Disease Prediction with Machine Learning on Large Microbiome Metagenomic Datasets
    Honorable Mention Jason  Dong Lester Leung Lynbrook High School Grape skin extract improves muscle function / lifespan of a Drosophila model of Parkinson's through mitophagy
    Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter Aishwarya  Atmakuri Kathleen Loia Lynbrook High School Effect of vitamin D3 on ER stress in multiple myeloma and cervical cancer to augment chemotherapy
RRI Physical Science and Engineering 10 1st Award Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam Ronald Nicoletti Archbishop Mitty High School The Search for a Better Synapse for Neurocomputing: A KMC Study of Defect-Modulated Non-Filamentary RRAMS Under Pulsing
      Eshani  Jha Lester Leung Lynbrook High School The Effect of Mineral Doping on Enhancement of Contaminant Uptake by Biochar
    2nd Award Arya  Maheshwari Barbara Schremp Harker School-Upper Campus Automated Classification of a Mysterious Population of "Weak CN" Stars in the Andromeda Galaxy
    Honorable Mention Akash  Dasgupta Jim Birdsong Monta Vista High School Low-temperature Methods for Creating Stable, Optimal Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and Perovskite Solar Cells
      Anika  Fuloria Mike Pistacchi Harker School-Upper Campus Vibrotactile Rendering of Virtual Sculptures Using Wave Voxel Synthesis
      Betsy  Tian Thomas Artiss Harker School-Upper Campus The Location of Fe II Emission in AGNs and the Response of Fe II Emission to Changes in the Continuum
    $100, IBM Award Akhilesh Varadan Balasingam Ronald Nicoletti Archbishop Mitty High School The Search for a Better Synapse for Neurocomputing: A KMC Study of Defect-Modulated Non-Filamentary RRAMS Under Pulsing
    A certificate, chance to apply to the Genius Olympiad, NY, Genius Olympiad-State University of New York, Oswego Eshani  Jha Lester Leung Lynbrook High School The Effect of Mineral Doping on Enhancement of Contaminant Uptake by Biochar
  11 Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Nikita Nitin Salunke David Walz Evergreen Valley High School Effect of Epitaxial Compression on Structural & Electrical Transport Properties of 3D Topological Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2
    Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Aditi  Ghalsasi Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
    $100, Morgan Lewis Aditi  Ghalsasi Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
    3rd Place Award - $200 and Framed Certificate of Achievement, American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley, SVACS Aditi  Ghalsasi Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
    1st Award Nikita Nitin Salunke David Walz Evergreen Valley High School Effect of Epitaxial Compression on Structural & Electrical Transport Properties of 3D Topological Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2
    2nd Award Aditi  Ghalsasi Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
      Justin  Cai Katie Collins Bellarmine College Preparatory The Effects of Burrowing Animals and Mass Extinctions on Marine Ecosystems Through Earth History
      Iris Xinran Xia Katie Collins Monta Vista High School The Effects of Burrowing Animals and Mass Extinctions on Marine Ecosystems Through Earth History
    Honorable Mention Maya  Abiram Kenneth Iams Lynbrook High School Can random walks on retinal connectome structure differentiate amacrine cell functionality in the retina
      Gautham  Raghupathi Scott DeRuiter Monta Vista High School Tracking Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Stem Cells via Segmentation with Deep 4D Convolutional Neural Networks
    1st place HS student - $100 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Nikita Nitin Salunke David Walz Evergreen Valley High School Effect of Epitaxial Compression on Structural & Electrical Transport Properties of 3D Topological Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2
    2nd Place - $75, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Nikita Nitin Salunke David Walz Evergreen Valley High School Effect of Epitaxial Compression on Structural & Electrical Transport Properties of 3D Topological Dirac Semimetal Cd3As2
    2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter Aditi  Ghalsasi Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
    2nd place HS student - $50 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Aditi  Ghalsasi Smriti Koodanjeri Harker School-Upper Campus A Novel Approach to Creating Ideal 3D-Printable Polymers via Functionalization of PCL
    3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Kavish  Trivedi David Taylor Lynbrook High School Deposition and Characterization of Ultra Thin Zinc Oxide Films
    Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter Kavish  Trivedi David Taylor Lynbrook High School Deposition and Characterization of Ultra Thin Zinc Oxide Films
    IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Sahil  Jain Anita Chetty Harker School-Upper Campus Binary Classification for Entity Linking Disambiguation with TFIDF Vectorization and SVM Linear Models
  12 Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair and Certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Ananya  Karthik Chihiro Ikezi Saint Francis High School Ultrasound-activated Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Brain
    $1500 Grand Prize, Morgan Lewis Ananya  Karthik Chihiro Ikezi Saint Francis High School Ultrasound-activated Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Brain
    High School Finalist Certficate & $50 barnesandnoble.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize Jocelin  Su Rebecca Taylor Evergreen Valley High School Computionally Efficient Measures of Neuron Importance in Deep Neural Networks
    2nd Award Ananya  Karthik Chihiro Ikezi Saint Francis High School Ultrasound-activated Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Brain
      Ishani Pravin Narwankar Kate Slevin Archbishop Mitty High School Engineering an Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle for Use in Search and Rescue Missions Post Natural Disasters
      Alexandra Chase Masegian Barbara Schremp Branham High School Automated Classification of a Mysterious Population of "Weak CN" Stars in the Andromeda Galaxy
    Honorable Mention Stanley  Wang Jeremy Dybdahl Lynbrook High School Connectedness of the Moduli Space of Genus 1 Planar Tropical Curves
    1st Place - $100, Certificate of Achievement, SAMPE - Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering Ananya  Karthik Chihiro Ikezi Saint Francis High School Ultrasound-activated Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery to the Brain
    3rd place HS student - $25 and Certificate of Achievement, American Vacuum Society, Northern CA Phillip  Chau David Taylor Monta Vista High School Deposition and Characterization of Ultra Thin Zinc Oxide Films
    Certificate of Achievement plus Letter, Mu Alpha Theta Shiva  Balachander George Sousa Valley Christian High School Analysis of Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network Structures on the Accuracy of Stock Price Predictions
      Stanley  Wang Jeremy Dybdahl Lynbrook High School Connectedness of the Moduli Space of Genus 1 Planar Tropical Curves
    Honorable Mention Award and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter Phillip  Chau David Taylor Monta Vista High School Deposition and Characterization of Ultra Thin Zinc Oxide Films