Fremont Union High School District

Project Awards 2023

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Cupertino High School Precious Bagamaspad Akshay  Anand 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Detecting Speech Disorders and Determining their Severity for Treatment Using CRNNs and Unsupervised Learning Methods (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Vibhor  Narang 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Detecting Speech Disorders and Determining their Severity for Treatment Using CRNNs and Unsupervised Learning Methods (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
  Kenji Mitchell Anika  Mukherjee 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Utilizing Machine Learning Models to Predict the Malignancy of Mammographic Masses based on BI-RADS Attributes and Age (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
      Reva  Ukkadam 1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Utilizing Machine Learning Models to Predict the Malignancy of Mammographic Masses based on BI-RADS Attributes and Age (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
  Amanda Slowikowski Adhip  Raghunathan Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School Leveraging Textural Information from Structured Light Scanning for Automated Classification of Skin Conditions (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
            1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
      Rohan  Shah 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify Triggering Videos that Can Be Detrimental to One's Mental Health (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
Fremont High School Andree Heyneman Ritik  Jalisatgi 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Theia: Assistive Environmental Communication via Audio Patterns for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
            Honorable Mention certificate, Access Braille Awards    
      Alexander  Mehta 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Theia: Assistive Environmental Communication via Audio Patterns for the Visually Impaired (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
            Honorable Mention certificate, Access Braille Awards    
Homestead High School Sam Fung Youngwoo  Tahk $100 and Certificate of Achievement, Schonert Award A New Environmentally Conscious Tennis Ball (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
  Daniel Nunez Diya  Bengani Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Wearable Plantar Pressure Sensor for GPS-Based Alert System (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
            High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps    
            IEEE Electro-Technology $25 Amazon gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers    
      Julian Cloud Ng-Thow-Hing Outstanding Project, Certificate (any field and all grades) $200, SPV Market Research "Most Promising Young Scientist" A machine learning algorithm to predict muscle activations during motions performed in real time (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Roshni  Parulekar-Martins Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Biological Sciences - Qualified to be a Regeneron ISEF Finalist, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School RandomRibo: A Novel Tool for Transcript-Level Translation Elongation Velocity Determinant Identification at Single Codon (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
            1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
  Kathleen Shreve Armaan Christopher Gomes 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Leveraging Genetic Algorithms and Mathematical Wildfire Propagation Models to Determine Optimal Firebreak Placement (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
            $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award    
      Samuel  Yuan 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Leveraging Genetic Algorithms and Mathematical Wildfire Propagation Models to Determine Optimal Firebreak Placement (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
            $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award    
Lynbrook High School Nicole DellaSantina Vaishnavi  Kunapuli $100 High School Plant Science, California Botanical Society Examining the Phytotoxic Effects of the Fungal Secondary Metabolite Helvolic Acid on the Growth of Oryza Sativa (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
  Bradley Fulk Radhika  Goyal Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Maxflow-based Algorithm to Determine a Cost-Minimizing Schedule for Emergency Supply Management (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Aadittya  Tiwari Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Where does Quantum Machine Learning have an advantage over Classical Machine Learning on various machine learning models (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Calvin  Zhou 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category BISET: A Blockchain and IoT Sensor-based Emissions Trading System with Integrated Monitoring (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
  Kenneth Iams Anish  Lakkapragada Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category Novel Methods for Mitigation of Negative Transfer in Multi-Task Learning Models for Emotion Understanding (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
  Lester Leung Anish Sriram Bhethanabotla $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards RetiVision: An Advanced and Economical Method for Precise Fundus Disease Detection via Retinal Imaging and Deep Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
            2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
            High School Student - Certificate of Achievement, Letter of Congratulations, Medallion and Award Verification Form (to be filled Online to claim $50 gift card), Office of Naval Research -United States Navy/ US Marine Corps    
      Antone  Jung Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Acclimating Lactuca sativa and Cucumis sativus to Assimilate Acetate: a necessary step toward artificial photosynthesis (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
      Natasha  Thombre 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Design and Construction of a Machine Learning Model that Uses Stellar Spectra to Predict Stellar Features (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
      Anne  Xu Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Using Machine Learning Models to Predict Onset of Alzheimer's Disease Based on MRI Images (Biological Science and Engineering) 11
      Henry  Yao Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Qualified for California Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School From Food Waste to Food Guard: Creating A Novel Chitosan Bioplastic with NP Coating & Its Effect on Food Preservation (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
            $100, Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Awards    
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
            2nd Place Award - $75 and Certificate of Achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter    
            Certificate of Achievement, United States Air Force    
  Thanh Nguyen Franklin  Yang Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A study of the composition of dust grains in the Crab nebula by analyzing data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
  Isaac Pallone Youngjun  An 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Design and Construction of a Wearable to Prevent Students from Falling Asleep in Class (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
      Haoyuan  Deng Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The design and construction of a semi-automatic shuttlecock collector (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
      Sammy Mansour Elzein Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The design and construction of a semi-automatic shuttlecock collector (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
      Rebecca YiKun Han 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards HS The design and construction of a household water conservation system (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
            Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
      Andrew Tae Hee Hong Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Measuring the effects of multiple pharmaceutical and personal care products on the growth rate of three Algae species (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
      Evelyn Mae Hsu 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Agrobacterium rhizogenes Versus Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-DNA Transformation in Brachypodium distachyon (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
      Amanda  Jin Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Measuring the effects of multiple pharmaceutical and personal care products on the growth rate of three Algae species (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
      Chaaruhaas  Kandregula 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Design and Construction of a Wearable to Prevent Students from Falling Asleep in Class (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
      Richard  Li Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The design and construction of a semi-automatic shuttlecock collector (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
      Amrita  Ramabadran 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards HS The design and construction of a household water conservation system (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
            Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
      Ankita Shree Ramabadran 1st Place $150, Valley Water Awards HS The design and construction of a household water conservation system (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
            Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
            Certificate of Achievement and opportunity to advance to national and international competitions, U. S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
      Isaiah  Sit Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Measuring the effects of multiple pharmaceutical and personal care products on the growth rate of three Algae species (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
      Harold  Wang 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Design and Construction of a Wearable to Prevent Students from Falling Asleep in Class (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
      Audrey  Zhu Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Design and Construction of a Vertical Surface Cleaner (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
      Bolang  Zhu Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Design and Construction of a Vertical Surface Cleaner (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
      Kevin  Zhu Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category The Design and Construction of a Vertical Surface Cleaner (Physical Science and Engineering) 9
  David Taylor Michelle  Zhou $100 for Individual projects and a certificate, IBM Award Large-scale PageRank on a Single Raspberry Pi (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
Monta Vista High School Julie Choi Bhavan Sai Balusu Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Sleep score Diagnosis using a machine learning classification model. (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Shiven  Bhatt Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Sleep score Diagnosis using a machine learning classification model. (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Jai  Sharma Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Novel Deep Learning Approach to Automated Cell Migration Tracking and Segmentation (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
      Amy Xinyu Zheng Certificate of Achievement and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA A novel machine-learning based model for global flood-forecasting and risk assessment (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
            GR 9-12: $40, and Student Award in Geoscience Excellence from Association for Women Geoscientists Bay Area Chapter certificate, and AWG Banquet invitation, Association for Women Geoscientists, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter    
  John Conlin Aakash  Kumar 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category An end to end system for autonomous 3D model construction to analyze pertinent areas in natural disasters (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
      Amanjyoti  Mridha 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category An end to end system for autonomous 3D model construction to analyze pertinent areas in natural disasters (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
      Sooraj  Vydyanathan 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category An end to end system for autonomous 3D model construction to analyze pertinent areas in natural disasters (Physical Science and Engineering) 12
  Scott DeRuiter Arjun  Shrivastava Honorable Mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category Analyzing the Mislabeling of Quasars in X-ray Catalogs (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Andrew Yurun Zhou 1st Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category Predicting patient outcome and immunotherapy response in bladder cancer using gene expression profiles and deep learning (RRI Biological Science and Engineering) 11
  Renee Fallon Meghana  Somu Honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category Using public maternal cell-free DNA and machine learning techniques to predict pregnancies with adverse outcomes (Biological Science and Engineering) 10
      Mridula  Srinivasan 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Robot that Detects Plant Disease Using Convolutional Neural Network (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Shridhula  Srinivasan 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Robot that Detects Plant Disease Using Convolutional Neural Network (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
      Christopher T Sun 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category Investigating Dementia Onset for Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis Through 4D Neuroimaging and Deep Learning (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
  Joe Kim Niranjana  Sankar Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Determining Natural Products for Skin Cancer Drugs using Molecular Descriptors and Machine Learning (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
  Kathleen Koch Iona Zhuoran Xia 1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category Discovering Rare Ca II Quasar Absorption Lines with a Neural Network (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 12
  Elizabeth McCracken Sonia  Swamy 1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Curb-AD: Effect of Fenchol-Based Treatments on Reduction of ETS-induced Neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's Disease Pathology (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
  Jeff Payne Sanjay  Chandrasekar Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category A Novel Machine Learning System for Suicide Risk Stratification via Analysis of Linguistic Features in Social Media (Physical Science and Engineering) 11