San Jose Unified School District

Project Awards 2016

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Allen at Steinbeck Nikita Gettu Isabella  Hilton Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category What is the Effect of Weight on Gravitational Forces in Different Roller Coaster Elements? (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
Harte (Bret) Middle School Deborah Loeb Nikhil  Chandra Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Noise level reduction using bent tubes embedded in sound proofing materials (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
Leland High School Mark Cahn Alexandria Marie Sochocki Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement, and Goody Bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter Quality of the Surface Water in the Almaden Valley (Biological Science and Engineering) 9
  Tracy Hall Ali-Asghar  Heera 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Race to Finish: An Inquiry on how the Human Mind Perceives Merging versus Splitting (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
            Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association    
      Luke  Hong 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Race to Finish: An Inquiry on how the Human Mind Perceives Merging versus Splitting (Biological Science and Engineering) 12
            Certificate of Achievement, American Psychological Association    
  Youssef Ismail (SSW mentor) Brian  Ng $100 First Place, Certificate of Achievement, and Letter, Inez M. Lechner Award Autonomous Stress Detection using Electromyography (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 9
  Karen Lee Justin  Callahan Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society California Drought and El Nino: A study of the effects of drought and El Nino on fertility of the topsoil (Physical Scie (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
            Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
      Jonathan  Li First Place: One Week DEEP Summer Academy at the University of Toronto, Std Residence Package, and Travel Stipend, University of Toronto Award What is the most cost effective and practical method of dissolving active oxygen in unsafe drinking water. (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
      Ujjaini  Mukhopadhyay Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society California Drought and El Nino: A study of the effects of drought and El Nino on fertility of the topsoil (Physical Scie (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
            Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize    
  Jeff Lutze Ryan  Lee Honorable Mention Student Award: $50 and Certificate of Achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter Testing the randomness of computer-generated random numbers (Physical Science and Engineering) 10
San Jose Middle College David Clark Gajan R. Nagaraj 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Water: Drought or Deluge (Physical Science and Engineering) 11
            Certificate of Achievement, American Meteorological Society    
            Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize