Santa Clara Unified School District

Project Awards 2016

Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship

School Teacher Student Award Title Gr
Cabrillo Middle School Nelson Hori Bryan  Reyes 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Music on Human Moods (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
      Dauntae  Vivas 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of Music on Human Moods (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
  Nicole Hulgan Sean Kyson Do Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Using hand gestures to operate mechanisms. (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
      Talin Joshi Ray Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Using hand gestures to operate mechanisms. (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
  Jennifer Lee Krish  Praseeth 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The design and construction of a Braille emulator for visually impaired people to surf the web (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
      Gabriel N Ticau 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category The design and construction of a Braille emulator for visually impaired people to surf the web (Physical Science and Engineering) 7
  Glenn Lillie Letitia D Aloysius 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category Sign Language Alphabets using Augmented Reality (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
      Joseph M Hernandez Jr. Honorable Mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category Become The Smarty (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
      Ryan L Ramirez 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category BlindNav (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
      Siddarth  Ramkrishnan 2nd Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category BlindNav (Physical Science and Engineering) 8
  Janet Wu Jenna Sophia Houle Isabelle Stone Award for Best Biological Science Projects - Trip to State Science Fair, Plaque, and $100, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - Middle School Techniques to help kids improve their memory, lower anxiety, and improve their attitude about school (Biological Science and Engineering) 7
            Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 7th Grade    
            1st Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    
Peterson Middle School Sean Carroll (SSW mentor) Aditya  Hariharan 2nd Award, Biological Science and Engineering Category The Effect of B. subtilis bacteria on reducing the salinity of salt water (Biological Science and Engineering) 8
  Lynnanne Henderson Surya C Tallavarjula Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS - 6th Grade To characterize the energy loss for different types of light bulbs, and ways to recover and reuse some of the energy loss. (Physical Science and Engineering) 6
            1st Award, Physical Science and Engineering Category    
            Honorable Mention: Certificate of Achievement,T-Shirt, Tote bag, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC)    
Wilcox High School David Iverson Shashank  Dholakia Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School A Search and Exploration of Multi-Exoplanet Systems Using Novel Photometric and TTV Algorithms for the K2 Mission (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
            High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category    
      Shishir  Dholakia Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF and Plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Assn - Board of Directors Awards - High School A Search and Exploration of Multi-Exoplanet Systems Using Novel Photometric and TTV Algorithms for the K2 Mission (RRI Physical Science and Engineering) 11
            High School Finalist Certficate & Amazon.com gift certficate, The Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize    
            1st Award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category    
  Mary Pat Slate Visala R Tallavarjula Certificate of Achievement; if registered, medal, subscription & opportunity to advance to national competition for trip to Stockholm, Stockholm Junior Water Prize Methods based on Statistical Analysis To Improve Water Retention in Sub-surface Irrigation (Physical Science and Engineering) 9