Harker picks up four grand prizes at 2018 Synopsys Championship

At last month’s Synopsys Science & Technology Championship, Harker juniors Cameron Jones, Krish Kapadia, Anjay Saklecha and Ruhi Sayana were grand prize winners, which earned them a trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, to be held in Philadelphia in May. Junior Katherine Zhang, a grand prize alternate winner, was awarded a trip to the California Science & Engineering Fair in Los Angeles. Many more Harker students also were successful at the event, and Harker was named an outstanding school at both the middle and upper school levels. The full list of middle and upper school winners is as follows:

Upper School

Allison Jia, grade 10, $100 first prize, Morgan Lewis; second award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category                   

Ankita Kundu, grade 9, $100 first place, certificate of achievement and letter, Inez M. Lechner Award

Keval Shah, grade 11, honorable mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category 

Johnny Wang, grade 11, high school finalist certificate and Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 prize; honorable mention, certificate of achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC); first award, Physical Science and Engineering Category            

Lizhi Yang, grade 11, high school finalist certificate and Amazon.com gift certficate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 prize; honorable mention, certificate of achievement, Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC); first award, Physical Science and Engineering Category            

Sahil Jain, grade 10, ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology certificate of achievement award and membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award               

Krish Kapadia, grade 11, grand prize (best of championship), Biological Sciences, trip to Intel ISEF and certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Association, board of directors awards, high school; first award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category                           

Eileen Li, grade 10, honorable mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category     

Ayush Pancholy, grade 11, honorable mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category              

Anjay Saklecha, grade 11, grand prize (best of championship), Biological Sciences, trip to Intel ISEF and certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Association, board of directors awards, high school; first award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category                            

Sidra Xu, grade 9, second award, Biological Science and Engineering Category           

Russell Yang, grade 9, second award, Biological Science and Engineering Category    

Shreya Dasari, grade 11, honorable mention, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category                             

Ruhi Sayana, grade 11,  grand prize (best of championship), Biological Sciences, trip to Intel ISEF and certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Association, board of directors awards, high school; $100 first prize, Morgan Lewis; first award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category                   

Ayush Alag, grade 11, first award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category              

Cynthia Chen, grade 10, first award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category

Cameron Jones, grade 11, grand prize (best of championship), Physical Sciences, trip to Intel ISEF and certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Association, board of directors awards, high school; honorable mention student award, $50 and certificate of achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter; first award, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category                   

Kaushik Shivakumar, grade 11, Intel ECS certificate of achievement and forms to submit for $200, Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award           

Katherine Zhang, grade 11, grand prize alternate, Biological Sciences, trip to state science fair and certificate, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Association, board of directors awards, high school; first award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category                             

Amy Dunphy, grade 12, second award, Physical Science and Engineering Category   

Swapnil Garg, grade 12, first award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category           

Michael Kwan, grade 12, ASEI Silicon Valley Emerging Technology certificate of achievement award and membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award               

Rajiv Movva, grade 12, second award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category 

Katherine Tian, grade 11, first award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category      

Justin Xie, grade 12, honorable mention, RRI Physical Science and Engineering Category 

Middle School (all grade 8)

Zachary Clark, honorable mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category; honorable mention award, Popular Science magazine subscription and certificate of achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter

Syna Gogte, second award, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Kate Olsen, second award, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Brandon Park, honorable mention, Physical Science and Engineering Category; honorable mention award, Popular Science magazine subscription and certificate of achievement, ASM International, A Society for Materials, Santa Clara Valley Chapter

Alice Feng, nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS – 8th grade; first award, Physical Science and Engineering Category

Angela Gao, honorable mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Angela Jia, honorable mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Aaron Lo, honorable mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Anishka Raina, middle school cash award ($50) and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists

Riyaa Randhawa, certificate of achievement, American Psychological Association

Liza Shchegrov, certificate of achievement, American Psychological Association

Arely Sun, nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS – 8th grade; first award, Physical Science and Engineering Category

Zeel Thakkar, honorable mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Nicole Tian, honorable mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Thresiamma Vazhaeparambil, middle school cash award ($50) and letter of recognition, Northern California Institute of Food Technologists

Melody Yazdi, honorable Mention, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Akhilesh Chegu, nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS – 8th grade; first award, Biological Science and Engineering Category; first place award, $125 and certificate of achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch

Harsh Deep, second award, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Shounak Ghosh, second award, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Pranav Gupta, second award, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Prakrit Jain, second award, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Rishi Jain, second award, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Ishaan Mantripragada, second award, Biological Science and Engineering Category

Deven Shah, nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS – 8th grade; first award, Biological Science and Engineering Category; first place award, $125 and certificate of achievement, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch

April 20, 2018Tags: eweekly, Science, synopsys