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2017 Synopsys Championship results

May 26, 2017 by Zach Jones

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Harker students had another stellar year at the Synopsys Science & Technology Championship, which took place in late March. Two students – junior Amy Jin and recent graduate Manan Shah ’17 – were grand prize winners, earning them trips to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The Synopsys Championship website includes the full list of middle and upper school winners, which also can be found below.

Middle School

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Arohee Bhoja, grade 8: $250 to the winning student or team in middle school bioscience, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize; middle school finalist certificate and Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize; honorable mention, biological science and engineering category.

Sidra Xu, grade 8: Middle school finalist certificate and Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize; second award, biological science and engineering category.

Russell Yang, grade 8: Middle school finalist certificate and Amazon.com gift certificate, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize; second award, biological science and engineering category.

Alexandra Baeckler, grade 8: Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS – 8th Grade; first award, biological science and engineering category; certificate of achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award.

Nilisha Baid, grade 8: Honorable mention, physical science and engineering category.

Arya Maheshwari, grade 8: Second award, physical science and engineering category.

Vaishnavi Murari, grade 8: Honorable mention, physical science and engineering category.

Luisa Pan, grade 8: Certificate of achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award.

James Pflaging, grade 8: Second award, physical science and engineering category.

Betsy Tian, grade 8: Certificate of Achievement, NASA Earth System Science Award.

Annamma Vazhaeparambil, grade 8: Honorable mention, physical science and engineering category.

Aditi Vinod, grade 8: Honorable mention, physical science and engineering category.

Ankita Kundu, grade 8: Middle school finalist certificate and Amazon.com gift certificate; Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize; honorable mention, biological science and engineering category. 

Akshay Manglik, grade 8: Nominated to compete envelope, Broadcom MASTERS – 8th Grade; first award, physical science and engineering category.

Elizabeth Szeto, grade 8: Middle school finalist certificate and Amazon.com gift certificate; Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize; honorable mention, biological science and engineering category.

Upper School

Akhil Arun, grade 11: Second award, biological science and engineering category; ASEI Silicon Valley emerging technology certificate of achievement and membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award.

Divija Bhimaraju, grade 11: Honorable mention, RRI biological science and engineering category.

Cynthia Chen, grade 9: Second award, physical science and engineering category; $100 first place, certificate of achievement and letter, Inez M. Lechner Award.

Jeffrey Fung, grade 9: Honorable mention, biological science and engineering category.

Aarzu Gupta, grade 9: First award, biological science and engineering category.

Richard Hu, grade 9: Certificate of achievement, NOAA medallion and letter, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Allison Sihan Jia, grade 9: Honorable mention, biological science and engineering category.

Karena Kong, grade 11: Honorable mention student award, $50 and certificate of achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter; first award, physical science and engineering category.

Eileen Li, grade 9: BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education.

Millie Lin, grade 11: Certificate and nomination to enter 2018 Sustainability Soutions Festival in Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives; certificate of achievement, American Psychological Association; honorable mention, certificate of achievement and goody bag, Association for Women in Science, Palo Alto Chapter.

Emily Liu, grade 9: BBC Microbit development kit, TechLab Education.

Neelesh Krishna Ramachandran, grade 11: Honorable mention, RRI biological science and engineering category.

Maya Shukla, grade 9: First award, biological science and engineering category.

Sahana Srinivasan, grade 11: Second award, biological science and engineering category; ASEI Silicon Valley emerging technology certificate of achievement and membership to American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin, American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award.

Jasmine Wiese, grade 9: Honorable mention, biological science and engineering category.

Catherine Zhao, grade 9: Honorable mention, biological science and engineering category.

Krish Kapadia, grade 10, and Anjay Saklecha, grade 10: $500 to the winning student or team in high school bioscience, Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize; high school finalist certificate and Amazon.com gift certificate; Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize; first award, RRI biological science and engineering category.

Ruhi Sayana, grade 10: 2nd Award, RRI Biological Science and Engineering Category

Katherine Tian, grade 10: First award, biological science and engineering category.

Kevin Xu, grade 10, and Raymond Xu ’17: Certificate of achievement, American Psychological Association.

Katherine Zhang, grade 10: First award, biological science and engineering category.

Kaushik Shivakumar, grade 10: Honorable mention, biological science and engineering category; certificate and nomination to enter 2018 Sustainability Soutions Festival in Arizona, Arizona State University Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives.

Shreyas Chandrashekaran, grade 11: Honorable mention, biological science and engineering category; certificate of achievement, United States Public Health Service.

Shaya Zarkesh, grade 11: Honorable mention student award: $50 and certificate of achievement, Association for Computing Machinery, San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter; honorable mention, physical science and engineering category.

Jerry Chen, grade 11: High school – one packet with letter, certificate of achievement, ONR Medallion and form for $50 gift card, United States Navy and Marine Corps.

Amy Dunphy, grade 11: IEEE Electro-Technology $50 gift card and a certificate, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Amy Jin, grade 11: Grand prize – best of championship, physical sciences, trip to Intel ISEF and plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Association board of directors awards, high school; first award, RRI physical science and engineering category; $100 and a certificate of achievement, IBM award.

Cameron Jones, grade 10: Second award, biological science and engineering category.

Arnav Joshi, grade 9: High school finalist certificate and Amazon.com gift certificate; Synopsys Outreach Foundation n+1 Prize; second award, biological science and engineering category.

Rishab Gargeya ’17: $100 first prize, Morgan Lewis; second award, RRI physical science and engineering category.

Anastasiya Grebin, grade 11: First award, biological science and engineering category.

Jimmy Lin, grade 11: First award, RRI biological science and engineering category.

Rajiv Movva, grade 11: Honorable mention, RRI biological science and engineering category.

Sandip Nirmel ’17: Second award, RRI physical science and engineering category; certificate of achievement, American Meteorological Society.

Evani Radiya-Dixit ’17: Second award, RRI biological science and engineering category; 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.

Manan Shah ’17: Grand prize, best of championship, biological sciences, trip to Intel ISEF and plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Association, board of directors awards, high school; first award, RRI biological science and engineering category; $100 and a certificate of achievement, IBM Award; 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.

Arjun Subramaniam ’17: Grand prize alternate, biological sciences, trip to state science fair and plaque, Santa Clara Valley Science & Engineering Fair Association, board of directors awards, high school; second award, RRI biological science and engineering category; 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.

Maddie Huynh, grade 9: First place award, $150 cash and certificate of achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers, San Jose branch.

Michelle Kwan, grade 9: First place award, $150 cash and certificate of achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers, San Jose branch.

Carolyn Lu, grade 9: First place award, $150 cash and certificate of achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers, San Jose branch.

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