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