Grand Prize Student Awards

Grand Prize - Trip to Intel ISEF Grand Prize Alternate - Trip to State Science Fair Physical Sciences Affiliation Physical Sciences Affiliation Sponsored by Intel Foundation Jacquelline Farrales, Michael Bella, Notre Dame High School Elliot Kroo, Danielle Vidal, Notre Dame High School Elizabeth Mrizek, Megan Westermeier, Teresa Sartor, Presentation High School Notre Dame High School Christopher Weyant, Gunn High School Grand Prize - Trip to Intel ISEF Biological Sciences Affiliation Grand Prize Alternate - Trip to State Science Fair Sponsored by MedImmune Biological Sciences Affiliation June-Ho Kim, Charles Liu, Homestead High School David Marash-Whitman, Nicole Sousa, Schmahl Science Workshop Kehillah Jewish High School Adeline Wong, Homestead High School Yo Miyamoto, Hillsdale High School Boyuan Zhu, Homestead High School Shane Suazo, Hillsdale High School Grand Prize Alternate - Trip to State Science Fair Grand Prize - Trip to Intel ISEF East Side Union High School District Affiliation East Side Union High School District Affiliation Joanna Alday, Silver Creek High School Sponsored by City of San Jose Erin Brittain, Oak Grove High School Councilmember Forrest Williams Shannon Meadows, Oak Grove High School Terik Daly, Oak Grove High School Stefanie Parsels, Oak Grove High School Steven Hao, Silver Creek High School Duc Nguyen, Oak Grove High School Best Technical Paper Thoa Nguyen, Oak Grove High School Steven Hao, Silver Creek High School Kristin Osaki, Oak Grove High School Vijay Swamy,

Student Awards

Andrew Hill High School Gunn High School

Ngo, Cat-Minh; "Fight for Survival" (122-110-10) Kroo, Elliot; "Smart Soaring : Flocks of Autonomous Handly Airplanes" (091-B30-12) Ms. Wu — Honorable Mention in Category — First Place in Category — Certificate of Achievement, — Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Army Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Nguyen, Martin; "Fight for Survival" (122-110-10) SCVSEFA Board of Directors Handly — Certificate (Alternate), Toyota Youth — Honorable Mention in Category Program at Expo 2005 (TYPE 2005) — Certificate of Achievement, United States — $50 Cash Award for Best Interdisciplinary Army Project and Certificate of Merit, IEEE Pham, Khanh; "Something Different: Poison Oak!!" — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces (102-620-4) Handly Communication and Electronics Association — Honorable Mention in Category (AFCEA), Chapter Sandhu, Parminder; "Effect of Different Wavelengths — $50 Gift Certificate and Certificate of of Light on the Growth and Activity of Ecoli" Achievement, United States Navy and Marine (091-610-8) Winterstein Corps — Second Place in Category — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour To, Jessica; "Something Different: Poison Oak!!" of NASA, NASA (102-620-4) Handly — Honorable Mention in Category

Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division Weyant, Christopher; "The Impact of Flow Channel — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour Geometry on PEM Fuel Cell Performance" of NASA, NASA Ames Research Center (091-A20-11) Ms. Wu — Certificate of Achievement, Water — First Place in Category Environment Federation's Water Prize — Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Suazo, Shane; "Moringa Oleifera: Nature's Coagulant" Trip to State Science Fair, SCVSEFA Board (122-250-12) Maskel of Directors — First Place in Category — Certificates of Outstanding Achievement — Grand Prize - Best of Championship - and VIP tour or VTA Communications Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Center, Santa Clara Valley Transportation SCVSEFA Board of Directors Authority — 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, Water Environment Association Harker School — First Place High School - $200 Cash, RAE Systems Awe, Solomon; "Monitoring Quality of Galapagos — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour Waters" (122-230-7) Chelty of NASA, NASA Ames Research Center — 1st Place Award - $75 Cash, American — Certificate of Achievement, Water Society of Civil Engineers Environment Federation's Water Prize Levinson, Samantha; "Monitoring Quality of Galapagos Waters" (122-230-7) Chelty Homestead High School — 1st Place Award - $75 Cash, American Society of Civil Engineers Liu, Charles; "Mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sundaresh, Sushant; "Finding the Correlation Between after Exposure to Yeast-Killing Compounds" an Alloy's Composition and its Resistance (122-611-7) Levy Levels While Superconducting" (091-820-1) — First Place in Category Matthews — Grand Prize Alternate - Biological — Honorable Mention in Category Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, — 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash and SCVSEFA Board of Directors Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for — Grade 11 or 12 team - $400 cash, the Advancement of Material and Process Genencor Biotechnology Awards Engineering Mao, Guanxiong; "Digital Telescope Utilizing Swamy, Vijay; "Radon Emanation in Active Thermal Tomography" (122-A40-4) Headley Areas at Lassen Volcanic Center" (101-920-9) — First Place in Category Matthews — Army Polo Shirt and Certificate of — Honorable Mention in Category Achievement, United States Army Swamy, Vijay; "Radon Emanation in Active Thermal Radin, Max; "Digital Telescope Utilizing Areas at Lassen Volcanic Center" Tomography" (122-A40-4) Headley (109-P50-2) Matthews — First Place in Category — First Place Technical Paper — Army Polo Shirt and Certificate of — Best Technical Paper, SCVSEFA Board of Achievement, United States Army Directors Ram, Daniel; "Digital Telescope Utilizing Tomography" (122-A40-4) Headley Hillsdale High School — First Place in Category — Army Polo Shirt and Certificate of Miyamoto, Yo; "Moringa Oleifera: Nature's Achievement, United States Army Coagulant" (122-250-12) Maskel Tolley, Emma; "Rosewood Creek Study: A — First Place in Category Comparative Analysis of Water Quality in the — Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Tahoe Basin" (101-230-9) Wu Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, — Second Place in Category SCVSEFA Board of Directors — 2nd Place Award - $50 Cash, American — First Place High School - $200 Cash, RAE Society of Civil Engineers Systems — Special Award for Geoscience Excellence — 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, California - High School Level, Association for Women Water Environment Association Geoscientists

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Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division Wong, Adeline; "Mutations in Saccharomyces Paul, Jonathan; "Bombardments of Black Cannons cerevisiae after Exposure to Yeast-Killing Destroy New Crops" (102-150-6) Compounds" (122-611-7) Levy Ms. Vickrey — First Place in Category — Second Place in Category — Grand Prize Alternate - Biological — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, of NASA, NASA Ames Research Center SCVSEFA Board of Directors Tang, Jessica; "Bombardments of Black Cannons — Grade 11 or 12 team - $400 cash, Destroy New Crops" (102-150-6) Genencor Biotechnology Awards Ms. Vickrey Zhu, Boyuan; "Mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae — Second Place in Category after Exposure to Yeast-Killing Compounds" — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour (122-611-7) Levy of NASA, NASA Ames Research Center — First Place in Category Topenio, Ryan; "Horizontal vs. Vertical Sound Wave — Grand Prize Alternate - Biological Travel" (122-861-10) Mr. Briber Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, — Honorable Mention in Category SCVSEFA Board of Directors — Grade 11 or 12 team - $400 cash, Kehillah Jewish High School Genencor Biotechnology Awards Halper, Rachel; "Efficiency of Lactase" (111-720-6) Independence High School Cahn — First Place in Category Cazares, Bianca; "Regeneration in Planaria and — Book and Certificate, Promethium Chapter Magentic Fields" (092-310-3) Ms. Vickrey of Iota Sigma Pi — Second Place in Category Marash-Whitman, David; "Design for Biodegradation: Cook, Brittany; "Horizontal vs. Vertical Sound Wave Harnessing Natural Decay by Managing Travel" (122-861-10) Mr. Briber Physical and Chemical Dynamics" — Honorable Mention in Category (091-210-1) Garcia Gonzalez, Gabriela; "Regeneration in Planaria and — First Place in Category Magentic Fields" (092-310-3) Ms. Vickrey — Grand Prize - Best of Championship - — Second Place in Category Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Jacob, Sheena; "Horizontal vs. Vertical Sound Wave SCVSEFA Board of Directors Travel" (122-861-10) Mr. Briber — A full scholarship to COSMOS in the — Honorable Mention in Category summer of 2005 and ongoing mentor, Intel Le, Quang; "Magneto Sphere" (122-881-2) Mr. Briber Promising Young Scientist Award/COSMOS — Honorable Mention in Category — Plaque and a $100 check, California — Honorable Mention - $25 Cash and Association of Professional Scientists Certificate of Achievement, Walter — 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash, California C. Benzing Science Award Water Environment Association Lo, Katherine; "Regeneration in Planaria and Magentic — Certificate of Achievement, Science News Fields" (092-310-3) Ms. Vickrey magazine subscription, and entry into drawing — Second Place in Category for Ricoh digital camera, Ricoh Corporation Nguyen, Long; "Magneto Sphere" (122-881-2) (ISEF) Mr. Briber — Special Award for Exploring Waste Reuse, — Honorable Mention in Category Recycling and Reduction, Santa Clara County — Honorable Mention - $25 Cash and Integrated Waste Management Program Certificate of Achievement, Walter — Certificate of Achievement, United States C. Benzing Science Award Army Nguyen, Thuyhien; "Magneto Sphere" (122-881-2) Marash-Whitman, David; "Design for Biodegradation: Mr. Briber Harnessing Natural Decay by Managing — Honorable Mention in Category Physical and Chemical Dynamics" — Honorable Mention - $25 Cash and (099-L10-11) Garcia Certificate of Achievement, Walter — First Place Technical Paper C. Benzing Science Award

Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division Leigh High School Ganesan, Karthik; "The Synergistic Herb - The Effects of Black Pepper On the Antibacterial Powers Bella, Michael; "G-Line Power Transfer" (111-830-7) of Other Organic Antibiotics" (091-620-4) Mr. Smith Banchieri — First Place in Category — Second Place in Category — Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Kottapalli, Anjaney; "To Flap or to Soar? An Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of SCVSEFA Board of Directors Biologically Inspired and Conventional — $500 Scholarship to SJSU College of Aircraft Wing Designs" (101-A10-5) Day Engineering, San Jose State University — Second Place in Category College of Engineering — $50 Gift Certificate and Certificate of — 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, System Achievement, United States Navy and Marine Safety Society Corps — $50 Cash Award for Best Kwong, Jereen; "Door-Activated Answering Machine" Electrotechnology Project and Certificate of (091-A10-2) Mr. Mosher Merit, IEEE — Honorable Mention in Category — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces — $100 Honorable Mention, Morgan Lewis Communication and Electronics Association Li, Daniel; "Antioxidants and Their Role in the Aging (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter Process of the Drosophila Melanogaster" — Three Family membership to the Tech (092-510-13) Dong Museum, Tech Museum of Innovation — First Place in Category Bella, Michael; "G-Line Power Transfer" (119-P20-8) — 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, American Mr. Smith Association for Laboratory Animal Science, — First Place Technical Paper Northern California Branch — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour Los Gatos High School of NASA, NASA Ames Research Center Lin, Bryan W.; "Modeling Human Eye-Head Karin, Todd; "Calcium Oxalate as a Protector of Coordinated Movements in Two Dimensions" Calciferous Stone" (111-210-11) Wendell (091-B40-8) Day — First Place in Category — Second Place in Category — $100 Honorable Mention, Morgan Lewis — $100 Honorable Mention, Morgan Lewis — 1st Place Award - $100 Cash and Raghunathan, Uppili; "The Effect of Using Magazine Subscription, SAMPE - Society for Electrolysis to Reduce VAT Dyes on the Advancement of Material and Process Avoiding Sodium-Hydrosulphite" Engineering (101-770-5) Banchieri — Third Place High School Award--$50, — First Place in Category RAE Systems — $100 Honorable Mention, Morgan Lewis Palmer, Kayla; "The Effects of Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Wu, Perry; "Antioxidants and Their Role in the Aging Acid Supplements on Blood Pressure and Process of the Drosophila Melanogaster" Heart Rate for Teens" (111-530-5) Wendell (092-510-13) Dong — Honorable Mention in Category — First Place in Category — 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Northern California Branch Feng, Jeremy; "Antioxidants and Their Role in the — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour Aging Process of the Drosophila of NASA, NASA Ames Research Center Melanogaster" (092-510-13) Dong — First Place in Category — 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Daniels, Kathryn; "Deciphering the Influenza Riddle" Northern California Branch (091-630-13) Cacao — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour — A full scholarship to COSMOS in the of NASA, NASA Ames Research Center summer of 2005 and ongoing mentor, Intel Promising Young Scientist Award/COSMOS — One Year Subscription to Scientific American, Scientific American

Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division Monta Vista High School Mountain View Academy

Casavant, Benjamin; "Hydro-Brush: A Spinning Brush Campos, Sarah; "Highway Sound Barrier Powered By an Ordinary Garden Hose" Effectiveness" (111-840-3) Mr. Marxmiller (122-A60-9) Mr. Kawanami — 3rd Place Award - $25 Cash, American — Second Place in Category Society of Civil Engineers — Certificates of Outstanding Achievement Choi, Sidney; "Factors That Can Enhance or Degrade and VIP tour or VTA Communications Memory" (111-410-8) Mr. Marxmiller Center, Santa Clara Valley Transportation — First Place in Category Authority — Certificate of Achievement, United States — Certificate of Achievement, American Army Society of Civil Engineers Ho, Chu-Kan; "Does Lead Leach from Lead Plumbing Fuller, William; "Low Cost Energy Generator - Using Fixtures?" (111-260-4) Mr. Marxmiller Everyday Motion to Create Energy" — 3rd Place Award - $25 Cash, System (121-A20-2) Mr. Kawanami Safety Society — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour — Certificate of Achievement, American of NASA, NASA Ames Research Center Society of Civil Engineers Kim, Albert; "Second Order Shock Absorber" Khau, Eric; "Airborne Particles at Different Heights" (091-A30-7) Mr. Kawanami (111-230-3) Mr. Marxmiller — A full scholarship to COSMOS in the — Certificates of Outstanding Achievement summer of 2005 and ongoing mentor, Intel and VIP tour or VTA Communications Promising Young Scientist Award/COSMOS Center, Santa Clara Va lley Transportation Kim, June-Ho; "An Investigation into Multiple Authority Sclerosis: Antibodies to CD44 and a4b1 Zarate, Victor; "What Chemicals Will Increase the Differentially Affect Myelin-Specific T Cell Rate of Corrosion of Iron in Liquids?" Responses" (121-520-3) Tsai (111-730-2) Mr. Marxmiller — First Place in Category — Certificate of Achievement, American — Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Society of Civil Engineers Biological Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, SCVSEFA Board of Directors Notre Dame High School — 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Chen, Katherine; "Go Bananas!" (102-610-8) Northern California Branch Mrs. Evashenk — One Year Subscription to Scientific — Certificate of Achievement, United States American, Scientific American Army Kim, June-Ho; "An Investigation into Multiple Farrales, Jacqueline; "Does Beano Reduce the Level of Sclerosis: Antibodies to CD44 and a4b1 Gas In Human Digestion?" (112-730-12) Differentially Affect Myelin-Specific T Cell Mrs. Evashenk Responses" (129-L30-7) Tsai — First Place in Category — First Place Technical Paper — Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Nethisinghe, Anil; "Hydro-Brush: A Spinning Brush Trip to State Science Fair, SCVSEFA Board Powered By an Ordinary Garden Hose" of Directors (122-A60-9) Mr. Kawanami — 2nd Place Award - $200, American — Second Place in Category Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local — Certificates of Outstanding Achievement Section and VIP tour or VTA Communications Graves, Jillian; "The Effects of Saltwater On the Center, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Growth of Rye Grass" (102-130-1) Authority Mrs. Evashenk — Certificate of Achievement, American — Second Place in Category Society of Civil Engineers Khalid, Fatima; "Go Bananas!" (102-610-8) Mrs. Evashenk — Certificate of Achievement, United States Army

Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division Sachdev, Rubeena; "The Effects of Saltwater On the Bryan, Angelina; "Candy or Medicine" (112-740-8) Growth of Rye Grass" (102-130-1) Ms. Oldham-Fritts Mrs. Evashenk — Honorable Mention in Category — Second Place in Category Cestone, Vincenzo; "Got Isoniazid?" (112-710-7) Vidal, Danielle; "Does Beano Reduce the Level of Gas Mrs. Evans In Human Digestion?" (112-730-12) — Second Place in Category Mrs. Evashenk — Certificate of Achievement, American — First Place in Category Association for Clinical Chemistry — Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - — Certificate of Achievement, United States Trip to State Science Fair, SCVSEFA Board Army of Directors Daly, Terik; "The Derivation of Geochemical Ratios — 2nd Place Award - $200, American Generated by the Impact of Meteorites" Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local (101-910-13) Mrs. Evans Section — First Place in Category Westermeier, Megan; "Does Beano Reduce the Level — Grand Prize - Best of East Side Union of Gas In Human Digestion?" (112-730-12) High School District - Trip to Intel ISEF, Mrs. Evashenk SCVSEFA Board of Directors — First Place in Category — All-expense paid trip to TYPE 2005, — Grand Prize Alternate - Physical Sciences - Toyota Youth Program at Expo 2005 (TYPE Trip to State Science Fair, SCVSEFA Board 2005) of Directors — 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, Magazine — 2nd Place Award - $200, American Subscription, and a Pocket Magnifying Glass, Chemical Society, Santa Clara Valley Local ASM International, A Society For Materials Section — Second Place High School Award--$100, RAE Systems Oak Grove High School — $50 Gift Certificate and Certificate of Achievement, United States Navy and Marine Bajwa, Amir; "Desiccant Cooling" (102-A20-11) Corps Mrs. Evans — ISEF Certificate of Merit and Medallion, — Honorable Mention in Category ASM International, A Society For Materials — 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash, American — One Year Subscription to Scientific Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air American, Scientific American Conditioning Engineers Daly, Terik; "The Derivation of Geochemical Ratios Barr, Greg; "Sweet Dreams" (112-410-5) Mrs. Evans Generated by the Impact of Meteorites" — Second Place in Category (109-P10-5) Mrs. Evans Blevins, Charles; "Thermal Efficiencies of Biological — First Place Technical Paper Lipids" (092-830-7) Lyter De Robles, Angelica; "Candy or Medicine" — Honorable Mention in Category (112-740-8) Ms. Oldham-Fritts Bower, Melinda; "Simulating Social Behavior with — Honorable Mention in Category Simple Autonomous Robots" (101-A60-11) Dinh, Tiffany; "Organic Thin Film Production" Mrs. Evans (112-750-4) Mrs. Evans — Honorable Mention in Category — $100 Cash award, San Jose State — $100 Cash to student, Trimble Navigation University Student Affiliates of the American Ltd. Chemical Society — Padfolio, Electronic Rolodex, Certificate Flores, Bobby; "Sweet Dreams" (112-410-5) of Achievement, and a Medallion, United Mrs. Evans States Air Force — Second Place in Category — Three Family membership to the Tech Imazumi, Craig; "Atmospheric Power" (122-880-4) Museum, Tech Museum of Innovation Mrs. Evans Brittain, Erin; "Phase Relations and Audio Waves" — Honorable Mention in Category (112-810-12) Mrs. Evans — $75 Cash Award, Varian Medical Systems — First Place in Category Imazumi, Eric; "Atmospheric Power" (122-880-4) — Grand Prize Alternate - East Side Union Mrs. Evans High School District - Trip to State Science — Honorable Mention in Category Fair, SCVSEFA Board of Directors — $75 Cash Award, Varian Medical Systems

Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division Jimenez, Rodrigo; "Thermal Efficiencies of Biological Rouldan, Christian; "Desiccant Cooling" (102-A20-11) Lipids" (092-830-7) Lyter Mrs. Evans — Honorable Mention in Category — Honorable Mention in Category Kim, Lydia; "Eggsperiment" (112-660-8) Mrs. Evans — 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash, American — One $150 award (or $100 1st place and Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air $50 2nd place), Northern California Institute Conditioning Engineers of Food Technologists (NCIFT) Sulaiman, Amie; "Oil Degrading Microbes" Mai, David; "Console Field Pad" (101-A20-1) (101-610-11) Mrs. Evans Mrs. Evans — Honorable Mention in Category — $100 Honorable Mention, Morgan Lewis — Three Family membership to the Tech Meadows, Shannon; "Phase Relations and Audio Museum, Tech Museum of Innovation Waves" (112-810-12) Mrs. Evans Sulayao, Maggie; "Shattering the Triangle of Life" — First Place in Category (111-910-7) Mrs. Evans — Grand Prize Alternate - East Side Union — Padfolio, Electronic Rolodex, Certificate High School District - Trip to State Science of Achievement, and a Medallion, United Fair, SCVSEFA Board of Directors States Air Force Nguyen, Duc; "Fishy Reflection!!!" (112-850-9) Allen Trach, Sally; "Got Isoniazid?" (112-710-7) Mrs. Evans — First Place in Category — Second Place in Category — Grand Prize - Best of East Side Union — Certificate of Achievement, American High School District - Trip to Intel ISEF, Association for Clinical Chemistry SCVSEFA Board of Directors — Certificate of Achievement, United States — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces Army Communication and Electronics Association Tran, Tina; "Eggsperiment" (112-660-8) Mrs. Evans (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter — One $150 award (or $100 1st place and Nguyen, Michelle; "Thermal Efficiencies of Biological $50 2nd place), Northern California Institute Lipids" (092-830-7) Lyter of Food Technologists (NCIFT) — Honorable Mention in Category Van, Vicky; "Organic Thin Film Production" Nguyen, Thoa; "Fishy Reflection!!!" (112-850-9) (112-750-4) Mrs. Evans Allen — $100 Cash award, San Jose State — First Place in Category University Student Affiliates of the American — Grand Prize - Best of East Side Union Chemical Society High School District - Trip to Intel ISEF, White, Justin; "Sweet Dreams" (112-410-5) SCVSEFA Board of Directors Mrs. Evans — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces — Second Place in Category Communication and Electronics Association Yoshihara, Samantha; "Eggsperiment" (112-660-8) (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter Mrs. Evans Osaki, Kristin; "Fishy Reflection!!!" (112-850-9) — One $150 award (or $100 1st place and Allen $50 2nd place), Northern California Institute — First Place in Category of Food Technologists (NCIFT) — Grand Prize - Best of East Side Union High School District - Trip to Intel ISEF, SCVSEFA Board of Directors — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces Choi, Gilbert; "Lifetime of Penic illins in Tap Water" Communication and Electronics Association (091-710-13) Steiner (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter — Honorable Mention - $25 Cash and Parsels, Stefanie; "Phase Relations and Audio Waves" Certificate of Achievement, Walter (112-810-12) Mrs. Evans C. Benzing Science Award — First Place in Category Myers, Astasia; "Understanding the Impact of — Grand Prize Alternate - East Side Union Gasoline/Electric Hybrid Engines on CO2 High School District - Trip to State Science Production in the Greenhouse Effect" Fair, SCVSEFA Board of Directors (101-240-5) Steingart — Second Place in Category — Certificate (Alternate), Toyota Youth Program at Expo 2005 (TYPE 2005)

Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division Zhang, Qingmeng; "Minocycline Up-Regulates Hsp70 Barker, Kristin E.; "Persistent Holes in Expression and Protects Murine Neurons and Non-Newtonian Fluids" (121-840-10) Astrocytes from Ischemic Injury" (111-520-9) Dr. Howe Ms. Lawrence — First Place in Category — Second Place in Category — $100 Cash and Certificate of Achievement, — Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, Association for Women in Science--Palo Alto Society for In Vitro Biology Chapter — $1000 scholarship, San Jose State Piedmont Hills High School University College of Engineering — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces Anilhongse, May; "Affect of Caffeine on Heart Rate" Communication and Electronics Association (112-510-10) Mrs. Abbott (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter — Honorable Mention in Category — $50 Gift Certificate and Certificate of — Certificate of Achievement, American Achievement, United States Navy and Marine Association for Clinical Chemistry Corps Ho, An; "The Code War" (121-860-2) Mrs. Abbott — Best Illustration of a Physical or Chemical — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces Effect and Certificate of Merit, IEEE Communication and Electronics Association — Certificate and Kodak Digital One Time (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter Use Camera, Eastman Kodak Company Ho, Wilson; "How Safe Is the Creek Water?" — Certificate of Achievement, American (112-210-8) Mrs. Abbott Society of Civil Engineers — Honorable Mention in Category — Certificate of Achievement, United States Hoang, Long; "Affect of Caffeine on Heart Rate" Army (112-510-10) Mrs. Abbott — Padfolio, Electronic Rolodex, Certificate — Honorable Mention in Category of Achievement, and a Medallion, United — Certificate of Achievement, American States Air Force Association for Clinical Chemistry Brown, Kate Marie; "Urea Uptake in a Hydroponic Periana, Anthony; "How Safe Is the Creek Water?" System" (111-130-11) Dr. Howe (112-210-8) Mrs. Abbott — Honorable Mention in Category — Honorable Mention in Category — 1st Place Award - Bronze Medallion, Tran, John; "Affect of Caffeine on Heart Rate" Army Polo Shirt, and a Certificate of (112-510-10) Mrs. Abbott Achievement, United States Army — Honorable Mention in Category — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour — Certificate of Achievement, American of NASA, NASA Ames Research Center Association for Clinical Chemistry Brown, Kate Marie; "Urea Uptake in a Hydroponic System" (119-L30-13) Dr. Howe Presentation High School — First Place Technical Paper Canlas, Jeri M.; "Paper Chromatography (See Spot Agbayani, Kristina; "Glyconutrient Supplements: Do Run!)" (101-740-4) Dr. Howe They Meet the NIH Standards for Optimal — 1st Place Award - $50 Cash and a Health?" (121-510-7) Dr. Howe Certificate of Excellence, American — Honorable Mention in Category Association for Clinical Chemistry Bailey, Ellen; "Helping the Heart: The New — Honorable Mention Award - Magazine Intravenous Pole" (121-A30-11) Dr. Howe Subscription and a Certificate of — Second Place in Category Achievement, ASM International, A Society — $1000 First Prize, Morgan Lewis For Materials — $45 Cash award and a certificate of Careccia, Lauren; "Drug Levels and Difference achievement, Society of Women Engineers Equations" (102-B10-7) Dr. Howe — $50 Gift Certificate and Certificate of — First Place in Category Achievement, United States Navy and Marine Corps — 2nd Place Award - $50 Cash, Product Safety Engineering Society

Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division Cook, Shanna; "Hip Replacements: 'Wear' is the Ladd, Kayla; "The Relative Strength of Radio Wave Problem" (111-A30-4) Dr. Howe Propagation" (121-910-1) Dr. Howe — First Place in Category — $45 Cash award and a certificate of — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces achievement, Society of Women Engineers Communication and Electronics Association — Padfolio, Electronic Rolodex, Certificate (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter of Achievement, and a Medallion, United — $50 Gift Certificate and Certificate of States Air Force Achievement, United States Navy and Marine Le, Catherine; "Drug Levels and Difference Corps Equations" (102-B10-7) Dr. Howe — 1st Place Award - $100 Cash, Plaque and — First Place in Category CRC Handbook, Walter C. Benzing Science LeBaron, Francesca; "Predicting San Jose Award Temperatures Using Trigonometric — Certificate of Achievement and Pewter Functions" (111-B20-13) Dr. Howe Medallion, Yale Science and Engineering — Certificate of Achievement, United States Association Army — Certificate of Achievement, United States Mrizek, Elizabeth; "Reinventing Edison: Optimization Army of Light Bulb Filament Material" (112-A20-5) Cook, Shanna; "Hip Replacements: 'Wear' is the Dr. Howe Problem" (119-P30-4) Dr. Howe — First Place in Category — First Place Technical Paper — Grand Prize - Best of Championship - Foley, Katherine; "The Effect of Tsunamis on Global Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, Climate" (112-910-4) Dr. Howe SCVSEFA Board of Directors — Honorable Mention in Category — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces Haupt, Allison; "The Leidenfrost Phenomenon" Communication and Electronics Association (102-810-5) Dr. Howe (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter — Second Place in Category — 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash, Magazine Higashi, Elaine; "Stokes' Law With Temperature Subscription, and a Pocket Magnifying Glass, Variation" (092-820-11) Dr. Howe ASM International, A Society For Materials — Honorable Mention in Category — Third Place Award - $25, American — $45 Cash award and a certificate of Vacuum Society--Northern CA Chapter achievement, Society of Women Engineers Nguyen, Nicole; "Can the Flame Test and a — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces Spectroscope Be Used to Determine Communication and Electronics Association Unknown Wire Type?" (101-750-13) (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter Dr. Howe Ho, Stephanie; "Simple, But Not Yet Known to All: — Certificate of Achievement, American Engine Lubrication" (101-760-9) Dr. Howe Association for Clinical Chemistry — Second Place in Category Pham, Tiffany; "How Safe Are Public and Bottled Howell, Kaitlyn; "The Effect of Tsunamis on Global Drinking Water?" (101-520-2) Dr. Howe Climate" (112-910-4) Dr. Howe — Certificate of Achievement, American — Honorable Mention in Category Society of Civil Engineers Kumar, Sonia; "Design and Construction of a Raman, Daya; "Investigation of Delayed Ripening in Gaussmeter to Measure Electromagnetic Field Climacteric Fruits" (101-130-4) Dr. Howe (EMF) Strength" (101-A50-2) Dr. Howe — First Place in Category — Certificates of Outstanding Achievement — Army Polo Shirt and Certificate of and VIP tour or VTA Communications Achievement, United States Army Center, Santa Clara Valley Transportation — Certificate of Achievement, Authority U.S. Department of Health and Human Kumar, Sonia; "Design and Construction of a Services Gaussmeter to Measure Electromagnetic Field — One Year Subscription to Scientific (EMF) Strength" (109-P60-11) Dr. Howe American, Scientific American — First Place Technical Paper

Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division Sartor, Teresa; "Reinventing Edison: Optimization of Light Bulb Filament Material" (112-A20-5) Dr. Howe Brown, Christina; "Testing the Focusing Effectiveness — First Place in Category of a Balloon with a Variety of Gases" — Grand Prize - Best of Championship - (111-810-2) Mrs. Dimas Physical Sciences - Trip to Intel ISEF, — Honorable Mention in Category SCVSEFA Board of Directors — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces — 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash, Magazine Communication and Electronics Association Subscription, and a Pocket Magnifying Glass, (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter ASM International, A Society For Materials — 2nd Place Award - $25 Cash, United States — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces Metric Association Communication and Electronics Association Hook, Allison; "The Correlation Between Friction and (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter a Good Shave" (111-820-11) Mrs. Dimas — Third Place Award - $25, American — Second Place in Category Vacuum Society--Northern CA Chapter Huynh, Stephanie; "Give it Some Spin" (122-810-6) Simpson, Rachel M.; "A Better Fit: Visualization in Mrs. Dimas Mathematics" (091-B20-3) Dr. Howe — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour Communication and Electronics Association of NASA, NASA Ames Research Center (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter Traina, Lauren; "The Leidenfrost Phenomenon" Matsui, Scott; "Give it Some Spin" (122-810-6) (102-810-5) Dr. Howe Mrs. Dimas — Second Place in Category — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces Tran, Samantha V.A.; "The Quantification of River Communication and Electronics Association Meanders" (111-920-3) Dr. Howe (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter — $100 Cash to student, Trimble Navigation Miller, Ryan; "Adiabatic Demagnetization Fridge" Ltd. (121-A50-3) Mrs. Dimas — $500 Scholarship to SJSU College of — $50 Gift Certificate and Certificate of Engineering, San Jose State University Achievement, United States Navy and Marine College of Engineering Corps — Certificate of Achievement, American — First Place Award - $100, American Society of Civil Engineers Vacuum Society--Northern CA Chapter Virrey, Arille Jeriza; "Stokes' Law With Temperature Nguyen, Kathleen; "pH Solutions and Elasticity" Variation" (092-820-11) Dr. Howe (122-820-2) Mrs. Dimas — Honorable Mention in Category — Certificate of Achievement, United States — $45 Cash award and a certificate of Army achievement, Society of Women Engineers — Honorable Mention, SAMPE - Society for — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces the Advancement of Material and Process Communication and Electronics Association Engineering (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter Wang, Randy; "pH Solutions and Elasticity" (122-820-2) Mrs. Dimas San Jose High Academy — Certificate of Achievement, United States Army Avadhany, Sareena; "The Effects of Pre and Post — Honorable Mention, SAMPE - Society for Application of Gibberellic Acid on Pinto the Advancement of Material and Process Bean Plant Growth" (091-110-9) Rosentel Engineering — Honorable Mention in Category — All-expense paid trip to TYPE 2005, Schmahl Science Workshop Toyota Youth Program at Expo 2005 (TYPE 2005) Hage, Rita; "How Safe Are Almaden and Cunningham Lakes?" (111-620-1) Ms. Lowe-Schmahl San Jose Math Circle — Honorable Mention in Category — All-expense paid trip to TYPE 2005, Machado, Emily; "The Leidenfrost Phenomenon" Toyota Youth Program at Expo 2005 (TYPE (102-810-5) Dr. Howe 2005) — Second Place in Category — Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers

Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division Sousa, Nicole; "CEC Mutants, Biotypes and You (2)" Hao, Steven; "The Effects of Oxidative Damage on (121-620-8) Ms. Lowe-Schmahl Protein Translation Efficiency" (121-610-12) — First Place in Category Mr. Okuda — Grand Prize Alternate - Biological — First Place in Category Sciences - Trip to State Science Fair, — Grand Prize - Best of East Side Union SCVSEFA Board of Directors High School District - Trip to Intel ISEF, — Grade 12 Individual Project - $200 cash, SCVSEFA Board of Directors Genencor Biotechnology Awards — Certificate of Achievement and VIP Tour — 2nd Place: Certificate and $50, of NASA, NASA Ames Research Center MedImmune Hao, Steven; "The Effects of Oxidative Damage on Tran, Theodora; "How Prevalent is Antibiotic Protein Translation Efficiency" (129-L20-11) Resistant Staphlococcus aureus in Santa Clara Mr. Okuda County?" (111-630-10) Ms. Lowe-Schmahl — First Place Technical Paper — Second Place in Category — Best Technical Paper, SCVSEFA Board of — $100 cash prize and 6-week summer Directors internship, MedImmune Kieu, Zanett; "Hurricane House" (122-831-9) — Grade 11 Individual Project - $200 cash Mr. Cervantes award, Genencor Biotechnology Awards — First Place in Category — Microbiology Book, American Society of — 1st Place Award - $35 Cash, United States Microbiology Metric Association — 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash and Silver Creek High School Certificate of Achievement, Walter C. Benzing Science Award Alday, Joanna; "The Chemical Adaption of Marine — 3rd Place Award - $25 Cash, System Algae in a Stressed Environment" Safety Society (121-210-5) Mr. Okuda — Certificate of Achievement, American — First Place in Category Society of Civil Engineers — Grand Prize Alternate - East Side Union — Certificate of Achievement, United States High School District - Trip to State Science Army Fair, SCVSEFA Board of Directors — Honorable Mention Certificate, Product Anand, Suruchi; "Ballistic Pendulum" (121-810-9) Safety Engineering Society Mr. Cervantes Ly, Tan; "Savonius Wind Turbine" (122-A20-12) — Certificate of Achievement, United States Mr. Cervantes Army — Certificate of Achievement, American Cao, Wendy; "The Effects of G-forces on Plant Society of Civil Engineers Growth" (122-130-2) Mr. Cervantes Nguyen, Dung; "Barrier and Magnetism" (101-840-9) — Second Place in Category Mr. Cervantes Chung, Nga; "Effect of Annealing Temperature on — 2nd Place Award - $50 Cash, System Fragment Size of DNA Amplification" Safety Society (122-630-1) Mr. Okuda Susoev, Natasha; "The Effects of G-forces on Plant — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces Growth" (122-130-2) Mr. Cervantes Communication and Electronics Association — Second Place in Category (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter Tran, Anthony; "Wafer Etching" (122-851-1) Gill, Puneet; "An Investigation of Saratoga Creek: Is Mr. Cervantes there Evidence that the Creek is Polluted?" — Second Place in Category (101-210-4) Sommers — Certificate of Achievement, United States — 3rd Place Award - $50 Cash, California Army Water Environment Association — Second Place Award - $50, American Vacuum Society--Northern CA Chapter

Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division Tran, Crystal; "Hurricane House" (122-831-9) Vuu, Jason; "Wafer Etching" (122-851-1) Mr. Cervantes Mr. Cervantes — First Place in Category — Second Place in Category — 1st Place Award - $35 Cash, United States — Certificate of Achievement, United States Metric Association Army — 2nd Place Award - $75 Cash and — Second Place Award - $50, American Certificate of Achievement, Walter Vacuum Society--Northern CA Chapter C. Benzing Science Award — 3rd Place Award - $25 Cash, System Wilcox High School Safety Society — Certificate of Achievement, American Nguyen, Ann; "The Ideal Conditions to Germinate Society of Civil Engineers Lupinus Succulents" (112-110-3) — Certificate of Achievement, United States Mr. Dowling Army — First Place in Category — Honorable Mention Certificate, Product Tat, Annie; "The Ideal Conditions to Germinate Safety Engineering Society Lupinus Succulents" (112-110-3) Tran, Helen; "Effect of Annealing Temperature on Mr. Dowling Fragment Size of DNA Amplification" — First Place in Category (122-630-1) Mr. Okuda — $50 Cash Scholarship, Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association (AFCEA), Silicon Valley Chapter Lai, Daisy; "Coyote Creek: Lifeline of the South Bay" Van, Christopher; "Savonius Wind Turbine" (122-240-3) Mr. Khong (122-A20-12) Mr. Cervantes — Certificate of Achievement, American — Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers Society of Civil Engineers Sar, Odum; "Coyote Creek: Lifeline of the South Bay" Vo, Dien; "The Effect of Electromagnetic Field (122-240-3) Mr. Khong Exposure on Mung Bean Growth" — Certificate of Achievement, American (121-830-1) Mr. Cervantes Society of Civil Engineers — Second Place in Category Ton, Truc; "Coyote Creek: Lifeline of the South Bay" Vuong, Khang; "Savonius Wind Turbine" (122-240-3) Mr. Khong (122-A20-12) Mr. Cervantes — Certificate of Achievement, American — Certificate of Achievement, American Society of Civil Engineers Society of Civil Engineers

Synopsys Championship 2005 — Upper Division