Local Students Win At County Science and Engineering Fair

Challenger Ardenwood School students won awards at the Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair in late March.

Here is a list of the students' accomplishments as provided by the parent of a  student

GRAND PRIZE WINNER RUNNER UP - MIDDLE SCHOOL

Aniruddh  Mandalapu Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Lighting the Path to Our Future. Grade 8; Teacher: Vimala Sampath     

• Runner Up $500 and invitation to California State Science Fair MS-PS-54 Physical Science (PS)

Mahima  Chillakanti: Tension on Knee Joint and Quardiceps Muscle. Grade 66; Teacher: Vimala Sampath  

• Runner Up $500 and  invitation to California State Science Fair MS-PS-76 Physical Science (PS)  

MIDDLE SCHOOL PHYSICAL SCIENCE FIRST PLACE (including physics, chemistry, earth science, planatary science and astronomy)

Aniruddh Mandalapu: Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Lighting the Path to Our Future

• FIRST and Special Award from American Vacuum Society for project related to and incorporating dedication to advancing the science and technology of materials, interfaces and processing at all stages from basic chemistry, physics, and mathematics to commercialization, and Broadcom Masters nomination for Outstanding Performance at an SSP-ISEF affiliated Fair MS-PS-54 Physical Science (PS) 

Mahima Chillakanti: Tension on Knee Joint and Quadriceps Muscle

• FIRST Place and Broadcom Masters nomination for Outstanding Performance at an SSP-ISEF affiliated Fair MS-PS-76 Physical Science (PS) 

Jed Obra: Last Structure Standing in an Earthquake

• FIRST and Broadcom Masters nomination for Outstanding Performance at an SSP-ISEF affiliated Fair MS-PS-77 Physical Science (PS) 

MIDDLE SCHOOL PHYSICAL SCIENCE SECOND PLACE (including physics, chemistry, earth science, planatary science and astronomy)

Ashvita Ramesh: Effect of soil erosion on structural stability

• SECOND MS-PS-57 Physical Science (PS) 

Bikram Nandy -Efficiency of a Hydrogen Fuel Cell

• SECOND MS-PS-56 Physical Science (PS) 

Pranav Sekhar -Windmill Blade-Design Efficiency

• SECOND MS-PS-51 Physical Science (PS) 

MIDDLE SCHOOL PHYSICAL SCIENCE THIRD PLACE (including physics, chemistry, earth science, planatary science and astronomy)

Akshaya Sekharan: Gyroscopes for Stability 

• THIRD and Special Award from Topcon  for a project representing technologies that should exist and can make the complex world operate more simple.  MS-PS-58 Physical Science (PS) 

Omkar Salpekar: The Effect of Various Types of Lenses on Solar Panel Efficiency

• THIRD MS-PS-50 Physical Science (PS) 

Harshayu Girase: Efficient Solar Panels      

• THIRD MS-PS-52 Physical Science (PS) 

MIDDLE SCHOOL BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE FIRST PLACE (including biochemistry, cllular & molecular biology and microbiology)

Kirthi Chillakanti: Amount of Carbon Dioxide Exhaled

• FIRST and Broadcom Masters nomination for Outstanding Performance at an SSP-ISEF affiliated Fair MS-BS-30 Biological Science (BS) 

Rishab Ramapriyan: Solar Disinfection of Water

• FIRST and Broadcom Masters nomination for Outstanding Performance at an SSP-ISEF affiliated Fair MS-BS-24 Biological Science (BS)

MIDDLE SCHOOL PHYSICAL SCIENCE SECOND PLACE (including physics, chemistry, earth science, planatary science and astronomy)

Meredith Mao- Comparing the Greenhouse Effect of Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide, and Helium

• SECOND MS-PS-55 Physical Science (PS)