Strong Showing of Cupertino Students at Science and Tech Competition

The Synopsys Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championship yielded a healthy number of Cupertino recipients at its annual competition earlier this month.

The championship, which showcases students in Santa Clara County, draws hundreds of middle and high school students who compete in the areas of computer science, math, medicine, biology, chemistry and more.

Winners of the Synopsys Championship go on to compete in state and national competitions such as the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the California State Science Fair and Siemens Foundation. Angela Zhang, a 2011 graduate of Monta Vista High School is an example of one who took a grand prize and best of championship home from Synopsys and went on to win a $100,000 scholarship from Siemens Foundation for her cancer research.

Synopsys Championship is affiliated with 92-year-old organization, Society for Science and the Public, founded by renowned journalist Edward E. Scripps and California zoologist William Emerson Ritter. First called Science Service Scripps funded the project while Ritter was its first scientific director; their aim was to keep the public abreast of scientific achievements.

Here are Cupertino’s 2013 Synopsys Championship recipients. The list of students was obtained from Synopsys, which didn't indicate Cupertino-based students who attend private schools. Parents of those students who wish to have their child's name added to this list can send the information to the editor at anne.ernst@patch.com.

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