City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: March 2, 2026
Report #:2601-5847
TITLE
Santa Clara County Science and Engineering Fair Association 2026 Science Fair Winners from Palo Alto
BACKGROUND
The Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering Fair Association is asking the Mayor and City Council to recognize the 2026 Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering Fair Association Science Fair Winners from Palo Alto. The 2026 awardees and their projects are:
Student Name Project Title
Ayan Arora Development of a Smart Compression Sleeve Incorporating Thermal Regulation for Optimal Muscle Recovery
Aditya Banwasi DeepSleep: A Novel Convolutional Neural Network for Sleep Apnea Detection by Analyzing Electroencephalogram Data
Diya Bhagat Optimizing NPK Nutrients for Water-efficient Hydroponic Lawns Subhang Bhatti A Protein Generative Model for Expanding the Designable Space of Functional Proteins
Maya Caren An Easy and Intuitive Way to Learn the Piano by Visualizing your Voice on a Keyboard
Tse Wei Chan Soft Robot with Magnetic Self-Sensing for Wrist Rehabilitation McKenna
Chang
Engineering an AI Communication System to aid Alzheimer's Patients facing Isolation
Noam Dadon Glove with refillable chemical heat pack
Sharvi
Dhamdhere
What is the Effect of Herbal Remedies Compared to Commercially Available Acid Neutralizers on a Simulated Gastric Acid?
Rebecca Ding What is the effect of manuka honey on redworm respiration rates? Carina Gross Hidden Threats in a Microscopic World: Unraveling the Impacts of Microplastics on Protist Ecology and Function
Ishan Joshi On the Nilpotence of Moufang Loops
Jessica Manson Using Jacobian matrix determinants and eigenvalues to determine properties of nonlinear iterative equations
Aidan Peng Enhancing ambient carbon dioxide capture through fluidization of covalent and metallic organic frameworks (COFs/MOFs)
Diya Sawhney Infrastructural Electromagnetic Suspension Alexis Sheng What combination of materials and design features create a comfortable, absorbent, non-toxic sanitary pad?
Joseph Sun Suppression of Immune Response to Brain Implants Using Antibody SIF001 Against Galectin-3, a Key Player in Inflammation
Yul Sung Comparison of DR-RRT and RRT
Kaavya
Tatavarty
Personalized Cloud-Based sEMG-to-Haptic System to Enable Long-Distance Communication for Usher Syndrome
Lucas Wu De novo Discovery of a Mucin-1 Inhibitor via Machine Learning Serena Yuan Utilizing Food Waste to Produce Biodegradable Packaging Material Danielle
Zomet
Catalase vs Hydrogen Peroxide: Which liver wins?
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: 2026 Science Fair Winners Certificates of Recognition APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun, City Clerk