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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2601-5847CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL Special Meeting Monday, March 02, 2026 Council Chambers & Hybrid 5:30 PM     Agenda Item     1.Santa Clara County Science and Engineering Fair Association 2026 Science Fair Winners from Palo Alto 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 Certificate of Recognition HONORING Ayan Arora In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Aditya Banwasi In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Diya Bhagat In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Subhang Bhatti In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Maya Caren In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Tse Wei Chan In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING McKenna Chang In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Noam Dadon In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Sharvi Dhamdhere In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Rebecca Ding In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Carina Gross In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Ishan Joshi In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Jessica Manson In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Aidan Peng In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Diya Sawhney In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Alexis Sheng In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Joseph Sun In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Yul Sung In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Kaavya Tatavarty In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Lucas Wu In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Serena Yuan In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto Certificate of Recognition HONORING Danielle Zomet In recognition of outstanding achievements as a Now I, Vicki Venkeer, do hereby offer the highest praise and congratulations on this 2nd day of March, 2026 __________________________ Vicki Venkeer Mayor, City of Palo Alto