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CSEF · 2018

An Earthquake Warning System

Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this engineering project was to develop a warning system which would detect, measure, and alert everyone in the building based on the intensity of the impendi…

CSEF · 2018

A Sticky Situation

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to find out which type of liquid is the most resistant/viscous when using a marble as a frame of reference? (I used a mathematical equati…

CSEF · 2018

Bicycle Wheel Wind Turbines

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The idea of this test is to find out what the most efficient way is to wrap duct tape around bicycle wheel spokes to turn them into wind turbines. I will test two blade desi…

CSEF · 2018

Blocking RFID Readers

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine which metal blocks RFID reader from reading RFID tag the best. Methods/Materials I first downloaded Serial Terminal Emulator so…

CSEF · 2018

Brachistochrone: The Shortest Time

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals The objective for my project was to find out the the path of least time between two points which are on a diagonal plain with the presence of gravity. Methods/Materials My m…

CSEF · 2018

Building a Bench-Mounted Fiber Spectrograph

Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award

Objectives/Goals A spectrograph separates light into its component wavelengths in order to measure the relative intensity of each color. Spectroscopy can be used in astronomy to identify the…

CSEF · 2018

Can Your Wi-Fi Go Any Faster?

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals The goal was to build a parabolic Reflector and test it to see if it boosts the signal strength from a wireless routers antenna. Methods/Materials Materials: Cardboard, alum…

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