Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals With gas prices at an all-time high this past summer, many people want to be green and reduce their transportation cost. This project is testing whether an electric bike can…
Physics & Astronomy
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to demonstrate the active noise control technique and to measure the effects of noise type, noise frequency, and the separation distance between the noise a…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my science project is to find out, with the help of my scratch built wind tunnel, if the aerodynamics of a locomotive affects its wind resistance. I am also…
Physics & Astronomy
First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to model the spectral energy of blazar S5 0716+714. For the second-year study, the goal was to find a redshift for the target to allow the…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Does the airplane wing curvature generate lift? I hypothesize that wings with more curvature will generate more lift. Methods/Materials Three methods were used to verify the…
Physics & Astronomy
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this experiment are (1) to demonstrate the feasibility of the geolocation of sound source by simultaneous noise power measurements at different locations,…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which reflective materials are the most effective in amplifying the energy output of a photovoltaic cell. Methods/Materials Eleven different re…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
First Award
Objectives/Goals To investigate magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) thrust, an intriguing force that can quietly power a boat without moving parts. To design, test and improve a series of MHD engines…
Physics & Astronomy
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The periodicity of X-ray bursts from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) appears to be dependent on the recovery interval between mass-infall events. This recovery interval is prop…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to build a magnetically propelled levitating car and to get it going fast enough to launch a small hobby airplane. I am interested in magneti…
Physics & Astronomy
First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether or not galaxies cluster, and if so, to measure that clustering. Studying this clustering could provide information…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I wanted to know whether (1) a low frequency was harder to attenuate than a high frequency sound, (2) a soft material like fiberglass would attenuate sound better than a har…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to test combinations of different blade quantities, angles, and shapes on a wind turbine to determine the one that produces the greatest amount…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals I will attempt to show a 6-volt battery can light up 3 miniature 6-volt light bulbs. Methods/Materials Methods 1. With hookup wire connect three miniature lamp sockets. 2. G…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to build and modify a solar powered car so that it is capable of running at night. Methods/Materials I designed and built a basic solar car and…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I am trying to find the boats ability to carry weight and see the changes in the weight when I change the water types. Methods/Materials My materials I used were a big conta…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals -Plan out an efficient system that can charge scaled up version of a pacemaker. -Design a pair of electrodes that can transmit electricity through an electrically resisting…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To create a power source using just a liquid and metal cans Methods/Materials On a table, place a plastic container upside down Place a reservoir on the top of the container…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to determine which type of reflector will make a photovoltaic solar cell gain the most solar energy. My hypothesis is: If light rays are directe…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The challenge of this project was to create an autonomous robotic system that could sense chemical vapor. Using porous silicon, which changes color when chemical enters the…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My goal was to prove that temperature has an affect on the elasticity of an object. I hypothesized that the colder a ball gets the more elastic it will become and, therefore…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find how colors, represented by a CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black) model, reflected light. The main goal was to organize the data into a u…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals In our project Constructing an Inductrack MAGLEV, our engineering goal was to construct a magnetically levitated train complete with a propulsion track. The design criteria:…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals I am concerned about harmful effects of global warming due to our use of gas-powered cars. I conducted this experiment because I was curious to find which hour of the day a…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Laser communication has many advantages over wired devices. Lasers can carry messages near the speed of light with little interference whereas electrical signals travel at 6…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to compare two types of rail gun designs, series augmented and parallel augmented, and determine which was best at increasing the speed of a pr…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My goal is to determine whether or not temperature affects the strength of a magnet on a magnetic levitating train. I believe that the magnets that have been cooled will be…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine which type of car design generated the most downforce C.O.T. or current. My hypothesis was that the C.O.T. would produce the mo…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This experiment investigated how a simple electric motor's size affects speed. The hypothesis stated that a bigger coil will run slower because it has farther to turn. Metho…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find the effect of varying temperature and solute concentrations on the index of refraction (IOR) of a solution. Methods/Materials Materials: 1 He-Ne las…