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ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
There is no general closed-form solution for the long-term dynamics of stars in systems where three or more stars are orbiting each other. When considering only the effects of Newtonian grav…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
The question of the existence of extraterrestrial life has been a long-standing aspiration of humanity. Studying the physical, geological, and chemical conditions of exoplanets will advance…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Loading a trailer improperly may cause dangerous sway, resulting in accidents and possible death. I researched and tested how to most safely haul a trailer to reduce sway. I focused on two m…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Within the centers of about 3% of galaxies, there is luminous emission at 22 GHz originating in Microwaves Amplified by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (masers) from water molecules. Some o…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy First Award
Transistors themselves have not fundamentally changed in decades, with all advances in the field focused on merely decreasing the size of transistors. This is a problem as soon it will be im…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Secondary particles, such as neutrons generated from galactic cosmic rays (high energy particles which traverse the galaxy) slamming into a spacecraft, increase the radiation doses from neut…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Previously, the motion of tops has been studied on flat surfaces with either pointed or rounded bases. These models, though intuitive, have limited applications and cannot describe the motio…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Refractive index of a liquid specifies its temperature. Here, I turn a real laser spot into a line light-source to probe the temperature variations along the incident line in a liquid comple…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
In some schools, students learn about the Equation of Time in Earth science class. However, it is hard to understand the Equation of time clearly. So, we decided to design and make learning…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Rovers play the main role in exploring and collecting physical samples from celestial bodies like planets and moons. ARW comes to strengthen and enable rovers to complete harder missions of…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
By using orbital period, spectrophotometry, and bayesian inferential tests, we examined the orbital periods and photometry of one exoplanet in the HD star system: 189733 b. Through the const…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
In order to conveniently simulate hamiltonian systems, I have developed online software that can simulate hamiltonian mechanics. Users can see the motion of a system as long as he tells the…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) accelerates heavy ions through electromagnetic fields to relativistic speeds in order to observe the conditions at the beginning of the Universe. T…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal drafting formations for reducing the aerodynamic drag experienced by a group of cross country skiers. Previous studies on cycling and r…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Studying star clusters within the Milky Way is crucial to gaining a deeper understanding of the universe. Star clusters need to constantly be analyzed and cataloged, so changes regarding ste…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
A new model has been developed to prove that elementary particles are not point-like, but inner-structured. In particle accelerators, it was found that elementary particles like quarks are d…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
A major topic in modern cosmology is the disagreement between datasets when interpreted using the status-quo Lambda cold dark matter (Lambda-CDM) model. Lambda-CDM assumes that baryons, radi…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Much of the exoplanet transit data from the Kepler space telescope remains unanalyzed, especially in the search for habitability. To enable the investigation of Kepler exoplanets without the…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
The effects of wide binary star systems on the formation and evolution of exoplanets are relatively unknown. A large portion of exoplanets reside in wide binary systems, so fully understandi…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Wood laminates are sandwiched layers of wood glued together to distribute forces to increase its load-bearing capabilities. Laminated timber is used in vertical and horizontal beams that exp…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Existing methods of blood glucose monitoring have a large number of serious drawbacks that do not allow to use them effectively. We consider their major drawbacks are: - Price: an ordinary p…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
The atmosphere of a planet is a main requirement for the development of life. However, this atmosphere can be slowly stripped away by stellar winds, streams of charged particles released fro…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Impact cratering is the circular depression byproduct of meteorite collisions on a solid celestial body. Impact craters are important geological and geomorphological features that not only m…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Observations of the rotation of pulsars, highly magnetized rotating neutron stars, have revealed a mysterious type of rotation anomaly: glitches, discontinuous events where the pulsar sudden…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Single atom catalyst (SAC) is an emerging class of catalyst that is able to incorporate the scalability of heterogeneous catalysts and atom economy of homogeneous which exhibit superior cata…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
When we were drinking corn soup, we felt that its temperatures go up and down abruptly. On the other hand, when we were drinking coffee or tea, we felt their temperatures monotonically go do…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
In an effort to complete the census of Astronomical objects in the solar neighborhood, I have been searching for objects such as brown dwarfs, low mass dwarfs stars, white dwarfs, etc. Due t…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
A great mystery in exoplanet science is whether planets can form in other galaxies. Claims of planets of extragalactic origin have been made but none have been confirmed by independent studi…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
A temperature inversion is a phenomenon where warm air lies on top of cool air. This results in a decreasing light refractive index as the height increases. The layer that makes the light ra…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Portable nuclear reactors are novel solutions to the impending energy crisis, providing large amounts of electrical power in a mobile, clean and efficient manner. In my past work, I develope…