Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This project attempts to probabilistically determine the likelihood of a particular malfunction in a computer chip. Basically, if too many transistors in a computer chip are…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine if the number of fins on a rocket affect its altitude. I believe a rocket with three fins will gain the most altitude. Methods/Materials Six rocke…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find which type of wire would work best in an alternating current generator. Methods/Materials I used 3 different types of wire at 3 different lengths with 5…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to assess whether the distance of the Sun was an important variable in the light received by the Earth. My hypothesis was that the distance o…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Project was a continuation of a previous project that I had done. It concentrated its results on the variables of reflectivity rather than the variables of a stealth vehicle…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My experiment involves measuring how a yttrium-based ceramic (YBCO) superconductor is affected by an external magnetic field. To do this, I measured the temperature at which…
Physics & Astronomy
Third Award
Objectives/Goals Glass-Ceramics are a commonly used material, found in for example mugs and stove tops. A new machining method is the Direct-Write method: a stationary pulsed UV laser and a…
Physics & Astronomy
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Objective: The purpose of my project is to find out whether or not an electric discharge will disrupt an electrostatic field. Also, I wanted to find the correlation between…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Question: What fruit or vegetable is the best conductor of electricity? The avocado will be the best conductor of electricity because of the high amount of iron. Methods/Mat…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I chose to do a project on viscosity. My question was #Does temperature affect the viscosity of a liquid?# My hypothesis was that a hot fluid would be less viscous than a co…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to explore micro-size, hydro-electric reaction turbines by experimenting with turbine sizes, materials, baffles, and blade-shapes to discover which combina…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals What is the fastest way to bring a soda from room temperature to a drinkable temperature? Methods/Materials 1.Prepare an ice-only bath by adding enough ice to a Styrofoam co…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To find which surface area to volume ratio wether it be big or small has the fastest cooling rate. Methods/Materials 2 sets of 1 square, 1 rectangle, and 1 triangle are cut…
Physics & Astronomy
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Electroluminescent tubes ionized at a high frequency demonstrate a distinct beading pattern characterized by bright, equally spaced plasma beads or oscillations. The purpose…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to test if you can measure how far away something is by using sound and light. The idea is that if a light and sound were emitted from the exact sa…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to determine what method of limiting friction was both most efficient and cost effective. My hypothesis was that the electromagnetic repulsi…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my investigation was to find how much power the major parts and programs of a computer consume and how you can configure your PC so that it conserves power.…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to create an easily manufactured solenoid generator system in order to generate clean-renewable energy with the propagation of ocean waves w…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to test if a photovoltaic cell can still absorb light through a glass panel from different angles. Methods/Materials A box was constructed to hold a photovo…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective is to build a communications device that is inexpensive, reliable and easy to deploy during a natural disaster or terrorist attack. This device should also be a…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Third Award
Objectives/Goals Design, build, and test a DC-DC switch-mode converter that could replace conventional iron core high voltage distribution transformers and provide more efficient DC power tr…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals About a year ago, I became fascinated with the idea of a Tesla coil. In September I built a Tesla coil. I observed that the sparks farther away from the Tesla coil seemed to…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals I wanted to learn how computer memory works, and to build basic computer memory myself. Specifically, I wanted to find a way to make the binary logic to remember a single di…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find the fastest arrow out of the four different arrows being tested. The fastest arrow will be the most accurate. Anyone who is involved in t…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective was to discover if the number of magnets on a Gauss Rifle affected how far its launched projectile traveled. My Hypothesis was that the more magnets connected t…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to learn how the shape of a sail affected the speed of a boat. Our hypothesis was that all of the sails would go the same speed because we made sure that a…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our project was to build a fully automated water pump using no electricity. The water pump mainly ran on water force and pressure. We also tested the efficiency of the pump…
Physics & Astronomy
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Silicon based solar cells are important in the green energy market. To improve efficiency of these devices, improving the light absorbance of the silicon surface is importan…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine whether a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) solar battery charger should match the Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) frequency to t…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find out if the wing configuration of an airplane would affect the distance traveled. I predict an airplane with wings set in the neutral position will fly the farthest.…