Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project was to determine the maximum weight that could be suspended by three different electromagnet configurations, each having six (6) coils and having lengths of six (…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to design a prototype of a heat-reflecting energy efficient window that does not block cell phone signal (radio waves). In every energy eff…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to find how the difference of height, tube diameter, and viscosity has affects flow rate of a siphon. I hypothesized that thinner tubes and higher…
Physics and Astronomy
The Moon is cratered with thousands of well-preserved impact basins. Shared geologic history with Earth makes lunar basins a good proxy for the processes affecting early Earth. Porosity, the…
Physics and Astronomy
The Faraday’s Bicycle apparatus an engineering project based upon Faraday’s Law of electromagnetic induction which states that an rotating magnetic field generates an electric charge within…
Physics and Astronomy
The goal of this project is to utilize the public database of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and analyze the data of single-star-single-planet systems to potentially discover additional exopl…
Physics and Astronomy
The neutron has opened a great sum of doors into the world of technological development by providing new forms of clean power and spectroscopy. In order to supply the required neutrons for t…
Physics and Astronomy
First Award
Barnes’ and Raymond’s Packed Planetary System (PPS) hypothesis postulates that planetary formation is efficient and creates dynamically packed planetary systems that cannot contain additiona…
Physics and Astronomy
New discoveries are constantly being made about the origin, components, and future of our universe. To discover traces of undetected stellar and sub-stellar companions around more than 1,100…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Our project goal is to design a flexible capacitive touch panel for traditional displays by taking the advantages of graphene properties. Methods/Materials The graphene cond…
Physics and Astronomy
GaAs photovoltaics are the most efficient but also the most expensive. If GaAs photovoltaics can be made on inexpensive metal substrates (cost $8/m^2) instead of GaAs wafers (cost $11,000/m^…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals A flashlight is essential tool that is critical whenever a natural disaster occurs. However, what happens if the flashlight runs out of battery or there is no battery charge…
Physics and Astronomy
Surfing, one of the most thrill-seeking sports around the globe, is daily faced with a major issue. The surfing community unanimously agree that the transportation of bulky surfboards is pro…
Physics and Astronomy
Second Award
Have you ever wondered if there are things that fall faster than gravity? We definitely want to reply with a "yes" to this question and we are providing the answer with our project. If you d…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Demonstrate the relationship between the number of magnet stages in a Gaussian accelerator and the distance and speed a steel ball travels. Methods/Materials Build a Gaussia…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to find a cleaner source of energy which would have no harmful by-products and an efficiency rating of approximately 98.9%. Methods/Mater…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Space cooling and heating represents a significant use of energy in buildings. My experiments were aimed at proving that reflectance and thermal emittance are two properties…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I became interested in learning about conduction, convection, and radiation in order to reduce the amount of energy to keep my house a comfortable temperature. If I reduce t…
Physics and Astronomy
Current requirements for jet engines normally involve obtaining a great, maximum power while using the small mass of fuel and oxidizer. However, the task of creating effective low power rock…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
Scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) is a state-of-the-art optical technique to probe the dielectric properties of materials in the nano-scale. Only requiring mini…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project investigates how magnetic fields can be used in combination with small variations of Earth's gravitational field strength (due to the composition of Earth's cru…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the distance of flight, using air propulsion and different designs of rockets. Methods/Materials Bike pump, rocket launcher, vari…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The goal of our experiment is to use spectrographs to find how fast the universe is growing. We hypothesize that the universe is expanding at a rate of 80 km/sec/Megaparsec…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to measure vertical jump using the accelerometer of a mobile device. I am a volleyball player and work hard at improving my vertical jump and…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The issue of sound pollution increases due to fast (also modified) cars, MRI machines being so loud, and houses being built near freeways more. The use of incisions, creatin…
Physics and Astronomy
It is very important to improve the quality of the laser beam in oncology, cosmetology, dentistry. In cases of radiation therapy or the laser modification, the intensity should be homogeneou…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I wanted to determine if two objects of equal mass and each traveling the same speed would each experience an impact force equal to a third object of equal mass traveling at…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which variable (the number of blades, length, or pitch of blades) has the greatest impact on wind turbines' electricity genera…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Next generation 5G cellular networks are expected to provide orders of magnitude improvement in data rates and capacity by using higher millimeter wave frequencies. However,…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Electricity is often wasted when devices plugged into outlets are on when unused. Internet of Things (IOT) smart plugs and switches try to prevent this, but they require fre…