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ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The discovery of gravitational waves (GW) has brought about the development of new detectors, including the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), which will detect white dwarf (WD) bina…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The internal kinematics of massive red supergiant branch (RGB) and oxygen-rich and carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the Magellanic Clouds have been modeled to examine the t…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is an astronomical phenomenon that serves as a direct snapshot of the early Universe and is imprinted with the interactions of galaxy clusters. The most…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Dark matter is theorized to comprise a fundamental component of the universe, but it has not been detected or identified. Detecting dark matter would advance our knowledge of the universe an…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Traditional exoplanet detection methods often overlook multi-planet systems containing long-period or non-transiting planets due to observational biases favoring short-period transiting plan…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The possible existence of sub-solar mass black holes poses a challenge to current models of stellar evolution, as there is no known formation mechanism to produce such objects. There is some…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Simply expressed, antibubbles are the material opposite of soap bubbles. They consist internally of a virtually spherical volume of fluid that is separated from the surrounding fluid, typica…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Flexible two-dimensional (2D) field-effect transistors (FETs) have gathered great interest, due to the need to solve scalability problems that are commonplace in 3D FETs. Specifically, the r…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Asteroid observation is vital for gathering lightcurve data, enabling the refinement of asteroid models, reconstruction of their three-dimensional shapes, and derivation of astrophysical pro…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The growing need for efficient and accurate detection of exoplanets, especially with limited datasets, presents a significant challenge in the field of astronomy. This project analyzes the a…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Supermassive black holes lie at the centers of most large galaxies and play a crucial role in shaping galactic structure and dynamics. Despite being effectively invisible, they are studied i…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a ground-based interferometer designed to detect gravitational waves (GWs). The search for these waves in detector data face…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
This research investigates the extraction of fluid from a rotating cylindrical container using a straw-like tube, focusing on the fluid's viscosity, rotational speed, and tube friction as ke…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Quasars are the brightest objects in the universe and the most energetic subclass of active galactic nuclei (AGN), resulting from the accretion of gas and dust within a rapidly rotating disk…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
As advancements in space technology progress, rocket design has become a critical field of study. This project investigates the optimal fin configuration for a two-stage rocket to achieve hi…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Shear-thickening fluids (STFs) were added to Kevlar to find their effect on force absorbed by material over a short period of time. This could be used in spacesuits to protect against microm…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
After reading that exposure to high-frequency radio waves could have adverse effects on humans and the environment, my interest was piqued in the possibility of minimizing exposure to this n…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
In the aftermath of tragedies like the Surfside Condo Collapse of 2021, the necessity for long-term monitoring methods to detect structural deterioration has significantly increased. Mechani…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
This study proposes a methodology to characterize asteroid 1777 Gehrels through its light curve and to derive an exploration orbit using reinforcement learning. A total of 120 images were co…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Spectrometers are highly valuable tools capable of measuring the wavelengths emitted or absorbed by various objects and materials. However, scientific-grade spectrometers are often costly, t…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Tidal tails form in open clusters due to two-body relaxation and gas expulsion (Kroupa et al., ApJ, 2024). Mapping tidal tail star trajectories provides key insights into understanding open…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The high fuel consumption rates of heavy combination trucks are unsustainable and damaging to the environment. When travelling at the recommended speed on interstate highways, most of a truc…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
This study explores the dynamics of the restricted three-body problem within the field of celestial mechanics by utilizing Taylor integration via programming in the Julia language. This exte…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Sound waves are vibrations that travel through a medium and are characterized by frequency (pitch) and amplitude (volume). Humans can typically hear between 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz. A speaker is…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The aerodynamic efficiency of a rocket is significantly influenced by the geometry of its nose cone. The shape of the nose cone directly affects drag, a resistive force that opposes motion a…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The size of the powder grains significantly affects the accuracy and speed of a .44 Magnum cartridge. Finer powders burn more evenly and quickly, resulting in higher muzzle velocity and fast…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Previously, the Hadamard Random Walk was shown as a viable way for representing the maximum-likelihood estimate of the semantic fluency task, an important metric for assessing the semantic m…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Exoplanets orbiting close to their host stars receive high-energy stellar radiation that causes their atmospheres to escape. Understanding atmospheric escape on exoplanets is important to un…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The aim of this project is to discover a new extrasolar system and characterize its properties for the first time. For this purpose, I searched for periodic transit events in the light curve…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
In this study, we investigate the formation and characteristics of ship wakes. The longstanding explanation of a constant wake angle, independent of any ship parameters, has been questioned…