CSSF Project Listings: 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Senior Division
- S1801
- Delfin A. Acosta, Grade 12
The Effects of Gases on Solar Water Heaters
Advisor: Dr. Joel Sercel
School: St. Francis High School, La Canada, Los Angeles County
- S1802
- Azra Azvar, Grade 11
Breanna R. Jones, Grade 11
Samantha Martinez, Grade 11
Biomimicry: The Effects of the Lotus Effect in Designing Nanoscale Surfaces in Products
Advisor: Mr. David Gaughen
School: Taft (William Howard) High School, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles County
- S1803 — Third Place
- Namrata R. Balasingam, Grade 9
Murray's Principle of Minimum Work and the Biomimetic Design of Efficient Microfluidic Networks for Tissue Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Dipu Pramanik
School: Mitty (Archbishop) High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S1804 — First Place
- Abrar Choudhury, Grade 12
Developing a Novel Method to Decontaminate dSph Data for M31 Mass Estimation
Advisor: Dr. Puragra Guhathakurta
School: Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S1805
- Brittany H. File, Grade 11
Parker M. Levinson, Grade 11
The Notion of Motion
Advisor: Mr. Michael Guardino
School: Carmel High School, Carmel, Monterey County
- S1807
- Austin K. Ha, Grade 10
Alan H. Yoon, Grade 11
Waves of Sound to Wash Out the Flames
Advisor: Mr. Peter Lum
School: Centennial High School, Corona, Riverside County
- S1808 — Honorable Mention
- Chiyoung Kim, Grade 11
Three's a Crowd: An Investigation of the Absence of an Asymmetric, Stable Three-Body System
Advisor: Dr. James Choi
School: North Hollywood Senior High School, North Hollywood, Los Angeles County
- S1809
- Jeremy Kwak, Grade 10
James S. Yoon, Grade 10
The Effect of Different Cup Holders on the Cooling Rate of Hot Black Coffee
Advisor: Mr. Michael Antrim
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S1810
- Isfar S. Munir, Grade 10
Jamison M. Sloan, Grade 10
The Effect of a Magnetic Field on the Plasma Arc of a Tesla Coil
Advisor: <none acknowledged>, Mr. Dean Reese
School: Tracy Joint Union High School, Tracy, San Joaquin County
- S1811
- Veronica N. Murashige, Grade 12
Laura H. Yu, Grade 11
A Little Color to Lighten the World Up: Can We Increase Solar Cell Efficiency by Excluding Different Types of Light?
Advisor: Mr. Anthony Pittman, Mrs. Helen Wagner
School: Connelly (Cornelia) School of the Holy Child, Anaheim, Orange County
- S1812
- Jason Qu, Grade 11
Testing and Calibrating an Off-plane Diffraction Mount for Soft X-ray Analysis
Advisor: Mr. Marcus Milling
School: Bishop's (The) School, La Jolla, San Diego County
- S1813
- Jeremy P. Rudd, Grade 9
Laser Induced Fluorescence
Advisor: Mr. Robert Goeckermann
School: Aptos High School, Aptos, Santa Cruz County
- S1814
- Andrew J. Smith, Grade 11
Protection with Geometry
Advisor: Ms. Karen Reynosa
School: Ventura High School, Ventura, Ventura County
- S1815
- Debnil A. Sur, Grade 11
The Effect of Titanium Dioxide on Photovoltaic Cells
Advisor: Dr. Youssef Ismail
School: Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S1816 — Fourth Place
- Connor E. Tom, Grade 9
Using the Temperature Dependence of the Speed of Sound to Detect Volatile Organic Compounds in Air
Advisor: Mrs. Lara Soldmann
School: North (John Wesley) High School, Riverside, Riverside County
- S1817 — Honorable Mention
- William Xue, Grade 11
Nondestructive Corrosion Detection in RC Using Heat Induction and IR Thermography
Advisor: Ms. Shannon Bunch
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S1899 — Second Place
- Sara K. Simpson, Grade 10
Neuronal Nonlinear Dynamics: From an Optical Illusion to Parkinson's Disease
Advisor: Ms. Lara Dickens
School: Henry (Patrick) Senior High School, San Diego, San Diego County
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