CSSF Project Listings: 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Senior Division
- S0901
- Brent A. Avery, Grade 9
Electromagnetism
Advisor: Ms. Cheryl Bayley
School: Eastlake High School, Chula Vista, San Diego County
- S0902 — Honorable Mention
- Sarah Y. Bai, Grade 11
Designing a More Ergonomic QWERTY Keyboard Layout by Analyzing Punctuation Frequency
Advisor: Mr. Dean Reese
School: Tracy Joint Union High School, Tracy, San Joaquin County
- S0903 — Third Place
- Arjun V. Balasingam, Grade 11
Design and Optimization of a Novel Flexure-Enhanced Piezoelectric Wind Power Generator for Remote Wireless Sensors
Advisor: Dr. Ping Hsu
School: Mitty (Archbishop) High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0904 — Second Place
- Weston D. Braun, Grade 12
FPGA-Based Digital Controller for High Frequency Induction Heating
Advisor: Mr. George Stimson
School: San Dieguito High School Academy, Encinitas, San Diego County
- S0905
- Bryan E. Carbaugh, Grade 10
A Virtual Thunderstorm: Experimenting with a Kelvin Electrostatic Generator
Advisor: Mr. Paul Hunt
School: Villa Park High School, Villa Park, Orange County
- S0906 — Honorable Mention
- Alexander L. Chen, Grade 12
A Foldable Solar Panel with an Improved Hill Climbing MPPT Circuit
Advisor: Mr. Peter Starodub
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, Los Angeles County
- S0907 — Fourth Place
- Andrew M. Chen, Grade 12
Utilizing Novel Graphene Oxide Langmuir-Blodgett Film Catalysts to Enhance the Cost Efficiency of a PEM Fuel Cell
Advisor: Ms. Katherine Huang
School: Dougherty Valley High School, San Ramon, Contra Costa County
- S0908
- Caelan (Missing) Creekmur, Grade
Gaelan Skye, Grade 10
Attraction/Repulsion of a Tesla Coil
Advisor: Ms. Erin Vaccaro
School: Willits Charter School, Willits, Mendocino County
- S0909
- Julie A. Fukunaga, Grade 9
Building a Non-Contact Soil Sensor Using Electromagnetic Induction
Advisor: Mr. Michael Fukunaga
School: Tokay High School, Lodi, San Joaquin County
- S0910
- Yootak Jin, Grade 9
Kevin Wang, Grade 9
Fractal Antennas: Fractal Geometry and Wireless Networks
Advisor: Mr. Doug Miller
School: Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0911
- Maitreyee R. Joshi, Grade 11
TouchProsthetics: Bringing Tactile Sensations to Upper-Extremity Prosthetics Using Haptic Devices
Advisor: Mrs. Amanda Alonzo
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0912 — First Place
- Eesha Khare, Grade 12
Design and Synthesis of Hydrogenated TiO2-Polyaniline Nanorods for Flexible High-Performance Supercapacitors
Advisor: Mrs. Amanda Alonzo
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0913
- B.J. Kim, Grade 10
The Effect of Control Mechanisms on the Stability of an Electronically Reproduced Meissner Effect Levitation System
Advisor: Mr. Kevin Kasper
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0914
- Timothy R. Le, Grade 11
Roger Do You Copy? The Design of a Wireless Emergency Communications System (WECS)
Advisor: Mr. Bruce Buenaventura
School: Sierra Canyon High School, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County
- S0915 — Honorable Mention
- Yibei Li, Grade 11
Wanming (Clare) Teng, Grade 11
Electricity Generating Shoe
Advisor: Dr. Phil Wenzel
School: Stevenson (Robert Louis) High School, Pebble Beach, Monterey County
- S0916
- Jonah S. Mau, Grade 10
Dirty Energy
Advisor: Mr. Riccardo Magni
School: Pioneer Valley High School, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County
- S0917
- Isfar S. Munir, Grade 11
The Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Path Taken by an Electric Arc Generated by a Tesla Coil
Advisor: Dr. Randy Harris
School: Tracy Joint Union High School, Tracy, San Joaquin County
- S0918
- Mihir S. Sirdesai, Grade 11
Sustainable Household Appliance: Magnetic Induction Clothes Dryer
Advisor: Mr. David Knight
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0919
- Amit S. Talreja, Grade 10
3D Volumetric Projection Using a Microprocessor Controlled LED Array
Advisor: Mrs. Priya Talreja
School: Folsom High School, Folsom, Sacramento County
- S0920 — Honorable Mention
- Nathaniel G. Varghese, Grade 10
A Robust Human Fall Detection Wireless System
Advisor: Mr. Varghese George
School: Folsom High School, Folsom, Sacramento County
- S0921
- Haotian Xu, Grade 12
EEG Cortical Signal Acquisition System for Automatic Artifact Removal, Evaluation, and Monitoring of Cochlear Implants
Advisor: Mr. David Knight
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0922
- Daniel S. Yang, Grade 10
A New Radio Propagation Model at 2.4 GHz for Wireless Medical Body Sensors in Outdoor Environment
Advisor: Mr. Michael Antrim
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0923
- Mike Zhao, Grade 11
A Novel Method of Lens Velocity Detection in the Vibrating Linear Motor
Advisor: Dr. Phil Wenzel
School: Stevenson (Robert Louis) High School, Pebble Beach, Monterey County
- S0997 — Honorable Mention
- Neil S. Gandhi, Grade 12
Quentin G.A. Wetherholt, Grade 12
An Optical Method to an Open Platform Multi-touch Computer Interface
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School: Santa Susana High School, Simi Valley, Ventura County
- S0998
- Dylan T. McNamara, Grade 11
Speeding Up the Superhighway
Advisor: Ms. Karen Reynosa
School: Ventura High School, Ventura, Ventura County
- S0999
- Paul A. Dennig, Jr., Grade 9
ZigBee-based Indoor Positioning System with Intelligent Assistive Technology for Alzheimer's Patients
Advisor: Ms. Carol Evans
School: Los Altos High School, Los Altos, Santa Clara County
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