CSSF Project Listings: 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Senior Division
- S0901
- Nicholas C. Batterman, Grade 12
Forehead Powered Headlamp
Advisor: Dr. Pamela Durkee
School: York School, Monterey, Monterey County
- S0902
- Kaitlyn J. Chan, Grade 10
Conversion of Pedal Power to Electricity
Advisor: Ms. Mary Rustia
School: Mills High School, Millbrae, San Mateo County
- S0903
- Adam S. Cohen, Grade 10
Aaron R. Gerber, Grade 10
Soordi: Glasses to Hear Again
Advisor: Ms. Annabella Kraut
School: Tarbut V' Torah Community Day School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0904
- Arya Goutam, Grade 9
ResQ: A Low Cost Wearable Device that Automatically Detects Falls and Immediately Alerts Family Members Worldwide
Advisor: Ms. Jennifer Selby
School: The Nueva School, Hillsborough, San Mateo County
- S0905
- Austin M. Hartman, Grade 11
Edryd O. van Bruggen, Grade 11
Ultrasonic Rangefinders Aiding the Visually Impaired
Advisor: Dr. Don Louie
School: Sequoia High School, Redwood City, San Mateo County
- S0906
- Matthew M. Hase-Liu, Grade 11
Improving the Efficiency of a Coilgun with the Use of Non-Uniform Coil Density and Current Reversal via H-Bridges
Advisor: Dr. Roy Rocklin
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0907
- Alisa Y. Hathaway, Grade 10
A Customized Directional Antenna System to Focus WiFi Signals
Advisor: Mr. Peter Starodub
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, Los Angeles County
- S0908 — Fourth Place
- Robert C. Henning, Grade 12
The Exchange Improving Unit: An Auditory Device for Directional Filtering: A Second-Year Study
Advisor: Dr. Angelika Termin
School: Mission Hills High School, San Marcos, San Diego County
- S0909
- Sasha Jaffarove, Grade 10
Cave Mapper
Advisor: Mr. Gregory Kielian
School: Pacific Collegiate School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County
- S0910
- Cameron C. Jones, Grade 9
Laser Etching of Graphene Oxide to Create High Energy Density Micro-Supercapacitors
Advisor: Dr. Miriam Allersma
School: Harker (The) School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0911 — Third Place
- Hayato S. Kato, Grade 11
The Behavior of a Swarm of Simple Robots Expressing Collective Intelligence
Advisor: Mrs. Julie Pomerleau
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0912 — Honorable Mention
- Venkat V. Krishnan, Grade 10
Using Optical Flow Modeling Methods and Sensor Fusion to Create a Novel Low-Cost Autonomous Emergency First Responder
Advisor: Mr. Evan Winiger
School: American High School, Fremont, Alameda County
- S0913
- Patrick Liu, Grade 9
Project POE: Tri-Sensor Cardiac Monitoring System
Advisor: Mr. Joseph Huber
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0914
- Luis A. Lujano, Grade 12
Comparing Generators
Advisor: Mr. Kyle Webster
School: Ridgeview High School, Bakersfield, Kern County
- S0915
- Blake A. Martin, Grade 10
Solar: Cell vs. Mirror
Advisor: Mr. Keith Martin
School: Villa Park High School, Villa Park, Orange County
- S0916 — First Place
- Anchit Narain, Grade 12
Enhancing the Rate Capability of the Ni-Co-O System Supercapacitor Electrode via NH3 Treatment
Advisor: Mr. Tianyi Kou
School: Clovis North High School, Fresno, Fresno County
- S0917
- Bennett Ngan, Grade 11
A Solar Thermoelectric Generator Utilizing a Phase Change Thermal Battery
Advisor: Mr. Daniel Ngan
School: Cupertino High School, Cupertino, Santa Clara County
- S0918 — Honorable Mention
- Cade Pretorius, Grade 9
Digital Stethoscope to Assist Detection of Irregular Heartbeats
Advisor: <none acknowledged>
School: Santa Rosa Academy, Menifee, Riverside County
- S0919 — Honorable Mention
- Atul Raghunathan, Grade 10
Recovering and Recycling Excess Thermal Energy to Improve the Net Efficiency of Common Lighting Sources
Advisor: Mr. Charles Williams
School: Cupertino High School, Cupertino, Santa Clara County
- S0920 — Second Place
- Anish Seshadri, Grade 11
Wearable Diagnostic Point of Care Instrument for AGE Correlated Degenerative Diseases Using Smartphone Technology
Advisor: Mrs. Linda Segal
School: St. Francis High School, Mountain View, Santa Clara County
- S0921
- Anshul Singh, Grade 10
Prototyping a Quadrotor Collision Avoidance System Using Ultrasonic Rangefinding with NodeJS and Arduino Platforms
Advisor: Mrs. Elaine Gillum
School: Scripps Ranch High School, San Diego, San Diego County
- S0922
- Ana D. Torres, Grade 10
Arien A. Valencia, Grade 10
How Does Light Intensity Affect the Resistance of a Photoresistor?
Advisor: Mr. Lorand Incze
School: Alisal High School, Salinas, Monterey County
- S0923
- Vasily A. Tremsin, Grade 10
Am I Protected from that UV Sunlight? Personal Devices for Prevention and Preliminary Detection of Skin Cancer
Advisor: Mrs. Roxanna Jackman
School: Campolindo High School, Moraga, Contra Costa County
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