CSSF Project Listings: 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Senior Division
- S0901
- Ashley M. Bianco, Grade 10
Common Electrical Appliances and the SID Monitor
Advisor: Ms. Marlene Kent
School: River Springs Charter, Temecula, Riverside County
- S0902 — Fourth Place
- Weston D. Braun, Grade 9
Wireless Power Transfer: The Effect of an Intermediate Coil
Advisor: Mr. Michael Santos
School: San Dieguito High School Academy, Encinitas, San Diego County
- S0903
- Philip R. Chang, Grade 11
Solar Panel Under Shadow: Increasing Efficiency via a New Configuration
Advisor: Ms. Catherine Prater
School: Agoura High School, Agoura Hills, Los Angeles County
- S0904 — Honorable Mention
- Alexander L. Chen, Grade 9
Characterization of Series-Parallel and Total-Cross-Tied Solar Modules
Advisor: Mr. Peter Starodub
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estate, Los Angeles County
- S0905 — Third Place
- Michelle Chen, Grade 11
Investigation of the Efficiency Droop Mechanisms in Wide Bandgap Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
Advisor: Mrs. Charlotte Kirkpatrick
School: Troy High School, Fullerton, Orange County
- S0906 — Second Place
- Rafael S. Cosman, Grade 11
Aaron V. Schild, Grade 12
Sun in Your Eyes? Electrochromic Sun-Tracking Windshield
Advisor: Dr. Pamela Cosman, Mr. Bill Goss
School: Bishop's (The) School, La Jolla, San Diego County, La Jolla Senior High School, La Jolla, San Diego County
- S0907
- Alex Hang, Grade 11
Duy Nguyen, Grade 11
The Applications of Resonant Energy Transfer via Inductive Magnetic Coupling
Advisor: Mr. John Allen
School: Oak Grove High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0908
- Abdulrahman Jones, Grade 10
Arnav K. Mishra, Grade 9
Feasibility of HEM Fuel Cells Today and Tomorrow: Comparing Performance and Economic Viability of Cataylsts in HEM Fuel
Advisor: Dr. Michele Lieux, Mr. Matt Schiller
School: North (John Wesley) High School, Riverside, Riverside County, Polytechnic High School, Riverside, Riverside County
- S0909
- Ben J. Kaiser, Grade 10
Thermoelectric Converter
Advisor: Mr. John-Emmanuel Shirajian
School: Ribet Academy, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
- S0910
- Dante G. Kari, Grade 10
Increasing the Efficiency and Cost Effectiveness of Solar Panels Through the Use of Reflectors
Advisor: Mr. Ronald Fezzey
School: North (John Wesley) High School, Riverside, Riverside County
- S0911
- Ronald W. Lee, Grade 11
The Construction and Testing of a Hybrid Rail/Coil Electromagnetic Launcher
Advisor: Mr. Peter Starodub
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estate, Los Angeles County
- S0912
- Anand G. Lodha, Grade 11
Converting Chemical and Biological Energy into Electricity using the ZAFC and MFC: Maximizing Energy Output
Advisor: Ms. Stacey Falls
School: Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County
- S0913
- Kunal Rathi, Grade 10
Andrew Wong, Grade
Developing a Low Cost Method of Detecting Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Advisor: Dr. Roy Rocklin
School: Lynbrook High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S0914 — First Place
- Jessica A. Richeri, Grade 11
Autonomous Robotic Vehicle: Saving Lives, Preventing Accidents One at a Time
Advisor: Mr. Sunny Kaura
School: Centennial High School, Corona, Riverside County
- S0915
- Prithvi N. Undavalli, Grade 11
Encrypted Parallel FM Transmission Using Arduino Chipsets
Advisor: Mr. Jyothi Undavalli
School: Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas, San Diego County
- S0916 — Honorable Mention
- Mike Wu, Grade 10
The Use of Background Suppression in MRIs to Increase Signal
Advisor: Dr. Eric Wong
School: Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas, San Diego County
- S0917
- Eddie Q. Yan, Grade 11
An Analysis of Clock Rate and Thermal Scaling in Modern Mutli-Core Microprocessors
Advisor: Mrs. Julie Pomerleau
School: University High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S0999
- Kenny Z. Lei, Grade 10
Autonomous Robot Modeling of Bacterial Motion and Chemotaxis
Advisor: Dr. Zachary Dodds
School: Walnut High School, Walnut, Los Angeles County
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