CSEF Project Listings: 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Senior Division
- S1001 — Honorable Mention
- Jamil S. Ahmad, Grade 11
Moaaz Akbar, Grade 11
Frontiers of 5G: Sparse Adaptive Battery-less Ambient Backscatter Communication Networks
Advisor: Mr. Matthew Carter
School: Clovis North High School, Fresno, Fresno County
- S1002 — Second Place
- Akash K. Anand, Grade 9
Optimal Phased Array Antenna Systems for Radio Astronomy
Advisor: Ms. Melissa Klose
School: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, Los Angeles County
- S1003 — Honorable Mention
- Om Anavekar, Grade 11
Tarun R. Chichili, Grade 11
Arnav Gupta, Grade 11
An Intelligent Glove that Converts Hand Gestures and Sign Language Into Spoken Text
Advisor: Dr. Eugene Mizusawa
School: Athenian School (The), Danville, Contra Costa County
- S1004 — First Place
- Akhilesh V. Balasingam, Grade 10
Brain-Inspired Circuitry for the Future of AI: Optimizing the Analog Response of RRAMs Under Pulsing for Synaptic Use
Advisor: Dr. Dipu Pramanik
School: Mitty (Archbishop) High School, San Jose, Santa Clara County
- S1005 — Third Place
- Christopher R. Caligiuri, Grade 10
BrainBot: Multielectrode Data Modeling and Stem-Cell Derived Brain Stimulation through a Real Time Robotics Platform
Advisor: Mr. Ariel Haas
School: Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, San Diego County
- S1006
- Rachel H. Chae, Grade 12
FMCW Radar Driver Head Motion Monitoring Based on Doppler Spectrogram and Range-Doppler Evolution
Advisor: Dr. Changzhi Li
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S1007
- Jiahan Cheng, Grade 9
Thomas H. Rife, Grade 9
August Z. Wetterau, Grade 9
Seeing Reality
Advisor: Dr. Kim Lawe
School: Roosevelt (Eleanor) High School, Eastvale, Riverside County
- S1008 — Honorable Mention
- Aryia Dattamajumdar, Grade 11
An Early Warning AI-powered Portable System to Reduce Workload and Inspect Environmental Damage after Natural Disasters
Advisor: Ms. Anita Wu
School: Fremont High School, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County
- S1009
- Yahvin Gali, Grade 9
Rethinking Braille with Pi Reader: Raspberry Pi Based Optical Reader for the Blind and Visually Impaired Using OCR & TTS
Advisor: Mrs. Anita Gali
School: California Connection Academy @ Ripon, Ripon, San Joaquin County
- S1010
- Saurav S. Gandhi, Grade 9
A Hand Dynamometer Controlled Computer Vision Based AI Robotic Navigation System for the Visually Impaired and Elderly
Advisor: Mrs. Suzanne Miller-Moody
School: Santa Clara High School, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County
- S1011
- Melina S. Ghodsi, Grade 10
Monitoring Respiration Utilizing a Low-cost Accelerometer Sensor to Prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Advisor: Dr. Majid Sarrafzadeh
School: Lutheran High School, Orange, Orange County
- S1012
- Lauren Y.Z. Harris, Grade 12
Piezoelectric Energy Generation from Roadways and Pedestrian Walkways: A Practical Field Test of a Piezoelectric Speed B
Advisor: Mr. John Ingrum
School: High Tech Los Angeles, Van Nuys, Los Angeles County
- S1013
- Arya P. Joshi, Grade 12
Energy Generation from Motor Vehicle Drag through Piezoelectric Processes
Advisor: Mr. Clay Elliott
School: Oxford Academy, Cypress, Orange County
- S1014
- Andy Kapoor, Grade 9
SensorSafe Baby Car Seat
Advisor: Mrs. Tami Engel
School: Crean Lutheran High School, Irvine, Orange County
- S1015
- Rohil Khare, Grade 9
Vacuumed Linear Accelerator Launchers: The Future of Space Launches
Advisor: Mr. Subodh Khare
School: Dublin High School, Dublin, Alameda County
- S1016
- Patricia N. Limon, Grade 12
Elissa E. Monterroso, Grade 12
Lizbeth M. Romer, Grade 12
Expanding the Lifespan of a Plant through a Self Watering Flower Pot
Advisor: Mr. Joshua Gagnier
School: Santa Ana High School, Santa Ana, Orange County
- S1017 — Honorable Mention
- Farid A. Manshaii, Grade 11
Designing an Affordable Advanced Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm
Advisor: Mr. Trevor Morris
School: Los Osos High School, Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino County
- S1018 — Fourth Place
- Sohom K. Roy, Grade 10
Camera & Stabilization System to Provide Object Detection/Tracking in Real Time for Assistance of the Visually Impaired
Advisor: Mr. Daniel Stavis
School: Cupertino High School, Cupertino, Santa Clara County
- S1019
- Suhina Sharma, Grade 10
Cost-Effective Device that Analyzes Gas and VOC Concentrations in Exhaled Breath for Prevention of Chronic Lung Diseases
Advisor: Ms. Rita Kolenic
School: San Juan Hills High School, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County
- S1020 — Honorable Mention
- Isabel Sperandio, Grade 11
Harnessing the Power of the Ocean: Designing an Efficient and Portable Wave Energy Converter Prototype
Advisor: Ms. Tarn Wilson
School: Gunn (Henry M.) High School, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County
- S1021
- Xin (Anna) Wang, Grade 10
Analysis of Energy Efficiency in a Linear Induction Motor
Advisor: Mr. David Kim
School: Ribet Academy, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
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