I saw one of these at a place I worked at:Buffalo systems... little less flashy on the presentation but nonetheless does its job... also with a 1Tb at $1000, i think it's a better deal
As someone who participated in this science fair. I spent much of my time working in labs, contacting professionals, ensuring safety in the lab, as well as thorough and detailed demonstration of the development of such research. My endeavor lasted three years, with much frustration in recieving materials, gathering funding (mostly personal), as well as balancing an accelerated education with my projects.
While his project is surprisingly complex and I am sure safe and well thought out, it is quite difficult to demonstrate such an accomplishment in a concise and easily acceptable form. There are limitations given to contestants involving time to present, space, and strict rules regarding what projects are allowed to be running during the interview and booth judging.
As far as who has actually won first place in the physics section of the fair, following is a list of the overall, first and second place winners, as taken from the intel science fair website:
Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
PH053
Chaotic Fluids: An Examination of Phase Transitions in Taylor-Couette Flow
Mairead Mary McCloskey, 17, Loreto College, Coleraine, Co Derry, Northern Ireland
First Award of $3,000
PH029
Is Eating Blueberry Pie Bad for You?
Jennifer Anne D'Ascoli, 17, Academy of the Holy Names, Albany, New York
PH053
Chaotic Fluids: An Examination of Phase Transitions in Taylor-Couette Flow
Mairead Mary McCloskey, 17, Loreto College, Coleraine, Co Derry, Northern Ireland
Second Award of $1,500
PH005
The Effect of Salinity on the Production and Duration of Antibubbles
Michael J. Pizer, 14, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
PH040
Magnetoplasmadynamics: Ionization and Magnetic Field
Ray Chengchuan He, 19, Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania
PH046
Nuclear Fusion Reactor Apparatus
Craig J. Wallace, 18, Spanish Fork High School, Spanish Fork, Utah
PH054
Electron-Phonon Interactions in Carbon Nanotubes
Edward Joesph Su, 18, William G. Enloe High School, Raleigh, North Carolina
hey what I think would be a really good idea is people send in scripts for short segments... and then having the real writers try to fit a few of them together like a puzzle.... not only keeping with the original style of having one major story line and then lots of back plots... somewhat like 22 short films about springfield episode... that can sure last a good hour and a half... even more
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I saw one of these at a place I worked at:Buffalo systems ... little less flashy on the presentation but nonetheless does its job... also with a 1Tb at $1000, i think it's a better deal
As someone who participated in this science fair. I spent much of my time working in labs, contacting professionals, ensuring safety in the lab, as well as thorough and detailed demonstration of the development of such research. My endeavor lasted three years, with much frustration in recieving materials, gathering funding (mostly personal), as well as balancing an accelerated education with my projects.
While his project is surprisingly complex and I am sure safe and well thought out, it is quite difficult to demonstrate such an accomplishment in a concise and easily acceptable form. There are limitations given to contestants involving time to present, space, and strict rules regarding what projects are allowed to be running during the interview and booth judging.
As far as who has actually won first place in the physics section of the fair, following is a list of the overall, first and second place winners, as taken from the intel science fair website:
Intel ISEF Best of Category Award of $5,000 for Top First Place Winner
PH053
Chaotic Fluids: An Examination of Phase Transitions in Taylor-Couette Flow
Mairead Mary McCloskey, 17, Loreto College, Coleraine, Co Derry, Northern Ireland
First Award of $3,000
PH029
Is Eating Blueberry Pie Bad for You?
Jennifer Anne D'Ascoli, 17, Academy of the Holy Names, Albany, New York
PH053
Chaotic Fluids: An Examination of Phase Transitions in Taylor-Couette Flow
Mairead Mary McCloskey, 17, Loreto College, Coleraine, Co Derry, Northern Ireland
Second Award of $1,500
PH005
The Effect of Salinity on the Production and Duration of Antibubbles
Michael J. Pizer, 14, University School of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
PH040
Magnetoplasmadynamics: Ionization and Magnetic Field
Ray Chengchuan He, 19, Hempfield High School, Landisville, Pennsylvania
PH046
Nuclear Fusion Reactor Apparatus
Craig J. Wallace, 18, Spanish Fork High School, Spanish Fork, Utah
PH054
Electron-Phonon Interactions in Carbon Nanotubes
Edward Joesph Su, 18, William G. Enloe High School, Raleigh, North Carolina
hey what I think would be a really good idea is people send in scripts for short segments... and then having the real writers try to fit a few of them together like a puzzle.... not only keeping with the original style of having one major story line and then lots of back plots... somewhat like 22 short films about springfield episode... that can sure last a good hour and a half... even more