Millions of premature babies suffer from breathing stops lasting more than twenty seconds, called apneas. These arise because the babies’ bodies are not developed enough. Sometimes their brain does not notice oxygen shortages and does not send impulses to stimulate breathing again, which could get lethal. The medicine caffeine is given to stimulate their brain, although caffeine does not always …
Developing and testing a Lagrangian model of the floating-arm trebuchet
The floating-arm trebuchet is a more energy-efficient modern variant of the medieval trebuchet that had received little treatment in literature. In this project, I improve an already-existing Lagrangian mathematical model of the floating-arm trebuchet and combine it with a numerical analysis of projectile motion with air resistance to predict the relationship between the hook angle and the range of the …
Cooling solar panels in the Sahara with the use of hydrogel
This project is about the cooling of solar panels with hydrogel in the Sahara desert. It is already known that solar panels lose a significant fraction of their efficiency when they are exposed to high temperatures. This project did research in the effectiveness of cooling solar panels with two types of hydrogel, Potassium Polyacrylate and with Sodium Polyacrylate. This project …