2005-2006

STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

GROUP MEMBERS Class TOPIC OF RESEARCH

(Project Title = link to final paper; poster = link to poster)

Contact Info

Fuel Cell Research

Emily Lacy-Nichols, Lisa Su AP Physics

Removing H2S(g) from Landfill Gas Using the ThiopaqTM Method

Poster

 

Lisa Su: digitalsekai@gmail.com

Emily Lacy-Nichols: emilyrln@gmail.com

Xiaoyu Shi, Adam Wisseman, Vincent Yeh AP Physics

Evaluation Of Hydrogen Sulfide Poisoning On Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Performance

Poster

 
Adam Wisseman

Email: adamwisseman@comcast.net

Phone: 752-3660

Tyler Brooks, JC Martin AP Physics

Removal of H2S from a Host Gas with a Gas Absorption Tower

Poster
JC Martin fatuglyduckling@hotmail.com 758-8346

Tyler Brooks 740-0457

Mark Tremblay, Greg Angelos, AP Physics

Developing a Stirling Engine and Testing Heat Resistances of Different Epoxies

Poster

 
 
Josh Guo, Marty Freeman  

AP Physics

 

Study on Construction and Modification of a Stirling Engine

Poster

Marty Freeman Email: marman@proaxis.com

 

Melissa Scott, Julia Anderson

Physics Pd. 3

H2S in Landfill Wastes

Poster

dsqranch@aol.com - Julia

Stems_06@hotmail.com- Melissa

Melissa Phone- 541-730-0865

Kristin Rudolph, Eleanor Crumme, Christa Rose, Emily Doran Physics Pd. 3 The Removal of Sulfur [Using Sulfatreat 410HP] from Coffin Butte Landfill Gas

Poster

Christa Rose 754-3626

roazkid1@yahoo.com

Laura Magana, Casey Higgins, Margot Draeger Pre-Engineering   Identification, acquisition, culturing and testing of bacterial strains as a means of removing hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream

Poster

 

Jordan Baumgartner, Brandon Chastain, Tyler Drahn

Chemistry Pd. 4 Design and use of a reaction vessel to test the effectiveness of sodium carbonate as a means of removing hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream  
Caleb Carlson, Kylene Thorson Chemistry Pd. 4 Investigation of the potential for using a Stirling engine to generate temperatures low enough to support the use of a cryogenic trap to remove hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream ct.caleb@gmail.com- 758-5277

KyleneThorson@msn.com- 745 7557

Justene Malosh, Shawna Hunter, Karyn Elton, Arige Nohad Chemistry Pd. 4 Operation of a Gas Chromatograph for testing gas composition justene@malosh.com

raindrops_4_me@msn.com

i_love_music90@yahoo.com

arigenohad@hotmail.com

Mikaela Alexander, Yaesul Park, Katie Wolf Chemistry Pd. 4 Testing the function of a SOFC using desulphurized landfill gas as a fuel Katie: katiewolf18@msn.com

 

Sarah Auer, Solzi Lee Chemistry Pd. 4 Design and testing of a Cryogenic trap as a means of removing hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream Solzi: soljilee90@hotmail.com

738-0567

Sarah: cc_cutie25@hotmail.com

754-6269

Ben Babbel, Christy Reed Chemistry Pd. 4 Design and use of a reaction vessel to test the effectiveness of sodium carbonate as a means of removing hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream  
Kyle Speers, Isaac Sutherland Chemistry Pd. 4 The formation of landfill gas and the management of a landfill to maximize methane production  
Kyle Davis, Ben Pelley, Paul Amort Dylan Scandalios Chemistry Pd. 5 Design and testing of a Cryogenic trap as a means of removing hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream. Kyle:

kyledavis13@comcast.net

Ben

ben.pelley@gmail.com

Dylan

xzspit_firezx@hotmail.com

Kendall Zwang, Shannon McCoy, Ursula Hartman Chemistry Pd. 5 Identification, acquisition, culturing and testing of bacterial strains as a means of removing hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream  
Ryan Ensor, Matt Russell, Nathan Adamski, Benji Chemistry Pd. 5 Testing the function of a SOFC using desulphurized landfill gas matt russell  (DarthYoshiFreak@hotmail.com)

benji deardurff

(lsdeardurff@proaxis.com)

nathan adamski

(npaco030@hotmail.com)

 

Molly Mckinley, Kelly Wells, Nicole Bateham Chemistry Pd. 5 Design and use of a reaction vessel to test the effectiveness of “fly ash” as a means of removing hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream  
Michael Sheng, Tony Wu Chemistry Pd. 5 The formation of landfill gas and the management of a landfill to maximize LFG production.  Tony Wu (Email): topspinwu@gmail.com

Michael Sheng (Email):

michaelsheng2000@gmail.com

Nick Lorenz, Chris King, Justin Chi, Erik Bateham Chemistry Pd. 5 Design and testing of a Stirling Engine in conjunction with a fuel cell as a means of removing hydrogen sulfide from a gas stream  
Dash Gordon, Alex Wilhelm Physics Pd. 6

Implications of Alterations to Volume in Regenerative Displacers

Poster
alexkaiserwilhelm@gmail.com

dashgordon@gmail.com

 

Lyndsay Decarolis, Courtney Gardner Physics Pd. 8

Experimental Study on Fuel Efficiency in Stirling Engines

 
Courtneyg89@hotmail.com

peanut_582@comcast.net

Adam Fogle Physics Pd. 8 Fuel Cell - Ability of Ceria and doped Ceria to resist Sulfur poisoning ajfogle@comcast.net
754-6280\

Biodiesel Research

Anne Volmert Physics Pd. 6

Coordination of Biodiesel at Crescent Valley High School

Poster

 
Anne Volmert

ellenvolmert@comcast.net

 

Matt Stickle, Alex Sherman, Evan Heath, Micheal Cipollone, Merlin Ebert Pre-Engineering Responsible for overall system design and fabrication

Poster

 
Sean Moore, Dylan Stadler AP Physics

Practical Application of Microalga Nannochloropsis salina in Biodiesel Production

Poster

 

bass.penguin@gmail.com

(541) 740-2242

Danae Lincoln, , Bridget Hass AP Physics A Comparative Study of the Specific Gravity of Biodiesel to Diesel and Oil

Graph

Results2

Poster

 

Danae:

 nae_pod@msn.com

Bridget: bridget_h22@hotmail.com

 

Carolyn Beaudry, Sarah Ringold AP Physics

Maintenance of Biodiesel Viscosity in Cold Conditions through Various Additives

Poster

Carolyn: rainybabe88@yahoo.com

Sarah: neon_black11@hotmail.com

 

Charlotte Strahl, Jeni Root, Kristina Trujillo Physics Pd. 3

Comparing Viscosity of Petrodiesel and Biodiesel

Poster

Kristina Trujillo

squibee@comcast.net

(541) 757-0762

Garret Fowler, Travis Reinhard Physics Pd. 3

Experimental Study of the Performance of Biodiesel versus Diesel

Poster

 
garrettfowler@gmail.com

905-3822

t_ballr22@hotmail.com

 

Colin Campi, Jordan Reed Physics Pd. 6

Effect of KOH and NaOH Biodiesel Production

 

Graphs for Final Paper

 

Poster 

colin.campi@gmail.com

231-6246

Matt Geniza, Tom Paasch Physics Pd. 6

Producing Biodiesel and Analyzing Biodiesel Efficiency

 

Poster

 
Scott Walker, Alex Renn Physics Pd. 6

Investigation of Ideal Method of Washing Biodiesel

Poster

juggleclown54@gmail.com
Kyle Snider, Jenny Bernieri Physics Pd. 8

Home Filtration of Cafeteria Feedstock Oil for Biodiesel

Poster

 
Thomas Whitney, Jesse Bontrager, Daniel Gray Physics Pd. 8

The Turbidity vs. Efficiency Relationship in Biodiesel

 

Poster

 

Solar / Electrical Energy Research

Jeffery Thomson Pre-Engineering

AP Physics  

Construction of a interactive kiosk for solar power education Jeffrey vonswevleg@hotmail.com

231 4283

Rachel Lee Physics Pd. 3

Experiment to Determine Laptop Battery Charge Time to the Discharge Time of a Crescent Valley High School Laptop Computer

Poster

 
 
Natalie Ayre Physics Pd. 3 Testing for the Most Effective Solar Oven Design

Poster

 
Dylan Lee, Jeff Ahn, Aaron T Kim Physics Pd. 3 & 8

Improving the Efficiency of Solar Panel -- An Experimental Study

 

Poster

Dylan: 541-753-7374

dylan88kr_37@hotmail.com

Jeff: 541-752-1063

yoonjaeahn@hotmail.com

Aaron: 541-757-1900

secretdong@hotmail.com

Francis DeMonte Physics Pd. 3 Solar Panels  
Jane Reibold, Melissa Meier, Anna Funck Physics Pd. 6

The Effectiveness of Various Materials Acting as a Solar Panel Dust Shield

Poster

Melissa: 541-754-6584

mellysmelly424@hotmail.com

Jane: 541-752-1624

mr_mushroom15@hotmail.com

Anna: 541-753-3839

Brad Barnette Physics Pd. 6

The Effect on Battery Cell Memory after Various Recharges

Poster
Brad:

ezekiel_771@hotmail.com

Michael Noh, Youzhi Pang, Pavel Govyadinov Physics Pd. 6

The Effect of Capacitance Variation on a Sine wave of a DC/AC Inverter

Poster

 
nohthink@gmail.com

Michael Noh

Forest Hayes, Ryan Frederick Physics Pd. 6

The Impact of Ambient Temperature on the Efficiency of Photovoltaic Cells

Poster
Ask for contact information
Luke Cotton, David Bailey, Bruno Ayres, Caty Reeves, Sam Lahr Pre-Engineering Design and Installation of a 3KW Solar Power Plant on CVHS

Poster

 
Kirsten Bildfell, Alison Pentland, Tami Ransom Physics Pd. 8 The Influence of Color on Light Reflection into Photovoltaic Cells

Graphs

Poster

flowerrocke@hotmail.com = Kirsten e-mail

757-2951 = Kirsten Home #

Catherine Wright,

Andrew Pritchard

Physics Pd. 8

Solar Panel Efficiency Specifically for Corvallis and Crescent Valley

Poster

 

Andrew's # (541)758-4202

shadow9297@AOL.com

 

Other Research

Cell Shading Legend:       Orange=Sound      Grey=Robotics             Purple=Other       Green=Unknown

Garrick Chow AP Physics Comparison Between The Effects of Music and Beats on Plants

Poster

 
Charisse Kimura, Janelle Freeman, Kristin Egan Physics Pd. 6 Predicting Speech Intelligibility in Crescent Valley High School Classrooms

Poster

alcons@myway.com
Andrew Marshall, Chaz Matteson Physics Pd. 6

Acoustical Analysis of a Crescent Valley Classroom

Poster

 
 
Tim Steiner, Fan Yang,

Mari Stoner

Physics Pd. 8

Improving the Quality and Clarity of the CVHS Gymnasium Sound System

Poster
 
Peter Regan, Matt McDowell Physics Pd. 6

The Use of Magnetic Fields to Reduce the Diameter of Quarters

Poster

 
 
Justin Buffington, Tristan Tatum, Rand Taylor Pre-Engineering   Crescent Valley High School Robotics

Poster

 
Jed Clinger, Alyssa Vincent-Hill, Natasha Selvey Physics Pd. 3

A Study to Determine the Significance of Frictional Drag on Rocket Flight

 

Poster

bellevillerendezvous@gmail.com
Charlie Hinkle Physics Pd. 3

Experimental Study on Drag in Water on Different Designs

Poster
 
Daniel Takamori, Asumu Takikawa AP Physics

Effect of Intake Nozzle Design on a Banki Turbine

Poster
 
Amy Kwon AP Physics

Measuring Anticoagulant Activity of Heparin-Immobilized Microspheres Containing End-Group Activated Polymers

Poster

 
Sherry Li, Chelsey Rodeman Chemistry Pd. 4 Testing of mercury levels in fresh and canned albacore tuna  
Katie Simon, Riley Herbes, Erin Cohen Chemistry Pd. 4 Testing the effects of various metal oxides to create glass of specific colors.  
Matt Smith, Andy Brew, Kyle Evans, Cory Lamont Chemistry Pd. 4 The effects of changing glass chemistry on the strength and hardness of glass  
Yasmin Moussaoui, Deena Iswait, Sarah Nihad Chemistry Pd. 4 Research of the effects of opiates on brain chemistry  
Erica Kloppenburg Chemistry Pd. 5 Research of the relationship between neurochemistry and depression.  
Glen Cheney, Jake Likewise, Justin Kadin Chemistry Pd. 5 Testing the effects of various metal oxides to create glass of specific colors.  

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