CEPi1 (30)

The CEPi1 team (#30) is from Albuquerque. This year they've submitted a project titled water powered jet pack.

Team Members

 * kathryn conell
 * Toni Calcari

Sponsoring Teacher

 * Jerry Esquivel

Proposal
http://mode.lanl.k12.nm.us/get_proposal1112.php?team_id=30

Our team is going to build a miniature jet pack powered by water. It will be about 2 inches in diameter and all thrusting power will be from water. There will be a separate water pump that will pump about 500 gallons per hour up the main tube and will exit out the two separating tubes. You will be able to control it through the two separating remote control tubes that extended down the back. The importance of this project is that with the raising cost of gasoline and the added pollution we need to begin thinking of cheaper and more efficient ways to transport our selves. In theory this could be the transporation of the future.

Interim Report
http://mode.lanl.k12.nm.us/get_interim1112.php?team_id=30

One problem we are constantly facing in our society is pollution. The amount of pollution in the air is believed to have caused the greenhouse effect, global warming, ozone depletion and many other problems. We need to diminish the amount of pollution in air and we need to do so very soon. We are also facing a problem that we have never faced before. We are running out of fossil fuels such as oil and coal. We need to find an alternative means of transportation if we want to continue living in society the way that we do. If we do not we will be sent back to the times of riding horses and walking, not necessarily a bad thing for our overall health but a bad thing for the communication and cooperation of countries thought the world.

The solution to the problems we stated above is our water powered jet pack. Our water powered jet pack or WPJP will be powered by a solar powered panel and will be moved by water. Thus there will be little to no pollution possibly saving the ozone for future generations. Sun light is a better energy source because it will last for millions of years till the sun blows up and then we have bigger problems. The water is a renewable resource and as long you are using the WPJP in a large body of water you will not run out. We will be building a miniature model so you can’t actually fly in it but in theory and in our computer model we will show a life size WPJP. Basically the WPJP will help with many new and challenging problems we are facing and may possibly face in the future.

We have achieved the basic blue printers for the WPJP. It will be approximately seven centimeters across and approximately five centimeters tall. The tubing that will lead from the WPJP will be about five feet long and about one centimeter in diameter. We will also have two remote controlled nozzles so that you can control the direction of the WPJP. We have begun working on the mechanics of the nozzles and hope to finish with in the next couple of weeks. We have ordered a solar powered pump and when it arrives we will begin testing the water pressure to see if we have enough force to lift the WPJP. We have also begun the building of the pack part of the WPJP. The pack is what holds all of the machinery and what will attach to the dummy. In short we have achieved many of the smaller aspects of our project so now we can put our full force into the more difficult task of making the pack hover.

The results we expect are to have a miniature air born craft about seven centimeters across and five centimeters tall and five to ten pounds with enough power to lift a small dummy into the air along with the WPJP itself. We also expect to have a computer model of a life sized WPJP that would be able to be air born with 150 to 200 pound person riding. The computer simulated will also collect possible data such as force, and amount of water need to life the WPJP plus the person. We will also have an animation of how the inner workings of the jet pack work. We hope to complete the WPJP within the next couple of months.

Interim Comments
Introduction

Hello, Team 30. I am Cheri Burch, a long-time supporter of the Supercomputing Challenge, with experience as a computer scientist and as a high school computer science teacher.

Progress As I understand it, you plan is to build a small model of a water-powered jet pack that could be used for personal transportation. You also plan to develop a computer simulation based on physical properties of this device to demonstrate how the jet pack will respond to different values of force, load, and water weight. You might want to consider how the number of hours of sunshine affects efficiency, too. It was not clear to me if you had designed this WJPJ yourselves, but I am sure you will explain to reviewers at your upcoming evaluation. In addition, it appears you plan to have a computer animation of how the WJPJ works. While this is a possible addition to your project, the simulation is the important part of your computational project.  Mentors If you do not yet have a mentor, please contact consult for help in finding a mentor to help you with this ambitious project.

References Please include your references in your presentation your upcoming face-to-face evaluation.

Model Your computational model will need data or equations related to the performance of the WJPJ. You might gather data empirically from your small model or research data based on specifications for the device. Either way, you will be developing equations based on the data so that you can vary the input to your simulation and observe the performance results of different situations.

Please be sure to look at the judges’ rubrics available online through the links below to help focus your efforts.  Face-to-Face Evaluation Your next milestone is a face-to-face evaluation in February 18th at UNM.

Rubrics The judges will use this rubrics to evaluate your project. Use it as a checklist for what you need to communicate to the judges.

Expo Judges Rubric

Good Luck!!

Final Report
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