SOLAR TRACKING ROBOT
In 2011, a I was assigned to use the scientific method to test a hypothesis. Excited about clean energy, I chose to explore if more power is collected using solar panels that track the sun as compared to a typical installation with fixed panels.
To differentiate these approaches, I built a computer-controlled solar panel that followed the sun as it crossed the sky. Having absolutely no experience constructing this type of thing, I realized that I would need to use simple building materials and an easily programmable computer. Foam core and an Arduino microcontroller came to the rescue.
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2011 SCIENCE FAIR AND BROADCOM MASTERS COMPETITION
Thinking of my school science project as just homework, I was very surprised when I won Best in Division and the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit Award at the Santa Barbara County Science Fair. I went on to compete at the California State Science Fair, where I was awarded First Place in the Alternative Energy Division. Finally, I entered my project in the Broadcom MASTERS Science Fair, where I became a national semifinalist.

1. CALIFORNIA STATE SCIENCE FAIR
Me and my project at the CA State Fair.
