Caltech Space Solar Power Research
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publication
IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments
First High Schooler Ever and Youngest Invited Speaker
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This research investigates the effect of regional climate variations on space solar power systems. We simulate two SSPS systems based on real 2016 demand data and find that scaling is influenced by the peak demand day, which is influenced by peak temperatures. We conclude that a power-station is suited to particular climates and cannot be simply relocated without the danger of producing too much or too little energy.
— Pending Co-Author Publication in Nature Energy —
Reached Final Review Stage in Late January
Top 30 Most Influential and Prestigious Academic Journals Worldwide
SSPD-1
SSPD-1 is a space solar power demonstrator that we—the Caltech Space Solar Power Project team—launched into space in early January. It's testing three tenets of the project:
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Structure deployment
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Energy collection
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Energy transmission
If the demonstration is successful, it will prove that Caltech's Space Solar Power Project can supply energy around the globe.
Georgia Tech Computational Combustion Lab Research
The Fuel Injector and Gas Particle Spray model is a computationally inexpensive way to model liquid droplets out of a rocket fuel injector. It was a model developed to draw comparisons with the TurbulentBoids model.
The code is available here.
— Published in BioRN —
Top 100 Most Downloaded Papers (out of 1500)
1st in Computational Biology Top Ten list
TurbulentBoids
TurbulentBoids is an independent project of mine that builds off of Craig Reynold's work on animalistic flocking behavior (schools of fish, sheep herd, bacteria) and uses it to model turbulence. I was fascinated when I read Mr. Reynold's papers from the 1980s on "boids," and built TurbulentBoids.
After I published the project online, Craig Reynolds discovered it and featured my project on his GitHub. He is now guiding me to improve the project and help it run 500x faster with Cython for engineers worldwide using it.
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— Recognition from Craig Reynolds, Inventor of Boids —
World-Renowned Scientist
Flagship Global Summit and Expo on Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
My independent research on TurbulentBoids was accepted to GSEAME, a global flagship conference on aerospace engineering. In the three years this conference has been running, I am the first high schooler ever invited to present my work. I will present my findings in Rome in November 2023.
— First High Schooler Ever Invited —
Youngest Speaker Invited to the Flagship Conference
