Booth Id:
ETSD005
Category:
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Year:
2022
Finalist Names:
Schumann, Amon (School: Robert-Havemann-Gymnasium)
Abstract:
More than 190 countries worldwide work together peacefully to gather crucial weather information.
Every day, several thousand weather balloons are launched. They burst after a few hours and their remains continuously pollute our environment.
In my project, I have developed and evaluated new approaches to conventional upper air soundings. My self-developed radiosondes have significant advantages. They weigh a fraction of conventional devices, are less expensive, are equipped with a solar power supply and can be used for long-term soundings. I have designed several schematics, custom printed circuit boards, and have assembled them. My latest radiosondes are equipped with a camera so they can send image data from all over the world. In conjunction, I have written custom microcontroller software for general control, telemetry and climate data acquisition, and transmission. I have developed my own radio data transmission protocol utilizing an open worldwide amateur radio network. For ground monitoring, I wrote additional software packages for reporting, archiving, visualization, and distribution of data in a public weather observation network.
As a result of all these measures, I have tremendously increased the flight time of these devices by a factor of over 120, which leads to an enormous extension of measurement duration and quantity. Through my combination of vertical and horizontal soundings in a constant altitude, a new kind of data for climate research purposes can be acquired.
As a proof of concept, my balloons have traveled around the world several times collecting crucial data on a peaceful mission for all of humanity.
Awards Won:
IEEE Foundation: All recipients of IEEE awards will receive a 4-year membership to IEEE
IEEE Foundation: The IEEE Foundation Presidents' Scholarship Award of $10,000
First Award of $5,000
China Association for Science and Technology (CAST): Award of $1,200
American Meteorological Society: Second Award of $1,000
Craig R. Barrett Award for Innovation
International Council on Systems Engineering - INCOSE: Certificate of Honorable Mention, a 1-year free student membership to the INCOSE, and free virtual admission to the 2022 International Symposium of the INCOSE