| Biography |
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| My name is Mackenzie Carter and this is my first time at attending the Canada-Wide Science Fair. I build and fly model airplanes as a hobby. I am on the varsity soccer team at my school and I am a competitive Alpine snowboard racer.This year I trainied with the Ontario Snowboard Club and represented Ontario at the Canadian Junior National Snowboard Championships. I have won best of fair at my school science fair for two years. During the summer I work as a soccer referee and kiteboard. |
| Mackenzie Carter
The Coanda Conundrum
| Division: | Health Sciences / Automotive | | Category: | Intermediate | | Region: | Waterloo-Wellington | | City: | Maryhill, ON | | School: | St. John's-Kilmarnock School | | Abstract: | My project tested the amount of lift produced using the Coanda Effect. Using variable airspeeds from a leaf blower, I could determine the amount of lift produced by different curved foils. I found that the tighter the radius of curvature the more lift produced. |
| Awards | Value | The University of Western Ontario Scholarship
Bronze Medallist - $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Western Ontario | $1 000.00 | Bronze Medal - Automotive
Intermediate
Sponsor: AUTO21 | $300.00 | Bronze Medal - Engineering
Intermediate
Sponsor: Youth Science Foundation Canada | $300.00 | | Total | $1 600.00 | |
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