COVID-19, Demographics, and Political Affiliations
A Machine Learning Project focused on the 2020 Presidential Election by Jonathan Ferrari Introduction During the pandemic, it has become glaringly obvious that COVID-19 has affected us all, for better or worse. However, it seems many Americans have vastly different opinions on the issue; covid has become a political issue. So, I decided to dig deeper…
Screw This: A Study of a Simple Positive Displacement Pump
by Jonathan Ferrari, Miles Gillam, and Jason Hilton Awarded 3rd Place in the 2020 Contra Costa County Science and Engineering Fair Purpose The purpose of our project is to create a simple positive displacement pump. Positive displacement pumps like this are beneficial when water needs to be moved across an uphill distance and a relatively…
You Snooze You Lose: A Correlational Study of GPA and Number of Absences
by Jonathan Ferrari, Adrienna Cao, and Ryan Cao Awarded 3rd Place in Contra Costa County Science and Engineering Fair Abstract This research paper aims to address the issue of chronic absenteeism in the American public school system. To do so, we perform elementary data analysis on real-world data from one California high school. In our…