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Water Rocket Science

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1) Describe your major academic accomplishments (major paper, science experiment, artistic project etc.). The First place of the Water Rocket Competition: During the ICC- AP Water Rocket Competition, our group won the first prize as the one that lasting the longest in the sky. For this competition, we not only considered materials needed for the wings, the body, the nose and so forth. We also considered the length of the body, the shape and size of the parachute, how to put the parachute inside the body so that it can open at the appropriate height during the flight … All these factors we need to consider were critical in determining the maximize height the rocket can reach, and the time it can last in the sky. A paper concerning the ethical issues of artificial intelligence: When it comes to AI, what most people, including me previously, think of is the technical part of it. However, what now impedes AI into the prevailing market is the ethical issues that can arise during the application of AI. So some students and me, forming a group of five, write a …show more content…

Bahir assigned us a project of the water rocket. This project was one of the projects that we got the opportunity to actually apply our knowledge. For example, we needed to consider how can the water rocket be shaped to reduce resistance in order to reach a higher maximum height, or what material do we need for the parachute and in what way to put it inside the body of the water rocket so that the rocket can descend as slow as possible and the parachute can open at the right time. Of course the process of reaching these was not as easy the theory on our books. Thus, after this experience, I am more willing to put the theories on my books into practice because I know theories alone are not able to make me good at physics, chemistry, or other subjects in an authentic

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