About Myself / My Project

In 1997-1998 I designed a new type of simple inexpensive brushless motor for my school science fair. It is a reed switch based motor. This motor is very simple but at the same time fast, reliable and efficient. It is also easy to understand its principles of operation. This is how my original project looked:

My second year research was devoted to the further development of this motor. At this time I improved and simplified its design. It allowed me to start this business.

For my 1999-2000 project I designed and built 7 more different brushless motors. All of these motors shared a common design, and thus I could easily compare them together. Several of the motors that I used in my project were modified and are now available as kits on this site. They include the transistor controlled reed switch motor, the optointerrupter motor, and the motor based on the Hall effect. These motors were simplified to have the minimum number of parts and to operate as efficiently as possible.

This was my project at district science fair:

Complete information about my project is available on the Project CD. You may use as a reference for your science project.

As I mentioned on the main page this 3-year project was very successful. Here is the full list of awards I received:

	Grand Prize at Dallas Regional Science Fair in 2000 (Senior division) and 1999 (Junior division).
	Outstanding Achievement in Research and Presentation of Engineering Knowledge Award from Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers at the 2000 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair at Detroit.
	1st place in the Engineering Category and 2nd place in the Physical Science Division at Texas Junior Academy of Science in 2000.
	Semifinalist in Discovery Young Scientist Challenge in 1999.
	1st place in 1999 and 2000 and 2nd place in 1998 in Engineering at Dallas Regional Science Fair.
	1st place at the Plano District Science Fair in 1999 and 2000.
	1st place and a special award from North Texas Electrical League in 1998, 1999, and 2000.
	1st place and a special award from IEEE in 1998 and 2000.
	Outstanding Project in Engineering award from NSBE in 2000.
	Best Engineering Project award from NACE International in 2000.
	Honorable mention at Texas State Science Fair in 1998 and 2000.
	Graphing calculator from Texas Instruments (DSP Solutions and Related Engineering) in 2000.
	Expense paid trip to National AAAS meeting in San Francisco in 2001.
	4-year scholarship from Southern Methodist University.
	In 1999 and 2000 this project was displayed at a special exhibition of prize winning science fair projects at The Science Place Museum in Dallas.

Many of these awards also included generous cash prizes that I used to start this business.

I would like to credit my dad for spending a tremendous amount of his time helping me with this project (and for helping me in setting up this site as well). He helped me to go all the way from my initial ideas to the present stage. Not only did my dad teach me how to use the correct tools for the right task and how to conduct the experiments, but he also insisted on making me redo any step that wasn’t perfect (or close to it). I missed so many TV shows because of this!!! I also need to credit my mom for soothing tensions between my dad and me from overheating.

I worked on these motors for 3 years nearly every week, but now I need to concentrate on my school assignments. Homework at high school is taking more and more of my free time away. Since I am currently going to Senior High School I have almost no spare time and I have decided to concentrate more on school work. However, we still take orders for kits and answer your questions. Sometimes if I have some free time I will also respond to e-mails. I am really glad that my father is offering to help me again with this business. His help allows us to respond to all business matters promptly and keep all of our customers satisfied.

With whatever free time I may have, I like to play hockey (both ice and in-line) and to go skiing/snowboarding (whenever possible). I also enjoy listening to music, especially rock/alternative.

Thank you for visiting this web page. I hope you liked it. I would appreciate any comments you may have.

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