65th Annual STS (2005-2006)
Finalists
John Pease Moore

OHIO
John Pease Moore, 18, of Bellbrook, submitted an Intel Science Talent Search project in engineering that involved the development and optimization of a remotely piloted Micro Air Vehicle (MAV). In this three-year project, he sought to design, test, fabricate and ultimately optimize a fully functional MAV that adhered to both DARPA and the International-MAV competition regulations. Applying low Reynolds number aerodynamics, John developed two prototype MAVs using novel wing geometry. The first, a 4-inch MAV, achieved a flight time of 25 minutes. The second, a 5.5-inch MAV, achieved a 15-minute flight time, and was equipped with video surveillance equipment capable of transmitting live video over a range of one kilometer. Test results of both indicated an increased efficiency in control response, flight stability, flight time, airframe weight, and a production cost thousands of times less than larger Unmanned Aerial Vehicles that are currently used in military operations. An Eagle Scout, John is a student at Dayton Christian High School in Miamisburg. The son of Dr. John and Cynthia Moore, he plans to study aeronautical engineering at Princeton or Stanford.