FS XI (2002/2003) - PRIZES AND HONOURABLE MENTIONS

FIRST STEP XI PRIZES Honourable Mentions In category: Research Instruments Contributions

RESULTS OF FS I FS II FS III FS IV FS V FS VI FS VII FS VIII FS IX FS X FS XII FS XIII FS XIV FS XV FS XVI FS XVII FS XVIII FS XIX

Prizes and Honourable Mentions in the Eleventh International Competition

First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics

PRIZES
(Diploma & research stay in the Institute of Physics). All the prizes are equivalent.
Zoran MANDIĆ  (Croatia)
Determining the Speed of Tea Climbing Through a Biscuit
Elham AZIZI  (Iran)
Analysis of the Motion of a Paper Ellipse: An Experimental Study
Ieva BIDERMANE  (Latvia)
Obtaining Thin Organic Combination's Layers, Investigations of Their Parameters and Electric Properties
Janice QUEK Siew Kim  (Singapore)
Analysis of Billiard Ball Trajectories Involving Multiple Traversals in Wormhole Spacetimes
Alba Eva PELAEZ SANTOS  (Spain)
Acoustic Phenomena in the Sculpture "Eulogy of the Horizon"
Zachary D. WISSNER-GROSS  (USA)
Discovery of low-Current Second-Spike Winners in Model of Neuron Pairs
Sergey S. SARKISOV, Jr.  (USA)
Generating Fluid Circulation with Weak Laser Light
Tianhui LI  (USA)
Three Year Study of Inertial Electrostatic Confinement
Jason LI  (USA)
An Optimized IRAS Sky Survey Atlas Extinction Study of Four Nearby Star Forming Clouds

HONOURABLE MENTIONS
(diploma; the honourable mentions have been established in addition to the regular prizes - they should not be considered as prizes)

CATEGORY - RESEARCH PAPERS. (All the honourable mentions in this category are equivalent)

Ondrej CERTIK (The Czechlands) Modelling of Crystalline Grains in Solar Cells Based on Thin Films of Silicon
Nima LASHKARI (Iran) Galaxies Clusters Growth in a Toy Model of Quasi-Steady State Cosmology
Soheil DAAMANGIR (Iran) Measurements of the Lift Force Exerted to a Rotating Ball in the Transferring Motion
Krasnovid ROMAN (Israel) The Dependence of Thermoluminescence Intensity on the Dose of Ionizing Radiation at the Temperature of Recombination and Heating rate in the Dosimeter Li:FMg,Ti
Levin ARSENY (Israel) Quantum Hall Effect: Density of States
Alexander SHIFRIN (Israel) Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) - Tooth Enamel Dosimetry at High Irradiation Doses
Genadi SALTIKOV (Israel) Diffractive Optical Elements as Surface Relief Gratings versus Bragg Volume Holograms for Planar Optical Applications
Aset KADIROV (Kazakhstan) Physical and Mechanical Methods of Improving Quality of Production of Machine for Podding and Polishing Grains
Jakub KOMINIARCZUK (Poland) An Implementation of Mass - Spring Model and It's New Application
Zsolt DIVEKI (Serbia & Mont.) Modelling the Evolution of Meteoroids
ONG Chin Shen (Singapore) Novel Radar Absorbing Materials
Mehmet Ugur GOCEN (Turkey) The Use of a Superconductor Ceramic Wire Material in Electric Circuits as a Highly Efficient Fuse Unit
Ali OZGOREN (Turkey) Determination of Planck's Constant by Using a 60W Light Bulb
Andrej GORBYK (Ukraine) Investigations of Surface Nanostructure of Solids
Rohit GUPTA (USA) The Effect of Boron Content on the Thermal Stability of Nanonickel

CATEGORY - CONTRIBUTIONS. (All the honourable mentions in this category are equivalent)

Marko KLASIĆ (Croatia) Holography
Neven SANTIĆ (Croatia) Photon Pressure
Amir Hosein SHIRAZI (Iran) Analysis and Solving Problems by Using Abstract Thermodynamical Systems
Mahdi Salmani RAHIMI (Iran) The Effect of London Gold Market on Tehran Gold Market - a Statistical Approach
Borislav KALKOVALIEV (Macedonia) The Magnus Effect and Its Practical Use
Ioana Alexandra BALAN (Romania) The Qualitative Analysis of Steel by Using Spectroscopic Method
Oleg Andeevich UKRAINTSEV (Russia) Tunnelling of Particles with Nonzero Mass Under Influence of Gravity and Acceleration
Mihailo CUBROVIC (Serbia & Mont.) Interrelation Between the Physical Properties and the Orbital Evolution of Near Earth Asteroids: A New Numerical Approach
Eres SAKA (Turkey) Light Emission from Silicon with Electrochemical Processes
Taylan TAKAN (Turkey) Design and Fabrication of Organic Field-Effect Transistors (OFETs)
Erhan AYSAN (Turkey) The Effect of the Metal Used on AC and DC Electrical Characteristics of Metal/n-GaAs Schottky Diodes
Ryna KARNIK (USA) A Non-Photolithographic Approach to the Construction of N-Type MSFET Devices Using FIB Technology
Pavel A. KOZLOV (Uzbekistan) The Solar Energy is A Future of The World

CATEGORY - INSTRUMENTS. (All the honourable mentions in this category are equivalent)

Kaspars DAMBIS (Latvia) Acceleration, Velocity and Power of Vehicle Determined by Using Self-Made Pendulum
Bogusz RADZIEMSKI (Poland) The Electrostatic Motor
Mariusz FIRSZT (Poland) Construction of a Solar Collector and Measurements of Its Parameters
Jangwon LIM (South Korea) Development of an Artificial Synapse and a Robot Consisting of Live Body by Study of Electrical Synapse
Fatih OZISIK (Turkey) Acoustic Direction Detector
Gultekin TOPAKTAS (Turkey) Determining the Non-Soaking Characteristics of Materials

Dr. Yohanes Surya
Vice-President of the Competition Dr. Waldemar Gorzkowski
President of the Competition

Warsaw, in June 2003