1997-98
NEW MEXICO
HIGH SCHOOL
SUPERCOMPUTING CHALLENGE

TEAM ABSTRACT

Team Number:

Team #086

School Name:

Pecos High School

Area of Science:

Chemistry

Project Title:

Using Brownian Motion to Model the Dispersion of Pollutants in Water

Problem: Chemicals today are polluting our water resources.If toxins are being thrown into a body of water, how long and in what manner would it take the pollutant to completely disperse.

Solution: To solve this problem a supercomputer will be used to create a multidimensional array, to descritize a contained body of water, and calculate the Brownian Motion and microgravity effects on the foreign molecules. For each time step, the computer will recalculate the pollutants new positions and concerntration.

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Results: Using visualization software to create a 3-D model of the system, the results will display a time dependant step-by-step process showing each level through which the toxins spread (disperse). Using this model, more complex systems can be created and applied to real world situations.

Team Members:

• Susan Yara
• Eliza Archuleta

Sponsoring Teacher(s):

• John Drabanski

Project Advisor(s):

• Looking for one