Articles & Research

Peer-reviewed publications, technical notes, and essays on aerodynamics, artificial intelligence, and policy.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

IRC-SET 2022: Proceedings of the 8th International Research Conference on Science, Technology, and Engineering • Springer, Singapore (2023)

Investigating Factors Affecting Upstream Contamination

Shen Xing Yang, Hengyue Wang, Kieran Majel Mendoza, Bernard Ricardo

An investigation of upstream contamination in fluid dynamics—a phenomenon where surfactants in a lower reservoir climb against an incoming liquid stream to contaminate an upper reservoir, driven by surface tension gradients (the Marangoni effect). Evaluates stream flow rates, channel geometry, and surfactant concentration thresholds.

Essays & Notes

The Plight of the Airline Industry

As changing lifestyles and more restrictive borders are put in place as the world acknowledges that the pandemic is likely here to stay for some time, one sector that has been battered...

Artificial Intelligence will be our savior. Here's Why.

Ever since the concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was conceived in the late 1950s, science fiction writers were quick to publish books of AI escaping the grasp of humans and overpowering them....

What are the most pressing problems in the world today?

Climate change is very much real. It has a profound impact on our lives today. Global warming, rising sea levels, extinction of wildlife are merely the symptoms of a dying Earth, and...