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Modelling Acoustic Scattering via Fractal Mesh Decomposition

This essay was written by Lower Sixth Form student Yuvan Raja as an Original Research in Science (ORIS) project. It was the winning submission in the ORIS category of the 2025 ILA/ ORIS award. The following provides a short introduction to the full report, which can be found below: In this project I develop a…

Dobble – Brilliant but flawed

This essay was written by Third Form student Junior Shaw as a Junior Independent Learning Assignment (ILA JNR) project. It was the winning submission in the Third Form category of the 2025 Junior ILA awards. The following provides a short introduction to the full report, which can be found below: Back in October of 2024,…

Is time travel fact or science fiction?

This essay was written by Fourth Form student Thomas Aczel as a Junior Independent Learning Assignment (ILA JNR) project. It was the winning submission in the Fourth Form category of the 2025 Junior ILA awards. The following provides a short introduction to the full report, which can be found below:  The essay that you are…

Will Knot Theory Pave Our Future?

This essay was written by Lower Sixth Form student Thomas Dowson as an Independent Learning Assignment (ILA) project. It was the winning submission in the STEM category of the 2024 ILA/ ORIS award. The following provides a short introduction to the full report, which can be found below: A knot is a simple yet complex…

Initiating the development of a library for plastic polymers using Raman spectroscopy

This essay was written by Lower Sixth Form student Joel Sellers as an Original Research in Science (ORIS) project. It was the winning submission in the ORIS category of the 2024 ILA/ ORIS award. The following provides a short abstract of the full report, which can be found below: Plastics, and particularly microplastics (MPs, plastic…

Exploring Emergent Properties of Complex Systems using Machine Learning

This essay was written by Lower Sixth Form student Finlay Sanders as an Original Research in Science (ORIS) project. It was shortlisted for the 2023 ILA/ ORIS award. The following provides a short introduction to the full report: Many natural phenomena display properties or behaviours more than the mere aggregation of their parts. Humans, for…

Pain Processing in the Spinal Cord: Validating multi-electrode silicon probe placement in the rat spinal cord using fluorescence microscopy for analgesic drug development

This essay was written by Lower Sixth Form student Shrey Bijlani as an Original Research in Science (ORIS) project. It was the winning submission in the STEM category of the 2023 ILA/ ORIS award. The following provides a short abstract of the full report: The N13 potential is a response in the spinal cord in…

Using Lagrangian Mechanics to model chaotic systems

This essay was written by upper-sixth former Archie Forsyth, and shortlisted for the 2020 Independent Learning Assignment. The following provides a short abstract to the full essay.

Estimated read time of abstract: 2 minutes

Estimated read time of essay: 20 minutes

Robot vs Surgeon: Who Will Operate on The Heart?

This essay was written by upper-sixth former Ollie Jansen, and shortlisted for the 2020 Independent Learning Assignment. The following provides a short abstract to the full essay.

Estimated read time of abstract: 4 minutes

Estimated read time of essay: 20 minutes

Analysing the Gacha Mechanism: The Truth behind the Rates

This essay was written by upper-sixth former Muhammed Hussain, and a finalist for the 2020 Independent Learning Assignment. The following provides a short abstract to the full essay.

Estimated read time of abstract: 4 minutes

Estimated read time of essay: 60 minutes

A Theoretical Conversion of a Boeing 737800 Jet to Battery Power

This essay was written by upper-sixth former Chris Ratcliffe, and a finalist for the 2020 Independent Learning Assignment. The following provides a short abstract to the full essay.

Estimated read time of abstract: 1 minute

Estimated read time of essay: 30 minutes

Encryption

This essay was written by upper-sixth former Ben Perryman, and shortlisted for the 2020 Independent Learning Assignment. The following provides a short abstract to the full essay.

Estimated read time of abstract: 2 minutes

Estimated read time of essay: 20 minutes

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