About the Researcher

Well, let's start with the basics. My name is Mathew Kochevar, I am 17 years old, and I am from Parker, Colorado. I have a dog named Dax and a brother named Will. I attend Rock Canyon High School (as per the footer) and in my free time I tinker with my motorcycle, hang out with friends, and volunteer my time in scouting along with many other extracurriculars not mentioned. I love Formula 1 and the technical knowledge about the cars and I love learning about how machines work.

I love STEM and I am working towards continuing my education at one of the United States Service Academies. I really started to explore STEM more because of my dad who is an engineer at Oracle. He started me off in the world of computers and since then I started to explore the STEM world and now I have built my own motorized bicycle, I am a BACE Certified Biotechnician's Assistant, I run my own databases, I am an American Sailing Association Certified Sailor, and much more. Every physics, engineering, mathematics, and science related thing I can get my hands on I love to learn about.

I decided to research 2 stroke engine oils after investigating engines in my free time. I wanted to do something technical that would help people. I then spent a lot of time on how to create cost efficient solutions to existing problems and connected that to two-stroke engines and their tendency to burn oil. From there I knew I wanted to research two-stroke oil and I found a gap in the research and concluded that I would fill as much of that information in as I could.