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ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Consumption of non-renewable sources of energy for powering electronic devices is a common practice, causing the depletion of fossil fuels. The current project aims at the development of a p…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The future of our planet is balancing on a thread: combating climate change. Natural substances and fossil fuels are not replenished at the speed at which they are consumed, yet there are ev…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award
Heating, cooling, and ventilation consume $122 billion/year in the US. Improving the systems’ efficiency, even just slightly, will lead to significant cost savings. The goal is to develop hi…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In contemporary fuel cell technology, carbon-based nano-scaled materials display great potential to improve fuel efficiency and reduce cost. However, their relatively low activity limits the…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Solar energy is clean and free, and in abundance. Fossil fuel consumption is growing globally at an unstainable rate, and there is a need for renewable, nonpolluting sources of energy. Newer…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The discovery of bacteria capable of converting the chemical energy of organic matter into electricity can lead us to a new form of green energy: Bioelectrical systems (BES). BES can help so…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
Cellulosic ethanol is a renewable, alternative fuel that could reduce the reliance on fossil fuels. However, cellulose is resistant to breaking down into glucose because its crystalline stru…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
It was hypothesized that the solar paver would be more efficient at colder temperatures, due to the greater difference in voltage as electrons move inside the paver. Along with this, differe…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The profitable catalytic converter Shammah Ruvimbo Tayengwa Global warming, fuel crises and inadequate raw materials in food manufacturing are problems being faced in our globe. However, the…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this experiment was to test the ability of magnifiers such as SiO2, lenses and mirrors to increase the energy produced by fluorescent proteins GFP and EBFP2-BFP, a UV protein.…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Well-designed small wind turbine generators demonstrate high potential to capture turbulent wind power. We can break up the load of a large generator to many smaller ones to power local resi…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Environmental pollution has been an issue of great importance and concern for many countries. Livestock is an agricultural activity that contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of using piezoelectricity to create a self-powered calculator. A solar-powered scientific calculator was disassembled for this stud…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
With America's newfound commitment to reducing fossil fuel usage, more renewable energy sources need to be researched. To address this need, microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been receiving r…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Over 70% of the households in Zimbabwe's rural areas are still not connected to the national electricity grid. These rural communities, which are a greater part of the country, meet 94% of t…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Wind turbines stand as a symbol of humanities progression towards safe, clean energy. But the towering behemoths which stand on the plains across the United States and other countries hold a…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The demands for energy in modern civilization are greater than ever because of the recent developments in electronic technologies. The efficiency of energy conversion and energy storage unit…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Supercapacitors are a promising candidate for the electric vehicle system due to their inherent fast charging and high-current/temperature tolerance capabilities. However, commercial superca…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Commercial lithium-ion battery (LIB) is currently the dominating power source for the portable electronic devices and electric vehicles. However, the further application of LIB has been hamp…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This work is the second phase of an alternate vehicular traffic direction system using solar energy. The projections identified during the first phase of the project were incorporated in the…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In recent years, bioplastics have emerged as a viable alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastics (PE, PBT, etc.). Three of the most common bioplastic polymers are Polyhydroxybutyrat…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Current biofuel practices largely rely on primary food crops (presenting a sustainability dilemma). Alternatively, lignocellulosic ethanol has the potential to be sustainable and cost-compet…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The research presented represents the second-year effort on developing novel whole-pore bipolar membranes for H2/O2 fuel cells. During Year 1, bipolarity was created within the pores of Nafi…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Breaking down cellulosic biomass into fermentable sugar is a key limiting step in the production of bioethanol from lignocellulose. Engineering baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae represe…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In Peru, 27.1% of the population living in rural areas does not have electricity service (INEI, 2017), a situation reflected in the C.P. La Yarada (new and rural district of Tacna) where the…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Biogas is the gas produced by the fermentation of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. It is a combustible gas composed mainly of methane and carbon dioxide. It can be burn in the place…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Hawaii's energy costs are the highest in the nation. Hawaii is currently using solar and wind energy to try and combat these high prices. This project improves upon the current systems by re…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Seventy-one percent of our world is made up of water, with five oceans, 117 million lakes, millions of miles of rivers, and so much more. Capturing all of this nonstop water movement happeni…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this research is to carry out a comparative study of two biofuels prepared based on Nostoc Commune (Cushuro) Andean seaweed found in the lagoons of the district of San Mateo a…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Biodigesters are used in a multitude of places as a producer of sustainable energy for buildings and appliances. They use anaerobic digestion to produce methane gas and fuel ammenities. In m…