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ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
About 730 million people globally lack access to electricity according to the International Energy Agency, emphasizing the need for low-cost, sustainable energy solutions. An alternative to…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
All-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries (ASSLSBs) have emerged as the next-generation energy storage systems due to their high energy density (~2600 Wh kg?¹) and safety, enabled by non-flam…
CWSF · 2026
Energy
Wind turbines are a great source of renewable energy, but there is always room for improvement. In this project I explored the effects of tubercles (little bumps) on the leading edge of wind…
CWSF · 2026
Energy Bronze Medal
Climate change has created an urgent need for sustainable energy solutions. My project investigates whether a wind tunnel can be used to recover wasted kinetic energy. By adding a Vertical A…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The development of next-generation autonomous devices capable of self-powering through ambient energy harvesting has increasingly focused on piezoelectric nanoparticle-based nanogenerators,…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The growing need for an efficient small-scale wind energy system led to the investigation of a biomimetic combination of hammerhead shark-inspired tubercles and golf ball dimple surface roug…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Due to population growth and technological advancement, global energy demand is on the rise. Yet 86% of the world's energy is from burning fossil fuels, with only 8% from sustainable methods…
ISEF · 2026
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Hydrogen has emerged as a promising green energy storage solution due to its on-demand energy release through fuel cells. However, major barriers to wide-scale adoption remain: inefficiency…