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ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Globally, the most widespread 3D printing method uses FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling), which often suffers from poor layer adhesion. When a tensile or shear force is applied to an FDM printe…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This project aimed to improve the performance, efficiency, and strength of an ionic thruster, which uses corona discharge to create airflow. The goal was to enhance sealing, reduce air bleed…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Drones are widely used in military and civilian applications, with VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) drones combining the vertical lift capability of helicopters with the horizontal cruisi…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Space debris cleaning has yet to see a viable solution that would effectively remove debris while staying in good condition. Of the active methods of debris removal proposed, tether nets hav…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
3D printing, or additive manufacturing, has revolutionized various industries but faces challenges related to structural instability and material waste. Globally, 3D-printed models generate…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Quadrotors, or drones, have the distinct potential to streamline wildlife observation research efforts, which, in turn, focus on improving the biodiversity and carbon sequestration of ecosys…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Increasing prevalence of remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles necessitates engineering propulsion systems that maximize thrust while aiming to limit anthropogenic-sourced noi…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Creation of a compact radar system enhanced with AI-assisted ESRGAN imaging is proposed for advanced target detection and high-resolution situational awareness. The system integrates a phase…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
PhoenixH2 is dedicated to enhancing the feasibility of clean aviation by developing and flight-testing a small-scale aircraft powered by onboard hydrogen production. With aviation responsibl…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The aerospike rocket engine, developed in the late 1960s, was designed to address a significant limitation of traditional bell rocket engines: inefficient exhaust gas expansion across varyin…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The Rio Grande Gorge bridge has an average of six suicides/year, as compared to 13.6 suicides/year (Atkins-Witmer, Woods, 2013) for the Golden Gate bridge. Per capita, this is a comparable s…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Each time a rocket is launched into the Earth's atmosphere it uses several thousands of gallons of chemical fuel per second. These chemical fuels, when being used in such large quantities, c…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Learning to skateboard is challenging and often leads to injury. Unlike bikes, skateboards do not have a universal training aid for beginners. This project aimed to create a device similar t…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This project presents an innovative Thrust-Vectoring Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) specifically designed to perform contact-based inspections(ultrasonic crack detection, wave check, and adhe…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Track and Field athletes often have to walk on their spikes to get from place to place, this makes the spikes dull and less efficient. This project is meant to solve this problem, by creatin…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In natural disaster affected areas, communications infrastructure is often disabled. Without communication systems, search and rescue teams are less able to locate victims and coordinate wit…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In modern spacecraft, hydrocarbon-based rockets can only reach a Specific Impulse (Isp) of 300-400s. This relatively low efficiency will be an issue on future, long-distance, space missions…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Many modern engines for watercraft are internal combustion engines. These engines have a significant harmful impact on marine ecosystems. A goal was set to find and optimize an alternative m…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
With the increasing use of high-performance CPUs and GPUs, thermal management has become crucial. Conventional cooling methods, such as heat sinks and air coolers, often generate continuous…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Each year, millions of auto accidents occur, many of which are the result of loss of control due to unstable vehicles or worn-out parts (NHTSA, 2019). The suspension system plays a key role…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Recent studies have attracted aeronautical organizations to the hydrophobic and ice-repellent properties of the Gentoo penguin. These characteristics have prompted investigations to replicat…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The aviation industry stands as one of the most threatening modes of modern mobility, producing 3.8% of the global CO2 emissions in 2023. CO2 emissions are expected to proliferate and surpas…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
Over 130,000 aging steel bridges in the United States are at risk from corrosion and structural issues. More efficient and thorough inspection methods are necessary to avoid future disasters…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Current robot arm designs, mainly traditional (hard), are either limited in their ability to adapt, or in their ability to be exposed to different environments. This hinders their potential…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Robotic arms are useful in a variety of applications: manufacturing, de-palletization, artificial intelligence research, etc. However, on average, a typical robotic arm with 6-axis capabilit…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Ionic thrusters are used in the space industry, but not in general aviation. If ionic thrusters could be designed so they can produce enough lift, it could be a more green form of flying and…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can aid lifeguards as 82% of ocean-related deaths in California occur at unprotected beaches, and 90% of drownings occur at low- and mid-income cou…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Color image sensors typically rely on absorbing filters arranged in the Bayer pattern (red, 2×green, and blue). Dye-and pigment-based filter arrays have several disadvantages such as photo-…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Flow control offers an appealing method to improve efficiency, stability, and performance of aerodynamic bodies. Jet Assisted Surface Mounted Actuators (JASMAs), a form of hybrid (active and…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The increasing demand for reliable and affordable clean water resources has driven global interest, particularly in dry climates. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as promising so…