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ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Car seats and boosters provide protection for infants and children in a crash, yet car crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 13. Correctly used child safety seats can…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Flipping a coin is accepted as an unbiased method to produce a random 50:50 outcome, but kinematics suggest a coin flip should be deterministic, and therefore predictable. I tested whether I…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
By 2025, more than 1,100 satellites will be deployed annually. These satellites will provide GPS, weather tracking, and communications, along with countless other services to humanity. Curre…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The combustion of fossil fuels is inflating atmospheric CO2 concentrations to an unprecedented peak. This has reached 412 ppm, a staggering 112 ppm higher than the greatest concentration to…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This research report is an investigation into which natural materials in combination with concrete will strengthen a structure's stability against lateral movement. The main purpose of this…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
There are over one hundred million pieces of space debris in low Earth orbit (LEO) at least one millimeter in diameter. Absent a mechanism to remove this debris, a phenomenon known as Kessle…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Cubesats are very small spacecraft in low Earth orbit. If a cubesat has propulsion on board it probably uses non-renewable fuel sources. I have designed and am developing a more efficient pr…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
According to the World Health Organization, over 1.3 million people are killed each year in road traffic crashes worldwide. Autonomous vehicles have the potential to solve these issues and a…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
This paper presents the mechanical design and control of a three degree of freedom (DoF) ball joint module suitable for use in COVID swabbing robots and surgical robots. A prototype iteratio…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Tailless Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicles (FW-MAVs) have gained more attention recently because they utilize energy more efficiently compared to fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcrafts. FW-MAVs…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The main goal of every rocket engine is to generate a lot of heat and pressure and then convert that into workable thrust. The problem is most rockets don’t solve pressure discrepancies at v…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
On average, 51% of a rocket engine’s weight is in the cooling system, so finding an engine design that would drastically reduce the engine's weight, complexity, and production cost would be…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
Magnetically deflected ballistic mass (MBDM) describes a system in which a metal rotor, the mass in the system, is suspended inside an evacuated sheath like a maglev train. The metal rotor c…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Humanity’s carbon emissions have started to affect the global climate. In order to reduce this impact, we must dramatically reduce carbon emissions in all sectors. In aviation, increasing th…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Small-scale establishments of passion fruit processing have a high demand for automatic machines. However, current passion fruit juice separators on the market do not match the requirements…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Inspired by the high mobility and flexibility of dolphins, this project sought to learn from and mimic the dolphin’s movements to create a bionic dolphin robot and to find out the impact of…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
A magnetic buzzer is one of the most widely used electronic devices generating sound frequency. Generally, magnetic buzzers are categorized into two types, namely, passive and active. Active…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Some large modes of transportation, such as trains and roller coasters, do not use traditional hydraulic-friction brakes because of the wear that they experience. Therefore, electromagnetic…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This study explores the effects of earthquakes and soil liquefaction and evaluates the safety of an existing foundation and to create a new style of foundation, taking into account of (1) ea…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Air travel keeps the world connected; but despite its benefits, the sector accounts for 2.1% of global CO2 emissions. We designed and tested an experimental model for an electric aviation en…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Since the earliest alchemists claimed to turn lead into gold, there have been inventors that have discovered free energy or a system to harvest energy for seemingly nothing. The “Blackbird”…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
While humans can see, smell, hear, touch, and taste to help us understand the world around us, robots must use different sensors to interpret their environment and navigate and avoid obstacl…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The design and optimization of assembly occupancies are most usually restricted by fire, building, and life safety codes. This can prevent even the greatest designs from ever being created.…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics First Award
With the goal of achieving greater environmental and economic sustainability, the automotive industry has begun transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs). However, the challenge is that the p…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The purpose of this project was to assist food deserts through growing healthy foods easily and affordably with a self-sufficient greenhouse. The solution to this problem had three main part…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Aerospace is an increasingly important industry. Advances in technology, along with new prospects to explore space, expand scientific knowledge, find new resources, and boost the economy, ha…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Puerto Rico has a deaf adult population of 8.4%. This community has encountered many difficulties while communicating with the hearing people. The deaf community should feel safe while using…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The purpose of this project was to create a more efficient drone that was still stable enough to fly FPV. The design I am using is a large central propellor to generate most of the thrust an…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
Climate change can be solved, but the window is closing. 90% of goods move by cargo ships, resulting in 4% of climate change emissions. There is a need for climate change technology that wor…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Apple is the most popular fruit around the world, and it is the fruit that I was looking, while came to my mind to develop a time indicator to determine the life of consumable goods. While I…