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ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
The 2023 Canadian wildfire season, marked by a quintupling of damage relative to the past decade’s average and the tragic loss of four firefighters, underscores the urgent need for advanceme…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In the modern day, transportation is everything. It's how we get to our daily destinations on time and quickly. Shock absorbers are being used on all vehicles on the road today. However, som…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
We investigated and experimented with structural integrity of towers from maximizing the amount of cross-bracing to enhance efficiency until a drop off point and fortify structures against d…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The rotating detonation engine (RDE) is widely considered one of the most promising and interesting areas of propulsion research due to its high energy output and thermal efficiency. The cur…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Purpose: I want to find the best metal or combination of metals/materials that will minimize the most amount of force. This data can help determine what is the best siding to use when siding…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The proliferation of reusable rockets has driven expenses down and launch frequencies up completely reshaping the space exploration industry. A critical component of this sustainable technol…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This study aimed to develop a differential swerve module which imitated the drivetrain of future NASA Lunar Rovers, effectively exploring the usage of a four-wheeled drive system with two in…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fractals, known for their non-integer dimensions, help describe intricate natural phenomena, like the coastline paradox. These principles may be applied to human-made processes like bike rou…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This project was undertaken to discover the optimal angle of attack (AoA) to maximize pounds of lift produced from airfoils at low speeds. An initial selection of 20 airfoils was obtained by…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics First Award
As the global population continues to increase and natural calamities grow more severe, the pressing issue of inadequate seating in educational institutions poses a significant obstacle to s…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The operation of aircraft has numerous impacts on the world; it negatively impacts climate change, and it creates noise/air pollution. Electroaerodynamic (EAD) propulsion provides us with a…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The rise of public interest in space exploration has sparked the development of new satellite technologies such as CubeSats, making research opportunities more accessible for scientists arou…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The task of wild environment ranging in mountainous forest environment is long conducted by the human forest rangers with limited and rudimentary mountain equipment, which leads to lack of c…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Humans have always been fascinated by the idea of flight. From as far back as Leonardo Da Vinci and his famous sketch of a parachute, humans have been enamored by the idea of flight and have…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Traffic congestion is increasing every year and causes nearly 100 billion in annual economic costs in the US and Europe each. It causes over 5 million crashes every year in the US with a fat…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This work highlights the use of thermoelectric generators (TEGs) to harvest thermal energy inherently available in cooking, to power an automatic stirrer. The tedious task of manual continuo…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Expanding the applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) requires overcoming limitations in flight endurance imposed by current battery energy densities and adverse weather conditions l…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
Global food security and sustainability issues, and rapid urbanization call for high-tech, space-efficient, sustainable urban farming technologies. In Singapore, only 3.9% of vegetables cons…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Climbing robots are a potential solution for exterior maintenance, inspection and replacement of urban pipe systems, column buildings and pole structures. In response to the space limitation…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Spidersonde is a revolutionary ground launch sonde system that implements spider’s ballooning mechanics to collect meteorological in-situ data critical in accurately forecasting Tropical Cyc…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
There have been many attempts at creating a submersible aerial vehicle, but these attempts have failed for several reasons. Most notably, these attempts did not perform sufficiently either a…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This project explores a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable approach to the production of 3D printing filament by utilizing recycled (PET) plastic. Moreover, it presents a compreh…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics First Award
By leveraging modern flight computer capabilities, I designed and flight tested an oblique wing aircraft (an efficient variable-sweep design where one wing sweeps forward and the other sweep…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
In a world with more cost-saving, reusable systems in the aerospace industry than ever before, heat shields remain a largely disposable system which, in their reusable form, lack the thermal…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Exploring toroidal propellers for two-bladed aircraft revealed significant challenges in the design process, notably the absence of a comprehensive mathematical model and insufficient constr…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Climbing robot mechanisms offer substantial advantages for navigating challenging terrains. The rotary microspine excels in climbing rough surfaces due to its capability for rapid speeds and…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Quantum computing promises significant advancements in computational speed and efficiency, presenting new opportunities for solving complex scientific problems. This project aims to fully de…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Aircraft winglets are fixed-wing attachments that reduce lift-induced drag on aircraft by reducing the buildup of vortices—rotating patterns of air that form—thereby reducing drag forces act…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The overall goal of this project is to create more sustainable adobe bricks using the method that mud dauber wasps use to construct their nest. Previous research showed mud dauber nests have…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
The next generation of space exploration requires more efficient propulsion. Current rockets use bell-shaped nozzles, which lose efficiency at high altitudes due to flow underexpansion. This…