Browse 56 real Engineering projects entered in 2017, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which, trigonometric method or stringing method is more accurate when finding blood impact height. Methods/Materials Simulation blood was absor…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The primary objective of this project is to design, build, and test an altitude control system for high altitude, long duration weather balloon flights. Ordinarily, weather…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to develop a gadget with can be latched onto a vent and detect any clogging, heat buildup, and/or combustion in an air vent. Design criteria of t…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Tsunamis have been deadly forces for thousands of years, and with new and advanced nuclear power plants, they have been fueled causing devastating aftermaths. My objective w…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals A major problem for marine industries is biofouling, the accumulation of undesirable organisms on immersed artificial surfaces. Antifouling is used to inhibit biofouling, bu…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The reason why I chose to construct a wearable robotic arm that allows people to lift heavy objects they can't normally pick up. Methods/Materials 4 feet long aluminum stick…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals I am very interested in aviation, and I know from past research that bird strikes are a danger to air travelers. I decided to try to test devices I developed to find the mos…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if I could design an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to fly to a remote area, trap mosquitoes, then return them for scientific testing to help map…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to differentiate the operation and sound quality of bone conduction and dynamic driver headphones. Methods/Materials The following materials…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Point-of-Care diagnostics demand for a versatile, inexpensive, sensitive, and simple-to-use electrochemical sensor. Currently, many products on the market use expensive opti…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The Cave Mapper is designed to make a map of a cave, room or any enclosed space. This years project was about making the fourth version of the cave mapper which is the trans…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which type of wood is stronger. My goal is to determine if reclaimed wood is stronger than new wood. Reclaimed wood would give bu…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was (a) to find out if using longer crank arms on my bicycle would allow me to ride faster and (b) to develop a computer-based system, model, and…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to revolutionize the idea of using sensors instead of joy sticking a ride to places like mars or finding new terrain for people like scientist…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find how much stress is put onto the knee using a mechanical model. Methods/Materials Made a wood and spring model of the knee to test how much stress is…
AJAS · 2017
Engineering (inferred)
The problem of excessive exposure to aircraft noise has persisted since the dawn of aviation. The Federal Aviation Administration’s regulations thus require airplanes to make detours in orde…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to discover if the wood type of an acoustic guitar will affect its tone. Methods/Materials This project involved five varying types of wood, g…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The experiment was conducted to find out if the distance between domino's will affect how fast a marble will go. If the increase space between the dominoes will create more…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Flight simulations help optimize model rocket design. The TARC competition requires flying a model rocket repeatedly to a specific altitude, but the results can be inconsist…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of DOT is to facilitate the process of stippling and pointillism, but also to prevent as well as aid those of have ailments such as arthritis that are easily c…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine whether driving force or drag force on an object has more of an affect on an object's speed in water. Methods/Materials A wooden boat…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals Currently there are no effective means of disabling drones that pose a threat to public safety, security, privacy, aviation or property. My goal is to create a drone mounted…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to learn what sweep of wing has the greatest lift to drag ratio. Methods/Materials 3 different wings, a fuselage, a wind tunnel. Results Each…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to evaluate the mechanical strength of each stent, the strength needed to compress it, based upon varied patterns and struts width. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Unseen and undetectable, noise pollution is a severely unaddressed issue in the world. Yet its effects are widespread, affecting everyone, and significantly dangerous, leadi…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if I could create a Peltier tile cooling device that would reduce the temperature within a tennis shoe under simulated heat conditions compared to co…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Objective: My project is to improved railroad gates by making them stronger and bigger, as well as making sure that cars can#t cross over easily. I think that if we use a me…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Despite a non-drought year in 2016-2017, during the summer months in the Central Valley dry dusty conditions in the surrounding agricultural areas and poor air quality with…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The common shocks absorbers for vehicles use mechanical springs as cushion with air, fluid as damping. My goal is to design a shock absorber using only magnetic force as cus…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals A CubeSat is a small satellite, where 1U, measures 10cm^3. These satellites can be built in different sizes, such as 1U, 2U, etc. They serve a variety of functions including…