After getting all their projects signed off and ready for judging, the finalists enjoyed the Opening Ceremony dinner and performance by DJ Ravi. This was followed by truly inspirational speeches […]
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The team has left for Pittsburgh!
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Intel ISEF 2018 Team Profile – Felisha and Elena Kaiser – Rain vs. Bore: Do the best results come out of the blue or the red?
With two sources of water available on Elena and Felisha’s property—rain and bore—they wanted to determine which of these water types was the best for growing vegetables. Using different technologies, […]
Intel ISEF 2018 Team Profile – Oliver Nicholls – Autonomous robotic window cleaner for commercial buildings
Oliver’s project focus was to develop an autonomous robotic window cleaner for commercial buildings. He successfully researched, designed and developed a small autonomous window cleaning robot prototype that can effectively […]
Intel ISEF 2018 Team Profile – Minh Nga Nguyen – Recycling waste into biochar: a sustainable wastewater filter and fertiliser for the agricultural industry
Nga investigated the use of biochar to filter agricultural wastewater as well its suitability as a soil fertiliser. She developed two bamboo-based biochar filter systems that proved very efficient at […]
Intel ISEF 2018 Team Profile – Jade Moxey and Macinley Butson – The SAS System (Sanitation and Sterilisation)
Macinley and Jade’s aim was to develop a self-sustaining sanitation and sterilising device to produce potable and medical grade sterile water for developing countries and for emergency relief. Their project, […]
Intel ISEF 2018 Team Profile – Emma Serisier – Effects of Storage Conditions and Time on Egg Quality
Emma found that over time the environmental conditions that eggs are stored under have a significant influence on their internal quality. There were identifiable interactions between the temperature and environmental […]
Intel ISEF 2018 Team Profile – Lachlan Bolton – Future Board
Lachlan’s challenge was to design and build an extendable modular surfboard that could fit in any car. His design, the Future Board, is the world’s first ultra-portable, extendable surfboard. It […]
Intel ISEF 2018 Team Profile – Aniruddh Chennapragada – Novel Use of Bio Based Materials in Metal-Air Batteries
Aniruddh successfully prepared activated carbon from banana peel. His project then went on to characterise the activated carbon synthesised with FT-IR spectroscopy and SEM. Finally, he used his activated banana […]
STANSW Young Scientist ISEF 2018 Delegation
Our team of excited young students are making final preparations to travel to Pittsburgh, U.S.A. to represent Australia and NSW at Intel ISEF 2018! In just over a week’s time […]