The 2018 winners of the Working Technologically category of the Young Scientist Awards competition were announced at a special ceremony at the PTC (Professional Teachers Council) offices in Auburn on […]
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All the news from the STA NSW Young Scientist Competition
On top of the world!
We have just taken out the top school STEM prize in the world, and NSW students have returned from Pittsburgh, USA with $194,200 in prizes. In 2018 our program will […]
Raw Excitement at ISEF 2018
This video clip shows the raw excitement at the moment Oliver Nicholls’ name was announced as the winner of the top prize at ISEF. The clip was taken by Macinley […]
Extra NSW students to go to the US
Big news!! We have just been granted permission to send our top 9 Years 9-12 STEM projects to the next three ISEF Fairs in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Before this […]
ISEF 2018 – Day 4 Opening Ceremony
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 […]
The team has left for Pittsburgh!
Looking sharp at Sydney Airport in our new Sebel T-shirts! Departure Sydney for Intel ISEF 2018 #ISEFAUSNSW #stansw #YoungScientist #Education #Learning #NESA #Edchat #STEM #science #stansw #awards #sebel #sebelfurniture #marchforscience […]
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, […]