图1. William Xu是Mercer Science and Engineering Fair的大奖获得者，他参加了Intel International Science和Engineering Fair。
At this point the project is set up. The opening ceremony was tonight and the keynote speaker was Ben Gulak, an ISEF alumni from 2004, 2006, and 2007. He is also Chairman and CEO of BPG Werks.His last project was the Uno, an electric unicycle-style vehicle. He showed up on the Dragons' Den TV show and talked them into buying into the company he was starting to take the Uno to the next level.
DTV粉碎机是变成产品的项目之一(Fig. 2)。This tracked vehicle was inspired by a number of vehicles including the skateboard. It is an all terrain vehicle that is a blast to drive.
图2. BPG Werks新的DTV碎纸机本质上是一款几乎任何地方的轨道滑板。
Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the Excellence in Science Technology Discussion Panel hosted byNPR's科学通讯员乔·帕尔卡（Joe Palca）。The panel is made up of Nobel Prize Winners includingJ. Michael Bishop(诺贝尔奖Physiology or Medicine 1989),Martin Chalfie(诺贝尔奖Chemistry 2008),Dudley Herschbach(诺贝尔奖Chemistry 1986),H. Robert Horvitz(诺贝尔奖Chemistry 2002),John Mather(诺贝尔奖Physics 2006),Douglas Osheroff(诺贝尔奖Physics 1996),卡尔·威曼（诺贝尔奖 - Physics 1995）和Ada Yonath(诺贝尔奖Chemistry 2009). This session is always a lot of fun because students provide the questions. What question would you ask?
Wednesday is judging. For the students it starts at 8am. They get breaks and lunch but judging does not end until 6pm. It is going to be a very long day. Dinner will be served at Heinz Field.
If you are in the Pittsburgh area then stop by on Thursday. The floor is open at 9am to the public and the students will be at their projects from 10am to 2pm. The exhibits will be open until 9pm but most of us will be at the award ceremony that evening. William is at CH048. He can tell you all about porous MOFs (metal-organic frameworks) how they can capture CO2from flue gases.
If you can't make to the convention center on Thursday then check out your local fair and lend a hand next year. Most fairs our like ours, always in need of more support, more judges and more students. You can check out our site to see the companies that support our fair.
我不能保证我会在今年的博览会上获得视频，但您可以在去年的几个视频中查看一些视频Intel ISEF on EngineeringTV。这只是显示的项目的一个很小的快照。我的清单往往会偏向工程，计算机科学和数学方面，因为这些领域是我真正理解的领域。
The list of ISEF winners will be online after the award ceremonies on Thursday and Friday. I'll let you know if William picks up any awards. The category award winners take home $75,000. Not everyone takes home awards and they vary quite a bit. My daughter (yes, the one with theDragon Runner robot ring bearer）赢得前往英格兰的旅行太空营。她还在博览会上结交了很多朋友。
See you at the fair.
ISEF Update
Just got back from Pittsburgh. William received two awards including The Alcoa Foundation's First Award including a $2500 prize and the Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty Foundation's (AVASC) Second Award.
最佳奖项戈登·摩尔奖获得者是马里兰州皇冠的杰克·安德拉卡（Jack Andraka）。
More photos and another article can be found on the美世(Mercer)科学和公平的职位website and theMSEF Facebookpage.
