[TCML] tesla coil at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

[Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just finished judging this year's fair.

So it looks like there was only one TC at the ISEF this year, at least 
in the Engineering category. I took a quick glance through the rest of 
the fair, but didn't see any others.. at least not in Physics or similar 
areas.  There could have been a TC lurking in biochemistry or medicine 
or something.

The entrant cited the pupman safety sheet, but I didn't judge the 
project so I don't know what other TCML resources, if any, he drew on, 
or if he's even on the list. (if you are... good job getting to the 
fair!) Nor do I recall his name, and all our notes and stuff get 
shredded anyway, but it's probably online.

It was a study of performance vs gap design.   Not a bad approach to a 
TC project (and better than some I've seen).  It's hard to get a TC into 
a science fair, because too many of the projects are "build a TC" and 
that's been done to death.


A SSTC, especially if not pushing the TC aspect, but more the high power 
driver part:  that would get the attention of the judges, if done well, 
and it would probably make it past the "screening committee" at the 
local fair.

jim
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