Student Engineer Wins International Award
Congratulations to Oliver Nicholls, 19, from Sydney, Australia. He came first among 1,800 competitors from 81 countries, regions and territories at the 2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) for his window cleaning innovation, a prototype of a window cleaning robot designed for the facades of commercial buildings. The competition, run by the Society for Science & the Public is the world’s largest international science competition for pre-college students.
Oliver entered the competition as part of the BHP Billiton Foundation Science and Engineering Awards Australian delegation and STANSW’s Young Scientist delegation. This was because he also was the winner of the 2018 BHP Billiton Foundation Science and Engineering Award.

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Oliver’s prototype device uses drones, motors and propellers to navigate building facades and clean windows using water and micro-fibre scrubbers. He says his inspiration was a concern for the safety of those who have to access high exterior places to do the job of cleaning windows of large buildings.
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