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ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Single-atom thick crystals have the potential to be used in smaller, faster electronics, replacing the silicon-based semiconductors found in current computers. In particular, graphene, a sin…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The limitation of the speed of a computer is the access speed of its Random Access Memory (RAM). The growing disparity between CPU speed and RAM access times in computation is known as the m…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The purpose of this project is to increase user security by adding gait analysis to the iPhone security system. Present biometric authentication relies on a fingerprint, but this is not fool…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Despite extraordinary efforts to profile cancer genomes, interpreting the vast amount of genomic data in the light of cancer evolution remains challenging. In malignancies we identified as e…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Renal Cell Carcinoma is a deadly form of cancer that is asymptomatic almost always until it is metastatic and terminal for the patient, explaining why the 5 year survival rate is less than 8…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Peripheral intravenous access is an essential procedure to health treatment problems ranging from dehydration to infections and cancer. Errors in venipuncture may cause patient injury, psych…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Jucara Palm is one of native species of Atlantic Forest. It produces a fruit, Jucara acai, and a palm that when extracted kills the plant. The processing of this fruit generates 81% of resid…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Amaranthus palmeri is a highly invasive noxious weed that causes significant problems in agriculture because of its resistance to glycine (Round-up). This glycine resistant strain of A.palme…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Technologies have been transforming society in many areas. However, in most Brazilian schools, there is a limited utilization of these technologies inside classrooms. Also most children, in…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The US consumes approximately 70 million pounds of copper and produces about 580 million cubic feet of treated wood annually. Burning and reusing treated wood waste are disallowed by the US…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Current methods of navigating and interacting with 3D visualizations utilize intrusive physical devices (e.g. keyboards, mice). The purpose of this project is to design and program a 3D inte…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The purpose of this project is to develop a low-cost flight safety and location system which transmits salient mechanical data in instance of a in-flight emergency. The 2014 disappearance of…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
In our previous studies it was demonstrated that the spectrum of the sound produced by liquids while being heated is influenced by their composition. This project is concentrated on developi…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Because traditional (experimental) methods of drug design involve trial and error, they are expensive and time-consuming. Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are structurally flexible p…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Over two hundred million people suffer from osteoporosis, a severe bone degenerative disease which damages bone tissue, leading to high rates of non-healing fractures and bone defects. There…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The majority of stars in the universe fluctuate in brightness. Most of these stars oscillate at one frequency and are known as single mode variable stars. However, less common variable stars…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Over a million Americans suffer from aphasia, a disorder that severely inhibits language comprehension. Medical professionals suggest that individuals with aphasia have a noticeably greater…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
I created a software application that, when integrated with an optical addendum to smartphones, allows for mobile pre-screening for ocular diseases in almost any setting. Early detection of…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Aerodynamic drag, either parasitic or induced, limits efficiency of aircraft, increasing fuel consumption or reducing performance. Data shows that in 2010 American commercial aviation consum…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Enterobiasis, the most common parasitic infection known, is caused by human pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis, which mainly infests infants and children. Eggs are present everywhere including…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Biking is a very popular activity in Beijing and, along with cars, serves as one of the primary modes of transportation. Our goal is to create a system that can be attached to a bike or a ca…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Hydrocarbonoclastic (oil-eating) bacteria play an important role in the removal of petroleum hydrocarbons from polluted marine waters during oil spills. The bacterial biodegradation of hydro…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
For their education, the blind need to use convenient learning methods and strategies. Since they cannot learn as other individuals do, the Braille method was an outstanding and successful s…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Biogenic Mn(II) oxidation holds great potential to reduce the toxicity of soluble mine waste in the environment at low cost. Abandoned mine waste sites, such as those in Arizona, pose a risk…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Recently, Continuous Flow (CF) Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD) have emerged as a long term alternative to heart transplant in heart failure patients. However, CF VAD support diminishe…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Diabetes is a serious worldwide epidemic that affects a growing portion of the population. While the most common method for testing blood glucose involves finger pricking, it is painful and…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Cellulosic bioethanol, an alternative energy source produced by saccharification and fermentation of plant polysaccharides such as cellulose and hemicellulose, is a promising renewable energ…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Shingles, herpes zoster virus, affects many middle aged adults around the world, exhibiting symptoms of pain, itching, burning, and postherpetic neuralgia. In an attempt to discover effectiv…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to create a low cost, highly functional, and lightweight computer mouse device that could be used with a large range of physically impaired and disabled perso…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Solar power technologies, which offer sustainable, clean energy sources, are developing to improve efficiency of energy conversion and storage. Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are an e…