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ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Second Award
The increasing prevalence of drug-resistant bacteria constitutes a multinational health, biosecurity, and economic crisis. As a result, the discovery of new antimicrobial chemotherapeutic ag…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Diabetes currently affects over 346 million people worldwide and is one of the leading causes of death. Current treatment requires frequent blood-glucose tests followed by necessary insulin…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Second Award
Rice black bug (Scotinophora sp.) is a serious invasive pest of rice (Oryza sativa). Heavy infestation of this bug could result to severe crop loss or complete yield loss. Commercially avail…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Second Award
Kaolinite, a natural deposit in Jordan has been proved it can be used for removal of toxic heavy metals from water. This study aimed to remove lead ions from industrial waste water using Nan…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Second Award
Concentrated solar technologies that concentrate sunlight on a receiver are becoming popular not just for electricity, but also for desalination. My research focuses on improving efficiency…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
The phenomenon of lucid dreaming, the state of being aware within a dream, is rare and difficult to control. This study investigates whether multiple awakenings in rapid succession can simul…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
Maltreatment may arise in various forms, and not every case is as simple as violent behavior from parent to child. The purpose of this visual analysis study was to utilize images and videos…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
When excavated 1957-1962, the archaeological site at Isimila, Tanzania, was estimated at 60 ka, from its artefacts’ similarity to other sites, such as Magubike and Kalambo Falls, none of whi…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Early detection of bacterial pathogens is increasingly important in health care. Currently, the most common method to detect hemolytic bacteria in blood is culture testing. This method is ti…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Analyzing mitosis proliferation is crucial to physician grading of tumor severity and prognosis. Despite the time and effort poured into automated mitosis detection, no systems have been abl…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Second Award
Number theory is a field where you study integers and the way they relate to each other. We look at a section of number theory called multiplicative functions. These functions act as machine…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Second Award
Multilayered nanoparticles are promising carriers to deliver therapeutic biomolecules across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic brain injuries. Capabl…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Second Award
To detect biomarkers, diagnostic devices must obtain small enough feature sizes to manipulate biomolecules that are just a few nanometers in size. Electrodes separated by a nanometric gap ha…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Second Award
Energy is a necessity for civilization. This project focused on a vision to expand and redefine what energy infrastructure is. The design criteria of sustainability, renewability, and access…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) is the most prominent form of Lung Cancer and kills at least 800,000 people each year. Early diagnosis of NSCLC yields higher survival rates among patients…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical Second Award
Most of the Zimbabwean population has no access to proper household lighting facilities. In a bid to solve this problem the researcher invented an environmentally friendly battery using loca…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Second Award
Although we know how to prevent numerous diseases, existing literature on determining who is at risk of developing a given medical condition continues to use simple logistic regressions rath…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences Second Award
Staining of silk threads and clothes is widely conducted chemically in factories and industry. However, chemically produced stainings of silk threads and clothes are not always fine and exce…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences Second Award
It has been established that high-, low-, and non-fat dairy may potentially act as driving factors in varying human fertility rates. Given the unprecedented global rate of infertility, this…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Second Award
150 million UTIs occur annually, amounting to over $6 billion in expenditures. Of these, over 80% are associated with the use of urinary catheters. Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria are on…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Second Award
UV light induces damage in DNA, resulting in skin diseases such as cancer for millions of people every year. Alternative DNA repair pathways include base excision repair (BER) and nucleotide…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Second Award
In the last ten years, twenty five million ash trees have been destroyed by the Emerald Ash Borer; the most destructive invasion by a pest to date. This study looks to save vulnerable ash tr…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Second Award
Diagnosing plant and skin diseases automatically from images is a challenging task. Specifically, smartphone images of plants and skin exhibit variability in numerous factors such as zoom, a…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Propellers are used in many fields. Improving propeller efficiency leads to solving energy problems. Conventional studies aiming at improving propeller efficiency normally focus on changing…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
Genome editing technologies have revolutionized our ability to integrate foreign DNA sequences into cells with single nucleotide resolution. A major bottleneck of genome editing today is the…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Second Award
Characterizing excited-state behavior of inorganic complexes is pivotal to developing efficient dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells. In this study, femtosecond spectroscopy characterized ino…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
The radii of neutron stars are difficult to determine, and a better understanding of neutron star spectra would help improve radius estimations. Here, the spectra of observations taken by th…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical Second Award
The purpose of the project was to determine a growth method of Chlorella vulgaris that is economically feasible and sustainable for large-scale production. The fungal strain, Aspergillus nig…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Waterborne diseases cause more than 3.4 million deaths annually. Yet, conventional detection methods, which many in the developing world cannot afford, can take several days and have detecti…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Second Award
The purpose of this study was to create a space radiation shielding fabric that was thin, lightweight, and flexible. Polyethylene (PE) and boron nitride (BN) were the materials used to creat…