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ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Light Fidelity (LiFi), a multi-functional tool that provides high-speed secure data transmission through lighting, is currently being developed to substitute WiFi. However, its dependency on…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
The practice of smoking hookah, a traditional smoking apparatus that uses charcoal to indirectly heat shisha tobacco, as a possible alternative to cigarettes is an emerging trend of global s…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of Express without Stress device (EWS) on treating stuttering disorder. The study methodology contained three phases. First, a survey was design…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
The E821 experiment conducted in the national light source synchrotron in 2001 measured the muon's anomalous magnetic moment to a precision of 0.74 ppm, producing a three sigma difference be…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Acetabular labral tears comprise 22% of reported groin pain. Repairs involve suturing torn tissue to the bone via anchors, or removing inflamed tissue. Both prevent the body from healing nat…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
Outbreaks of Zika and Malaria in third world countries have proven how borderless our world has become. Scientists are paramount in combatting these global challenges. The reality exists tha…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and cirrhosis underlies 80-90% of HCC. Cirrhosis is initiated and advanced due to the activation of hepa…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
In this research, two new molecules DMAC-mmCN and DMAC-mpCN configured as donor (D)-pi-bridge-acceptor (A) were prepared to examine the property of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems Third Award
Certain strains of Escherichia coli bacteria that may exist in food items such as milk, juices, or meats, possess a major health threat to the general public. In this project, a highly sensi…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences Third Award
Sharks have been living in the oceans since the Ordovician period, for some 450 million years. Yet, no studies have quantified the roaming capacities and migratory habits of Great White Shar…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
What is the feasibility of a sustainable heterotrophic Chlorella vulgaris growth system to become a replacement for the tertiary phase of a municipal wastewater treatment plant, and to succe…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems Third Award
This experiment was conducted to investigate the feasibility of utilizing a phased array that is able to focus its signal strength on a specific location. In the 21st century, where robust i…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Diabetic retinopathy (DR), the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults, is also leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Many patients, particularly in developing areas,…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Certain cancers (metastatic breast cancer, invasive glioma) are deadly because of their inability to be treated using existing methods. Nanoparticles, can be engineered to access these areas…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
The purpose of this project was to investigate the disparity between the abundance of Tamalia spp. galls on non-native Arbutus unedo and native Arctostaphylos spp. It was hypothesized that t…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Due to ongoing technical miniaturization, the importance of nanoparticles in research and application is constantly growing. When bombarding nanoparticles with energetic ions, atoms from the…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Traditional analysis of text has been limited to an analysis of the content to extract meaning and intent. New technologies now allow us to also measure the process of creating the content a…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Third Award
Speaking plays an indispensable role in communication. We utilize our vocal apparatus to speak through various articulatory processes including variations in the manner, place and the intona…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Third Award
From the world wide web to social networks, big data often take the form of graphs. It is important to be able to generate realistic random graphs in order to analyze the properties of real…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
Potato late blight caused the Irish Potato Famine and still causes billions of dollars of annual crop damage. Tracking and predicting its spread remains problematic. Growers overspray potato…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The objectives of this project were to determine the general response of vegetation to drought conditions; to test whether moisture deficiency was the limiting factor for vegetation growth i…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Third Award
Wave energy conversion devices absorb the forces associated with surge, roll, heave, pitch, sway and yaw motions of the ocean. Globally there are few devices that are being tested: point abs…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Muon scattering tomography is a passive imaging technique able to interpolate the elemental structure of high-Z materials. Given that development of the technique is in a stage of relative n…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most commonly seen neurodegenerative diseases. It has no cure and becomes worse over time. Parkinson’s symptoms often go unnoticed in early stages, leading…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Every minute, a woman somewhere in the world will die of breast cancer. Despite significant advances in the field, breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in women globally.…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Third Award
Dental diseases can be prevented if early colonizers (Streptococcus) can be reduced in biofilm before they mature into dental plaque. Usually these organisms attach to tooth surface within f…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
The objective of this experiment is to provide mechanical mechanisms by which one can augment plant pollination. This was done by creating mechanical systems that mimic specific bee behavior…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Over 50% of student football athletes sustain undetected concussions due to improper diagnosis, leading to increased risk of permanent brain damage. An EEG sensor and a diagnostic algorithm…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
One of the central problems in theoretical physics is understanding dark energy, an enigmatic phenomenon that is hypothesized to be driving the accelerating expansion of the universe. Calcul…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
Second-generation biofuels, which involve the conversion of waste products such as agricultural and paper waste into ethanol-based sources, present a promising environmentally-friendly alter…