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ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Inhaling carbon monoxide can be fatal. Therefore, the invention of SPIXHAUST, a filter that can absorb carbon monoxide efficiently in the exhaust system can overcome this problem. Based on N…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
Superparamagnetic iron(II,III) oxide silver cysteine complex nanoparticles (SISCCN) is an innovative, economical and highly reusable invention. 1 g of SISCCN can adsorb 281.13 mg mercury(II)…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Coffee and tea are the two most common beverages in the world. Generally coffee is made from beans, while tea is from leaves. Every year, the tremendous amount of used coffee grounds and tea…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of the project is to create strips that can detect chemicals released in the human breath by breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer cells, to be placed in a breathalyzer, creati…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Optical Brighteners are frequently used as an additive in manufactured goods to enhance the appearance of said goods. Concerns regarding their toxicity in freshwater supplies led to an exper…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this project was to test the effect of Calcium Lactate concentrations on the process of frozen reverse spherification. The hypothesis of this experiment was that higher concen…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award
Textile azo dyes are a significant pollution source worldwide. Azo dyes can be toxic and carcinogenic, and their contamination adversely impacts human and aquatic ecosystem health. Metal nan…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This project tests how Gatorade reacts when exposed to UV light, which will be simulated by a UV lamp designed to replicate the effects of sunlight. The independent variable in this project…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this scientific study is to determine the levels of Antimony present in bottles containing different beverages after changing the temperature of the liquid. Bottles are often…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Flexible polyurethane foams have wide and prominent applications across US and global markets. This, along with the dangers and costs of vehicle and household fires, makes the incorporation…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The Mpemba Effect is a rare phenomenon that results in the freezing of hot water faster as opposed to cold water temperatures. The foundation of this finding were the studies done by the Tan…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This study involved the fabrication and characterization of copper substrates treated with six different self-assembling monolayers following electroless galvanic deposition of silver. The s…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Carbohydrates with (1-6)-linkage between monosaccharide units either in pyranoside or furanoside form are common in the structures of polysaccharides isolated from pathogenic bacteria and fu…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
In this report, two ultraviolet (UV)-light absorption molecules (D2, A2) were synthesized. Organic solar cell (OSC) based on these two molecules were fabricated and studied. The electron-don…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award
Functional polymers are currently attracting tremendous attention because of their use in diverse polymer applications, such as fuel cell membranes, gas separation, biomaterials, and polymer…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this project was to investigate the effect of different elements (Tantalum or Niobium) on the Al site on the reactivity on Dion-Jacobson perovskites. This information could po…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Combining plasma and cataluminescence, with MgO nanomaterials prepared by sol-gel method as the sensing element, we have developed a low temperature plasma-assisted cataluminescence sensor f…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Ever since it’s discovery in 1975, Lyme Disease has been an issue especially in North America and effects both children and adults. In 2013, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CD…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Drug delivery systems such as hydrogels and nanoparticles pose substantial limitations including premature leakage and toxicity risks regarding inhalation, respectively. Liposomes, which are…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The study began with an interesting phenomenon in scientific activity. The past research had shown the coloration of starch and iodine is a joint result of iodide ion and water. It is diffic…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
More than 60% of yearly deaths are caused by chronic and degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular, cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes. Overexpressed free radicals are the precursors and pr…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
This project fulfills future demands and need for sustainable, cheap resources. We have discovered that macroalgae, an underutilized resource, can be fermented and used for animal feed, fert…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Objective: There are currently not many efficient methods for enrichment of phosphorylated proteins in complex biological samples. However, phosphoproteins play a significant role in several…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this scientific study was to design a novel, effective, and highly efficient immobilized ionic liquid CYPHOS® IL 104 (IL) approach towards removal of heavy metal(s) from an aq…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Over the past few decades nanotechnology has developed rapidly. Compared with bulk materials, novel nanomaterials size-dependant physico-chemical properties (e.g., higher specific surface ar…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Antioxidants, touted as beneficial for your health, potentially preventing degenerative, neurological and cardiovascular diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s, are found in the highest concen…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Using photoelectron imaging, O–, O2–, O(CO2)–, O(CO2)2–, 63Cu–, and 65Cu– were probed to gain information about their internal electronic structures. This information may become useful in an…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In this experiment, the chemicals bacteria emit were collected with a solid-phase microextraction fiber (SPME). These chemicals were then identified on the Gas Chromatography Mass Spectromet…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Mandor River water as the main water source in West Kalimantan is not feasible to be used because it has been contaminated by Hg2+ (0.0095 ppm) from gold mining activities and Fe3+ (2.722 pp…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this research was to determine if prior browning (cooking) of pork and beef meat cuts increased palatability as compared to browning post sous vide cooking methods. Trained pa…