ISEF · 2014
Do You Get What You Pay For?
Materials Science
Do you get what you pay for? Many women in America are convinced that pretty looking nails are an essential part of their appearance. With this being so important to us, shouldn't we have a…
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ISEF · 2014
Dynamic Mathematics on Smartphones and Tablets
Materials Science First Award
This project in its present form is the creation of a new generation of a mathematical system for dynamic geometry, calculus and algebra. The initial idea was to create a modern mathematics…
ISEF · 2014
Effects of Solid Waste on the Colonization of Organisms Associated to Coastal Mangrove Forests
Materials Science
Mangrove ecosystems play an important role in maintaining marine life, stabilizing coastal environments and sustaining human well-being. However, mangroves are constantly threatened by human…
ISEF · 2014
Efficiency of Three Macrophytes in the Remediation of Miguelete Stream Waters
Materials Science
Physicochemical and biological monitoring of Miguelete Stream, main fresh water course of Montevideo, capital city of Uruguay, shows deterioration in the water quality. Departing from the id…
ISEF · 2014
Escherichia coli Disinfection: Comparing the Effects of Ultraviolet Light and Sodium Hypochlorite
Materials Science
The purpose of this project was to compare the effects these two water purification methods had on E. coli. It was hypothesized that Ultraviolet light sterilization would disinfect and kill…
ISEF · 2014
Exploring the Effect of Herbicides on Acquatic Ecosystems: The Denitrification Efficacy of Lemna minor under Varying Atrazine Concentrations
Materials Science
Aquatic plants that uptake nitrogen are an integral part of most aquatic ecosystems, serving to help prevent eutrophication and hypoxic conditions. Additionally, such plants are sometimes us…
ISEF · 2014
Facility Location Problems and Non-Leibniz Analysis on Complex Plane
Materials Science Third Award
The derivative of the function is one of the most fundamental concepts in calculus; however there are a lot of functions, which cannot be differentiated in all points. As a result, mathemati…
ISEF · 2014
Fracking Contamination
Materials Science
Based on research done last year, it was decided that an experiment would be completed to observe the contamination that occurs during hydraulic fracturuing. In an experiment done in 2013, i…
ISEF · 2014
Functional Equations: Rational Functions and Their Matrix Isomorphism
Materials Science Third Award
Functional equations are equations involving unknown functions. Solving such equations can be tedious and perplexing. However, utilizing the power of abstract algebra, solving them can be ma…
ISEF · 2014
Grains of Gold
Materials Science Second Award
Throughout our research project, we will be analyzing the properties of a relatively new yet potentially pivotal scientific breakthrough, which is Hydrophobic Sand, occasionally recognized a…
ISEF · 2014
H2Oh No: Pharmaceuticals Contaminate Groundwater! Sulfamethazine Adsorption Isotherms and Kinetics with Hypercrosslinked Polymer MN250 in Acid and Alkaline Environments
Materials Science Third Award
Four hundred tons of sulfamethazine are fed to livestock annually in North America to prevent disease and promote growth, but most of the drug is excreted unmetabolized into the environment.…
ISEF · 2014
Has Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus sureus (MRSA) Escaped Public Health Facilities and Is the General Population at Risk?
Materials Science
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been an increasing health problem, annually killing more than 5,500 people in the USA alone. MRSA is resistant to most antibiotics. As…
ISEF · 2014
Hidden Secrets in Cevian Triangles
Materials Science
Purpose of the Project The triangle is the most common term in geometry studies. Therefore, it is hard to believe anyone can discover new facts about this extensively studied subject. The pr…
ISEF · 2014
Hybridized Characteristic 3 Galois Field Arithmetic for Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Phase III
Materials Science
Given a rapid rise in cyber security threats for Internet users, corporations, and governments, there is a dire need for safer cryptographic algorithms. The purpose of this 3rd year capstone…
ISEF · 2014
Identification of Bioindicator Organisms in the Parana Coast through Correlation between Biotic and Abiotic Factors, Year III
Materials Science
The coast of Paraná in Southern Brazil presents increasing pollution levels and incipient monitoring systems. To overcome this deficit, we sought to identify relationships between phytoplank…
ISEF · 2014
Identification of the Impact of Obesity Treatments on Gene Expression using a Novel Statistical Test
Materials Science Fourth Award
In the United States, obesity is estimated to cause 111,909 to 365,000 deaths per year, while 1 million deaths are linked to obesity in Europe. On average, obesity reduces life expectancy by…
ISEF · 2014
Improving Bioindicators: A New Weight-Length Model for Fish to Provide More Accurate Ecosystem Condition Assessment
Materials Science Fourth Award
Bioindicators are a widespread and effective tool for evaluating ecosystem condition. Weight-length models are essential to using fish as bioindicators, providing estimates of expected weigh…
ISEF · 2014
Investigating Relationships between Air Quality and Environmental Persistence of Fecal Indicator Bacteria at Recreational Beaches: A Molecular MST Approach
Materials Science Fourth Award
Despite numerous cases of beach bacteria affecting millions of people worldwide the persistence of the bacteria populations in coastal areas is still not well understood. The purpose of this…
ISEF · 2014
Investigating the Efficacy of Bioluminescent Mushroom Panellus stipticus as a Biosensor to Detect the Toxicity of Water Contaminants
Materials Science Second Award
Conventional chemical assays of water samples typically target certain chemicals and are difficult to apply to a broad range of water contaminants. An economical and robust bioassay method f…
ISEF · 2014
Investigating the Fermentation and Distillation of Ethanol from an Invasive Species
Materials Science
The question addressed was, are we human beings contributing to future disasters of our environment, such as global warming, air pollution, climate change and even invasive species? If so, t…
ISEF · 2014
Investigating the Use of Plant Xylem from Angiosperm Wood Species as Organic Water Filters
Materials Science Fourth Award
A major global concern pertains to the availability of potable water due to continuous growth in water demand which is not balanced by adequate restoration. Common technologies for water dis…
ISEF · 2014
Investigation of Different Degradation Treatments on Pesticide Contaminated Water with Toxicity Bioassay on Daphnia magna
Materials Science
Pesticides help to ensure crop productivity, but they contaminate the surrounding environment with toxic substances that can directly affect a local ecosystem’s organisms. Microbial degradat…
ISEF · 2014
Investigation of Endocrine Disruptors: The Presence and Effects of Neonicotinoid and Sulfoximine Pesticides
Materials Science
This project was a continuation from 2012 when testing was performed on West Texas lakes, which revealed estrogenic endocrine disruptors. This year the most widely used pesticide in the worl…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematically Modeling Genetic Amplification
Materials Science
The goal of this project was to form a mathematical model of genetic amplification. Unlike previous attempts this equation was based off of actual data, thereby greatly reducing the percent…
ISEF · 2014
Me, Mean, or Median: Which Is More Accurate at Determining Solutions to Questions that Can Only Be Quantified Empirically?
Materials Science
The purpose of this project is to investigate whether it is more accurate to predict an unknown amount of items in a container using the mean, median, or individual guess, and to analyze how…
ISEF · 2014
MENTH-RID-RAT
Materials Science
Recent study showed that peppermint oil is capable to repel rats. The main purpose is to reduce the spread of contagious disease caused by rats. It is eco-friendly because it was made from n…
ISEF · 2014
Micro and Macro Invertebrates: What's Crawling in the Water?
Materials Science
Ponds and streams are being impacted daily in complex ways. Teems of organisms that inhabit these waters are excreting nitrogenous waste products. Fisherman and farmers may also be adding sm…
ISEF · 2014
Modeling Plant Growth with Mathematical Functions
Materials Science
In the agriculture industry and other fields dealing with significant crop management, mathematical functions can be utilized as a tool to aid users and to streamline the growing process. By…
ISEF · 2014
Monitoring Ocean Microscopic Organic Material: Assessing Large-Scale Ecological Disruption on Annual Chl-a, POC, and PIC Fluctuation Equilibrium
Materials Science
According to the biodiversity theory, the decrease in piscivore population will result in direct, shrot-term increase in planktivore biomass, reductions in crustacean herbivore biomass, and…
ISEF · 2014
Nanofiber Cellulose Zero Valent Iron Filtration: Potential for Reduction of Water-Borne Particulate and Microbial Contaminants
Materials Science
A critical issue in the world today is providing clean drinking water for people throughout the world. Nearly 780 million people are unable to access clean drinking water today. Despite the…