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ISEF · 2016
Genetic evaluation can predict cancers and other genetic diseases before expression in the phenotype, allowing for early preventative treatment. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) are the…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
A cat released in mid-air devoid of angular momentum or anything to push off easily maneuvers to land on its feet. Similarly, a diver can leave a diving board with no angular momentum and ye…
ISEF · 2016
The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a critical role in the regulation of plant tolerance to drought. ABA stimulates root growth in plants to increase their ability to extract water f…
ISEF · 2016
The experiment investigated whether whitening toothpastes have a lower pH than non-whitening toothpastes, whether whitening toothpastes whiten teeth more than non-whitening toothpastes and w…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
When an orb web is impacted by a small object, it is possible for spiders to locate the point of impact exclusively by measuring the propagation of the resulting transversal waves through th…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
This study investigates the fluid intelligent capabilities of a layered artificial intelligence in the feed of streaming polymorphic unstructured data. The model aims to simulate mathematica…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Fierce national competition over water resources has prompted fears that water issues contain the seeds of violent conflict. In contrast, water scarcity is one of the biggest grand challenge…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Targeted genetic engineering with CRISPR-Cas9 endonucleases is an exciting development with many potential applications in science and medicine. However, a primary challenge in realizing CRI…
ISEF · 2016
Devices created to harness the power of wind have been used for centuries to perform a variety of different tasks from milling to pumping. In modern times the wind turbine, a device that con…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Betulin is a compound found in the bark of birch trees. Betulinic acid, a betulin derivative, exhibits ready availability and selective cytotoxicity as an anti-cancer agent, as designated by…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Reverse osmosis (RO) has proven an effective method of water purification and has been widely implemented in much of the industrialized world. However, high production and energy costs of th…
ISEF · 2016
I have developed a cost effective aquaponic system that can be sustained in an average urban household. My initial goal was to develop an inexpensive system that urban families could use to…
ISEF · 2016
In developing areas where professional medical care is scarce, the labor complications that result in the development of obstetric fistulae are common and the effects devastating, with over…
ISEF · 2016
Glioblastoma (GBM) and Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) are the most lethal form of brain cancer in adults and children respectively. There are clinical trials aimed at trying to kill…
ISEF · 2016
This project was undertaken with the goal of creating a robust program with the ability to investigate ocean mass gain, and the contributing factors. The expected findings were a very strong…
ISEF · 2016
The aorta is the most important artery in the human body. Aortic aneurysms are the aorta’s main disease, which affects 2-7% of men over 65 years. Current treatments for aneurysms are open su…
ISEF · 2016
In this engineering project, a sounding rocket using an 80 Ns motor was optimized for altitude. A numerical simulation was used to model the rocket's flight characteristics. Through the simu…
ISEF · 2016
Several hundreds of thousands of lives can be saved, prolonged, or provided better quality of life by organs and implants that are currently unavailable. 3D bioprinting is the process of cre…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Fluorescent sensors are important tool in modern chemistry, especially as express-method for monitoring of environmental pollution and distribution of microelements in living cells and organ…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment was to enhance a plagiarism detection technique known as bag of words from phase I and apply a graphical user interface (GUI), allowing users to employ the pro…
ISEF · 2016
In this project we have investigated conducting polyaniline nanowires based biosensor to detect Salmonella entrica DT104 and Vibrio cholera O139 by converting antigen-antibody binding event…
ISEF · 2016
Antioxidants are necessary for good health. An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits the oxidation of other molecules. Oxidation reaction can produce free radicals. Free radicals can start…
ISEF · 2016
The biochemical versatility of direct reprogramming—based upon induced pluripotency—is one that continuously intrigues the scientific community with its applications in regenerative medicine…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
In today’s increasingly interconnected world, robust networks are crucial for military or civilian activities. The ability to test a network’s resiliency is important, whether it is a commun…
ISEF · 2016
More than 6,500 Americans each year have died waiting for an organ transplant, and of those who receive a transplant only one out of four are biologically correct, however bioengineering org…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Parasitic weed Striga accounts for estimated yearly crop losses over $20 billion in the United States alone. Seeds of parasitic weeds germinate in response to signaling molecules called stri…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Since Jupiter was a catalyst for the development of the Solar System, calculating the frequency of Jupiter like planets, known as Jupiter analogs, is a precursor to determining the occurrenc…
ISEF · 2016
Millions of sharks are killed and traded annually to supply the market for shark fin soup, a luxury dish in Asia. In order to address the damage being done to shark populations by the intern…
ISEF · 2016
At the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, there exists a supermassive black hole. What is the exact location of this black hole and can its position be discovered based on the locations of the…
ISEF · 2016
Global energy demand is rapidly growing, primarily from developing countries, and conventional fuels continue to dominate our energy infrastructure. Global warming and pollutant emissions ar…