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ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Honeybees are essential for pollination of deciduous fruit crops and honey production. Globally, in the context of food security, there has been increasing attention to the survival and sust…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Harmful Algae Blooms (HAB) have caused over 1 billion dollars in ecological damages coupled with the dangerous environmental problem of perpetuating non-natural mitigation methods that destr…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Today, transportation vehicles depend greatly on gasoline and diesel as fuels with their respective engines for mobility. Both engines have negative properties that contribute to leading to…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Algae biofuels have great potential to become a viable fuel source and replace non-renewable hydrocarbons such as petroleum and coal. A major difficulty in producing algal fuel is the extrac…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
More than 2 of every 100 Americans will require a joint replacement, as the population is surviving longer new strains on the human body are discovered. Knee replacements are required when t…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Every year, over 38 billion tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere due to various human related activities. With excess CO2 production, many critical problems arise such as…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
This science fair project worked to develop a solution to the problem of infeasible and inaccurate deployable pH sensors not suited for the marine environment reduce the quantity of accurate…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems First Award
The project is inspired by my late grandfather, who had limited manual dexterity caused by a stroke. He was unable to shave independently, thus requiring continuous care. Consequently, I set…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Third Award
When the first iPad came out I instantly wanted to be able to create illustrations freely from anywhere I am. After the introduction of high resolution displays working with vectors instead…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Throughout the history of drug discovery, an enzymatic-based approach for identifying new drug molecules has been primarily utilized. Recently, protein-protein interfaces that can be disrupt…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that damages the light-sensitive retina, affects an estimated total of 93 million people globally. As one of the leading causes of blindness, it…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS) enables density measurements of objects that deflect light passing through a medium, given that the medium and object are transparent (eg. hot air flowing…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Computer use has become an essential of everyday life, as they are used throughout most modern industries such as banks, factories, schools, stores, emergency services, military, and governm…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
In order to study and understand biological processes, it is necessary to be able to track intracellular interactions between molecules. Fluorescent proteins are often fused onto a protein o…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Fungal pathogens are a major cause of crop damage. In these fungi, Cdc14 could be a critical phosphatase for regulating cell division by ending the mitotic process, as demonstrated by studie…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) are of growing concern in the healthcare market because they lead to a 6% mortality rate, increase the average length of stay for a patient from five to tw…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Current methods of retrieving DNA from killer whales in the wild include the use of biopsy darts, which are invasive and potentially deleterious to the animal. Developing technology could al…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Third Award
Blindness affects nearly 40 million people, a value expected to double before 2050. With a world incredibly dense with visual information, surviving and thriving can be hard, as a Visually I…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
This interdisciplinary study employs a novel computer vision algorithm with a cellulosic biocomposite for the rapid classification and elimination of water contaminants. In-lab water diagnos…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the world. Atherosclerosis, the buildup of plaque on artery walls, is the precursor to many cardiovascular diseases. Unfortunately,…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Slow wound healing increases the risk of serious bacterial infection. Yearly, 6.5 million people in the world are diagnosed with chronic wounds causing 265,000 fatalities. Previous research…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
The Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 caused disastrous damages in portable devices due to the lack of battery power supply. From the experience Mg-air-batteries have attracted attention f…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Bee colonies across the world have recently declined. The number of bumblebees throughout the United States have plummeted to 87% since the 1990s and have become endangered according to rece…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Over the past few decades, Computer Aided Diagnosis systems have grown in popularity to improve mammogram performance. Currently, most systems do not suggest diagnosis; rather, a majority of…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Development of a Drug-likeness Rule for Natural Products Saadh Ahmed Northview High School, Johns Creek , GA, USA In the field of drug discovery, the first steps are crucial to the overall s…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Second Award
The EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Act establishes the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for arsenic, the #1-ranked toxin, in public water systems. The limit was reduced from 50 ppb to 10 ppb becau…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Second Award
One of the direst threats to our ecosystems and public health is heavy metal pollution. The results of ecological bio-magnification and accumulation in animal and human tissues has led to th…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Novel methods and devices, which can print conductive inks and 3D architectures, are desperately needed. A multi-material 3D printer capable of printing electronics would revolutionize moder…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Powassan virus is a causative agent of tick-borne encephalopathy that has shown a 375% increase in the United States in the last five years alone. There is currently no cure for infection by…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
In the past several decades, research regarding volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from various sources, particularly plastics, has found them to create massively adverse health effe…