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ISEF · 2016
Events over the past decade have demonstrated the need for more efficient security screening and substance detection against increasing numbers of threats.This project develops a special sen…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of my project is to develop a cheap and simple thermoelectric generator (TEG) for use in an impoverished area. A TEG can be made by relying on the Seebeck effect, a phenomenon in…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The need for a facile, fast, and sensitive sensor remains as current methodologies to detect toxic heavy metal ions in drinking water require extensive laboratory equipment. In this project,…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Lactose intolerance affects millions of people worldwide. It is caused by the inability to produce a digestive enzyme called lactase or beta-galactosidase, responsible for the breakdown of l…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
With the booming technological improvements in electronics market, whether it be consumer electronics and/ or electronic vehicles, the advantageous qualities of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) m…
ISEF · 2016
As the prevalence of Type II Diabetes (T2D) has increased, the need to further examine underlying features of the disorder as well as potential modes of treatment has likewise risen. This in…
ISEF · 2016
Wastewater contaminated with heavy metals from the industries is an environmental concern in an urbanizing world. Lead (Pb) is hazardous waste commonly found in electronic factories. As Thai…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics serves to deliver rapid and robust results in resource poor settings; however, current tests have been hindered by qualitative “yes-or-no” results. The purpos…
ISEF · 2016
Speech impairment has long been linked to Parkinson's disease. Individuals with Parkinson's are often unable to produce sustained phonations and suffer from vocal tremor, hoarseness, and bre…
ISEF · 2016
Semiconducting ternary chalcogenide glasses are used in many important technological applications such as optical data storage, waveguides, optical amplifiers etc. However, development of ma…
ISEF · 2016
Nitrate (NO3-) ions pose a serious threat due to eutrophication and health issues such as blue baby syndrome, cancers, and diabetes; however, methods for sustainable denitrification have yet…
ISEF · 2016
Semiconductor nanocrystals, including CdSe, with tunable bandgaps based on particle size offer enormous potential for solar energy collection as chromophores in bulk heterojunction polymer p…
ISEF · 2016
Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is a master regulator of mitosis through its activation of key proteins that are involved in processes such as spindle fiber assembly and anaphase regulation. Certa…
ISEF · 2016
My research has focused on the development of the first ever low-cost, open-source, integrated hearing test and hearing aid. The hardware for the device consists of a Teensy 3.1 - an Arduino…
ISEF · 2016
At present, wound dressing is in high demand. However, the process of manufacturing and improving the desired properties of the wound dressing is usually expensive and uses many chemicals th…
ISEF · 2016
Ensuring the safety of drinking water is a basic livelihood issue. Frequent occurrences of water odor accidents in recent years have attracted increasing public attention to organic micro-po…
ISEF · 2016
Escherichia coli is a rod shaped, gram negative bacterium, certain species of which inhabit mammalian intestines. Some strains of E. coli are pathogenic, warranting investigation into its an…
ISEF · 2016
Diagnosis of dementia is a difficult and challenging problem. The availability of public MRI data is limited, and computer-aided methods typically rely on handcrafted features. In this work,…
ISEF · 2016
I developed a new diagnostic screening test for dyslexia. My test is based on research that suggests dyslexia is an auditory processing disorder rather than simply a reading and writing diso…
ISEF · 2016
There is a tremendous need for accessible renal replacement therapy. In countries such as India and Pakistan, 90% of patients in need do not have access to the lifesaving treatment. Inspired…
ISEF · 2016
Colorectal Cancer (CRC), representing roughly 10% of cancer deaths, is associated with risk factors such as physical inactivity, inflammation, and diets high in fat. Aberrant crypt foci (ACF…
ISEF · 2016
In this mathematical investigation, the characteristics and behavior of the torus was studied when differentiation and integration are applied. The purpose was to achieve a better understand…
ISEF · 2016
A major biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disease, is amyloid-beta (Ab42) plaques found in the brains of AD patients. Clearance of amyloids is normally conducted by…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Cisplatin and carboplatin are two platinum based chemotherapeutics. Carboplatin was devised to be more effective than cisplatin without the harmful side effects. However, the efficacy rates…
ISEF · 2016
It is understood that Saturn’s plasma sheet experiences periodic oscillations at a period extremely close to that of the rotation rate of the planet. This is unusual as the planet’s magnetic…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Legally blind and visually impaired individuals were asked to quickly and correctly complete a set of tasks (numbers, words, and mathematical expressions) by utilizing traditional classroom…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Despite there are lots of prosthetic robot hands are developing, disabled people can't use these technologies in their daily life. I thought these problem exist because of connection technol…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
The project aims to help the mobility challenged move comfortably and unassisted and thus regain their confidence. This diverse terrain vehicle kept the needs of the Vietnamese in mind and s…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is the most common form of neuromuscular disease that has no known cure. Many scientists believe that ALS disease results from a defective gene of a chemi…
ISEF · 2016
Since 1991 the Monterey Bay has experienced eight algal blooms, one of the largest occurring during the summer of 2015. Many of the phytoplankton in these blooms produce domoic acid, which g…