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ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
The floatation and rapid propagation of algal cells in eutrophic water are the key factors of cyanobacterial blooms. The buoyancy regulation of cyanobacteria is particularly important, becau…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Pseudogymnoascus Destructans, the fungus that causes White nose syndrome, has killed more than 6.7 million bats in the US since 2006. Local extinction of multiple bat species in the Northern…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This research broadens the understanding of the murine immune system in inflammatory bowel disease simulations, highlighting the presence of a newly classified cell group, Myeloid Derived Su…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
We successfully extended Soddy’s theorem for the original Soddy’s hexlet to derive the number of spheres of what we refer to as the n-th generation hexlet: 6^n. The number of spheres composi…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Because most government regulation is based on arguments about “externalities” (effects on third parties), understanding how externality arguments affect public opinion and support for regul…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Slaughtering of huge amounts of farmed chicken worldwide results in huge amounts of feathers. Unless they are properly dispensed and/or adequately utilized, accumulations of the chicken feat…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
The present work is used to set a mathematical problem to discover absolute barycentric coordinates of locus $P^n_{min}$ in the triangle plane, featured with the $n^{\text{th}}$ powers of di…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems First Award
The goal of this engineering project was to investigate and design an affordable system capable of controlling an electric wheelchair with ocular tracking. Based on electrooculographic (EOG)…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
A novel flexible MoS2-based biosensor with patterned 10 nm single antibody size periodic line channel has been fabricated for the first time. In order to confine singular biomolecule movemen…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Cancer treatment approach applying nanotechnology has many advantages compared to conventional chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Nanoshells are optically tunable core/shell nanoparticles t…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The electrochemical Geno-sensor is one of the most promising methods for the rapid and reliable detection of bacteria. In the present work, the Geno-sensor was used to detect Escherichia col…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award
A novel diagnostic tool was developed that identified and digitized facial changes that differentiate Essential Tremor (ET) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with 99.9% accuracy as compa…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The Faraday’s Bicycle apparatus an engineering project based upon Faraday’s Law of electromagnetic induction which states that an rotating magnetic field generates an electric charge within…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The goal of this project is to utilize the public database of NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and analyze the data of single-star-single-planet systems to potentially discover additional exopl…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Third Award
Since the introduction of dockless shared bikes in 2016, there has been more than 16 million shared bikes in China, and illegal parking has become a serious social issue. However, the common…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The neutron has opened a great sum of doors into the world of technological development by providing new forms of clean power and spectroscopy. In order to supply the required neutrons for t…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Diesel fuel is one of the leading contributors to environmental pollution and can be very costly for individual consumers. Biodiesel, which is fuel made from plant and animal oil rather than…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
The purpose of this project is to act as a preliminary study of the relationships and properties of multivariable spidron fractals as generated via a novel method. To understand the effect t…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
A new generation tilt sensor created in a totally new vision in order to accomplish the tasks where wide measurement range, high accuracy and simplicity required. By involving the most impor…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Microplastics are of much environmental concern due to its pollution of waterways and its impact on various aspects on ecosystems. While water treatment plants are effective at filtering mos…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy First Award
Barnes’ and Raymond’s Packed Planetary System (PPS) hypothesis postulates that planetary formation is efficient and creates dynamically packed planetary systems that cannot contain additiona…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
New discoveries are constantly being made about the origin, components, and future of our universe. To discover traces of undetected stellar and sub-stellar companions around more than 1,100…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
\textit{Draw of choice} (Finnish: "hutunkeitto") in Finnish baseball can be seen as a finite two-player game with winning and losing positions. By inspecting winning and losing positions one…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
The main goal of this project is promoting conservation of Río Negro (Black River) fish diversity by helping people to know and identify local species. A practical and users-friendly tool wa…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Majority of the collagen used for commercial products are extracted from cow and pig skins. However, with the emergence of fish collagen as a potential option of wound healing, tilapia skin…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The purpose of this project is to test out what each softener could do to flames and what changes could be done from the burning. From this we can also determine the safety of each detergent…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
GaAs photovoltaics are the most efficient but also the most expensive. If GaAs photovoltaics can be made on inexpensive metal substrates (cost $8/m^2) instead of GaAs wafers (cost $11,000/m^…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Water bodies are life lines of cities. However, water quality has become a global issue. Bangalore has become one of its victims. Bangalore was once called the “city of lakes”. “Records show…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
“Clean, accessible water for all” is one of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. Electrocoagulation(EC), a form of decontamination using electricity, can help meet this goal fo…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
Commercial jet airliners use an average of $1,212 in jet fuel per hour. This translates to $34.1 billion per year spent on jet fuel by commercial carriers. There are several factors that hel…