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ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Fourth Award
The increasing prevalence of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in our freshwater sources is a growing concern for the global community. The aim of this project is determining a faster, more cost ef…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Oil spills are a major problem that faces us today. They have a very large, negative impact on plants, animals, and their environment. Cleaning up oil spills in oceans and seas has burdened…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
My experiment was designed to determine if increasing or decreasing the spacing of the rotor disks in a Tesla Turbine had any correlation to the amount of energy, in volts, generated by the…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
The Graphene-based solar panel indicated, after 4 tests in dissimilar solar radiation conditions, that the GBSP is capable of increasing the power output of a solar panel by a factor of appr…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Abstract The process of doping can be described as introducing impurities into a pure material to alter its properties. In this study, we introduced iodine into a solution of graphene in var…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Graphene is a multipurpose nano particle that is difficult and expensive to produce. This project focuses on a safer, more efficient and cost effective method of producing graphene using nat…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Water pollution is a serious health and environmental issue which affects over 1/3 of the global population. In previous work, graphene oxide (GO) was synthesized and coated on sand. The ver…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Senecio madagascariensis (fireweed) is of global significance, due to its rapid spreading ability, productive and economic impacts and toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) content. PAs accumula…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Zero-emission proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is promisingly considering as a great candidate promoting the alternative energy to overcome the pollution issues emitted by fossil f…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Green Belt is a low-cost belt that has been designed to enforce the use of seatbelt by all drivers. They won’t be able to drive, or even start their vehicle without plugging in green belt. I…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if a viable homemade nano-based symmetric double layer supercapacitor (SDLS) can drive an Inductive load (Motor) after a quick charge at a low…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
WHO stated that globally 50,000 people die every day due to diseases caused by water pollution. Therefore, water treatment is one of the world scientific research priorities. Most techniques…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
The Magnetite eggshell nanocomposite was synthesized using the antioxidant contents of the aqueous extract of the lemon in a green root and eggshell wastes through an environmentally friendl…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
This project investigates the general water quality and major/minor ion chemistry in Arkansas aquifers given the ongoing depletion of the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer and the re…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Most modern electronics utilize silicon semiconducting devices, however limitations in silicon are causing performance in computers to plateau, researchers are looking to new materials to re…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs), which are fatal to aquatic ecosystems, human health, and water-reliant industries, largely occur because of an unnatural increase in Nitrate and Phosphate and ar…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Inflammation plays crucial roles in tumorigenesis. Cancer cells evade immune surveillance by recruiting myeloid-derived suppressor cells and T-regulatory cells, releasing inflammatory mediat…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Background: Donation after circulatory determination of death (DCD) could improve donor heart availability, which currently limits transplantation. However, reluctance to this approach arise…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
The purpose of my scientific research is to determine if active and/or passive solar energy would be a viable option to use as an alternative energy source to heat water in a swimming pool o…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and cirrhosis underlies 80-90% of HCC. Cirrhosis is initiated and advanced due to the activation of hepa…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
The Glasgow Coma Scale was proposed in the 1970s to classify the level of awareness of patients who have suffered some sort of traumatic brain injury (TBI). This scale is still used in hospi…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Thrombus formation leading to blood vessel occlusion is a pathological event in cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, it is critical to remove the clot and restore blood flow to vital organs.…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
While cancer starts as a single cell, termed cancer stem cell (CSC), the progeny CSCs are not created equal, but exhibit a spectrum of phenotypes of varying renewal capacities, metastatic po…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
The drive for exploration further out into the solar system has led to a search of methods for making rockets more efficient. The application of different geometric shapes could be applied t…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
In this research, two new molecules DMAC-mmCN and DMAC-mpCN configured as donor (D)-pi-bridge-acceptor (A) were prepared to examine the property of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
The project's purpose is to test the effects of foods with HFCS and sucrose on the mass, BGL, and body fat of mice. This project can help support or deny the theory that HFCS is causing obes…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems Third Award
Certain strains of Escherichia coli bacteria that may exist in food items such as milk, juices, or meats, possess a major health threat to the general public. In this project, a highly sensi…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
The majority of weather tracking and observation today is done through commercial and government weather platforms at airports, transportation hubs, and military installations. This system,…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
Hi -Viz Bike is a safety system for bikes. The core of the system is a line drawn on the road showing drivers the legal 1m safety distance. This is backed up by a visual alert, actively warn…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
The goal of this project was to create a cycling power meter comparable in accuracy to those currently on the market at a much lower cost. To do this strain gauges arranged in a Wheatstone b…