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ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
When typing on a keyboard, we typically only see the end result of neatly typed words. However, the process of typing in order to create those final words also takes into account timing (suc…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
For millennia, humans have pondered the possibility of life on other planets. Since the first exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, was discovered in 1995, scientists have studied e…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Ketosis is a metabolic state in which some of the body’s energy supply comes from ketone bodies, a product of the breakdown of stored triglycerides. Uncontrolled ketosis leads to an excessiv…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
Understanding rocket propellants and how they work is invaluable to pursuing rocketry at high levels. In this project four different ways of making the common KN-Sucrose rocket propellant we…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Second Award
Preclinical animal studies are crucial for evaluating the effects of novel therapeutics on rodent models before testing on humans. Unfortunately, it is difficult to confirm and replicate the…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
In our project, we set out to create a device that could create density maps of plasmas inside of an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) D-D fusor. Going with our chosen architecture, w…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
Schlieren screening method is used in various fields of engineering. The spherical long-focused concave mirror, used to visualize Schlieren, is quite expensive and requires a lot of effort w…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The World Health Organization indicates that the mosquito Aedes aegypti is the main vector of dengue, zika fever, and chikungunya viruses (WHO, 2017). Consequently, the Ministry of Health in…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
In this work a new technology for creating cone-shaped microstructures and filamentary nanostructures on the Ni films surface with an overall thickness of several microns is considered. At t…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Methods were developed for the analysis of stimulant drugs, opiates, synthetic opiates, PCP, and benzodiazepines in wastewater samples using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass sp…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of Melia azedarach fruits on removing heavy metals from industrial wastewater .The study methodology contained four steps. First, Melia azedarac…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment is to test if Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans can biosorp lead, which is currently one of the most problematic heavy metals th…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Digital learning tools are becoming increasingly relevant in the classroom as a growing number of schools consider their potential to reduce paper usage and spending. In recent years, an are…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Current consumption culture is a producer-polluting framework which harms the environment. Consumers cannot determine raw materials, production process and disposal of goods. Moreover, they…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Methanol could be turned into energy in the presence of an active catalyst. To obtain it, we recycle methanol and use the most active catalyst, which is Platinum. If it is used, it could pro…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
Hilbert's space is a complete unitary space that allows you to operate with complex n-tics (vectors), complex sequences and complex functions in exactly the same way. The basic element of th…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
It can be found that lichen are commonly used as bioindicators by scientists in order detect air pollution. This project was targeted at evaluating if lichens can be used as bioindicators ju…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Auxin polarization induced by PIN3 genes is critical in effectuating plant phototropism. Upon activation by phototropins that detect light and inhibit the activity of the PINOID kinase (PID)…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Seventy percent of world's water is used for agricultural purposes which makes up most of our surface water and is needed to feed the world. We live in a desert which makes water even scarce…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to simulate conditions of primordial Earth to demonstrate how life could have been created from the gases (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ammonia, methane) pres…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Knowing the microelectromechanical and thermodynamics properties of the lipid bilayer (for example those from the structure of the cell membrane) we are trying to conduct a theoretical and e…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Lack of effective treatment and substantial side effects of current chemotherapy have resulted in poor prognosis for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. To avoid these side effect…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
A steady stream of a certain liquid, hitting a rough surface (e.g. a wooden board) perpendicularly, yields a surprising result. A water wall encloses a regular wave pattern centered on the w…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Currently, most lithium ion batteries use metal oxides as cathodes, which makes them toxic, expensive and difficult to recycle. In contrast, dual ion batteries utilize only carbon as cathode…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
The dynamics of polynomials in the space of 2X2 real matrices of the form Q(Z) = Z^2+C with a Constant C consisting of complex eigenvalues, identical eigenvalues, and distinct real eigenvalu…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
Lord Kelvin’s Thunderstorm, also known as Lord Kelvin’s Water Dropper, is a type of electrostatic generator that utilizes natural charge imbalances in falling streams of water to generate el…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Robotic arms are perhaps the most important manufactured tool in the world. However, manufacturing robotic arms are very expensive, costing over thousands of dollars. The project is presenti…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
The problem of desert irrigation is challenging task for modern science with great potential benefits for humans. Therefore, the project's objective was to develop a desert irrigation method…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Desktop 3D printing has a massive potential market, however, due to the high cost, complexity and difficulty of use there hasn’t been widespread adoption yet. My printer aims to be the cheap…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
This science project took a sample of terrestrial rock, basalt from the Flagstaff-Winslow area of Northern Arizona and compared it to lunar meteorites and samples brought back from the Apoll…