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ISEF · 2016
Intracortical electrodes can be utilized by those with severe brain injuries. When they are implanted the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) is breached causing neurodegeneration and inflammatory res…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Antibiotic resistance constitutes one of the world's greatest public health issues. Through natural selection, bacteria have developed mechanisms that confer this resistance - creating a pre…
ISEF · 2016
This project was executed with the intention of gathering information regarding the responses of Pinus elliottii trees to their environments. An understanding of the relationships between tr…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Celiac disease (CD) and gluten sensitivity (GS) affect over three million Americans. The consumption of food products containing gluten causes adverse effects including bloating, discomfort,…
ISEF · 2016
Currently, the majority of walking robots use either the Jansen or Klann linkages to propel themselves. Although both are effective, one flaw associated with using the linkages is that the r…
ISEF · 2016
Our project analyzed the effect of house and school dust on the total lipid content of the blackworm, Tenebrio molitor. A study published in Environmental Science & Technology has found that…
ISEF · 2016
Lead contamination is a huge issue in our global society. The first two Phases of this project involved designing, fabricating, and optimizing a Wet Algae Mechanical Filter (WAMF). Phase 3 f…
ISEF · 2016
Sterile paper disks will be impregnated with different concentrations of Corchorus olitorius solutions and will undergo a Kirby-Bauer test involving E. coli to determine if C. olitorius is a…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
The purpose of this study is to determine if, how, and how much women’s representation has changed in health care as shown through American television (1965-Present) to help understand how p…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Alterations in the expression of microRNAs have been noted in many cancers and diseases. However, microRNAs were just recently discovered in 1993. Since then there has been a crucial need to…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this investigation was to analyze and quantify the effects of gravitational fields that occur in galactic matter across the universe. It is well known that gravitational field…
ISEF · 2016
In thrombo-occlusive vascular pathologies like myocardial infarction and stroke, rapid thrombolysis is necessary for restoring blood flow. To accomplish this, site-targeted delivery and acti…
ISEF · 2016
The problem for my experiment was to see if a QR code medical bracelet works better than a standard medical bracelet. My hypothesis was that it would work better than a standard one, and it…
ISEF · 2016
Rice is a staple food for majority of world’s population, particularly in Asia and Africa. However, as rice is being grown, arsenic is absorbed into the grain of rice. The consumption of man…
ISEF · 2016
As of 2015, it has been estimated that over fifty percent of all cancer patients will receive radiation therapy during some phase of their treatment. Despite clinical potential, the therapy’…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
The colligative properties of solutions, including the boiling point elevation, are said to be dependent only on the concentration of particles dissolved, not the identity of the particles.…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Research was done using 911 medical records comparing surgical outcomes of cases where resident or staff functioned as the surgical assistant. Complication rates and the level of resident in…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Bee populations are responsible for the pollination and creation of nearly 70% of agricultural products sold worldwide. Their importance in the continuity of a sustainable biosphere is immen…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Breast cancer (BC) is the second leading cause of cancer death for women. BC lethality is mainly caused by metastasis. Identification of factors controlling BC metastasis is crucial for deve…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
The tau protein is a microtubule associated protein that’s maintained mainly through phosphorylation. Phosphorylation is upheld through two enzymes; kinases and phosphatases. There can be an…
ISEF · 2016
The objective of this project was to reduce the cost of ceramic wares production by developing new clay mixture. We found that Lac could be used as efficient binder. First, we prepared diffe…
ISEF · 2016
Inspired by the pollution caused by automobile emission, this project provides a new efficient adsorption device of automobile exhaust particles. The device primarily consists of three secti…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s is a disease that affects the memory of elderly individuals and dementia is a disorder that also alters the memory causing individuals to be forgetful. Music therapy is a form of…
ISEF · 2016
Currently, evolution is known to be caused by natural selection, gene flow, environmental factors, and mutations such as missense, nonsense, and duplications. Frameshift mutations are very r…
ISEF · 2016
Time, effort, cost involved in discovering candidate peptides which can act as potential drugs against the virulence factors of disease-causing pathogens, are huge. Numerous docking trials a…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
ABSTRACT: The key to the foundation of an environmentally sustainable and economically stable world is the domination of the renewable energy resources over the fossil fuel and nuclear reser…
ISEF · 2016
Ice build up on airplane is common. It can cause decreased visibility or even a crash. A solution is needed to make surfaces used to create parts of airplane to be super hydrophobic. The res…
ISEF · 2016
Let P={P1,P2,...,Pn} be a set of n points in the plane. For every 1<=i<=n, define the star rooted at Pi as the union of all straight-line segments joining Pi to all the other points in the s…
ISEF · 2016
The objective of this experimental study was to evaluate the feasibility of using the wet scrubbing method for cleaning flue gases from wood burning stoves or boilers. Wood burning flue gase…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
As the world’s population continues to grow, and the percentage of farmers continues to decline, we are forced to find new ways to feed a hungry humanity. I have an idea. Satellites have bee…