ISEF · 2019
Aerodynamic Bicycle
Engineering Mechanics
The bicycle has progressively lost practicality due to the increasing pace of commuting, however, the bicycle follows a desirable concept for modern and future commuting. Bicycles are less d…
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ISEF · 2019
Aeronautics Science behind Airplanes
Engineering Mechanics
Aeronautics is a scientific understanding or the basic design structure of airplanes and their designs and future improvements .Aeronautics is also the science of art involved with the study…
ISEF · 2019
A Fast, Sensitive, and Non-Invasive Approach to Detecting Breast Cancer Using a Fully Convolutional Neural Network
Translational Medical Science Third Award
I developed and implemented a Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) system that is fully autonomous, non-invasive, cheap, and effectively instantaneous, all while outperforming radiologists and oth…
ISEF · 2019
A Field Study: Sustaining Crop Growth in a Flooded Area with the Application of Oscillatoria
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project is to test if Glycine max, Zea mays, and Pisum sativum can withstand a flood for a longer duration with the addition of Oscillatoria in a field test experiment. I…
ISEF · 2019
A Game of Jamming: A Multi-Agent Game Theoretic Learning Based Cognitive Anti-Jamming Communication System to Combat an AI Jammer
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In many applications, there is a high risk of wireless links getting jammed, leading to potentially disastrous outcomes. Although cognitive radios (CR) are envisioned to be an effective solu…
ISEF · 2019
A Geochemical and Petrographic Analysis of Metamorphic Lithologies Proximal to the Cripple Creek and Victor Alkaline Diatreme Complex
Earth and Environmental Sciences
An inquiry worthy of primary investigation in this project concerns the formation of an alteration halo around the alkaline magmatic center of Cripple Creek and Victor as a result of Oligoce…
ISEF · 2019
A Green Nanotechnological Approach for Energy Efficiency and Conservation: Tungsten-Doped Vanadium Dioxide Thermochromic Smart Windows
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Vanadium dioxide is a "functional material" that has gained notoriety in fundamental research and smart-window applications. It responds to environmental temperatures, making reversible stru…
ISEF · 2019
Agriculture Soil Probe Rover
Engineering Mechanics
Being a 5th- generation farmer, it is understood that soil health is vital for crop production. Soil analysis helps to manage the soil resource but is currently a timely process. In addition…
ISEF · 2019
Agrobotics: An Autonomous Arduino Uno/Due Computer Vision Based Raspberry Pi High Throughput Plant Phenotyping Precision Agriculture Robot Using Dual Linear Mechanisms
Environmental Engineering
There are millions of people in foreign regions that are suffering from famine while the U.S. contains over 40% of food waste. Atop of this, there is an anticipated burgeoning population tha…
ISEF · 2019
Agrochemicals and Neurological Diseases: A New Method for Searching Biological Process Networks through Molecular Docking Codes
Biochemistry
Brazil is the world's largest pesticide consumer. The use of these products in agriculture is a serious public health problem that generates various diseases such as cancer, congenital malfo…
ISEF · 2019
A Gut Feeling: The Effects of Melatonin on the Proliferation of Enterobacter aerogenes, a Key Member of the Human Gut Microbiome
Microbiology
Enterobacter aerogenes is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacterium that colonizes the human gastrointestinal tract. Because the pineal neurohormone melatonin is directly produced by…
ISEF · 2019
A Holistic Engineering Plan Incorporating Predictive Data Modeling into the Process of Remediating Cyanophyta Algae Blooms and Applying Photoautotrophic Prokaryotes Biomass to Improve Agricultural Outcomes
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
This experiment can be defined as having two parts: the predictive model for blue-green (cyanobacteria) algae blooms and the tests for ecological damage due to these blooms. A computer progr…
ISEF · 2019
Alcohol Sensor
Systems Software
The Alcohol Breathalyzer Immobilizer With about 30 people killed due to drunken driving every day in the USA only, resulting in about 10950 lives lost per year, drunk driving is a killer tha…
ISEF · 2019
Algal Bioplastics: Developing a Sustainable Cycle of Compostable and Water-Soluble Plastics by Repurposing Waste Products of Algal Biofuel Production
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this research was to determine the sustainability of algae-based bioplastics as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics. In Part I of experimentation, four different algae sp…
ISEF · 2019
Algal Fertilizer: Enhancing American Beachgrass Growth on Dunes
Plant Sciences
The presence of healthy dune grass is critical to ensure that sand dunes are stabilized and able to thrive in the harsh coastal environment. This research was conducted with the goal of deve…
ISEF · 2019
Aliens Invade Hong Kong: First Record of the New Guinea Flatworm (Platydemus manokwari) as an Invasive Species in Hong Kong, China
Animal Sciences Third Award
New Guinea flatworm (Platydemus manokwari), native to New Guinea, is extremely invasive. It has caused the extinction of native land snails on several Pacific islands, including Hawaii. Ther…
ISEF · 2019
Al(III)-Mediated Ionic Conduction in New Abundant Metakaolin Solid Electrolyte for Safe, Efficient Power Grid Na-Ion Batteries
Energy: Chemical
Many concerns have arisen in recent years regarding lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), mostly due to the rapid depletion of lithium reserves and the volatile liquid electrolytes used to make them…
ISEF · 2019
Allelopathic Effect of Leucaena leucocephala on Lactuca sativa Subsp. Crispa, Cecropia pachystachya and Campomanesia adamantium
Plant Sciences
Leucaena leucocephala, popularly known as "Leucena", is an exotic plant that has spread throughout the country, after being introduced in Brazil to complement the feeding of cattle. In Campo…
ISEF · 2019
Alpha-synuclein Enhances Toxicity of Tau Oligomers in vitro
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Aggregation of protein tau into neurofibrillary tangles and a-synuclein into Lewy bodies are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, respectively. These proteins are known to form…
ISEF · 2019
Alternate Vehicular Traffic Direction System Utilizing Solar Energy
Engineering Mechanics
There are many vehicular intersections traffic lights that stop working due to the lack of electrical energy caused by natural disasters and/or blackouts (Dávila, 2017). As an alternative to…
ISEF · 2019
Alternative Communication Device for People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Embedded Systems
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurons responsible for voluntary movement. It is characterized by progressive loss of muscle streng…
ISEF · 2019
Alternative Energy: Harnessing the Power of Mud-based Microbial Fuel Cells
Energy: Chemical
Energy efficiency is a recurrent issue in today's society. Scientists and engineers are tirelessly seeking ways to reduce the use of nonrenewable fuels and replace them with things like sola…
ISEF · 2019
Alternative of Renewable Energy Resources Microbial Fuel Cells
Energy: Chemical
Demand for energy is increasing in economically and socially developing societies with higher living standards. Unfortunately higher energy demand is comes with pollution and waste output. A…
ISEF · 2019
Alternative Tessellation and Inner Cone Design for Helmets
Materials Science
The safety of bike riders going from one bikeshare system to another is absent due to insufficient use of helmets (“Bike Sharing in United States,” 2012). A collapsible helmet, in contrast t…
ISEF · 2019
A Lumbar-Spine Motion Capture Suit for Physiotherapeutic Use in Sports
Biomedical Engineering
This project focused on creating a motion capture suit for lumbar spine and a software for displaying the recorded movements. The device is meant for athletes, such as swimmers and hockey pl…
ISEF · 2019
Aluminum, Batteries, and Carbon
Energy: Chemical
Aluminum-ion batteries, with a stainless steel mesh cathode, aluminum (Al) anode, and salt(NaCl) water electrolyte has the ability to sequester CO2 around it, generating aluminum oxalate as…
ISEF · 2019
Aluminum SiO2 Coated Optical Mirror Deterioration with Epoxy Resin
Materials Science
Optical telescope mirrors used in aerospace imaging typically contain aluminum or silver protective coatings. Mirror life time is about three to five years, as corrosion severely degrades th…
ISEF · 2019
A Lung Cancer Prediction and Detection System Using Nodule Based Methods and Machine Learning Algorithms
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. The need exists to develop an innovative diagnostic and detection measure to promptly detect the presence and type of…
ISEF · 2019
Ambient Computing Based Approach to Help in Device Diagnostics, Create Opportunities to Reduce Power Consumption and Carbon Footprint
Embedded Systems
This project uses Machine Learning, NLP and Multilingual named entity transliteration approach to identify devices, help in device diagnostics and create effective communication between the…
ISEF · 2019
A Method for Water Purification Using Bacteriophage
Microbiology
Bacteria cause numerous issues when they infect water sources, including bacterial disease, which affects billions of people annually, aquarium and aquaculture issues, and environmental issu…