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ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
In this decade, airborne chemical exposure has catastrophically impacted thousands of lives. Whether this exposure is intentional or inadvertent, the outcomes have been devastating, causing…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Long-term exposure to blue light from smartphones and LEDs may lead to eye diseases like macular degeneration. However, the possible mechanism of how blue light- induced generation of reacti…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The topic addressed in our research refers to livestock production for food which is the main activity of our region. It is true that food is produced, but in the process the environment is…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Meet Protium Protium is a high-level web-development platform that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. With Protium you can take Web applications from concept to launch…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Neural networks are the heart of artificial intelligence and machine learning. They are computer programs that loosely act like a biological brain and they can learn to approximate functions…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Left-handedness and forced handedness (left-handed to right-handed, or vice versa) have been tangibly proven to worsen brain functions, through higher incidences of neurodevelopmental disord…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this study is to isolate biomarkers of psychosocial stress by means of presenting scenarios with increasing stakes and observing changes in blood pressure, blood oxygen, and p…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
This experiment is intended to devise a safe way to sanitize a refrigerator and its contents. Food borne illnesses are extremely common and have become an increasing issue in the United Stat…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
In this paper we describe a composing program written in Python. The purpose of the program is to ease the work of a human composer by providing inspiration. It is also possible to generate…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Fourth Award
Increased antibiotic resistance in bacteria has rendered many antibiotics useless; thus, the objective of the project was to develop a novel antimicrobial compound of pyrimidine derivatives…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Amyloids comprise of the amino acids that are the primary cause of Alzheimer's; an antibody that binds with high affinity to the amyloid has great potential of being an improved drug candida…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
There is a growing problem of critical failure in many commercially manufactured Li-ion batteries today due to gas evolution. To determine a safer composition of Li-ion batteries for public…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project is to determine the application of the physical quantum eraser to theoretical quantum computation. In addition, both the effect of the quantum eraser on informati…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
Many people enjoy looking through telescopes into the night sky as a hobby, and many people use them as a means of learning more about our universe. To work properly, telescopes must often b…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This research work is based on the search and description of information storage systems used by Incas of Peru, by means of quipus, an improved mnemonic procedure made up by cords of various…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
Recent concerns on potential harmful effects of non-ionizing or radio frequency electromagnetic frequency (EMF) emissions from wireless communication devices, creates the need to (a) verify…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
From the 1940’s, radionuclides were widely dispersed in the environment from atmospheric nuclear testing and reactor waste. Since, environmental radioactive monitoring systems have been sign…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
The drug Rapamycin (Rapa) delays age-related diseases, increase lifespan, and inhibits the mechanistic target of Rapamycin, a kinase that prevents the clearance of Aß. However, the applicati…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
RApp Chemistry is a mobile app that works with augmented reality, describes the periodic table of elements. The main objective of RApp Chemistry is that the student learn the periodical tabl…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project looked at the effects of amino acid supplementation on cancer growth. I grew cancer cells with varying percentages of amino acids Tryptophan and Methionine and observed cell gro…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
The first computer game was a simple tennis simulation which programmed in 1960. As time goes by games become more qualified and breath-taking with the use of new technologies, ultimately ma…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this researcher's project is to design, 3D print, construct, and code a mind controlled robotic prosthesis that models and functions anatomically similar to the human left arm…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The lack of a reading habit in young people is one of the most relevant, internationally unresolved social problems. The project aims to demonstrate that those who read have good spelling an…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Recently, the popularity of Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes such as Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) has increased exponentially, due to their potential to construct complex objects mu…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Heart valves regulate unidirectional flow of blood in the heart. Various valvular defects may affect proper function (insufficiency-regurgitation, stenosis, rupture, deformation). These cond…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
Auditory sensors are used less often than visual sensors in robotics and digital devices. However, these sensors are more capable in that they can observe stimulus coming from every directio…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
It has been postulated that anxiety and personality type A are the source of a large number of diseases, both psychic and organic. The conductance of the skin, known as the galvanic response…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
Demand for portable power continues to grow along with its corresponding environmental impact as Americans throw away more than three billion batteries or roughly 180,000 tons of battery was…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Cement production industry suffers from a huge increase in the Cement Kiln Dust (CKD) as a solid waste; the fine powder separated in the dust collection system when burning the cement clinke…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
In the RecycloTrash project, a trash can which sorts between recyclable and unrecyclable items that are thrown into it was designed and built. After the trash can was designed using the Auto…