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ISEF · 2016
Currently, thermal energy gained from sun can be used for heating purposes. However, at the moment this huge amount of energy cannot be stored and used adequately. During this project I rese…
ISEF · 2016
21st century has come up with certain challenges that humanity has to confront with. Amongst these, fast depleting non-renewable energy resources, global warming and air pollution are foremo…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
After a heavy rainfall, beaches are closed and swimming is prohibited. Sewers fill to capacity and are unable to handle the combined sanitary and storm water; thereby causing water to overfl…
ISEF · 2016
If we could capture all the energy the sun beams to the Earth in a single hour, we would have enough to fuel the world's needs for a year. Currently, solar power produces less than one-tenth…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this research is to create the languages that can be defined by alphabet {0,1,2,...,n-1}, where n is a natural number. From Bacher(2010), we decided to create a new equivalenc…
ISEF · 2016
The author proposes sonification of software's behavior to improve information security. Nowadays many people use computers without knowing what are going on inside. Computers are usually co…
ISEF · 2016
The objective of this study was to demonstrate the validity of triboluminescence (TL) as a structural health-monitoring characteristic within composite materials. Fiber reinforced composite…
ISEF · 2016
Querying RDF databases is now made accessible to everyone through a natural text to SPARQL query converter Java program. For this specific project, query generation was done in the context o…
ISEF · 2016
The least-cost graph traversal algorithm A* has diverse applications from video game pathfinding to accessibility programs for the visually impaired. While there is substantial research conc…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
This project focused on discovering how mealworms will be affected by Insect Growth Regulators, specifically focusing on the Juvenile Hormone Mimics pyriproxyfen, methoprene, and hydroprene.…
ISEF · 2016
In this study, a spectroscopic data analysis of Titanium Oxide Presence in stars will be presented and the elemental composition will be discussed. The experimental procedure consisted of an…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Inhaling carbon monoxide can be fatal. Therefore, the invention of SPIXHAUST, a filter that can absorb carbon monoxide efficiently in the exhaust system can overcome this problem. Based on N…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Spotted wing drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii, is a new fruit fly species that has become a serious threat to fruit crops. Using a prominent and serrated ovipositor, the female SWD pierc…
ISEF · 2016
A small group of hobbyists and I built an ultra-high-powered quadcopter with a thrust-to-weight ratio of 8:1 with the hope of setting a world record. Because the quad was constructed from of…
ISEF · 2016
When school Physic LAB moved to another building, there are several stairs between the two places, so we cannot take the instruments on the handcart Door-to-Door, we must stop and take them…
ISEF · 2016
What kind of music do you like? The songs each person prefers are all different. Until now, we have to listen to music to know the characteristics of that music. It would be interesting if w…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Coloniality is a vertebrate social system, observed in 13% of avian species, occurring when individuals breed in densely clustered territories. It is known that coloniality provides species…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
1,205,127 acres of land have been lost in Louisiana since 1932 which has a detrimental impact not only on the economy but the ecosystems. The objective of this research was to determine the…
ISEF · 2016
Hematopoietic stem cells are used for treating blood related-diseases such as leukemias, lymphomas, hereditary anemias and bone marrow failures. They can be retrieved from the bone marrow, c…
ISEF · 2016
Heart disease is the number one killer in the world. Every year, 720,000 heart attacks happen in the U.S. Despite medical technology advancing rapidly, medical science lags behind. This is b…
ISEF · 2016
Montmorillonite is a common silicate mineral that is a major constituent of the Earth's soils. This clay also belongs to a group of clays known as swelling clays, which increase in size when…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
The increasing drug resistance among Gram-positive bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a growing threat and thus the necessity for novel antibacter…
ISEF · 2016
Silvervine is a deciduous vine that is native to the continent of Asia and the islands of Japan. This plant has two unique characteristics: (1) leaves on the end part of the shoot turn white…
ISEF · 2016
My research regards some of the main developments in the electrochemical field. We tried to use sodium hypochlorite as a depolarizer for batteries. The depolarizer is fundamental for the cor…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The purpose of this retrospective and observational study was to see the effect of the missing X chromosome in women (a condition known as Turner Syndrome) on the liver. It was expected that…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
This work aimed at finding out the best type of diet for farming apple snail and also to evaluate the efficiency of the artificial diet which combines vegetable and animal protein, in the fa…
ISEF · 2016
Binary stars dominate in the Galaxy, yet their actual percentage is unknown. Thus their identification, verification, and description are important. The goal of my project was to determine t…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this research project is to determine the amount of vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) in a native fruit from Peru, called Tumbo or Passiflora mollisima L. that is little-known by the…
ISEF · 2016
The world faces pollution in many of its resources, most commonly in water, ground, and air. Water pollution is a form of biodegradation when pollutants are discharged into water bodies. One…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) in Systemic Erythematosus Autoimmune Disease patients was assumed to be capable of binding and killing cancer cells. This project has been carried out to experimen…