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ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The increasing usage of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in consumer and antibacterial products without regulation raises concerns about their environmental toxicity. Silver nanospheres have bee…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
In the 1900’s silver was used extensively as an antimicrobial agent. When antibiotics were developed they became very popular and silver as an anti-bactericide decreased (Alexander, 2009). T…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Purpose: Game development without a specialized set of tools requires the developer to write interface between the game logic and the hardware layer. Using various technologies and multiple…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
A systematic design and analysis process was conducted for a closed wing airplane configuration. A closed wing configuration consists of two staggered wings connected at the tips. The closed…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are a more renewable, cost efficient, and a more effortless form of energy production. MFC take advantage of specific ion producing exoelectrogenic bacteria (G.sul…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
In this study, the first chromium aluminum bismuthate is synthesized with a formula of CrAl3Bi2O9 as an orthorhombic single crystal with interesting magnetic properties and potential thermoe…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
When citrate ligands-capped gold nanoparticles are mixed with a sample of positively charged proteins at pH 7, a protein corona is formed on the nanoparticle surface due to electrostatic ads…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
In the last few years, many exoplanetary systems have been discovered, especially by NASA’s Kepler mission. Much recent work has focused on finding other Earth-like planets, within potential…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Currently, the only sinkhole detection technique is by interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), which is both costly and inefficient. This project aims to provide more efficient sin…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
This work consists on the development of a mobile device which has as an objective to assist children who are wheelchair users to develop their physical, psychological, cognitive and social…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
The purpose of this project was to develop a product that could provide basic communication services in the days after a natural disaster. The product needed to be easily assembled by an unt…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Around the world, sleep deprivation causes employees to be less efficient, accident prone, and costs companies profit. This occurs because when people are sleepy they don't communicate well…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plastic pollution is a global issue threatening the health of marine and land ecosystems. Smaller "microplastics" (<5mm) are particularly problematic as they can be consumed by marine creatu…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
There has been an increase in the number of heavy duty vehicles involved in accidents in Nigeria in recent years and over 74% of these reported cases were due to drunk driving. Any sustainab…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
Are you tired of too many wires everywhere? Have no way to plug in all devices due to transformers and bulky plugins? Do you find it inefficient to have 2 or 3 power strips by the side if yo…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Water is the most essential need in many fields. Egypt’s current state of water security is bleak ,as it already has a water deficit of 30 billion cubic meters. Nowadays water scarcity is a…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Myocardial Infraction Events (Heart Attacks) are cardiac emergencies that restrict blood flow through coronary arteries to major cardiac muscle tissue. Prolonged blood demand deficiency to t…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering First Award
In order to determine corrective eyeglass prescription, large and expensive phoropters, devices which use precisely machined lenses to subjectively determine the prescription providing the c…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Inventory or stock monitoring is one of the key aspects of a successful and sustainable business. Inventory monitoring enables businesses to maximise profit and reduce product lost or theft…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Preventing death from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) holds great importance for the medical and public community worldwide. 326,000 people each year in the U.S. alone are afflicted and 90% do n…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
“Golden i” helps a blind person to identify the obstacles. If there is an obstacle in front of him within 3ft, the handle starts to vibrate. So he can walk carefully through the path. There…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Clays are minerals, usually aluminosilicates, characterized by a noticeable variety of structures and physical and chemical properties. Their relevance is not only limited to geology, as it…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, 38,000 children with severe to profound hearing loss in the United States have received a cochlear implant.…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
This project seeks to implement efficient routines for computing fractals based off of escaping sets, covering aspects such as algorithmic complexity and speed, network-based data transfer,…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
As we know, fossil fuels aren't for ever that's why we are more decisively turning to renewable energy. Solar energy is one of the main power sources in that industry and they are great but…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
The alternative energy is now the world’s concern because it is green energy that never runs out. Most countries now tend to apply the alternative energy harvesting applications on a wide sc…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
One in ten people in the world fall ill from foodborne pathogens each year. Of these, an estimated 420,000 die. Non-typhoidal salmonella is one of the most common types of bacteria responsib…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
People in many countries across the world depend on agriculture as a source of sustainability. Agriculture plays a huge part in the world economy so much that agriculture is a 2.4 trillion d…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Third Award
With clean water being a requirement for human life, it’s appalling 660 million people lack access to it. Those without access must travel an average of 3.7 miles carrying 20 L of water on t…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
BACKGROUND World energy consumption will increase 28% by 2040 with renewables being the fastest growing energy source. Furthermore, renewables will increasingly replace coal. Solar updraft t…