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ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
To simulate nearly natural behavior of animal flocks, scientists standardized such habits of animals with rules to create mathematical algorithms. These algorithms adapt advantages of natura…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Propellers are used in many fields. Improving propeller efficiency leads to solving energy problems. Conventional studies aiming at improving propeller efficiency normally focus on changing…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Against the backdrop of contamination disasters akin to that of Flint, Michigan’s, researchers are striving to develop new approaches for sensitive, selective, continuous detection of heavy…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are a more renewable, cost efficient, and more effortless form of energy production. MFC take advantage of specific ion producing exoelectrogenic bacteria (G.sulfu…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are segments of proteins that lack a defined tertiary structure, giving them the ability to interconvert…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
Genome editing technologies have revolutionized our ability to integrate foreign DNA sequences into cells with single nucleotide resolution. A major bottleneck of genome editing today is the…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
How does skin temperature affect the human body’s ability to perceive touch? First, I had informed consent forms signed by all my test subjects. I had each student hold ice their arm until t…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Sleep is an essential factor in maintaining the physiological function of the human body, people who work day night reversed suffer from sleep problem, which is seriously harmful to health.…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
This investigation was a response to the devastating impacts of oil spills on marine ecosystems, and further, the lack of effective modern technologies available in the remediation process.…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science First Award
One in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. Radiotherapy treatment is recommended after initial surgery to substantially reduce the risk of site specific relapse. Howeve…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
Most of people are not aware of the present weather condition changes, where which the occurences of hot weather and rains are currently difficult to predict. Unpredictable local weather con…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
The care of plants and natural resources have became very important in recent years. The daily Routine has made more difficult to interact between nature and humans, especially in large citi…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Transfemoral amputation causes the loss of two important joints to reproduce the gait: the knee and the ankle joints. Passive transfemoral prostheses available for sale are not efficient in…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Most museum problems are solved. Turn the museum of all kinds to be an information center by a simulation (this simulation is a system open to the visitor when he scan the qr code in front t…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Given the considerable threat water pollution poses to the ecosystem, Smart Pleco, an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) designed to track pollution sources in relatively small water bodies, cou…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The foremost illness in America is heart disease, and current methods of prevention are not enough to mitigate the high fatality rate. Affecting millions worldwide, this disease leads to car…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
Every year, more than 270,000 pedestrians lose their lives worldwide and the number of pedestrian fatalities in the U.S has increased by 25% from 2010 to 2015. The major factor contributing…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
In this second phase research the problem was: Will the design and construction of a real-scale smart lighting system be functional when used under the actual conditions of highways and tunn…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
The purpose of my project is to help the elderly that are living alone, because living alone increases the elderly risk of heart disease and stroke. It also reduces 65% of the time to get ai…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Textiles have been a part of our life for centuries. In the last decade whole new generation of textile is making its road to victory. This is the so-called conductive fabrics, which will so…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The aim of this experiment was to examine how rescuing autophagy, a lysosomal degradation pathway, in the chemosensory neurons of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans affects lipid accu…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This research investigates the correlations between social media presence and social anxiety. The ideal outcome of this research is to be able to identify whether social media usage is a dir…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Abstract Students in all of America still socially segregate. They do this for multiple reasons ranging from parental influence and comfort zones. Students that are not forced to interact wi…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
In previous experiments, it was determined the ratio of 15% biochar and 1.5 g/L hydrophilic polymers in soil offers the most positive effects on plant growth, health/stability, drought resis…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In city developmental processes, extended depths of soil are often removed, changing the soil composition and reducing its overall quality, especially in terms of its ability to infiltrate w…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
The project presents the results obtained after designing, implementation and testing a solar actuator with bimetallic strip. The investigations undertaken have led to a heliothermal actuato…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
In our experiment, Solar Energy: Out on a Limb, we are modeling photovoltaic cells (solar panels) into a tree-like figure in order to combine nature’s way of solar energy cultivation, photos…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
The efficiency of the solar cells, depends on two major parameters: cell temperature and the light intensity falling on it. To solve this problem, the most widespread method is to increase t…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
Solar energy has been harnessed in a number of ways; one interesting example is in concentrated solar power systems, which harness thermal power of solar radiation to produce electricity. Ho…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
The project "Solenoid engine" is aimed at increasing the availability of electric motors for personal use, as well as reducing the cost of production of electric motors. The solenoid motor c…