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ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
The goal of this project was developing a system for measuring the efficiency of single-stage electromagnetic launchers. This device was designed to measure the amount of energy dumped into…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
The election of Donald Trump was a major political surprise for citizens of the United States because for months the American public had been told by polling-based predictive methods that Tr…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The reason for this science fair project was to see if body mass index (BMI), stomach girth, and skinfold measurements indicated whether individuals are pre-disposed to diabetes. The hypothe…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Many cardiovascular, liver, and kidney diseases, including lung cancer, cirrhosis, and kidney failure, are undetectable in their early stages, and as these diseases progress into their later…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
Over the last three years, I have developed a new diagnostic screening test for dyslexia. My test is based on research that suggests dyslexia is an auditory processing disorder rather than s…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this study was to analyze the dietary patterns of Sea Lion predation on Salmonids. Salmon species are protected under the Endangered Species Act and Sea Lions are protected un…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the human gastrointestinal tract with no known cure; periods of subsided inflammation are followed by periods of hyper…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
Riemann sums are a way of understanding integrals. Riemann sums have practical applications as they can be used to measure areas such as a lake easier than other methods. However, Riemann su…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Third Award
WHO estimates that around 12 million children (2-5% children worldwide) suffer from amblyopia - the most common visual impairment among children. Neurocognitive development is dependent on p…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor in adults, primarily treated with the chemotherapeutic agent Temozolomide (TMZ). However, many tumors are initially resista…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Second Award
At standard switching frequencies, short-circuit current is a leading cause of power dissipation in a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) platform. Certain systems, such as missio…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Lead pollution caused by industrial runoff can have a severe impact on the environment as well as on human health. This study evaluated the use of algal biomass as an ecologically friendly a…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
In today's world, the mass production of carbon dioxide, created by modern machines is resulting in climate change and increased ocean acidity. The purpose of this Direct Methanol Fuel Cell…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
There is a special class of objects in our Galaxy - cataclysmic variable stars. These are binary systems consisting of a white dwarf and a red dwarf on the compact orbit smaller than the Moo…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The discovery and characterization of tiny viruses that target bacteria - called bacteriophages - is an ongoing study around the globe. Within the United States, Phage Hunters Integrating Re…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Background/Hypothesis: Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder with unknown mechanisms and no curative treatment. The rationale for this work came from a clinical…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics Fourth Award
A random matrix is a matrix whose entries are given by random variables. The spectral statistics of high dimensional random matrices have shown deep connections with physics over the past ce…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The photoperiodic circadian rhythm in plants helps direct when photosynthesis occurs, and controls an organism's response to light/dark patterns. Hedera helix (common ivy) was the plant used…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
This project set about to build a radio astronomy station capable of receiving radio signals reflected from ionized meteor trails to measure two important characteristics affecting their use…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Endophytic fungi are a harmless symbiont of plants and provide environment-stress tolerance to their host plants. We collected leaf samples of 4 conifer species Abies koreana, Juniperus rigi…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The Florida Ridges, ecosystems that have been undisturbed for the past millions of years, are home to many unique and rare flora. There is an expressed need to preserve these special ecosyst…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
The purpose of my project was to see if mental practice was better than physical practice. My hypothesis was, if I had three people watching a video of a pianist playing a specific song and…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plastic pollution is extremely bad for the environment. It kills thousands of organisms yearly and that number will only grow. Being able to cut back that plastic or get rid of it all togeth…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
A Doppler Radar System is presented that is suitable for observing sudden changes of streamflow. Features of the system include a commercially available Doppler radar transceiver and Digital…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
The purpose of this project was to create a feasible human-machine interface which could effectively transcribe speech onto a wrist-mounted display for those with hearing impairments. My hyp…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
When diagnosing intraductal lesions in breast tissue, pathologists evaluate architectural, morphologic and at times immunohistochemical features to classify the disease. However, in the medi…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Discovering children psychological issues has been hindered by the lack of children ability to express their feelings and needs using words, in addition to the shortage of an efficient and s…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Third Award
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicts the world's population will increase from 7.3 billion to 9.7 billion people by 2050 – which will require global crop yields to increase b…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Genetic diversity is crucial to the survival of species. To preserve plants threatened by natural and human causes, ex situ conservation has been implemented with seed banking and cryopreser…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common heart disease that causes sudden cardiac arrest in people of all ages. In this research, we tested six chemotherapy drugs that reinforced separa…