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ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Spent mushroom substrate (SMS) is waste after harvesting mushrooms and it is high in organic matter. The objectives of this study are to evaluate the usability of SMS for restoring soil ecos…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Saudi Arabia is the largest oil exporter in the world. 64,000,000 tons of sulfur oxides are produced every year through the combustion of organic sulfur compounds in the oil industry. This l…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences First Award
Combinations of female wingbeat acoustic cues and visual cues were evaluated to determine their potential for use in male Aedes aegypti (L.) traps in peridomestic environments, potentially t…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Some say “if one is driving a cement mixer and is stuck in traffic, throw your soda into the mixture.” The rational for people adding sugar to cement is that it extends the time before it se…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Throughout the ever evolving world of science & microbial organisms, it is common to notice a resistance that bacteria develop against common antibiotics. Provided, this has created a diffic…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
The radii of neutron stars are difficult to determine, and a better understanding of neutron star spectra would help improve radius estimations. Here, the spectra of observations taken by th…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical Second Award
The purpose of the project was to determine a growth method of Chlorella vulgaris that is economically feasible and sustainable for large-scale production. The fungal strain, Aspergillus nig…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Third Award
Fusarochromanone is a fungal metabolite naturally produced by Fusarium equiseti, a fungal plant pathogen. The purpose of this project was to synthesize a structural analog of fusarochromanon…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
The island apple snail (Pomacea maculata) is one of the world’s most invasive species that poses environmental and agricultural threats. In rice and taro fields, the snails can cause decreas…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
Currently, nanomaterials easily controlled by an external magnetic field are needed for various applications such as drug delivery systems and bioseparations, but many paramagnetic nanomater…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Expensive titanium alloys are currently used for prosthetics. The main problem with titanium alloys as biomaterials is that titanium has poor tensile strength and wear resistance. The teeth…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Flowable light curable acrylic resins with adequate initiator have been used in DLP or SLA based 3D printer to print 3D objects. Light curable acrylic resins with a bulky urea group will und…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
The purpose of this research was to test whether bio-diesel fuels made from different vegetable oils (canola oil, corn oil, grapeseed oil and peanut oil) differed in efficiency, and to deter…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Are you creative? Would you like to be? Do you like music? Do you ever travel, and not have anything to do? The objective of this project was to make a device that encourages and develops cr…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
During brick wall construction, lots of material are wasted and there can be flaws due to human errors. These flaws make brick walls weak. Further, prevailing method of building a wall is la…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
In the research we study the systems of tangent circles inscribed in generalized Archimedes arbeloses and its properties. By the generalized Archimedes arbelos we mean one of the following m…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious, airborne bacterial infection that has become the leading cause of death in the world. Approximately one third of the world population is infected with TB,…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Over 1 billion people in the world face communication and healthcare problems due to Physical Disabilities and Developmental Disorders. They have to use Augmentative and Alternative Communic…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology First Award
It is evident that the tongue perceives tactile sensation, but little is known about the neurons that mediate this. Since tropomyosin receptor kinase C (TrkC) neurons are mechanoreceptors on…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to identify macroinvertebrates and heavy metals present in Tar Creek and to study lab macroinvertebrates, Lumbriculus variegatus and Odonata anisoptera, in…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Third Award
With the rising cost of healthcare and the ubiquity of the internet, telemedicine is becoming a necessary and viable option. Physicians need to be able to remotely monitor a patient’s well-b…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chromosome movements during mitosis are orchestrated primarily by the interaction of spindle microtubules with the kinetochore, the site for attachment of spindle microtubules to the centrom…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
How are we going to provide food when colonization of Mars begins? Before this huge step in exploration can commence, an outline must be in place for growing food. This project asks three qu…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
As water scarcity and the extraction of oil collide, Produced Water (PW) has become a vital asset to commercial and organic farmers. Questions surrounding the uptake of residual toxins prese…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
This experiment was conducted to determine which of the two solutions, Ava Niukini or a commercial product pesticide, will be more efficient in the extermination of one or more Rhipicephalus…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this experiment is to see if changing the chemical structure of Methylbutenol (MBO) synthase’s active site from a Phenylalanine to a Tyrosine will effect the production of MBO…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In developing countries, nearly 80% of all illnesses are attributed to drinking water polluted with heavy metals and industrial runoff. Current water filtration systems are expensive and ina…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The purpose of my project was to find the difference between the bacteria in atopic children compared to children who are considered healthy. I obtained 6 participants that were considered h…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
In the past, people used to use static testing in the materials and paper quality measuring. It was too troublesome to operate. QC factory also used sampling test to checked the capability o…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This experiment determined which type of metal surface would best reduce nosocomial illness. I hypothesized that while copper/brass possess intrinsic antimicrobial properties, the inherent m…