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ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
High rise buildings waste the energy generated from millions of liters of falling water every day. They typically use a booster pump system, which requires substantial amounts of energy for…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
In this project we study the energy functional on the set of Lagrangian tori in CP^2. The energy conjecture asserting that the value of energy functional for any Lagrangian torus in CP^2 is…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
'One-Handed Operation UI on Smartphone' is an Android application considering the human physical characteristics in order to improve the instability of one-handed manipulation according to t…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
The intelligent disinfection cabinet for textbooks is sterilized with ozone, with an automatic page turning device used to make textbook pages contact with the ozone fully and enable a thoro…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
Although the infinite sum of the reciprocals of Mersenne primes has already been approximated to 0.51645417894, that result has not been compared with (a) the infinite sum of the reciprocals…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics Second Award
Consider a square of integer side N divided into unit squares. The opposite vertices of some unit squares are connected with diagonal lines so that none of the diagonals have common points.…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
The Collatz function is defined as follows: start with a positive integer x. If x is odd, multiply it by three and add one, and if x is even, divide it by two. A recursion of this function c…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
In classical logic, formulas are constructed using a given alphabet composed of connectives and prime statements. The prime statements are assigned one of two truth values: {t,f} and the con…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
Abstract algebra is a branch of mathematics that studies algebraic structures. Lie algebras theory is one of the most important and developing topic of abstract algebra. A Lie ring is a Lie…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Robots are starting to interact more frequently with a dynamic environment, outside limited manufacturing sites, encounter a difficulty when needed to navigate from one location to another.…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
This project creates OCR software for recognition of cursive handwriting from page photos. The initial goal was to create software for converting handwritten notes into digital format. Such…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
We hypothesize there exists an optimum nanostructure size and material to detect changes in the environment via optical responses. We perform this study to build the foundation for more exte…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
The objective of this research project is to define the optimal circadian rhythm, or length of night and day periods, of bioluminescent, or glowing, dinoflagellate algae for lengthening the…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Cancer immunotherapy is an important alternative to traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation, reducing the toxicity and negative side effects. By eliciting an immune respons…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Epilepsy is a very common and devastating neurological disorder that affects 65 million people globally. Electroencephalography (EEG) recording is an essential tool in evaluating seizure act…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
In a vastly increasing energy dependent society, there is need for the transportation of energy quickly and efficiently. Laser power beaming and transferring energy with fiber optic cables a…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
Fuel costs, depletion of energy resources, and emissions are environmental concerns in many industries today. Even a small improvement in burner efficiency could potentially save millions of…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
In bacteria, cellular energy is largely consumed by two essential functions: reproduction and chemotaxis, the behavior where single-celled organisms swim up a gradient of nutrients. When bot…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Feeding nine billion people is a daunting task, but the reality we will face by the mid twenty-first century. Population growth and climate change will require alteration of agricultural pra…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Synthetic biology seeks to imbue living cells with complex genetic circuits that execute localized logical computations. These genetic circuits are usually composed of multiple genes express…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Second Award
Reinforcement learning (RL) is an AI/machine learning technique capable of learning complex Markov decision process state-action behaviors from thousands of simulation to learn advanced deci…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
The start date for the current project is August of 2017 and the end date is May 2018. The hypothesis for this project is if a Multi-Layer MFC or a MFC with other various amendments can be s…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Second Award
The purpose of this science project was to optimize the ratios of Manuka honey solution to adhesive in an antibacterial surgical adhesive. Specifically, the different ratios were investigate…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The purpose of this experiment was to examine the Staphylococcus aureus found on most types of band instruments. Can the bacteria found on band instruments be potential pathogens for the hum…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
In the last few decades, biodiesel has attracted considerable attention as a renewable energy source. However, more than 3 billion liters of waste glycerol from annual biodiesel production c…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Chemical Dispersant is primarily used to reduce the size of oil droplets, effectively preventing oil spills from causing environmental havoc at water-surface level. While standard chemical d…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
This project intent to determine the feasibility of making organic arch support out of plastics made from milk and vinegar mixture. The researchers hypothesized that if organic plastics be m…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
For every sighted person it is easy to use public transport. But there are challenges for blind and visually impaired people like finding the entrance into the public transport as a vital pr…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The goal of this study was to analyze the expression of SLUG in ovarian cancer. The null hypothesis was that expression of SLUG would be the same between the two tissue types. This study use…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Oxidative damage in the genome occurs when reactive oxygen species (ROS), a byproduct of metabolism or from exogenous sources, come in contact with DNA. This has been suggested to play a rol…