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ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Research was conducted to determine relationships between fish species growth within three freshwater bodies in agricultural communities in Fulton County, Ohio. The objective was to resurvey…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Antibiotic resistance has been named as one of the greatest threats the modern public health system faces. One method of tackling growing antibiotic resistance is to explore substances overl…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
PURPOSE OF PROJECT Diapers are thrown away as a method of disposing them, these result in litter as they contain plastic which is non-biodegradable therefore polluting the environment as wel…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Third Award
The research project aims to reveal slight changes along specific user defined temporal frequencies in live videos. Video images are captured by a commercial video camera and rendered into R…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT, Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome) is a genetic vascular disorder arising from endothelial cell proliferation and hypervascularization. Patients with HHT…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Second Award
Purpose of this project is to show whether the toxical pyrrolizidine alkaloids of senecio jacobaea can pollute the local honey. These toxicants are carcinogenic, mutagen and moreover accumul…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
Modern industry is dependent mostly on fossil fuel energy and nuclear power generation. We were concerned about this undue value given on these types of generation and put our heads together…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Forest monitoring is crucial for prevention of wildfires and control of tree pathologies. The monitoring of remote forest regions by humans can often be complicated or impossible. Thus, deve…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Stroke is an increasingly common injury in the world today and it can cause serious long-term problems with mobility in many body parts, including the arms and hands. Many researchers have d…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
GATA4 is a transcription factor critical in the developmental process and early differentiation of the gastrointestinal tract. Studies using genetically modified mouse models have shown GATA…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a musculoskeletal disease often caused by overuse or injury but recent literature has suspected G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling of cell surface receptors a…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), an aging related detriment, is the most common cause of mortality in the world. In addition, chemotherapy jeopardizes cardiovascular integrity and was shown to…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Our project tested the theory that cattail roots could produce a sufficient amount of ethanol to be considered a viable supplement in the production of ethanol used as a clean burning fuel a…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Every year many people die from blood loss. There are some modern medical devices (coagulators) allowing to prevent extra bleeding. However, each of them has disadvantages. My goal is to exp…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Emerging therapeutic techniques employ the use of drug-loaded gels, providing targeted treatment critical to prevent indiscriminate damage by drugs. It is essential to measure drug release r…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical First Award
In this integrative research, two tunable plasmonic nanostructures were used to significantly increase the short circuit current output (Jsc), total current produced (A), maximum optical gen…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
The leaves of Clinacanthus nutans (Sabah Snake Grass) have long been used traditionally in Asia for treatment of skin rashes and snake bites. This project investigates the effect of Clinacan…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Multicopters have a wide range of applications from search and rescue to package delivery and medical support. Although growing in popularity, they are not used yet on an industrial scale fo…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
According to 2011 data, 48.4% of individuals with disabilities in Palestine suffer from mobility disabilities; 49.5% in the West Bank compared with 47.2% in the Gaza Strip. Followed by learn…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving? Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day[1]. The critical reas…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Wildfires have become increasingly frequent and severe due to global climatic change, demanding improved methodologies for wildfire modeling. Traditionally, wildfires are assessed through po…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Ranchers want to know what their cows are doing in the day. To know what their cows do, they could put GPS collars on the cows and analyze the data. One of the major reasons they may want to…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
During a year plants provide large amounts of matter full of cellulose. The biggest part of matter can be found in the crops, leaves and grass. People do not use this matter enough and even…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Submersion causes the highest mortality rate of all vehicular accidents. These might be caused by crashing into a water body or by road flooding. Cars normally sink very fast, giving occupan…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
In my project, I looked into different ways of recycling in Hawaii. Due to the fact that Hawaii has very limited landfill space, any form of recycling would have a large impact on the local…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
The incidence of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, continues to rise due to ignorance regarding personal risk of melanoma development and regarding skin protection. I created a mo…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences Second Award
Over 1/3 of the world's crops are pollinated by honey bees. Without them, many wildflowers and trees won't get the pollination they need, and agricultural expenses will skyrocket. Over the p…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
In the United States, 23,830 new primary malignant tumors of the brain and central nervous system (CNS) are expected to be diagnosed in 2018, according to the Central Brain Tumor Registry of…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Fourth Award
Yeast species in floral nectar, especially Saccharomyces cerevisiae, show high alcohol fermentation properties, with nectar-dwelling non-Saccharomyces yeast Metschnikowia pulcherrima additio…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This takes place in the Samoan Islands, located in the South Pacific Ocean.I have been working on finding this underwater vent for 8 months, and it has involved so much of my time and resour…