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ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The process of fracking, although very beneficial to our lifestyle and economy, can be harmful to the environment and aquatic ecosystems (Dindorf, 2008). Hagen (2015) reports that chloride s…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by behavioral irregularities. Causal variation has been implicated in only 30-40% of ASD diagnoses; it is…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Freshwater pollution is a major environmental threat across the globe, exacerbated by the lack of ongoing scientific data about health of freshwater bodies. One way to address this problem i…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Worldwide 1, out of every 5 deaths of children under 5 is due to a water-related disease. 1 in 9 people world wide do not have access to safe and clean drinking water. The purpose of my expe…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
To improve how researchers study materials for high-performance electronics, mathematical models and simulations can be created to predict the performance and properties of these materials.…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Migraines are the third most prevalent illness, affecting one billion people worldwide. Migraine symptoms may include a severe throbbing headache, disturbed vision, nausea, and sensitivity t…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Tetrahymena thermophila is a single-celled eukaryote that possesses the remarkable ability of viral immunity. No virus has been identified that is capable of infecting Tetrahymena. Our resea…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
This experiment was conducted to determine which cost-effective building design is best suited for resisting earthquakes in rural areas of Turkey. Turkey lies on multiple fault lines and is…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Eye cancer has affected over 500,000 people worldwide in the past decade. Approximately 10% of people with eye cancer will die because it is not diagnosed early enough, causing it to metasta…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Environmental health and sustainability are major concerns for the twenty-first century. Therefore, this project was designed to create a sustainable, cost-efficient multi-step procedure tha…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to analyze the effectivity of 3D constructed external ears in conducting and transmitting various frequencies (Hz) and intensities (dB) of sound. This proc…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Every year more than three billion air travellers get in danger because of the aircraft icing. Today every single De-icing system (DIS), such as de-icing boots, electro-thermal system and de…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
The program using digital technology and data analysis technology successfully developed a novel optical sensor. The sensor developed here excludes all defects found in existing optical sens…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
The World Health Organization states that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Fourteen million people die annually from cardiovascular disease and stroke. Antipla…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
The goal of this project was to design a deformation sensor with optimal performance utilizing graphene nanoflake powder, having the potential to replace or rival current sensors on the mark…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical Third Award
The total solar energy absorbed by the Earth is 3.85 × 1024 J per year, which is approximately 104 times greater than the annual world energy consumption. Solar energy must be harvested to p…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
The Collatz conjecture is an unproven conjecture in mathematics; any initial input to the Collatz sequence will give an eventual output of one. The importance of proving the conjecture is du…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a form of a cancer treatment that involves administering a photosensitizing drug and irradiating it with an external light source. Upon exposure, the photosensi…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
The initial investigation of this project was to see if the salinity levels of water runoff would decrease after the application of a salt-tolerant grass buffer zone, activated carbon, or ca…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Today, increased tectonic plate activity in the Cascadia Megathrust Subduction Zone, located on the Pacific American Coast, has the potential to cause a high magnitude earthquake and resulti…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The formation of a hairpin core structure by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmembrane glycoprotein gp41 is the critical event that triggers viral fusion to the host cell…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Third Award
The unique properties of gold nanorod's (GNR's) biosensing capability were applied to produce a multiplex, cost and time-effective, biodiagnostic assay for the early detection of multiple di…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cancer is one of a vast collection of diseases that kills millions of people each year across the world. Normally helping to prevent cancer, tumor suppressor genes like Antigen NY-CO-13 (p53…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
I have found a novel, Eco-friendly and cost effective material from LDPE waste plastics and GGBFS (ground granulated blast furnace slag). Plastic waste management is the most discussed topic…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Desalination and purification of seawater could prevent droughts and give all humanity access to clean water. However, current desalination techniques like reverse osmosis (RO) are difficult…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Each year, 15 million infants—one in every ten born worldwide—are susceptible to hypothermia. This makes thermal stability a necessity for infant survival, with negligence of a stable enviro…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Second Award
In many parts of the world including India, several hazardous chemical insecticides are excessively sprayed on vegetables,fruits or any other consumable product for insect control. In genera…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
A rapid, microfluidic microRNA test using saliva is proposed as a tool to diagnose breast cancer in its early stages. Current means of diagnosing this disease requires expensive, highly tech…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Melanoma is one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer, causing 80% of skin cancer mortalities. However, it is fully curable if diagnosed early. Diagnosis is conducted by visually examining l…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ice cores extracted from ice sheets contain valuable information about the past atmospheric makeup inside air bubbles within the ice, which are measured by releasing the contents of trapped…