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ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
The objective of this project was to make an efficient diagnostic and telemonitoring tool for Parkinson’s disease through a mobile application - aimed at providing accessibility to everyone,…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
Capillary floating problem in physics concerns the equilibrium positions of floating bodies whose positions and orientations are governed by capillary forces. It plays an important role in m…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are solar cell devices that convert light energy to electrical energy. It makes use of a photoelectrochemical system similar to photosynthesis in plants. T…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
It was previously reported, that temperature may significantly influence neural dynamics on different levels of brain modeling. Therefore, in computational neuroscience, we would like to con…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
The initial intention of this project was to compare how differing heating elements affected the artificial nylon muscle. One muscle fiber used a silver paint coating and the other was heate…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The microbiome of a “healthy” vocal fold in a human model has yet to be characterized in the relatively new field of otolaryngology. The use of bacterial identification as a comparison of he…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coral reefs are a critical part of the ocean’s ecology, being home to 4,000 fish species and 700 types of coral. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide are causing the oceans to acidify. This a…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
In a time where antibiotics are becoming increasingly ineffective, especially against our most common bacterial infections, the student researchers believe that part of the solution involves…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
This project explores how wastes of glass, rubber and plastic polymers can be combined together to obtain a composite material that is resistant to squeezing, tearing or fragility. Wastes, s…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Every year, NBA draft picks are wasted on seemingly generational talent. Front office executives enamor the raw talent that some players exhibit and inaccurately evaluate their draft stock -…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Unlike homogeneous cellular bodies, cancer is best understood as a diverse community of heterogeneous cells that interacts through complex ecological interactions. Intratumor interactions, s…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Safe, effective, and reliable gene therapy has been heralded as the future of medicine in the 21st century. Technologies for editing and regulating genes based on the CRISPR/Cas9 system have…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
How to obtain an organic additive with an endemic and abundant material in the region? The use of organic compounds as an alternative to decrease the application of chemical compounds which…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
The water wasting is a worldwide problem and, specifically in Brazil, it reachs 166,3 liters a person per day, while recommendation of the United Nations Organization is about 110 liters a p…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
This project explores the air purification properties of various indoor landscaping plants (Sansevieria trifasciata, Spathiphyllum wallisii and Epipremnum aureum), to remove pollutants such…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The focus of the study was to examine possible effects of genetics and external factors on teenagers’ tendency to choose one sport over another. Trainability of athletes, familial influence,…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Purpose: To investigate more efficient school bus routing techniques and the possibility of dynamically generating school bus routes using a genetic algorithm and other metaheuristics. Proce…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This work proposes a generative architecture that incorporates a natural approach to data synthesis. The Adaptive Variational Memory Encoding (AVME) model learns to represent data in an iter…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software First Award
Python's list.sort() is uses an extremely sophisticated and highly tuned algorithm, designed to minimize the number of comparisons necessary to sort lists with real-world structure. However,…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Second Award
With over a billion people affected by lack of access to freshwater, desalination is an important avenue to ameliorate this crisis. Prior research by the author demonstrated the feasibility…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
The goal of this research was to develop an efficient, portable and cheap MFC that utilizes untreated bacteria, found in natural resources, as an energy source. The electrode and carbon spon…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Observing and analyzing a microbial population change is very important in many biological and medical experiments. Mostly, people count the number of microbes with their own eyes by observi…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Microarray technologies are used to understand the driving forces in genomics and proteomics through high-throughput measurements of interactions among DNA, RNA, peptides, and proteins. Univ…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of experimentation was to determine the inhibitory effects of the cis form of 1,2-Dichloroethene (cis-DCE), a widespread toxic chlorinated solvent contaminant, on the growth of t…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
The purpose of this paper is to introduce the reader several unusual areas of mathematics that not many people are aware of. The principles of Latin squares, projective and affine planes can…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
RNA-based infectious diseases have been sources of large-scale epidemics and pandemics resulting in millions of casualties worldwide. Detection of these biological agents normally involves m…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Western Pacific region is one of the most populous regions on Earth and also one of the most volcanically active regions. There are at least twenty-five active or dormant volcanoes withi…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
Western music is based on two concepts – Harmony, which is the simultaneous sounding of multiple notes (chords), and Voice Leading, which is the temporal motion of these notes (voices). The…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Aircraft accidents are often caused by inadequate maintenance or unforeseeable structure failures due to loosen bolts and nuts on the aircraft. Although many different safety products availa…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Third Award
Today smartphones cannot match the capabilities of a personal computer. Also, the time of their use is limited to 1-2 days without recharging, and the cost in most cases is equal to the cost…