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ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, presents an enormous amount of scientific potential. While probes have been sent to the planet before, consideration of a future manned mission provides its own…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
The Curcumin molecule is the active ingredient of turmeric; it can capture heavy metals. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the capability of curcumin to combine with copper ion. For…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a chytrid fungus that is contributing to amphibian population declines and extinctions across the globe. Although more research has been done on Bd in…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Incessant backaches are an intrinsic part of cycling. Preliminary research revealed that 45% of the cyclists in the world suffer from back pains of which 23% remain chronic. Today, these cyc…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
The study depicts the mapping of the triangle on the cylindrical surface, i.e. the cylindrical deformation of the triangle. The described mapping is characterized by a curious geometric prop…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Clinical cancer diagnosis faces many challenges, particularly in its low sensitivity and accuracy for early tumor detection. This project aims to develop an early diagnostic platform using l…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
The overall goal of this project was to accurately model the stability of a planet in various multi-star systems. Through the progression of creating a computer model of our solar system, a…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Substance use disorder is characterized by the chronic use of addictive substances, to the point where substance use is beyond the user’s control. Both genetic and environmental factors dete…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
The formation of central crater mounds on Mars is not well understood, especially in the under-studied mid-latitude regions. Changes in Mars' climate have affected the amount of sediment and…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
Egyptian Fractions can be defined as the series of distinct unit fractions that can be summed to equal a proper fraction. Any fraction can be expressed in this way, and the Egyptians had a m…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
The emergence of high-throughput histopathological images over the past decade provides new opportunities for computational techniques to study cancerous tumors. Current analysis of tumor pr…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Annually, 7 million patients suffer surgical complications, many of which are linked to inadequate surgical training and a lack of individualized feedback. To improve operative skill, it is…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Autism is a group of heterogeneous disorders defined by deficits in social interaction and communication. Even though autism has a significant genetic component, it is solely diagnosed throu…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Those involved in the citrus industry understand the ongoing struggle of warding off pests from their crop to ensure the best product. Diaphorina citri, or more commonly, the Asian citrus ps…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a medical device that doctors use to determine great deals of information about a patient’s heart health. However, doctors are only able to use ECG devices in h…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
With the rapid development of video streaming, gaming, and other data consuming services, the demand for low latency, low packet loss, and high internet bandwidth has constantly been increas…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
The project is to design and construct a solar water pumping system that takes energy from the sunlight, and this energy is converted into electrical energy through photovoltaic cells and th…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Augmented reality (AR) is a fascinating new lighting technology, where we can add virtual objects to our reality that are perceived as holograms within our actual environment. Special AR gla…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Stethoscope are the most widely used medical technology in the world, used in both developed and developing nations. A normal acoustic stethoscope can cost anywhere between $40 and $1,000 an…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Extensive research is being conducted by space agencies and institutions regarding free-floating microsatellites that originally translated and rotated using thrusters. These microsatellites…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
The obesity pandemic affects 36.5% of the US adult population and exacerbates the risk for deadly comorbidities including Type II Diabetes (T2DM). Current obesity and T2DM therapeutics are n…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
This project developed a scalable, low cost FFF 3D printer with a unique leveling system. The bed is coupled with an elevator, forming the Z axis. The printer consists of four identical wall…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Due to depleting oil reserves and the threat of global warming, renewable energy sources, such as the biofuel ethanol, are being explored as alternatives to petroleum. Cellulose, the most co…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Almost 5 million dental implants are placed annually in the United States, and they are now considered the standard of care for the replacement of lost teeth. Despite their increased use for…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
With the technology available now, to explore the surface of Mars by sending humans has to face important issues mostly related to their security and health. In this project, I research how…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
Flowers have evolved into a way to reduce energy waste through long evolutionary process. We began our research with the inspiration from the features of flower’s blooming. The ideas obtaine…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Fourth Award
Nowadays due to the urgent needs of cancer medication, the molecular, targetbased drug discovery has become the most effective method of drug development with promising targets such as HDACs…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Diseases that cause abnormal cells affect millions of individuals. These irregularly shaped cells can be detected visually through a blood smear. A way to automate the detection of abnormal…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this research was to determine if a new non-intrusive allergy test can detect dust and dander allergens in IgE sensitized individuals using a capillary tube precipitation test…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
We present data and analysis on the capabilities of the telescope at the Centennial Observatory, and, in general, ground-based telescopes with similar properties to perform differential phot…