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ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
10,000 of all known human diseases are monogenic, caused by a single mutation in the DNA. Scientists have tried developing the Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) and Transcription Activator-like Eff…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Purpose Claus Process is renowned for treating hydrogen sulfide, a toxic substance that is very dangerous to human causing bronchial, heart diseases, or even death when exposed to a high con…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Third Award
Purpose: Given a prime p and polynomial f, how many pairs (x,y) are there such that y^a-x^b*f(x) is a multiple of p? Equivalently, how many rational points lie on a superelliptic curve? Answ…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Heavy metal pollution is a pressing global environmental threat and public health concern. In this study, sustainable nanofiber coagulants were synthesized to remove heavy metals lead, cadmi…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Elasmobranchs - commonly known as sharks, skates, and rays - are known to possess highly acute olfactory sensitivity, with large variation of the morphological structures across all species.…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Modern high bypass turbofan jet engines pollute the air and their optimal speed and altitude is fixed because of engine physics and economy. We propose using an electric motor paired with a…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
There is concern with respect to cars as producing environment contamination. This has led to the creation of hybrid cars also known as "sustainable cars". Is it possible to use the electroc…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
When most people hear the word electromagnets, they instantly think of a magnet created with electricity. This has had practical applications as strong magnets able to be turned on or off wh…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
In this project, the planaria's actions towards a magnetic field is being tested.I believe that this is very important because this could lead to a discovery in a sensory neuron in aquatic a…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
My project is an innovative cloud-based operating system, that is fully compatible with Windows/Android/Linux and can run either on your real machine as a host operating system or in your br…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Fourth Award
Escherichia coli O104:H4 is an enteroaggregative/shiga-toxin (Stx) producing strain and the cause of many fatal diseases. Recent literature identified a direct correlation between expression…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The RE-1 Silencing Transcription Factor (REST) is a central transcriptional repressor that regulates a wide range of neural genes. REST is highly conserved among vertebrates and modulates pr…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Whenever disasters take place, it is literally difficult to design a strategy for goods distribution. It is believed that the effective strategy should yields equality, where disaster victim…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) show great potential as sensors and optoelectronic devices. To enhance their potential, methods to functionalize TMDs’ fluorescence properties are of…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The overuse of substances with antibacterial and antifungal properties cause drugs to lose their efficiency because of the resistance that microorganisms started to develop. By using the Jug…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
We created an encryption software for encryption of personal files. We started our work with online questionnaire so we could have base requirements for our software. At the same time we stu…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
Our purpose is to produce high security encryption algorithms by using the irregularity of decimal expansions. Different from other methods, we make use of the irregularity of irrational num…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
An “Energy Saving SwimFin” was developed aiming to increase propelling speed while reducing energy consumption and decreasing load on the feet. Developing a model system comprised of a minia…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Fertilizers containing nitrogen continue to be an integral aspect of the farming economy in the Midwest. Excess run-off of nitrates has become an environmental hazard. When the growth of alg…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Goal: To build a practical device capable of improving my vision by directing a controlled level of light into the eye (i.e. photoactivation.) Problem/Background: I have multiple eye conditi…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
For most organ failure patients, organ donations do not exist. But in 5-10 years, patients will be able to grow their own organs by placing stem cells into extracellular matrices (ECMs) take…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) affects three million individuals in the United States alone, resulting in approximately $15 billion in healthcare costs annually. T1D results from the autoimm…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The regeneration of bone defects caused by trauma, fracture, and disease is a significant clinical challenge for both military and civilian patients in the United States and around the world…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Thousands of wells are drilled in shale reservoirs annually. The most common type of fluid used to drill horizontal wells in shale reservoirs is oil-based mud, using diesel and other compone…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Fourth Award
Bacterial meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges and subarachnoid cerebrospinal fluid caused by bacterial infection. E. coli K1 is a major cause of neonatal meningitis, which has bee…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Tissue-material integration is a key challenge of engineering medical implants and implantable biosensors. Implants often undergo an intense foreign body reaction orchestrated by human macro…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Second Award
In developing knee prosthetics, actively tuning the stiffness of the knee is crucial to facilitate natural movement and decrease fatigue for the amputee. Latest devices exploit the highly tu…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical Third Award
An Experimental Study of the Enhanced Behaviour of a species A SPECIFIC COMPOSITION SPECIE OF COMMERCIALLY VIABLE crack-and-pore NiHCd HER Electrode(56.3 wt.% of nickel and 43.7 wt.% of coba…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) are vital for visually impaired individuals crossing the street. However, there are many different types of APS. Not having a universal design makes it ha…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Twelve percent of women develop invasive breast cancer (National Cancer Institute, 2012). Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women in the United States, killing ov…