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ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Water deficiency causes various agricultural problems in many areas of Thailand. We observed that the bromeliad plant (Aechmea aculeatosepala) can grow in dry areas because its leaves can co…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Second Award
Rice black bug (Scotinophora sp.) is a serious invasive pest of rice (Oryza sativa). Heavy infestation of this bug could result to severe crop loss or complete yield loss. Commercially avail…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with a devastating clinical course yet currently lacks an effective treatment method. A recently proposed biochemical mode…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
One of the most oil-consuming activities in the globe is plastics industry that drains 685 gallons of oil per ton of plastic produced. Moreover, landfilling – the most common waste managemen…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Exactly half of 2014 bicycle fatalities were at dusk, dawn, or night, according to NHTSA, yet only 20% of bicyclists ride at night. Improvements in overall bicycle visibility through use of…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria are rarely found alone in natural environments. Instead, they are usually located within complex structures composed of extracellular matrices called biofilms. Many species of bacte…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) can be used as a green pesticide as it is biodegradable and nontoxic to crops, animals, and humans. In addition, ALA has been shown to be an effective growth stim…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Southern Africa is experiencing increasing flooding hazards from a number of cyclones like Cyclone Dineo.The problem is made worse by lack of reliable flood warning systems.The purpose of th…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
This work studies air flow in a special centrifugal pump design that uses straight tubes rather than the usual expanding passages between the inlet and exit flow. Three effects are evaluated…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
This project in its present form is about approaching noninvasive ways in monitoring glucose in the human body using sweat. The idea of this experiment is to find an alternative to the curre…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
Faked company payments and fraudulent schemes such as Ponzi schemes steal over $3.7 trillion from innocent consumers every year, with auditing methods significantly lagging behind the increa…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Certain cancers (metastatic breast cancer, invasive glioma) are deadly because of their inability to be treated using existing methods. Nanoparticles, can be engineered to access these areas…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
The aquatic fern, Salvinia molesta is a global menace to waterways as it grows on water surfaces and prevents oxygen from getting into the water, creating a dead zone where no organisms can…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Numerous consumer products, such as sports clothes, makeup, food containers, even prosthetic legs contain tiny silver particles called nanoparticles, which have antibacterial properties. The…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Almost all organisms on Earth are either directly or indirectly affected by ultraviolet radiation emitted from the sun. For this reason, it is imperative to understand how and to what extent…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics, plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, have been regularly found within marine, freshwater, and estuarine environments. These tiny plastic polymers have been discovered in vario…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
In indirect detection experiments, the photon flux expected from dark matter annihilations in the Milky Way halo depends strongly on the distribution of dark matter in the halo. The effect o…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
More than 98% of the human genome is defined as non-coding DNA. Many of these noncoding elements are simply remnants of ancient genetic material, but studies indicate that 5% of the genome i…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Sundowners syndrome is a clinical diagnosis given to dementia patients. People who suffer from this experience heightened neuropsychiatric symptoms (depression, anxiety, agitation, confusion…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The prevention of concussion and sub concussive injury in helmeted activities are of great military, commercial, legal, and medical interest. A Summation of Tests for the Analysis of concuss…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
Circadian clocks are biological systems found in nearly all living species. In plants, they are responsible for water, nutrient and light intake and usage. Based on numerous studies, there a…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
In the United States, athletes suffer roughly 3.8 million concussions per year. Unfortunately, many current concussion diagnostics are subjective, placing athletes in potentially dangerous s…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Nowadays, materials comprised of the combination of DNA and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) attract particular attention with regard to their design. The administration of these materials is e…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Twenty-percent of women in the United States are affected by breast cancer. Estrogen-receptor negative cancer treatments for postmenopausal women often worsen symptoms of osteoporosis, resul…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
The purpose of this project was to investigate the disparity between the abundance of Tamalia spp. galls on non-native Arbutus unedo and native Arctostaphylos spp. It was hypothesized that t…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
As fossil fuels become increasingly scarce, the need for alternative eco-friendly renewable energy sources is becoming important. For domestic energy needs, one option is to extract solar en…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The accumulation of expanded polystyrene foam waste in landfills and oceans is an increasing global problem. Every year in the U.S. alone, a staggering 900 million kilograms of polystyrene f…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The sweet potato whitefly, Bermisa tabaci (Genadius) has become a major pest of economically important crops worldwide. In this research, two experiments including 8 treatments were conducte…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Due to ongoing technical miniaturization, the importance of nanoparticles in research and application is constantly growing. When bombarding nanoparticles with energetic ions, atoms from the…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Quantitative measurement of human gait is currently prohibitively expensive in the field of orthotics and prosthetics. This project is investigating the capabilities of a relatively inexpens…