ISEF · 2017
Is Tiny Mighty? Phase II
Biochemistry
Nanoparticles are easily finding their way into the environment much easier than before due to them being in consumer products such as food and the lining of clothing. If enough nanoparticle…
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ISEF · 2017
JustStep: Voice Message System for Tactile Ground Surface Indicator (TGSI)
Embedded Systems
The project "JustStep: Voice message system for tactile ground surface indicator (TGSI)" is an Assistive Technology tool that aims to solve the difficulties faced by blind people in order to…
ISEF · 2017
Kemotions: Keys to Emotional Cues
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Traditional analysis of text has been limited to an analysis of the content to extract meaning and intent. New technologies now allow us to also measure the process of creating the content a…
ISEF · 2017
Kids on Track: Investigating the Effectiveness of a Rewards-Based Fitness Program Using Activity Trackers with Elementary Students
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Today's children are spending over fifty hours a week immersed in technology (Burke, 2003) and yet, seventy-five percent of these children fail to meet the World Health Organization's recomm…
ISEF · 2017
Kimchi Bacterial Affects against Common Sinusitis Bacteria
Microbiology
Sinusitis is very common condition in the United States, afflicting 15% of the population each year. This study tested the antimicrobial/ inhibitory effects of Kimchi against the common Gram…
ISEF · 2017
Label-free Immunosensors for Early and Expeditious Diagnosis of Multi-Organ Failure
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Early diagnosis is of unequivocal importance to survive debilitating multiple organ failure (MOF), the leading cause of death in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, current lab-based met…
ISEF · 2017
Language Identification Based on the Variations in Intonation Using Multi-Classifier Systems
Systems Software Third Award
Speaking plays an indispensable role in communication. We utilize our vocal apparatus to speak through various articulatory processes including variations in the manner, place and the intona…
ISEF · 2017
Laser Shielding Odyssey: A Novel Method for Confining Matter Transported at Relativistic Velocities in Vacuum by a Laser-Tube, Which May Solve a Problem of Stephen Hawking's "Star-Shot" Initiative
Physics and Astronomy
Technology has given us advantages to improve our life’s quality; it brought a lot of changes to our life. Scientists plan to colonize the moon and planets, to expand the humankind in space.…
ISEF · 2017
LaserWAN - Laser Broadband Internet Connections
Embedded Systems
Today the Internet is one of the most important services that everyone needs, for personal uses, but specially for business: email, web banking, cloud services, etc... Areas where is not pos…
ISEF · 2017
Leading the Environment with Less Lead, Nano-Structured Jordanian Kaolinite for the Removal of Lead from Industrial Waste Water
Chemistry Second Award
Kaolinite, a natural deposit in Jordan has been proved it can be used for removal of toxic heavy metals from water. This study aimed to remove lead ions from industrial waste water using Nan…
ISEF · 2017
Leaf Me to Die
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of this experiment was to find the correlation between the complexity of leaf vein structure and the speed at which leaves dry, as determined by the rate of embolism formation. M…
ISEF · 2017
Lecithin-Retinol Acyl Transferase in Squamous Cell Carcinoma: The Relationship between Oncology and Wound Repair
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is an invasive type of skin cancer that lacks expression of lecithin-retinol acyl transferase (LRAT), a protein implicated in wound healing and cancer progressi…
ISEF · 2017
LED: Is it Really a More Efficient Future?
Energy: Physical
Due to the partial unavailability of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency in today's world is more important than anything else. Less energy consumption meaning less fossil fuels will…
ISEF · 2017
Less Water – More Food?: Real-Time Three-Dimensional Imaging of Soil Moisture Distribution for Intelligent Irrigation
Embedded Systems
Hunger, one of the most prominent problems in the world today, is primarily caused by a shortage of fresh water. Significant optimization of water use can be achieved by knowing the time and…
ISEF · 2017
LifeSpin: Comprehensive Water Purification and Transportation via Induced Turbulent Flow in Conjunction with Faraday's Law of Induction
Engineering Mechanics First Award
Despite industrialization, Sub-Saharan Africa’s water infrastructure leaves ~341 million people without access to potable water. In addition to water purification problems, transportation pr…
ISEF · 2017
Lingering Heavy Metal and Metalliods in the Allium cepa Root Tip and Bulb from the Animas and San Juan Riverbeds, After the 2015 Gold King Mine Spill
Biochemistry
Finding potential heavy metal and metalloid toxins in the Animas and San Juan riverbeds and onion bulb after the 2015 Gold King Mine Spill are crucial to the effects of the mitotic index of…
ISEF · 2017
Linux Processes' Memory Visualization
Systems Software
Linux processes’ memory visualization (MemVis) is a project which aims to facilitate the users who want easily to observe the memory of a currently running process and moreover to analyze it…
ISEF · 2017
Listening for Differences: Analyzing Bat Feeding Behavior
Animal Sciences
In South Carolina there have been very few studies examining the behavior of the resident bats. This project tests the hypothesis that the coastal evening bats (Nycticeius humeralis), easter…
ISEF · 2017
Localizing Heat with Carbon Foam for Efficient Solar Desalination
Energy: Physical Second Award
Concentrated solar technologies that concentrate sunlight on a receiver are becoming popular not just for electricity, but also for desalination. My research focuses on improving efficiency…
ISEF · 2017
Looking into the Past for Insight on the Future: Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning for Time Series Data
Mathematics Fourth Award
This project takes a different approach to meteorological forecasting by investigating underlying patterns in local weather fluctuations and attempting to find a connection between these phe…
ISEF · 2017
Low-Cost Gravity Driven Filtration System Designed Using Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Loaded PU Foam for Arsenic Removal from Polluted Water in Developing Countries
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Arsenic contamination of water sources is a global problem, affecting numerous countries across the world. Natural weathering and anthropogenic sources, such as mining and use of coal-fired…
ISEF · 2017
LRBA: A Possible Key Player in Cancer Cell Autophagy
Biochemistry
Chemotherapy is frequently the only viable treatment for cancer patients. But tumor cells are capable of adapting and developing resistance to this treatment. Autophagy, the cell’s recycling…
ISEF · 2017
Lucid Dreaming: Its Electrophysiological Correlates and Induction through Multiple Awakenings
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
The phenomenon of lucid dreaming, the state of being aware within a dream, is rare and difficult to control. This study investigates whether multiple awakenings in rapid succession can simul…
ISEF · 2017
Lumos: Automated Smartphone-Based Ophthalmic Screening for Glaucoma Using Computer Vision and Deep Learning Algorithms through Low-Cost and Non-Mydriatic Retinal Fundus Imaging
Systems Software Fourth Award
Glaucoma is the leading irreversible cause of blindness worldwide. And in its early stages, it's shows no symptoms. So most of the affected patients don't know they have it until it causes m…
ISEF · 2017
Macauba Palm: A Fruitful Future
Environmental Engineering
In Minas Gerais, Brazil, grows the Macaùba Palm. The fruits of this palm contain a lot of useful components. We made a business plan for the use of these components for the purification of w…
ISEF · 2017
Machine Learning Tool for Accurate, Cost-Effective, and Rapid Prediction of Small Cell Lung Cancer Stage: Significantly Increase Patient Survival in One Minute
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC), the most fatal subtype of lung cancer, has a five-year survival rate of 2%. Currently, patients must get expensive computerized tomography and positron emissio…
ISEF · 2017
Make Way for Duckweed: Observing the Growth Rates of Lemna and Its Effect on Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in a Simulated Carbon Sink
Plant Sciences
With the increasing prospect of large-scale climate change due to anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, propositions for controlling effects remain focused in reducing emissions as o…
ISEF · 2017
Making 3D Printer Using Junk: Everyone Can Make!
Engineering Mechanics
In this project, we conducted three prototype 3D printer models to create a 3D printer that anyone could make using scrap materials available around them. The first model utilized waste reso…
ISEF · 2017
Manipulating Matter on the Nanoscale: Incorporated Branched Junction Inside a DNA Tensegrity Triangle
Biomedical Engineering
DNA-sequenced engineering of protein nucleants may reduce limitations associated with protein crystallization and structure determination for structure-based drug development. This project i…
ISEF · 2017
Manipulating Odor-Driven Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster: A Model to Investigate ?-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Deficiency Disorders
Animal Sciences
Imbalances between the inhibitory and excitatory neurotransmitters, gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate, result in hyperexcitability disorders, such as anxiety. Many of these disord…