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ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
In the digital age, more and more data needs to be transmitted securely, making cryptographic functions increasingly important. At the basis of all cryptographic functions is a pseudo-random…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Purpose: The aim is to develop blood tests to help identify women at high risk for Preeclampsia(PE) and confirm the suspected symptoms early in pregnancy. PE is characterized by the new onse…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Despite major advances in detection methods, bioseparation limits molecular discoveries. Countercurrent chromatography (CCC) is a liquid-liquid partition chromatography that uses the Archime…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Alpha and Beta rays are both particles that are emitted during radioactive decay. Alpha rays consist of 2 neutrons and 2 protons. If a substance emitting these rays is inhaled, radiation sic…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Second Award
Energy is a necessity for civilization. This project focused on a vision to expand and redefine what energy infrastructure is. The design criteria of sustainability, renewability, and access…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
The goal of this project was to formulate highly stable metal-organic ink for application in the printable electronics industry. The production of metallic inks with metal-organic complexes…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Elevated levels of highly-reactive non-transferrin bound iron (NTBI) are common in many diseases with iron dyshomeostasis and are a marker of their progression. Chelation therapy is an effec…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Current post-combustion CO2 capture technologies are energy intensive, require high temperature heat sources, and dramatically increase the cost of power generation. This work introduces a n…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Studying the effects of seizures in the brain is necessary to better understand and treat epilepsy. With the use of an electroencephalogram (EEG), researchers and health professionals can re…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
The primary objective of this science fair project was to develop a novel membrane configuration capable of efficiently and rapidly separating oxygen and carbon dioxide from ambient gases or…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This year, an estimated 19,950 people in the United States will be diagnosed with AML, the second most common leukemia. A protein called BCL2 inhibits apoptosis (programmed cell death) among…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
The objective of this experiment is to provide mechanical mechanisms by which one can augment plant pollination. This was done by creating mechanical systems that mimic specific bee behavior…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Oral and intravenous methods of drug delivery distribute drugs systemically, resulting in low drug efficacy and side effects. Thus, polymeric nanocarriers that can target drug release in res…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Over 50% of student football athletes sustain undetected concussions due to improper diagnosis, leading to increased risk of permanent brain damage. An EEG sensor and a diagnostic algorithm…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
An estimated $35 billion of energy is lost annually through windows with 45% of the average American household energy bill spent on heating and cooling. Recent developments in materials scie…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project is to develop effective and inexpensive device for remote sensing of subsurface water-carrying layers. I suggest to use the water protons response to an artificia…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
As the interest grows and people become more determined to travel to Mars and beyond, the need for efficient rockets has also increased and become more pressing. Traditionally, chemical rock…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Our project is a computer program generating images and data based on a description of a scene – its objects (planes, spheres, triangles) and geometry – the curved spacetime. We have used Ei…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Based on the curiosity generated by students experiences in the city of Young regarding obesity; The initiative to carry out an investigation emerged. The purpose of this project is to test…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Does the temperature of water when mixed with cement affect the strength of the concrete? If cement is mixed with hot water, warm water, or cold water, then the concrete mixed with warm wate…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Mosquito-borne diseases are spreading into geographic areas due to climate change. Most mosquito control methods use lures based on odors from human hosts or gravid traps that attract only f…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project aimed to find out whether chia seeds deserve being called a “super food”. First, we examined if the human digestive system was able to extract from the chia seeds the most benef…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a grade IV astrocytoma, has an elevated level of hTERT. Ad-TERT, a promising oncolytic adenovirus type 5 variant where E1A regulating components have been repl…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Fourth Award
We study the distortion of an optimal embedding of a perfect binary tree into a Euclidean space with a fixed number of dimensions. The distortion is a characteristic of the embedding, descri…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
It is a fundamental problem to find a good criterion to decide whether a system of polynomial equations has a solution. Hilbert Zero Point Theorem says that for two polynomials f(x,y) and g(…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
With thousands of people dying daily in car accidents, and almost half occurring at night, the lack of roadway visibility needs to be addressed. Strontium aluminate is a nontoxic compound th…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that can be harnessed using technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaics, solar thermal energy and solar architecture. These technolo…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The stability of Bachall-Wolf cusps of dark matter (DM) particles orbiting a supermassive black hole (SMBH) binary system was studied as the SMBHs lost energy through gravitational radiation…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
One of the central problems in theoretical physics is understanding dark energy, an enigmatic phenomenon that is hypothesized to be driving the accelerating expansion of the universe. Calcul…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
The purpose of this project was to determine if an anti-cancer agent can be released from composites of hollow gold nanoparticles (HGNs) and liposomes using normal body temperature to avoid…