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ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
We don’t think about it, but many of our daily actions require our hands. But the truth is not everyone is fortunate to have their hands by their side. Prosthetics are available but they eit…
ISEF · 2015
Due to daily development, actual ciphers became insecure, for instance AES-256 (Advanced Encryption Standard) which is the most used Symmetric Block cipher (version of AES that inputs a 256…
ISEF · 2015
Over the course of several geologic timescales, the geochemical compositions of agglutinated foraminifera change with the addition or subtraction of various trace elements into the marsh eco…
ISEF · 2015
Due to the finite supply of fossil fuels and the ecological dangers associated with their use, there has been a push in recent years to find new ways of efficiently producing energy. The dir…
ISEF · 2015
This project aimed to develop and test an inexpensive and effective detector of NO2 using LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes). I hypothesized that an LED that was configured as a light sensor would…
ISEF · 2015
The main objective of this experiment was to determine whether methods of phytoremediation could decrease the levels of radon found in different soil samples. Phytoremediation techniques use…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The purpose of the project is to fix damaged, high pressure pipes in either extreme or domestic circumstances. I decided to use NITINOL alloy because of its form remembering effect (After de…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Plant cultivation in Saudi Arabia’s coastal areas is implemented mainly in greenhouses, which are located in humid environments. The ideal humidity for most plants typically ranges between 5…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The fruits of Dendrophthoe pentandra, a parasitic plant, produce sticky sap which can adhere to the trees and attach their seedlings for seed propagation. I noticed that my father had to spe…
ISEF · 2015
Worldwide interests aroused in the field of solar water splitting and photodegradation of organic pollutants using semiconductor photocatalysts. Fabrication of nano photocatalyst can improve…
ISEF · 2015
This project was done in order to design a system that could assist the blind by providing information of their location. It was hypothesized that it could be possible to design a system cap…
ISEF · 2015
As blood flows inside stents/hemodialysis catheters, there is a tendency for elements of blood, such as fibrinogen, to adhere to stents/catheters, leading to clot formation and requiring fur…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to help people with tinnitus. The experimenter created a computer program that uses generated sine waves and phase to cancel out tinnitus frequencies. First th…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Recently, fast food chains and local restaurants around the nation have been changing their menus from fried and breaded meat products to grilled meats. This change, while meant to be positi…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the mathematical principles of the Monty Hall problem. The Monty Hall problem is a three door probability puzzle loosely based on the television…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common and aggressive primary malignant brain tumor. Despite aggressive treatment, including maximum surgical resection followed by both chemotherapy and radiot…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Several high-profile deaths recently focused societal attention on the use of video footage as evidence. This experiment investigated how slow motion and jury instructions affect the judgmen…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Heart Disease is the top killer in the United States, causing 600,000 deaths annually. Current methods of prevention for this disease cause discomfort to 30% of the population and may be inv…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Nilaparvata lugens Stal or brown planthopper is the dominant damaging pest found in rice field together with Cyrtorhinus lividipennis which is its egg predator. Using chemical insecticides e…
ISEF · 2015
Computer technology has made large impacts on society however, there are still areas in which new technologies can be implemented in order to improve lives such as in the lives of the visual…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
This multiphase study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of utilizing a piezoelectric crystal tree to harvest electrical energy from rain water to use as a clean, renewable energy sou…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The purpose of this experiment is to find a way to provide a constant supply of electrical power to a cardiac pacemaker utilizing cardiac and pulmonary motions in conjunction with piezoelect…
ISEF · 2015
The ozone layer is a deep layer in the stratosphere which surrounds the Earth. The layer shields the entire Earth from the harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation that comes from the Sun. However…
ISEF · 2015
Worldwide, Influenza kills more than 250,000 yearly. Despite this, the approach to flu vaccination has not changed in several decades. One novel technique in vaccine development is the use o…
ISEF · 2015
To help vaccinate the rural population of Africa, who do not have easy access to electricity and refrigeration, the thermophilic gene could be added to common vaccines to help them remain po…
ISEF · 2015
We find a depth-first search version of Dhar's burning algorithm that gives a bijection between the parking functions of a multigraph and its spanning trees. Thus we extend a result by Perki…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a rather widespread neuropsychiatric illness without defined causes. Studies have implied an immunological dysfunction hypothesis for SCZ by identifying differences in…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
The purpose of this research focused on whether or not thawing water temperatures made an impact on viability of bovine semen cells. Bovine semen was tested to find the prime temperature of…
ISEF · 2015
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are involved with gene regulation by obstructing translation or by helping with the deterioration of mRNAs therefore suppressing the gene. A lack or surplus of miRNAs is r…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Studies have shown an inverse correlation between prostate cancer incidence and ultraviolet (UV) exposure by region. Vitamin D (1,25(OH)2D3) is a seco-steroid hormone that is absorbed into t…