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ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Expensive titanium alloys are currently used for prosthetics. The main problem with titanium alloys as biomaterials is that titanium has poor tensile strength and wear resistance. The teeth…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Flowable light curable acrylic resins with adequate initiator have been used in DLP or SLA based 3D printer to print 3D objects. Light curable acrylic resins with a bulky urea group will und…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
The purpose of this research was to test whether bio-diesel fuels made from different vegetable oils (canola oil, corn oil, grapeseed oil and peanut oil) differed in efficiency, and to deter…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Are you creative? Would you like to be? Do you like music? Do you ever travel, and not have anything to do? The objective of this project was to make a device that encourages and develops cr…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
During brick wall construction, lots of material are wasted and there can be flaws due to human errors. These flaws make brick walls weak. Further, prevailing method of building a wall is la…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
In the research we study the systems of tangent circles inscribed in generalized Archimedes arbeloses and its properties. By the generalized Archimedes arbelos we mean one of the following m…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious, airborne bacterial infection that has become the leading cause of death in the world. Approximately one third of the world population is infected with TB,…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Over 1 billion people in the world face communication and healthcare problems due to Physical Disabilities and Developmental Disorders. They have to use Augmentative and Alternative Communic…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology First Award
It is evident that the tongue perceives tactile sensation, but little is known about the neurons that mediate this. Since tropomyosin receptor kinase C (TrkC) neurons are mechanoreceptors on…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to identify macroinvertebrates and heavy metals present in Tar Creek and to study lab macroinvertebrates, Lumbriculus variegatus and Odonata anisoptera, in…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Third Award
With the rising cost of healthcare and the ubiquity of the internet, telemedicine is becoming a necessary and viable option. Physicians need to be able to remotely monitor a patient’s well-b…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chromosome movements during mitosis are orchestrated primarily by the interaction of spindle microtubules with the kinetochore, the site for attachment of spindle microtubules to the centrom…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
How are we going to provide food when colonization of Mars begins? Before this huge step in exploration can commence, an outline must be in place for growing food. This project asks three qu…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
As water scarcity and the extraction of oil collide, Produced Water (PW) has become a vital asset to commercial and organic farmers. Questions surrounding the uptake of residual toxins prese…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
This experiment was conducted to determine which of the two solutions, Ava Niukini or a commercial product pesticide, will be more efficient in the extermination of one or more Rhipicephalus…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this experiment is to see if changing the chemical structure of Methylbutenol (MBO) synthase’s active site from a Phenylalanine to a Tyrosine will effect the production of MBO…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In developing countries, nearly 80% of all illnesses are attributed to drinking water polluted with heavy metals and industrial runoff. Current water filtration systems are expensive and ina…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The purpose of my project was to find the difference between the bacteria in atopic children compared to children who are considered healthy. I obtained 6 participants that were considered h…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
In the past, people used to use static testing in the materials and paper quality measuring. It was too troublesome to operate. QC factory also used sampling test to checked the capability o…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This experiment determined which type of metal surface would best reduce nosocomial illness. I hypothesized that while copper/brass possess intrinsic antimicrobial properties, the inherent m…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder affecting 1% of the population worldwide. Its primary symptoms, seizures, occur without warning and can often be dangerous. Epilepsy is diagnosed with th…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Skin cancer and sunburn are serious consequences of exposure to the ultraviolet spectrum of sunlight. Sunscreen is an effective public health intervention that protects by blocking these har…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
A method of solving of the Diophantine equations of the first degree, that lets us to solve these equations in general already exists. But there are no such methods for the Diophantine equat…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The project aimed to use halloysite clays as naturally occurring nanoparticles in the making of an affordable and efficient eco-friendly nanofertiliser.Research was conducted in many stages…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The Black Plague spread through Europe in the middle of the 14th century, annihilating, within a few years, half of the population of the continent. Contemporary scholars view the Plague as…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This project aims to use EEG devices with robots in order to increase brain-computer interaction of the paralyzed people. The intelligent interface guides the user through the menu rather th…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
In Drosophila melanogaster, the development of the compound eye is organized by a network of highly conserved transcriptional regulators called the retinal determination (RD) network, which…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
Rip currents are a major hazard on beaches all over the world. According to the United States Lifesaving Association, 90% of beach drowning’s and 80% of beach recues are attributed to rip cu…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Turbidity is an underestimated concern when it comes to water quality. Turbidity, how much sedimentation is in water(measured in NTU), is a severe problem when it comes to killing of plants,…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Mechanical oscillation is one of the most frequent phenomena; it is a considerable source of energy. In this project, a novel design of the autonomous and reliable converter of 3D mechanical…