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ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
The purpose of this science project is to build a Thin-Panel, Cylinder-Arrayed, and Solar Water Heater that could heat water to the maximum temperature and use it for homes in the rural area…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
ThumbFi is a human-computer interaction revolutionary device that aims to simplify control of various devices by literally bringing control to your fingertips. All you have to do is touch di…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The purpose of this project is to determine if silver nanoparticles can induce sporulation in Bacillus anthracis. Sporulation in this project would be caused by the silver nanoparticles' tox…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: A makeshift portable water filtration system was designed to test the hypothesis that it would bring levels of E.coli down to acceptable values safe for human consumption. Procedure…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Second Award
Recent scientific and journalistic publications have called into question the validity and efficacy of flossing. This project aims to determine whether flossing benefits dental health by ana…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The traditional preparation of toishabui(chokecherry) was to grind the fruit with the seed and make it into a raw mixture. In the nontraditional preparation the berry is boiled, juiced, and…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The main focus for this project is to find a way to treat Staphylococcal skin infections by creating topical antibiotics with iron oxide nanoparticles that will be able to fight bacterial in…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
There has been a lot of controversy over whether vaccines are safe or cause cognitive disorders like autism. We spend lots of money and time on developing vaccines to fight contagious pathog…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
In 2017, over 8 million people around the world will die of cardiac diseases, most often induced by myocardial infarctions (MIs) and cardiomyopathies. Current treatment options, including he…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
The goal of this research was to improve cancer diagnostics, specifically copy number detection methods. Accurately determining the abundance of oncogenes and tumor suppressors is necessary…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Our experimental purpose was to test a combination of paraben types on the pupation and eclosion rate of Drosophila melanogaster. We hypothesized that in Drosophila melanogaster samples expo…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Peptic ulcer is one of the world's major gastrointestinal disorders and affecting 10% of the world population. The drugs available in the market are often associated with side effects. Thus,…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
The goal of this project was to create a relatively inexpensive test kit which identified the previous existence of a methamphetamine laboratory by detecting lithium carbonate residues. Due…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The Mobile Bay is the sixth largest watershed in the nation and has the fourth largest freshwater discharge in forty-eight states. This unique estuary is home to a diverse bacterial communit…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Traffic congestion is a problem that plagues most metropolitan areas. The problem has grown worse over the years as more people seek to reside in suburban areas and commute to work. Increase…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
A circuit was created in order to transform alternate current to direct current using kinetic energy with piezoelectric sensors. Those sensors are capable of producing 5 V to 10 V. The hypot…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
1 in 68 individuals is diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Currently, autism diagnosis is based solely on behavioral assessment; no objective, medically-based biomarkers have been id…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
For a long time, the desire to integrate into the community has yet to be feasible for the deaf-mute due to the language barrier. “Translating Glove for the deaf–mute” targets the Vietnamese…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Now a days, population of the world increases high speed with same ratio people requirements are increasing day by day. Everywhere we can see a lot of cars also amount of cars increasing day…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
There are numerous mathematical systems that are implemented in the process of archaeological seriation. Archeological seriation is a relative dating process in which assemblages are placed…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Third Award
High blood pressure affects millions of people worldwide. In this illness, activity of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) leads to the narrowing of blood vessels. There are many drugs that…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in Earth’s atmosphere have increased dramatically in recent decades, and many strategies in carbon capture and sequestration have been investigated to remediate t…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The drone industry is projected to be worth over 127 billion dollars by the year 2020 (Sun, 2016). This means drones will be everywhere: monitoring our food crops, delivering our packages, a…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
According to World Cancer Research Fund, breast cancer is the second deadliest malignancy in women worldwide. During the last decades, nanoparticles have received much attention due to their…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Supercapacitors are important because of their increasing role in powering many mobile, wearable and medical devices that help and improve peoples’ lives. Supercapacitors can store energy wi…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal genetic neurogenerative disorder caused by expansion of CAG trinucleotide repeats in the huntingtin (HTT) gene greater than 35 repeats. The expanded CAG…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, is key in wound healing, embryonic development, and survival of cancerous tumors. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and its binding…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Dithienylethenes (DTE) undergo reversible isomerization to colored isomers upon light irradiation. These compounds are considered as one of the most promising classes of organic photochromic…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering First Award
Due to the recent Flint Water Crisis, much attention has been directed again towards the presence of heavy metals in water and its health and environmental implications. There also remains a…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
In 1926, 2600 intricately folded letters from the 17th century were discovered. Opening the letters risks losing the folding patterns, breaking the seals, and destroying the text. Recently,…