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ISEF · 2016
Organic semiconductors attract the attention thanks to the supply of more material varieties compared to inorganic semiconductors and their ability for being turned into thin film. In our re…
ISEF · 2016
The recently developed Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) primary battery technology possess theoretical efficiencies of of 2.5V and a capacity of 1000 mAh g-1; however, these batteries are only limited…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Electric and hybrid electric vehicles are the state of the art in the automotive industry because they increase efficiency and reduce the negative environmental impacts of burning fossil fue…
ISEF · 2016
Gout is a purine metabolism disorder caused by accumulated urate crystals in joints. Extremely severe pain is felt since such crystals affect joints, and lower the life quality of patients s…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Dietary restriction (DR) studies have shown that decreasing caloric intake is beneficial in numerous organisms ranging from yeast to mammals, and genetic manipulation of the target of rapamy…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Solar cells are traditionally made of silicon, which is expensive to fabricate. Organic molecules are much cheaper to fabricate but are also less efficient than silicon in converting solar e…
ISEF · 2016
The three typically-recognized sources of sensory input relevant to the human balance system are the eyes, nerves in muscles and joints, and the vestibular system. This project set out to de…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
In this project, a smart hybrid solar cell using self-powered adaptive temperature control is developed. Active temperature regulation is implemented using thermoelectric cooling modules and…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Engineering Goals/ Questions:The project is attempting to create a hybrid inkjet 3D printer that utilizes two inkjet cartridges and traditional fused filament deposition methods to create em…
ISEF · 2016
Some natural processes, such as droughts, deprive people from having the appropriate amount of water, which can lead to dehydration, diseases or infections. “Drought is an insidious natural…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), a predominant member of the Protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family of enzymes, serves as a negative regulator of the insulin signal transduction p…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Atherosclerosis and subsequent cardiovascular disease causes nearly one-third of all deaths in the world. Unfortunately, atherosclerosis commonly remains asymptomatic for decades, and is pro…
ISEF · 2016
Gold nanorods were synthesized via the seed growth method and characterized with Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) to create an algorithm to determine the distribution of their lengths. DLS mea…
ISEF · 2016
Events over the past decade have demonstrated the need for more efficient security screening and substance detection against increasing numbers of threats.This project develops a special sen…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of my project is to develop a cheap and simple thermoelectric generator (TEG) for use in an impoverished area. A TEG can be made by relying on the Seebeck effect, a phenomenon in…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The need for a facile, fast, and sensitive sensor remains as current methodologies to detect toxic heavy metal ions in drinking water require extensive laboratory equipment. In this project,…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Lactose intolerance affects millions of people worldwide. It is caused by the inability to produce a digestive enzyme called lactase or beta-galactosidase, responsible for the breakdown of l…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
With the booming technological improvements in electronics market, whether it be consumer electronics and/ or electronic vehicles, the advantageous qualities of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) m…
ISEF · 2016
As the prevalence of Type II Diabetes (T2D) has increased, the need to further examine underlying features of the disorder as well as potential modes of treatment has likewise risen. This in…
ISEF · 2016
Wastewater contaminated with heavy metals from the industries is an environmental concern in an urbanizing world. Lead (Pb) is hazardous waste commonly found in electronic factories. As Thai…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics serves to deliver rapid and robust results in resource poor settings; however, current tests have been hindered by qualitative “yes-or-no” results. The purpos…
ISEF · 2016
Speech impairment has long been linked to Parkinson's disease. Individuals with Parkinson's are often unable to produce sustained phonations and suffer from vocal tremor, hoarseness, and bre…
ISEF · 2016
Semiconducting ternary chalcogenide glasses are used in many important technological applications such as optical data storage, waveguides, optical amplifiers etc. However, development of ma…
ISEF · 2016
Nitrate (NO3-) ions pose a serious threat due to eutrophication and health issues such as blue baby syndrome, cancers, and diabetes; however, methods for sustainable denitrification have yet…
ISEF · 2016
Semiconductor nanocrystals, including CdSe, with tunable bandgaps based on particle size offer enormous potential for solar energy collection as chromophores in bulk heterojunction polymer p…
ISEF · 2016
Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is a master regulator of mitosis through its activation of key proteins that are involved in processes such as spindle fiber assembly and anaphase regulation. Certa…
ISEF · 2016
My research has focused on the development of the first ever low-cost, open-source, integrated hearing test and hearing aid. The hardware for the device consists of a Teensy 3.1 - an Arduino…
ISEF · 2016
At present, wound dressing is in high demand. However, the process of manufacturing and improving the desired properties of the wound dressing is usually expensive and uses many chemicals th…
ISEF · 2016
Ensuring the safety of drinking water is a basic livelihood issue. Frequent occurrences of water odor accidents in recent years have attracted increasing public attention to organic micro-po…
ISEF · 2016
Escherichia coli is a rod shaped, gram negative bacterium, certain species of which inhabit mammalian intestines. Some strains of E. coli are pathogenic, warranting investigation into its an…