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ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Spark-ignition (SI) internal combustion engines are typically 20% thermally efficient. Some lost energy actually exits as unburned hydrocarbons, which in automobiles pass through a catalytic…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In the 1900’s silver was used extensively as an antimicrobial agent. When antibiotics were developed, they became very popular and silver as an antibacterial decreased. This research is re-e…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Drinking water is a basic need for every living being. Unfortunately, water sources are running out because of human pollution and the global demographic increase. For this reason, it is nec…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
The purpose of this project was to engineer an alternative method for transporting water into space by using the process of frozen reverse water spherificaiton. Moreover, the problem of tran…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
The giant water strider, Aquarius elongatus, is one of the most noticeable semiaquatic insects in Japan. Because of its agility when skating, and ability to float on the water surface, this…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to focus on different wavelengths of light and determine the effect they have on the efficiency of current flowing through the electrodes and creatio…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
The purpose of my project is to determine specific nesting characteristics for the threatened shorebird species the Western Snowy Plover, and to see if imagery from a drone can predict poten…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Ultraviolet radiation from the sun can be damaging to the skin, eyes, and immune system and is carcinogenic to humans. Despite heightened skin cancer awareness in recent years, the incidence…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Third Award
Appel and Haken (1977) proved that four colors suffice to color any map by using the discharging method. While the original problem required the same four colors, but what if each country ha…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
The antlions (larvae) are common insects living in sands, digging pits to trap passing preys. Their backward movement to seize the preys to the bottom of pits is unique, which, however, has…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Past research has shown about morphology of C.platyurus lamellar adapting to the habitat. This study aims to examine the difference in lamellar adhesion C.platyurus againts levels of roughne…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
The purpose of my experiment was to find the most efficient pulley system for generating wind energy. This project is important because in today’s world wind energy is becoming more common.…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease are chronic, debilitating neurodegenerative disorders, and the ability to accurately diagnose and monitor these diseases is critical for treatment…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose for this experiment was to determine if providing more information to a subject about a imaginary character that committed a crime will cause that subject to respond more compass…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Working safety in technical work is an important thing in elementary schools. It is learned as a side subject in technical work, but we think that with traditional learning methods students…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Thailand’s palm oil production is 1,340 million tons/year, the third in ASEAN. However, oil palm kernel cake, waste of the production, causes disturbing smell upon piling up and is a breedin…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
This project aims to generate electricity from walking and heating human feet. Since humans on average take approximately 7,000 steps a day, my goal is to create a shoe that can generate eno…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Color blindness, a medical condition that affects approximately 200 million people globally, is characterized by the impaired ability to distinguish certain colors in the human color spectru…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Technological advancements in biomedical sciences have circumvented the problem of heart failure by creating a risky solution that only mitigates the severity of the problem for a short peri…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Umpires in the MLB have only an 84% call accuracy which requires an average of 2:30 minutes of video review each game. An electronic baseball umpire was first created using a minimum of thre…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
This experiment deals with the application of electro-oxidation for the generation of sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) from salt (NaCl) water for utilization in destruction of Cyanobacteria (blue…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
The project aims to protect the images posted on the Internet from being copied or saved using “Screen Shot” features and thus protects the user from most common cyber-crimes that happen dai…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Fourth Award
Being a sesquisterpene isolated from essential oil of Zingiber zerumbet Smith (bitter ginger), a widespread plant in Vietnam, zerumbone (1) is currently considered as a potential candidate f…