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ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Interleukin-4 (IL-4), a cytokine found in excess in the tumor microenvironment, is known to induce cancer cell proliferation. In vitro research suggests that the IL-4-induced activation of t…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Traditional antibiotics are becoming obsolete due to the growing danger of antibiotic resistance and their frequent toxicity to human indigenous microbiota. This investigation develops a syn…
ISEF · 2015
Worldwide 30 - 40 percent of road deaths are caused by alcohol. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 33,561 people died in traffic crashes in 2012 in the U…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Over the past few decades nanotechnology has developed rapidly. Compared with bulk materials, novel nanomaterials size-dependant physico-chemical properties (e.g., higher specific surface ar…
ISEF · 2015
Wolbachia is a maternally transmitted intracellular symbiont that is mainly localized in the reproductive tissues of arthropods. Wolbachia is responsible for feminization, parthenogenesis, m…
ISEF · 2015
Animal Sciences
Previous research has suggested that wound healing properties in stingrays may be due to an antimicrobial substance in the animal’s epidermal mucus. To investigate this, the minimum inhibito…
ISEF · 2015
The citrus industry is in danger of being completely wiped out by a disease called HLB (Huong Long Bing) or citrus greening disease, which is which is a bacterial infection spread by the inf…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Antioxidants, touted as beneficial for your health, potentially preventing degenerative, neurological and cardiovascular diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s, are found in the highest concen…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of the most studied and challenging diseases, which is characterized by high and rapid replication. HIV treatments are targeted to lower the viral r…
ISEF · 2015
The goal of the project is to create an affordable ultrasonic sensor based travel aid glove based on “haptic feedback”. The product will greatly assists blind people in moving, using the sim…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Bali has been known as a paradise, not only for its natural beauty, but also for its cultural values, tolerance, and hospitality. However, today we are witnessing the erosion of those values…
ISEF · 2015
Flame retardants (FRs) are widely used in industrial and household products. Unfortunately, toxic additive flame retardants can be released into the environment and persist in wildlife and h…
ISEF · 2015
With the aim of studying the possibility of using LED lighting sources on in vitro Chrysanthemum morifolium propagation instead of the light of fluorescent lamps, we have carried out various…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
Thermoelectric (TE) generators are devices that use a temperature gradient to generate electricity (Seebeck Effect). Widespread usage of TEGs is limited due to high material costs. In this r…
ISEF · 2015
The firsts photography's researchers : a reference for today's researchers. The purpose of my Research Project was to get closer to the first researches on photography and how everything sta…
ISEF · 2015
Purposes/Goals: 1. 3D print and construct a paste extruder and 3d printer to be utilized to print UV resins? 2. Is UV resin accurate to use in fused filament deposition(FFD) 3D printing? 3.…
ISEF · 2015
MAXIMUM k-COLORABLE SUBGRAPH is a classic NP-Complete problem that inputs a simple graph G with n vertices and k colors; it asks for the largest subgraph in which every vertex is colored and…
ISEF · 2015
The objective of this project was to evaluate different types of material for use as seeding material and evaluate cucumber growth and determine which types of lettuce can harvested and regr…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
Citrus huanglongbing (HLB) is a serious disease that threatens the multi-billion dollar California citrus industry. Within ten years of introduction, it killed over fifty percent of the indu…
ISEF · 2015
The advancement of agriculture depends on environmental conditions, productivity of soil, climate changes, etc. The problem that exists is the lack of multifunctional gadgets available for f…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Yearly, more than 15,000 people die from aneurysms, making it the 13th leading cause of death in the United States. Today, many risk factors have been identified however no single cause has…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
With most people accepting the dangers of texting and driving, hands-free devices have been regarded as a safe alternative. The purpose of this project was to see if using hands-free devices…
ISEF · 2015
Thanks to the well-developed food industry and the common use of preservatives, food products are available to us from all over the world due to their extended shelf life. However, I chose t…
ISEF · 2015
Today, a webmaster cannot always control operations on the website; my idea was to provide fast and constant access to website management services and allow receiving instant alerts from the…
ISEF · 2015
Evolution is a long and drawn-out process, this causes it to be hard to observe. The only thing that can be observed with certainty is the result of it. I found this to be a problem while st…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Over two hundred million people suffer from osteoporosis, a severe bone degenerative disease which damages bone tissue, leading to high rates of non-healing fractures and bone defects. There…
ISEF · 2015
Asclepius is an electronic device designed to optimize a patient's waiting time up to 67%. The device manages the patient's identification and provides all the necessary required data to com…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
To date, over 5000 exoplanet candidates have been discovered orbiting around isolated stars. All of these stars once existed in open star clusters, yet the existence of exoplanets in open cl…
ISEF · 2015
Since white dwarfs are just as prevalent as sun-like stars, they can be turned to in the ongoing search for exoplanets. In addition to this, they have radii similar to that of earth, theoret…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The purpose of this project was to investigate “mistaken identity” theory and relate data trends in attacks to regular shark hunting patterns. External factors were also reviewed to determin…