Browse real student projects, abstracts, and awards.
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
The purpose of this experiment was to compare three types of auto-suturing (4, 5, & 6-sutures per segment) and control of continuous hand sutured anastomoses. It was hypothesized that if thr…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biodiversity is very important for environmental health since it adds to genetic variability, preventing soil erosion, and discovering new resources. Endemic plants add to the biodiversity o…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Conducting polymers (CPs) combine the electronic properties of semiconductors with the biocompatibility and mechanical properties of polymers. However, the capabilities of CPs are limited by…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
The fast detection of toxic gases traces in an inadequately ventilated environment is crucial to effectively reduce any widespread loss of life and property. This requires sensors capable of…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Third Award
The current rise of multi-resistant bacterial strains has required increased development and production of new antimicrobial compounds. Research into the “cryptic biosynthetic pathways” of a…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
The enhancement of enzymatic catalysis for adequate digestion of accumulated proteins in the stomach is necessary for the prevention of dyspepsia, renal insufficiency, and further complicati…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Platelets, also known as thrombocytes, are one of the three blood cells of the human body that play a major role in the physiological process of hemostasis. Platelets, unlike erythrocytes, h…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The multiparameter CMOS optical sensor developed in this research utilizes visual parameters to determine the existence of microbial forms in water samples. Though current PCR and bacterial…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Cancer is among the leading causes of death around the world. Immunotherapies have the potential to improve cancer survival by utilizing the immune system for treatment and reducing radiatio…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
This project aims at challenging the underlying conjectures in many modern encryption systems. The problem of integer factorization, and its associated difficulty is solving, is essential to…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Detection of harmful chemicals used in industrial complexes is crucial in order to create a safer environment for the workers. Presently, most chemical detectors used in workplaces are expen…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
Plant diseases are controlled mostly by chemical compounds toxic to plant invaders, causing health hazards to consumers. This strongly necessitates the search for harmless means of disease c…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
In the futuristic dystopia, The Minority Report starring Tom Cruise, the police would be at the crime scene before it occurred. Is this really possible? My project uses data science and mach…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
Cardiometabolic disease (CMD) is a cluster of correlated diseases. Risk of heart disease, the world’s leading cause of death, is greatly increased by metabolic syndrome, a combination of dia…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Parkinson’s disease (PD) diagnostic methods are hindered by lack of validated biomarkers, or objective indicators of disease onset. Clinical symptoms occur when up to 60% of dopamine neurona…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Since the last implementation of sociometrics in 1970, the dynamics of a school room, public opinion, and social classes has changed greatly. Our study was contrasted on comparing past class…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
This study aimed to take a novel approach to bacterial detection using a the chemical, 3-aminophthalhydrazide, also known as luminol. An additional goal of experimentation was to attempt to…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
This project investigates a novel synthesis of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) and effective applications thereof. SPIONs are a type of nanoparticle, typically ranging fr…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Do you like the idea of the shirt on your back melting into a fiery goo on your bare skin? If not, read about the experiment I conducted to determine which clothing materials react the most…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Studies are predicting that by 2050, the microbes that reduce the effectiveness of antibiotics known as the antibiotic-resistant superbugs will kill 10 million more people per year, which is…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Various natural plant products have been thought to contain compounds that could possibly counteract the deadly effects of many diseases, like cancer. Using this knowledge, I hypothesized th…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Millions of people undergo joint replacement surgeries each year and the number continues to increase rapidly. Deep infection of artificial joints is a serious complication after surgery and…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Objective: Oxygen is essential for life and is an element with a double physiological profile, indispensable for life and for the environment; it can also become toxic, as unstable molecules…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Osteosarcomas prove to be as dangerous as any other cancer and even with multi model poly-chemotherapies, it is extremely difficult to only target the carcinogens without it harming the heal…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The human epidermis undergoes continuous homeostatic regeneration and mutations, these mutations disturb the balance of homeostatic regeneration of epidermis which leads to Skin Cancer. Tumo…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Present-day blood glucose monitoring test kits are antiquated, requiring a finger prick to draw blood. This study’s purpose was to develop a paper-based microbial fuel cell (pMFC) for glucos…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
Patients with end-stage renal disease may receive a kidney transplant from a deceased or living donor. However, kidney transplants are time-sensitive and not all kidneys have the same expect…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Previously, it was concluded that East Indian Sandalwood Oil (EISO) inhibits AGS Gastric Cancer cells at low concentrations. This led to the question: how? To study EISO’s mechanism of inhib…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Clinical trials of liver-directed gene therapies are rapidly increasing. Though exciting, there are obstacles to overcome. Significant viral injection is necessary to achieve therapeutic lev…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Pharmacokinetics, by definition, is the study of the movement of drugs within the body. In order for a drug to aid in the healing of a body from disease or other ailment, a drug must be pres…