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ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Biodegradable plastic is now one of the main substitutes for petroleum based plastics and is used widely for all kind of applications. As starch is often used as one of the ingredients of bi…
ISEF · 2015
Through my experience in 4-H and living on a farm, I became interested in the genetics and growth patterns of crops my family grew. I wanted to analyze the growth and fertilization of soybea…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Estuaries are partially enclosed bodies of coastal water where fresh water from river runoffs mixes with the saltwater from the ocean. Estuaries provide a nutrient rich and safe ecosystem. T…
ISEF · 2015
Vehicle releases high amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This carbon dioxide released is the biggest factor that leads to global warming. An idea has occur on using rice husk as a…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
Water is life and Egypt's main source of water is Nile River. Unfortunately it's not clean enough and unfit for drinking, in addition it will never last forever. Today, the treatment of diff…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Although most alternative energy advocates focus upon wind and solar, wave energy is also a viable option, since oceans cover over seventy percent of the Earth’s surface and even small swell…
ISEF · 2015
Exchange in the three body problem occurs when one body displaces a previously bound member of a binary system. Exact conditions for when such an exchange can occur are established through a…
ISEF · 2015
The risk of anthropogenic disasters due to the dam failures caused by natural or artificial reasons grows with the increasing number and scale of hydraulic facilities. The appearing wave tra…
ISEF · 2015
The use of automobiles is in the rise worldwide. Data for the past 10 years show an average increase of about 70% worldwide [1] of new car sales. The number is even higher in some developing…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
With the common occurrence of concussions in the sports world, there should be a way through technological means to stop or reduce the risk of receiving a concussion. The Robo F-Pads shoulde…
ISEF · 2015
Currently available robotic systems lack the ability to act and react without human intervention. As we expand to more diverse fields, we will require increasingly autonomous instruments tha…
ISEF · 2015
Introduction: Diagnosing limp involves a lot of medical errors and there is a lot of reports that support this problem : 1-In china 24,000,000 people suffer from limb because medical errors.…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leader in cancer related deaths. Actively researching genes that are not well understood such as miR-143 helps to…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
The objective of this study was to elucidate the genetic basis of super tasting ability and establish associations with childhood obesity. Obesity, which is associated with an increased risk…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
The model organism, Drosophila melanogaster, is commonly used in research due to their similarities to humans, ability to rapidly reproduce, and the simplicity of their genetic code. Phospha…
ISEF · 2015
My project is a second year study using paper and pozzolanic reactions to design a safe, affordable, and environmentally sound building material for seismically active regions in the develop…
ISEF · 2015
In this paper, we propose a mountain trail recommendation application for mobile devices based on individual user health conditions. The application can be divided into three modules: user d…
ISEF · 2015
Safety bracelet is a device used to prevent people loss and reduce facing danger. Any person can use it including children, special needs. and elderly. It consists of two parts, the bracelet…
ISEF · 2015
In a technological age where increased GPU performance is able to crack cryptographic functions faster, stronger and more subtle protection methods are necessary to prevent data loss. The ob…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Nowadays there are many different programming languages. They are used in product development, programming contests and research, so the problem of translation from one high-level language t…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
One in every 4,000 newborns is diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1), a common genetic disorder. Many NF1 patients develop painful tumors along their peripheral nervous system. NF1 patien…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Illiteracy, elder abandonment, elder abuse, poor scientific awareness, misunderstanding of what science really is... These are just some of the problems our societies face nowadays and makes…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Shrimp aquaculture is increasing worldwide, and probiotics are extensively used as feed supplements to improve the gut health and yield of shrimp. However, most of the commercial probiotics…
ISEF · 2015
A study is being presented on observations of Kepler eclipsing binaries to study eccentric accretions. This study was done on binary systems KIC: 04848423, 010480952, 04157488, 4908495, 6620…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Searching mechanisms to improve the immune system against cancer can be an alternative for treatments used nowadays. In that way, my project studies the relation of lipid mediators (such as…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
n 2001, thiamethoxam, a second-generation neonicotinoid, was brought onto the insecticide market. Very few studies have been conducted on thiamethoxam for the purpose of integrated pest mana…
ISEF · 2015
For the past three years, we have been studying atmospheric inversions in the San Lorenzo Valley (SLV). In our first year, we established that strong inversions occurred frequently—as we had…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Detection of foodborne and environmental pathogens is becoming increasingly imperative for the maintenance of public health. Rapid detection of these detrimental bacteria may be greatly faci…
ISEF · 2015
This project’s objective was to build materials with unique optical properties, such as a custom tailored refractive index, with applications in solar cells and fiber-optics. Using self-asse…
ISEF · 2015
Traffic lights are one of the most dreaded aspects of daily life. They are slow and often inefficient. One possible fix is a self-driving car intersection. Since self-driving cars can drive…