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ISEF · 2015
Silicone cerebrospinal shunts frequently get colonized and infected necessitating repeat surgeries in shunt-dependent patients. This study manipulates silicone with nanotechnology by coating…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
One of the major difficulties faced by the elders and the differently abled people at present day is climbing up & down a staircase. To overcome this difficulty either they have to get assis…
ISEF · 2015
Plasmids containing a catalytically dead Cas9 endonuclease (dCas9) system were studied as a potential repressor to the mecA methicillin resistance gene in MRSA. Clustered Regularly Interspac…
ISEF · 2015
Disasters are serious disruptive events that occur suddenly and unexpectedly causing in permanent changes to human societies, ecosystems and environment. It may be impossible to avoid disast…
ISEF · 2015
The recent discovery of electrically conductive bacterial nanowires produced by a variety of microbes suggests that extracellular electron transfer via nanowires may be widespread in nature…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project was to determine the most efficient material used in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) for the maximum production of electricity. Also, if a septic system additive woul…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Sun-dried banana peel was pyrolyzed (PBP) and activated to form carbon-fiber adsorbent with superior removal capacity bacterial pathogens as well as copper and lead from drinking water. A po…
ISEF · 2015
With increasing populations and vehicle traffic and limited crude oil supplies, alternative sources of fuel will be needed. Bio-energy sources have seen development with the use of corn to p…
ISEF · 2015
Prescribed burning is the most commonly used management tool in pine forests. A key problem with burning is that it decreases the amount of nitrogen (N), which is the most limiting nutrient…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
The flu is a major problem detected in many cities around the world, which damages and interferes demonstrably in the daily routine of everyone. Due to its high mutagenic rate, there is the…
ISEF · 2015
A great source of inspiration for superior quality materials comes from natural materials, like nacre, that exhibit great strengths and resilience. Nacre, known as Mother-of-Pearl, which for…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Organic xanthates are widely used in synthesis due to the radical addition reaction. There are many examples of using xanthates with different functional groups (e.g. carbonyl, phosphoryl, e…
ISEF · 2015
There has been recent focus on water-soluble polymer matrices with integrated protein or starch bases to increase mechanical characteristics of extended-release drug delivery devices. Unfort…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
The atmospheric release of CO2 is strongly correlated with climate change. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs), porous, uniform, and crystalline structures, have demonstrated high promises for C…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
A one-pot approach has been developed for the preparation of Cu2O nanocubes from cupric nitrate in alkaline aqueous solutions containing fructose and ascorbic acid at 32 degrees clesius. In…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Biofouling is a major problem in membrane-based desalination and wastewater reclamation processes. It greatly compromises the performance of membranes and increases operating costs. In this…
ISEF · 2015
Trifluorothymidine is capable of influencing processes of the tumor growth. In addition to its properties as a chemotherapeutic and antiviral agent, trifluorothymidine is also a promising im…
ISEF · 2015
Agriculture in the 21st century faces several challenges: increase food production, adopt efficient and sustainable production methods, adapt to climate change. In order to fight agricultura…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Benzodiazepine derivatives are promising compounds for treatment of nervous system disorders with wide spectrum of sedative, anxiolytic and myorelaxant action. Molecules of benzo[e][1,4]diaz…
ISEF · 2015
OPVs (Organic Photovoltaics) are highly tunable based on monomer composition. In other studies, PEDOT:PSS or (poly-3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene:poly-styerenesulfonate) has been championed ove…
ISEF · 2015
Imagine a world where oxygen availability is not tied to fertile soil or oxygen tanks. The purpose of this project was to design an artificial leaf that can evolve oxygen via photosynthesis…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award
Fluorine has allowed common therapies to become even more effective in treating many diseases because of the small size, low polarizability, and high electronegativity of the fluorine atom.…
ISEF · 2015
Rare-earth-doped nanoparticles (ReNPs) are capable of generating optical emissions for imaging molecular events. ReNPs typically consist of a host material and rare earth dopants. Though ser…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Though patient sex influences response to cancer treatments, time-consuming trial-and error screening currently hinders prediction of sex-disparate drug effects. We developed a novel framewo…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
This project involved the tagging of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) with a non-activated, acoustic tag internally and externally to determine which method would cause the least amount of str…
ISEF · 2015
"TAKE CHANGE" is a control-oriented software who let you turn on and turn off all the electronic elements of your house or company as you want by a cell phone (lighting, setting of heating,…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
People suffering from Developmental-Disabilities, Tetraplegia, Parkinson’s disease etc. are almost entirely paralyzed and are not able to communicate in any way except using an Augmentative…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Severe loss of cell polarity is one of the signatures of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), which is a current clinical challenge due to its aggressive malignancy and absence of therapeut…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been shown to improve drug delivery methods. However, invasive methods are currently needed for patients to benefit from CNT delivery methods. The purpose of thi…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Breast cancer is devastating and the most common life-threatening cancer in Saudi Arabia. Chemotherapy is found to be effective for the treatment of many cancers especially breast cancer. Un…