ISEF · 2014
Sobreviviente (Survivor)
Energy: Physical
Breast cancer in Mexico is the leading cause of cancer death in women of reproductive age, every two hours a woman dies as a consequence of this disease. Most people who survive have a maste…
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ISEF · 2014
SocialGrid: Utilising Power of Social Networks for Distributed Computing
Embedded Systems
Today discoveries in science are hardly possible without using massive computing power and processing large amounts of data. Unluckily, few researchers can afford to create and support their…
ISEF · 2014
Solar Cell Efficiency in Relation to Composition and Concentration of Glass Frits in Front Side Silver Pastes
Plant Sciences
Various silver pastes of different glass frit compositions and concentrations were prepared in this study to determine the effect of glass frits in front-side pastes on solar cell efficiency…
ISEF · 2014
Solar Engine Applications II
Energy: Chemical
The purpose of doing a project like this is that the world is dependent on fossil fuels. There are a few different ways of producing renewable energy. Solar energy is one of them. Over the c…
ISEF · 2014
Solar Hot Air Generator Construction and Applicability
Environmental Engineering
The evolution of the human civilization requires increasing energy consumption. The contemporary energy supply systems were developed mainly on fossil fuels and nuclear energy, but these are…
ISEF · 2014
Solar Sailing with Modulated Radial Thrust
Physics and Astronomy
A study was carried out of the trajectories of space probes powered only by solar sails using modulated radial thrust (MRT). The flux of photons hitting a solar sail exerts a thrust that pus…
ISEF · 2014
Solid State Fan
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
A solid state fan is an air propulsion device with no moving parts. This is often achieved using an electrohydrodynamic system that uses corona discharge to ionize air and an electric field…
ISEF · 2014
Species Diversification of Farfantepenaeus duorarum in South Florida Aquatic Ecosystems: The Significance of Genetic Variation within Geographically Diverse Pink Shrimp Populations
Engineering Mechanics
F. duorarum is one of the most economically important shrimp species in the US, and also may serve as a critical indicator for assessing effectiveness of Everglades restoration. Understandin…
ISEF · 2014
Spectral Smartphone: Rapid Prototyping Mobile Platform Diffraction Spectrophotometry
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Spectrophotometers are optical instruments which analyze substance samples using electromagnetic spectra. Traditional professional spectrophotometers have extensive applicability in physics,…
ISEF · 2014
Spectrometry Applied
Physics and Astronomy
This study will show how much make-shift spectrophotometers can be relied upon. By taking pictures of specific fluids as water and colored water, we can measure these with a software based p…
ISEF · 2014
SpuntiNO'
Plant Sciences
The aim of our project is to create a product which results effective in the fight against overweight lately affecting more and more young people. Our attention addressed a particular cause…
ISEF · 2014
Staphylococcus aureus
Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus is a strand of Staph that has developed into a superbug that affects 500,000 patients in American hospitals annually. To help decrease this statistic the spreading of t…
ISEF · 2014
Star Tracker: A Computational Framework to Locate Celestial Bodies
Microbiology
Noting the difficulty of locating a celestial body during an astronomical observation I developed a device capable of pointing an average power green laser for a chosen star, which was selec…
ISEF · 2014
State of the Invasion
Plant Sciences
Lionfish (Pterois volitans) have been commonly found in the waters surrounding St. Croix and the US Virgin Islands for six years now, and it has become common to see lionfish while diving. T…
ISEF · 2014
Stay Home or Go Global: Local versus Imported Fruit
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of “Stay Home or Go Global - Local Versus Imported Fruit?” is to study what pesticides we may be eating and which fruits might be the worst ones. Pesticides can be fungicides or…
ISEF · 2014
Stiletto Stress: The Effect of Increased Plantar Flexion on the Degree of Pronation and Supination in the Ankle
Mathematics
The ankle-foot complex is a joint mechanism that can provide stability, bear heavy weight loads, and provide fluid movement. Improper alignment of the foot affects the ankle and subsequently…
ISEF · 2014
Stoichiometric Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Simple and Cost-Effective Laser Material Fabrication: A Case Study of Polycrystalline Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Ceramics
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
The fabrication of laser grade ceramics must be improved to achieve better reproducibility of high quality yields, requiring a control of the bulk stoichiometry beyond that of current analyt…
ISEF · 2014
Storm Water Solutions, II
Materials Science
The purpose of this project is to design and develp a filtration system that will filter nitrates and/or phosphates from rain water. A media will be selected to test the pilot filter at one…
ISEF · 2014
Strategic Procedure to Improve the Acclimation of Cassava (Manihot esculenta) in vitro Plants through Variation of Source and Quantity of Carbon
Physics and Astronomy
This project was executed in order to improve the acclimation of cassava vitro plants by applying CO2 to the explants during their in vitro period, so these can establish an autotrophic syst…
ISEF · 2014
Strengthening Daphnia magna's Resistance to Poisoning Caused by Copper (II) Sulfate Pentahydrate using Non-Invasive Methodology
Plant Sciences
Daphnia Magna are invertebrate organisms that live in streams and rivers, and are used for medical research, environmental, pharmaceutical, and other types of studies. Many vertebrae animals…
ISEF · 2014
Stress Signals: Evaluating Cellular Signals in Cotton, Soybeans, and Corn by Colorimetric Means as an Inexpensive Method of Crop Monitoring
Physics and Astronomy
The project's purpose was to find an affordable way for farmers to check their crops for heat stress at the cellular level before they are mature, allowing farmers to react to the stressors…
ISEF · 2014
Stretch the Road
Environmental Engineering
First of all, as a country with almost no source of petroleum, the Jordanian society faces countless issues in regards to any field that requires the use of petroleum such as industry, trans…
ISEF · 2014
Strongly Coupling the Electrical and Mechanical Dynamics of the Heartbeat in a Diffuse Interface Model
Energy: Physical Third Award
Cardiac arrhythmias are the leading cause of death in the U.S. and the developed world but remain poorly understood. Mathematical models of the heart have proven essential to their study, bu…
ISEF · 2014
Strongyle Conundrum, Year Four
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this experiment was to test the efficacy of the nematophagous fungi Duddingtonia flagran's in reducing the L3 Strongyles migration. The hypothesis was: If Duddingtonia flagran…
ISEF · 2014
Structural Snapshots of K. lactis Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Trapped with Transition State Analog Inhibitors
Chemistry Fourth Award
The use of transition state analogs to inhibit protein and enzyme activity has an extremely powerful application to medical and biochemical disciplines. Kluyveromyces lactis, along with many…
ISEF · 2014
Studies of Non-Linear Deformation by Electric Point Contact
Systems Software
An electric point contact is used to identify the physical deformation of an object initiated by a nondestructive impact. The detection of electric signal allows a spatial sensitivity that i…
ISEF · 2014
Study of Binding Modes of Synthetic Coumarin Derivates with DNA and Albumin
Chemistry
Over the last years there is an intensive scientific interest to explore the binding modes of a small organic molucules which can interact with the DNA. It came out, that these molecules cou…
ISEF · 2014
Study of Properties of Aluminum Wires Treated with Nanoparticles of MoB2
Energy: Physical
The need for a material of lower cost, for electronic packaging as the main use, was the main motivation for the investigation. This objective brought to the question “Is it possible to make…
ISEF · 2014
Study of the Effect of the Major Components of Bixa orellana L. Seeds in Mosquito Control
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of the research was to investigate the effectiveness of the principal components of Bixa orellana L. seeds as a mosquito repellent. The hypothesis is that the components of Bixa…
ISEF · 2014
Study of the Fluorescent Qualities of Yeasts in Different Liquid Environments
Energy: Physical
From fermented liquids such as beer or wine to a number of confectionery goods dry yeast is a necessity for the food industry. In industrial processes growth of yeast is closely monitored an…