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ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Food security and agriculturally unfavorable climates are prevalent sustainability concerns. Irrigation, a vital agricultural process, results in salinization of arable land. Saline soil dim…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Have you ever been on a highway late in the evening where nocturnal creatures begin to come out? Or even early mornings when the temperature is still cool enough for big animals to scavenge?…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
In phase one of my research, I focused on the amount of bacterium required in order to produce a comparable light source to a standard light bulb which was 21.6 grams of bacteria. This was s…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Ouachita Mountains contain two major categories of rock formations: pre-orogenic and syn-orogenic. This study focuses on the Hot Springs Sandstone, which is separated from the Arkansas N…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Hurricanes pose a threat to property and human life. Hurricane Sandy (2012) was unusual in that it recurved to the west as it traveled north, rather than recurving to the east, resulting in…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
Cattails and Milkweed have been historically recognized for their insulting abilities; however, their natural effectiveness as insulators has never been truly applied on a large-scale level.…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Due to the spread of eco-friendly farming methods using freshwater snail, the amount of freshwater snail waste produced on farms has increased to 6,500 tons per year. This increase is causin…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
A swinging Atwood’s machine (SAM) is consisted of a pendulum, a counterweight, and a massless string connecting the two. The pendulum is allowed to swing around the horizontal bar holding th…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Undiagnosed type 1 diabetes can cause death if left untreated. Current detection methods utilize urine or blood, both of which are invasive to obtain, especially considering the young demogr…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Our project A.T.S.P. (Autonomic Thermal Soaring Platform) is an embedded system, which allows a fixed-wing aircraft an autonomic flight without requiring a motor permanently. The energy for…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
Our project is a unique design that proved more efficient than the traditional solar panels in capturing and storing energy from the sun.Converting solar energy to heat energy using paraffin…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
It is estimated that 1 in 6 children in the United States are affected by a developmental disability. These afflictions include Autism, Intellectual disability, and developmental delay, all…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
Sound posts are essential musical instrument components particular to the violin family that transfer string vibrations to the plates, where they resonate the instrument body to produce soun…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
The rise of terrorist organizations in the Middle East, specifically the Islamic State (ISIS), has resulted in a profound increase of lone-wolf attacks and foreign fighter recruiting. Of the…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
The autonomous driving problem is one of many fundamental challenges for developing a robot capable of navigating a path and being able to drive itself through a multitude of directions. Thi…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Significant improvements in this continuation project were made on a concept demonstration of unmanned vehicle convoys for military/commercial transportation. Last year’s study resulted in L…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
This experiment’s goal was to find which liquid had the most surface tension relative to its density out of the 7 liquids tested, which were water, milk, orange juice, maple syrup, soda, dis…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
The Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis) was accidentally brought to Guam post-World War II, where it managed to extirpate numerous native species and substantially decrease the numbers of o…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
In the United States, more than 3.4 million people are visually impaired, and many more are affected by hyperopia and presbyopia. Because these conditions cause objects nearby to appear uncl…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
By modifying a number of compressors within the engine, there was a way to preserve performance and save fuel. The implementation of additional compressors compressed the air, even more, thu…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Nowadays, the fog and haze is becoming a serious global problem, but normal mask has high breathing resistance. To solve the problem, we decided to make a mask with low breathing resistance,…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Flying wings offer an enormous potential to reduce drag and weight. Unfortunately, flying wings are significantly more critical in terms of flight stability than aircraft with tail assemblie…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
The challenge of this study is “to make a wooden CNC from scratch”. Normally, CNCs are made of metal owing to its high rigidity, however this time, I made it with wood, which is cheaper and…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common neurological diseases in modern society. As Parkinson’s disease continues to worsen overtime, severe symptoms, such as Parkinsonian tremors, bec…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Third Award
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the antibacterial potential of the ginger rhizome. Ginger rhizome, commonly referred to as ginger root, was extracted with hexane, methanol…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
Warming temperatures threaten alpine plant populations. Symbiotic relationships with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and dark septate endophytes (DSE) may help ameliorate abiotic climate…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
Conventional HVAC mechanisms are prone to irregular temperature distribution, creating discomfort and wastes energy. This project details the development and implementation of a standalone w…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In 2010, the pyroclastic flows from Merapi vocano (Indonesia), deviated from the track and caused a big damage and big diverification in its morphology. Related to volcanic eruption, a local…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Having in mind one of the most worrying issues of todays and future society, water polution, we intend to use banana peel in the cleaning of contaminated waters with both cationic dyes and h…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
An experiment to investigate the adsorbent capacity of tin sand from Bangka Island Indonesia toward the lead/Pb(II) ion in lead aqueous solution either non-modified sand and magnetite-coated…