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ISEF · 2016
Alzheimer’s Disease is is characterized by loss of synapses in the cerebral cortex and accumulation of extracellular Beta-Amyloid Peptides (neuritic plaques). Assemblies of Beta-Amyloid are…
ISEF · 2016
Symbiotaphrina kochii (S. kochii) is a species of endosymbiotic yeast present in the gut microbiome of the Cigarette Beetle (Lasioderma serricorne). Despite consuming tobacco both pre and po…
ISEF · 2016
Environmental pollution occurs as landscape mutilation, carbon dioxide emission, and energy consumption due to mass-scale concrete production. Cracked concrete has a reduced strength, reduce…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant global health problem that affects 10% of the world’s population and costs over $200 billion to treat every year. A new treatment for CKD is des…
ISEF · 2016
Recognizing an insufficiency in therapeutic strategies for repair and regeneration in regard to neurodegenerative diseases, we focus on decreasing current controversial animal model testing…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment was to indicate which enzymes and blends of enzymes extracted the most glucose from switch grass in ethanol production. Results were recorded on a spreadsheet…
ISEF · 2016
Studies have shown that fungi can be very beneficial in the production of biofuels directly from agricultural waste. The purpose of this experiment is to determine if mushrooms can be used t…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Introduction: Dredging has stopped in the European Union as of result of the water framework directive (2000), global climate change is on the rise and floods are hitting communities very ha…
ISEF · 2016
In the battle against cancer (which kills nearly 8 million people worldwide each year) doctors use powerful weapons from their arsenal myriads, including various forms of Chemotherapy and Ra…
ISEF · 2016
‘Black Ice’ is a road condition that the frozen road surface looks normal. It is very hard to identify the road condition during night driving, which can lead to numerous traffic accidents.…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment was to create a solar power apparatus with improved efficiency by pairing black silicon solar submerged in circulating water with an inflatable solar concentra…
ISEF · 2016
Electronic cigarettes, or “e-cigarettes” are touted by cardiologists as an alternative to help traditional smokers quit smoking. In particular, e-cigarettes are marketed toward a young audie…
ISEF · 2016
The wing configuration of an airplane affects the airplane’s flight characteristics. The purpose of the experiment was to compare the lift, drag, efficiency, and stall characteristics of a c…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices that use bacteria to catalyze the conversion of waste into electricity. Although MFCs are a promising technology for sustainable energy production, fu…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Over 6 million individuals in the US alone who lack leg muscle function due to illnesses like multiple sclerosis, spinal injury or poliomyelitis require Knee-Ankle-Foot-Orthoses (KAFOs), dev…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
A Single Electron Transistor (SET) is a device which conducts electrical current through a specified pathway and into a particle in order to study its quantum properties. Initial fabrication…
ISEF · 2016
Network flow optimality on directed graphs is a central topic in graph theory and combinatorics. Given a complete graph G, we investigate the relationship between the score vectors of specia…
ISEF · 2016
In this project, we intented to find how many triangles that have integer edges we can form by seperating an integer lentgh into three parts. First, we studied for lengths 12,13 and 14 and w…
ISEF · 2016
This research was intended to mitigate the energy poverty crisis through the development of a novel, economically feasible, and easily transportable current energy probe prototype. BEACON co…
ISEF · 2016
Arising from discussions in school that strawberries grow on trees, I discovered that the Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree) grew natively in Ireland and mainland Europe but not in the United K…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Siamese fighting fish or Betta species is a splendidly colored fish commercially indigenous to Thailand. There are many betta species around the world, which results in great examples of bio…
ISEF · 2016
To improve the molecular spectral resolution, the gas of interest must be cooled to reduce thermal noise. A method of buffer gas cooling is used, where a noble gas (buffer gas) cooled by a c…
ISEF · 2016
Cardiovascular diseases are leading cause of morbidity worldwide and a better understanding of their nature is crucially needed. Modelling disease with human blood vessel-like structures wou…
ISEF · 2016
Cyber Security is a matter that influences both big companies and individuals. Current services and software products do provide the user security to a certain extent with the help of encryp…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a global epidemic, affecting approximately 47 million people worldwide, increasing to an estimated 76 million by 2030. AD is the most common form of dementia and…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Last year, my partner and I experimented with the effect of caffeine on athletic performance. We designed three specific athletic tests to see if it did help. After we finished, we concluded…
ISEF · 2016
Caffeine is a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid. Caffeine is used as a stimulant to the central nervous system and also acts as a diuretic. This stimulant can be man-made or found in veget…
ISEF · 2016
The aim of the project is to calculate the area of any polygon which has n convex or concave sides and whose corner coordinates are given. Additionally, it aims to calculate the approximate…
ISEF · 2016
Air pollution must be measured so that its sources can be remediated. The AtmoSniffer provides measurements during pollution events. Its sensors are sensitive to five of the EPA primary poll…
ISEF · 2016
Phytophthora capsici and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici are plant pathogens that causes blight/fruit rot in important economically essential plants, such as eggplant, watermelon, and p…