Every ISEF 2019 project in the archive: 1,426 entries with abstracts, awards and links to the originals.
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
“Clean, accessible water for all” and “affordable, reliable, modern energy” are two of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. Electrocoagulation (EC), a form of green technology…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
The main purpose of my project was to develop a system that allows people to work with 3D objects, not in projections (as on flat computer screens), but in space around us, that is three-dim…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
A splint was designed to help absolve pain caused in the median nerve by Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. To be able to address this need, we needed to research what angle the wrist is supposed to be…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical
With the current global energy crisis, renewable energy technologies are being developed as alternatives to fossil fuels. One technology is wind energy, and many countries are implementing w…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Norepinephrine (NE) and acetylcholine (ACh) mediate cell-to-cell communication in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Due to their importance in regulating many complex brain functio…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Researchers are paying a lot of attention to nitrogen-containing compounds for their ability to generate organic analogs with high and diverse biological activities. 3-hydroxy-1-azoalkenes,…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
An emerging “fifth pillar” of cancer therapy is CAR T-cell therapy. This therapy involves the removal and engineering of a patients’ CD8 T-cells to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs)…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software Fourth Award
Timely diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s Disease, which is currently highly inaccessible, can reduce its medical, personal, and societal impacts; cognitive deteriorat…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
We have a schoolmate who cannot control his right hand fingers and wrist because of a brain disease. With the physical limitations, he can just move his elbow. Neither 3D printed prosthetic…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has complied priority list in 2001 called the “Top 20Hazardous Substances” as The heavy…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
In our project we tested the capability of fish scales to fight water pollution. Our aim was to discover an environmentally friendly, and inexpensive way to remove heavy metals contaminants…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Implicit biases (specifically gender-based) are ubiquitous and are known to influence social behavior leading to the question - 'how could these biases be eliminated or, at least, recognized…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
I tested how combinations of fertilizers and fungi would affect biological aspects of Zea mays (corn). I also compared soil and tissue samples throughout growth to measure environmental impa…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
I have designed and constructed a human-powered oxygen concentrator based on pressure swing adsorption that operates without electricity. Millions with ailments treatable by concentrated oxy…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
In this project, there was a need to come up with a way to combat the depleting reserve of a salt mix for the algae cultures (Thalassiosira p.) and fish growth. The procedure could be applie…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
The purpose of this experiment was to measure the accuracy of in-stent nanosensors (1, 2, 3, & 4) at varying heart rates (60, 90, & 110 beats per minute) and varying levels of occlusion (70%…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Malaysia catfish known as ‘ikan keli’ is well known for its high yield of collagen and its low commercial value compared to other cultural freshwater fish. This Clarias sp. catfish is a good…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There have been reports/experiments showing the greater wax moth (Galleria melonella) can decompose polyethylene. There are two species of wax moth and the lack of attention to the lesser wa…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Twelve multistate foodborne outbreaks recently occurred in the United States involving leafy greens. Salad vegetables are a potential threat to public health since they are consumed raw. Bac…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Mutagenesis induces artificial genetic variation which allows breeders to discover the functions of genes previously unavailable. This project looked for yield and disease resistance-related…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
PM2.5, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm, contributes greatly to current cardiorespiratory complications. Hence, the importance of modeling and predicting PM2.…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Computational modeling offers a powerful method for studying cause-effect relationships in biology. This is immensely valuable for creating synthetic biomimicry structures. Mimosa pudica is…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
This research was to design an artificial structure to house a calcite media that dissolves over an extended period of time and would have significant effects on (1) increasing the average o…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
Over 1.5 million people live in refugee camps around the world. Wind storms of over 80 miles per hour rip current refugee tents apart, destroying what little refugees have left. Regarding ou…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
With resistant strains of pathogenic microbes becoming more common, reducing bacterial contamination during surgery and in daily activity is a necessity. Bonding antimicrobial groups to UV c…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
An activated carbon foam surfaced carbon dioxide scrubber with an environmentally sustainable gas purification system using bicarbonate ions removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at low…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Mitochondria are the primary source of energy within the cell, producing over 90% of ATP and performing essential functions, ranging from maintenance of Ca2+ homeostasis and the regulation o…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Worldwide, close to 15% of the population (more than 1 billion people) have some sort of disability, where close to 70 million of them need a wheelchair to move around. However, when they ne…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) are aquatic animals which are normally incapable of moving on land. Recently, Thai locals discovered a unique mass migration of freshwater shrimp in which the s…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
The sex of Hymenopteran insects is determined by allele combination of sex-determination locus. This is called complementary sex determination (CSD), where diploid males develop from fertili…