ISEF · 2014
HeartBook & SmartHelper
Embedded Systems
Nowadays, 17,500,000 people die due to heart disease every year in the world. Also, 40,000 elderly tumble and get hurt every year in Hong Kong. We want to help all the people in need. Theref…
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CSEF · 2014
Heat Be Gone: A Study of Heat Transfer in Metal Foams
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To discover how heat moves through porous metal foams, why some work better as heat sinks or insulators than others, and how changing porosity, density, pores per inch (PPI)…
ISEF · 2014
Heating Houses Using a Friction-Based Heating System that Employs Renewable Energy Sources
Engineering Mechanics
Air pollution is one of the biggest problems today. One of the major causes of air pollution is the use of non-environment-friendly household heating systems. Scientists have been searching…
ISEF · 2014
Help Me! I Can't Take It Anymore: Together We Will Succeed
Environmental Engineering
This project titled, Help me! I don’t take it anymore: Together we will succeed, is intended to answer the following problem: How to reduce the solid waste generated by the residents of Chac…
CSEF · 2014
Help Wanted: Green Filters for Sweet Corn. Seeking Solutions to America's Fertilizer Fixation
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to see if sod can reduce the amount of nitrate and phosphate runoff from fertilizer application. This is a follow-up study of last year#s pro…
ISEF · 2014
Hepatitis C Genotype 4 NS5A Protein: A New Study Determining Combination Therapy Drug Resistance in Saudi Patients
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) has transformed from a silent disease to become a threat to the world, with approximately 170 million people infected globally. Although HCV genotype 4 (HCV-4) is the…
ISEF · 2014
Hepatocyte Differentiation of hESC Cultured Under Xeno-Free and Feeder-Free Conditions
Mathematics Fourth Award
End stage liver diseases can only be cured by whole liver transplantation. Because of limited supply of donor livers the supply will never meet the demand. Stem cells have shown to provide a…
ISEF · 2014
H.E.R.E. Hyperthermia Endangerment Recognition Equipment: A Study on the Prevention of Vehicular Hyperthermia, Phase Two
Energy: Chemical
The purpose of this study is to develop a detection mechanism for vehicular hyperthermia. Vehicular hyperthermia occurs when a child or pet is left inside of a vehicle on a hot day and suffe…
CSEF · 2014
Hermie the Worm
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to answer this question: Will introducing European Nightcrawler into to the soil of potted winter/rocket snap dragons help them grow talle…
CSEF · 2014
Hermit Crabs of Northern California: Bay vs. Coast
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine whether or not native Northern California Hermit Crabs prefer different shells, depending on whether they live in bay or coastal…
ISEF · 2014
Hidden Secrets in Cevian Triangles
Materials Science
Purpose of the Project The triangle is the most common term in geometry studies. Therefore, it is hard to believe anyone can discover new facts about this extensively studied subject. The pr…
ISEF · 2014
Hidrociclismo
Engineering Mechanics
People can get water by opening the key of a faucet, but this is not a reality for everyone, a lot of people don’t have the service to get water and they need to buy it from a water pipe and…
ISEF · 2014
High Dimensional Clustering Algorithms Applied to Face Recognition of Obscured Faces
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The objective of this project was to develop a method for identifying faces in situations where the face is angled away from the camera or partially obscured. Current state-of-the-art face r…
CSEF · 2014
High Dimensional Clustering Algorithms Applied to Face Recognition of Obscured Faces
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to develop a method for identifying faces in situations where a face is angled away from the camera or partially obscured. Novel recognition…
ISEF · 2014
High Energy Density Anode Electrode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Variability from Lithium-Ion Batteries Energy Efficiences
Plant Sciences
Throughout the world, lithium batteries are the prevalent form of mobile energy sources for modern technological devices. Though its importance is invaluable, its deficiencies have become no…
ISEF · 2014
High-performance Solar Thermoelectric Energy Conversion System with Efficient Thermal Concentration
Energy: Physical
The main technical and economic limitations of the traditional Photovoltaic cells are the high cost, low efficiency.The currently used semiconductor materials (Si,Ge) have absorption only in…
ISEF · 2014
Hit Me with Your Best Shot: An Arduino Controlled Training Platform for Child Martial Artists
Energy: Chemical
My project goal was to engineer an interactive punching bag with sensors and lights that will train children to spar in martial arts. The project was overall successful. The platform utilize…
ISEF · 2014
Holes Can Lift: A Continuing Study of the Separation Effects of Airfoil Slots
Systems Software
This experiment was testing different angles of airfoil slots on the separation effects (drag, lift, and moment). It was hypothesized that the 30° and 45° slots would have higher aerodynamic…
CSEF · 2014
Honey, I Found a Cure! Nature's Antibiotic
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine if the antimicrobial properties of honey can combat bacteria to the same extent as a common antibiotic, Kanamycin. I studied t…
ISEF · 2014
Host Preferences of Wild Northern and Southern Ixodes scapularis
Chemistry
Lyme disease is the number one vector-born disease in the United States, most commonly carried by the Black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis. Although the tick is found all over the United Sta…
ISEF · 2014
Host-specific Binding of ClfB in Staphylococcal Nasal Carriage
Microbiology Second Award
Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is a state of subclinical bacterial harboring associated with threefold increased infection risk for ~25% of the healthy human population. The first stag…
ISEF · 2014
Hot Biology: Use of Thermal Imaging to Detect Nesting Behaviors of the Endangered Hawaiian Coot
Plant Sciences
I inquired; Can artificial floating nests (AFNs) be used to improve Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai) reproductive success in a mangrove forest or at wetlands where no predator control is conducte…
CSEF · 2014
How Are Humans Affecting Sea Anemones' Population Distributions?
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to bring awareness to water pollution and the importance of sea anemones in the environment. Methods/Materials Water samples were collected a…
ISEF · 2014
How CAM Plants Open and Close Stomata
Physics and Astronomy
C3 plants open their stomata depending on blue light absorbed by phototropins during the daytime to get CO2 for photosynthesis and close stomata at night. By contrast, CAM plants like cacti…
CSEF · 2014
How Can Farmers Use a Friendly Fungus for Environmentally Safe Pest Control?
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to find out an ideal time interval for applying a beneficial fungus-based biopesticide (used for controlling pests) and some fungicides (used…
ISEF · 2014
How Cool Is This?
Energy: Physical
Last year’s project, “Got Insulation?” was based on testing unconventional but readily available products that could be used as heat insulators in houses. As the experimenter progressed thro…
CSEF · 2014
How Costly Is Multitasking? A Computer-Assisted Quantitative Study of Age and Gender Differences in Switching Costs
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals It#s a widely accepted notion that multitasking has negative impacts on productivity. However, there was no complete quantitative study on age and gender differences in the…
ISEF · 2014
How Do Different Factors Affect the Accuracy of Neural Networks in the Binary Decision Making of Cancer Detection?
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to determine how different factors affect the accuracy of artificial neural network, specifically for cancer detection. Every factor tested did lead to a ch…
CSEF · 2014
How Do Different Fertilizers Affect the Growth of Sweet Peas?
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of our Science Fair project was to determine how different fertilizers affected the growth of sweet peas. We hypothesized that seaweed would most effectively s…
CSEF · 2014
How Do Different Types of Sweeteners Affect Yeast Growth?
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to find out how different kinds of sweeteners may affect yeast growth. Methods/Materials Ten doughs with different kinds of sweeteners an…