ISEF · 2017
Banana Peel: The Water Cleaner
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…
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ISEF · 2017
Bangka's Tin Sea Sand-Fe3O4 as a Removal of Heavy Metals in By-Product of Tin Ore Processing
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…
ISEF · 2017
Battery System Optimization and Development of a Novel Rapid-Response Bioelectronics Device
Embedded Systems
Reducing paramedic response times to five minutes could nearly double survival rates of patients experiencing life-threatening medical conditions. Maintenance of an independent lifestyle wit…
ISEF · 2017
Bee Propolis, the Natural Antibiotic
Microbiology
Nature has countless mechanisms to counter diseases and biological pathogens. Animals specifically have internal, external, and chemical mechanisms in place to maintain viruses and bacteria…
ISEF · 2017
Behave: An Authentication System Based on Keyboard and Mouse Dynamics
Systems Software
Cyber security is a global problem. In 2016, more than 1.3 billion user accounts were stolen using different kind of cyber attacks like phishing, social engineering etc. Login and Password a…
ISEF · 2017
Behave It or Not: A Novel Methodology for Health Integrating Behaviorism by Means of Mobile Devices
Behavioral and Social Sciences
WHO has suggested that bad habits cause NCDs and provided a lot of health advice but in general, the number of people with NCDs is still not optimistic. Therefore, we want to make people bec…
ISEF · 2017
Behind a Wisp of Smoke: Study of the Morphology of Airflow and the Cause of Stripes Formed by Smoke Particles Over a Heat Source of Constant Temperature
Physics and Astronomy First Award
When paraffin is placed on a heat source, a wisp of smoke forms. The project aims to discover some characteristics of this smoke and quantitatively explain them. First of all, the morphology…
ISEF · 2017
Behind the Cause: A Novel Role of a Natural Lipid Bilayer in Causing Alzheimer's Disease
Biochemistry
Alzheimer’s Paired Helical Filament (PHF) Tau is a hydrophilic, cationic, highly surface-active intrinsically disordered protein that localizes to the distal portion of axons in neurons, whe…
ISEF · 2017
Benford's Law: Fact or Fiction?
Mathematics
This project investigates the phenomena modeled by Benford’s law. Our experimentation aims to observe the credibility of Benford’s law at multiple sample sizes, by testing the use of it with…
ISEF · 2017
Benford's Law vs. the Boom: A Statistical Analysis of North Dakota Population from 1980 to 2015
Mathematics
North Dakota has experienced population changes in the past decades from oil production as well as Red Fiver floods of 1997 and 2011, Minot flood of 2009 and a small oil boom in the early 19…
ISEF · 2017
Better Biodiesels: Converting Autumn Olive Oil into Winterized Fuel
Energy: Chemical
Diesel fuel is used for a variety of things that make our daily life possible; however, it has issues. One solution for them is Biodiesel, an eco-friendly fuel... that also has issues. Issue…
ISEF · 2017
Better with Bacteria: The Effects of Bacteria on Chlorella vulgaris
Plant Sciences
As fossil fuel depletion continues at an exponential rate, algae biofuels appear to be the most promising alternative. The microalgae, Chlorella vulgaris, is capable of storing 30% of its dr…
ISEF · 2017
Big Bang Pickle
Physics and Astronomy
It is well known that pickles connected to DC voltage light up on the negatively charged electrode. We expected that performing the experiment with AC voltage would result in the pickle glow…
ISEF · 2017
Bijections between Graphs and Tilings with Walkup Property
Mathematics
In the current research, we consider tilings with T-tetromino and stepwise n^2-omino (figures, constructed by unit squares) and their connection to chain graphs. Also, we examine tilings wit…
ISEF · 2017
Bio-Absorbent from Spondias pinnata Gum for Pet Pads
Materials Science
Pet pads are used to absorb sewage from pets. The commercially available pads contain the layer of synthetic polyacrylate with super absorbent property but is slowly degraded and hazardous.…
ISEF · 2017
Bio-Accumulation of Oil by Aurelia aurita Mucus
Environmental Engineering Third Award
This project was designed in order to determine the ability of Aurelia aurita mucus to bioaccumulate different types of oils. The project stemmed from another study that determined Aurelia a…
ISEF · 2017
Bioactive Glass Enhances Recovery of Drosophila and Sf9 Cell Mitochondrial Function Following Antibiotic Treatment
Materials Science
Sustained, repeated and empiric antibiotic treatments are therapeutic regimens developed to conquer bacterial infection. Broad-spectrum and long term use of antibiotics have known adverse si…
ISEF · 2017
BIO-CELL: A Novel MicroCHP pMMO Enzymatic Biofuel Cell for the Generation of Clean and Reliable Electrical Energy
Energy: Chemical
Hydrogen-powered fuel cells have the potential to generate clean and efficient electricity while minimizing dependence on fossil fuels and protecting the environment. Current manufacturing p…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemical and Structural Study of the Escherichia coli Transcription Elongation Complex with Lambda-N and HK022 Nun
Microbiology
Lambda phages have made important contributions to current understanding of phage gene expression, viral DNA assembly, and lysogeny. The N protein of lambda phage is an anti-termination prot…
ISEF · 2017
Biocompatible Cell Encapsulation by Polyphenol Originated from Plant
Biochemistry
Cell Encapsulation is a technology that seeks biological and chemical applications by coating live cells with artificial capsule. Through the artificial capsule, not only it is possible that…
ISEF · 2017
Biocompatible Gold Nanorod-Embedded, Crosslinked Collagen Composites for Surgical Applications: Synthesis and Characterization
Materials Science Fourth Award
Commercial sutures have shortcomings such as foreign particles harming the body and being unadaptable to surgery of sensitive tissue. A novel suture material that may eliminate these shortco…
ISEF · 2017
Biocontrol of the Taeniopoda reticulata (Locust) Plague Using the Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae
Animal Sciences
An assessment is made of the effect of biological control using the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae, on the Taeniopoda reticulata, Fabricius (1978) locust plague when introduc…
ISEF · 2017
Biodegradable Plastic from Gelidium pusillum
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seaweed has been used for a long time as a source of food, animal fodder, medicine, in cosmetic products, and textile etc. As the demand for organic products is increasing every day, this pr…
ISEF · 2017
Biodegradation of Chlorpyrifos and Soil Remediation Using Native Soil Bacteria and Triton X-A Novel Approach
Environmental Engineering
Chlorpyrifos(CPFS) is a pesticide extensively used by farmers. It is extremely dangerous to human and animal health, even at levels of 0.1 ppm. Pre-natal exposure to CPFS results in neurolog…
ISEF · 2017
Biodetoxification of N-nitrosamines by Symbiotaphrina kochii and Quantification of N-nitrosamines via Gas Chromatography Mass Chromatography
Biochemistry
Gastric cancers are the leading cause of cancer related deaths worldwide. Most cases of gastric cancers are diagnosed late stage. Carcinogens in food, N-nitrosamines being one major group, i…
ISEF · 2017
Biodiversity of Microalgae and Use in Decontamination of Cheese Whey in Water Waste in the Tobal Carcasi
Environmental Engineering
The countryside El Tobal of Carcasi presents an environmental problem caused by dairy cheese whey, a by-product of the cheese industry, which generates contamination in the waters present in…
ISEF · 2017
Bioengineering Islet Cells Using 3D-Bio Printing Technology for the Treatment of Type-1 Diabetes
Biochemistry Second Award
Transplantation of isolated human pancreatic islet cells secrete insulin and cures diabetes in patients. Native islets in the pancreas have a rich blood supply and they provide efficient del…
ISEF · 2017
Bioengineering the Lung: Directed Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Definitive Endoderm on a Lung Extracellular Matrix
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Lung disease, which includes asthma, emphysema, cancer and cystic fibrosis, is one of the leading causes of death in the world, with more than 3 million deaths annually. Transplantation is u…
ISEF · 2017
Bio-Implants for HRQoL Applications: RSM Model Optimization of the Laser Processing Parameters to Improve Bio-Compatibility of Ti-6Al-4V Alloys
Materials Science
With an aging population, war, and sports-related injuries, there is an ever-increasing demand for hard tissue replacements, such as bone. In fact, there has been a fourfold increase in the…
ISEF · 2017
Biological Networks and the Relation Between Mitochondrial Genes and Functions with the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is the fourth most common psychiatric disorder. Mitochondria are organelles that exert key functions in the nervous system. This research project investig…