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ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
The lack of drinking water in the near future is one of the key problems that appeared before humanity in 21st century. Therefore, the best way to obtain fresh drinking water is desalination…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
Fire vortex is a certain type of fire that curls upward like a tornado. It is also known to cause more damages and harder to extinguish compared to other types of fire, because of its charac…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The weighted Catalan numbers, like the Catalan numbers, enumerate various mathematical objects. For example, the number of Morse links with n critical points is the n-th weighted Catalan num…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Neogobius melanostomus (Round Goby) are a benthic dwelling invasive species of fish in the Great Lakes. The question is: What effect does gender, tones, and sound location have on the respon…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that causes nerve cells in the brain to gradually break down. The aim of this experiment was to see if the viability of Alzheimer’s sick fruit flies…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this senior project was to investigate the effect of canopy cover on Salvinia molesta and Salvinia minima. The hypothesis for this project states: If Salvinia spp. are growing…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Which test piece design is least effected by the instability caused by vortex shedding and how can changing the design make the test pieces more stabile? The purpose is to determine how vort…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
This experiment was conducted to determine how the addition of kenaf fiber, granular activated carbon (GAC), and humate affected soil microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE). Upper Sonoran Lif…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
This project was done to determine which smoothie had the least amount of sugar depending upon the fruit. The different fruits were peaches, bananas, oranges, blueberries, and strawberries.…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Alcanivorax borkumensis has an important biotechnological application: these bacteria are able to degrade hydrocarbon contaminants during oil spills. To effectively use the bacteria, it is i…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Scientists looking to familiarize themselves with a new field are often forced to read out-of-date books or spend hours poring over research papers, slowing the research process. The purpose…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Purpose Find which wing design produces the greatest lift by adding a dimpled airfoil to the camber. The hypothesis is that if using ‘dimpled airfoil’ principles and theories, if several sca…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Global warming is a real world problem that we each have a responsibility in helping to reduce. My project was to see what type of grass could help reduce global warming. My hypothesis was t…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
In 1999, over four million fish and an uncountable number of macroinvertebrates died when the Guide Corporation released a large amount of Sodium Dimethyldithocarbamate (HMP-2000), a corrosi…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The project seeks to solve permanently the problem of erratic power supply in our country Nigeria and at the same time minimizes the damage to our environment due to discharge of waste black…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
It is the right season for water strider to mate and spawn in summer. But last summer I did not find any water strider in most ponds in villages of my hometown which had been its habitat. Wh…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
It is unquestionable that our generation is infatuated with technology, however, as it becomes increasingly prevalent in our daily lives, we must question whether this excessive usage is aff…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The goal of this project was to develop a new technology that would allow us to operate a Francis turbine at part load without having a great loss of efficiency. The main concept consists of…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to test the combination of two different inhibitors on the 8266 Multiple Myeloma cell line. While conducting this experiment, all of the materials, procedu…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
The problem associated with the consumption of crude oil has generated a great energy crisis, provoking high costs because electric energy demands. The principle objective of this research i…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
The purpose of this project was to optimize a vertical axis wind turbine that was capable of charging small electronics, specifically cellphones, in underdeveloped countries. I chose to test…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
This study explores for the first time the structural and chemical attributes of the wings of a dragonfly found in the Philippines for future biomimetic material development. Male and female…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
The object of craps, like any casino game, solely revolves around the potential at earning a profit. Unbeknownst to many casino-goers, the odds are significantly skewed in the favor of the c…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Cryptography is the art of securing data and attacking secured data. A cryptographic algorithm implements encryption and decryption. Encryption is the method of scrambling information while…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Many “environmentally friendly” energy sources such as solar cells actually create toxic by-products such as lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic during the manufacture process. A truly enviro…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The project is about a crazy robotic turbine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy at very low pressure. Pakistan is a country facing unpredictable wind conditions and bre…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Enhancing the efficiency of single-celled microbial fuel cells (SCMFC) provides the opportunity for wastewater treatment plants to invest in biotechnology that will allow these facilities to…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
The purpose of this project is to find what circumstances and substances could luminol give a false positive result at a crime scene? Additionally, can blood residue be concealed, cleaned, o…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Third Award
Many newly identified organic contaminants and disinfection by-products have been found in natural water sources and treated drinking water. Current water filtration membranes do not always…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Spent bleaching earth (SBE) is waste product from the palm oil refining industries and mostly is disposed in landfill. This project studies the zero waste management to reuse the remaining p…