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ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Epilepsy affects over 3.4 million people in the United States alone. Approximately 200,000 new cases of epilepsy are diagnosed each year. The purpose of this project was to detect seizures a…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
To dynamically track environmental changes, we need an automated method that identifies land features like forest health etc. from satellite images. Existing softwares (S/W) rely on professi…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
An Arduino microcontroller is a device that can be used to create many different gadgets and tools that can be used for entertainment, efficiency, and data processing. The goal of the experi…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Water contamination due to cracks in wells, allow both bacteria and viruses to get in. After Hurricane Irma, this became a dilemma for many. The purpose of this project is to (using natural…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
For my experiment, I wanted to see if the Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) that farmers treat their crops with are effective and worth the investment. To test this, I treated wheat with two di…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Social insects possess the remarkable ability to make choices both as individuals and as part of a collective. Ants, particularly, are able to utilize large colony numbers in order to effect…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Tumor metastasis by migration through basement membranes, in a process known as cell invasion, contributes to the lethality of cancers. Cell invasion, a conserved behavior found in many deve…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
This study investigates the content of dark matter in 150 spiral and 60 dwarf galaxies located at different cosmological distances from us. The goal was to test if nearby galaxies have more…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of the research work is to eliminate toxic metals As and Pb from the Tacna water supply using vegetable residues for the Biosorption process. The biomass used is composed of oliv…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Runaway star research, particularly hypervelocity stars, is a newer field in astronomy. It is important that more of these unique stars are identified and studied. In last year's research, a…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Creating a powerful quad-copter that has a powerful computer on-board beside the main flight controller that has a complex software so the drone can learn from the incoming data using the so…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Dyslexia is the world’s most common neurological learning disability - it affects 1 in every 10 people worldwide. And though it has been proven that an early diagnosis can significantly redu…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
Heart disease and respiratory problems are the leading causes of death for the 40 million people aged 65 or older in the United States. Yet 36% of elderly patients report transportation diff…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
Children trapped in confined spaces such as cars could be badly affected due to oxygen exhaustion along with a heat stroke due to increase in temperature. Normal Oxygen level is 21%, and lev…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
The Diophantine equation Ax^2+By^2+Cz^2=0 is named for Adrien-Marie Legendre, who found in 1785 a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of non-trivial integer solutions to thi…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
This study aims to design and fabricate a Spherical Induction Motor (SIM), which can provide a 3 degree-of-freedom angular momentum with only one motor and serve as the customized reaction s…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Neurometabolic and vascular changes have been shown to pre-date amyloid deposition and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease by several decades. However, these changes are not well cha…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
The field of genetic engineering is rapidly developing with exciting new discoveries being made every day. However, existing gene editing technologies do not have perfect accuracy, and creat…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the impact of high-heeled footwear on balance and fall risk as well as to conduct a survey to ascertain whether people believe high heels make…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Human beings are exposed to mercury every day, either through their domestic or work environment. In 2017, a study was developed which assessed mercury contamination in a group of students,…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This study provides a baseline assessment of the water quality of the Upper Gulpha Creek Watershed within Hot Springs National Park boundaries with an emphasis on the two residing man-made i…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Asteroids are benign remnants of stellar formation. As benign as they may be, asteroids have been known to wreak havoc upon the Earth. The only currently known asteroid that could impact Ear…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The asteroid 10199 Chariklo is the smallest body in the solar system observed to have a ring system. This research examines the origin of the ring systems around the asteroid 10199 Chariklo…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The purpose of my experiment is to test how well Isochrysis galbana and Arthrospira platensis algae cultures capture and sequester carbon dioxide while under conditions of extreme heat and e…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
In the completion of a big festival that involves many people, the number of participants will be announced. There could be up to 5 times differences in estimation, Therefore in this study,…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Late 1970s, bullfrogs brought in jeju as a food, but recently their commercial value disappears, so they were thrown out. At this present they live in pond around Hangyeong-myeon and Daejeon…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics Fourth Award
In this project, we aim to prove certain properties about a particular function c(n) = b_nr(n). This is where b_n is a Boolean function with b_n being 1 if n = x^2 + y^2 for some integers x…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Green River Formation is one of the world’s most productive fossil sites, with its Fossil Butte Member (FBM) immaculately preserving millions of individual freshwater fish from the Eocen…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive neurodegenerative disorder that occurs gradually and results in symptoms such as memory loss and decreased thinking abilities. The co…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
ABSTRACT Bumble bee (Bombus spp.) populations are declining nationally as well as globally due to a variety of factors including habitat loss, pathogens, and immune deficiencies. Because of…