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ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Mandor River water as the main water source in West Kalimantan is not feasible to be used because it has been contaminated by Hg2+ (0.0095 ppm) from gold mining activities and Fe3+ (2.722 pp…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this experiment is to determine which decaying food produced the most landfill gas. The hypothesis of this experiment was that decaying dairy products produced more landfill g…
ISEF · 2015
Most pencils today are made from wood and carbon-lead which are obtained from graphite. The uses of wood by cutting off trees will affect the environment today. The project’s purpose is to m…
ISEF · 2015
With a passion for renewable energy and motors, I made my own biodiesel from waste vegetable oil and compared it to conventional petroleum-based diesel. My hypothesis was that biodiesel woul…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this research was to determine if prior browning (cooking) of pork and beef meat cuts increased palatability as compared to browning post sous vide cooking methods. Trained pa…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Enterobiasis, the most common parasitic infection known, is caused by human pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis, which mainly infests infants and children. Eggs are present everywhere including…
ISEF · 2015
The fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis is responsible for maize crop losses worldwide. It affects 2% of maize crops, causing a over $1 billion annual loss in the U. S. alone by producing tumor-…
ISEF · 2015
Whether a simple eye-wash or an anti-glaucoma solution, ophthalmic medications have employed benzalkonium chloride (BAK) as a preservative since the 1950’s. Currently, BAK remains the most c…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Potential "newly emerging contaminants" in waterways are being evaluated. Unused or excreted pharmaceuticals may pose threats to aquatic organisms. This arouses concern since the EPA has not…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Foam and plastic packaging's for food are known to cause health and environmental problems from traditional foam and plastic packaging's. Lotus leaves have been used in old time food packing…
ISEF · 2015
Our study aimed at transforming thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) into artificial blood vessels to preserve and transmit the properties of extracts of antimicrobially active olive seed and Ch…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Biking is a very popular activity in Beijing and, along with cars, serves as one of the primary modes of transportation. Our goal is to create a system that can be attached to a bike or a ca…
ISEF · 2015
Plastic is one of the largest pollutants that threaten the environment. We conducted a simple experiment as an initial procedure, which aims to test how applicable our future solutions are t…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
Polystyrene was first commercially used in 1938 and is better known by the trademarked name ‘Styrofoam.’ Polystyrene is used in a wide range of products ranging from food beverage containers…
ISEF · 2015
Oil, natural gas and its by-products represent 55% of global energy consumption. Unfortunately they won’t last more than a few decades, their reserves are finite and their use is the main so…
ISEF · 2015
In many of the countries involved in extraction processes, most of the pollution problems are usually mining related. Normally, a huge amount of material is dug from the ground and then crus…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Flying robots have tremendous potential for many applications, including search and rescue and emergency response. However, the capabilities of these robots are currently highly limited, and…
ISEF · 2015
Storing garlic (Allium sativum) with garcinia (Garcinia quaesita) is a traditional practice continued for centuries in Sri Lanka to preserve garlic. Therefore, the science behind this tradit…
ISEF · 2015
This research and experiment will prove which enzyme will bring out the optimal production in switch grass ethanol production. Information will be calculated from an experiment where ethanol…
ISEF · 2015
Neuroplasticity is thought to be critical for learning and memory storage. Such a process relies on changes in neural pathways and synapses. AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) on dendrit…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Hydrocarbonoclastic (oil-eating) bacteria play an important role in the removal of petroleum hydrocarbons from polluted marine waters during oil spills. The bacterial biodegradation of hydro…
ISEF · 2015
Nanogeopolymer pervious concrete was tested for remediation of fecal coliforms (FC)-containing water. First, mix design of liquid-to-binder (L/B), fly ash-to-binder (FA/B), nanoSiO2-to-binde…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Heavy metal (HM) pollution has become a great issue over the last decades, because it endangers human’s health. Drinking water is one of the major routes, by which HM get into human’s body.…
ISEF · 2015
The release of heavy-metal-contaminated effluents into rivers, lakes, and oceans plays a large role in the degradation of aquatic environments. Organisms that take in these metals pass them…
ISEF · 2015
The goal of this paper, is to determinate quantitative and qualitative characteristics of camomile essential oil isolated from six gatherings acquired during the experimental cultivation. Th…
ISEF · 2015
There are approximately 352.94 million km2 of oil palm plantations around the world,16 million km2 of which is in Thailand. Most of the plantation is located in the Southern part of the coun…
ISEF · 2015
In Malaysia, 1.44 million tons of chicken was consumed in the year 2014 and chicken bones are the by-product of it. Therefore in this study, the feasibility of chicken bones to be used as a…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
The prevalence of malicious computer viruses has exploded in recent years. Anti-malware software, the natural defensive corollary, has not innovated on the same level, leading to the need fo…
ISEF · 2015
Total artificial hearts (TAHs) are 70cc in size but, in recent, a 50cc TAH has been developed. This smaller device could cause an increased percent of hemolysis due to greater pressure and t…
ISEF · 2015
The correct propeller is essential to optimum brushless motor performance. Propeller pitch is the distance the propeller would move forward if turned one revolution. Higher pitched propeller…