1125 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
1125 projects · showing 721–750
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Every year, over 38 billion tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere due to various human related activities. With excess CO2 production, many critical problems arise such as…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the world. Atherosclerosis, the buildup of plaque on artery walls, is the precursor to many cardiovascular diseases. Unfortunately,…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Diseases are diagnosed based on physical attributes that define the disease. Many diseases such as cancer rely on invasive methods such as biopsy for detection. Others are hard to detect ear…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Many cardiovascular, liver, and kidney diseases, including lung cancer, cirrhosis, and kidney failure, are undetectable in their early stages, and as these diseases progress into their later…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the human gastrointestinal tract with no known cure; periods of subsided inflammation are followed by periods of hyper…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Background/Hypothesis: Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder with unknown mechanisms and no curative treatment. The rationale for this work came from a clinical…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The Florida Ridges, ecosystems that have been undisturbed for the past millions of years, are home to many unique and rare flora. There is an expressed need to preserve these special ecosyst…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plastic pollution is extremely bad for the environment. It kills thousands of organisms yearly and that number will only grow. Being able to cut back that plastic or get rid of it all togeth…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
The purpose of this project was to create a feasible human-machine interface which could effectively transcribe speech onto a wrist-mounted display for those with hearing impairments. My hyp…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Situations of low visibility make it difficult to carry out tasks safely or efficiently when it involves observing the surrounding environment. To help make said tasks easier, visual aids th…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Despite increased research and treatment options, cancer continues to increase. To test treatments for this deadly disease, 2D microenvironments are currently used in lab settings. Only 10%…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Tauopathies, for example Alzheimer’s disease (AD), affect over 5.5 million Americans, and are estimated to affect 16 million people by 2050. Tauopathies are diseases caused by the damage of…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
The purpose of this experiment was to compare seven coronary rotational atherectomy device head designs (spherical with 3, 4, or 5-holes, conical with 3, 4, or 5-holes, & control with no hol…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this research was to invent a working electromagnetic wall climber for the inspection of metallic structures and tanks that are too dangerous for humans or cost prohibitive. I…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project was to determine the maximum weight that could be suspended by three different electromagnet configurations, each having six (6) coils and having lengths of six (…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics Third Award
The fundamental paradigm of persistent homology is to vary an unknown parameter while computing algebraic invariants. The stability of the invariants is then analyzed to determine significan…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The dynamic organization of the human genome is largely dependent on the nucleosome occupancy. Changes in nucleosome distribution allow access to the underlying DNA, and nucleosomes have bee…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology First Award
Plant Microbial fuel cells have the potential as a sustainable, renewable energy source using Florida’s wetlands and indigenous plants. Plant-MFC’s use bacteria to convert solar energy into…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
My project is to see what electrode produces the most hydrogen in the process of hydro-electrolysis. I chose to test for the amount of hydrogen produced rather than the amount oxygen produce…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
This second-year study explored how an active tropical moisture season affected the dynamics of the phytoplankton populations of Estero Bay. The hypothesis states that as an active tropical…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Iodine deficiencies are a major problem around the world, especially in developing nations where people do not get all the nutrients they need from their diets. Currently, iodized salt is th…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The species Psidium guajava, commonly known as Cuban White Guava, contains various phytoconstituents with have the potential for use in the pharmaceutical field. One of these phytoconstituen…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
Science and society go hand in hand. Now, more than ever, society is increasing the smartphone usage time by far. There are investigations that acknowledge all of the possible health effects…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
When typing on a keyboard, we typically only see the end result of neatly typed words. However, the process of typing in order to create those final words also takes into account timing (suc…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to simulate conditions of primordial Earth to demonstrate how life could have been created from the gases (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ammonia, methane) pres…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
This project focuses on a potential treatment delivery method for the bacterial disease, Huanglongbing, or citrus greening, that has devastated Florida’s 9-billion-dollar citrus industry. HL…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
Remote monitoring of the environmental status of a mesocosm would allow for immediate real-time data collection with customisation using a variety of sensors depending on the experiment or m…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Alzheimer’s Disease affects an estimated 5.4 million people, making it the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Seeking to increase therapeutic gains, near infrared light (NIR)…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Purpose: The experiment identified Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 (SCD1) as a novel molecular target in Serous Ovarian Carcinoma determined the potential of SSI-4, an SCD1 inhibitor, as a novel m…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Rapidly emergent within the scientific community are drug delivery systems, complex amalgamations of medicinals consolidated into a controllable vehicle that seeks to maximize immediacy and…