1125 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
1125 projects · showing 811–840
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The objective of this project is to determine how effective changing the shape of a spherical shade ball to a tessellational dodecahedron is at decreasing evaporation and algal growth. Shade…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
What is the feasibility of a sustainable heterotrophic Chlorella vulgaris growth system to become a replacement for the tertiary phase of a municipal wastewater treatment plant, and to succe…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Indium is widely used in green technologies, including solar energy production. Indium is often found in trace amounts in zinc deposits; however, it is becoming scarcer. A neural net was use…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The purpose of this project was to look at the effect of S.aureus protein A, the extracellular adherence protein of Staphylococcus aureus, on the bone metastatic processes of breast and pros…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
This project in its present form is about approaching noninvasive ways in monitoring glucose in the human body using sweat. The idea of this experiment is to find an alternative to the curre…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Traditional analysis of text has been limited to an analysis of the content to extract meaning and intent. New technologies now allow us to also measure the process of creating the content a…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Fourth Award
This project takes a different approach to meteorological forecasting by investigating underlying patterns in local weather fluctuations and attempting to find a connection between these phe…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
On a large scale, all bodies of water are constantly evaporating. It is very important to understand the negative effects that increased evaporation can have on the environment. Water vapor…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Future spacecraft missions to Mars will require new technology and ideas for the challenges that deep space missions will face. New spacecraft designs will need to incorporate advanced radia…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Pancreatic cancer (PC) remains resistant to most chemotherapy and radiation techniques. Consequently, its five-year survival rate is less than 6%. Most current studies elucidate how cell pat…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Cyperus esculentus and C. rotundus, or yellow and purple nutsedge, are widespread throughout many areas of the United States and have been classified as two of the world’s most invasive weed…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this experiment was to identify molecular mechanisms involved with the regulation of the MAPT gene and the subsequent formation of neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer’s disea…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
A cloud of space debris is formed when numerous defunct space objects orbit collectively around the Earth. Space debris clouds can have a much greater impact on space vehicles in low earth o…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
A nuanced and advantageous polysaccharide derived from red algae, agarose has myriad benefits, including its enormous bioavailability, its organic composure and its water solubility. When di…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Mycoplasma bovis is an extremely costly disease in the dairy industry totaling about $120 million among US dairy farms in the loss of milk alone. Mycoplasma bovis can cause mastitis, poly-ar…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Formation of biofilms by Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria on medical device implants in human beings has become a common issue. To remove the biofilms, the implant devices have to be surgical…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
In this decade, airborne chemical exposure has catastrophically impacted thousands of lives. Whether this exposure is intentional or inadvertent, the outcomes have been devastating, causing…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Left-handedness and forced handedness (left-handed to right-handed, or vice versa) have been tangibly proven to worsen brain functions, through higher incidences of neurodevelopmental disord…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this researcher's project is to design, 3D print, construct, and code a mind controlled robotic prosthesis that models and functions anatomically similar to the human left arm…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
In the RecycloTrash project, a trash can which sorts between recyclable and unrecyclable items that are thrown into it was designed and built. After the trash can was designed using the Auto…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
A photobioreactor is used for cultivating multiple phototrophic microorganisms to generate a biomass that can be utilized for energy or biofuel refinement. The objective of this project was…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
The purpose of this project was to determine if an algorithm could be used to quantitatively analyze paintings. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant difference between the p…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Astrocytes, the most abundant cell type in the central nervous system (CNS), have the vital role of keeping homeostasis in the brain. HIV infects the CNS early after primary infection and ca…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This study had two goals: to identify frequencies within the gamma band, 30 to 100 Hz, that contribute the most electrical power during seizure periods, and to explore pre-seizure patterns a…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The subterranean brahminy blindsnake (Ramphotyphlops braminus) is among the smallest vertebrate animals on Earth. Snakes in general have small eyes, but the fossorial R. braminus has extreme…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The aim of this experiment was to examine how rescuing autophagy, a lysosomal degradation pathway, in the chemosensory neurons of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans affects lipid accu…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
NASA has pioneered space exploration by paying exceptional attention to stability and precision. This experiment evaluates how the distance between the Center of Gravity and Center of Pressu…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
This experiment investigated the research question: How does the roasting of the coffea arabica bean affect the valorization of oil extracted from its grounds for the production of biodiesel…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The objective of this project was to train three artificial neural networks (ANNs) for treatment cells 1, 2, and 3 of Stormwater Treatment Area 2 that would be capable of accurately predicti…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The objective of this study was to investigate, at the molecular level, what makes a plant robust in photosynthesis and CO2 assimilation under heat stress. The significance of it is that eff…