290 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
290 projects · showing 211–240
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
In response to the growing issue of global pollution, an inexpensive solution must be manufactured to test for pollutant levels in local bodies of water. These waters can be used by resident…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
This project outlines the creation of a database and accompanying Application Programming Interface (API) for assisting with local and statewide conservation efforts. The API aims to improve…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
This study evaluates the age and distances of four open cluster targets: NGC 2509, NGC 2483, NGC 2482, and NGC 6705, in order to reevaluate previous published ages and distances using modern…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a progressive, degenerative neuromuscular disorder that affects nearly 2% of the population over 65. Despite its prevalence, little is known about the etiology of…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
This science fair project worked to develop a solution to the problem of infeasible and inaccurate deployable pH sensors not suited for the marine environment reduce the quantity of accurate…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum computing is a theory that is slowly becoming a reality. In specific, entanglement distillation is an essential part to constructing quantum computers, the next frontier for the info…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The overall objective of this research is to define the viral proteins composed in the exosomes and demonstrate that flavivirus proteins are present in the exosomes. The ongoing epidemic cau…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This study focuses on the direct impacts of physical contact. The coral coverage of two sites were calculated and then compared. Both were in the same region, with similar landscape, and com…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
In this work, experiments were conducted that were designed to induce mutations in soil bacteria in an effort to make mutants that could grow in conditions similar to those on Mars. Seven di…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
As the world’s dependence on the depleting sources of fossil fuels increase, scientists are beginning to look into algae as viable alternative energy sources. Algae can produce the necessary…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The potential salinization of agricultural land in Hawai?i due to tsunami inundation or storm surges would make the soil unsuitable for growing crops. Finding a sustainable way to remove sal…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Hypothesis: Suggested memory therapy will reduce psychological inflexibility more than the current therapy (ACT) as measured by the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ2) Suggested Memor…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) are fuel cells that use the power of bacterial metabolic activity to convert chemical into electrical energy. In studies on MFCs, there remains speculation on whe…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Pre-implantation embryo development starts at fertilization and ends at the blastocyst stage. Assistive Reproductive Technology (ART) can replicate this in vitro. To ensure the survival of e…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
I coded the first iOS app for plankton education to train aspiring students into novice marine-biologists. Since plankton is the base of our marine life food-chain and produces 50% of our at…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Rat lungworm disease (angiostrongyliasis), caused by human infection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is a dilemma that plagues inhabitants of tropical climates globally. The lifecycle of rat…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2014, 4,821 workers had fatal injuries while performing their jobs. While some companies have started using robots to replace workers in dange…
ISEF · 2016
Sterile paper disks will be impregnated with different concentrations of Corchorus olitorius solutions and will undergo a Kirby-Bauer test involving E. coli to determine if C. olitorius is a…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hypothesis: Post-event suggestion will create a higher rate of false memories than bias. Methods: 185 subjects were randomly assigned to 2 groups, either bias or suggestibility. The bias gro…
ISEF · 2016
Alzheimer’s Disease is is characterized by loss of synapses in the cerebral cortex and accumulation of extracellular Beta-Amyloid Peptides (neuritic plaques). Assemblies of Beta-Amyloid are…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to confirm whether triple star system G41-14ABC is indeed a triple star system using trigonometric parallax and mathematical models. My hypothesis was that if…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
This science fair project worked to develop a solution to the problem of inaccurate testing devices that are not well suited to the marine environment inhibit effective pH monitoring of the…
ISEF · 2016
Endometriosis is a common but hard to diagnose gynecologic disorder, occurring when the endometrial lining travels outside the uterus in 10-12% of menstruating women . The etiology of endome…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Nosocomial infections are a potentially lethal and prevalent hazard in the hospital setting. There are over 99,000 associated deaths in American hospitals annually with 1 in 25 hospitalized…
ISEF · 2016
Does it really matter what kind of chalk you use on the bar? In this project, different types of chalk was tested to see what kind of chalk gives gymnasts a better grip on the bar. To test t…
ISEF · 2016
MoonRIDERS is a joint-collaboration partnership between PISCES, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Kealakehe High School, ‘Iolani School, and a Google Lunar X Prize team; its main focus is to test a…
ISEF · 2016
Ginger and turmeric have been used as natural remedies for many centuries. There is interest in the development of natural products to enhance/replace chemicals in cancer drug therapies for…
ISEF · 2016
Oil spills have been a pressing environmental problem since the early 20th century due to the plethora of difficulties encountered when attempting to clean up the substance and its constitue…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Kava has been used by Pacific Islanders for years. The purpose of this project was to determine which of the Kava metabolites activate THP-1 macrophages to produce pro/anti-inflammatory cyto…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
The overall goal of this research is to characterize the functional consequences of mutations in FGFR3 that have been identified in cancer. Fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR) belong t…