190 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
190 projects · showing 121–150
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
As new space technologies are developed, it is pertinent that efficiency is taken into consideration during their conception. In order to determine conditions needed to reduce fuel consumpti…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Second Award
The forest ecosystem contains a mycorrhizal fungi network that interweaves different organisms and facilitates nutrient and chemical transfers. The orchid G. spectabilis is an agent in this…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Third Award
Flaviviruses, such as the Zika and Dengue virus, are positive-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses that have caused widespread epidemics and morbidity throughout the world. Little is known abo…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
High cytoplasmic calcium (Ca2+) concentrations are toxic to cells. To control Ca2+ concentrations, eukaryotic cells have complex mechanisms for sequestering Ca2+ in the endoplasmic reticulum…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Mutations in the genes encoding Ras GTPases are major drivers of human cancers. Despite 30 years of intensive research, no compounds directly targeting Ras proteins have been developed. Prev…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
Patients with end-stage renal disease may receive a kidney transplant from a deceased or living donor. However, kidney transplants are time-sensitive and not all kidneys have the same expect…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
This study investigated for the first time whether ants could serve as a model organism for rapidly screening chemical effects on key social behaviors of honeybees. Current tests of honeybee…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
This study was conducted to extend the applications of Natural Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (NDSSCs) to include transparent Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPVs), like solar windows. In Ph…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
The formation of central crater mounds on Mars is not well understood, especially in the under-studied mid-latitude regions. Changes in Mars' climate have affected the amount of sediment and…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Dethiosulfovibrio strain F2b, a new fermentative marine bacterium recently isolated from protein-rich mariculture waste, was described, and growth conditions, metabolic traits, and genetic c…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
In this project, sustainable dye sensitized solar cells were optimized by fabrication of a novel organic dye composition which improved the stability and efficiency of the cell. A dye materi…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Antioxidants are known to play an important role in the protection of cells. Laboratory experiments using C-Fern spore cells were conducted to investigate the effect of antioxidants on spore…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
This research project studied the effects of various contaminants on the products of H2S pyrolysis. The study was conducted at the University of Maryland Combustion Laboratory and examined p…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The field of clinical neuroimaging has extensive literature devoted to determining Autistic brain functional connectivity differences with resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
According to WHO’s Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition nearly one third of children under 5 suffer irreversible damage to their physical and cognitive development due to severe…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of this experiment was to find the correlation between the complexity of leaf vein structure and the speed at which leaves dry, as determined by the rate of embolism formation. M…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
This project was conducted in order to find a recycled/reused material suitable to be a residential insulator. This study is important because it addresses environmental damages as a result…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that can be harnessed using technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaics, solar thermal energy and solar architecture. These technolo…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
One of the central problems in theoretical physics is understanding dark energy, an enigmatic phenomenon that is hypothesized to be driving the accelerating expansion of the universe. Calcul…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The rapidly declining health and changing distribution of coral reefs is impacting local ecologies and economies worldwide. Implementing effective conservation methods requires more accurate…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Cost-effective and easy-to-use biosensor was developed for the rapid quantification and monitoring of Escherichia (E.) Coli O157:H7 in a sample using E. Coli O157:H7 aptamer, graphene oxide…
ISEF · 2016
A single robot can explore an unknown area autonomously, but multiple robots can do it quickly and reliably. However, current implementations of multiple autonomous robots rely on wireless i…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of “Creating A Spherical 3D Printer” was to create an additive manufacturing device based on Spherical coordinates. Most current 3D printers are based on Cartesian coordinates. A…
ISEF · 2016
Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is a master regulator of mitosis through its activation of key proteins that are involved in processes such as spindle fiber assembly and anaphase regulation. Certa…
ISEF · 2016
It is understood that Saturn’s plasma sheet experiences periodic oscillations at a period extremely close to that of the rotation rate of the planet. This is unusual as the planet’s magnetic…
ISEF · 2016
A LiDAR laser measurement sensor and a survey grade GPS (dual units with yaw, pitch and roll gyroscope) were connected to an on board computer with mapping software and mounted on a drone to…
ISEF · 2016
This research was aimed at creating and testing hollandite, a synthetic polymorph of titanium dioxide (TiO2), for its potential as an alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO) in touchscreens. D…
ISEF · 2016
This project significantly increased the accuracy of face recognition for biometrics and forensics by testing normalization techniques, distance metrics, and training set sizes for the popul…
ISEF · 2016
Steerable needles allow minimally invasive yet precise surgical procedures by reducing the size of incisions and the disturbance of tissues during the operation. Bevel-tipped steerable needl…
ISEF · 2016
When studying the methods and techniques of cryptography the topic of PKC or public key cryptography is often brought to mind. PKC allows for keys used in encryption and decryption to be pos…