318 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
318 projects · showing 271–300
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Fourth Award
Pancreatic cancer is poorly responsive to available chemotherapy. miR-34a has been suggested as a potential therapy for pancreatic cancer, however it needs to be specifically targeted to the…
ISEF · 2015
Water scarcity is a huge problem in our world today. Scientists at Rice University recently discovered that focused sunlight shone on nanoparticles in pure water generates steam without subs…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this experiment is to design a suspension system that is adaptable to a wheeled walker. The goal is to reduce the amount of force it takes to travel over an uneven surface, an…
ISEF · 2015
In its recent world energy outlook, International Energy Agency noted that over 1.3 billion people worldwide lack access to energy. Unstable political environment in oil producing countries,…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The application of biological liposomes as vesicles to be used in cancer therapy was explored. In gene therapy treatment of cancer, there are various methods using viral and polymer vectors,…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of my project was to optimize enzymatic hydrolysis of waste paper to make fermentable sugars for biofuel production. I focused on adding surfactants to the paper to improve cellu…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
The United States spends $300 billion dollars a year on health care. Health care resources need to be prudently managed. Over 600,000 hysterectomies are done yearly. The cost of a hysterecto…
ISEF · 2015
Currency detectors like vending machines have trouble differentiating between some coins because they find out which coin is which using physical property such as mass and electrical conduct…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Background: Ventricular fibrillation (VF), is a potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmia, and the number one cause of death in the United States. This condition is traditionally characterized b…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Immunotherapy, the interaction between cancer and immune cells, is one of the most promising treatments for cancer. A prominent research area is the B7-H1/PD-1 pathway. PD-1 (programmed cell…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Due to its ability to serve as a linkage within larger molecules, 1,2,3-triazole derivatives are widely used in pharmaceuticals as means to facilitate stability, utility, and permeability. T…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the capabilities of certain lactic acid bacteria species to bind aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in milk. AFM1 is a carcinogenic mycotoxin that is often f…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
One in every 4,000 newborns is diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1), a common genetic disorder. Many NF1 patients develop painful tumors along their peripheral nervous system. NF1 patien…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Aim: Preventing hospital-acquired infections is a challenge for healthcare facilities. This study aimed to design and create an accurate, easy to use, and inexpensive system for electronical…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are tropical fish that are often used for genetic research. Transgenic zebrafish contain a mutant strain that makes them glow when muscles fluoresce. The question was…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to help people with tinnitus. The experimenter created a computer program that uses generated sine waves and phase to cancel out tinnitus frequencies. First th…
ISEF · 2015
The engineering goals of this project involved utilizing water siphon technology in order to improve modern hydropower designs by engineering and innovating a more efficient, economical, and…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of our study was to investigate the affinity of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) towards fresh water macrophytes and determine locations on the macrophytes where the mussels…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
In the field of disaster response, fast message relays are vital. To fulfill this need, Ham radio offers people who are willing to assist during emergencies, when typical communications aren…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Third Award
Robotic prosthetics of the modern day often utilize myoelectric control. Myoelectric control uses electromyography, a system of detecting and quantifying the electrical activity of contracti…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Fourth Award
Electricity is a proposed treatment for biofilms. I compared three electrical approaches to treat bacterial biofilms: passage of current through/across biofilms, an electric field, and direc…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Due to the importance of being sustainable, recovering and recycling Amberlyst-15 beads was evaluated. The goal of this project was to analyze how many times in the organic lab the Amberlyst…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Environmental dust causes multiple problems, including negative effects on human health, impairment of machinery operation, and production of sensitive electronic components. Multiple types…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
Agrobacterium tumefaciens causes the neoplastic ‘Crown Gall Tumor’ disease on most plants. The bacterium infects plants at a wound site and transfers a piece of DNA to a plant cell. The tran…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Purpose: A human neck replica was made to simulate dynamic response to axial loading, H1. Dynamic loading of neck replica can simulate realistic axial-compression injury to the cervical spin…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
This problem originated from our goal of making peoples lives easier by creating a new way to do a task. We started by finding situations where Minnesotans are forced to do more work than is…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Culturing cancer cells in an incubator makes it easy for scientists to study them, but this technique does not exactly mimic the environment that the tumor cells grow in when the tumor is in…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Fungal synthesis of lipids and ethanol using peracetic acid pretreated biomass was investigated. pentaacetate and hydrogen peroxide were reacted with sodium hydroxide to a pH of 11.5 to conv…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
I was awarded an internship at a University Lab through a Youth Institute this summer. I joined a graduate student in evaluating the nutrition content of a perennial wheatgrass, and became i…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The 1,2,3-triazole is a stable and biologically active organic compound that can be used in a variety of applications, including pharmaceutical chemistry. The purpose of this study was to sy…