179 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
179 projects · showing 121–150
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Solar Water Disinfection(SODIS) is an inexpensive and effective method for disinfecting water using cost-effective materials like PET bottles and sunlight. Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) i…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
Herbicides are chemicals for managing weeds, similar to antibiotics used in human health. The repeated use of herbicides has resulted in the evolution of herbicide resistant weed populations…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of my project is to help find a solution to pollution. An estimated 14 billion pounds of trash, much of it plastic, is dumped in the world's oceans annually, which is tragic. The…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Automotive exhaust emissions are of much environmental concern due to toxic pollutants such as Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Hydrocarbons (HC). One role of the standard catalytic converter in an…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Rooibos tea is an extremely beneficial beverage to consumers because it’s rich in minerals, has low tannin contents, and is caffeine free. Rooibos tea also contains a plethora of antioxidant…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) upconversion is a process in which low energy photons are converted into higher energy photons in various sensitizer and emitter chromophore pairs. This pr…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Purpose The purpose of this project is to survey trematodes species present in catfish production ponds, and to determine the effects of temperature on cercariae shedding rates, and to deter…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
Climate change is a growing problem in the world. The biggest contributor to this conflict is excessive carbon dioxide emissions. Plants, which take in carbon dioxide to carry out photosynth…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
The colligative properties of solutions, including the boiling point elevation, are said to be dependent only on the concentration of particles dissolved, not the identity of the particles.…
ISEF · 2016
With 400 million diabetic patients in the world, diabetes is a global epidemic that can lower life expectancy by a decade, quadruple the risk of heart disease, and cause kidney failure or ad…
ISEF · 2016
Antibiotics can be prescribed for infections too early, often, incorrectly dosed, or without consideration for least potent dosage first. Fortunately, some doctors practice caution when pres…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
In 2007 Meaghen Ross, a seven year old girl with Down Syndrome, was asked to leave a movie theater because she clapped her hands and started moving around a good deal when her favorite actor…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are considered a promising cell source for regenerative medicine because of their ability to differentiate into many cell types and because of their unlimited pro…
ISEF · 2016
Antioxidants are necessary for good health. An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits the oxidation of other molecules. Oxidation reaction can produce free radicals. Free radicals can start…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The purpose of my research is to develop a numerical box model that can be used to calculate the concentration of algae (as chlorophyll) in a well-mixed, closed water body system. This metho…
ISEF · 2016
As the prevalence of Type II Diabetes (T2D) has increased, the need to further examine underlying features of the disorder as well as potential modes of treatment has likewise risen. This in…
ISEF · 2016
Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) is an inexpensive and effective method for disinfecting water that uses readily available materials such as Polyethylene Terephthalateplastic (PET plastic) b…
ISEF · 2016
Artificial sweeteners (acesulfame, aspartame, saccharin and sucralose) are used as sugar substitutes in foods and beverage. Can these sweeteners biodegrade in nature? Will they cause problem…
ISEF · 2016
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the number one greenhouse gas emitted from human activities through the combustion of fossil fuels from transportation vehicles and industry factories. Recent increas…
ISEF · 2016
Rapid increase in bacterial resistance to life saving antibiotics is a major threat to human health because antibiotics are becoming ineffective in treating bacterial diseases. Innovative cu…
ISEF · 2016
This project revolved around the manufacturing of a fully operational ground surveillance vehicle that could be the revolution in not only vehicles as a class, but also surveillance and secu…
ISEF · 2016
Where exactly does the strength of everyday items come from? What would happen if the traditional material was substituted with something else? Glass from wine glasses to glass windows are t…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
The nubbin gene is expressed in a proximal-distal pattern in the Drosophila wing. Using a genetic tool that recapitulates the nubbin pattern we decreased the expression of one essential gene…
ISEF · 2016
Purpose The purpose of this project is to use chemicals to reduce pathogen levels in any aquaculture environment. Procedure 1. Pond water will be inoculated with fish pathogens. 2. Formalin,…
ISEF · 2016
The greenhouse effect occurs when light from the sun passes through Earth’s atmosphere and strikes the surface. The radiation from the atmosphere warms Earth’s surface to temperature that co…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to determine which combination of swimsuit and swim cap was fastest for the dropdown transition between backstroke and breaststroke. The project was inspired…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Genetically modified crops (GMO) have become the primary source of agricultural yield. Due to interrogation of potential adaptation of insect pests, GMOs’ field vitality have become question…
ISEF · 2015
Wolbachia is a maternally transmitted intracellular symbiont that is mainly localized in the reproductive tissues of arthropods. Wolbachia is responsible for feminization, parthenogenesis, m…
ISEF · 2015
The objective of this project was to evaluate different types of material for use as seeding material and evaluate cucumber growth and determine which types of lettuce can harvested and regr…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
In America nearly 14 million people abuse alcohol and suffer from alcoholism. Moreover, nearly 6.6 million children under the age of 18 have at least one parent that is an alcoholic. The eff…