145 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
145 projects · showing 91–120
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Fertilization of food crops is necessary to improve yields within the short growing season of the Red River Valley of North Dakota. Does nutrient management assist in the stability of pond e…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
The purpose of my project was to see if mental practice was better than physical practice. My hypothesis was, if I had three people watching a video of a pianist playing a specific song and…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
In April 2017, a US District Court overturned the exemption concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) enjoyed from air emission control rules. Odor, ammonia and/or hydrogen sulfide emis…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Today’s farmers must be innovative and cautiously smart with the way that the markets are continuing to trend. They must figure out how cost may be eliminated, what they can do to increase p…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of my experiment is to see what conditions Planarians regenerate best under since their genes are being used to try to find ways to regenerate human organs. My hypothesis was tha…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if different music genres have an effect on memory, repetitive, and spatial tasks. Procedure: 1. Give five words to the subject, and them time…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
PURPOSE: To determine how temperature, humidity, and wind speed affect what groups of mold grow PROCEDURE:A. (1) Collect air quality samples from 10 locations (2) collect data to represent t…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
North Dakota has experienced population changes in the past decades from oil production as well as Red Fiver floods of 1997 and 2011, Minot flood of 2009 and a small oil boom in the early 19…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
The purpose of the project I conducted was to test the short-term effect of changing water pH on pea plant growth. Changing the pH of water was supposed to simulate how polluted water effect…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
In recent years, the "oil boom" in rural Western North Dakota has caused traffic on unpaved gravel roads to increase dramatically. Road dust is known to cause metabolic and oxidative stress…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Currently, there is minimal research published on the use of Controlled Internal Drug Releases, CIDRs, and Progesterone Gonadotrophin 600, P.G. 600, and their effects on reproduction success…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Goal: To build a practical device capable of improving my vision by directing a controlled level of light into the eye (i.e. photoactivation.) Problem/Background: I have multiple eye conditi…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Nanosilver particles can cause potential threats to animals, the enviroment, and even humans if taken or exposed to by a large quanity. So, do nanosilver particles commonly found in househol…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
This experiment was conducted to determine the effects of stress on cattle due to transport. In order to determine the effects of stress, eight red angus heifers were selected to participate…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
The question is, which material will be the least accurate with the sonar measurements, and will density correspond with accuracy in these experiments? When measuring the distance by one eig…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Purpose: To determine which household products would be most effective in killing or slowing the growth of mold while also comparing pH levels Hypothesis: I believe the more acidic products…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Spark-ignition (SI) internal combustion engines are typically 20% thermally efficient. Some lost energy actually exits as unburned hydrocarbons, which in automobiles pass through a catalytic…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
The purpose of my experiment was to find the most efficient pulley system for generating wind energy. This project is important because in today’s world wind energy is becoming more common.…
ISEF · 2016
PURPOSE: To determine how a variation of hand sanitization products compare to each other, also to see the effects of evaporation on hand sanitizers. PROCEDURE: Kirby Bauer: 1) Selected 15 h…
ISEF · 2016
Caffeine is a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid. Caffeine is used as a stimulant to the central nervous system and also acts as a diuretic. This stimulant can be man-made or found in veget…
ISEF · 2016
Objective: Amplify N-Cadherin and P-Cadherin mRNA in cell monolayers and putative cancer stem cells by employing PCR to assess for gene regulation following heavy metal exposure. Prepare cel…
ISEF · 2016
Flaring natural gas at oil production sites continues in North Dakota at elevated levels. Building on my project from last year, a proof of concept device was constructed from thermo-electri…
ISEF · 2016
The goal of the experiment was to see if the bacteria found in coolers is dangerous or harmful. In this experiment four coolers were swabbed. The bacteria found was incubated for forty-eight…
ISEF · 2016
Pembina County, North Dakota has several examples of dikes protecting farmsteads and agricultural lands. What effect does the grade of the natural watercourse have on the dike's ability to r…
ISEF · 2016
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
What I hope to achieve in this experiment is to determine the percentage of students who have anxiety disorders, if females have it more commonly than males, or vise versa, and what age grou…
ISEF · 2016
Purpose: To find a conifer that inhibits bacteria growth. Hypothesis: I think there is a conifer that inhibits growth well. Procedures: KIRBY BAUER: 1) Selected 10 products known for having…
ISEF · 2016
The goal of this experiment is to see what types of biomass make biogas the best out of cow manure/fruit/vegetable peelings. First, materials were gathered for the experiment. Next, a safe w…
ISEF · 2016
This engineering project was designed to improve the accuracy and reliability of counting I.V. drops while administering medicine. These devices would be used when a medical infusion pump is…
ISEF · 2016
Animal Sciences
The reason I did this project was to find how effective anthelmintics are when given to cattle. I wanted to see what parasites affect cattle that have not been given anthelmintics and how lo…
ISEF · 2016
Have you ever avoided using the bathroom in a public place because you don’t want to sit on those toilets? Most people would rather go to the restroom in the comfort of their own home. The p…