258 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
258 projects · showing 241–258
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Noise in data can mask underlying trends. These trends can consist of ramps, steps, spikes, sinusoids, etc., and may provide important information about the process being monitored. In order…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a type of arrhythmia, where atria contract fast/irregularly due to a dysfunctional cardiac electrical system. AFib starts paroxysmally, and advances to persiste…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The study of genetic variations that cause autism and the identification of associated defects in synaptic signaling pathways may lead to more effective treatments for autism. The hypothesis…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Adsorption of bivalent heavy metal ions from polluted water was studied using dried powdered banana peels and banana peel pyrolyzed at 500°C and 600°C. The results were compared with adsorpt…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Transcribing music is a difficult and time consuming task. Currently, no commercial software has been released to transcribe music automatically. The goal of this continuation project was to…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry Fourth Award
This research is a comparative study between varying pretreatment methods employed in the cellulosic bioethanol production process. The first pretreatment is a process known as biological pr…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
Similar to describing any particular color in the visible spectrum in terms of three primary colors, in a recently published medical article, scientists argued that any particular smell is c…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
Bioindicators are a widespread and effective tool for evaluating ecosystem condition. Weight-length models are essential to using fish as bioindicators, providing estimates of expected weigh…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The interaction between light and absorbing medium inside an optical cavity is of interest especially within the field of photovoltaics, where optimized capture of solar energy is desired. O…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
The objective of this study was to improve upon the design of a useful class of nanoparticles known as quantum dots (QDs), in order to improve their capacity for biological applications, esp…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Raspberries are a composite fruit that are red and gold in color and boast a distinctive sweet and tart flavor and contain phenols and anthocyanins. This project was conducted to determine i…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Poly(ethylene glycol)monomethyl ether methacrylates (POEGMA) are an unusual class of polymers that exhibit a lower critical solution temperatures (LCST). When the polymer is below the LCST,…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Hundreds of people are potentially exposed to rabies via animals each year in Lake County alone. These potential rabies exposures must be reported to the Lake County General Health Departmen…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The problem studied the effects of Allium sativum on the development and meat qualityof Gallus domesticus. The discovery of natural coccidiostats is a step towards reductions in the amount o…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
This project was done to test which piezo element most efficiently converted the energy from a vibrational source. It was hypothesized that the V22B piezo element, with its superior design s…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Many experts agree that energy may become the most important issue that society will face in the future. As fossil fuel sources are quickly being depleted and nuclear energy has proven to be…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Epilepsy is the most common serious brain disorder recognized by the World Health Organization, affecting 60 million people worldwide. People with epilepsy suffer from recurrent unprovoked s…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Current ethanol production methods offer impractical and expensive long-term solutions that would cause dramatic increases in food prices and require extensive areas of land. This research o…