329 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
329 projects · showing 271–300
ISEF · 2016
The problem focuses on the optimization of making fibers from recycled polyethylene terephthalate in terms of an increase in sustainability in the process, efficiency of the product, and imp…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of the experiment was to identify an insulin sensitizer that would decrease the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease in Type II Diabetes patients, and to compare the effect of ins…
ISEF · 2016
‘Genetic storage’ is the overall phrase that overlays this project, for it displays an important portion of the concept. By using strands of nucleotides, information can be encoded through t…
ISEF · 2016
Blood vessels are the principal means of adequate oxygen and nutrient delivery to every organ in the body. However, numerous proliferative diseases, associated with diabetes or chronic infla…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
Dugesia tigrina, Brown Planaria, are flatworms that have sensitive chemoreceptors and photoreceptors. Planaria can regenerate themselves from fragments of severed tissues using adult pluripo…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Understanding the physiology of the malaria parasite is critical to developing new drugs to fight malaria. This study used Tetrahymena thermophila as a model organism to investigate a potent…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Electronic-cigarettes, or Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), represent a major public health issue, but little is known about their toxicological effects when inhaled. This study e…
ISEF · 2015
Transparent conductors are a class of materials widely needed for technologies such as smart phones and solar panels. The current industry standard, Indium Tin Oxide, is expensive, brittle,…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Over a million Americans suffer from aphasia, a disorder that severely inhibits language comprehension. Medical professionals suggest that individuals with aphasia have a noticeably greater…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Flying robots have tremendous potential for many applications, including search and rescue and emergency response. However, the capabilities of these robots are currently highly limited, and…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project is an analytical experiment on the effects of a coupled therapy involving mental exercise and brainwave therapy. Hypothesis: subjects will have improved scores on cognitive test…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to utilize mixed plastic regrind in concrete as a practical and environmentally friendly use of waste that would otherwise end up in landfills or worse — the e…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Mosquitoes are vectors for many dangerous diseases such as Malaria, Dengue, Yellow Fever, West Nile etc. Mosquito transmitted diseases occur mostly in tropical, developing countries and crea…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
This project is to develop a novel targeted next generation sequencing (NGS) assay for early screening of Colorectal Cancer (CRC) using methylated DNA Biomarkers. CRC is the second leading c…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The objective of this project was to develop and test a novel biomarker algorithm for a screening test for the early detection of liver cancer. Liver cancer has risen to the forefront of let…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
One of the hottest public health issues today is the health impact of electronic cigarettes (e-cigs). Few toxicological studies have been done on e-cig vapor, and none have been done on lung…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Background: This study examines how physical activity and sleep patterns change over time, and how those changes affect physical/mental health among adolescents. Methods: A 3-section survey…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
The aim of this project is to develop an instantaneous and cost-effective method to quantify the total amount of bacteria in a water sample using nanotechnology. Current quantification metho…
ISEF · 2015
With growing dependence of technology in the world, the importance of finding an effective source of renewable energy to replace harmful fossil fuels has been a mission for solar researchers…
ISEF · 2015
Staphylococcus aureus is the most dangerous of all common staphylococcal bacteria and, to make matters worse, the treatment of its numerous infections is becoming increasingly difficult. In…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Recent research efforts in ambient RF energy harvesting are being focused on designing ultra-low power battery free products and maximizing the efficiency of RF harvesting circuits. But the…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Second Award
Tumor-shed cells from an epithelial lining lesion, or circulating tumor cells (CTCs), have been of significant concern with its highly characteristic identification and origin in metastatic…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
“Oysters have held the power of life and death,” according to the Oyster Recovery Partnership of Annapolis, Maryland. During the Great Depression millions of Americans relied on the eastern…
ISEF · 2015
Breast cancer continues to be researched, as it is still incurable. The grading system for breast cancer, while based off of numbers, is subjective as it depends upon the interpretation of t…
ISEF · 2015
3D printers have moved from the research lab into the home and the market for consumer level 3D printers is growing at a rapid rate. The most common type of 3D printing involves the process…
ISEF · 2015
Representation theory is a field of mathematics that studies objects in abstract algebra by representing them as matrices. Objects can often be represented in many ways, and the most useful…
ISEF · 2015
The objective of this project was to use an intelligent moisture sensor to create a project that tests the moisture level of soil and alerts the plant owner if the plant needs to be watered.…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Severe loss of cell polarity is one of the signatures of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), which is a current clinical challenge due to its aggressive malignancy and absence of therapeut…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
This project successfully developed a Gesture-Based Control System, which could manipulate values in a phantom three-dimensional field. The Gesture-Based Control System is a Control system t…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The effect of bilingualism on the multitasking ability of adolescents was investigated by comparing the performance of twelve monolingual and twelve bilingual subjects on a nineteen-question…