852 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
852 projects · showing 481–510
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Lead pollution is a serious environmental issue as elevated levels contribute to negative neurological effects within animals, as well as slowed growth and reproduction rates. Finding method…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Antibiotic pollution in soils and groundwater is one of the world’s most pressing problems. There are 1.4 micrograms of antibiotics per liter of freshwater and 125,000 tons of antibiotics po…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Piezoelectric materials generate an electric current when mechanical stress is applied. PVDF is a thermoplastic fluoropolymer with piezoelectric properties, allowing it to be used in small s…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Smart fine fiber scaffolds were developed to monitor and aid the healing process. Solutions of ECDA: 5,7 Eicosadiynoic acid (DA) with polyvinyl butyrate (PVB) were spun into fiber membranes…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
According to the CDC, about 1 in 59 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the CDC describes how the current tools for diagnosing autism require time and…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are common organic pollutants in water and well known for their persistence, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and toxicity. Motor oil from cars, insecticides,…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Over the years, I have worked with the visually impaired and the blind community in aiding them in different necessities of their lives. The visually impaired and the blind are sometimes ove…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Cardiovascular disease is the worldwide leading cause of death, yet there is a salient lack of cheap and proactive solution towards this problem on a global scale. To address this issue, a c…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This experiment was designed not only from a continuation of a previous year, but as well as an improvement. Essential oils were present to prove that they have special and unique properties…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Synthetic and natural turfgrass have been commonly used on athletic fields for a long time. One of the biggest concerns with synthetic turfgrass is the potential effect on players’ health. I…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the world. Due to the necessity of expensive ophthalmoscopic equipment and a trained professional, the screening pr…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of the Faraday Return project was to pioneer innovation in the field of generator technology through a new generator technology that takes full advantage of Faraday's law of elec…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The bacteria Streptomyces antibioticus produces several industrially important antibiotics, but the species is difficult to culture and therefore to effectively discover antibiotics in. To f…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Horticulturists regularly use asexual propagation techniques to more efficiently multiply specimens, but these methods have not changed dramatically in the last several decades. Native plant…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
The DNA glycosylase methyl-CpG-binding domain protein (MBD4) is commonly found to be mutated in cancers, autoimmune disorders, and neurological disorders. MBD4, a base-excision repair enzyme…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
The goals of this study were to continue developing a Drosophila melanogaster model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using the “High Impact Trauma” (HIT) device to inflict injury and induce,…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Since mid-eighties of the past century, a huge number of microwave-assisted organic/organometallic/inorganic transformations have been published with a growing number in every year. It is we…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
There are already hundreds of different ways to create clean water. Yet in the world today, thousands of people don't have access to this necessity because of their lack of time, money and t…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Large space travel corporations like SpaceX and NASA employ liquid engines because they can be activated and deactivated at will. This is accomplished simply by opening or closing the tubes…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this research project was to investigate whether the positioning of eggs vertically or horizontally during day one to day 18 of incubation yielded a higher percentage of chick…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics
Traditional economic theory relies on assumptions of homogeneous agents reaching equilibrium under ideal conditions; there has been a push away from classical economics toward more real worl…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
A motorcyclist’s helmet is essential to prevent head injuries in road accidents. When a helmet is subject to significant impact, its integrity can be affected and it may become unsafe for fu…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Overcoming the visual barrier and developing “see-through vision” has been one of mankind’s long-standing dreams. Unlike visible light, Radio Frequency (RF) signals penetrate opaque obstruct…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical
High-efficiency GaAs solar cells are good candidates for roof-top photovoltaics for automobiles but, they are very expensive and inflexible. If GaAs photovoltaics can be made as microcells a…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Galactic Cosmic Rays are primarily composed of protons (85%), helium (14%), and (~1%) high charge-high energy ions (HZE) such as 56Fe, 28Si, and 16O. Humans are normally not exposed to HZE i…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Despite pronounced negative side effects on developing babies, 10.7% of women smoke regularly during pregnancy. In hopes of reducing smoking during pregnancy, nicotine patches, vaping, and o…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Complications associated with robotic surgery are on the rise, in part, due to surgeons not receiving proper training prior to operation. To improve performance and accelerate learning in ro…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics Third Award
Dimensionality reduction techniques are becoming widely used in academia, business, and machine learning to reduce the time required to process a higher dimensional dataset. In this context,…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
Supercapacitors (SC) are energy devices that have higher power densities and quicker charge times than lithium-ion batteries (LIB). The main issue with SC is their lower energy densities com…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Leersia oryzoides, a wild relative of rice (Oryza sativa), may carry potential seed-borne bacterial endophytes which could be used to enhance growth of rice. It was hypothesized that seed-as…