852 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
852 projects · showing 571–600
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems First Award
The goal of this engineering project was to investigate and design an affordable system capable of controlling an electric wheelchair with ocular tracking. Based on electrooculographic (EOG)…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The Faraday’s Bicycle apparatus an engineering project based upon Faraday’s Law of electromagnetic induction which states that an rotating magnetic field generates an electric charge within…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
GaAs photovoltaics are the most efficient but also the most expensive. If GaAs photovoltaics can be made on inexpensive metal substrates (cost $8/m^2) instead of GaAs wafers (cost $11,000/m^…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
“Clean, accessible water for all” is one of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. Electrocoagulation(EC), a form of decontamination using electricity, can help meet this goal fo…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
The commercial production of biofuel is not yet economically viable due to slow rates of production from microalgae. This problem could be alleviated by transitioning to Saccharomyces cerevi…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Non-biodegradable products such as Styrofoam can be extremely dangerous to the environment. Certain types of larvae are able to consume plastics, such as Styrofoam. I decided to alter the St…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Supercapacitors (SC) have received attention due to quick charge times and higher power densities than lithium-ion batteries (LIB), which enable them to be implemented in electronic devices.…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a medical condition that results from head impact injuries in contact sports. A Boston University study reports occurence of CTE in 87% of the cases…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Type 2 diabetes (T2D), a metabolic disorder characterized by high blood sugar and insulin resistance (IR), has serious socioeconomic ramifications. While T2D is considered a lifestyle diseas…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The FOXO transcription factors are part of the Forkhead subfamily O, which contain four members: (FOXO1, FOXO3, FOXO4, and the less well conserved FOXO6) that regulate gene expression involv…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Jaundice is a condition where there's too much bilirubin in the blood which makes the babies skin and eyes look yellow-orange. It happens to 50- 60% of newborn babies and to 80% of premature…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
Understanding rocket propellants and how they work is invaluable to pursuing rocketry at high levels. In this project four different ways of making the common KN-Sucrose rocket propellant we…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Lack of effective treatment and substantial side effects of current chemotherapy have resulted in poor prognosis for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients. To avoid these side effect…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Second Award
The goals of this study were to develop a Drosophila melanogaster model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using the “High Impact Trauma” (HIT) device to inflict injury and induce vacuolar lesi…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to engineer a device that could be placed into a real wildlife environment with the ability to deter wildlife from crossing roads to avoid wildlife vehicle…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
TMEV, a murine single-stranded positive sense RNA virus, is a model for both multiple sclerosis (MS) and epilepsy, as it results in a demyelinating encephalomyelitis in the CNS, resembling M…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
The objective of this research project is to define the optimal circadian rhythm, or length of night and day periods, of bioluminescent, or glowing, dinoflagellate algae for lengthening the…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Chemical Dispersant is primarily used to reduce the size of oil droplets, effectively preventing oil spills from causing environmental havoc at water-surface level. While standard chemical d…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Turfgrass is extremely important to many homeowners, athletes, and other people. It gives homeowners’ lawns a healthy, aesthetic appeal. Athletes use turfgrass to play sports. One fundamenta…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Concrete is the most widely used construction material on the planet. The production of Portland cement, concrete’s major component, contributes 8% of the world’s human induced carbon dioxid…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Submersion causes the highest mortality rate of all vehicular accidents. These might be caused by crashing into a water body or by road flooding. Cars normally sink very fast, giving occupan…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, 38,000 children with severe to profound hearing loss in the United States have received a cochlear implant.…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Still water in floral buckets often produces bacteria, leading to shorter life, inventory shrink, a loss of money and waste of salvageable flowers. A plan was composed to aerate water in the…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
There is a well known gadget in field of electronics where a Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET) moderates the flow of current to an LED by responding to an external electric field. The…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Europa is a satellite that has potential for life, as it actually has water. To sponsor further exploration, it is necessary to build a rover that will be able to traverse the terrain of Eur…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
The world population has steadily increased, as has the demand for energy. To combat this increasing need for energy, energy harvesting research aims for cost reduction and efficiency. Howev…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Many people in rural, poverty-stricken areas of the globe lack reliable access to clean water and though treatment techniques exist, building the infrastructure required for a treatment plan…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Each year, car accidents on United States roadways claim 37,000 lives and injure 2 million others. 47% of these incidents involve a combination of two critical pre-crash events: turning and…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is a vein disease which affects millions of people around the world, which if left untreated, could cause death. At the moment, the commonly used techniques for…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Prescription drug misuse frequently occurs among adolescents and young adults. Parental guidance and monitoring play a large role in mitigating drug misuse and, potentially, access to prescr…