852 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
852 projects · showing 811–840
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been shown to efficiently generate electricity from organic compounds and to serve as a method for waste treatment. Another possible application for this tec…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Based on research done last year, it was decided that an experiment would be completed to observe the contamination that occurs during hydraulic fracturuing. In an experiment done in 2013, i…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Third Award
When predicting a hurricane’s landfall location, small improvements in accuracy result in large savings of lives, property, and money. The project’s purpose was to apply a breakthrough metho…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
This experiment was testing different angles of airfoil slots on the separation effects (drag, lift, and moment). It was hypothesized that the 30° and 45° slots would have higher aerodynamic…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
This research investigated if and why specific proteins in H1N1 are able to inhibit the acidification of endosomes/lysosomes in order to mediate a host cell response favorable to viral repli…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Organochlorine pesticides in agriculture are not only powerful but also pollute the soil and destroy the ecosystem. As a result, scientists are currently looking for organic pesticides that…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a serious form of brain cancer, has an average life expectancy of approximately 1.2 years. The current standard of care is treatment with a drug known as Temoz…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
This project was a continuation from 2012 when testing was performed on West Texas lakes, which revealed estrogenic endocrine disruptors. This year the most widely used pesticide in the worl…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Recent work by multiple researchers has demonstrated that two dimensional carbon graphene films can be used to fabricate supercapacitors. The unique existence of multiple solid allotropes of…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
About a decade ago it was discovered by Italian scientists that the Briggs-Rauscher oscillating reaction is sensitive to antioxidants. These free-radical scavengers inhibit the reaction; the…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Pancreatic cancer (PanCA) is the 4th leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. An estimated 46,420 new cases of pancreatic cancer will be diagnosed in the US in 2014, accor…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
On August 14, 2013, Nova Delphini was discovered by Koichi Itagaki. This nova erupted to a maximum brightness of magnitude 4.4 by August 16. The extraordinary brightness of this event allowe…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science First Award
Heavy metals pose a huge threat to society by diffusing through water supplies. Many technologies have been developed for removing heavy metals from industrial wastewater and drinking water,…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Third Award
Our project analyzes the utility of amorphous silica produced from rice husk biowastes in producing higher quality, thermostable pigments. Heating the husks produces rice husk ash (RHA) cont…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease that is very difficult to diagnose early and to treat effectively. It has a 95% mortality rate, the highest of all cancers, and only a 3-6% 5-year survi…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
In today’s society, gasoline is becoming more expensive and harder to find, causing scientists to look for alternative fuels. One of these alternative fuels is biodiesel converted from oil e…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Second Award
Natural gas separation and ammonia purge gas recovery are among the most important industrial processes by accounting for 22% of all in-plant energy use and improving the Haber Bosch process…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry First Award
The organic food market is the fastest growing food sector, yet it is unclear whether organically raised food is nutritionally superior to conventionally grown food and whether consuming org…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
This study examines the paleoenvironment of the Pleistocene Rancholabrean (210,000 – 11,000 years ago) large mammalian fauna from the Aransas River, San Patricio County, Texas based on the 1…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Solar energy has become more practical recently and is one of the fastest growing industries around the world due to the influx in demand for renewable energy. Mechanical trackers have been…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Can soldiers and athletes be protected from bacterial and fungal infections on the epidermal level? Using myrrh and licorice extracts in addition to copper and titanium nanoparticles, which…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this project was to determine which commonly used soil-improving technique would offer the greatest amount of improvement when implemented in desertified soils. The soil impro…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
The purpose of this project was to design, construct and test a device that could utilize the motion of waves to generate electricity. Subsequently, a system was developed that allowed for t…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
The neural circuits that subserve odorant processing are susceptible to dysregulation/attrition in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Studies have shown that early…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Third Award
Despite high responses to current therapeutic methods, about 90% of ovarian cancer patients develop recurrence. The inability to efficiently combat metastasis makes ovarian cancer lethal as…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
This study will show how much make-shift spectrophotometers can be relied upon. By taking pictures of specific fluids as water and colored water, we can measure these with a software based p…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of “Stay Home or Go Global - Local Versus Imported Fruit?” is to study what pesticides we may be eating and which fruits might be the worst ones. Pesticides can be fungicides or…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Second Award
This project aimed to synthesize periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) nanoparticles with a wrinkle pore structure to use as a delivery system for chemotherapeutic and radiotherapeutic agen…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Organic and conventional beef, chicken, and turkey were tested for both hormonal and compositional levels. It was hypothesized that the organic samples would have lower hormone levels than t…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Solar panels consist of solar cells that use light energy from the sun to generate electricity. When the solar panel increases in temperature, the power output decreases. The purpose of this…