365 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
365 projects · showing 301–330
ISEF · 2015
In recent years, there has been an upsurge in mobile device use. In addition to this, there has been a relative stall in the development of battery technology in comparison to the developmen…
ISEF · 2015
Globally, caffeine ranks as the most widely consumed drug, 97% of which is consumed in beverages (2012 Laszlo). In the past three decades a rise in soda consumption has coincided with a thre…
ISEF · 2015
The correct propeller is essential to optimum brushless motor performance. Propeller pitch is the distance the propeller would move forward if turned one revolution. Higher pitched propeller…
ISEF · 2015
In order to meet the future demands of computation and communication, new approaches are needed to increase data operating speeds to the terahertz (THz) frequency range. To accomplish this g…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
With increasing energy demand and increasing strain on the world’s resources, including supplies of fossil fuels and agricultural capacity, sustainable renewable energy is needed. Using disc…
ISEF · 2015
For decades scientists have used an array of organic materials to produce environmentally friendly biofuel. But only recently has algae been introduced as a possible candidate for biofuel pr…
ISEF · 2015
A capacitive sensing system was developed that operates on a swept frequency, unlike the static frequencies of conventional sensing methods. The initial prototype used an Arduino Uno as the…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Canary Seed (Phalaris canariensis) is commonly consumed in Hispanic cultures as a homeopathic remedy for diabetes. Previously, a single study showed that oral consumption of a canary seed ex…
ISEF · 2015
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) proposed by McCulloch and Pitts are machine learning algorithms that are able to approximate any mapping or function when given a dataset. ANNs model the hu…
ISEF · 2015
Halorubrum salsolis is a recently discovered halobacterium isolated from the Great Salt Lake in the western United States. H. salsolis is known for its high tolerance to UV radiation and sal…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Horses can get pneumonia if they are not cooled down properly after exercise. This experiment tested how grooming different areas of the horse reduced the heart rate after exercise, for a mo…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Leptomeningeal dissemination (LMD) is the metastatic spread of tumor cells from the brain to spinal chord. LMD is a characteristic of and the most fatal step in the pediatric brain tumor med…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimers Disease is a neurodegenerative disease resulting in loss of brain function and memory, caused by the build-up of Amyloid-beta (Abeta) protein plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Extreme losses in summer Arctic sea ice pack, a leading indicator of climate change, have led to the need for significant revisions of global climate models. Part of the efforts to improve t…
ISEF · 2015
Status quo methods of autism diagnosis are subjective and varied. This can result in misdiagnosis as well as leave patients with the disorder undiagnosed for long periods of time. The goal o…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
This experiment tested heel striking versus toe striking in a test for muscle exertion. Toe striking is when the toe of the foot hits the ground first while running, and heel striking is whe…
ISEF · 2015
In lieu of demands for high-density and lightweight energy storage, rechargeable lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries hold promise as an efficient and sustainable method to address accelerating r…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this research was to classify Near Earth Asteroids. The type of asteroid determines how dangerous they are to Earth and the best way to move them if they will hit Earth. The a…
ISEF · 2015
Carbon Dioxide is released in our atmosphere today will be in our atmosphere one hundred years from now. There is a great need for alternative energies that are sustainable and minimize envi…
ISEF · 2015
Due to human dependency on oil, it is constantly being drilled for. Safety precautions are used while drilling, but some oil still ends up in the ocean. These accidents cause harmful damage…
ISEF · 2015
Plasmids containing a catalytically dead Cas9 endonuclease (dCas9) system were studied as a potential repressor to the mecA methicillin resistance gene in MRSA. Clustered Regularly Interspac…
ISEF · 2015
Polystyrene, or Styrofoam, is a common household and commercial waste product that naturally decomposes in approximately 1000 years. United States landfills receive around 2.5 million tons o…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
This project studies the effect of pollution on the number of tardigrades (water bears) in lichen and moss samples. I asked whether the correlation between pollution and elevation as measure…
ISEF · 2015
Germanium wafers are primarily used in multijunction photovoltaic cells for aerospace applications. Due to the expense of Germanium, wafers are very thin, and thus very susceptible to fractu…
ISEF · 2015
The constant use of roads causes serious wear on asphalt. As a solution to this problem, the application of rubberized asphalt is used in Arizona, Southern California, and Washington. The gr…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this study was to see if air plants could be used as an indicator of indoor air pollution by the way the plants responded. Epiphytic bromeliads were placed in various polluted…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
This experiment tests one of the leading hypotheses on the causes of salamander neoteny. Under ordinary circumstances, Barred Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma mavortium) metamorphose into terres…
ISEF · 2015
The EPA is setting a new standard on nitrogen concentration in effluent water at water treatment plants; due to high amounts of nitrogen commonly present in this water, the current form of r…
ISEF · 2015
This project aimed to develop and test an inexpensive and effective detector of NO2 using LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes). I hypothesized that an LED that was configured as a light sensor would…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Recently, fast food chains and local restaurants around the nation have been changing their menus from fried and breaded meat products to grilled meats. This change, while meant to be positi…