On May 12, 2019, MST, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) 2019 begin in Phoenix, Arizona. It will last for 6 days, until May 17, MST. Including finalists research presentation, many events are planned, and most of them are focused on international communication among the finalists.
From Japan, 22 finalists, 12 projects who won the national competition; Japan Science and Engineering Challenge (JSEC) and Japan Students Science Awards (JSSA), are sent on Intel ISEF 2019.
【ANIM011T Animal Science】
Finalists: Rintaro Mori, Tazuru Kobayashi, Akito Yoshida
School: Yasuda Gakuen Junior and Senior High School
Project title: Adaptive significance of the experimentally obtained diploid male fertility in the Japanese bumblebee Bombus ignites with complementary sex determination
【ANIM015T Animal Science】
Finalists: Yuma Okamoto, So Tsukamoto
School: Shizuoka Prefectural Kakegawa-Nishi High School
Project title: Bird Environmental DNA from the Air
【ANIM016T Animal Science】
Finalists: Yui Tamada, Ayana Miyazaki, Haruka Hinami
School: Nagasaki prefectural Nagasaki Nishi High School
Project title: Novel Subtle Acoustic Communication: Successful Elucidation of the Cryptic Ecology of Runner Plant Bugs (Hallodapus spp.) with Emphasis on Their Stridulatory Mechanisms
【ANIM021 Animal Science】
Finalist: Yuko Nakano
School: Misono Junior high School
Project title: Reproductive strategy for a surf clam, Chion semigranosa (Dunker) accumulating in the intertidal zone of exposed sandy beach in summer in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan
【BCHM009T Biochemistry】
Finalists: Hayato Shoyama, Momoko Hayashida, Shintaro Yamamoto
School: Fukuoka Prefectural Meizen High School
Project title: Discovery of a Remarkable Oscillatory Color Change in the Iodine Starch Reaction during the Early Stage of Acid Hydrolysis of Potato Starch
【CHEM012 Chemistry】
Finalist: Miu Muto
School: Shibaura Institute of Technology Kashiwa Junior and Senior High School
Project title: Formation of Large Sized Aragonite Crystals by Using Gel Method
【EAEV016 Earth and Environmental Science】
Finalist: Aihisa Kamijo
School: Matsumoto Fukashi Senior High School
Project title: Long-term visual monitoring revealed importance of sea wind in causing sudden showers in Japanese mountain basin
【MATS014 Material Science】
Finalist: Taito Tanaka
School: National Institute of Technology, Yonago College
Project title: Development of the Gypsum Board Materials Containing Eggshell Aiming at the Solution of Sick Building Syndrome
【PHYS017 Physics】
Finalist: Rinka Kai
School: Hiroshima Prefectural Fuchu High School
Sound velocity in corrugated pipes
【PHYS019T Physics】
Finalists: Ryotaro Ishiko, Yuta Koshobu, Keita Watanabe
School: Hiroshima University High School
Project title: Making Microbubbles with Spiral Method
【PLNT014 Plant Science】
Finalist: Minori Mori
School: Meikei High School
Project title:Development of the Lucky Clover: Effects of Phosphate and Auxin on the Number of Leaflets in White Clover
【ROBO016 Robotics and Intelligent Machines】
Finalist: Sean Ishiyama
School: Meihokan High School
Project title: Extension of the disease detection method of lung using deep learning with visualization
*Finalists School Data is based on the information in December 2018
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