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ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Surfactant research is a rapidly developing field due to its booming applications in many fundamental industries such as detergents, fabric softeners, emulsions, and most importantly, corros…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Fourth Award
Responsible for 80% of global agricultural crop pollination, bees are essential to food production efforts. Deformed wing virus (DWV) is the leading cause of death, disability, and colony co…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
The COVID-19 pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus threatens global public health. The immune response in patients plays a significant role in resisting COVID-19 infection, one part of which…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Research depicts a lack of cost effective, efficient FDA approved medical tools for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s Disease [AD] and onset dementia. R…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
The hazards of fires are some of the most dangerous matters emergency-dispatchers deal with. A myriad of fatal-risks are linked to fires, including the quick spread of inhalable toxic-fumes,…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Paralysis is a medical condition that results in the loss of the ability to move some or all parts of the body. Even though treatments for some kinds of paralysis exist, there's currently no…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Air pollution, from the burning of fossil fuels, is associated with health issues and CO2 emissions linked to climate change. “Clean energy” sources reduce fossil fuel consumption but have o…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics Fourth Award
Gerrymandering is one of the biggest problems in American democracy. Political parties have, in the past few decades, used redistricting as a method of maintaining political control. Often,…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Currently available chemical insecticides are causing soil contamination. Exploring the potential of utilizing crop starches combined with capsaicinoids and glucosinolates extracted from Cap…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Different types of 3D printing filaments have been recently used. One of the most commonly used filaments is PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) along with ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene)…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software Fourth Award
This project began as a chance discussion with peers regarding incorrect retrospective GCSE subject choices which restricted A-level options and ultimately career opportunities. A survey of…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Visually impaired individuals encounter numerous challenges while walking. Navigating unfamiliar paths without a caregiver's assistance is daunting, and despite various walking aids, the ris…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Type 2 diabetes impacts the patient's quality of life, society and the health system. It is estimated that by 2030, the numbers of people diagnosed are expected to exceed 552 million. Inhibi…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
The Indian River Lagoon consumes forty-percent of Florida’s east coast, and is the most biodiverse estuary in North America. Recently the lagoon has gone through devastation, due to the abun…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics Fourth Award
In this study, we propose a general solution to the Broken Pick-up Sticks Problem which is a variation of the well-known Broken Sticks Problem. Since its solution is unknown to the mathemati…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The goal of this study is to create a diagnostic “suitability” tool to assess potential habitat for southwestern willow flycatcher (SWFL) sites in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. The tool def…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Histologic analyses of glomeruli in renal tissues yield a substantial amount of information about overall kidney health or diseases stemming from glomerular structural damage. Current medica…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Distinct features of transcription factors play a primary role in plant growth and development. Understanding the root development of plants can further develop a more robust, improved versi…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
The invention is an airless all-terrain wheel, which is designed to be compatible with off-road vehicles without any modifications. It consists of adjustable articulated arms with spring sus…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s Disease, described by several researchers as the public health crisis of the 21st century, is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder of gradual onset, clinically characterized…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
As coined by historian James Truslow Adams in 1931, the American Dream is the belief that any American can achieve their desired successes. What has upheld this distorted understanding of so…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to determine if accelerometer data be used in conjunction with a coupled nonlinear dynamics model to detect mode interactions and abnormal gaits in equines to…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is a type of malignant brain tumor and it is the most lethal with a median survival of only 21 months. It is characterized by an extremely strong recurrence rat…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) is an insect vector of Huanglongbing (HLB), an incurable citrus disease with devastating economic and production impacts worldwide. Since the first detection of HL…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
According to the World Health Organization, roughly 2.6 billion people continue to heat and cook using unvented open fires and stoves, fueled by kerosene, biomass (wood, animal dung and crop…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Nature has already perfected flight in the form of birds. One especially critical yet often overlooked aspect of avian flight is the highly nimble and drag-reducing aerodynamics of the avian…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Eutrophication, an excess of nitrates and phosphates in water primarily caused by fertilizer runoff, is the leading cause of cyanobacteria epidemics and marine life deaths. Previous studies…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Farms around the world currently account for 70% of all water consumed annually. However, increasing municipal and industrial demands for water means there is less water allocated for agricu…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Progress within many modern scientific fields has increasingly relied on the continued advancement of computational power. However, thermodynamic and physical limits associated with electron…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
With the rapid growth of digital scientific datasets, data visualization is becoming increasingly important, and even the most popular tools require additional features. The goal of this stu…