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ISEF · 2022
Microbiology Third Award
Although the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is researchers’ primary target, more conserved non-structural proteins (NSPs) of SARS-CoV-2 can be better targets if sufficiently immunogenic. The hypot…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Desertification (vegetation reduction) is a form of land degradation in drylands, which is a term that encompasses sub-humid areas. According to National Geographic, desertification is a sev…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
In this project through machine learning guided directed evolution, a novel Marine plastic degrading enzyme “Eco-Enzyme” was designed to reduce plastic pollution. It is estimated that there…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Third Award
Drug-resistant infections are expected to cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050. The increased prevalence of resistant bacteria has resulted in a scarcity of therapeutic alternatives, mak…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Third Award
Nanoparticles are of significance because of their small size and unique characteristics. Few studies have been conducted on the synthesis of manganese nanoparticles. This project was among…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics Third Award
The Rubik's Cube is the most popular puzzle in the world. Two of its studied aspects are God's Number, the minimum number of turns necessary to solve any state, and the First Law of Cubology…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Fixed-wing unmanned aerial systems are utilized in a wide range of applications such as mapping, monitoring, surveillance, etc. These systems are usually extremely expensive and almost exclu…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Third Award
PANDwriting is a novel screening system for neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), particularly targeted to increase Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Parkinson's Disease (PD) diagnostic access in low…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Screen readers are the primary tool through which Blind and Low Vision (BLV) people use the internet. However, 98.1% of the websites on the internet do not meet WCAG AA guidelines, minimum f…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
There are three propulsion systems in chemical rockets, and they are solid rocket, hybrid rocket, and liquid rocket. Compared to a solid rocket, we can verify the thrust of a hybrid rocket,…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have become the #1 cause of death; three-quarters of these deaths occur in lower-income communities. Electrocardiography (ECG), an electrical measurement captu…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
There is much that is still unknown about the properties and effects of active galactic nuclei (AGN)-driven winds. They are an important process in galaxy evolution, but several questions re…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The prediction of tropical cyclone (TC) intensity change remains one of the greatest challenges for forecasters. The Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction Scheme (SHIPS) is one of the m…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Excessive hemorrhage is a leading cause of mortality for civilians and military personnel under 50 years of age. The current treatment of donor derived platelet transfusion, is riddled with…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics Third Award
My research deepens connections between the two seemingly very different mathematical fields of algebraic combinatorics and algebraic geometry. In particular, I focus on the Bruhat order, a…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Deaf and hard-of-hearing people often use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate. Since ASL interpreters are frequently inaccessible, affordable robotic interpreters are a promising alt…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Millions of people in the USA alone suffer from celiac disease or gluten intolerance. In previous work, I identified three fruit-derived enzymes that when combined have an efficient effect i…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Around 3.8 million women in the US are diagnosed with breast cancer. In terms of the survival rate, late or misclassified diagnosis decreases an individual’s chance of survival from 90% to j…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Features with rare states, such as rare genetic variants and low frequency amino acid mismatches, pose a surrounding their role in predicting outcomes such as disease phenotype. Bins of rare…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Dye effluent from the fast fashion and textile industry contributes to 17-20% of global industrial pollution. Azo dyes, the largest class of textile dyes, possess great threats to the enviro…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Solar phenomena, specifically solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), have plagued the Earth since its creation. In 1859, the Earth was struck with the most devastating CME it’s ever…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Third Award
As the world’s population continuously increases, there is a limitation of the food supply that does not meet the consumers’ demands. With this issue, insects have been introduced by the Foo…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Third Award
One of the biggest problems of modern society is the over pollution of single-use plastics. Thus, the goal of this project is to chemically break down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plasti…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Access to clean water has been a global challenge since long-term exposure to pollutants such as metalloid, arsenic (As(II) and heavy metal, chromium (Cr(VI)) have detrimental health effects…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Despite advancements in modern medicine, malaria continues to have high morbidity and mortality, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa where it is most prevalent. With an incidence of over 250…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
The speed of ribosome movement along an mRNA transcript is a critical determinant of protein synthesis. Ribosome pause sites, or regions along an mRNA transcript where translating ribosomes…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Third Award
The goal of this project was to assist malaria research by expediting the process of producing transgenic mosquitoes. In this project, I developed and tested a novel automated instrument for…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics Third Award
Dynamical optimal transport is a field in mathematics and computer science involving interpolation between two probability measures. While dynamical optimal transport on continuous domains i…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Third Award
Honey bees are an essential part of global food production and revenue. However, pollinators around the world are declining at a rate faster than ever recorded due to pesticides, diseases an…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Cubesats are small, lightweight satellites that allow researchers to conduct experiments and collect data from Low Earth Orbit (LEO); however, the costs to launch these satellites oftentimes…