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ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a human pathogen and a leading cause of death in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. This bacterium is well-known for its antibiotic-resistance, including the “last reso…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
What would a summer night be without fireflies? Unfortunately, they are now at risk of becoming an endangered species. Habitat loss, light pollution, and the use of pesticides have dramatica…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
If adjacent genes in the same direction (Tail-to-Head, T2H) are located very close to each other (at a distance of several hundred base pairs) or partially overlapping, chimeric transcripts…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Chronic sleep deprivation (CSD), a result of consistent sleep loss, is a global concern in more than half of adults worldwide. Research has shown that people with CSD are more susceptible to…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics Fourth Award
Dacey established a class of simple, finite graphs, called Dacey graphs, which maps bijectively to the set of finite orthomodular posets, posets where the join of orthogonal elements always…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics Second Award
It is a basic question in contact geometry to classify all non-isotopic tight contact structures on a given 3-manifold. If the manifold has a boundary, this classification is based on the di…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
Explosions in chemical plants around the world make us all sad. Also, where I live, there is the largest chemical factory in Korea so I became more interested in this problem from a long tim…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Climate change is causing precipitation and temperature patterns to change, and in response species are undergoing phenological shifts, changes in reproduction timing. To explore the effects…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Given the current rate of emissions and level of human-induced warming, and assuming the emissions trend over the past five years continues, how long will it be before the remaining allowabl…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems
Intertwining the use of hand gestures for communication and advancement in computer technology the idea of a device is introduced that uses hand gesture recognition to enhance security stand…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Purpose of my project is to test the effectiveness of different natural coagulants in the removal of microplastics from water. The Independent variables I tested were the coagulants, (Mo…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Water crisis is widely observed specially in the field of agriculture regarding the environmental impacts followed by its neglection, so why not to start the manipulation to find how water c…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
Learning has become extremely difficult due to Covid-19, especially amongst those involved in music education. Young musicians can no longer play as a unit and are now faced with many proble…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Designing synthetic genes for heterologous expression is a keystone of biotechnology. In protein sequences—as there are 61 sense codons but only 20 standard amino acids—most amino acids are…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
The research pursues to find a solution for the excessive amount of organic waste obtained from the coffee harvest, reusing the coffee pulp for the preparation of eco-boards that are used in…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Cancer is a terrible disease that has personally impacted close members of the author’s family over recent times. Cancer affects millions every year, both physically and mentally, for as wel…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics
The goal of my project is to evaluate multiple college football playoff formats involving different numbers of teams using the Monte Carlo simulation method. The computer simulation generate…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Scientist Henry Grover at the Northern Arizona University School of Forestry defines fire-moss colonization as the growth of the common moss species Bryum argenteum, Ceratodon purpureus, and…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Currently, HCC is diagnosed through blood tests, invasive liver biopsies, and costly imaging tests; and…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Mamaki tea is a native Hawaiian plant species that is best known for its medicinal uses. It is endemic to and geographically restricted to the Hawaiian Islands. Mamaki tea contains different…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that destroys memory and thinking. This study focused on two critical gaps in AD research: novel treatment identification and early di…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. After the cancer diagnosis, the oncologist will stage cancer and devise an effective treatment plan. Novel methods to predict the severity is a…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Terrorism is one of the most prevalent problems in today’s world, with over 21,000 people killed each year and many others adversely affected as a result of terrorist activity. Terrorist net…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics
This work is devoted to finding an element in a free group’s commutator subgroup such that the commutator length of the square is less than the commutator length. The results obtained allow…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive and rapidly growing brain cancer that affects the central nervous system and typically leads to death within 15 months of diagnosis. It i…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water is the most important natural resource. There are many ways to prevent water evaporation, including the recently used “Shade Balls”. They are four inch polyethylene balls that cover re…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the effects of four different flavonoids, Apigenin, Curcumin, Daidzein, and Quercetin, on the biofilm formation of S. marcescens. It was hypoth…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
My purpose was to see how effective homemade hand sanitizers are compared to commercial hand sanitizers approved by the CDC. The CDC recommends that hand sanitizer contains 60% alcohol. Hypo…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
As of April 9th, 2021, there have been over 31 million cases of COVID-19 in the United States alone. Simultaneously, an estimated 15% of U.S. adults suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Over 1.2 billion people suffer from constipation each year and in the US alone $725 million are spent on laxatives per year. The most commonly used treatments are stool softeners, osmotic, a…