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ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Welding has a history that dates to the Bronze age, with several millennia of practice and tradition. Modern infrastructure is based on iron and steel and having talented tradesmen to assemb…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The importance of studying glacial melting to understand the impact of climate change is amplified by the number of glaciers in the world, and complicated by the feasibility of monitoring th…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera R.) is an invasive neophyte. I noticed that the leaves of Himalayan Balsam were spotless, while insects had massively damaged the neighboring vegetat…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Patients with progressive motor neuron diseases like ALS that impair motor function and speech become dependent on caregivers. My device, a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), detects electrical…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Activation of C-H bonds is at the center of chemical transformations of hydrocarbons, which are primary products of the petroleum industry. However, efficient C-H bond activation remains an…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollination is responsible for approximately 80% of all cultivated crops. Unfortunately, reports suggest losses of 30-50% of all honey bee colonies in the US. The…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
According to the US Breast Cancer Statistics, Breast Cancer has become the most common cancer in women in the United States. About 1 in 8 US women will develop invasive breast cancer over th…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Native Hawaiian students are over-represented in nearly every negative student indicator; lowest proficiency scores, highest suspension rates, lowest matriculation into college. With these i…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this project is to develop remediation techniques to restore salt contaminated soils back to productive farmland. The ultimate goal of this study is to develop an inexpensive…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In this project, I seek to understand what happens to fake stories after a credible fact-checking source has confirmed that the story is false. Although prior research shows that the number…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Sulforaphane, a component of the cabbage family, fights inflammatory and infectious processes, shrinks the manifestation of lncRNAs in cancer cells and reduces their ability to form colonies…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Sharks are a keystone species in ocean ecosystems and vital to keeping our oceans in balance. For this project, we conducted multiple experiments to test the effect of increasing acidity lev…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In my 2022 SUCCESS Science Fair Project, I am building a Prosthetic Hand using Microcomputers and Sensors. The goal of building this prosthetic hand is to make a prosthetic hand that can com…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
The 911 system that we know today is reliable and suitable for most emergencies. However, it may not be usable in situations where it is not safe to talk to authorities on the phone. These s…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Public transportation such as buses often plays music at high decibel levels. Knowing this, I tested my hypothesis that bus music volume is above the safe decibel levels for human hearing, u…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Mitochondrial membrane protein associated neurodegeneration (MPAN) is a subtype of a group of rare neurological disorders termed Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA). MPAN i…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Existing quantum computing algorithms for measuring and preparing quantum systems are able to prepare a system in a single given energy eigenstate or measure the energy of said eigenstate. W…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Developing clinical Nuclear-factor-kappa-B ( NF-?B) inhibitors persists as an unresolved challenge due to the duality of NF-?B. NF-?B activity in T-cells exerts a protective effect by stimul…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award
Cancer is a major public health problem that has caused over 10 million deaths worldwide in 2020. Precision oncology, which employs a patient's genetic profile of tumors to identify the most…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics
If arm velocity, bat exit velocity, running speed, height, and weight of the high school baseball player is tested, the likelihood of success at different types of college baseball programs…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
It is believed that jellyfish are opportunistic feeders, meaning they do not actively seek prey, but capture and ingest food they encounter locally. A recent pulse behavioral study has shown…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
Membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) is a low-cost and energy efficient desalination technology used for remediating brackish water. MCDI is an electro-sorption technique that removes sal…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Over the past decade, climate change has become an increasing problem with one of the major contributing factors being carbon dioxide (CO2) emission—almost 51% of total US carbon emissions a…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Calcium Carbonate [CaCO3] is a commonly found chemical compound that has the ability to be transformed into a substance that will readily absorb Carbon Dioxide [CO2] from ambient air and fre…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Car seats and boosters provide protection for infants and children in a crash, yet car crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 13. Correctly used child safety seats can…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Fourth Award
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a staple crop with a total worldwide production of 298.8 million tons in 2020. However, its peel waste creates detrimental sanitation and environmental problem…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
The effects of social conditions on gene expression in Harpegnathos Saltator were analyzed to provide a better understanding of caste plasticity and reproductive potential in these ants. As…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cytotoxic T cells (CTLs) are lymphocytes capable of recognizing and attacking cancer cells. During continuous attacks, CTLs undergo an exhaustion process, gradually losing their abilities un…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Globally food demand is increasing; at the same time, about 10-20% crop is damaged/wasted during production/harvest due to pathogens. This could be reduced with early detection of crop disea…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Applications of charcoal have become an interest in daily life such as fuel for combustion. However, the commercial charcoal is normally produced by cutting the mangrove trees which are not…