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ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering
The influx of nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen have resulted in the conditions for aquatic life and ecosystems to start degrading, causing dissolved oxygen that was once abundantly ava…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering
Clean drinking water is one of the most important requirements for survival and obtaining it can be a challenge if not impossible for many. One method of getting clean water is through filtr…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Geological deposits, volcanic activity, and weathering, along with mining, agriculture, and manufacturing are some of the many ways copper gets into waterways. Copper is one of the most toxi…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
How do PFAS chemicals impact chlorophyll in the process of photosynthesis? PFAS chemicals, or polyfluorinated substances, are commonly found in things such as tents, cookware, and waterproof…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology
TAS2R38 gene encodes a bitter taste receptor protein that influences the perception of bitter compounds such as phenylthiocarbamide PTC. Specific polymorphisms within TAS2R38 have been linke…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This project aims to maximize electricity production from wind energy, which is limited in cities due to space constraints. The prototype, with its green wall design, uses channelling winds…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy
Young’s Double Slit experiment proves the wave-like property that light has through the interference pattern it shows when light passes through the two slits. The goal of this experiment was…
ISEF · 2024
Embedded Systems Third Award
PCPU is a processor that I created from scratch as my previous work. Besides the processor, I provided a complete toolchain (including C language compiler, assembler, emulator), together cre…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Second Award
To address the depletion of seagrass, this study aimed to understand seagrass conservation approaches by investigating the impact of varying salinity levels and temperature fluctuations on t…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
In the evolving world of sustainable energy, hydrogen production by photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting stands out as a highly promising approach. Yet, challenges like limited light a…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Extraterrestrial exploration has predominantly employed rover robots due to their proven reliability. Recent research, however, suggests that legged robots, with their superior mobility and…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) affects over 280 million individuals globally, but less than 25% of those affected receive proper care. Early detection is vital for timely intervention and t…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This study presents a novel back-end-of-line compatible optoelectronic device specifically engineered for neuromorphic computing and visual processing applications. As the foundation of mode…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Third Award
The accumulation of heavy metal ions in wastewater poses significant health and environmental risks as heavy metals are known to be toxic and bioaccumulate in living organisms. In recent yea…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Nearly 6.7 million Americans age 65+ are currently affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD). Preliminary diagnosis of AD is a difficult and time-consuming process that often leads to false outco…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Resorbable medical devices are advantageous because they are there when you need them and then degrades into biologically safe byproducts when it is not. One application of resorbable medica…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
In past decades, superhydrophobic materials have found increased applications in industry due to their convenient self-cleaning, anti-icing, drag-reducing, and corrosion resistant properties…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics
As factorization theory of rings is already well-studied, it is natural to generalize the scope of factorization theory from rings to monoids. Puiseux monoids (i.e. additive monoids over a s…
ISEF · 2024
Systems Software
My research aims to develop an innovative system that makes sporting events more accessible and engaging to sports enthusiasts with vision or hearing impairments. Unlike existing captioning-…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Overwhelming research shows microplastics are found in the environment, as well as in the majority of American fish, water, and even meats. While its long-term effects on humans and environm…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics
Legendre's Formula and Fine's Theorem use number theory to analyze combinatorics functions. Legendre's formula finds the exponent of a prime (p) dividing the factorial of any integer (n); Fi…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Microalgae is one of the best biofuel candidates due to its ease of growth in many water environments, high lipid content, and lack of overlap with food production. The separation of microal…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
As a result of aggressive agrochemical use, urban sprawl, and industrialization, heavy metal and Synthetic Organic Compounds (SOC) pollution is predicted to increase at unprecedented rates,…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics
Quasi-stationary distributions underlie a great number of fundamental phenomena and are valuable tools in molecular biology and neuroscience, where they are used to model interactions betwee…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Our project aims to solve the issues that come with poor posture. We will be creating a laptop stand to solve and prevent back pain. Our participants will be students within the age range of…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Background:: With a passion for physics and the dynamics of table tennis spin, we wanted to see if we could create an optimal stickiness that would produce the most spin on the ball. This st…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
Early fish maturation is an issue for aquaculture farms and fisheries. Early maturation is determined when a particular sex matures earlier, affecting fish growth and filet quality. To addre…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There are over 350,0 wildfires on Earth yearly with the impact of big territories and clear tendency to rise as the climate changes take place. Predictive estimates indicate tripling of the…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
To ascertain complex relationships between inputs and outputs and function at high accuracies, Machine Learning algorithms require vast amounts of high-quality data. In many instances, the q…
ISEF · 2024
Systems Software Fourth Award
In the virtual realm, individuals with photosensitive epilepsy encounter challenges using electronic devices exposed to visual stimuli. These stimuli, characterized by rapidly flashing eleme…