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ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Herbicide overuse is alarmingly high today, particularly those containing substantial amounts of Glyphosate, or GLP (C3H8NO5P). GLP, commonly used for weed control, poses significant risks d…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering
Citizen science programs rely on volunteer collected data to assist in ground truthing of satellites. Ground truthing is comparing field samples with remotely sensed data from a satellite fo…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
There are many studies that try to find an effective treatment to combat colon cancer using different types of plants in their research like moss. The research problem is willing the Groutie…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
The fight to end global hunger in a sustainable fashion has been a struggle. There are still few agricultural technologies aiding the situation. Using the bacterial endophyte Pseudomonas psy…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
Does an ideal humidity accelerate maturation in Geraniums and Petunias compared to native, relative humidity in their natural environments? My project compares and contrasts the intrinsic re…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Robots that require smooth, precise, and robust movement along flat ground have become ubiquitous: warehouse operations, competitive robotics, and assistive robots in human spaces like offic…
ISEF · 2024
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The human microbiome is a term for the community of microorganisms living in the human body. The composition of the microbiome has the ability to influence the expression of various diseases…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Gynecological issues affect 90% of the female population worldwide, but due to the similarity in their symptoms with other diseases, they are misdiagnosed. This project focuses on developing…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Powerful catalysts for the photocatalytic degradation of toxic industrial dyes and effective antimicrobial agents against fungi and bacteria, Ag-Fe2O3 nanocomposites are the subject of much…
ISEF · 2024
Technology Enhances the Arts Second Award
Current symbolic music generation models and music modeling techniques primarily rely on language models designed for language modeling. Most of these models treat musical features (e.g. pit…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
This project aims to develop an innovative solution to support individuals facing hearing impairment, irrespective of its onset during youth or later in life. A haptic vibration apparatus wa…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
This project compares the water efficiency and germination success rates of traditional nursery pots with the wicking bed - a modern, self-watering gardening technique. I investigate whether…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Bipolar disorder (BD) stigma arises from patients' actions during episodes resulting in feelings of guilt and shame, which delays seeking treatment due to societal pressure increasing the ri…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
The growing demand for finding alternative and renewable resources of energy has sparked interest in speeding up the catalyst selection for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER). Density Fun…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Over $10.8 billion is spent yearly on oncology trials. Yet, a mere 3.4% of them succeed due to a lack of precision in target selection. Precise selection of targets could significantly impro…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
The adoptive transfer of tumor antigen-specific T cells (ASTs) can serve as an effective immunotherapy against pediatric solid tumors of the central nervous system (CNS). However, current me…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Environmental pollution is a major challenge to clean environment from pollutants, therefore, there is also a great need to purify water from various pollutants to provide friendly environme…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Electricity production is one of the greatest contributors to CO2 emissions, with its utilizations ranging from the heating of households to the charging of electronic devices. Piezoelectric…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Modern aircraft consume a lot of fuel. This provides high environmental and financial strain on society, and is a field where constant improvement and innovation is targeted. Hawk Wing is a…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering
Haze affects the worst in terms of health, safety, and visibility. Low visibility conditions in haze increase the risk of road accidents. According to the American Federal Highway Administra…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The health of a watershed is multifaceted, encompassing physical, chemical, and biological aspects. In the Laguna Madre Watershed, significant landscape shifts have occurred, including the i…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
As of 2022, 49% of adolescents and 25% of adults suffer from psychological disorders. Out of those groups, approximately 60% suffer from gastrointestinal disorders. In addition, for the past…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
Hydroponics aims to reduce water consumption and facilitate optimal nutrient absorption while increasing crop cultivation. However, pests and harmful bacteria can enter these hydroponic stru…
ISEF · 2024
Technology Enhances the Arts
Globally, more than 1.5 billion people have a hearing impairment, and they struggle to communicate much more than people with other disabilities. Previously, various methods have been utiliz…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy
Photoacoustic effect has great potential applications in physics, medical, and material science. However, few works have been done on quantitative analysis of the sound intensity, which lead…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In the state of Hawaii, large areas of land contain contaminated soils due to sugar cane plantations from the plantation era. This era impacted Hawaii’s soil as the plantations used many hea…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Our project aims to upcycle waste sugarcane bagasse which will be used to synthesize nanocellulose, investigating the effectiveness of nanocellulose, bagasse powder and unrefined sugarcane b…
ISEF · 2024
Systems Software
36 million falls are recorded every year among the elderly population. 35,000 of those falls result in death. There are fall detection devices already available, but they are expensive and o…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Fourth Award
Several tons of crustacean waste are generated globally due to the mass consumption of seafood such as shrimp, lobster, crab, etc. These are a reservoir of renewable resources such as chitin…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Modern-day rocket engines employ nozzles to transform onboard fuel-derived, high-temperature and pressure gasses into a high-velocity exhaust that propels the rocket forward. The efficiency…