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ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Climate change is a global problem that has adversely impacted marine ecosystems, especially coral reefs, by causing their bleaching and their destruction. The purpose of this study was to d…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder with different types of seizures, some of them characterized by involuntary recurrent convulsions, which have a great impact on the everyday life…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
Quadcopter control is a difficult problem due to inherent instability and fast dynamics. Existing open or closed source solutions generally assume hardware uniformity. However, hardware comp…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Plastic cutlery is one of the deadliest plastics for marine life. Forty billion pieces are thrown away each year in the US, ending up in our landfills and waterways. We designed bioplastic m…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
Poor posture can result in many alarming health risks. Currently, there are two overarching types of available posture trainers: posture braces and electronic posture reminders. Neither of t…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
Bell nozzles have been used universally across the rocket industry for decades but due to their design become inefficient as the rocket rises through the atmosphere. An alternative nozzle is…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Designing an Autonomous Solar Powered Robot Capable of Filtering out Excess Phosphorus and Nitrogen from Waterways to Naturalize the Process of Eutrophication Mohammed Omer, Abdullah Saidi A…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems Third Award
Today’s world of 5G and IOT devices means increasingly crowded frequency spectrums with multiple devices talking on the same frequency at the same time. To gain an advantage, it is becoming…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
There are two types of steam turbines - impulse (with 0% degree of reaction, which means the pressure drop entirely takes place in the stationary blades) and reaction (with 50% degree of rea…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
The study of microtechnologies has received great attention in recent decades. With the rapid development of society, the need for high-level equipment has also increased, thus requiring the…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
When we were drinking corn soup, we felt that its temperatures go up and down abruptly. On the other hand, when we were drinking coffee or tea, we felt their temperatures monotonically go do…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering First Award
Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) result in 13,000 deaths in the US annually. The Foley catheter design promotes biofilm formation - the underlying cause of CAUTIs. In Ph…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Annually, ~1.3 million gallons of crude oil spill into the ocean. Traditional methods of oil cleanup are difficult, costly, non-efficient, and environmentally harmful, all highlighting the n…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Dried Distiller's grain with solubles (DDGS) is an abundant by-product of bioethanol and distiller plants with the potential to be developed into cost-effective biocomposites. Rather than wa…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
Common genetic diseases—systemic diseases caused by thousands of mutations—affect millions of people around the world. Many of these mutations fall within regulatory regions. While the mutat…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Water contamination is one of the most prevalent problems in the world right now. The World Health Organization estimates that, currently, 2 billion people use a contaminated water source. A…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
In an effort to complete the census of Astronomical objects in the solar neighborhood, I have been searching for objects such as brown dwarfs, low mass dwarfs stars, white dwarfs, etc. Due t…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Arsenic, a WHO-classified carcinogen and neurotoxin, has gained widespread notoriety, potentially affecting 250+ million globally. Current arsenic detection methods require frequent sampling…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coliforms are ubiquitous and are known to be opportunistic pathogens such as Escherichia coli (E. coli). Large amounts of these coliforms in water supplies are harmful and it is important to…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Many environmental troubles stem from excess of Nitrogen (N), for example, the runoff of surplus N from soil causes algae blooms and endangers marine wildlife. To deal with this, farmers cur…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Third Award
Nowadays, the air transportation market and air transport infrastructure are experiencing another cycle of transformations and modernizations. The global trend in air travel is aimed at subs…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
To research the spread of the novel coronavirus, and prevent and control the widespread of the virus, this project investigated the spread of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic from th…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
For decades, coastal erosion has progressed without effective remediation; the process inhibits coastal populations, animals, and habitats in tandem to negatively impacting local economies.…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of this experiment is to discover how the percent of animals marked and the sample size affects the accuracy of the capture-recapture method. To simulate if the percent of marked…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
A great mystery in exoplanet science is whether planets can form in other galaxies. Claims of planets of extragalactic origin have been made but none have been confirmed by independent studi…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., with about 1 in 8 women developing invasive breast cancer in her lifetime. Drug repurposing, an underused treatment, is crucial for…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project is to assess the effectiveness of moringa oleifera leaves extract with different concentration on the growth and yield of eggplant and against pests. Agriculture…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seventy percent of our planet is covered with water; however, only three percent is fresh and drinkable. The purpose of this project is to determine which type of aquatic plants filters wate…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neuroinflammatory demyelinating disease that affects over 2,000,000 individuals worldwide. Although the exact etiology of the disease is unknown, the main sympto…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Lung cancer is responsible for the highest number of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and lung adenocarcinoma is its most common subtype. This study used statistical analysis to determine th…