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ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Education is a sociocultural process aimed at the full realization of the human being as a person and the improvement of all the conditions that benefit the development and transformation of…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics First Award
Electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft could enable the implementation of large-scale Urban Air Mobility projects, thereby mitigating problems that currently face the transpo…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
During many industrial fires, the chemicals released from the incineration of materials inside the building and ones commonly used by firefighters to extinguish the fire are often picked up…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a widely used plastic polymer presents significant environmental challenges due to its extensive production and disposal. In this study, we investigated the…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The ongoing problem of medical malpractice, which accounts for nearly 251,000 deaths per year, highlights the need for a more sophisticated solution to the issue of human error. To address t…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
Badminton training is popular in China, but trainees often struggle with the tedious task of collecting and arranging scattered shuttlecocks during sessions. To overcome this, there is a nee…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
With the conception of the mobility aid cane, or more commonly known as a ‘white cane’, being over 100 years old with little improvement to its primary function while still holding the same…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Third Award
The Kirsten rat sarcoma viral (KRAS) gene is the most frequently mutated oncogene, responsible for many types of highly fatal cancers — notably, pancreatic, colorectal, and non-small cell lu…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
The human microbiome makes up 90% of the cells in our body and that makes us just 10% human. The microbiome has long been associated with several human diseases. Our microbiome in homeostasi…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The purpose of the investigation is to save lives. The project emerges from the concerns regarding the dangerous conditions of bridges in Puerto Rico and how these have already taken a toll…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
In-cell click-formed proteolysis targeting chimera molecules (CLIPTACs) were developed to allow both the inhibition and ubiquitination (degradation) of mutated proteins causing various disea…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
This project deals with the design, assembly, characterization and analysis of a five step water filtration system. The principles of material science, solid state physics, polymer physics,…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
The Suzuki reaction is a widely used method for forming carbon-carbon bonds in organic synthesis. The palladium-catalysed reaction are highly successful due to the high reactivity of boranes…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Water is essential for human life. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), even in the twenty first century, safe drinking water without toxic metal and waterborne pathogens is lacking f…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
Cataracts, which are the clouding of the crystalline lens, are a progressive disease, and its early detection is critical for preventing blindness. There are some manual techniques to detect…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
Biometric authentication has become ubiquitous in the modern world. Other forms of biometric authentication: iris, retina, fingerprint, and face verification, are simple and easy to use, but…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Hypoxia is the state of insufficient tissue oxygenation to support homeostasis that, if untreated in time, can lead to tissue damage and organ failure. However, there is a lack of accurate a…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The fascia is a layer of connective tissue that connects to most internal structures of the human body to keep them in place. Myofascial tightness is tightness within the fascia that connect…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infections are the most prevalent sexually-transmitted infection (STI) globally, yet there remains a dearth of common knowledge about its often-asymptomatic transm…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Water is one of the most essential facets of human life, yet billions of people worldwide, especially in remote areas, do not have access to safe drinking water. Harmful microorganisms in co…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Lung cancer is the primary cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. According to the American Cancer Society, misdiagnoses and lack of early detection are frequent, leading to tumor metasta…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
With the rising popularity of skateboarding from large international events such as the Olympics, Street League Skateboarding and X Games, reliable and accurate trick detection gets increasi…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Heavy metal sensing is a critical issue because of its negative effects on the health in both humans and wildlife, as well as the damage caused to the flora in the proximal area of its relea…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
The Standard Model of Particle Physics (SM) describes physicists’ best understanding of the fundamental makeup of the universe, yet neutrinos, part of the SM, exhibit unaccounted oscillation…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women worldwide. Of the breast cancer subtypes, triple negative breast cancer (ER-, PR-, HER2-) has the worst prognosis due to the lack of effec…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry
The BRCA1/2 proteins and the RAD52 protein are part of the DNA damage response pathway. Breast cancer can be caused by mutations to the BRCA1/2 pathway. RAD52 and BRCA1/2 are synthetically l…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Population III (PIII) is a category of short-lived stars of near-zero metal content and high mass/luminosity. Theorized to have formed in the universe’s infancy following a period where matt…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alginate beads are used to encapsulate cells in allogeneic transplants to avoid rejection from the patient’s immune system. The permeability of these beads plays a crucial role in the surviv…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Several third-world countries and places on Earth have infertile soil for plant and crop growth. Hydroponics is the concept of growing plants without soil but with added nutrients. This expe…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Over the past several years, aggressive behaviors have increased due to a number of issues, including social isolation, which was especially prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Counterin…