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ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
Over 2 million children in the United States have dyslexia; however, the diagnosis process is very subjective and inaccurate at 85% accuracy and costs on average of $1000-5000 for diagnosis…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of ear canal shape on the ability of sound transmission by providing data at a wide range of sound frequencies. The broad data generated…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
With just 7% survival rates, Pancreatic Cancer continues to be one of the most lethal cancers in the world. In this cancer, significant upregulation of the polyamine called spermine, in the…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Less than 20% of patients’ Pancreatic Cancer (PC) is discovered before spreading to other organs, making it nearly impossible to surgically remove, and attributing to a 7% five-year survival…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
The lack of secure access in the swimming pools is a problem that hits a lot of people, like elderly, obeses, people with physical disabilities and temporary restrictions. This being a place…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
The Research ECIG (E. coli Inhibitor Garlic) has the goal to inhibit the increase of Escherichia coli bacterium by creating an organic product more effective and less harmful to the environm…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Drawing well-balanced pictures from scratch entails both plenty of time and proficient skills. In this project, I devised a novel deep-learning-based system, which provides automatic complet…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a devastating illness. It has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, and continues to increase at an alarming rate. Kidney disease is the ninth leading cause…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Each year deer and elk cause millions of dollars of damage to crops across Idaho. To reduce this impact, farmers are looking for non-lethal ways to keep them away. The purpose of this study…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
As the demand for plastics increases, plastic pollution increases as well. Plastic pollution has been shown to have deleterious effects on marine life, the environment, and human health. In…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Poultry producers spend 1.5 billion dollars annually on the treatment and prevention of coccidiosis (Sundar, 2017). Industrial changes, due to regulations of antibiotic usage by the FDA and…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Autism, a developmental disorder, has been linked with gestational diabetes. Management of gestational diabetes may decrease the chance that an offspring develops autism. Metformin is a prom…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Urban development is associated with negative effects on the environment, but these consequences are difficult to measure quantitatively. Thus, effective legislation cannot easily be created…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Daphnia magna is an invertebrate water flea species that lives in freshwater and brackish water and is commonly found on the United States’ northeastern coasts. The purpose of this experimen…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Orchids are plants that are difficult to propagate, as their seeds do not have the amount of nutrients necessary for germination. In a natural environment, only 5% of the seeds germinate, re…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
This project studied the Effects of Declining pH Levels of Seawater Caused by Ocean Acidification on Zooxanthellae and Coral Bleaching. This is important because coral reefs are considered a…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The herbicide glyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine, is a widely used active ingredient in Roundup herbicide that controls broadleaf weeds, grasses, and aquatic plants. It is known that th…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Angiogenesis is the process of forming new blood vessels from pre-existing ones and is essential for many functions such as wound healing, embryonic development, and repair. However, angioge…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium affecting above 50% of the world’s population, with higher prevalence in the developing world. It causes numerous gastrointestinal diseases s…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a group of cancers in which stem cells in the bone marrow have a clonal advantage and cause irregular maturation of blood cells. Dysplastic cells cannot mig…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to find out whether a functional model can be made of an epiglottis utilizing a 3D printed and porcine version, and which of the two would work more effici…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Rapid developments in industry and economy have resulted in global water issues, both in the environment, like contamination, and in alarming increases in demand. It is essential to develop…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Producing sustainable fuel such as hydrogen gas is essential to mitigate the harmful effects of CO2-emissions, such as global warming and climate change on natural life cycles. Hematite (a-F…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
This experiment was performed to determine which internal fan speed would be the most efficient when looking at water production within a water production prototype. As the engineering mecha…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
Cardiovascular and neurological diseases make up the majority of the world’s current health crisis, yet there is a lack of a proactive and accurate system in place to address this issue. Hen…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Identifying alternatives to fractional distillation is an area of heavy research, as distillation towers are too costly and energy inefficient. Membranes, such as ZIF-8, are an effective alt…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
A height meter is a device for height measuring. Height meters are widely used in hospitals, kindergartens, schools, as well as at the enterprises where control over the health of the people…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Saccharides, a widely used major energy source for humans, turn brown when exposed to high temperatures, such as during cooking. The brown color is in part due to caramelization, a reaction…
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
Finite group actions on closed orientable surfaces via homomorphisms is a widely studied topic in group theory and low dimensional topology. It is closely related to symmetries of surfaces a…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Energy consumption by air conditioning (AC) systems is considered to be a significant problem, especially in tropical and middle-eastern countries. The high demand for energy is due to the d…