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ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Biomass-derived porous carbon materials have attracted researchers’ attention due to their availability and plentiful. Acacia auriculiformis is a biomass distributed throughout the world and…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Energy poverty and water scarcity impact a large percentage of the global population. To address these growing issues, this project began with a rudimentary idea of a biomass-powered desalin…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Dragonfly nymphs are known for their ability to rapidly snatch prey by extending their folded labia, despite the resistance of water. The labia of dragonfly nymphs can be categorized into tw…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
ABSTRACT Purpose: This project looked at the possible negative effect shotgun sports can have on the bioaccumulation of lead in Western Harvester ants. Ants have been observed collecting lea…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Historically, petroleum-based polymers have been used internationally for everyday objects such as telephones, grocery bags, cars, etc. More often than not, these polymers have negatively im…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Third Award
In August 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Clean Truck Plan, proposed new standards to promote clean air and reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles starting in…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
The ongoing climate change and water pollution crises have threatened coral reefs and their ecosystems, leading reefs to terrible fates such as bleach, disease, and loss of growth. From this…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award
In mid-2022, Mpox reemerged with heightened infectivity and transmissibility, causing 30,000 cases in just six months. As we recovered from COVID-19, fear of another pandemic heightened. Two…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Finding out that plastic polybag is one of the materials that take a very long time to degrade was one of the issues that prompted us to come up with this idea. As a result, we used durian a…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Type I and Type II Diabetes are the number one cause of kidney failure, affecting 422 million people and being responsible for 1.5 million deaths worldwide. The leading upstream cause of dia…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
The aim of this work is to produce, in an economical and efficient way, a biocompatible material, as an alternative to plastics derived for fossil fuels. This material, better known as biofi…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology First Award
Staphylococcus aureus (SA) kills over 330,000 people yearly, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, and can stop wounds from healing. This study engineered bacterial cellulose-ca…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Biochar can serve as a long-term carbon sink in terrestrial ecosystems. While there is significant research on the agricultural applications of biochar, the impact of C3 vs C4 feedstock on t…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
Beginner blind swimmers don't know when to tumble turn and lost in direction during swimming requiring them a coach guidance. Thus, this project aims for the ability for blind swimmers to se…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Purpose When artificial neural networks are deployed in real world situations, they often show flaws in their handling of data outside the training set. This kind of data is called out of di…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder of elderly humans; it is the sixth leading cause of death worldwide. The Brain Guide Application proposed in this projec…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The remarkable success of deep neural networks (DNNs) has led to great interest in their adoption in critical applications such as healthcare, autonomous vehicles, and law enforcement. DNNs…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
A brain tumor is a foreign growth within the brain that disrupts function. Brain tumors are one of the most deadly forms of cancer with a mortality of 80%. As a result, a quick and accurate…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are two brain disorders that predominantly cause behavioural changes and cognitive decline. Presently, there is no cure for these diseas…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Can natural disinfectants, such as essential oils, be as effective as more potent, commonly used disinfectants? The goal of this experiment is to compare the effectiveness and safety of comm…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
This platform aims to assist rare disease patients without medical support in managing their conditions. Due to COVID-19, online platforms have become popular for managing illnesses, but the…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Purpose: To determine the best way to store your toothbrush and the best way to decontaminate your toothbrush. Procedure: Colonization Process 1. I brushed my teeth, and then right after bru…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, gas-powered lawnmowers make up five percent of total air pollution in the United States. In this project, a homemade bubble column reacto…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
This project's purpose is to provide safety and security to those in danger or at a higher risk of gun violence by adding a layer of bulletproof material into the laptop compartment/back sle…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this project was to test how the correlation between how the amplitude of the waves affected the amount of electricity the buoy wave energy was able to produce. I hypothesize…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
In recent years, the invasive Burmese pythons have severely impacted the ecosystem of the Everglades, such that many mammal species have had sharp declines in population. It was hypothesized…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Calories are one of the most important nutrients needed when building muscle and fat in cattle. Using the food calorimetry method I tested the hypothesis that cake pellets will be more calor…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
Smart technology can be used not only to expand human capabilities but also to compensate for lost human functions. Making these technological advances accessible for everyone is a noble cou…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The increasing level of anthropogenic pollutants, particularly microplastics and artificial fertilizers, in the freshwater environment is currently intensely studied in the fields of ecology…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Hypoxia (reduced oxygen) is common in many brain tumors, including gliomas. Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Alpha (Hif-1a) is upregulated and stabilized under hypoxic conditions, leading to tumor…