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ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This project aims to help visually impaired people recognize color easily. Over 300 million people are color blind. The inspiration for this project came from a makeup influencer who lost he…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
LED lights are found in most modern technology such as electronics, indoor and outdoor lighting, and novelty items. Because they are so common, they could be affecting our health. The focus…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
There is a local law that requires the condos to cover at least 12% of their land with green space. However, the inspection is ineffective and insufficient. Therefore, this research aimed to…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Screening and early diagnosis is necessary to prevent the recurrence of urinary stones and reduce treatment costs. This study aimed to propose a simple and rapid colorimetric method for dete…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
A major concern as we approach the future is the use of renewable resources and clean energy. One of the primary viable options has often been solar power. Current solar technology is primar…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology First Award
The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes fatal and chronic infections, with 124,000 deaths annually, due to its beta-lactamase-mediated resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if carbon dioxide (CO2) from combustion emissions could be effectively removed using post-combustion water absorption. Combustions sources acr…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software Second Award
Digital medical image storage requirements are growing significantly with each passing year. Medical images require a high color depth of 12 bits per component for accurate assessment and an…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This project focuses on the development of dye-sensitized organic solar cells, which replicate the process of photosynthesis by using plant-based pigments to capture and convert light energy…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Potatoes have many health benefits such as providing many vitamins and minerals to the body. However, people that have to have a low potassium diet, such as the renal diet due to lower kidne…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
A key component of autism is its effect on one's ability to communicate, for their brain is able to process information better visually than they are verbally. The purpose of this study is t…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Agriculture is one of the main sources of food in American Samoa and one such common crop I will be using for my research is Okra. The food we have on the island is either imported or grown…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Lysine methyltransferases (KMTs) are an essential group of enzymes that regulate gene expression. In an attempt to track rising cancer cases, scientists discovered a detrimental mutation of…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Zooxanthellae expulsion (Coral bleaching) is a significant concern for biodiversity and economic prosperity, considering mass bleaching has now occurred in every region worldwide. This study…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Melanoma cancer is a deadly disease that hundreds of thousands of people are diagnosed with each year and has little treatment success using current methods. One potential method is the tran…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
Existing reading practices, sourced from the Internet, books or teachers, rarely meet all three aspects of quality, quantity, and personalization. Language models for question generation (QG…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Natural catastrophe modeling allows for the evaluation of economic loss, property loss, and environmental damage during and after such an event. However, two central problems have arisen in…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) is a globally prevalent virus that attacks CD4 cells in the human immune system, decreasing the quality and length of life for those affected. The mo…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This study aimed to investigate the role of microRNA (miRNA) variants in Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is characterized by inattention, impulsivity, and sugar craving…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
SO2 is a notorious air pollutant, posing significant risks to health and the environment. Traditional flue gas desulfurization methods, such as limestone scrubbing, are characterized by ener…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Over the last 150 years, the average global temperature on Earth has rapidly increased. This detrimental impact has created–among others–widespread famine, the melting of ice caps, larger, m…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Fourth Award
Microorganisms are essential to our environment because of their importance to many ecosystems. As a result of improper disposal, a wide variety of substances pollute the environment, includ…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
Structural Supercapacitors (SCs) are electrochemical energy storage devices that utilize the abundance of cement as an electrolyte by employing its high porosity as ion transport channels to…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The oceans absorb nearly a third of airborne CO2 emissions, while 1.3 million gallons of crude oil are spilled into oceans every year. Both issues continue to detrimentally affect marine bio…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
This project aims to study the adhesivity of condensed fluids, and a cantilever driven by a 3D-printed damped harmonic mechanism is thus designed. This vibro-impact viscometer allows an adju…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that caused over 619,000 deaths in 2022, Plasmodium falciparum being the most lethal species which affects humans. Although the disease has affected human…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In the work environment, employees with functional disabilities have the right to request tools and accommodations in order to be more productive and perform their tasks efficiently. In the…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The evolutionarily conserved DOT1 family of proteins is essential for development in higher mammals. However, overactive DOT1L acts as an oncoprotein, most notably in childhood leukemia. Alt…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Addiction is a disease in which the structures and function of the brain’s dopamine pathways are altered, resulting in compulsive indulgence in a substance or activity. Although much progres…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Finding new methods of oxygenation is an important pursuit in the modern age of respiratory diseases, climate change, and the COVID pandemic. Individuals who struggle to achieve sufficient l…