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ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Traumatic injury accounts for over 150,000 deaths per year, and millions of non-fatal injuries per year (Connoway, 2020). Additionally, out of the 1.1 million burn victims admitted to US hos…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment examines the effects bio plastics made from Kentucky Bluegrass seeds have on deforested ecosystems viability. Species are being eradicated due to deforestation, and are unabl…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
With the goal of reducing our current demand, and reliance on the combustion of fossil fuels, there have been many studies on the development of ionic wind. Ionic wind creates thrust is the…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
As global warming presents a long-term challenge to the Earth and aerospace organizations continuously expand efforts to explore and colonize other planets, the need for an effective means t…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Gene deletion can be used in lower eukaryotes to show the protein-protein interactions in complexes. The Sin3 complex is a chromatin remodeling complex, that has been studied extensively in…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Hydrogen is a clean energy source with tremendous unrealized potential. When oxidated in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), it produces energy at a rapid rate, whilst only pro…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Our research is about "Lithium Niobate Tunable Grating Filter". The first step is to use femtosecond laser etching technology to engrave periodic grating structures on lithium niobate thin f…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Ink can be made from different plants and contain additives to intensify color. Using a spectrophotometer, I tested combinations of 5% acetic acid, gum Arabic and potassium aluminum sulfate…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Thousands of people suffer from skin damage or burns every year, accidents that can cause disability or even death. The present work proposed a new concept of intelligent dressing for tissue…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Emotion regulation is the way individuals manage, experience, and exhibit their emotions. This novel study investigated how emotion regulation strategies were used during the COVID-19 pandem…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
This investigation focuses on varied surface preparation methods of titanium substrates for optimised structural adhesive bonding. In aircrafts, adhesives must provide sufficient support in…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive form of breast cancer with a lack of effective treatment options and high rates of metastasis. Angiogenesis, the formation of new…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Surfactant research is a rapidly developing field due to its booming applications in many fundamental industries such as detergents, fabric softeners, emulsions, and most importantly, corros…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Produced water (PW) generated during oil and gas production is primarily disposed of through deep-well injection, which is costly and induces seismicity. PW treatment and reuse can enhance e…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry
The purpose of this research was to test the effect of the Tsaile Lake Water (Lake outside Tsaile) on the Mitotic Index of Allium cepa root tip. The hypothesis is if the Tsaile Lake water an…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Over the past decade, deterring aerial threats such as enemy missile, rocket, and drone technology have become critical in the defense industry. New threats are resistant to the physics-base…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The COVID-19 pandemic has been ravaging on for more than 2 years now, ever since it was declared a pandemic in early March of 2020. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been used in track…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Essential tremor, which affects millions in the United States, is a progressive and incurable movement disorder characterized by uncontrollable shaking of the hands and arms during voluntary…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Fourth Award
Responsible for 80% of global agricultural crop pollination, bees are essential to food production efforts. Deformed wing virus (DWV) is the leading cause of death, disability, and colony co…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The need for large-scale implementation of solar energy served as inspiration for this experiment. When using renewable energy, efficiency must be maximized because it is currently much less…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
The COVID-19 pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus threatens global public health. The immune response in patients plays a significant role in resisting COVID-19 infection, one part of which…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Natural Killer (NK) cells -both circulating (cNK) and liver resident (lr-NK) - are a major component of innate host defense against Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). NK cell dysfunction is ass…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Research depicts a lack of cost effective, efficient FDA approved medical tools for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer’s Disease [AD] and onset dementia. R…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
Working on high voltage power lines is a hazardous task, and the risks associated with this type of work are numerous and significant, proven by the electrical industry’s high mortality rate…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The past three years have seen SARS-CoV-2 wreak havoc on society with limited effective treatments available due to the amount of trial and error involved. However, with recent advancements…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common degenerative disease of central nervous system among elderly people, with an estimate of over 8.5 million patients in 2019. But currently, only 40…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Trihalomethanes (THM) are cancer group B, EPA-regulated disinfectant byproducts of chlorine-treated water. A survey of Fulton County, OH public school districts supplied by surface water con…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Although millions of dollars have been dedicated to warning people of incoming tsunamis, little has been done to neutralize the threat. To create a life-saving device that prevents the loss…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
FBW7 is a substrate recognition component and a tumor suppressor in the E3 ligase complex. It plays a major role in combating oncoproteins and regulating different types of cancers, most not…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Modern rockets pump thousands of tons of soot into the atmosphere, and as human space launches are primed to double again by 2030, the development of more cost-effective and sustainable laun…