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ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Patients often need use of their arms to assist with functional activities, but after bone disruption, pushing is often limited to <10 lb (4.5 kg). Currently, no method exists to measure upp…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project was to modify the Brewbaker and Kwack (BK) pollen tube culture medium for the Cucurbita pepo species. A modified BK medium would allow for in vitro instead of in…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
Full-size rockets often employ carbon-based engines that release hundreds of metric tons of greenhouse gases, in addition to large amounts of toxins including nitrogen oxides, soot, and alum…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
Regularly used petroleum based plastics are the cause of many prevalent and urgent environmental issues, two of which being global warming and plastic pollution. Bioplastics, recognized by F…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
As school shootings have almost doubled in the past decade, student safety is essential. While many schools have adopted expensive camera based security systems, this project seeks to provid…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Over 1.7 million people in the United States alone are currently living with limb loss. Estimates show that 185,000 amputations are performed each year, with that number expected to double i…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award
In this project, I successfully studied the relationship between multi-enzyme biocatalyst structure and performance and developed a comprehensive quantitative model to predict the assembly e…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In comparison to other energy sources, geothermal energy is a safe option. Since it is clean and green, the world has begun to pay attention to geothermal energy. It produces enormous quanti…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
The interest and demand for fermented coffees with unique tastes and aromas are increasing every year. Highly valued ones are naturally fermented in the intestines of wild civet cats, which…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
According to the 2010 statistic by the Ministry of Economy and Planning, there are 720,000 hearing impaired persons in Saudi Arabia. Currently, efficient devices that enhance their experienc…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Surgical instruments must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected after each usage. During the drying process, frequent usage of pressure air guns leads to bioaerosol generation, which can eas…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
Artificial stone (AS) is produced through hydration reactions of a mixture of white cement, aggregates, additives and water. AS is used as an alternative material of natural stone for econom…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Solar energy conversion systems are crucial in life due to our dependency on electricity. They are green and renewable energy sources, thus, allows people to design multiple systems involvin…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software Fourth Award
Many corporations lack the software and knowledge for advanced inventory optimization and management, so suffer stockouts, bloated inventory, and inefficient ordering policy. Material Requir…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
Genetic algorithms (GAs) are an optimization technique inspired by natural selection. GAs have yielded good results in certain practical problems, yet there is still more to be understood ab…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics Second Award
The purpose of this research is to enumerate the number of ways of dissecting a convex polygon with arbitrary prescribed conditions on the allowable polygon pieces. It is well known that the…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Irregular surface area, such as lake area, is hard to calculate using definite integrals and is traditionally calculated by using graph paper with small squares. Utilizing the Monte Carlo me…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cancer cells are formed when mitosis, the asexual reproduction of cells, becomes uncontrollable and cells can no longer send or receive signals concerning their own growth. The purpose of th…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
I was watching the news one day and heard about a little boy who died due to swallowing a button cell battery. I thought how could a battery that seems coated and protected kill anyone? The…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
This project in its present form is the result of extensive research about the effects of using plastic water bottles and using spherification to hold in water. The initial idea was to find…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Biofuels currently are produced through the fermentation of agricultural products. However, due to the growing issue of world hunger an alternative biofuel material was research. With refere…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Women are more prone to disorders such as PTSD and depression. Yet, most preclinical psychopathological research solely uses male subjects, and there is a paucity of sex-specific studies. Th…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
This research addresses the potential antibacterial effects of cinnamaldehyde against Escherichia coli when used as a produce wash for leafy greens. E. coli is a common food-borne pathogen i…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to transition from in-person teaching to remote teaching. While the effects of online learning on accrual of knowledge and long-term retention of concept…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
This study tested the effects of three medicinal herbs: turmeric (Curcuma longa), sprout barley (Hordeum vulgare), and ginseng (Panax ginseng). A variety of medicinal herbs have been used to…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Roughly 3% of all pregnant women consume selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as fluoxetine, to ameliorate symptoms of depression. SSRIs can be transmitted to the fetus thro…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Fourth Award
It has been approximately 17 years since the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) epidemic and the world is presently facing the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 vi…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Sharks are perceived as instinctual organisms absent of social intraspecific learning. The purpose of this study is to establish the social learning cascade of sharks through a model organis…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As the percentage of brain tumor that is resected increases, a patient’s life expectancy drastically increases. Thus, neurosurgeons need to be able to differentiate between healthy brain tis…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
One of the main problems for human beings’ health is Chronic Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs), which causes progressive and multifactorial health deterioration, being responsible for about 7…