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ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Stepping into a violin shop is quite daunting–the wide selection of these wooden instruments all have a different character awaiting to be unleashed by a player. Unfortunately, it is quite d…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is a type of malignant brain tumor and it is the most lethal with a median survival of only 21 months. It is characterized by an extremely strong recurrence rat…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The combination of hydrogen and ammonia balances the energy of hydrogen, increases the low flammability of ammonia, and is derived from renewable sources. However, ammonia yields NOx emissio…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Dogs do not chew their food well because of the structure of their teeth and their natural instincts. It can cause dogs to not always be able to fully absorb the nutrients from their food. I…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Due to the devastating effects that brain tumors have on the body, early classification is crucial in reducing cancer mortality, improving quality of life, and developing a treatment plan. A…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
Music theory suggests the presence of a cultural and emotional pattern in music that allows for humans to recognize the feelings or origins of a song. This project is a program that takes a…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics
Lego, like many other alternative investments, increases in value over time, with some sets increasing more than gold since 2000 (Wolff-Mann, 2015). However, what makes certain sets increase…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
The number one cause of preventable death between ages one and 45 in the United States is accidental trauma. Of such cases, the leading mechanism of death is hemorrhaging. Because of this, h…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Currently, the world suffers from a serious epidemic: one of nicotine products. Using the Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism, a correlation between nicotine exposure and decreased l…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to test whether using the flagstick affects the likelihood of a putt dropping. We engineered a slide/ramp device so that we could get the same exact roll e…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mississippi is considered to be one of the unhealthiest states in the nation. This health burden and disparity has been found to be associated with food insecurity, the disruption of food in…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Diabetic retinopathy, a condition in which a diabetic individual may experience vision impairment or complete blindness due to the heightened amount of blood sugar in the body, is expected t…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Oxygen is essential for all lives on earth. It generally takes too long for seedlings to mature enough to produce significant oxygen through photosynthesis. Meanwhile, portable electricity i…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Ammocoetes, which are the larvae of Lampreys in the genus Lethenteron sp., are known to barely move their bodies when they submerge themselves in sandy substrates. In an experiment using a t…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) is an insect vector of Huanglongbing (HLB), an incurable citrus disease with devastating economic and production impacts worldwide. Since the first detection of HL…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems
There has been an alarming rise in the number of teenagers who have vaped in the past few years. It is important to detect when teenagers are vaping to prevent addiction and a negative impac…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
The medical field is becoming increasingly reliant on medical imaging for diagnostic procedures. Although traditional high-field MRI scanners produce high-quality images at high SNR, they ar…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Navigating through unstructured environments is a basic capability of autonomous robots, and thus is of fundamental interest in the study and development of autonomy. Long-range navigation o…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) are often used on websites to prevent users’ bots from gaining access to website resources automatically…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
The purpose of this research is to establish an environmentally friendly process for manufacturing transparent wood. I focused on improvements of the method described in the paper published…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
My project looks to improve firefighter safety by studying the performance characteristics of firefighter protective clothing called turnout gear that has reached the end of its mandated lif…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
New ordered clothes from online fashion mall often don’t look good on us when we try them on after delivery. We look at the clothed model photo, imagine if the clothes will look good on us l…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Statistically, the number of patients with chronic ankle disease due to ankle sprains are continuously increasing, but the rehabilitation environment is not being improved. Existing CPM mach…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
In 2005, SpaceX first referred to a concept with some of the Starship's capabilities. In 2016, Elon Musk announced the Starship is going to be made out of carbon based composite material. In…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
With impending lunar settlement, atmospheric CO2 concentration should be examined to observe the effects on the growth of plants for food production. The purpose of this experiment is to dis…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Angiogenesis is the process of blood vessel growth in the body. It was recently discovered that angiogenesis is the root of over 70 major diseases affecting over 1 billion people worldwide,…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Which carries the most bacteria a cow, cat, dog or human 1. Swab the ear and nostril or cow, cat, dog, human. 2. Inoculate prepared petri dishes. 3. Seal all petri dishes with parafilm.4. In…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
The Animated Legends project was created with the aim of recording and disseminating the legends of Igarapé-Miri, a municipality located in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon region. The idea aros…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
According to the World Health Organization, roughly 2.6 billion people continue to heat and cook using unvented open fires and stoves, fueled by kerosene, biomass (wood, animal dung and crop…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Agriculture is an ever-changing industry. Agricultural drainage tiling has become much more common in recent years. Agricultural drainage tiling has numerous benefits, but there are drawback…