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ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems
Salmon, tuna, shrimp, and almost all other seafood have been shown to contain variable amounts of mercury. The release of mercury into the environment has adverse effects on humans and aquat…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an incurable brain tumor whose poor patient outcomes have seen little improvement over the past 30 years, possibly due to a lack of effective prognostic tools (Ostrom e…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Wind turbines, which are one of the main elements of sustainable energy sources, are not produced in a sustainable way. The production of materials used as reinforcement material in the wind…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) are prevalent in society, EphA4 is a gene that inhibits axon regeneration following development and is known to decrease neural plasticity during rehabilitation. R…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Purpose: To create a machine learning model that could identify drugs that could be effective against Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis. Procedure: The Assay Central TB dataset was acquired…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
Microplastic pollution due to inadequate water treatment has become an emerging issue, posing a global threat to marine life. Effective and eco-friendly removal solutions are urgently requir…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Alien invasive species (AIS) cause habitat destruction, lower crop productivity, climate change, and significant losses in global biodiversity. Global efforts to control rapid expansion of A…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) result in more than 100,000 fatalities and cost more than $35 billion annually in the USA alone. More than 50% of HAIs can be prevented by following prope…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Farms around the world currently account for 70% of all water consumed annually. However, increasing municipal and industrial demands for water means there is less water allocated for agricu…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Secondhand smokers (SHS) experience severe cardiovascular diseases and respiratory disorders that often increase their death rates to about 1.2 million premature deaths annually due to inhal…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
According to the WHO, cancer resulted in 10 million deaths in 2020, a leading cause of death, and studies show that on average any particular class of drugs is ineffective for 75% of all pat…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Because we have used fossil fuels as our primary fuel source, CO2 levels in the atmosphere are rising and pose serious environmental challenges. Helium-3 may serve as a clean energy resource…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Progress within many modern scientific fields has increasingly relied on the continued advancement of computational power. However, thermodynamic and physical limits associated with electron…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
As the prevalence of obesity and other chronic diseases continue to increase, so do the cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Despite the development of new treatments, HCC remains diffic…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
The myoprosthesis developed in this research is a novel prototype to enable complete biomimetic performance in a bionic hand, accurately implementing gesture extraction and a soft polyarticu…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
America is the second leading producer of beer in the world, producing more than 211.17 million hectoliters per year (Conway 2021). Breweries are gaining notoriety as ecologically friendly d…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Third Award
Chemical Insecticides have done immense damage to the core of environmental systems. The alternatives present in the market are unaffordable or inaccessible to the marginal farmer, In search…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Currently, materials of piezoelectric devices mainly used have several disadvantages that they are partially toxic, inappropriate for the human body, difficult to manufacture, or expensive.…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
With the rapid growth of digital scientific datasets, data visualization is becoming increasingly important, and even the most popular tools require additional features. The goal of this stu…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Solar panels are outside in any weather that may face them. The goal of my project is to keep solar panels clean in most conditions and to improve the energy output of the system. A summary…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Purpose: To see how effective different types of soaps are against bacteria and to compare Commercial, Natural, and Environmentally Friendly soaps to determine which category of soaps are mo…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Periodontitis is an infection that affects the tissues that surround the teeth, causing gingival inflammation and can lead to bone loss, being caused mainly by the bacteria Prevotella nigres…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology Fourth Award
A rise in the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant infections has prompted a search for alternative methods to combat bacteria in the human body. Bacteriophages are a type of virus that can ki…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Experiment using petri dish science to offer an intelligence for selection of antibiotics creating the least amount of resistance. Antibiotic resistance is when bacteria develops the ability…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a large problem across the United States. 2.8 million people are affected by antibiotic resistance each year and 35,000 patients affected die. This project…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Deaths from heart diseases and strokes are up nationwide in Iraq according to WHO 40 above, 97% of people die from heart disease and among those disease are Heart Attack, Our goal is to decr…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a problem, especially in COVID-19 -- but for centuries especially in the ancient Indian form of medicine Ayurveda, plant-based forms of medicine have been u…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Our research seeks to apply the concepts from Hofstede's Cultural Matrix to better understand vaccine skepticism and Anti-Vax behavior. So far, the research has focused on identifying cultur…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
More infectious variants of viruses can arise from rapid mutations in their protein sequences, creating new infection waves. These variants can evade one’s immune system and even infect vacc…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects over ten million people in the U.S. yet less than 4% of people diagnosed were prescribed a medication approved by the FDA. In fact, the few medications app…