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ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Current plant-starch plastic products take 3-6 months to decompose, making them a great alternative for traditional plastics. With increased usage of these plastic alternatives comes increas…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Second Award
The purpose of this project is to develop a versatile, environmentally sustainable, low cost, clay-based sorbent to extract oil and metallic pollutants in various natural environments. To me…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This study explores the effects of earthquakes and soil liquefaction and evaluates the safety of an existing foundation and to create a new style of foundation, taking into account of (1) ea…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
This study utilized cellulosic fibers derived from organic waste materials to synthesize a biodegradable and inexpensive alternative to the traditional lithium ion battery. Recent developmen…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
As the most abundant biopolymer on Earth, cellulose represents a promising and sustainable feedstock for the production of biofuels and value-added chemicals. Due to its recalcitrant nature,…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Are biodegradable plastics in the market truly biodegradable? Current biodegradable plastics such as PLA and oxo-biodegradables are found to be inefficient for they require a special compost…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Air travel keeps the world connected; but despite its benefits, the sector accounts for 2.1% of global CO2 emissions. We designed and tested an experimental model for an electric aviation en…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
External auricular reconstruction due to congenital malformations, tumors or accidents involving the auricular cartilage tissue remains a substantial problem in the field of reconstructive s…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There have been increasing concerns about global warming caused by greenhouse gases, particularly CO2 emissions from industry. The manufacturing of cement products accounts for approximately…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
The Ambystoma Mexicanum, axolotl, posits regenerative capabilities which are highly coveted in Animalia: recent studies have sequenced the axolotl’s genome and have elucidated a vital protei…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In the field of medicine, anatomy and physiology are some of the most fundamental building blocks of medical knowledge. Without anatomical proficiency, studying medicine would be like attemp…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Fourth Award
According to a recent study, 32% of the renewable photovoltaic energy harvested is unused. In this context, photo-electrochemical PEC water splitting is viewed as a viable option for produci…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Tin Lead Perovskite solar cells (TLPSCs) have grown to an unprecedented power conversion efficiency (PCE) rate exceeding 23%. However, the main drawback is that TLPSCs are unstable and their…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
In the digital age when confidential information and events such as exams are being conducted via websites, unauthorized sharing of screenshots of these websites can have serious repercussio…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
The pandemic, with which we have lived for two years now, has destabilized each of us, depriving us of our daily lives and countless opportunities. Some categories have suffered more than ot…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
BACKGROUND: Plastices have become commonplace manufacturing materials that find applications in avariety of industeies . However, this conversion produces pollutants and greenhouse gases suc…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Purpose: The research is based on the extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to study the factors that influence youth’s environmentally responsible consumption behavior (ERCB), thereby p…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Biofuels are currently being made with food crops. However, due to the growing issue of world hunger an alternative biomass was research. With reference to previous studies, cardboard proved…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Antibiotics are an important milestone in medicine; however, their increased use has resulted in an alarming rise of antimicrobial resistances. The antibiotic florfenicol is used in large qu…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
The objective of this project is to come up with a natural treatment by studying the inhibitory effects of aqueous spice extracts on lipid and carbohydrate enzyme metabolizing activities tha…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Pineoblastoma (PB) is a malignant brain tumor that originates in the pineal gland. Patients diagnosed with PB experience headaches, sleepiness, vomiting, and vision changes. This epidemiolog…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering First Award
Wildlife-vehicle conflict poses injury/mortality risks to both drivers and wildlife. Eqwis detects animals approaching roads and alerts drivers through intelligent road signs, encouraging dr…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Strokes are the fifth-highest cause of death around the world. Even if one is to survive a stroke, the malady can leave behind many irritating symptoms including numbness or weakness of body…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are remnants of germline infections that constitute 5-8% of the human genome. HERVs have been suggested as potential oncogenic drivers. One HERV, HML-6…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Cancer has a major impact on people around the world and is a large burden on society. Ultraviolet (UV) rays damage DNA, which significantly increases the risk of skin cancer, or melanoma. W…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
Soil erosion is a natural process that negatively impacts agriculture as it wears away top fertile soil. To prevent soil erosion, Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) is one of the…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Neurons, the cells composing the nervous system, are responsible for sending and receiving signals that result in everything from thoughts to movement. Macrophages, a type of cell in the imm…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Particulate matter consists of both solid particles and liquid droplets. PM2.5 are particles 2.5 micrometers in diameter or less. Internal combustion engines, coal-fired power plants, constr…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) logging is a vital part of modern progressive oil reservoir analysis for efficient oil recovery. Although it already aids in the determination of porosity, s…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Pesticides pose an increasing issue in the survivorship of bees in their normal lives, so this project can help solidify the fact that dangerous chemicals should not be as easily accessible…