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ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
Noise pollution is a very present and common health hazard in modern times with its effects on humans often overlooked. This folly causes other animals relying on sound as a necessary commun…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Less than 1% of the Earth’s water, a nonrenewable resource is accessible as fresh water to us. Global warming, industrialization and exponential growing human population is exacerbating food…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
The fast fashion industry devastates the environment and garment workers in the Global South. Each year, 92 million tonnes of textile waste is deposited in landfills, equivalent to dumping a…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The main objective of this experiment is to address the question of how eutectic alloys (Aluminum-Silicon, Sn, Pb, and Ag-Based) behave under microgravity-induced freezing conditions. The ex…
ISEF · 2024
Biochemistry
Whether a diabetic or dieting, it's convenient to know how much sugar is actually in a food. Yes, the amount of sucrose is on the nutrition label, but what about the hidden sugar glucose tha…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This research was undertaken to study the behaviour and the use of different habitats by juvenile fishes within the shallow areas of Algoa Bay. Although some researchers have studied the sha…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering
The influx of nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen have resulted in the conditions for aquatic life and ecosystems to start degrading, causing dissolved oxygen that was once abundantly ava…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering
Clean drinking water is one of the most important requirements for survival and obtaining it can be a challenge if not impossible for many. One method of getting clean water is through filtr…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Geological deposits, volcanic activity, and weathering, along with mining, agriculture, and manufacturing are some of the many ways copper gets into waterways. Copper is one of the most toxi…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
How do PFAS chemicals impact chlorophyll in the process of photosynthesis? PFAS chemicals, or polyfluorinated substances, are commonly found in things such as tents, cookware, and waterproof…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology
TAS2R38 gene encodes a bitter taste receptor protein that influences the perception of bitter compounds such as phenylthiocarbamide PTC. Specific polymorphisms within TAS2R38 have been linke…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This project aims to maximize electricity production from wind energy, which is limited in cities due to space constraints. The prototype, with its green wall design, uses channelling winds…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy
Young’s Double Slit experiment proves the wave-like property that light has through the interference pattern it shows when light passes through the two slits. The goal of this experiment was…
ISEF · 2024
Embedded Systems Third Award
PCPU is a processor that I created from scratch as my previous work. Besides the processor, I provided a complete toolchain (including C language compiler, assembler, emulator), together cre…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Second Award
To address the depletion of seagrass, this study aimed to understand seagrass conservation approaches by investigating the impact of varying salinity levels and temperature fluctuations on t…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
In the evolving world of sustainable energy, hydrogen production by photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting stands out as a highly promising approach. Yet, challenges like limited light a…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Extraterrestrial exploration has predominantly employed rover robots due to their proven reliability. Recent research, however, suggests that legged robots, with their superior mobility and…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) affects over 280 million individuals globally, but less than 25% of those affected receive proper care. Early detection is vital for timely intervention and t…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This study presents a novel back-end-of-line compatible optoelectronic device specifically engineered for neuromorphic computing and visual processing applications. As the foundation of mode…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Third Award
The accumulation of heavy metal ions in wastewater poses significant health and environmental risks as heavy metals are known to be toxic and bioaccumulate in living organisms. In recent yea…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Nearly 6.7 million Americans age 65+ are currently affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD). Preliminary diagnosis of AD is a difficult and time-consuming process that often leads to false outco…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Resorbable medical devices are advantageous because they are there when you need them and then degrades into biologically safe byproducts when it is not. One application of resorbable medica…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
In past decades, superhydrophobic materials have found increased applications in industry due to their convenient self-cleaning, anti-icing, drag-reducing, and corrosion resistant properties…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics
As factorization theory of rings is already well-studied, it is natural to generalize the scope of factorization theory from rings to monoids. Puiseux monoids (i.e. additive monoids over a s…
ISEF · 2024
Systems Software
My research aims to develop an innovative system that makes sporting events more accessible and engaging to sports enthusiasts with vision or hearing impairments. Unlike existing captioning-…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Overwhelming research shows microplastics are found in the environment, as well as in the majority of American fish, water, and even meats. While its long-term effects on humans and environm…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics
Legendre's Formula and Fine's Theorem use number theory to analyze combinatorics functions. Legendre's formula finds the exponent of a prime (p) dividing the factorial of any integer (n); Fi…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Microalgae is one of the best biofuel candidates due to its ease of growth in many water environments, high lipid content, and lack of overlap with food production. The separation of microal…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
As a result of aggressive agrochemical use, urban sprawl, and industrialization, heavy metal and Synthetic Organic Compounds (SOC) pollution is predicted to increase at unprecedented rates,…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics
Quasi-stationary distributions underlie a great number of fundamental phenomena and are valuable tools in molecular biology and neuroscience, where they are used to model interactions betwee…