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ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Human error is inevitable and has consequences. In the medical field, medical malpractice accounts for almost 251,000 deaths per year. The purpose is to solve the ongoing problem by building…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
On average, 51% of a rocket engine’s weight is in the cooling system, so finding an engine design that would drastically reduce the engine's weight, complexity, and production cost would be…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
Magnetically deflected ballistic mass (MBDM) describes a system in which a metal rotor, the mass in the system, is suspended inside an evacuated sheath like a maglev train. The metal rotor c…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Humanity’s carbon emissions have started to affect the global climate. In order to reduce this impact, we must dramatically reduce carbon emissions in all sectors. In aviation, increasing th…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum teleportation has the potential to revolutionize cybersecurity and digital communications by enabling completely secure communication. This phenomenon relies on entanglement, one of…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Current prosthetic arm technology often lacks intelligent dexterity, haptic feedback, and are lucratively expensive ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 dollars. The engineering goal of this proje…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
With the increase in population at large and meeting the demands in various sectors, management of industrial waste is a growing issue. Typically dye industries are excreting large quantitie…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
During Phase 1 (2020-2021), a 3D printed ventilator was created with a modular design that could use multiple power sources to mitigate the shortage of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandem…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
Objective: to develop an innovative way of cleaning the Tasotkel reservoir from fishing nets. Hypothesis: the developed cleaning method will allow cleaning the Tastkel reservoir from fishing…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Small-scale establishments of passion fruit processing have a high demand for automatic machines. However, current passion fruit juice separators on the market do not match the requirements…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
As the use of solar energy expands, there is a rising demand for Photovoltaic modeling programs which can track, monitor, and predict the energy output of solar arrays. However, the high cos…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, with 15 million people suffering from its debilitating effects each year. 87% of strokes are ischemic, where an artery narrows or becom…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects over 16 million people, and is a leading cause of mortality in the United States. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and oxygen therapy are co…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
For the purpose of detecting cosmic ray flux and analyzing its behavior in relationship with latitude, altitude, solar cycle and meteorological conditions I built my own detector. It consist…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Current concrete structure inspection methods can cost on average $7500US per day. Cracks in concrete caused by forces can lead to long-term instability and serious structural problems. Nowa…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
The practice of redlining, which gave rise to the racial segregation of American cities, has significantly contributed to the structural, institutional, and systemic racism apparent in today…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software Fourth Award
The purpose of my project is to provide a cost-effective, portable, and accurate solution to diagnosing glaucoma. Glaucoma is a major health issue in less developed countries (LDCs), where t…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Lung cancer is the second most diagnosed form of cancer in both women and men and is the leading cause of cancer death as it accounts for 1 in 4 cancer deaths. Radiologists have to examine a…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is one of the most common types of cancer in children. This study investigates a natural product that can be used as a possible agent for the treatment of…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
Amylase and protease are digestive enzymes, or molecules, that speed up chemical reactions. Without enzymes, reactions essential to life would take years to occur. This project's objective i…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology Fourth Award
Bats, like bees, are a keystone species benefiting the environment and saving farmers billions of dollars in chemicals. However, since 2006, millions of bats in North America have died of a…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
More than 70 countries approve the consumption of artificial sweeteners (Ogungbemi et al., 2019). People, including pregnant women, regularly consume artificial sweeteners to substitute suga…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Alzheimers, a degenerative brain disorder, affected 6.1 million Americans in 2021. This debilitating disease is affecting more individuals each year. It disrupts an individual's cognitive ab…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics
Graph theory is the study of relationships between objects. Whether those objects are city blocks or web pages, graph theory can provide significant insight into optimization. A specific are…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Infectious diseases have affected people for years. As the population and demand for resources grow, hospitals or clinics may reach their maximum capacity and must arbitrarily decide who des…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Our project title is Determining which Acne Medications Prevent the Growth of Staphyloccocus Epidermis Most Successfully. It was created by Solunne Fedovskiy, Lily Reilly, and Avi Crosby. We…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies of the digestive system. It has the third highest incidence of cancer in the world. Thus, it is important to process detection and tr…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Wildfires have caused significant economic losses and human health damages in California. To minimize the losses and damages, it is imperative to understand the key drivers of wildfires and…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences Second Award
Martian agriculture may be the most cost-effective means to develop a sustainable human life support system on Mars by employing in-situ resource utilization to convert atmospheric CO2 into…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology Second Award
Early blight, a fungal disease, leads to annual crop losses of up to 70-78% in tomato, potato, and bell pepper crops. Current treatment requires repeated application of chemical fungicides,…