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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…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology Third Award
The anthropogenic release of greenhouse gases and nutrient loading has contributed to the proliferation of harmful algal blooms. The overgrowth of diatoms and dinoflagellates creates hypoxic…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
With the development of the Internet, cybersecurity becomes increasingly essential. The best way to reduce the damage of cybercrime is to develop better methods of cybersecurity; one of them…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, part of Artificial Intelligence, allow scientists to analyze large datasets and identify patterns. Processing large datasets prior to the introduction of ML…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Marine ecosystems are rich in carbon, an element whose processing and degradation is mediated by bacteria. Bacteria utilize CAZymes (carbohydrate active enzymes) to degrade complex carbohydr…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The prevalence of skin melanoma in humans has shown a substantial yearly increase, leading to skin melanoma comprising of almost all skin cancer deaths. The NKG2DL protein, an essential prot…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium Vimineum) is an invasive C4 annual grass that is currently depleting resources in deciduous forest ecosystems across eastern North America. The purpose of t…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is one of the most lethal and aggressive brain cancers in humans. This project investigated the efficacy of a potential therapy for GBM-The Gliatrap. The Gliatr…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Chronic wounds are a growing medical issue around the world, with 2.4 - 4.5 million people afflicted in the United States alone. The condition currently makes up 2-3% of healthcare costs for…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: The aim of the experiment was to see if using ultraviolet light as an auxiliary to existing methods would enhance the efficiency of different methods of oil spill cleanup. Procedure…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a new approach used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) since this condition has been linked to an alteration of the gut microbiot…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
The study investigated different disposable face masks using high-resolution mass spectrometry. In the production of disposable face masks, chemical contaminants such as chlorinated paraffin…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In Vietnam, Ardisia gigantifolia is used as the best medicine to treat and prevent some gastric diseases. Ardisia gigantifolia contains saponin that can inhibit the growth of multiple cancer…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Mamaki tea, a native Hawaiian plant species, is best known for its medicinal properties. It is endemic to and geographically restricted to the Hawaiian Islands. Mamaki tea contains many type…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Patient-Derived Xenografts (PDX), a novel in vivo cancer modeling technique used in personalized medicine, has been shown to bypass typical constraints of in vitro tumor cell culture models.…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
The discovery of new antibiotics to treat life threatening antibiotic-resistant infections has remained stagnant. Naturally occurring phytochemicals like garlic(Allium sativum), ginger(Zingi…