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ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
The habitable zone of a solar system is the range of distances from a star at which water takes a liquid form, therefore supporting life as we know it. This project extends the concept of "h…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Evidence shows that researchers excavating Ancient Egyptian tombs face problems, such as narrow entrances, increase of toxic gasses, decrease of oxygen, and increase in temperature. The proj…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Third Award
Adapting the evidence-based medical practice of giving oral sucrose to human infants before painful procedures, during the 2020-21 foreign animal disease outbreak of RHDV2 (Rabbit Hemorrhagi…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Ocean waves can generate power 90% of the time, making them the most reliable source of clean energy in the world. Places like Hawaii, which are surrounded by waves, can significantly benefi…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to provide a healthy balanced diet for my rabbits. Focusing on the rabbits health and their fur. Their fur can be a direct reflection of their overall healt…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cushing's disease (CD) is an endocrine disorder characterized by increased levels of cortisol and caused by an Adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary corticotroph adenoma. Th…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Rechargeable aluminum-ion batteries (AIBs) are receiving considerable attention as a desirable device for large-scale energy storage owing to high theoretical capacity and abundance of alumi…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Silver ion antibacterial materials are safe, have low toxicity and high efficiency; Phosphate glasses are environmentally friendly, stable, adjustable and water-soluble. By introducing antib…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was up to 3.6 million new reported cases and approximately 17 thousand deaths a day globally that are caused by COVID-19, according to WHO. However, most…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a cutting-edge cybersecurity protocol that utilizes superposition and quantum measurement to detect an eavesdropper. However it is currently not widely avai…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cellular proliferation and differentiation are fundamentally regulated by the physical landscape of the chromatin. In the intestine, a highly regulated molecular process maintains homeostasi…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
The essence of the project is to reduce the computing capacity requirement of scanning processes to 1/10 by increasing the resolution and accuracy by the software, so that a mobile can even…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This research study served to understand whether the chemical glyphosate, found in commercial herbicides, is a threat to the keystone species phytoplankton, and thus whether it is a threat t…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
The objective of this research was to test the effect of endophytic bacteria on growth of fungus, Botrytis cinerea. Branches from mango were cut into 5-6 centimeter pieces, surface sterilize…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Mangroves are critical members of tropical coastline ecosystems. They offer residence to various aquatic biota and protect the coastline from erosion due to their high root density. In the c…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Even a simple ring’s motion, it is still difficult to get an analytical solution as the number of degrees of freedom is larger than four. In this project, I studied the interesting chaos-lik…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
RUSLE can measure soil erosion in the United States, China and India (erosion causes soil loss 10-40x faster). Can the RUSLE equation measure soil erosion in Indonesia? because in Indonesia,…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences Second Award
Legumes form root nodules in which nitrogen-fixing bacteria are housed and flavonoids are necessary to activate nodulation genes in rhizobia. Isoflavonoids are known to protect legumes from…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Title: What is the effect sound waves have on plant root physiology and photosynthesis? Purpose: To test the effects of sound pollution on photosynthesis, and plant root physiology. Methods:…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software Fourth Award
Determining what you see in the distance as you look out over a landscape can be challenging. In this research project, we have created a program to calculate the view from any vantage point…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The watersheds in the western United States experience many anthropogenic impacts, this project focuses on the Jordan River watershed (sourcing north of Utah Lake, running through Salt Lake…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Most Chinese characters are phonograms, consisting of a semantic radical and a phonetic radical. Some phonetic radicals create many phonograms to form a large neighborhood, while others don'…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This project measured implicit bias in high school students. I collected data by administering 903 surveys. Minority candidates scored overall approval ratings that were ~.3 points higher th…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Garment classification is a typical first step for carrying out cloth manipulation tasks. This is a challenging feat for neural networks due to clothing’s easily deformable state, which caus…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Fluid dynamics is a complex topic involving many phenomena that can be observed in everyday life. The research presents the phenomenon of milk diffusion in coffee and other substances, consi…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Analogs constitute a powerful tool in physics: not only do they simplify complex phenomena but also allow the possibility of transferring experimental data from one field to another. First c…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Petroleum-based engines use carbon-based non-renewable energy sources, and electric options have low range and slow refuel speeds. This experiment focused on designing, engineering, and prod…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
The Mississippi River is a huge untapped kinetic energy source that flows at a rate of 1.6 million gallons of water per second. Meanwhile, burning fossil fuels produces 35 billion gigatons o…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Nations across the world cannot produce their own crops due to their non-arable land. The research conducted in this experiment put simple and efficient systems of hydroponics to the test. T…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
According to WHO 12.6 million people die every year owing to unhealthy environment. Therefore, the sustainable use of our ecosystem and preservation of next generation rights became an urgen…