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ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Kelvin water dropper is an electrostatic generator that uses falling water to generate voltage differences by electrostatic induction occurring between interconnected, oppositely charged sys…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Large phased-arrays, ubiquitous for wireless communication, become expensive and complex as the number of nodes increase. With a single oscillator source for an entire array, current phased…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Cancer is one of the main causes of death in the world, and its conventional treatments (surgical removal, radiotherapy and chemotherapy) are invasive techniques and has many undesired effec…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
SARS-CoV-2 non-structural protein 12 (Nsp12) is a viral polymerase and a key drug target. The in vitro production of pure Nsp12 protein is crucial for advancing drug and treatment strategies…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In recent years, analysis of cerebral structures using whole-brain quantitative neuroimaging has been widely recognized for its ability to provide deep insights on neurological disease. Quan…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Computer processing speed has historically followed a trend of exponential improvement. This phenomenon is explained by Moore’s Law, which states that the number of transistors in a microchi…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
With the high demand for renewable energy resources, large-scale energy storage systems are required to safely store the energy produced. Lithium-Ion batteries are the commercially dominant…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fresh water is of vital importance to farmers, but nowadays, unpredictable weather patterns and extended drought threaten food producers' access to an adequate supply. One solution in combat…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Surgical lighting is critical for patient safety and staff comfort and should be designed to enable the medical team to focus exclusively on the surgical operation. The current manual focus…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable cancer of the plasma cells in the bone marrow, is the 2nd most common hematological malignancy. Melphalan is an alkylator chemotherapy and an effective tr…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
Privacy online can be ensured by air gapping computers and networks–isolating a system and allowing only physical, external devices to access data. Air gapping a computer can prevent malicio…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to observe how overcrowding in soybeans affects their growth. To investigate this idea, the student planted one to eight seeds of 2 soybean varieties in 5 c…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Over the past 100 years, the earth has been increasingly affected by the production of energy through toxic means, in particular - fossil fuels. However, recently wave energy has emerged as…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science Third Award
PANDwriting is a novel screening system for neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), particularly targeted to increase Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Parkinson's Disease (PD) diagnostic access in low…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is caused by disruption of cellular homeostasis when clusters of the protein alpha-synuclein aggregate dopaminergic neurons. However, no prescription drug directly t…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Background radiation is the collective term for highly ionized particles and waves that are present in the environment. The amount of background radiation that reaches the Earth’s surface va…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Autonomous cars have the potential to become a safer and more efficient alternative to driver-operated vehicles, preventing death and disability. Existing motion planners for autonomous cars…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Exosomes secreted by pediatric bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (pBMSC-Exos) demonstrate optimal characteristics for bone tissue engineering. MSC-Exos of alternate origin have expedited bo…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems
Nowadays, more and more digital devices are being developed and used. In the frame of my project I also have developed a digital writing and drawing tool, however, PenAlone works differently…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Screen readers are the primary tool through which Blind and Low Vision (BLV) people use the internet. However, 98.1% of the websites on the internet do not meet WCAG AA guidelines, minimum f…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
There are three propulsion systems in chemical rockets, and they are solid rocket, hybrid rocket, and liquid rocket. Compared to a solid rocket, we can verify the thrust of a hybrid rocket,…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Air pollution is one of the world's most critical challenges today, generating numerous premature deaths and diseases and negatively impacting the environment. Therefore, forecasting air qua…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have become the #1 cause of death; three-quarters of these deaths occur in lower-income communities. Electrocardiography (ECG), an electrical measurement captu…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This project studied the correlation between learning styles, personality traits, and high school GPA. It aimed to provide a guide to make learning more efficient by taking advantage of one'…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
The major risk factor of skin cancer, one of the most common types of preventable cancers, is exposure to UV radiation, which has recently increased as an effect of global warming. This rese…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
QUESTION: Does the perspective of a person affect their emotional intelligence? HYPOTHESIS: People who have an optimistic perspective have higher emotional intelligence than those who have a…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
It is expected that in 2030 Peru will begin to seriously feel the lack of water and the lack of access to electricity will worsen. So the proposed alternative solution is to build a generato…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Drug development processes are burdened with a critical problem that only 9.6% of tested drugs are qualified for commercialization while each clinical trial phase of experimental drugs heavi…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Optical fiber-based sensors are becoming more and more attractive over other types of sensors thanks to their ability to function in unconventional environments over long distances with a si…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
Cancer is one of the most prominent diseases plaguing the world today, and causes thousands of deaths daily. The 67 Kilodalton Laminin Receptor protein (67 LR protein), whose primary functio…