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ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
As technology increasingly impacts daily life, technological interaction is critical to the future of equity and health. In an effort to advance this interaction, the researcher sought to de…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems
Taking into account the recent spreads of COVID-19 and the visible strain on the health infrastructure of many countries, the project was designed to see whether there could be some way of r…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Soft egg shells in the egg production business result in a loss of profit. A soft egg is when the shell does not form into a hard layer, but a flimsy, easily-punctured covering. If vitamin D…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Inspired by the paralympic running blade and drawing on the biomimicry of the tail of the Australian kangaroo, the ‘Walking Tall’ poles are a revolutionary new aid designed to slow down the…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
There are numerous natural ways to generate electricity, such as water, wind, atomic power, sun, etc. The problem is that those sources are not stable, some require special isolated conditio…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
95% of the giant kelp forests along California coastlines have been devoured by the overpopulated purple urchins, and the current solution of relying on divers to reduce urchin numbers is la…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
By March 4th 2022, the WHO confirmed about 440 million cases and approximately 6 million deaths due to COVID-19. Recently, many studies relied on only expensive swab testing, which cannot pr…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
This study was done to determine if mealworm gut bacteria could again be quantified, isolated using differential media, identified, and then further used to biodegrade polystyrene (PS). The…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
WatchfuLock is a near-impenetrable identity verification and security system that uses facial recognition and eye tracking to reliably determine authorized users from potential intruders. Th…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Second Award
Drone development has been on the rise since the turn of the century and has expanded greatly from government use. Most high quality drones tend to be expensive and have a limited feature se…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
Watersheds are regions where water flows into a common outlet, commonly considered with respect to terrain, climate, vegetation, fauna, and human constructions. Watersheds are particularly i…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software Fourth Award
Nowadays programming has become more than a profession. It is a skill similar to math and writing. So many schools teach their students computer science. Even in elementary schools, teachers…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is an incurable disease that hinders the ability of kidneys to filter the blood effectively and in most cases result in renal failure that force patients to depe…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Leather is used almost everyday. You would be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't own a leather product. This project was designed to test what product would work best for protecting le…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Many weightlifters acquire unnecessary back injuries from manually picking up, moving and loading weight plates onto a barbell. To avoid these injuries, the Weight Plate Loader, a full-sized…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In the previous decade, cyanobacteria blooms in rivers have grown in both intensity and frequency due to climate change and water pollution, which are results of human activity. These blooms…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Annually approximately 20,000 people are wrongfully accused and imprisoned for crimes. Key eyewitnesses are often relied upon to help make these convictions. Cognitive Psychology studies the…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In the experiment, the group decided to investigate which genre of music creates the most amount of energy by using a mechanism that will use sound waves to convert them into energy. They fi…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chemotherapy resistance remains a challenge in treating cancer. There are many factors that can affect resistance, and it is not fully understood. PRPF39 is a pre-mRNA processing factor that…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Many questions have arisen about the effectiveness of masks, especially during the pandemic. In this project, the young scientist will attempt to answer some of these questions by observing…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Second Award
The existing studies in the broader literature have investigated epigenetics with the class Mammalia, contrary to the class Insecta that remained uninvestigated. To these ends, this study ai…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a devastating eye disease affecting more than 10 million Americans like my great-grandmother. AMD is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the ma…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Analyses of voter turnout rates in the United States have established that nearly half of eligible American voters consistently choose not to participate in elections (Roberts, 2009). This t…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems
As America ages, it's estimated that by 2024, nearly 45% of the country's population will be over the age of 50. While retirement years may be filled with travel, hobbies, and time with fami…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Purpose: Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is a sensitive detection and analysis technique which can detect chemical and biomolecules speedily, its detection speed is only 45 minute…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Every year on highways many accidents are caused by vehicles traveling in the wrong direction resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries. We have developed a novel system that can limit th…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
When fighting fires, firefighters still must expose themselves to great danger and enter hazardous areas such as burning industrial halls risking their own health. A self-designed and built…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
The up to ninety-minute sessions that many patients spend in Magnetic Resonance Imaging machines, due to slow MRI data acquisition rates lead to blurry images, onsets of claustrophobia, hear…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
High-resolution X-rays require greater radiation dosages compared to lower-resolution X-rays. However, lower-resolution low-dose X-rays often lack the pathological detail and clarity require…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
In a world where water pollution extends well into the domestic world, accessible treatment solutions are more important than ever. Three years of prior research have proven enzyme-assisted…