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ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Puerto Rico has a deaf adult population of 8.4%. This community has encountered many difficulties while communicating with the hearing people. The deaf community should feel safe while using…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Purpose: To see if gumballs from sweet gum trees can be used as an additive in paint to reduce flammability. Hypothesis: If I create a mixture of the paint, with a 20% powdered gumballs addi…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, and it plagues millions of people worldwide. PD is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons, associated…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
When it comes to the temperature of the porridge in the three different-sized bowls, the children’s story “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” appears to violate the laws of physics. In this pro…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Fourth Award
pH sensors have long been utilized and studied given their importance to everyday processes, especially food production. Inaccurate pH sensing has severe repercussions, such as potential bot…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Third Award
Aedes aegypti management is a global concern due to the absence of medication and effective vaccines. The pesticide-mediated health hazards and rising insecticide resistance in mosquitoes ha…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The goal of this study is to provide an alternative to the disposable plastics that are commonly used in packaging. Plastic waste is becoming a significant source of waste disposal not only…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this project was to test the effects of plastic waste as a concrete additive. The research question was: How will mixing plastic into concrete affect the concrete's strength?…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
The investigation aimed to study the utilization of prickly pear pads for production of flour as a new source of food products in the market. As known, the world is facing food and water cri…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Wave energy extraction using dielectric elastomers is a recently developed technology with a lot of potential. The system used is made from a dielectric elastomer coated on both sides with e…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Isoxazolines are important heterocycles often found in various pharmaceuticals, but many reactions that produce them are inefficient and use chlorinated solvents, which are potent pollutants…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
An experiment was conducted to test the efficacy of growing custom-shaped composite packing material using mycelium and corn husk fibers, combined and grown into a composite material in simp…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Both, MnPS3 and GdPS, have been researched due to the recent insight into 2D magnetism and topological states. The ZrSiS family (GdPS belongs to this family) can be used as topological mater…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most used plastics in manufacturing many products because of its advantageous properties. However, PET's long durability of 450 years proves to…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Our project is meant to help visually impaired people regain their independence from medical staff. We want to create a means for these patients orient themselves without the need for help i…
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…