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ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Over one million individuals in the United States are addicted to cocaine, yet limited knowledge of underlying molecular mechanisms prevents effective treatment development. Chronic cocaine…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes many human and plant diseases, infecting over 50,000 people annually. ~75% of Pseudomonas proteins are characterized; however, pathogenic mechanis…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
The purpose of this project is to determine if black walnuts, the walnut or exocarp have antibacterial properties. Black walnuts have been reported to have many health benefits which is why…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Chlorosis is a common problem in the commercial growth of arugula in Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) systems and can be caused by nutrient or oxygen deficiencies. Building on conclusions from…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Mutations on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein have gained increasing attention. However, its mutation pattern in different geographic locations within a country has not been investigated. In thi…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology First Award
Gastrointestinal illnesses afflict more than 100 million people in the U.S. alone and are often indicated by gut microbiota motility. Typically, swarming bacteria are indicators of infection…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Microorganisms that live in sea ice are essential to the Arctic ecosystem. The presence of Arctic ice is rapidly declining, so time is running out to study the unique environment. There have…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Bainbridge-Ropers Syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disease characterized by predicted truncating mutations in the ASXL3 gene. Around 200 children have been diagnosed…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
During early stages of Covid-19, AI couldn’t effectively guide doctors, as tackling large problem domains prone to frequent mutations is challenging. DocAide is a general purpose AI-based me…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Dementia is a disease that impairs the brain it causes memory loss and interferes with a person’s ability to think and make judgments. Every year 10 million people get diagnosed with dementi…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this project is to determine if gender affects how an individual reacts to frustration. To do this I constructed a test that used an electromagnetic grid attached to switches…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
My project is an assay of the involvement of HYPE (huntingtin yeast-interacting partner E) in the translocation of BiP (binding immunoglobulin protein) to the cell surface. BiP is the master…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics
Domain Specific Languages (DSL) give the user a rigorous environment for solving problems in a specific domain, in this case differential equations. Scott-Strachey semantics (also known as d…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Virtual Reality, or VR, is the creation of a simulated 3-dimensional environment in which the user can be immersed. With many people transitioning to an online and at-home atmosphere, and de…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
In this experimenters science fair project, the amount of vitamin C present in Naval Oranges various amounts of days after being picked was tested. The hypothesis signified that as the amoun…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software Second Award
Every year, 4000 human errors occur in the operating room. Surgical workflow recognition is a burgeoning field of study that aims to combat this problem by analyzing medical video and identi…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Ionizing radiation is commonly applied in cancer treatment with positive results, nevertheless, its usage is associated with threat of causing serious side effects. Precise distribution of t…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
People with Down syndrome face problems in speaking and words pronouncing. This problem makes them depressed and not interact with family, friends, and community. In addition, they have neur…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In a society that is become increasingly dependent on technology, the negative implications of this increasing dependence can often be overshadowed by the benefits technology provides us. "D…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering First Award
Rehabilitation needs of hemiplegic patients have gained great concern all over the world. According to disadvantages of current rigid or soft hand rehabilitation devices, a novel dual mode s…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
In this study, silver-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) (Ag-MOF) and copper-based MOF (Cu-MOF) were reinforced by graphene-oxide (GO). The reinforced GO-Ag-MOF and GO-Cu-MOF were studied…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Superhydrophobicity, a high degree of water repellency, is characterized by a large static contact angle between a liquid bead and a surface. Last year's project successfully treated fabrics…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics
The performance of a modified Elo update rule was tested against the original Elo update rule. The Elo update rule can be interpreted as an application of gradient descent using a certain lo…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
pedmed is a Mobile app that calculates the developmental age of the child and warns parents if there is a delay between the developmental age and the biological age of the child by asking ab…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
More than 10 million people worldwide live with Parkinson's Disease. Receiving an early diagnosis is critical to a patient's prognosis and quality of life. However, existing diagnostic proto…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Earthquake Prediction has been a challenging research area for many decades, where the future occurrence of this highly uncertain calamity is predicted. In this paper, several parametric and…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Typical teenagers can use up to 6 hours of headphones in their everyday life, setting the volume to 75-100%. According to Stanford Medicine researchers, the trend of inner-ear (sensorineural…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Due to increased urbanization and climate change, there has been an increase in bank erosion and destruction of riparian zones. Riparian zones are vegetative areas of land bordering streams…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Air pollution is a major problem in metropolitan areas around the world. Even though it affects the health of all, its impact is more severe in the underserved communities in developing coun…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
At present, the environment is an issue worthy of importance, since it has been damaged in great quantity by the lack of awareness of human beings by not using properly some products that af…