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ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
Hematological or blood diseases afflict over 2 billion people globally and disproportionately impact developing regions, where mortality rates reach 50-90%. Current screening methods require…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
This study aimed to combat two important species of mosquitoes, Anopheles culicifacies and Aedes aegypti that transmit human diseases. In this research, botanical pesticides were used as an…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Cancer is the common name used to categorize a collection of diseases. In the United States, there are an estimated 1.8 million new cancer cases and 600,000 cancer deaths. Though it has been…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sunspot records only go back a few hundred years, so there is limited information available to predict solar behavior. This project studied high-resolution ice cores which store 10k+ years o…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems
Searching for small items can be a difficult task for visually impaired people. A key-finder system was modified to notify the visually impaired person what item they would like to find and…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Myopathies are skeletal muscle disorders characterized by chronic muscle weakness, which are frequently diagnosed using electromyography (EMG) studies. Automating the diagnosis of myopathies…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Dementia cases are rapidly increasing with a projection of over 150 million people globally by the year 2050, a 300% increase from the current 50 million cases. Despite the prevalence of Dem…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Methane is a major driver of global climate change, 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide.The annual global methane emissions are around 570 million Tonnes.However, methane provides more…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
This research paper aims to effectively tackle modern day problems of industrial pollutants such as NOx or SOx and fine dust by combining the principles of a wet scrubber and an impeller. Im…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This study aimed to investigate the psychological difficulties and their affecting factors faced by high school students while learning online. In particular, the sudden outbreak of Covid-19…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Bacteria and viruses are the main culprits responsible for causing stomach problems and related sicknesses. By making use of ozone, we made a prototype to test the hypothesis that water can…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The main users of this home support system are disabled people who can have the subtle movements, like ALS patients. It involves three parts: signal receptor, software and the destination po…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
There are flaws with both old and modern paintings because of the type of paint they use, which can include dull paint colors and difficulty conserving the artworks. Honey has been used in a…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
We successfully built an original, modular, working prototype of a device to fit the gap in the market for protecting against hot car deaths. The Hot Car Life Alarm detects the presence of l…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Pheromones are chemicals released by individuals of a species that act as external hormones upon conspecifics. This study focused on bombykol, a volatile sex pheromone released by the female…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
Enzymes speed up chemical reactions. The purpose of this project is to determine how temperature and pH levels affect the rate at which digestive enzymes catalyze chemical reactions. To meas…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of our research was to facilitate the creation and utilization of a noninvasive monitor to detect joint dysfunction since there are very few quantitative technologies in the mark…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
I first put together the consent forms which informed the participants that all information would be kept anonymous and would be for research purpose only. Then, I constructed the survey whi…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Butterflies can fly on rainy days without their wings getting soaked with water. However, there are few studies comparing differences in hydrophobicity and in the factor among species or win…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
An experiment was conducted to find what different natural elements create different pigments and how pigments take to varied fabrics. Avocado pits make pink, turmeric makes yellow, beetroot…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Endophytic bacteria are bacteria that live inside plant tissue and benefit themselves as well as the plant host. Endophytic bacteria have been reported that can promote plant growth and supp…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
a. I was curious as to why most conventional power Wind Turbines have three blades and if it is really the most efficient. b. Step 1: I first made the wind turbine Step 2: I add blades and t…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Prochlorococcus is a cyanobacterium that produces 20% of Earth’s oxygen. This organism is a key organism for balancing global CO2 levels. However, anthropogenic CO2 production exceeds the ab…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if hydrocodone affected a daphnia's heart rate and/or heart rhythm, and if these effects were amplified with ethanol. The independent variable…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project is to explore pesticide alternatives and their effect on plant and soil health. This experiment will use five independent variables: Acephate-based pesticide conv…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Applying lessons learned from the tremendous damage caused by the major earthquake in 2011, Kochi City is rapidly implementing measures such as evacuation drills in various areas to reduce l…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
This experiment was conducted to determine if antibiotics are still effective after their expiration date. The experiment used four antibiotics - Penicillin, Cephalexin, Cefdinir, and Amoxic…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this experiment was to see how effective masks different masks are. I also wanted to see how effective they were to slow the spread of bacteria from a person's breath. Gather…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if music affects muscle contractions when performing physical activities. Our hypothesis was that there would be a difference in muscle contra…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Multi-organ complications have been the hallmark of severe COVID-19; cardiac injuries have been reported in 20% to 30% of hospitalized COVID-19 patients though the etiology remains poorly un…