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ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
The duplication of genetic information (DNA replication) is central to life. Numerous control mechanisms ensure the exact course of the process during each cell division. Disturbances of DNA…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Nano titanium dioxide is a widely used photocatalyst, but there are still two problems with it. On the one hand, nano titanium dioxide can only absorb ultraviolet light, so the utilization r…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
The novel use of stem cells (SCs), specifically induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), in regenerative medicine to treat degenerative, autoimmune, and genetic disorders has shown great prom…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Mus musculus (mice) are often used to model the human immune system and to develop healthcare treatments because mouse immunology accurately recapitulates many aspects of the human immune sy…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease in which the cartilage within the joint gradually wears away, leading to pain, stiffness, and swelling of the knee. About 10% of men…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Fishing is one of the top outdoor activities in America. In South Dakota, over 170,000 fishing licenses were sold in 2020. With the thousands and thousands of fish people catch, that means t…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Due to asthma, I was prescribed prednisone a lot when I was young. After my 7th grade physical, my growth showed a decrease from the 50th percentile to the 20th percentile. My doctor suggest…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
West Nile virus (WNV) is the leading mosquito-borne disease in the United States but is not currently preventable through vaccination or treatable by any medications. It has caused over 2,50…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
The Covhelp mobile app was developed in the “MIT App Inventor” software development program. This application provides users with access to the necessary information about COVID – 19, as wel…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
Many water sources contain emerging contaminants (contaminants whose water presence has only recently been confirmed) that lead to debilitating health and environmental effects, yet current…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Large biomedical datasets routinely consist of more data points than can be displayed faithfully on a computer monitor. Computer screens are incapable of representing high-volume datasets wi…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
Aquaculture wastewater with high nitrite concentration due to low denitrification activity in winter is lethal to hydrobionts such as fish and shrimp. Therefore, bioremediation using bacteri…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Milled rice is deficient in almost all major classes of nutrients except carbohydrates. Poor nutrition of rice has resulted in severe malnutrition problems in developing countries where the…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering First Award
Plastic waste poses threats to both the environment and human health. PET is the world’s most common plastic. Compared to traditional methods to treat PET waste, biodegradation is environmen…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Oral diseases such as tooth decay are expected to affect roughly 3.5 billion individuals worldwide. In most developing countries, access to primary oral health treatments is limited due to a…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Most plastics are made of polyethylene terephthalate, a polymer that is nearly indestructible, taking centuries to decompose. To be more environmentally-friendly, there are substitutes avail…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The goal of my project was to design a system that cooled a solar cell using the renewable energy of the sun. Knowing that a cooled solar cell performs better than a non-cooled solar cell I…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
The purpose is to determine the potential to reduce linear acceleration and tangential velocity during front and rear oblique impacts of a football helmet facemask. Independent Variables: No…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
We present a simple two-step approach for preparing large uniform sheets of carbon nanoparticles/ polypropylene (CNP/PP) nanocomposites. Fragmented pieces of the nanocomposite produced by so…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The purpose of this project was to create a more efficient drone that was still stable enough to fly FPV. The design I am using is a large central propellor to generate most of the thrust an…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This experiment tests the efficiency of three different metal electrodes in the process of hydrolysis. The hypothesis of the experiment is that the catalysts will have an effect on the effic…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Tetragonilla collina is an underground burrow stingless bee. They build a long round nesting tube that enrich with propolis to protect barrier against external invaders or weathering threats…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
There is an urgent dilemma for discus throwers in some countries when they train indoors in winter or rainy seasons: the limitation of indoor spaces disabled discus to fly a complete traject…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Gravitational-wave (GW) detections of merging neutron star-black hole (NSBH) systems probe astrophysical neutron star (NS) and black hole (BH) mass distributions, especially at the transitio…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Due to artificial methods including inorganic fertilizers used in farming, crops are not always safe for consuming as these consist of toxic materials causing diseases and pollution. Also, b…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Streptococcus mutans causes an accumulation of reactive oxygen species in the oral cavity, damaging tissue as salivary antioxidants are depleted. I hypothesized that a hibiscus treatment wou…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if bioactive glass (BG) would be a good substitute for antibiotics resistant to Staphylococcus bacteria. BG are bioceramics which can be used…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
An experiment in which a copper plate is zinc-plated and then heated to brass plating is known as the "Alchemist's Dream." With the conventional method, there is a risk of bumping and scatte…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Arm injuries are common among all age groups. However, there are not many accessible ways for a patient with an arm injury to perform their rehabilitation while in a home-based environment w…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
Climate change can be solved, but the window is closing. 90% of goods move by cargo ships, resulting in 4% of climate change emissions. There is a need for climate change technology that wor…