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ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast) as a model organism, this research aims to study the Hog1 pathway in yeast and consequently mammalian homologous p38, which are SAPKs in contro…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
There are many industrial accidents caused by mechanical jamming. I thought that if workers work remotely in another secure space, not directly in a dangerous workspace, this problem could b…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Every year in California, broken utility poles and conductors ignite approximately 500 fires. In 2017 and 2018, four utility-caused fires destroyed 27,000 buildings, killed 133 people, and c…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
On average, about 25,000 tons of sanitary waste is released daily. Due to the lack of proper disposal, these are found dumped in open areas and sometimes in the water bodies, leading to envi…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
According to the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, from March 15 to May 6, 2020, 919 incidents of gender violence were reported, most of them against women. Taking advantage of technology, we can p…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
The summer of 2020 was a different one: sea waters remain salty, the rivers ones persist crystal and clear; nonetheless, in the air, the threat hovers... The Covid-19 pandemic posed unforese…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry Second Award
There exist evolutionarily-conserved genetic similarities between signals for planarian regeneration and human inflammation. The ROS-activated TRPA1 ion channel is implicated in planarian re…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
For more than 20 years, our Palestinian community has been suffering from an increase in the number of people who are diagnosed with cancer, which has reached about 12,000 cases in 2019, whi…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Intragenomic conflict occurs when selfish genes attempt to increase their own prospects of replication at the expense of the organism. It has clinical and ecological significance–the genes a…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
ABSTRACT: In this project, a fluid diet is prepared for cats which helps them to overcome dehydration. This diet is more beneficial than cat food given to cats as it contains basic electroly…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
Polyurethane foam, a material valued across countless industries for its high performance and versatility, is composed of hazardous, nonrenewable petrochemicals that continuously off-gas int…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
The COVID-19 Pandemic emphasizes the need for a Track, Trace, and Isolate approach (TTI) in society. Solutions (like mobile apps and Bluetooth devices/sensors) proposed for COVID-19 risk man…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Peripheral nervous system (PNS) demyelinating diseases, such as Guillain-Barré syndrome, are characterized by nerve impulse conduction anomalies. These anomalies can be caused by demyelinati…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
Existing static code analyzers are aimed at finding errors (syntax and semantic) for which there are explicit formal criteria, for example division by zero. They are capable of detecting onl…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Future space missions may use resources embedded in asteroids for fuel, water or oxygen. Carbon-based asteroids are suspected to contain water; therefore, NASA sent the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
If passed, a recent proposal by the EPA will take away the Clean Water Act’s protection of intermittent headwater streams which make up around 9 million of America’s stream miles. Due to the…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics have become ubiquitous in marine ecosystems. Toxic chemicals can leach from microplastics posing significant health risks to marine life. Removal of microplastics is difficult…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
Vision, one of the most important senses for survival, depends on the detection of light by the eye. Antarctic icefish live in an environment where there is no sunlight for six months of the…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The areas of the brain that become active when someone formulates a lie, or “deceit patterns”, are denoted on fMRI scans, yielding results that are more accurate than the polygraph. Using pu…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems
In the United States forty percent (2.4 million) of all six million accidents a year on average are caused by rear end collisions. Given these statistics our mission is to design a system th…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Microplastics pose an increasing risk to beach ecosystems around the world. The abundance of microplastics negatively impacts natural processes such as evaporation, water flow, and heat tran…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Chromatography is a well-known method for separating gas or liquid components from mixtures but is unavailable for mixtures of solids. Here, we describe a practical analytical method for sep…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Food allergies and food poisoning are widely spread. Globally, 220-250 million people suffer from food allergies. Some allergic reactions called anaphylactic reactions are fatal especially i…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
As environmental change has become a more prominent issue in the world, the need for alternative energy sources is ever growing. However, it is apparent that wind turbines are not nearly eff…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology Fourth Award
Because of the strong association between microbial imbalance, decreased short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production, and Crohn’s disease (CD) onset, microbiota-targeting therapies are crucial…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry
Chemical disinfectants are added during the production of drinking water to prevent bacterial growth in the water as it distributed to consumers. Historically, in all 50 states, liquid chlor…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this project is to determine if mussels would be able to clean water that shrimp live in. Four mussels were put into one 10-gallon tank while another 5-10 gallon tank was setu…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this project was to see if taking a Big Five personality test or making decisions about choices between pieces of media could act as a method of identity priming. Two experime…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Silence application on the communication of the Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with others. The study methodology…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Conversion of CO2 in a scalable technology has the potential for enormous energy and environmental impact but remains a challenge. I will explore the effects of earth-abundant perovskite oxi…