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ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The student researcher tested for correlation between protein type and fatality rate in Zaire ebolavirus, hypothesizing that there is a significant difference in the fatality rates due to pr…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Steady airflow is essential for sound aerodynamic flight and stability. Separations in airflow around the wing destabilize the flow continuum and result in turbulent flow. Countering turbule…
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
A k-derangement is a special kind of permutation of n objects, such that no subset of size k from the n objects is invariant. A 1-derangement is a permutation that has no fixed points. Count…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Biodigesters are used in a multitude of places as a producer of sustainable energy for buildings and appliances. They use anaerobic digestion to produce methane gas and fuel ammenities. In m…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Can an electromagnetic glove section with an electromagnetic field inhibitor material be created after testing the effects of electromagnetism on planaria? Since astronauts experience bodily…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Our project investigates one method of decellularization, and it’s effectiveness on spinach leaves. We aim to strip spinach leaves of their DNA, and leave only the extracellular matrix (EMC)…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Currently, there are some ways cancer is clinically treated but most methods have adverse effects. A way that cancer is commonly treated is by using chemotherapeutic drugs. Chemotherapy work…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Earth’s average surface temperature has increased by 1.62? since the late 19th century. Natural gas was the source of about 32% of U.S. electricity generation in 2017 with coal following at…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an emerging health problem that threatens global health and prosperity. According to the World Health Organization, with limited therapeutic options, AMR cu…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
The past few decades have seen an exponential increase in demand for high-rise buildings. However, the constant motion of tall buildings makes them more susceptible to wind loads - reducing…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Overexpression of HER2 is present in about 20-30% of breast cancer tumors. HER2 sends growth signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus and contributes to the accelerated proliferation of…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
The use of insecure passwords and growing numbers of security breaches in online services are becoming a bigger threat to both companies as well as people individually. While there are many…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by the interaction of inflammatory and structural airway cells with allergic mediators. In 2007, the WHO estimated that 300 million people wor…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Agriculture is a major part of everyday life, which means when there are implications it causes a major impact on normal routines. In the past there has been instances of crops being exposed…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) has a higher mitotic index compared to other types of breast cancer yet Ki-67 values are still being used, despite an unclear mechanism. Here we found th…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this experiment was to find if a power solution could be created that would allow for the adding of power by simply adding motors. The hypothesis states, “If I test a stack of…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
Power grids are subject to physical and cybersecurity attacks. A way to help mitigate this threat is to reduce response time by analyzing data reported from the power grid to detect inconsis…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
All aircraft are reliant on situational awareness data contained in automatic dependent surveillance-broadcasts (ADS-B) to stay efficient and safe. Currently, ADS-B is broadcast on 1090 MHz…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
This project compares eight artificial intelligence models for detecting cyber attacks. The purpose of this project is to address the rising frequency and severity of cyber attacks that are…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Styrofoam may be thought of as a convenient product to make cups, however, what most people do not know is that they are actually consuming part of their cup. After noticing our teacher's dr…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
We developed a new ultrasonic based deburring system, that makes it possible to remove burrs from complex working pieces and also to remove burrs inside the working pieces. We took a bone im…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As industry processed food becomes increasingly detrimental to human health, studies indicate that the heart and associated cardiovascular tissues deteriorate more rapidly. A significant cor…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cancer therapeutics currently have the lowest clinical trial success rate of all major diseases. Partly from the paucity of successful anti-cancer drugs, cancer continues to be a leading cau…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Due to the accumulation generated by expanded polystyrene (EPS) materials such as plates, glasses and others disposable of single use (those delivered in supermarkets, restaurants, convenien…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Using pesticide to kill rice field crabs (Somanniathelphusa germaini) leaves chemical residue in the paddy field, causing biological magnification, which is harmful to top consumers like hum…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
In our project, we sought to use machine learning to generate new lead molecules and expedite drug discovery. Lead molecules are molecules with an affinity for inhibiting the target protein,…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Lithium-Ion Batteries used in electric vehicles today are expensive, toxic to the environment and take a long time to recharge. Supercapacitor is considered as an alternate, inexpensive, and…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of this project was to create a mechanism, cannon which can work automatically and shoot with special projectile with some space inside to put something in. Project seems to be a…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This project aims to help millions of people in need to replace the lost limbs. So I decided to develop and manufacture an accessible 3D printable anthropomorphic bionic hand to temporarily…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a strain of retrovirus that, if left untreated in a human host, leads to the Auto-immune disease AIDS. HIV affects many components of the cellular immune…