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ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
This research project proposes the development and research of airfoil-morphing wing structures for aerodynamic efficiency improvement, lift control, and aeroelastic optimization. By increas…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Hypertension, a detriment linked to various risk factors, contributes to the development of renal and diabetic damage, increasing the risk for the development of cardiovascular disease, whic…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Researchers conducting experiments on Populus trichocarpa discovered the presence of endophytic nitrogen fixing bacteria through the indicator nif h gene. This bacteria allows the plant to h…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
The failure to promote secondary succession in Guam's southern badlands creates an environmental hazard because continued erosion of the soil destroys our precious coral reefs. The overpopul…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
Antimicrobial peptides (APs) produced by a large number of microorganisms, plants, and animals hold considerable potential as broad-spectrum alternatives to traditional antibiotics, pesticid…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Cardiac mesenchymal stem cells (CMCs) are novel and promising stem cells that have shown significant efficacy in improving heart function in rodents after myocardial infarction (MI) and may…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine the rate of pollen tubes fertilizing ovules in non-corresponding locules in a process termed reallocation. Determining the rate of reallocation w…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The main aim of this project is to develop green power that will be a key enabler in the movement of goods on the increased infrastructure and manufacturing units. I am using energy boosters…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Toxic metals represent a serious threat to both the environment and human health which means that regulations that affect their dispersion are critical. The question of this observational st…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Schwannomatosis is a rare genetic disease characterized by pain and the development of peripheral nerve sheath tumors called schwannomas. Schwannoma in patients have mutations in the NF2 gen…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a dangerous lung disease that reduces oxygen to the essential organs of the body. The treatment that patients with ARDS receive is a combination…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Metastatic cancers behave in an extremely aggressive manner. They move and spread all throughout the body and are very hard to predict and treat. The process which metastatic cancer develops…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Current models of speech error monitoring, like the commonly used DIVA model, generally only account for articulation and phonology. They don’t account for semantic monitoring, or the meanin…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Adeno-associated viruses (AAV) are popular vectors for human gene therapy, yet their more efficacious use clinically is limited by an incomplete understanding of its virion assembly. More re…
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
Knowledge of small-scale interactions within a group tells us something about the group big-scale interactions. Commonly, one uses graphs to mathematically model and analyze such relationshi…
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
In our work, we studied closed lattice bands of unit squares in the n×n×n lattice cubes. We wrote a computer program to find all such bands in the 2×2×2 lattice cube. We were able to identif…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Over 80% of people suffering from hearing loss cannot access hearing aids due to the high price. This project develops an affordable hearing device that solves the manual calibration and fee…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
LIGO/Virgo’s first and second observing runs (O1 and O2) successfully confirmed 10 Gravitational Wave (GW) detections from Binary Black Hole mergers (BBHs). These detections are GW150914, GW…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Magnetorheological fluids (MRFs) are non-newtonian liquids that can transform into a quasi-solid with the manipulation of a magnetic/electromagnetic field. MRFs have several applications as…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
The reason I chose to do this project was to benefit my community and myself. That is how I came up with my question, “Will Dawn Dish Soap, Red Cedar Oil, Castile Soap, or Neem Oil better de…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
This research was conducted to synthesize hydrochar from palm frond by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC). Magnetic property was added to the hydrochar by reaction with magnetite, to increase…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
The actuality of the research:Very different plants and the extracts taken from their roots are used in the synthesis of the silver nanoparticles (AgNP). The Baikal-skullcip (Scutellaria bai…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Advances in artificial insemination techniques and semen handling have led to an increased rate of successful pregnancies and increased efficiency in large scale breeding programs. These tec…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world, and the mature human heart has little capacity to regenerate. Recently, induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiom…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Aggregation of the protein alpha-synuclein causes symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease in human brains. Treatment of transgenic NL5901 C. elegans with the xenohormetic phytochemical curcumin was…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Phosphate run-off into natural waterways from agricultural fertilisers and animal manures can cause eutrophication. Agricultural operations are large consumers of non-renewable fertilisers a…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Since 2013 energy storage research has been focused on supercapacitors (SCs) due to their many advantages over batteries: 1) charge times are exponentially smaller 1-30 second instead of 10-…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Aviation is a vital part of modern infrastructure. It is, however, highly energy consuming and has a substantial climate impact since it is run almost entirely by fossil fuels. The purpose o…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Nowadays, hypochlorite is mostly used as a sterilizer. However, long-term exposure or attaching hypochlorite may damage our body, while the announced hypochlorite detection method required t…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
The blockage of blood vessels by clots is the primary cause of vascular diseases, like myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. Current treatment of this involves intravascular administrat…