ISEF · 2020
ASA Treatment for Oil Spills
Chemistry
In 2010, 780 million liters of crude oil flowed into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven workers and hundreds of thousands of marine birds were to die. Oil spills do not only occur in m…
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ISEF · 2020
A Sensor to Monitor ER Turnover in C. elegans
Biochemistry
The ER is an essential organelle that carries out various cellular tasks, including protein synthesis and processing, detoxification of compounds, and lipid synthesis. How ER quality is cont…
ISEF · 2020
Ash for Insulation
Engineering Mechanics
It has become an important matter to replace commercial mineral wool because it is not Eco-friendly since it does not biodegrade, with an Eco-friendly material that gives better efficiency i…
ISEF · 2020
A Simplified Method to Measure Ground-Level Ozone in the Atmosphere
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project in its present form is the result of a simplified method to analytically measure ground-level ozone in the atmosphere in our rural town at low temperatures. The researchers hypo…
ISEF · 2020
A Smart "Coat" for Metal Materials Against Acid Rain: Improvements on Traditional Metal Coatings
Environmental Engineering
Acid rain is a common air pollution problem in southern China. Its acid particles corrode metal structures, causing significant economic losses and safety hazards. Traditional organic polyme…
ISEF · 2020
A Smart Heart Monitoring System with ECG Analysis Based on Deep Transfer Learning
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
In 2015, 13,000 Louisiana residents died of heart disease. Due to expensive cost of ECG analysis, underrepresented community people cannot get medical supports. There are challenges on medic…
ISEF · 2020
A Sound Analysis: An Acoustic and Statistical Investigation of Frequency Patterns in Breaking Waves for Use in Autonomous Vehicle Guidance Applications
Physics and Astronomy
The sound of waves breaking on shore or against an obstruction or jetty is an immediately recognizable sound pattern which could potentially be employed by a sensor system to identify obstru…
ISEF · 2020
Assemble Supramolecular Enzyme Complexes on Yeast Cell Surface for Direct Conversion of Biomass to Ethanol
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Breaking down cellulosic biomass into fermentable sugar is a key limiting step in the production of bioethanol from lignocellulose. Engineering baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae represe…
ISEF · 2020
Assessing Fern Biodiversity through DNA Barcoding and Measuring Abiotic Conditions
Plant Sciences
Florida is the second largest state in the production of ferns. Ferns rely on high soil moisture levels to thrive. With the threat of drier soils from global warming, it is important to anal…
ISEF · 2020
Assessing School Lockdown Procedures Using an Agent-Based Simulation Model
Systems Software
On average, thirteen thousand Americans fall victim to gun violence each year. Gun violence is the second-leading cause of death for teens in the United States, 58% are homicides - approxima…
ISEF · 2020
Assessing the Effect of Blue Light upon the Courtship Behavior of Drosophila melanogaster in Accordance with Varying Eye Color
Animal Sciences
Light pollution affects organisms throughout the entire ecosystem via disruption and interference of reproductive fitness. Drosophila melanogaster were chosen for this study because of the i…
ISEF · 2020
Assessing the Structural Strength of Concrete Members Using a Low-Cost, Non-Invasive Monitoring System
Embedded Systems
With a rapidly aging infrastructure in our country, safety of the public is at stake. Since only limited public transportation funds available, there is a growing urgency to measure the leve…
ISEF · 2020
Assessing Toxic Airborne Nicotine Concentrations from the Use of Electronic Vapor Products (EVPs) in Public Middle and High School Bathrooms to Quantify Youth Exposure
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Although e-cigarettes have rapidly proliferated within our youth communities and supplanted cigarettes as the primary means of nicotine consumption across the United States over the past dec…
ISEF · 2020
Assessment of Coconut Graphene Oxide Manganese Catalyst on Microplastics Degradation
Environmental Engineering
Microplastics (MP) are plastic debris smaller than 5 millimeters that are left behind from plastic pollution, which poses a threat to human health and marine life. In this study, a natural c…
ISEF · 2020
Assessment of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) with a Novel Deep Neural Network-based Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)
Translational Medical Science
Cognitive deterioration caused by Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), which is often a transition between regular aging and neurodegenerative disease (Alzheimer’s disease), is displayed before…
ISEF · 2020
Assessment on the Degradation of Expanded Polystyrene by the Action of Orange Peel and Recovery of Polystyrene Using D-limonene
Environmental Engineering
The project aims to use an available organic waste, the orange peel, for the degradation and reuse of expanded polystyrene, a plastic that takes more than 500 years to degrade and generates…
ISEF · 2020
Assessment on the Effect of Microbial Fuel Cells to Produce Electricity, C.P. "La Yarada" 2019
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In Peru, 27.1% of the population living in rural areas does not have electricity service (INEI, 2017), a situation reflected in the C.P. La Yarada (new and rural district of Tacna) where the…
ISEF · 2020
Assistive Glasses for the Vision Impaired
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Even though nearly 39 million people worldwide are suffering from some form of profound visual impairment, the available assistive devices designed to help visually-impaired individuals stil…
ISEF · 2020
Astronomy Will Not Trail Off: Novel Methods for Removing Satellite Trails from Celestial Images
Physics and Astronomy
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network promises world-wide high-speed internet access. With up to 42,000 satellites to be deployed, however, the Starlink satellite network will significantly de…
ISEF · 2020
A Study of Glacial Movement Based on the Kuna and Dana Glaciers
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Objective: Glaciers have been moving in the Sierra for thousands of years. Recently these glaciers have been melting. I wanted to see if Sierra glaciers are still moving. Methods: I measured…
ISEF · 2020
A Study of the Effectiveness of Hydroponic Growing Variables on Lactuca sativa var. capitata
Plant Sciences
Hydroponic growing in controlled environment horticulture has been an increasingly used method of produce production around the world. Its many methods integrate sustainability and growth ef…
ISEF · 2020
A Study of the Relationship between Aging, Maturity, and Oxidative Stress on Huntington Disease Neurons
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expansion of the CAG tract in the huntingtin (HTT) gene. Oxidative stress (OS), or an abundance of oxidants in th…
ISEF · 2020
A Study on Real-Time Feedback System for Forward Head Posture Using Markerless Skeletal Tracking
Systems Software
The purpose of this study is to develop the Forward Head Posture(FHP) Feedback System using Markerless Skeletal Tracking and to improve its judgment criteria to compensate for the lack of pe…
ISEF · 2020
A Study on the Fabrication and Application of AL (Acoustic Levitation) Devices
Physics and Astronomy
Acoustic Levitation technology has no material limits. Less receiving, and can move or mix objects without contact. It is an area that is expected to be applicable to various industrial appl…
ISEF · 2020
A Study on the Foot Structure of the Robot for Improvement of Harsh Driving Capacity through the Analysis of Foot Structure in Alpine Ibex
Physics and Astronomy
This paper is about the foot structure that can improve the harsh driving capacity of walking robot by utilizing the foot structure of Alpine Ibex. Walking robots are used to help transport…
ISEF · 2020
A Study on the Removal Method of Microplastic Using Ambrosia trifida
Chemistry
Marine pollution of microplastics has been a problem, but it has been receiving more attention as a serious environmental issue recently since it was included in the UNEP's international env…
ISEF · 2020
A Study on the Utilization of Fiber-Type Biosorbiotics Using Waste Matter
Environmental Engineering
The study began by thinking that the blood of smokers would be effective in attracting heavy-metals after seeing a paper stating that heavy-metals were detected more than non-smokers. The au…
ISEF · 2020
Atmospheric Oxocarbons: Implications on New Planets for Human Life
Physics and Astronomy
The term “habitable exoplanets” is currently used to describe exoplanets that are in the habitable zone, areas around a star with the right conditions to support liquid water. This project a…
ISEF · 2020
Au and Ag Nanoparticles from Invasive/Ornamental Plant Extract for Cancer Diagnosis
Biomedical Engineering
(1) Background: Seeing that Pueraria montana is an invasive species in the Southeastern United States, there has been interest in repurposing the species. Noting that many plants have medici…
ISEF · 2020
Auditory Attention Decoding Approach to Cocktail Party Problem Using Deep Learning
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
[Problem] For individuals with hearing loss, distinguishing between various voices in noisy environments is difficult. Current hearing aids are unable to identify and attenuate background vo…