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ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
Recent research has shown that anxiety and poor stress management are common concerns in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). This apparently occurs in the school context where the…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric condition affecting 6.7% of the U.S. population and costing over $210B domestically each year. For decades, research of MDD has majorly conce…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
This is an Arduino Based Self-Guided Satellite Recovery System. It helps falling satellites that are entering the atmosphere reach their destination safely and accurately through the automat…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics
The purpose of the experiment entitled “Are MVPs Really the Most Valuable Players?” was to test the accuracy of the sabermetric statistic known as wins above replacement (WAR). To test its a…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Introduction Hydrofoiling is the concept of lifting a vessel out of the water, reducing its resistance and therefore reducing the thrust needed to maintain a constant velocity. For the Laser…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The objective of the research was to find out which factors influence to the cooling characteristics of a liquid in different containers for example a cooling time of hot drinks in different…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
This project was conducted due to the growing issue of antibiotic resistance. In commercial feedlots animals are often pretreated with antibiotics as a precaution. When an animal is treated…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Eighty percent of people who are afflicted with Parkinson's experience tremors that affect their basic hand motions. These tremors limit daily activities. With this in mind the goal of this…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
With the evolution of artificial intelligence, Virtual Reality has continuously been appealing in several industries, including education and training. Virtual reality (VR) is an interactive…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The rise in terrorism has increased concerns regarding aerial security. Major geographical areas are currently safeguarded by specialized active radar systems that detect, locate, and track…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
A quantitative analysis comparing player’s perceived quality of cello bows and rosins, and string motion has been carried out using a novel optoelectronic cello. Novel optical sensors direct…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
The idea for this experiment came from my dad and brother, they have worked in the oil field for quite a long time. I came up with this idea by talking about the issue of oil spills. The cri…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Open clusters are a group of about 100 to 1,000 gravitationally bound stars in close proximity to each other. However, because the stars in open clusters are very close in proximity, gravita…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software Fourth Award
Finding correlation and causation between lifestyle habits and disease remains a major public health goal of our society. With the usage of genetic, lifestyle, and epidemiological data, we a…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
In 2018, the total cost of cyber attacks globally has summed to over $1T and the annual cost of global cybercrime is projected to reach $6T by 2021. In the US, 4,000 cyber attacks occur each…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Continuously occupying Europe and western Asia for 300 millennia, Neanderthals survived three major glacial periods there and invented more efficient methods to flake Middle Paleolithic (MP)…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Protein Purification has traditionally been carried out by a method of column chromatography. This method requires expensive equipment and takes longer to get a pure protein. However, this m…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Iron deficiency, a leading cause of anemia, is one of the globe’s top nutritional disorders according to the World Health Organization. Hemochromatosis, on the other hand, is a genetic disor…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Honey bees are responsible for 30% of the world’s crop production and billions of dollars of the United States’ agricultural income. Without the managed bee population, the global economy wo…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Bicycle helmets are designed to balance both safety and comfort. To understand the design trade-offs, testing methodologies need adequate fidelity to measure the relevant variables. Because…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effectiveness of iron oxide nanoparticles as an anti-microbial agent against Escherishia coli, Bacillus cereus, and Pseudomonas fragi.…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Light pollution effects organisms throughout the entire ecosystem via disruption and interference of reproductive fitness. Drosophila melanogaster were chosen for this study because of the i…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Corrosion inhibitors are substances that slow down the process of corrosion in metals. In this study, an innovative natural corrosion inhibitor was synthesized using avocado oil and garlic e…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
216,262,500. That’s the number of steps an average human takes over their lifetime, yet the shoes that humans use to take those steps have not evolved over time and are found to have major f…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Asteroids are remnants of first planets – planetesimals. When two asteroids collide, an asteroid family is formed. I studied the mechanics of asteroid families and I applied newest methods f…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The speech-to-song illusion is the blurring of music and speech perception in which spoken phrases are heard as music after repetition. The illusion effects might be different for musicians…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
In this study, we explored the optimal conditions for maximizing anti-freeze protein( Hereinafter AFP) activities and applied them to bio structures of living things and foods in order to so…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
This study proposes a new method to remove fine dust, which is increasing rapidly these days, without filtering. Currently, much-used filters can be torn, and they have to be replaced period…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Located in Olympic National Park, Lake Crescent is a glacially carved lake isolated ˜7,000 years ago by a massive landslide. It is home to two endemic salmonids; the Beardslee trout (Oncorhy…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine whether lichens could serve as viable bioindicators of the presence of metal pollutants. Lichens are known sulfur dioxide air quality indicators.…