ISEF · 2023
Brand vs. Natural
Microbiology
Can natural disinfectants, such as essential oils, be as effective as more potent, commonly used disinfectants? The goal of this experiment is to compare the effectiveness and safety of comm…
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ISEF · 2023
Breaking Isolation: Medical Software Platform Utilizing Beneficial Medical Terms for Patients Without Sufficient Health Care Service
Systems Software
This platform aims to assist rare disease patients without medical support in managing their conditions. Due to COVID-19, online platforms have become popular for managing illnesses, but the…
ISEF · 2023
Brush Up!
Microbiology
Purpose: To determine the best way to store your toothbrush and the best way to decontaminate your toothbrush. Procedure: Colonization Process 1. I brushed my teeth, and then right after bru…
ISEF · 2023
Building an Attachable Device to Capture Carbon Dioxide Emissions From a Lawnmower
Environmental Engineering
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, gas-powered lawnmowers make up five percent of total air pollution in the United States. In this project, a homemade bubble column reacto…
ISEF · 2023
Bulletproof Backpack Insert: Armadillo Skin
Materials Science
This project's purpose is to provide safety and security to those in danger or at a higher risk of gun violence by adding a layer of bulletproof material into the laptop compartment/back sle…
ISEF · 2023
Buoy Wave Energy Converters Capture of Ocean Wave Energy
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this project was to test how the correlation between how the amplitude of the waves affected the amount of electricity the buoy wave energy was able to produce. I hypothesize…
ISEF · 2023
Burmese Python Sightings and Temperature Extremes and Fluctuations
Animal Sciences
In recent years, the invasive Burmese pythons have severely impacted the ecosystem of the Everglades, such that many mammal species have had sharp declines in population. It was hypothesized…
ISEF · 2023
Calories Count
Animal Sciences
Calories are one of the most important nutrients needed when building muscle and fat in cattle. Using the food calorimetry method I tested the hypothesis that cake pellets will be more calor…
ISEF · 2023
CamVisors: Cost-Effective Real-Time Object Detection Using Contrastive Captioners for the Blind
Systems Software
Smart technology can be used not only to expand human capabilities but also to compensate for lost human functions. Making these technological advances accessible for everyone is a noble cou…
ISEF · 2023
Can Anthropogenic Pollutants (Microplastics and Fertilizers) Really Be Dangerous to Freshwater Zooplankton?
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The increasing level of anthropogenic pollutants, particularly microplastics and artificial fertilizers, in the freshwater environment is currently intensely studied in the fields of ecology…
ISEF · 2023
Cancer and CRISPR: A Story of Two Assays
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Hypoxia (reduced oxygen) is common in many brain tumors, including gliomas. Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Alpha (Hif-1a) is upregulated and stabilized under hypoxic conditions, leading to tumor…
ISEF · 2023
Can Natural Bryophyta Gardens Affect Air Quality, and Overall Health, and Possibly Put Forth New Ways to Rid the Atmosphere of Greenhouse Gasses? A Small Piece of the Bigger Picture
Plant Sciences
What if people could naturally purify the air in and around their homes? Instead of using filters, and harsh chemicals, people could grow small moss gardens in their homes to rid the air of…
ISEF · 2023
Can SLEAP be Used to Track and Quantify Octopus Arm Movement?
Animal Sciences
Studying octopus arm movement is important for behavioral and motor control research as octopuses use their arms to capture prey, mate, fight, hide from predators, and complete tasks in expe…
ISEF · 2023
Can Vibrational Frequencies Assess Joint Health?
Biomedical Engineering
The ambition for our research was to test out if the at home monitoring device is reliable as the market advertiser's it to be. Many people around the world suffer from chronic joint pain wh…
ISEF · 2023
Can You Win Rock Paper Scissors?
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Have you ever played Rock, Paper, Scissors, it’s a very elementary game often used to make a quick decision. “Who has to do the dishes?” or “Who gets to eat the last cookie?”. But can you wi…
ISEF · 2023
CAPCODRE: A Computational Systems Biology and Machine Learning-Based Approach to Predict Cognitive Disorder Risk in the Elderly
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
As global life expectancy improves, the population of the elderly, persons that are aged 65 years and older, is steadily increasing as well. However, with aging populations a greater prevale…
ISEF · 2023
Carbonation vs. Bacterial Growth in Naturally Carbonated Springs
Microbiology
Water from the naturally carbonated springs in Soda Springs, Idaho, is commonly believed to be safe for human consumption. Using samples from a variety of carbonated and non-carbonated sprin…
ISEF · 2023
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Utilizing Metal Hydroxides and Biochar
Materials Science
Carbon dioxide is one of the most controversial atmospheric gasses due to its greenhouse effect on global climate. There are many discussions and agreements about how to reduce the productio…
ISEF · 2023
Carbon Dot and Cyanoacrylate Fuming Method for Latent Fingerprint Detection
Materials Science
From helping solve mass murder cases to low level crimes, fingerprints are an invaluable forensic tool. Improving the current methods of fingerprint detection is important to help increase t…
ISEF · 2023
Cardiac Self-Monitoring Tool (CS-M Tool) for Monitoring Cardiovascular Disease With Heart Sounds From a Stethoscope Utilizing a Mobile Application, Using a Neural Network Algorithm To Classify Heart Disease and Detect the Heartbeat
Biomedical Engineering
CS-M: Monitoring Cardiovascular Disease (CVDs) with Heart Sounds. CVDs are the number 1 cause of mortality worldwide and claim more than 17.9 million lives annually. But 80% of these mortali…
ISEF · 2023
CaSR--GSH Interaction: Finding an Effective Antagonist
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
As the second leading cause of death, cancer has negatively impacted the lives of millions across the globe both directly and indirectly. In this study, we propose targeting the CaSR (calciu…
ISEF · 2023
Catching Plastics: Which Species of Algae Can Best Catch Microplastics?
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics have been spreading throughout the environment, are being incorporated into food webs and are even found in humans. It is critical that there is a system to remove microplastic…
ISEF · 2023
Cat Eye Disease Diagnostic Device
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Recently, the number of single-person households and nuclear families raising pets are increasing. In addition, while the number of pet supply stores and veterinarians on the streets increas…
ISEF · 2023
Cell Type-Specific Expression of the Molecular Players in Mouse Prefrontal Cortex During Cocaine Addiction
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Cocaine addiction is an issue that affects more than 5 million people in America per year. Despite past progress in cocaine addiction research, there are many specific questions left unanswe…
ISEF · 2023
CEREPAD: Assistive Device for Neurological and Musculoskeletal for Spastic Cerebral Palsy Children
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This study aimed to develop a device and mobile app for providing comprehensive automatic treatment for spastic quadriplegia, the most severe form of cerebral palsy that requires early inter…
ISEF · 2023
Cetaceans' Genomes Unmasking the Secrets Behind Peto's Paradox, Aging and the Evolution of the SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complex
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Despite decades of research, scientists have yet to understand the molecular mechanisms behind aging. Currently, scientists have utilized the thoroughly annotated genomes of model organisms…
ISEF · 2023
Characterization and Genomic Analysis of Novel Acinetobacter baumannii Phages EAb3 and EAb7 for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Infections
Microbiology
Acinetobacter baumannii is a pathogenic bacterium associated with multi-drug resistant nosocomial infection that has been classified as an urgent threat by the CDC. Phage therapy is promisin…
ISEF · 2023
Characterization and Optical Properties of Nanoplastics Synthesized From Common Household Products
Chemistry
Plastics are not biodegradable and are used at an alarming rate. They carry an enormous amount of environmental pollution. Nanoplastics that result from these plastics endanger marine life a…
ISEF · 2023
Characterization of Engineered Protein LLHP Repression Through the Induction of DNA Looping
Biochemistry Fourth Award
DNA looping is a method of gene regulation that plays an important role in controlling transcription. Research has shown that DNA looping occurs as a method of gene regulation when transcrip…
ISEF · 2023
Characterization of Epstein-Barr Virus-Infected Atypical Memory B Cells
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), commonly known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis, infects approximately 95% of the adult human population worldwide (Bjornevik et al., 2022). Recently, EBV i…