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ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Wall-climbing robots play an important role building and terrain prospection. They can replace human in prospecting dangerous environments and help improve the efficiency of high-altitude ta…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
This project was performed to aid individuals and pathologists in the diagnostic process of treating melanoma and ascertain the common trends of various melanoma cases and their proper class…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software Third Award
Limited socioeconomic data in developing countries has led to increased reliance on predictive models for socioeconomic estimation, but their proclivity to produce unequal error rates for di…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Cholesterol crystallization within membrane environments involves a complicated interplay of cholesterol molecules with adjacent phospholipids, cholesterol molecules, and surrounding water l…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Urinary tract infections are among the most common infections seen in clinics. Females are much more sensitive to UTIs compared to males. Antibiotic and disinfectant resistance patterns have…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Minerals are a key source of nutrients for your bodily functions. Chelates are a new and upcoming concept of minerals in the health and medical field. Chelated minerals are minerals that hav…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to determine if accelerometer data be used in conjunction with a coupled nonlinear dynamics model to detect mode interactions and abnormal gaits in equines to…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to observe the impact an altered magnetic field had on harvester ant’s foraging behavior which would help determine if harvester ants have magnetoreception…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Second Award
About 51 trillion microplastics (< 5mm size), which are proven to be harmful to living organisms, are present in water bodies worldwide. Filters, membranes, and nets, currently used to captu…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences Third Award
Under current global circumstances of climate change, developing heat-tolerant crops has become of critical importance. S. lycopersicum, the most commonly cultivated tomato variety, is a val…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Understanding the formation and evolution of ring galaxies, galaxies with an atypical ring-like structure, will dramatically improve understanding of black holes and galaxy dynamics as a who…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Since 2020, our world has been full of low communication and no sight of physical smiles. Because of this, I wanted to see if people, after the pandemic is starting to slow down, if they wer…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
The project was the study of Earth’s bow shock compression ratio. The bow shock is a collisionless shock that occurs when supersonic plasma interacts with planetary objects. The role of bow…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Grid-scale energy storage systems are an integral part of a clean future. Some sources of renewable energy cannot consistently produce electricity, leading to gaps between electricity supply…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a debilitating condition affecting 462 million people worldwide and puts those affected at risk of developing more severe diseases, including Alzheimer's a…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Stepping into a violin shop is quite daunting–the wide selection of these wooden instruments all have a different character awaiting to be unleashed by a player. Unfortunately, it is quite d…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is a type of malignant brain tumor and it is the most lethal with a median survival of only 21 months. It is characterized by an extremely strong recurrence rat…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The combination of hydrogen and ammonia balances the energy of hydrogen, increases the low flammability of ammonia, and is derived from renewable sources. However, ammonia yields NOx emissio…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Dogs do not chew their food well because of the structure of their teeth and their natural instincts. It can cause dogs to not always be able to fully absorb the nutrients from their food. I…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Due to the devastating effects that brain tumors have on the body, early classification is crucial in reducing cancer mortality, improving quality of life, and developing a treatment plan. A…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
Music theory suggests the presence of a cultural and emotional pattern in music that allows for humans to recognize the feelings or origins of a song. This project is a program that takes a…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics
Lego, like many other alternative investments, increases in value over time, with some sets increasing more than gold since 2000 (Wolff-Mann, 2015). However, what makes certain sets increase…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
The number one cause of preventable death between ages one and 45 in the United States is accidental trauma. Of such cases, the leading mechanism of death is hemorrhaging. Because of this, h…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Currently, the world suffers from a serious epidemic: one of nicotine products. Using the Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism, a correlation between nicotine exposure and decreased l…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to test whether using the flagstick affects the likelihood of a putt dropping. We engineered a slide/ramp device so that we could get the same exact roll e…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mississippi is considered to be one of the unhealthiest states in the nation. This health burden and disparity has been found to be associated with food insecurity, the disruption of food in…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Diabetic retinopathy, a condition in which a diabetic individual may experience vision impairment or complete blindness due to the heightened amount of blood sugar in the body, is expected t…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Oxygen is essential for all lives on earth. It generally takes too long for seedlings to mature enough to produce significant oxygen through photosynthesis. Meanwhile, portable electricity i…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Ammocoetes, which are the larvae of Lampreys in the genus Lethenteron sp., are known to barely move their bodies when they submerge themselves in sandy substrates. In an experiment using a t…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) is an insect vector of Huanglongbing (HLB), an incurable citrus disease with devastating economic and production impacts worldwide. Since the first detection of HL…