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ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
Advances in the field of planetary science, particularly concerning our own solar system, have been dramatic over the last few decades. However, with these copious amounts of new data comes…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are devices that use temperature differentials to generate electricity through the Seebeck effect. Low compatibility and efficiency make implementations of T…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Dengue Fever is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne disease, with more than 25,000 deaths annually. To date, no vaccine has been developed for Dengue Fever due to the existence of four…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
This research aims to study the extent of increasing the speed of the bicycle with minimal effort by controlling the height of the bike seat, where the experimental method was used to prove…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this research was to determine the possibility of reducing g-Force and acceleration of frontal impacts in a football player’s position-specific helmet design in an attempt to…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
In 2017, the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences journal linked ferromagnetic material in bees’ (Apis mellifera) abdomens to magneto-reception and bees’ ability to naviga…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an auto immune disease driven by auto antibodies that target insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas. Currently there are no prevention methods for T1D. However…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The anthropogenic impact on the biosphere is constantly increasing affecting ecosystems, reducing species diversity and lowering the rate of biomass formation. Normally determining the impac…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
Determination of estrus is very crucial for increasing fertility and milk production of dairy herds. Methods and techniques presently used are cumbersome and painful. A non-invasive phenol-b…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is a deadly blood cancer in which abnormal blast cells crowd out healthy blood cells in bone marrow. Although AML is the most common adult leukemia, its survival…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Heavy metal contamination has been and continues to be a world-wide problem. This project aims to remove heavy metals from contaminated water using ferrofluid. Metal nitrate contaminants, wh…
ISEF · 2020
Embedded Systems
The analysis of slope failures in a treacherous environment is an important aspect of surveying plots of land. As a result, tools such as drones are used to take images and create 3D models…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Prescription opioid addiction is a national health crisis. Today, patients or physicians do not have a way of diagnosing if a painkiller given for relief is causing addiction. Current approa…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulty recognizing and comprehending emotions from others’ facial expressions. This inhibits their development of empathy and affects thei…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Bacteriophages are gaining traction in medical treatments targeting bacteria, food additives, surface cleaners, and water disinfectants in lieu of antibacterials due to their efficiency, rel…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
The scientist set out to develop a novel approach that improves on the commercially available ultrasonic circulatory therapy technology. The device was purchased and analyzed. It was found t…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In this experiment, the effects of metallic bonding to the organic compound carbon monoxide were observed and analyzed. Basing our idea off the way in which carbon monoxide reacts with and b…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Traditional spring-tendon-driven self-adaptive prosthesis hand, such as the Stark Hand, uses multiple springs to realize self-adaptive grasping, and uses tendon to drive finger extension. It…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Children with cleft palate often suffer from speech disorders. Children need guidance from professional speech therapists to teach them to pronounce correctly. Speech therapists and similar…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Background: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is often used as treatment for mid to late stage breast cancer prior to surgery. However, it is currently not possible to determine accurately or r…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project integrates three individual studies: microcystin detection, bloom prediction, and septic distribution analysis. With the data from a four month longitudinal collection period, a…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
Arthritis is a common ailment that affects gait and pressure distribution across patients’ feet. While current treatments include physical therapy, medication, and surgery, these solutions a…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer biomarkers are measurable variables indicative of disease presence or progression. However, inadequate methods of biomarker identification combined with the underlying complexity of c…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
This project’s purpose was to efficiently and cost-effectively develop an obstructive sleep apnea monitoring and detection device (SMD-1) through the use of sensors and a novel machine learn…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is marked by persistent deficits in hyperactivity/attention that impede daily function. Since the discovery of its existence, there remains a…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The research presented represents the second-year effort on developing novel whole-pore bipolar membranes for H2/O2 fuel cells. During Year 1, bipolarity was created within the pores of Nafi…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
A new frontier in anti-aging research is the development of senolytics, drugs that selectively kill senescent cells an ameliorate age-associated disorders. A hallmark of senescence is the SA…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Magnified by the effects of global warming, the coastal storms have the potential to threaten the large percentage of the world’s population which resides along coastlines. Despite the promi…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
The overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics and lack of new drug development has resulted in widespread emergence of antibiotic resistant bacterial infections, posing a substantial threat to p…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
Extraterrestrial solar cell efficiency has only begun to be researched over the past few years, even though this topic is very important for the future exploration of our solar system. This…