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ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Ocular melanoma is one of the rarer types of aggressive cancer. The only option for someone with this cancer is to undergo radiation or surgery. In both cases, there is a high likelihood of…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's Disease is one of the leading causes of death of adults in the USA. The primary hallmarks of Alzheimer's are Amyloid-Beta plaques and Tau-Aggregation, known for causing inflammat…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy
Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) move on unbound trajectories with extremely high velocities. HVSs are ejected in three-body interactions where binaries are disrupted by a massive black hole's (MB…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This study explores the efficiency of microalgae for reduction of nitrogen pollution in wastewater, addressing global challenges in accessing safe drinking water. Chlorella vulgaris, Arthros…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder characterized by hormonal imbalance due to excessive levels of androgens and affects approximately 10% of women. Caenorhabditis eleg…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Ionic thrusters are used in the space industry, but not in general aviation. If ionic thrusters could be designed so they can produce enough lift, it could be a more green form of flying and…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy
With the constant advancement of science and technology, particularly in astronomy, more effective resources have been developed for understanding the Universe. In 2015, the first observatio…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Forecasting the intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs) is very important because it is directly associated with the potential damage from the storm. In order for forecasts to be accurate, ther…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering
I was inspired to commence this experiment after reading an alarming statistic; due to hydrocarbon pollution, Australia declared 80,000 soil sites contaminated, Europe 3 million sites, and t…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can aid lifeguards as 82% of ocean-related deaths in California occur at unprotected beaches, and 90% of drownings occur at low- and mid-income cou…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Parkinson's patients often encounter challenges like irregular finger tremors and stiffness. Recent research has underscored the potential benefits of rehabilitation training, crucial for re…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering
Kenya faces substantial challenges regarding water scarcity, sanitation, and hygiene, significantly impacting public health, economic growth and social equity. With a significant portion of…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics Second Award
The rise of modern cryptosystems introduced the problem of modular exponentiation. Modular exponentiation is the problem of computing a perfect power a^n modulo some modulus, say m. This pro…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering Third Award
The number of annual lead-poisoning fatalities exceeds the combined annual fatalities from car accidents and malaria. Cadmium causes DNA damage. A leading heavy metal exposure source is surf…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Methylation marks are a type of epigenetic mark established during cellular differentiation that change with time and are often associated with aging and degenerative diseases. Thus, manipul…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Color image sensors typically rely on absorbing filters arranged in the Bayer pattern (red, 2×green, and blue). Dye-and pigment-based filter arrays have several disadvantages such as photo-…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Machine learning is a rapidly growing field, making incredible advances especially in the subfields of computer vision and image classification. These advances are in part what allow for inn…
ISEF · 2024
Embedded Systems
In our daily learning life, there are many words that require memorization and recitation. How can we effectively use fragmented time to strengthen memory and improve learning efficiency? Th…
ISEF · 2024
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Disease pathogenesis is closely associated with genetically influenced metabolites. The identification of individualized metabolite-disease associations is crucial in advancing personalized…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Surges in Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) due to fallouts of anthropogenic activities and climate change are recurrently impairing water quality. Biodiverse ecosystems like the Indian River Lago…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Roughly 296 million individuals suffer from substance addiction, while another broad spectrum contends with behavioral addiction. The addict encounters myriad challenges throughout the thera…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Traditional Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) feature suboptimal graphite anodes with low cost efficiencies and poor energy densities compared to modern high-capacity anodes (HCAs). However, desp…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Flow control offers an appealing method to improve efficiency, stability, and performance of aerodynamic bodies. Jet Assisted Surface Mounted Actuators (JASMAs), a form of hybrid (active and…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
My study examines three new brown dwarf spectral binary candidates, CWISE J072708.09-360729.2, CWISE J103604.84-514424.4, and CWISE J134446.62-732053.9, which were discovered by citizen scie…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of Metformin, the effect of Y15, and the combinational effect of Y15 and Metformin for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian c…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
With the advent of stretchable electronics, including implantable medical devices and portable electronics, there is a strong desire to develop thin, flexible batteries for these application…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is one of the largest contributors to the greenhouse effect (265x more greenhouse forcing than CO2) and is the largest contributor to ozone depletion in the 21st century.…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Bionic soft robot is an important branch in the field of robotics, allowing robots to use effective mechanical structure to maneuver in complex conditions. Among them, water surface robots w…
ISEF · 2024
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Sequence alignment tools have traditionally been used to study the evolution of genome sequences by aligning sequences of varying lengths. However, these tools are memory-intensive, time-con…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The existing Go AI System assumes players operate at the highest level, presenting analyses often inaccessible to most enthusiasts. This study addresses this gap by proposing novel estimatio…