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ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ground level ozone is one of the most abundant forms of air pollution worldwide. Ozone is regulated by the EPA because of its negative health effects, such as premature aging of lungs and di…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose: Determine the consistency and accuracy of various step counting devices during three activities: Walking forward, walking on stairs, and steps during daily activities. Tracking step…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Honey is a natural sweetener used for health and medicinal purposes, but it is considered one of the most adulterated food products in the world. Recent studies have yielded conflicting resu…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Canine Gaucher’s disease is an inherited Lysosomal Storage Disorder characterized by a near complete deficiency in the catabolic activity of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase. As a result, the m…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical
The goal of this project was to test different materials to see which ones produced the most static electricity. The materials were rubbed against a balloon for one minute, and then the ball…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The purpose of this study was to determine if allergen causing proteins are passing through the different filters of our school. Our school has three different filter systems of all differen…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
An increasing number of leakage incidents have been reported when shipping chemicals and these leaked chemicals have caused irreparable damage to the marine environment. In the present work,…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This research designed, constructed, and tested an earthworm-inspired robot that can maneuver through narrow spaces in order to search for survivors in rubble or inspect dangerous sites with…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
If the effects of X-inactivation are observed with tortoiseshell cats, then it will be determined that lyonization is random and not predetermined because each female cell designates X chrom…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Commercially used sanitary napkins are dangerous for women and detrimental to the environment because it is contains harmful chemicals such as furan and dioxin. These chemical toxins are uns…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Honey bees are extremely important, performing about 80 percent of all pollination worldwide. Their population has been rapidly declining at an alarming rate. Multiple studies have shown lac…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Recently released data (2017-present) from the Herschel space telescope for both the PACS and SPIRE instruments provides far-infrared (FIR) data to better analyze and identify young stellar…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The biggest problem the world faces today is the water shortage. Agriculture consumes water more than domestic and industrial fields usage by ratio 70:30 It wastes much of that through ineff…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
As a wide-bandgap semiconductor, zinc oxide (ZnO) is prone to having multiple native defects introduced into its bandgap. This high defect density is oft-deemed undesirable as it hinders the…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Sound technologies are developing at an exponential rate. Headphones have become integrated into everyday use which leads to the problem of listener separation from ambient auditory environm…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
Hydrogen gas has the potential to be a clean source of energy and can be used in fuel cells, but current methods of H2 production such as natural gas reforming use non-renewable resources an…