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ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy First Award
Transistors themselves have not fundamentally changed in decades, with all advances in the field focused on merely decreasing the size of transistors. This is a problem as soon it will be im…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences First Award
Honeybees are essential to society, performing over 80 percent of worldwide pollination. However, commercial hive populations have been decreasing at an alarming rate in the United States. R…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
After losing my grandfather to COPD, I was determined to develop an accessible method for diagnosis of chronic respiratory illnesses. The objective of my project was to design and create a h…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems First Award
I created a universal electromyography interface with active noise suppression for recognizing hand movements because I’m interested in Human Machine Interfaces. This device could have broad…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics First Award
Motivation: Many applications in the medical and engineering fields benefit from identifying topological features in a three-dimensional geometric model. Problem statement: When an object’s…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award
There is some evidence indicating that Ginseng, Ginkgo biloba (G.biloba), Curcuma longa linn. (C.longa linn.) and Vinpocetine have a role in ameliorating memory impairment. These findings ha…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics First Award
The self-replicating machine will revolutionize human industry. Not only will self-replicating factories raise the standard of living across the globe, but it is also a vital step toward a s…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
Background: Distinctive roles for T-lymphocyte:Bacteroides fragilis cross-talk occurs in dampening peanut allergic responses. Butyrate is key to B.fragilis regulation of immune homeostasis.…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering First Award
Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) result in 13,000 deaths in the US annually. The Foley catheter design promotes biofilm formation - the underlying cause of CAUTIs. In Ph…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software First Award
This research started with the development of an app with customizable facial-cue based control. It led to a fundamental challenge at the center of all temporal data analytics: determining t…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences First Award
Drought impacts 40% of the world’s population, and an estimated 55 million people globally are affected every year. It is the most serious threat to crops in nearly every part of the world,…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder that lacks objective diagnostics. The current gold standard, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS), suffers from problems su…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
With a wide range of applications in artificial intelligence (AI), human action recognition is one of the most attractive yet challenging research fields. It has the potential to foster natu…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology First Award
Gastrointestinal illnesses afflict more than 100 million people in the U.S. alone and are often indicated by gut microbiota motility. Typically, swarming bacteria are indicators of infection…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering First Award
Rehabilitation needs of hemiplegic patients have gained great concern all over the world. According to disadvantages of current rigid or soft hand rehabilitation devices, a novel dual mode s…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) family proteins, consisting of HER1-4, are the most prominent causes of various human cancers, including breast, gastric, esophagus, lung, pancrea…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award
In this project, I successfully studied the relationship between multi-enzyme biocatalyst structure and performance and developed a comprehensive quantitative model to predict the assembly e…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy First Award
The planetary nebula known as the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) has a complex, point-symmetric morphology that is unexplained by the current theory of planetary nebula formation, the Interacti…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Landslides cost billions in damage annually in the U.S. & have affected 4.8 million people over the past 2 decades. Landslide forecasting is therefore a critical task for protecting human li…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
Hematological or blood diseases afflict over 2 billion people globally and disproportionately impact developing regions, where mortality rates reach 50-90%. Current screening methods require…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering First Award
An estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation and 780 million people to improved water sources worldwide. This is due to the high expense and difficulty of traditional f…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics First Award
Agricultural irrigation wastage, especially from inefficient infrastructure in developing nations, is among the leading causes of the global water shortage epidemic, which affects an estimat…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) represent a significant threat to public health, causing an estimated 100,000 deaths annually in the U.S., but accurate predictions of ADRs caused by drug-drug…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry First Award
Aerogels are the least-dense class of solid material available today, with an enormous surface area relative to their weight and volume due to their porous nature. This makes aerogels attrac…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering First Award
Produced water generated during oil and gas production is primarily disposed of through deep-well injection, which is costly, has limited receiving capacity, and induces seismicity. Produced…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
The Dana Glacier, located in the Sierra Nevada mountains, is rapidly melting away. I wanted to measure the volume of the remaining ice. This is difficult as there is no way to directly obser…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry First Award
Suitable vascular and porous structures are critical in tissue engineering scaffolds. Through years of convergent evolution, the geometry of plant and animal tissues has become increasingly…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science First Award
One billion people are blind or visually impaired due to a lack of access to eye care. The World Health Organization has established early detection as a key factor in the prevention and tre…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy First Award
Asteroid collisions pose a significant danger to Earth. For instance, the Chelyabinsk meteor of 2013 led to ~1500 injuries. NASA’s goal was to find 90% of city-annihilating asteroids larger…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology First Award
Mutated PTEN induced kinase 1 (PINK1) is linked to Parkinson’s disease, predisposing an individual to neurodegeneration. Interestingly, the FOXO, AOP, PNR, and TOR transcription factors have…