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ISEF · 2021
Systems Software Fourth Award
Training deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) requires immense time and energy, which often has a significant carbon footprint. Pruning CNNs increases their efficiency while maintaining…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Autophagy is a process through which a cell recycles its components to generate energy. Studies show autophagy is involved in diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication where retinal cell…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of using piezoelectricity to create a self-powered calculator. A solar-powered scientific calculator was disassembled for this stud…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Cardiomyopathy, which appears in about 1 in 500 adults, is a heart disease characterized by a complication in the rate of the heartbeat. This project develops a novel method to treat Cardiom…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Farmers have been having difficulties in determining the right time to breed their vanilla because there is not any definite measurement to detect it. As a result, the vanilla export commodi…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The Lorentz contraction is a spontaneous measurement of an object’s length. The difference between measuring and seeing is highlighted to compute the visual appearance of extended objects tr…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Stretchable and wearable strain sensors have grown to prominence in recent years due to its wide-ranging potential applications in health-monitoring devices, human motion detection, and soft…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Introduced plant species bypass gradual speciation and directly compete with the native species, threatening human health and disrupting the balance of ecosystems. This project aims to syste…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
In 2018, G. bimaculata was found in Izumi City, 600 km away from its native habitat. Since detailed morphological or DNA analysis was not yet available, this study was conducted with the aim…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software Fourth Award
Timely diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s Disease, which is currently highly inaccessible, can reduce its medical, personal, and societal impacts; cognitive deteriorat…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Implicit biases (specifically gender-based) are ubiquitous and are known to influence social behavior leading to the question - 'how could these biases be eliminated or, at least, recognized…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
I have designed and constructed a human-powered oxygen concentrator based on pressure swing adsorption that operates without electricity. Millions with ailments treatable by concentrated oxy…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Mutagenesis induces artificial genetic variation which allows breeders to discover the functions of genes previously unavailable. This project looked for yield and disease resistance-related…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
An activated carbon foam surfaced carbon dioxide scrubber with an environmentally sustainable gas purification system using bicarbonate ions removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at low…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Vanadium dioxide is a "functional material" that has gained notoriety in fundamental research and smart-window applications. It responds to environmental temperatures, making reversible stru…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
This experiment can be defined as having two parts: the predictive model for blue-green (cyanobacteria) algae blooms and the tests for ecological damage due to these blooms. A computer progr…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Aggregation of protein tau into neurofibrillary tangles and a-synuclein into Lewy bodies are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, respectively. These proteins are known to form…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. The need exists to develop an innovative diagnostic and detection measure to promptly detect the presence and type of…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
This work reports the design, fabrication, and testing of a novel minimally-invasive mechanical delivery system that can potentially transport therapeutics to Huanglongbing (HLB) affected tr…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software Fourth Award
Diagnosing diseases automatically has been an immense challenge, owing to their variable properties and symptoms. On the other hand, Neural Networks (NNs) have developed into a powerful tool…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
In 2016, 44.7 million metric tons of E-waste was generated globally out of which only 20% was recycled (UN, 2017). Our project explores how components of e-waste i.e. acrylonitrile butadiene…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Less than 1% of the world’s water is accessible as a public water source. Approximately 40% of our population experiences water scarcity. This is expected to grow to 66% within a decade, lea…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
One of the greatest challenges facing chronic disease management is the lack of a non-invasive continuous monitoring medical device that is compact and convenient enough to be worn daily by…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
All paths to a sustainable planet must pass through hydrogen-based fuel cell systems to replace our fossil-fuel dependent economy. In addition, the low weight, high power densities, and broa…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
The purpose of the experiment was to expand upon the ultimate goal of creating a Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) -based biosensor through a Proof of Principle. The MFC was tested with an opening a…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software Fourth Award
Most of canned food and frozen food manufacturers use only high quality sweet corns for their products, thus sweet corns are needed to be inspected and weighed before processing. The inspect…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric condition affecting 6.7% of the U.S. population and costing over $210B domestically each year. For decades, research of MDD has majorly conce…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Eighty percent of people who are afflicted with Parkinson's experience tremors that affect their basic hand motions. These tremors limit daily activities. With this in mind the goal of this…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software Fourth Award
Finding correlation and causation between lifestyle habits and disease remains a major public health goal of our society. With the usage of genetic, lifestyle, and epidemiological data, we a…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Iron deficiency, a leading cause of anemia, is one of the globe’s top nutritional disorders according to the World Health Organization. Hemochromatosis, on the other hand, is a genetic disor…