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ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Cells have evolved the process of translational regulation to rapidly fine-tune protein expression to suit intracellular needs. Ribosome velocity during translation elongation is a key contr…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Heart disease is the #1 global killer. Left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) analysis via echocardiography is crucial for heart failure detection. However, traditional EF calculation is a…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
The spread and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses can lead to various mutations that cause significant spikes in infections. It is essential for researchers to study virus genome s…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a physical disruption of brain tissue followed by a cascade of inflammatory responses. The responses result in a transient disruption of the blood-brain barri…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems Second Award
The mute and deaf community relies on sign language for communication, unfortunately, the vast majority of the healthy population cannot understand sign language, which creates a communicati…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics Second Award
Knot theory is the mathematical study of tangled loops of string. Over the last 50 years, a number of applications have been found. For instance: molecules created with the same atoms, but s…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Agricultural tile drainage, a method of providing drainage for fields, can cause large amounts of nutrients to be leached out of fields. Nutrients can be absorbed into the rainwater, which i…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Second Award
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative opportunistic pathogen involved in several human diseases such as cystic fibrosis. This bacterium is highly resistant to antibiotic treatments due t…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Due to the inefficiencies of silicon solar cells, scientists developed perovskite solar cells that are 20% more effective. Unfortunately, they are environmentally harmful and contain lead io…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Second Award
Plastic pollution is an environmental emergency. Since 1950, over 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste has been generated (Asad, 2018). It is estimated that between 75 and 199 million to…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry Second Award
As the world seeks safe, sustainable sources of energy storage, supercapacitors are becoming a lucrative option, with their rapid charging capabilities and long lifespans. Their adoption can…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences Second Award
An invasive species is defined as a “non-native to the ecosystem whose introduction causes environmental impact (USDA, 1999).” In the early 1900’s, the American Bullfrog was introduced to ma…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
A layer of glaze is attached to the surface of ceramics. This study uses the glaze as a medium and integrates the machine learning theme of information engineering to predict the results of…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Second Award
Lignin-based fully biodegradable mulching film (LFMF) is a new product produced from paper waste, which is in the trial stage of farmland use. Its impact on soil microorganisms has not been…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Produced water (PW) generated during oil and gas production is primarily disposed of through deep-well injection, which is costly and induces seismicity. PW treatment and reuse can enhance e…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
The coronavirus disease, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is arguably one of the greatest medical challenges of the past 100 years. Recent investigations have linked the nucleocapsid (N) protein of SAR…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Textile dyes have been a leading environmental pollutant for decades, causing mass degradation of ecosystems and wildlife. Although methods have been derived to break down these dyes, none a…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
The most common type of paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer is squamous cell carcinoma. If left untreated, this cancer has a survival rate of 43%. The status quo treatment options for th…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Previous research determined that using Chlorella Vulgaris infused Sodium Alginate beads was an effective strategy to return hypereutrophic water systems to natural nutrient levels. Determin…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily prominent in individuals 65 years and older (the elderly population). Despite advances in the medical field, the diagnosis…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
By designing and building an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of autonomous dynamic soaring, I demonstrated that UAVs have the ability to harvest wind energy to soar nearly indefinitely…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Second Award
The number of masks in the USA is about 7.4 billion, which leads to 84 million kilograms of waste. This waste seeps into the environment and takes over 400 years to degrade. There are a few…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Second Award
Data from the ILO reports that 337 million work accidents occur annually, with 2.3 million of such events resulting in fatalities. Though regulations exist to uphold worker safety, these sta…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics Second Award
The Closest String problem (CSP) is an NP-Complete problem which seeks to find the geometrical center of a set of input strings: given k strings of length L and a non-negative integer d, con…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software Second Award
The emergence of Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology presents an interesting avenue for improving the lives of patients with neuromuscular disorders. BCI monitors brain signals from a…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Second Award
About 51 trillion microplastics (< 5mm size), which are proven to be harmful to living organisms, are present in water bodies worldwide. Filters, membranes, and nets, currently used to captu…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
The medical field is becoming increasingly reliant on medical imaging for diagnostic procedures. Although traditional high-field MRI scanners produce high-quality images at high SNR, they ar…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences Second Award
White line disease (WLD) is a significant pathological condition that commonly affects horses globally, leading to hoof deformity, wall fissures, pedal osteitis and chronic lameness. Lamenes…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Older mangroves in the inner mangroves areas have been perishing at an increased rate and cannot be accessed for restore due to the dense roots of plants, resulting in a decrease in the inne…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
The myoprosthesis developed in this research is a novel prototype to enable complete biomimetic performance in a bionic hand, accurately implementing gesture extraction and a soft polyarticu…