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ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Synthetic dyes used by the fashion industry pollute aquatic ecosystems and contribute to the bioaccumulation of toxic compounds in organisms. Natural dyes are alternatives to synthetics whos…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Conventional architectures such as the Transformer struggle to scale to very long sequences of over 10 000 steps. Promisingly, recent advances in sequence models based on the Structured Stat…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Advancements in human machine interface and human motion monitoring require effective real-time pressure sensing to provide enhance interactive capabilities and enable smart feedback systems…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
There have been many attempts at creating a submersible aerial vehicle, but these attempts have failed for several reasons. Most notably, these attempts did not perform sufficiently either a…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Third Award
Conventional functionalization techniques for Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) compromise the simultaneous optimization of structural integrity, CO2 absorption, and catalytic selectivity, dim…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Research Significance: Alzheimer's disease affects nearly 52 million individuals worldwide, with projections indicating a significant increase to 75 million by 2030 and a staggering 152 mill…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Breast cancer, annually affecting over 2.3 million people worldwide, is targeted in this study through the epichaperome, a network of proteins including heat shock protein 90 (HSP90). PUH71,…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Despite the Earth’s abundance of salt water, water access remains one of the greatest global challenges, underscoring the urgent need to improve technologies for desalination treatment. Elec…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva(FOP) is an extremely rare and debilitating bone disorder that affects 0.00005% of the population. The defining characteristic of FOP is severe heterotop…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Third Award
TALE homeodomains (TALE-HD) are a large class of genes encoding proteins that act as transcription factors in eukaryotes to regulate major developmental and life cycle changes. Their ancestr…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Every 15 seconds, a person suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI), a leading cause of mortality and lifelong disability worldwide. Despite its prevalence, effective therapeutic treatments ta…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
The Framework for Embryonic Analysis Through Hyper-customization Enhancement Research (FEATHER) enhances avian egg studies, enabling custom egg modification while preserving embryo viability…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
The author designed and manufactured a robotic lift called “UpLift Mobility”, to elevate frequently falling individuals from the ground, inspired by her grandpa’s increased falls. According…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Third Award
Oil spills constitute a serious threat to both the economy and the environment, disturbing the ecosystem. According to the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited (ITOPF) in…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Introduction Ventilation (V) and perfusion (Q) remain the main physiologic correlates to assess respiratory gas exchange. Currently several modalities can be used to ascertain V/Q with inhal…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
In a world where nearly 800 million people face hunger, aquaculture, especially shrimp farming, emerges as a vital solution to bolster food security and sustainably meet the nutritional need…
ISEF · 2024
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
The rising prevalence of neurodegenerative dementia highlights the need for improved diagnostic accuracy. Many proposed clinical decision support systems (CDSS) require multiple disparate da…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics Third Award
This project aims to help restore ancient Greek musical tradition and, thus, give us a better understanding of Greek culture by digitally reconstructing the chelys, a tortoise-shell lyre ove…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Zoro is a robotic quadruped meant to explore and map unknown or dangerous environments using many sensors such as an Xbox Kinect for IR depth sensing and mapping and encoders, touch sensors,…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Air pollution is the single greatest environmental health threat, according to the WHO, and disproportionately impacts developing nations, which suffer 90% of the 5 million premature deaths…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software Third Award
Medical imaging holds profound value in disease diagnosis for millions worldwide. However, studies show that physician imaging orders may frequently be inappropriate (26% of cases) for the c…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Flageolet harmonics is a playing technique on bowed string instruments, in which a player lightly touches a nodal point on a string with their finger. Previous studies have reported that the…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry Third Award
Determining transdermal permeability of compounds facilitates an understanding of drug distribution, improving quality of medical care. The study’s purpose was to analyze transdermal drug ab…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Third Award
HABs have plagued waterways causing significant losses to Florida's economy. Currently, algal bloom data collection is reactionary and inadequate, following regional fish kills. Algal mitiga…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
The next generation of space exploration requires more efficient propulsion. Current rockets use bell-shaped nozzles, which lose efficiency at high altitudes due to flow underexpansion. This…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Currently, long-distance jet engines emit large amounts of carbon dioxide, harming the environment and fueling the effects of climate change. Last year, we proposed an electric design for a…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Over the last few decades, many breast cancer patients have become disease-free due to the advancements in detection, diagnosis, and treatment. However, cancer can come back for almost 30% o…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness. The eye disease is particularly pervasive in developing countries, where there exists a severe insufficiency of ophthalmologists. C…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry Third Award
As the emission of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere continues to contribute to climate change, the search for a cleaner energy source prevails. Using algae as a biofuel can replace our use…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Interleukin-8 (IL-8) are cytokines related to general immune function, but within Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) patients, their overproduction tends to cause autoimmune r…