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ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The current Covid-19 pandemic has developed not only a global public health crisis, but also a very serious impact on production chains. Leveraged by the urgency of the scarcity of resources…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
While bone diseases may not receive as much attention as heart disease, cancer, and other serious illnesses, they account for more than half a million hospitalizations and the annual placeme…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
This experiment aimed to determine the viability of Gefitinib, an epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor, as a treatment for triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) and to illustrate the p…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
My problem was what female animal tendon is sufficient for anterior cruciate ligament grafts in humans. Testing this would allow me to give patients another grafting option to lessen postope…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Advances in current treatment methods for Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy and surgery, have not improved the prognosis of GBM. The objective…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of non-invasive glucose monitoring using spectroscopy and machine learning. The spectral measurements were performed on a pa…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Traumatic injury accounts for over 150,000 deaths per year, and millions of non-fatal injuries per year (Connoway, 2020). Additionally, out of the 1.1 million burn victims admitted to US hos…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Thousands of people suffer from skin damage or burns every year, accidents that can cause disability or even death. The present work proposed a new concept of intelligent dressing for tissue…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Essential tremor, which affects millions in the United States, is a progressive and incurable movement disorder characterized by uncontrollable shaking of the hands and arms during voluntary…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common degenerative disease of central nervous system among elderly people, with an estimate of over 8.5 million patients in 2019. But currently, only 40…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Paralysis is a medical condition that results in the loss of the ability to move some or all parts of the body. Even though treatments for some kinds of paralysis exist, there's currently no…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
According to a study conducted by the Reeve Foundation, approximately 2% of the United States population lives with paralysis, excluding those suffering from various motor control disorders…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
For children in need of a heart valve replacement there are many options available. However, none of the available prosthesis are long term solutions. Because the valves are unable to grow a…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness, affecting 1 in 100 people worldwide. Unfortunately, due to its asymptomatic nature, it often goes undetected leading to permanent vision lo…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Over 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, with the number projected to more than double by 2050. The number of people with various dementias is also expected to increase from 55…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Type-1 Diabetes (T1D) affects around 1.6 million (CDC). Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) accounts for almost 56-74% of T1D-induced mortality. During the past decade, DKA-admission rates have incr…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Adaptive Multi Sigmoid Contrast Enhancement (AMSCE) is a novel algorithm that may improve the analysis of computed tomography (CT) scans. Contrast enhancement compensates for human or machin…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Insulin pumps on the market today are expensive and are computationally limited in calculating and providing accurate dose regimens for type 1 diabetics. In this work, four academic discipli…
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
Biomedical Engineering
Statistically, the number of patients with chronic ankle disease due to ankle sprains are continuously increasing, but the rehabilitation environment is not being improved. Existing CPM mach…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Whitewater sports result in 50 deaths and thousands of head injuries every year, and the currently available helmets are insufficient. The objective of this study was to create an optimized…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Prescription opioid addiction is a national health crisis. Today, patients or physicians don't have a way of diagnosing if a relief painkiller causes addiction. Current approaches for diagno…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Acute, chronic, and surgical wounds affect millions of people with unmet critical needs. There is no effective way to stop traumatic wound bleeding and suturing involves a risk of infection.…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering First Award
Cancer and cranial diseases are the second leading cause of death worldwide. Early diagnosis and well-guided medical care as well as accurate analysis are essential to improve patient life e…
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…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
The present research focuses on three applications of electromagnetic forces in medicine: improving blood circulation, developing faster ways to transport medicaments, and reducing blood vis…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Melanoma is the most common of all skin cancers, and Malignant Melanoma (MM) has the greatest mortality rate and highest potential of dissemination. MM can be cured if detected early but lef…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Limited hand movement caused by paralysis can significantly decrease quality of life for stroke patients. Wearable robotic hand orthoses are able to provide everyday assistance and rehabilit…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose Asthma is a disorder that causes the trachea to shorten. During asthma attacks, it causes breathing difficulties, coughing, and even death. Asthma attacks are normally triggered by s…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Pluronic F-127 (PF-127) is a thermoreversible hydrogel and a promising candidate for drug delivery. It has a unique property that allows it to turn from liquid to gel as the temperature incr…