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ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
The duplication of genetic information (DNA replication) is central to life. Numerous control mechanisms ensure the exact course of the process during each cell division. Disturbances of DNA…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
The novel use of stem cells (SCs), specifically induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), in regenerative medicine to treat degenerative, autoimmune, and genetic disorders has shown great prom…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
The purpose is to determine the potential to reduce linear acceleration and tangential velocity during front and rear oblique impacts of a football helmet facemask. Independent Variables: No…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Arm injuries are common among all age groups. However, there are not many accessible ways for a patient with an arm injury to perform their rehabilitation while in a home-based environment w…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Inspection of a myriad number of thermometers for commercial sale reveals many discrepancies with the reading. More specifically, things like tympanic and temporal readings are greater than…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Existing pediatric prosthetic legs become obsolete after several months due to a child's rapid growth. The purpose of the 3D printed modular prosthetic leg, consisting of interchangeable foo…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
In the midst of a global pandemic, masks have become a controversial topic. For the past two years COVID-19 has been the leading headline and people have discussed the effectiveness of weari…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
We developed a new method of notification of a person about the surroundings through an acoustic channel. Suggested method allows creation of a device that assists visually impaired people t…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a condition in which the kidneys gradually lose their function and in most cases deteriorate to end-stage renal disease. Early detection helps those at risk t…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect about 1.7 billion people worldwide. As most MSD cases are associated with abnormal motion of joints, motion assessment of joints provides a powerful t…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Oral cancer is highly treatable when diagnosed at an early stage. In rural India, however, 60% of oral cancer cases are diagnosed with advanced stages. Mass screening requires experienced do…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a cognitive disorder in which a child's brain cannot send direct messages to a body's muscles, resulting in impaired motor functions. It is a common childhood disabili…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
My research this year was devoted to creating a non-invasive method to efficiently detect Bronchial Carcinoma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Emphysema unaccompanied by deleterio…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
The UV light assessment is essential for controlling of the skin and other living organisms getting fragile resulting in the premature aging of the skin, solar elastosis, liver spots, etc. T…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
The major risk factor of skin cancer, one of the most common types of preventable cancers, is exposure to UV radiation, which has recently increased as an effect of global warming. This rese…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a shortage of ventilator resources around the world. This situation draws our attention to information about ventilators. Excluding the impact…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is an illness common among teenagers. AIS patients have 3D deformation in Sagittal plane, Transverse plane and Coronal plane of their spines. Schroth Gy…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Excessive hemorrhage is a leading cause of mortality for civilians and military personnel under 50 years of age. The current treatment of donor derived platelet transfusion, is riddled with…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Recent advances in synthetic biology have enabled the conversion of industrial wastes into high-value chemical products, including specialized metabolites such as polyketides. Azo dyes, a ma…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Skin wounds, either minor or chronic, can quickly become a serious health risk (Kruse, et. al., 2019; Sattar, et. al., 2019). A variety of traditional wound care methods exist; however, appr…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Carbon monoxide (CO) detectors are not fit for all labor conditions. Depending on a worker's condition (ex. if they are outdoors, if they have asthma), the person may be more sensitive to CO…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Following surgery, dogs generally experience irritation on the skin around the surgical site due to pain, histamines, and the protein IL-31 (Blue Cross, 2020)(Xu, et al., 2020)(Zimlich, 2021…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is cancer to the blood and bone marrow, and its incidence spikes in very young children. Early detection and treatment is key to full recovery. Detection h…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
According to the World Health Organization, there are 240 million cases of preventable blindness globally. Many eye diseases are “silent-killers” of vision and current testing methods are of…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Sticky Stitchez is an innovative project that deals with a detrimental problem in the medical field. In this project, I invented an item to combat the possibility of wound dehiscence and its…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Diabetes Mellitus is a prevalent autoimmune disease that results in a deficiency of insulin produced by the pancreas. Technological advancements with innovative testing and treatment methods…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Swimming is a highly technical sport. Knowing what stroke technique to use and to what extent it should be used is crucial for swimmers to achieve optimal performance. Videos provide some vi…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering First Award
In protein sequences—as there are 61 sense codons but only 20 standard amino acids—most amino acids are encoded by more than one codon. Although such synonymous codons do not alter the encod…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a belligerent, often lethal, form of cancer, with a 5-year survival rate limited to 7%. PDAC is hardly detected in its premalignant stages (when su…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
The human kidney is the most transplanted organ in the United States, numbering more than 24,000 in 2021 alone! But kidney transplantation technology faces many challenges, including a short…