ISEF · 2018
Heart Knight
Biomedical Engineering
The beat had stopped. A beloved one had died. A family missed a father or a mother. We didn’t lose a heart; we lost a family. As the WHO said, in 2015 14.4 million people around the world di…
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ISEF · 2018
HeartMonitor: An Integrated Home-Based and Mobile Heart Attack Monitor and Alert System
Biomedical Engineering
Heart attacks are one of the most common heart problems and happen very quickly, so it is very important that people with a high risk of a heart attack be provided with devices that alert em…
ISEF · 2018
Holding Your Heart in Your Hand: 3D-Printing a Mechanically Accurate Aortic Valve Model
Biomedical Engineering
Each year, 251,000 patients die due to medical errors in the United States. In aortic valve replacement surgery, over 6% of patients die during or within 5 years of surgery due to medical er…
ISEF · 2018
Immunology Interfaces with Nanotechnology: The Development of a Sensitive Carbon Nanotube-Based Biosensor for the Detection of Influenza A (H1N1)
Biomedical Engineering
The seasonal Influenza A virus (H1N1) remains a highly contagious and deadly disease worldwide. Rapid sensitive testing options remain limited. Although success has been found in methods suc…
ISEF · 2018
Improving Documentation and Treatment for Patient Care Utilizing a Cell Phone Algorithm to Quantify Wounds in Three Dimensions
Biomedical Engineering
This work focused on applying existing cell phone technology as a cost effective innovative tool for wound measurements. Precise wound measurements are utilized for medical records, document…
ISEF · 2018
Innovative Carbon Nanotube Based Microsensor for Early Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer
Biomedical Engineering
Ovarian cancer (OVC) is one of the leading causes of death in women in the US. With only a 15% survival rate in the late stages, a fast and accessible method of OVC biomarker detection in hu…
ISEF · 2018
In vitro Cytotoxicity Testing of PEEK Biomaterials on Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Biomedical Engineering
Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) is polyaromatic semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymer with mechanical properties favorable for bio-medical applications. The aim of our study was to investigat…
ISEF · 2018
Is Honeybee Silk Antimicrobial?
Biomedical Engineering
The dream of living forever, only accomplishable by replacing broken parts of the human body, is closer than it has ever been before. Fulfilling this dream requires biomaterials: organic or…
ISEF · 2018
Lipid Structures in Microelectromechanics(Mems) and Their Use in the Drug Delivery
Biomedical Engineering
Knowing the microelectromechanical and thermodynamics properties of the lipid bilayer (for example those from the structure of the cell membrane) we are trying to conduct a theoretical and e…
ISEF · 2018
MaculAR
Biomedical Engineering
MaculAR is a product designed to enhance the vision of a macular degeneration patient. While macular degeneration is an incurable disease which causes the macula to deteriorate and the patie…
ISEF · 2018
Metal Nitrate Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein for Nano-Technology
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this project was to enhance the fluorescence of GFP (green fluorescent protein) using metal nitrates. A one molar solution of the following metal nitrates were made: aluminum…
ISEF · 2018
Microfluidic Chips for Detection of Lung, Breast and Prostate Cancer
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Cancer is one of the most common diseases that has difficulties in diagnosis and treatment field. The number of cancer patients and their mortality rates are increasing day by day. Metastasi…
ISEF · 2018
Migraine Mind
Biomedical Engineering
Migraine is one of the most common ills among men and women but are more prevalent among women. Migraine is a sever half headache that lasts for several hours or days, it begins with strong…
ISEF · 2018
Multiscale Statistical Analysis of Lung Cancer Tissue Using the Backscattering of Polarized Light
Biomedical Engineering
Lung cancer accounts for the majority of cancer-related deaths each year. Despite its prevalence, current detection methods can take up to 10 days and cost up to $300 for one screening. The…
ISEF · 2018
Neural Networks and Colon Polyp Detection
Biomedical Engineering
Each year about 50,000 patients die from colon cancer – it is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Colon cancer usually develops from polyps, which are growths on t…
ISEF · 2018
Non-Invasive Detection of Asymptomatic Heart Attacks Using BioElectrics Through Transcutaneous Blood Analysis
Biomedical Engineering
Silent Myocardial Infarctions (SMIs) produce non-specific ambiguous symptoms in patients who are at-risk (ie., diabetic, etc.) because of associated nerve damages. Currently, there's almost…
ISEF · 2018
Non-Invasive, Low-Cost Detection of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) via Smartphone Breath Analysis
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD) is expected to become the third largest killer worldwide by 2030. Current diagnosis mechanisms are time-consuming and costly, highlighting the ne…
ISEF · 2018
Novel Vascularization of Mouse Heart Tissue-Engineered Vascular Scaffolds by Triggering Decidualization of Mouse Endometrial Stromal Cells for Use in Bio-Synthetic Organs
Biomedical Engineering
Organ transplantation is facing a number of increasingly worrisome problems. Organ shortage threatens an increase in waitlisted patient’s mortality. Incompatibility and immunosuppressive com…
ISEF · 2018
Optimizing Long-term Gene Expression Using Chromatin Insulators in Stably Integrated Multi-gene Constructs
Biomedical Engineering
Synthetic biology seeks to imbue living cells with complex genetic circuits that execute localized logical computations. These genetic circuits are usually composed of multiple genes express…
ISEF · 2018
Prescripted Code: A Therapeutic Smart Device Used for Rapid Rehabilitation of Ligaments, Muscles, and Tendons
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of a Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) machine is to increase the healing rate of injured tendons, ligaments, and minor muscle injuries by moving a patient's joints. Our idea is to…
ISEF · 2018
Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Device: The Application of Multiplex Lateral Flow Immunoassay for the Detection of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer found in men globally and has the highest mortality rate in men when compared to other cancers. However, early diagnosis of PCa has led…
ISEF · 2018
Recruiting Endogenous Proteins for Site-Specific Transport: A Novel Workflow for Gene Carrier Design
Biomedical Engineering
Nanoparticle-based drug carriers are promising, minimally invasive candidates for cancer treatment. However, the challenge remains in how best to specifically target transformed cells. Upon…
ISEF · 2018
Re-Life Socks
Biomedical Engineering
Research problem: Diabetic foot: It is a foot of diabetic. In 2014 there was 422,000,000 people diabetic. Diabetic foot is one of the most common complications of diabetes.it is leading to w…
ISEF · 2018
Rotating Electric Spark: Innovative Medical Device
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Every year many people die from blood loss. There are some modern medical devices (coagulators) allowing to prevent extra bleeding. However, each of them has disadvantages. My goal is to exp…
ISEF · 2018
Safety Collar
Biomedical Engineering
According to 2011 data, 48.4% of individuals with disabilities in Palestine suffer from mobility disabilities; 49.5% in the West Bank compared with 47.2% in the Gaza Strip. Followed by learn…
ISEF · 2018
Single-Step Breast Cancer Detection Method Through Measurement of Gold Nanoparticle Adsorption to Lysine Amino Acid
Biomedical Engineering
When citrate ligands-capped gold nanoparticles are mixed with a sample of positively charged proteins at pH 7, a protein corona is formed on the nanoparticle surface due to electrostatic ads…
ISEF · 2018
Sit to Play- Floor-Level Adaptable Mobility Device for Paraplegic Children
Biomedical Engineering
This work consists on the development of a mobile device which has as an objective to assist children who are wheelchair users to develop their physical, psychological, cognitive and social…
ISEF · 2018
Smart Heart: A Portable Early Diagnostics System for Myocardial Infarction Events Utilizing Generative Machine Learning Algorithms
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Myocardial Infraction Events (Heart Attacks) are cardiac emergencies that restrict blood flow through coronary arteries to major cardiac muscle tissue. Prolonged blood demand deficiency to t…
ISEF · 2018
Smartphone-Controlled Portable Phoropter Powered by Variable Focal Length Liquid Lens
Biomedical Engineering First Award
In order to determine corrective eyeglass prescription, large and expensive phoropters, devices which use precisely machined lenses to subjectively determine the prescription providing the c…
ISEF · 2018
SmartRate: A Machine Learning Approach to Predicting Cardiac Arrest
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Preventing death from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) holds great importance for the medical and public community worldwide. 326,000 people each year in the U.S. alone are afflicted and 90% do n…