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ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
One in ten people in the world fall ill from foodborne pathogens each year. Of these, an estimated 420,000 die. Non-typhoidal salmonella is one of the most common types of bacteria responsib…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Being the eighth most frequent surgery in Germany, the insertion of hip replacement is becoming more and more important in our society. A growing problem is the early wear of such implants,…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Articular cartilage damage is the most common injury in the musculoskeletal system. Since cartilage is avascular, injured tissue cannot spontaneously heal and, if not treated, can lead to os…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
The ability of siRNAs to regulate oncogenes through RNA interference makes them a promising target in cancer therapy. siRNAs are an especially beneficial treatment tactic for TNBC, a more ag…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Infections occur when water touches an incision, such as a wound, due to the harmful bacteria that can begin to grow. 6.5 million patients in the U.S. have been affected by this. Ultimately,…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Iron deficiency-caused anemia is prevalent in the Highlands of Peru because natural sources of iron have been removed from the Peruvian diet due to world economics. Instead of eating iron ri…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Electrocardiograms (ECGs), which show a person's heartbeat patterns, are essential for identifying heart diseases hinted by arrhythmias. Some of these patterns can be detected using modern-d…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
In this study, I have designed a wearable device to be used for the injection of the medical agents such as adrenalin, avil and prednol etc. during first-aid interventions in case of anaphyl…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
vonWillebrand Disease debilitates 4+ million people in the US with most subtypes induced by mutations of the von Willebrand Factor (vWF) multimeric glycoprotein responsible for hemostasis. I…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is a vein disease which affects millions of people around the world, which if left untreated, could cause death. At the moment, the commonly used techniques for…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
W.I.N.I.T.S targets the global issue of triage in mass casualty incidents. Currently, during hospital response, first responders have to manually assess patients by recording information on…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Amputations affect over 1 million people worldwide each year. War and disease take a toll from too many who can hardly afford to pay. The goal of this project is to design and build a cost e…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to develop a more accessible and less invasive solution to today’s current prosthesis procedures. The cost of a prosthetic arm can range anywhere from $15,…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
The objective of this project was to make an efficient diagnostic and telemonitoring tool for Parkinson’s disease through a mobile application - aimed at providing accessibility to everyone,…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
RNA-based infectious diseases have been sources of large-scale epidemics and pandemics resulting in millions of casualties worldwide. Detection of these biological agents normally involves m…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Substantial research indicates that Curcumin may be a potent treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease. It’s water insolubility, degradation by alkalinity (small intestine) and tendency to be metabo…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
This project uses the “Bag of Visual Words” computer vision algorithm to automatically detect age-related macular degeneration in retinal fundus images. Macular degeneration is the most prev…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The problem of blood loss is actual in any surgical operation. Nowadays, this issue is solved by huge and expensive devices. My goal was to create a mobile medical instrument able to make th…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to analyze the effectivity of 3D constructed external ears in conducting and transmitting various frequencies (Hz) and intensities (dB) of sound. This proc…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Each year, 15 million infants—one in every ten born worldwide—are susceptible to hypothermia. This makes thermal stability a necessity for infant survival, with negligence of a stable enviro…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
A rapid, microfluidic microRNA test using saliva is proposed as a tool to diagnose breast cancer in its early stages. Current means of diagnosing this disease requires expensive, highly tech…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Clinical trials of liver-directed gene therapies are rapidly increasing. Though exciting, there are obstacles to overcome. Significant viral injection is necessary to achieve therapeutic lev…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Vein imaging systems have been used in the medical industry for many years. Most of them work by using the Near Infrared Imaging technique. However, using such a technique made the devices e…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Undiagnosed type 1 diabetes can cause death if left untreated. Current detection methods utilize urine or blood, both of which are invasive to obtain, especially considering the young demogr…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Lung disease, which includes asthma, emphysema, cancer and cystic fibrosis, is one of the leading causes of death in the world, with more than 3 million deaths annually. Transplantation is u…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Oral hygiene is linked with several systemic diseases. The dental biofilm/plaque, responsible for these pathologies, is often resistant to brushing, leaving a pressing need for innovative so…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Popular balance ability monitoring methods such as scale scoring and posturography testing have many drawbacks, e.g. subjective judgments, complicated instruments, defined lab scenarios othe…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The magnetosomes are specific organelles of the Magnetospirillum magneticum(Magnetotactic bacteria), representing intracellular chain of magnetite(iron oxide) particles. The magnetotactic ba…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Cancer is a big problem for society, increases world-wide. Today there are many efficient cancer treatments, but one of the key problems is that cancer is often detected very late. The proje…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this project is to evaluate whether or not chitosan microspheres are able to successfully deliver drugs into different human cell lines (CEM, HeLa, HEK 293 cells). The indicat…