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…
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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…
ISEF · 2018
Solar Powered Decontaminator Design and Testing
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
So that Load-Bearing Implants Do Not Burden: Load Analyzes for the Selection of Joint Replacements
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
Subchondral Bone Engineering: Regeneration of Cartilage-Bone Interface to Replace Knee Prosthetics
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
Sucrose Addition Improves Targeted ECO/siBeta3 Nanoparticle Stability
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
Superhydrophobicity of Biocompatible Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes
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,…
AJAS · 2018
The Comparison of Acceleration Reduction Methods in Simulated Head and Neck
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
Traumatic brain injury is attributed to the violent movement the head and brain incur during a collision. By reducing the speed at which the head moves through changing the energy from the h…
ISEF · 2018
The Peru-Ready Method for Optimizing Bioavailable Iron in Water to Reduce Anemia Caused by Iron Deficiency in the Highlands of Peru
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
The Use of AI Algorithms to Automatically Identify Premature Atrial Contractions from Electrocardiogram Recordings
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
UCICATRIZE: Practical Self-Healing Injection Kit for Allergic Reactions
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
Unfolding the Mysteries of vWF: Experimental vs. Computation Studies of vWF's A2 Domain
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…
AJAS · 2018
Vitalsight: Temporal Amplification of Photoplethysmographic and Biometric Signals Hidden in Video Streams for Contactless Monitoring of Cardiovascular Health and Identity Authentication
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
With the rising cost of healthcare and the ubiquity of the internet, telemedicine is becoming a necessary and viable option. Physicians need to be able to remotely monitor a patient’s well-b…
ISEF · 2018
VTE GTG: Using Near Infrared Light to Create a Vein Map to Accurately, Quickly and Safely Diagnose Venous Thromboembolism
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
W.I.N.I.T.S. (Wireless Interconnected Non-Invasive Triage System)
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
3D Printable Transtibial Prosthetic
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
3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthesis without TMR Surgery
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
Accurate, Low-Cost Diagnosis and Monitoring of Parkinson's Disease by Detecting Dysphonic Features through a Machine-Learning Algorithm
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
A Fully-Integrated and Self-Contained Lab-On-A-Chip Device for Sample Preparation, RNA Amplification, and Detection for Disease Diagnostics
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
Alzheimer's Treatment: Solubilized Curcumin via Trans-Buccal Patch
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
Analysis of Retinal Fundus Images to Detect Macular Degeneration Using Machine Learning Methods
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
An Electric Spark Scalpel
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…
AJAS · 2017
An Integrated Device for Sample Preparation, RNA Amplification, and Disease Diagnostics
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
RNA-based viruses and bacteria have been sources of large-scale epidemics and pandemics, most notably Ebola, SARS, influenza, hepatitis C, HIV, and the Zika Virus. Normal detection of these…
ISEF · 2017
A Novel 3-D Engineered Solution for Congenital Microtia of the Ear
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
A Novel High-Efficiency System for Infant Warming through Secondary Heating Mechanisms
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
A Novel Isothermal Microfluidic Device to Detect Salivary MicroRNAs in Breast Cancer
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…