38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Rehabilitation needs for stroke patients with motor impairment have garnered great attention worldwide. Addressing the limitations observed in existing hand rehabilitation devices, particula…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
This project is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals afflicted with sickle cell disease, a hereditary condition characterized by abnormal red blood cell morphology and…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
In the US, over 65,000 heat-related deaths occur annually. Athletes/workers exposed to hot temperatures face the risk of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. There are watches/straps that monito…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
A bionic eye, also known as a visual prosthetic or artificial eye, is a device designed to restore or enhance vision in individuals with visual impairments or blindness. It combines biologic…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
With an estimated 60,000,000+ individuals worldwide suffering from disabilities such as mutism and over 850,000 coma patients in the United States each year, enhancing communication capaciti…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Nanotechnology emerges as a potentially effective remedy for the field of bone regenerative medicine. Innovative solutions are needed to overcome regenerative strategy challenges, such as sc…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Annually, brain tumors affect 90,000 people nationwide, and have 5-year survival rates as low as 5%. Surgery, the most popular treatment, hinges on accurate pre-operative planning & detectio…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Many intracranial aneurysms can be treated using flow diversion, in which a finely meshed stent is used to reduce blood flow into an aneurysm. Over time, this leads to endothelial tissue reg…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Hearing loss is the fourth most prevalent disability worldwide, affecting one in five people, and is correlated with depression, isolation, and decreased life expectancy. Innovation in heari…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
According to the WHO, respiratory diseases are among the leading causes of mortality, and collectively, over one billion people suffer from acute or chronic respiratory conditions worldwide.…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Thoracentesis is a surgical procedure where a needle is inserted into the pleural cavity around the lungs to extract pleural fluid. Measuring the pleural pressure during thoracentesis is a g…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is pivotal in understanding brain activity, but its efficacy is often hampered by slice-timing correction artifacts known as 'zebra-artifacts'. T…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
The world's leading cause of irreversible blindness, glaucoma is an aggressive collection of progressive optic neuropathies degrading the retina-brain connection. The primary challenge of gl…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Dengue (break-bone fever) is an endemic viral infection in more than 100 countries. Each year, approximately 3.9 billion people are at risk. Dengue fever infects 100-400 million of them. It…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Background: Developing functional prostheses for the upper limb has historically posed challenges. Amputation of the hand due to military combat injury, disease, or other trauma carries sign…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Hypertension and diabetes often co-occur, causing over a third of Vietnamese's annual deaths. However, only 43% of people with hypertension and 31% with diabetes have been diagnosed, which r…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
The conventional method for treating fractures with plaster or fiberglass casts often faces issues, such as discomfort, and skin problems (Lin et al., 2016). These conventional casts have lo…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
The fascia is a layer of connective tissue that connects the lower layers of an individual's skin to the bones, organs, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. When tight, the fascia can restric…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Long-term cigarette smoking can cause brain atrophy and cognitive impairment. Similar results were observed with chronic use of e-cigarettes. Therefore, it is essential to understand the bra…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Lab-on-chip (LOC) technology is a developing nanotechnology that has promising applications in cell and tissue engineering. These devices must be hydrophilic, non-toxic, and inexpensive. Cur…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose: Surgical site infections cause significant morbidity and even mortality. Increase in wound pH has been correlated with infection and may identify infection before clinical symptoms…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering First Award
Gastroparesis, characterized by slowed or absent gastric contractions, affects 1.8% of the population, presents with severe nausea, abdominal pain, a high mortality rate, and incurs high tre…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Spinal deformity is usually a symptom cause by scoliosis. The current method of treating such disease is through a brace that fits around torso and hip to force the spine to display the norm…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
This revolutionary solution uses multivariate machine-learning time-series models to detect freezing of gait (FoG) instances in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) based on acceleromet…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of global death, and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is its most common manifestation. Restoring perfusion to myocardial tissue in CAD often n…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly invasive malignant brain tumor with a low patient survival rate. Tumor cells multiply quickly into healthy brain tissue, making it difficult to remo…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) reveals lung function and helps diagnose many diseases. However, commercial EIT systems are expensive and bulky. Two-thirds of the world’s population, e…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Glaucoma, an eye disease that causes damage to the optic nerve, is the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide. Swift diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma is crucial to prevent any glauco…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Gynecological issues affect 90% of the female population worldwide, but due to the similarity in their symptoms with other diseases, they are misdiagnosed. This project focuses on developing…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
This project aims to develop an innovative solution to support individuals facing hearing impairment, irrespective of its onset during youth or later in life. A haptic vibration apparatus wa…