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ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry
Currently, both synthetic and animal-derived grafts currently used as scaffolds for perfusable human tissue have limitations due to low availability, poor biocompatibility, and cost. Plant l…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The aim of the work is to build a prototype ion thruster, find ways to improve its performance, and then put those improvements into practice by changing the thruster itself, to further eval…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
Cati is a virtual assistant specifically designed for elderly people. By integrating different artificial intelligence systems (speech recognition, natural language processing and speech syn…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Obtaining a plastic biopolymer from Zea Mays represents a more environmentally friendly solution. One disadvantages of this biopolymer is its short useful life. For this, some substance must…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Speed is a factor considered at the time of an accident, as only a 1% increase in speed increases the probability of fatal accidents by 4%. Can the creation of a Non-Electronic Aerodynamic C…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
The soil water balance is determined by the soil structure. Due to climate change, optimizing the water balance of agricultural soils is desired. In my previous project, I conceptualized the…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) are at the center of recent research regarding optoelectronic devices, such as single photon emitters, due to their uni…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Pulmonary fibrosis occurs when lung tissue becomes damaged or scarred and can be progressive in nature, impacting an individual’s ability to breathe. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Perovskite solar cells have been regarded as one of the most promising alternatives to conventional polycrystalline silicon solar cells due to their excellent photovoltaic properties, flexib…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
With a prevalence of 2-8% of the world population, the insidious disease Fibromyalgia(FM) posses a threat. Fibromyalgia is a chronic-pain disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Among various subtypes of breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is well-known as aggressive cancer with frequent anticancer drug-resistance and easy metastasis. Nevertheless, t…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Standard approaches for cancer treatment involves surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Although these approaches have resulted in prolongation of the survival window, it is also accompanied…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death for American men. Sadly, Native Hawaiian men have the highest mortality rate from the disease. Mamaki, an endemic Hawaiian plant and a vi…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
With respect to evaluating biopsies for cancer diagnosis, a pressing yet often sidelined issue is that of anatomical pathology errors. Due to the image-based nature of biopsy examinations an…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
Current drone swarm technology is oftentimes not fully autonomous nor connected by a reliable network, and therefore cannot efficiently map large natural disaster environments to identify se…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Along the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB), hypoxia-induced dormancy is a process involving the oxygen-depleted environment encountered inside the lung granuloma, where bacil…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Radiation-induced lung disease is a potential challenge for thoracic cancer survivors, who received radiotherapy. Hence, research to identify drugs that have selective effects on normal and…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
This research is about decomposing artificial materials with oyster mushrooms. The author chose this topic as there is a huge amount of plastic on earth that could be broken down. The subjec…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Through increasing usage of toxic substances in anthropogenic activities, contamination in the natural environment has become a major problem. To combat this increasing threat, native Hawaii…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of human death, accounting for 17.8 million deaths in the past year. CVD causes dysfunction in blood proteins and cells. These dysfunctions…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Anti-cancer peptides (ACPs), a class of small peptide molecules, have gained increasing attention in cancer research due to their ability to target and kill cancer cells selectively, sparing…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a major clinical complication with an incidence of 50% among critical care patients and an observed in-hospital mortality of 62%. The early identification of pat…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The early division of nuclei in a Drosophila embryo is composed of eight nuclear divisions, or cycles, producing a total of 256 nuclei by the eighth cycle. The nuclei start in the center of…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The research testifies whether superworms can biodegrade Polyurethane(PU) using the gut bacteria Pseudomonas. Also, the study examines how environmental factors of humidity of the surroundin…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
The chemicals in man-made cleaning products and the plastics that encase them pollute and harm the environment. This investigation’s goal was to test the effectiveness of a natural plant-bas…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
When natural disasters hit, they routinely destroy cellular and WiFi networks, eliminating these indispensable tools for emergency responders. Ideally, first responders could arrive, connect…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Artificial intelligence is becoming a more widely utilized technology in the healthcare industry to improve predictability and consistency (Science Daily). However, this powerful technology…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to develop an AI-based application for accurate diagnosis of skin diseases and diseases that manifest signs and symptoms on the skin, leveraging the power of…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
This project aims to address the issues associated with the existing aircraft fuel tank service kit, including its weight, susceptibility to corrosion, and heavy labor intensity. To improve…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Conventional unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) commonly suffer from under actuation, meaning they only have four control degrees of freedom (DOF) and lack two control channels in the horizonta…