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ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
One of the most significant problems following natural disasters and wars is finding a way to cheaply and efficiently rebuild damaged structures. Laser scanners have often been used in the p…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
The advent of tissue and organ engineering provides a long term treatment option for conditions previously considered chronic. However, current protocols remain complex. The purpose of this…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of this project was to create a computer simulation of an intersection with no traffic controls (stop signs or traffic lights), and develop artificial intelligence capable of mak…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
One in three cancer diagnoses is a skin cancer. While early diagnosis can saves lives, the required number of biopsies reported by medical professionals for an accurate diagnosis varies wide…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Memory CD8 T cells are immune cells that eliminate diseased cells in the body. Recent approaches to treating chronic illnesses involve bolstering their immune responses to target abnormal ce…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
According to NOAA, “the ocean absorbs about a quarter of the CO2 we release into the atmosphere every year.” The significant increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations resul…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
The goal for this project was to create a user-friendly program capable of accurately detecting ‘bots’ (automated accounts) on Twitter, inspired by the influx of bot activity and public conc…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, killing 17.9 million people annually and costing billions of dollars. The main cause of CVD is atherosclerosis, the buil…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Chronic wounds and ulcers disproportionately affect the world’s diabetic, aging, and economically disadvantaged populations, with antibiotic-heavy treatments contributing to global antimicro…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The mountain lion (Puma concolor) is a large felid endemic to North and South America. Mountain lions were nearly extirpated across much of their range due to anthropogenic encroachment, hab…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Bats have immense ecological benefits: consuming insects, pollinating plants, and preventing diseases spreading. Conservation work is hampered by high costs and difficult methods, consequent…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems Third Award
Blindness affects nearly 40 million people worldwide—a value expected to double before 2050. The modern world is incredibly dense with visual information, and incidentally, a Blind Visually…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Pathfinding algorithms are used for autonomous robots in disaster relief/recovery, but one issue is that they cannot function properly unless the map information is accurate. The first part…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma(PDA) is one of the most malignant tumors, with an estimated 50,000 diagnoses and deaths per year. Current therapies have little effect on PDA due to the tumor’s lar…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
Robotic tactile sensing systems have been of interest in electrical engineering due to their application to prosthetics, manufacturing, and medicine in imitating human touch. However, there…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Throughout the past decade, significant aerospace research has been focused on bending the cost curve of space exploration through the development of reusable boosters. However, the investme…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
The purpose of my project was to create an artificial intelligence algorithm that would, be able to identify hand-written digits without using any existing artificial intelligence libraries.…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software Third Award
Nowadays, Virtual Prototyping and therefore simulation technology is an indispensable part of most product development cycles. The steadily increasing demand for better, cheaper and more rel…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Individuals, governments, and businesses use cryptography extensively to protect data and prevent theft. Cryptographic security relies heavily on truly random numbers. Various components of…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Development of a Method Towards the Metabolic Monitoring of TCA Cycle Compounds Observed in Rat Urine Using NMR Spectroscopy Sai Sumedha Bobba James Clemens High School, Madison, Alabama, Un…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma is a brain cancer that is resistant to treatment due to the migration of individual glioblastoma cells throughout the brain. This study measured the effect of NE-100, a sigma-1…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Puerto Rico is facing a financial and design problem with its highways (Washington Post, 2017). The material that is being used does not fulfill transportation needs, making the roads hazard…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Antimicrobial peptides have a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activities against bacteria, fungi, and even viruses, and there have been over 5000 AMP’s discovered. Individual peptides can be…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems Third Award
According to a World Health Organization report, every year natural disasters kill around 90,000 people and affect close to 160 million people worldwide. Natural disasters include earthquake…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Since the discovery of radiation, scientists have endeavored to predict and understand the effects of radioactive materials in humans, which can cause serious ailments. The International Com…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Rubber can store an amazing amount of energy. Therefore, hobbyists have used rubber strands to power model airplanes for more than one hundred years. The main goal of modelers is to achieve…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
With enormous advancements in nanotechnology, it is becoming increasingly more applicable for the translation of this technology into medicine.Through bio-hybridization, it is possible to de…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology Fourth Award
Saccharibacteria is an extremely small (~200nm) uncultivable microbe that lives an unique parasitic lifestyle on various host bacteria, including P. propionicum. Saccharibacteria was recentl…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Rat Lungworm) is a parasitic nematode known to infect humans through ingestion of the third stage larvae and can cause inflammation and damage to the central ner…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Nowadays, numerous researchers around the world devote part of their work to the collecting of samples in order to develop researches, which can increase the product efficiency (mainly food…