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ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of death for women in the United States. According to the CDC, since the COVID 19 pandemic, the pap-smear screening rates have declined by 80%. Th…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
This study proposes a non-invasive and user-friendly approach for non-enzymatic glucose sensing using graphene quantum dots (GQDs) integrated into a wearable patch. The optical properties of…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing issue with many harmful impacts on individuals and society as a whole, and one major cause of this is medical nonadherence regarding periodical prescriptio…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Recently, ammonia (NH3) has been attracting attention as a renewable energy carrier worldwide. The conventional method of producing NH3 requires high temperatures and pressures that cannot b…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of the project was to find an effective method of distribution for an anti-fungal compound that will inhibit the growth of Pspeudogymnoascus destructans on bats, reducing deaths…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent public health issues. To address this problem, this study investigated the possible applications of Native Sonoran Desert Plants (NSDP) agains…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering First Award
This research aimed to enhance the accessibility and customizability of domestic chicken eggs for embryonic analyses and model system research. Through the engineering of a novel device, a s…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Paxillin is a known regulator of focal adhesions and actin cytoskeleton dynamics, crucial for cell migration. However, our study discovered a novel function of paxillin in neurons. We found…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Purpose: Though the behavioral effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) are well-documented, a gap exists in current literature on its effects on glymphatic system dynamics…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This study aimed to determine if Drosophila melanogaster PFK (DmPFK) forms filaments, and if so, under what conditions. Enzyme filamentation, or the reversible formation of oligomers, has be…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
EEGs are an important tool used by clinicians to diagnose neurological abnormalities such as epilepsy, and by medical researchers to map the functions of different components of the brain. H…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
With the impacts of climate change intensifying, sea level is expected to rise 0.25–0.30 meters by 2050. With a one-degree Celsius rise in temperature, precipitation globally is expected to…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Oral diseases such as tooth decay are expected to affect 3.5 billion individuals worldwide. In most developing countries, access to primary oral health treatments is limited due to an unequa…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder and the leading cause of death in the US. There are currently no effective drugs for this disease due to lack of unders…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Every year, millions of people incur damage to sensory receptors that interact with the external environment. Two areas of concern are hearing loss (affecting around 700 million by 2050) and…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous category of impairments characterized by repetitive behaviors and impaired social communication which is currently diagnosed behaviorally. I…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
As the field of cancer research increases, photothermal nanoparticles have become a forefront for localized cancer treatment. High-entropy-alloy nanoparticles, consisting of at least 5 alloy…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a leading cause of infant death, causing 41% of sudden unexpected infant death nationwide. SIDS is attributed to (i) rebreathing CO2 and (ii) inorganic…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant adult brain tumor. With minimal clinical innovation, the prognosis for GBM patients remains grim. However, there is a commonality between 83%…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer's Disease, have become more common in recent years, with the number of deaths due to neurological disorders increasing by ab…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering First Award
1.1 billion individuals worldwide, particularly low-income workers in remote settings, are unknowingly exposed to dangerous gaseous concentrations of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), accor…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
Brain tumors are a significant and growing health concern in the United States, with an estimated 700,000 people living with a primary brain tumor. Misdiagnosis is a major issue with brain t…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Object recognition is an important task in image processing and a fuzzy neural network (FNN) is a popular tool for object recognition. However, when applied to datasets that present complex…
ISEF · 2023
Materials Science
The goal of this study was to determine if the annealing process of 3D printed polymers could be further enhanced with the addition of constant pressure during the procedure. The purpose is…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers experience high levels of occupational stress due to long hours, short staffing, and patient deaths, among other factors. Little is known about the…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Purpose The purpose of the OctoGrasp project is to design and build a highly dexterous bio-mimetic prosthetic arm inspired by the biology of cephalopods. Typical prosthetics rely on force at…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
The goal is to determine if the scientist could create an easily accessible database of sea turtle blood images and an open-sourced machine learning algorithm that partners with a developing…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
For centuries, prime factorization has been a fundamental theoretical problem in the mathematical world. Conventionally, the algorithms for prime number factorization demand a computational…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science
The current practice of treating cancer with radiation, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy is a one-size-fits-all approach in which patients with the same type and stage of cancer receive the s…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics
Computing the Frobenius number for numerical semigroups with more than three generators is a famous unsolved problem in number theory and computational complexity. Given a numerical semigrou…