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ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
In order to propose a solution to the issues of organ shortages and a new method for cancer testing, among others, the idea to engineer a low-cost hydrogel 3D bioprinter was brought about. T…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Fingers are an important part of the body and are needed for everyday life. If someone were to lose even a single digit, a significant amount of hand dexterity will be lost. The purpose of t…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
Most people are familiar with a distinct chlorine smell that they often detect around an indoor pool. However, most are unaware when they detect this smell, they are actually inhaling a dang…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Cardiovascular disease is the worldwide leading cause of death, yet there is a salient lack of cheap and proactive solution towards this problem on a global scale. To address this issue, a c…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems Third Award
Approximately 90% of the world’s 40 million blind live in developing nations. Less than 10% of blind children in the developing world go to school due to lack of accessible materials, and li…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Rice is a major food source worldwide with 3.5 billion people depending on it. Rice yield loss is up to 47% annually because of the use of herbicides. To address this problem, CRISPR/Cas9 sy…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Buoyancy issues as a result of a boat crash are called Bubble Butt Syndrome (“Sea Turtle Injuries”). There are no means of getting the trapped air out of the turtle without further injuring…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
The dependence on renewable energy resources has increased tremendously. For industrial and large-scale applications, these energy resources require the use of effective and safe large-scale…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
As deep learning is being implemented into multiple areas, the technique of describing the content of the image automatically has receive public attention and is being broadly used in circum…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
The enzyme Fidgetin-like 2 (FL2) suppresses cell migration by severing intracellular filaments called microtubules (MTs). Mouse studies showed that depleting FL2 using small interfering RNA…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Wind energy has reduced our environmental impact, but it has also destabilized the power grid, which is an obstacle to green energy integration. If we can predict short-term (2-5 minutes) wi…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Eniac Se’avarador, a new environmental-friendly technology is innovated mainly to monitor the quality of water for agriculture use. However, the focus of this innovation is on the alkalinity…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Background: Traditional chemical-based treatments for disease are non-specific and cause undesirable side effects. These non-target effects can be avoided by site-specific, targeted therapy…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Third Award
Melientha suavis Pierre (MSP) an indigenous wild plant grown from seeds with slow growth rate and high mortality, but high consumption demand leading to relative high price. In general, plas…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Gefitinib, which is a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) of epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR), is currently under investigation for colon cancer treatment. However, some p…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Age-related diseases are resulting in premature aging in humans, and it is reducing society’s quality of living. Studying genes related to premature aging will help further research to creat…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This study examines epigenetic therapy as a treatment for slowing the growth of cancerous liver cells. More specifically, epigenetic changes such as the abnormal patterning of DNA hypo- and…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Horse hair has the potential to be a low-cost, widely accessible suture material for the use in third world countries. Historically, horsehair was used during the Civil War and in ancient In…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
The objective of this project is to develop a prototype that allows the deaf members of the " AGRUPACIÓN ENTRE EL SILENCIO Y EL RUIDO COYHAIQUE (ASCOY)", to request the presence of any of th…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Nowadays the world's biggest problem is producing electricity Reason of this problem is spending a lot of money and the environmental pollution which forms by the harmful gases. In our proje…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
The purpose of this project is to help the visually impaired and deaf learners to measure the length of an object based on the angles subtended at the center of a revolving disc. The main pr…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This experiment was designed not only from a continuation of a previous year, but as well as an improvement. Essential oils were present to prove that they have special and unique properties…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Angiogenesis is requisite for the growth and metastatic spread of solid tumors. Identifying pathological angiogenesis regulators will provide therapeutic targets against solid tumor growth.…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
According to the World Health Organization, over 285 million people are visually impaired, and high rates of illiteracy among them are mainly a result of an unaffordable technology for readi…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics, plastics under 5 millimeters in diameter, are becoming an increasingly problematic aspect of water pollution for both humans and the environment. There is an estimated micropl…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Introduction The purpose of this experiment is to bring awareness to air pollution. In recent years news reportings on severe wildfires, such as the California and Texas wildfires, has focus…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Severe weather events such as tornadoes and high-wind thunderstorms pose a significant threat to human life and well-being. According to the NOAA, severe storms have caused over $200 billion…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Fruits are a vital source of essential nutrients and vitamins in our diet and they attain full maturity during ripening. Currently, the application of artificial ripening agents has become w…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The purpose of this experiment was to better understand the impact of coal ash pollution in the environment through studying its impact on the model organism C. elegans. Coal ash, a pollutan…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Concussions are a brain injury caused by an outside blow to the head or rapid movement of the brain inside of the skull. Over 3.8 million high school athletes are affected by these injuries…