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ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Due to the high prevalence of heart failure, as well as the limited availability of donor hearts, many devices exist that strive to temporarily replace heart function until a replacement is…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Captive rearing programs for endangered Native Hawaiian snails, or kahuli, face challenges due to limited research surrounding wild kahuli conditions and diet. They are essential in native e…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
A type of active galactic nucleus is the quasar, or quasi-stellar radio source. Quasars are integral to understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies. This research was conducted by…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
The Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) measures health vulnerability through a composite score from 0-1 based on four subcategories: socioeconomic status, household characteristics, housing ty…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Early detection of falls is crucial as they are the leading cause of injury and death among elderly individuals. Prompt intervention is necessary to prevent serious consequences such as brok…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Since the late 1970s, the Arctic has experienced a temperature rise more than three times the global average, leading to accelerated thawing of permafrost. This thawing initiates thermokarst…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
As the second most used material globally, concrete is responsible for 8% of man-made CO2 emissions. The first generation pathway of emissions is from the process needed to create concrete:…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Over 1.5 billion people worldwide experience hearing loss, and 2.2 billion have vision impairments. Both require assistive technologies; however, millions lack access due to cost. To address…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Deepfakes are a rapidly improving tool for disinformation. In 2025, around 8 million deepfakes were shared online, with numbers doubling every 6 months. Research has found that people strugg…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The goal of this project was to create a better alternative to permanent magnet synchronous motors, by enhancing specific characteristics of the synchronous reluctance motor. Specifically, i…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Vibrio infections are an increasing global concern. These pathogenic bacteria not only affect humans but are also a leading cause of mortality in aquaculture, often linked to major oyster ha…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Exoskeleton robots have proven effective in rehabilitating patients with upper limb neuromuscular impairments. However, existing designs often lack essential components such as brain-driven…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Alzheimer’s disease affects over 55 million people worldwide, making early prediction crucial for timely interventions to slow disease progression and improve quality of life. Single Nucleot…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Drug discovery is intricate and costly. Current methods in de novo drug design rely on undiversified and scarce datasets due to the impossibility of recording all intermolecular interactions…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Brain tumors represent a critical health challenge, affecting thousands of individuals annually and often leading to significant harm and mortality. Such challenges highlight the need for in…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science
Frequent forest fires, persistent air pollution, and the COVID-19 pandemic have sparked a surge in the widespread use of disposable face masks. At the height of the pandemic, 1.6 million ton…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
Since the invention of modern plastics during the 20th century, microplastics (MPs) have become one of the most pervasive anthropogenic pollutants on Earth—being found everywhere from the Ma…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is one of the primary bacterial causes of urinary tract infections (UTIs), accounting for 75–95% of cases. Conventional antibiotics are commonly used for treatment…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Low-temperature waste heat is an underutilized resource in industries, and energy-saving technologies can progress through the exploitation of this waste heat. In this study, we developed a…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science
A Faraday cup is a conductive cup that serves as a plasma detector, catching the charged particles in a vacuum and measuring the particle flow rate. Due to its advantages in being simple, ac…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
A rapid and simple method for detecting cortisol, a stress hormone, in saliva was developed for the early diagnosis of stress-related diseases. The detection was based on the reaction betwee…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
PDF-based stegomalware is a growing cybersecurity threat that disguises malicious payloads within the tree structure of PDF documents, exploiting features like embedded JavaScript, metadata,…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Tau protein aggregation is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), disrupting neuronal function and impairing synaptic signaling. The clinical efficacy of tau aggregation inhibitors like TRx…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Volcanic eruptions pose severe risks to human lives, infrastructure, and the environment, affecting 500 million people worldwide. Early warning can reduce fatalities by 60%, yet 80% of 1,500…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
The Flexshoe addresses foot and ankle swelling and circulation issues, especially common in the elderly, targeting conditions like pedal edema, chronic venous insufficiency, and diabetic ede…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Waste pollution, driven by improper recycling practices, remains a pressing environmental issue that humans continually struggle to manage effectively. Building on last year's project, which…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Turbulence is a natural phenomenon that serves as an underlying principle for many other fields, ranging from astrophysical studies of star formation to climate change modeling. Due to its c…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Major Depressive Disorder negatively affects millions worldwide by decreasing productivity, degrading physical well-being, and increasing the risk of suicide by 60%. Moreover, miscalculating…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has revealed that fiber-optic controlled UAVs can bypass conventional detection systems. Radar fails against low-altitude targets with small radar cross-sections;…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Cancer remains a leading cause of death worldwide, with approximately 10 million fatalities annually. Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) and Deep Learning can enhance histopathological analysis, enab…