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ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems are crucial in diabetes care, but focus only on monitoring blood glucose levels (BGL), neglecting diet, exercise, and medication and lacking predi…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Purpose: Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is a leading cause of liver failure worldwide. This study aims to identify differentially expressed genes and affected biological pathways in lat…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC), responsible for over 90% of pancreatic cancer cases, remains one of the most lethal cancers due to stage IV diagnosis and five-year survival rate of…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) is a highly invasive malignant tumor with significant health risks worldwide. Following the success of deep learning models over the past decade. Some stu…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Purpose: This project aims to develop CaMAS, an AI-based biomedical imaging solution for at-home screening of male reproductive health. The goal is to create an accessible, low-cost, and acc…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Accurate classification of galaxy morphologies from astronomical survey images is fundamental to understanding galaxy formation and evolution. Traditional manual classification methods, such…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Lithium is essential for rechargeable batteries in electric vehicles, energy storage, and electronics, driving the clean energy revolution. With global demand increasing and Earth's reserves…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a widespread degenerative joint disease affecting over 528 million people globally. Physiotherapy is essential for treatment but it is expensive, time-intensive, and i…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This project aimed to focus on identifying VEGF-B’s specific roles in cell survival and apoptosis, as well as its role in-vivo in cardiomyocyte regeneration within the zebrafish heart. The f…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
When a vertically downward water jet strikes a horizontally placed disk, it forms a unique axisymmetric water film called a “water bell.” This water bell can undergo a dramatic and irreversi…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) has become one of the most widely produced and utilized plastics due to its durability and versatility. Over time, PET is released into the environment throu…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
Plastic waste plays a large role in land pollution and thus is a factor in climate change. Disposing of it is an important challenge that scientists have been struggling with for decades. Am…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as the most common type. HCC shows disparities across race, gender, and ethnic…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
My project aimed to investigate the effect circuit complexity has on levels of decoherence in quantum computing algorithms. I also wanted to demonstrate that higher degrees of entanglement i…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Solar energy's vast abundance makes it a leading candidate for Earth's growing sustainable energy demands. However, traditional photovoltaic solar cells face many limitations such as high sp…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The emergence of TEM-171 Beta-lactamase represents a significant threat to modern antimicrobial therapy due to its ability to hydrolyze an extended spectrum of Beta-lactam antibiotics. While…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Polymer-grafted gold nanorods are a subcategory of particle grafted nanoparticles which consist of a gold nanorod (AuNR) core and polymer canopy. They are particularly useful in sensing tech…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
The search for a perfect tuning system for music has been a long-standing debate among musical theorists. There is a close relationship between the theory of musical scales and the frequency…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
This project aims to develop a wearable ankle exoskeleton that allows real-time, adaptive rehabilitation after injury. Most existing devices are either fixed or lack support for complex ankl…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science
Current autoimmune disease therapies involve drugs that have a wide range of side effects due to the generalized immunosuppression that suppresses healthy cells in the process. This study di…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Developing functional prostheses, especially for the upper limb, has historically posed challenges. Amputation of the hand due to military injury, disease, or other trauma carries significan…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Soft robotics, robots made of flexible materials, offer advantages in adaptability, and safer interactions. This study examines a pneumatically actuated soft gripper, investigating the effec…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
Conventional visual assistive devices primarily rely on canes, limiting independence and ease of use. The Walk-Man project aims to develop a wearable, non-obtrusive assistive device to enhan…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a debilitating autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction that affects over a million people and can cause life-threatening muscle weakness. As current treatm…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
The global demand for energy increases by 4% annually, which shows the need to develop improved energy storage technologies. Traditional energy storage devices, such as batteries and superca…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
With 50 million people suffering globally, Alzheimer’s Disease stands as one of the most devastating neurodegenerative disorders, yet no cure or preventative therapy exists (Yang et al., 202…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
CRISPR Cas9 is a gene-editing tool that holds immense importance for precision medicine, yet off-target effects remain as a major challenge. This project aims to design ligand-functionalized…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
This project designed a cost efficient system to measure the CO2 assimilation and calculate photosynthetic rate of different outdoor plants. The air pump, flow meter, leaf chamber, reference…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Importance: The likelihood of another COVID-19-level pandemic occurring within 100 years is currently predicted to be 17% and is expected to increase to 44% after the next six decades. Emerg…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Motor vehicle speeds were measured on five residential streets in different neighborhoods of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to evaluate whether certain street and neighborhood characteristics may r…