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ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Over 400 million people lack access to basic healthcare globally, with physician-to-patient ratios below 1 per 10,000 in low-resource regions. Language barriers, limited diagnostic infrastru…
ISEF · 2026
Technology Enhances the Arts
This experiment aimed to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) method that rates /s/ pronunciations comparable to a speech therapist, and more accurate than adults untrained in speech thera…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The field of humanoid robotics is currently bottlenecked by a lack of accessibility, high costs, high energy demands, and a lack of ease of manufacturability. This project aimed to create a…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Esophageal obstruction caused by cancer and benign strictures can severely impair swallowing, leading to poor nutrition and reduced quality of life. Although conventional stents are commonly…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
The increasing number of people with diabetes has made safe insulin storage an important issue. Insulin is a temperature-sensitive protein and if it is stored outside the 2–8°C range, it can…
ISEF · 2026
Animal Sciences
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of misfolded a-synuclein proteins due to impaired autophagy. Enhancing autophagy represents a poten…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Acid rain, microplastics, road salt, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are among the most harmful pollutants affecting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Acid rain forms when sulfur dio…
ISEF · 2026
Technology Enhances the Arts
Communication between Deaf individuals who use Venezuelan Sign Language (VSL) and hearing people presents significant barriers in everyday, academic, medical, and professional settings when…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a neurodegenerative eye disease that impacts roughly 200 million people worldwide. It occurs in the macula, which contains a dense number of photore…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Many current robotic control systems use either traditional joysticks or complicated code, which makes it harder for robots to respond quickly and accurately in high-stakes situations like r…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Severe eutrophication causes hypoxic “dead zones” (e.g., the Gulf of Mexico). The mass death of marine life accelerates oxygen depletion, creating a vicious cycle. Conventional restoring met…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
This study aimed to address the recovery and reusability limitations of conventional homogeneous catalysts. For this purpose, zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesized…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
With the rapid expansion of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) to EV cars and modern-day electronics, battery waste is projected to reach 8 million tons by 2040. Current recycling approaches, enco…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Many neurodegenerative diseases involve progressive neuronal dysfunction associated with mitochondrial impairment, protein aggregation, and axonal pathology, leading to detrimental motor and…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Yaupon Holly and Yerba Mate are two economically important, caffeine-producing holly (i.e., Ilex) species in America. Yaupon Holly is native to North America and Yerba Mate is native to Sout…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Effective communication between air traffic controllers and pilots is very important for aviation safety. In this project, I use automatic speech recognition (ASR) and natural language proce…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Ankle-foot prosthetics aim to recreate the biological motion of the ankle and restore natural gait to transtibial amputees. Achieving this requires motion in three dimensions and a variable-…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
AtmosNano: Development of a Low-Cost CubeSat Platform for Real-Time Atmospheric Monitoring Altynay Otetileu NIS, Turkistan, Kazakhstan Flooding affects millions of people annually, yet accur…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
The thermal decomposition of magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate (MAP), a fertilizer recovered from wastewater, was investigated to identify reaction conditions that prevent ammonia los…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Accumulated litter in community spaces has a negative impact on local economies and aesthetic appeal. While autonomous cleaning solutions exist, most current market products, such as the Roo…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Structural comparison between proteins is key to many research tasks, including evolutionary analysis, peptidomimetics, and functional annotation. Traditional structure alignment tools such…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Traditional figure skating jump-assist devices often require manual coach operation and lack adaptability to varying athlete heights and weights. This project developed a universal kinematic…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
This study presents a physics-informed Variational Quantum Algorithm (VQA) framework developed to accelerate high-dimensional parameter estimation. Using a 4-qubit RealAmplitudes ansatz and…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer progression is driven by immune tolerance, insufficient co-stimulation, and impaired danger signaling within the tumor microenvironment, limiting anti-tumor immunity. This study prese…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Right Ventricular Endomyocardial Biopsy (RV-EMB) is an invasive procedure where myocardial tissue is obtained for diagnosis of a variety of cardiac conditions. Currently, catheters are large…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Organic biomarker analysis has been an essential tool for reconstructing the evolution of Earth’s climate, such as the last ice age. However, accurate reconstruction of Earth’s temperatures…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Most traditional detection pipelines miss eclipsing binary (EB) stars because they look for transit-like dips and disregard signals that occur between eclipses, dismissing them as noise. Thi…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Motorcycle riders face high risks due to limited visibility and awareness, which can lead to collisions. The ARC Helmet (Automated Rider Companion) improves rider safety by providing real-ti…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Scanning transmission electron microscopy (S/TEM) is essential for atomic-scale research that drives advances in energy materials and nanotechnology, but its operation is limited by labor-in…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Deep-sea coral restoration efforts currently suffer from a 65% failure rate, primarily due to inefficient, delayed, and high-risk monitoring techniques. To address this, we developed DEEP (D…