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ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
Acetaminophen is a widely used non-opioid analgesic and antipyretic medication, with over sixty million weekly consumers in the U.S. alone. Unfortunately, its toxicity is a leading cause of…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Pain management for terminal cancer patients often relies on opioids and invasive procedures, causing systemic side effects and psychological distress. This study developed 3D-printed hollow…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
With 35–40 million people worldwide requiring prosthetic or orthotic services, only 1 in 10 receive the care they need, primarily due to high costs. Soft robotics has emerged as a promising…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Every one in five adults carry a genetic mutation related disease (Cross 2017). Current neoadjuvant and nanoparticle therapies are ineffective in treatment due to rapid tumor drug resistance…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This research introduces a bio-inspired robotic tail exoskeleton designed to assist human balance, drawing inspiration from animals like cats and kangaroos. The device aims to address the si…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous neurological disorder affecting approximately 1 in 100 children today. The diagnosis and treatment of ASD are complex, partly due to its obs…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
This study investigates the application of OpenAI's Whisper Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) model, fine-tuned to improve speech recognition accuracy for individuals with moderate to mild…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
To bridge the gap between the increasing demand in the STEM workforce and the mathematician shortage, we constructed a children's book that combined the definition and applications of a comp…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
In our project, we examined the use of acids in the building demolition industry. Many structures from the mid 20th century are nearing the end of their lifespan for safe and effective use.…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease affect approximately 55 million people worldwide and are expected to double every 20 years. Standard detection methods, such as cerebrosp…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to see how hydrogen (H2) incorporation during production of thin films affects the stability and opto-electronic properties of various thin films. It was p…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The growth of space debris in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) risks the current operation of satellites and spacecrafts. The Kessler Syndrome, in which debris is projected to grow at an exponential ra…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project was meant to assess the public health risk posed by arsenic (As) in Texas drinking water on a local and statewide scale, find out if climate was affecting As concentrations stat…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Have you ever used the excuse “I work better under pressure” or found yourself procrastinating as you believe that working under stress will better your performance? Well, we tested the vali…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This project is a computer program designed to model the siting of offshore wind farms in the North Atlantic Ocean, providing the user with the knowledge to optimally locate them for maximum…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics have become a prevalent global environmental issue, with an estimated 75 trillion microplastics in the oceans today. MPs pose dangers to wildlife and cause serious health issue…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Sound waves are all around us, but we never think about how they can be controlled or focused like light can be. My project explores if sound waves can be bent or concentrated using gases wi…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in electroencephalography (EEG) responses between active and passive sensory stimulation to identify neural patterns beneficial for i…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Heart failure is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, with the limited regenerative ability of the human heart posing a significant obstacle. Ischemic injury such as myocardial infarction…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
In the United States, 1,346 active shooter incidents were reported since 2013, resulting in 442 deaths and 953 injured (Everytown 2024). Active shooter is defined as an individual actively e…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Throughout synthetic biology among other domains, artificial neural networks (ANNs), through the replication of biological neural networks, have aided and automated several applications. Wit…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Myocardial infarction, the leading cause of death in America, can be prevented by detecting risk factors early. I investigated the relationship between urine albumin-creatinine ratio (uACR)…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) remains a significant health concern, accounting for over 436,000 deaths annually in the United States. An electrocardiogram (EKG) signal can help to identify ris…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The ability to create and/or detect steganographic messages (messages hidden within images or other digital file types) is important for uses ranging from watermarking copyrighted materials…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with 154,270 cases and 52,900 deaths estimated in 2025. Conventional screening methods, such as imaging scans and bl…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Two billion people are vision impaired globally, of which 43.3 million are blind. 1 in 12 vision impaired people have been involved in a road collision in the last 5 years, with 58% of incid…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
Recognizing formaldehyde’s significant health risks and prevalence in the environment, particularly the indoors, this study presents a cost-effective and size-flexible integrated system for…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Convolutional neural networks (CNN) have demonstrated notable success in various image reconnaissance tasks, leading to their further application in medical diagnosis. In this study, an expa…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
This year’s engineering project puts a focus on improving the BioRegen prototype which is a biopolymer that is completely derived from waste materials that fully biodegrades in natural envir…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science
Algae-derived Kappa-carrageenan (?CG) hydrogels show potential as renewable, biocompatible, and versatile materials for application in tissue engineering. It also gels easily with hydrogen b…