767 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
767 projects · showing 541–570
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Bisphenol A (BPA), a widely used plastic monomer, is a known estrogen disruptor, which has massive potential implications for public health. Estrogen can cause R-loops, a three-stranded nucl…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
Every spring, people drown in local rivers because they underestimate the power and danger of the river flow from melting mountain snow. A literature review uncovered no practical, low-cost,…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
The focus of this study was to compare how a physical model of an aircraft that relies on both aerostatic and aerodynamic qualities in the structure to fly, based on the Northrop Grumman Ven…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Test-Taking Anxiety is an issue that impacts students worldwide, it occurs through the stress-response system, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. If Test Anxiety is untreated it can le…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
At first glance, diabetic kidney disease and cancer may seem to have little in common besides sharing high mortality rates. Diabetic kidney disease is a condition in which increased glucose…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Multicopters have a wide range of applications from search and rescue to package delivery and medical support. Although growing in popularity, they are not used yet on an industrial scale fo…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering First Award
In order to determine corrective eyeglass prescription, large and expensive phoropters, devices which use precisely machined lenses to subjectively determine the prescription providing the c…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Preventing death from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) holds great importance for the medical and public community worldwide. 326,000 people each year in the U.S. alone are afflicted and 90% do n…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
Every year, devastating wildfires cause substantial environmental and economic damage all around the world. In most cases, firefighters are unable to identify wildfires until the flames grow…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Peanut allergy is common. Avoidance of peanut is the mainstay of treatment, although accidental exposure frequently occurs. Public schools and commercial airliners have initiated “peanut-fre…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) currently affects over 5 million people. As this number continues to rise, it becomes increasingly important to study AD and find therapeutic targets. The beta-amylo…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objective: Synthesize gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) surrounded by a titania (TiO2) hollow shell to serve as a more efficient photocatalyst. Method: The AuNPs were prepared by mixing the gold pr…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Hypothesis: CT scans are used to determine extent of traumatic brain injury (TBI), but are costly and have radiation exposure. Recently, the FDA approved the use of serum biomarkers in TBI,…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Little is known of the details of cytokinesis, despite it being one of the fundamental processes in biology. This project focused on the chemical inhibition of the cytokinesis of Penium marg…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Fourth Award
Disease diagnosis today is often late, unreliable, and expensive, leading to ineffective treatments, decreased quality of life, and premature death. In this project, we developed a novel end…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
The concept of the Euler Line was first published by the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in his dissertation “Variae Demonstrationes Geometriae.” Through inductive reasoning, we discovere…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s disease diminishes one's ability to express thoughts and basic needs, causing communication issues between patients and their caretakers. To bridge this communication gap, a thou…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Hematopoiesis, or blood cell development, is a strictly regulated process and the maintenance of blood progenitors requires various pathways in cells within a microenvironment. Deregulation…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
The objective of this project was to make an efficient diagnostic and telemonitoring tool for Parkinson’s disease through a mobile application - aimed at providing accessibility to everyone,…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
RNA-based infectious diseases have been sources of large-scale epidemics and pandemics resulting in millions of casualties worldwide. Detection of these biological agents normally involves m…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Alzheimer’s affects 44 million people worldwide but has no preventive cures. This study created a novel methodology for Alzheimer’s (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment’s (MCI) early detection…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
The primary objective of this project is to design, build, and test an altitude control system for high altitude, long duration weather balloon flights. Ordinarily, weather balloons are fill…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The formation of a hairpin core structure by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmembrane glycoprotein gp41 is the critical event that triggers viral fusion to the host cell…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
The autonomous driving problem is one of many fundamental challenges for developing a robot capable of navigating a path and being able to drive itself through a multitude of directions. Thi…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
This project was designed in order to determine the ability of Aurelia aurita mucus to bioaccumulate different types of oils. The project stemmed from another study that determined Aurelia a…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology First Award
With the growing issue of antibiotic resistant bacteria, anti-virulence therapies have emerged as an attractive and effective treatment regimen against pathogenic proliferation, which do not…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Neurological manifestations of recent viral outbreaks such as congenital microcephaly and Guillain-Barré Syndrome associated with Zika (ZIKV) infection are a global concern. An urgent need e…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Clinical cancer diagnosis faces many challenges, particularly in its low sensitivity and accuracy for early tumor detection. This project aims to develop an early diagnostic platform using l…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
The emergence of high-throughput histopathological images over the past decade provides new opportunities for computational techniques to study cancerous tumors. Current analysis of tumor pr…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Annually, 7 million patients suffer surgical complications, many of which are linked to inadequate surgical training and a lack of individualized feedback. To improve operative skill, it is…