767 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
767 projects · showing 691–720
ISEF · 2015
Euglena gracilis is a very important part of the marine environment, providing food for many organisms in a similar way phytoplankton does. The organism also has many additional dietary uses…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Second Award
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the US, and over 70% of patients experience metastases in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Systemic therapy treatment is of…
ISEF · 2015
To develop simple methods for identifying pathogens and anti-Ebola drug targets based on their DNA, RNA, and protein sequences, Bayes’ theorem and information entropy was applied to sequence…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to investigate whether or not Haloarchaea can survive exposure to UV light by an intracellular mechanism involving manganese (Mn) or Mn complexes. The hypothes…
ISEF · 2015
The LittleDog project was part of the DARPA Learning Locomotion program, which involved using a quadruped robot, LittleDog (constructed by Boston Dynamics), to walk through different terrain…
ISEF · 2015
The recent Ebola virus (EBOV) epidemic has claimed over 4000 lives in West Africa. The fatal virus suppresses the host’s immune response by inhibiting IFN?-dependent p-STAT1 nuclear import b…
ISEF · 2015
Downy mildews are a serious disease of many crops in coastal California. In spinach, downy mildew is caused by the plant pathogenic microorganism Peronospora effusa. In California, where nea…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Unhealthy diets are one of the leading causes of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which lead to 16 million premature deaths annually; maternal and childhood malnutrition alone is responsible…
ISEF · 2015
Cancer vaccines are a revolutionary, new field of cancer therapeutics that aim to utilize the body’s natural defenses to treat cancer. Through my research, I designed and optimized an effect…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
A new approach to UAV control, combining computer vision and control techniques, is introduced. Objects are detected using a UAV camera. The distance between the object center of mass, in th…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
The effects of Sanfilippo syndrome type B, a rare lysosomal storage disorder, on the mouse brain were studied in this novel research. It was hypothesized that affected mice would have lowere…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this paper is to establish a new perspective on the K-theory of exact infinity-categories. I show that if the definition of K-theory is slightly modified, one can interpret th…
ISEF · 2015
According to a U.S. Census Bureau report, nearly 40% of people age 65 and older have at least one disability. Of those 15.7 million people, two thirds have difficulty walking. People who can…
ISEF · 2015
Quantum locking is the application of flux pinning to create a stable form of levitation which pins a superconductor within a strong magnetic field allowing movement only along regions of co…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
The objective of this study was to elucidate the genetic basis of super tasting ability and establish associations with childhood obesity. Obesity, which is associated with an increased risk…
ISEF · 2015
For the past three years, we have been studying atmospheric inversions in the San Lorenzo Valley (SLV). In our first year, we established that strong inversions occurred frequently—as we had…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award
Fluorine has allowed common therapies to become even more effective in treating many diseases because of the small size, low polarizability, and high electronegativity of the fluorine atom.…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Though patient sex influences response to cancer treatments, time-consuming trial-and error screening currently hinders prediction of sex-disparate drug effects. We developed a novel framewo…
ISEF · 2015
6540 breast cancer clinical trials are performed in the world and drug life cycle takes an average of 14 years. The average pre-tax industry cost per new prescription drug approval (inclusiv…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
There is a fundamental limitation inherent in standard hearing aid devices- due to the fact that they amplify all ambient noise, use in noisy environments is both irritating and isolating. T…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Fourth Award
The objective of my project was to inhibit the proteolytic enzymes of adult and microfilariae Brugia pahangi using protease inhibitors to see if these inhibitors could kill these parasites.…
ISEF · 2015
Sign language is an effective alternative to speech for individuals who are speech impaired but still have full motor control. However, few people outside of the speech-impaired community un…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
We don’t think about it, but many of our daily actions require our hands. But the truth is not everyone is fortunate to have their hands by their side. Prosthetics are available but they eit…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Heart Disease is the top killer in the United States, causing 600,000 deaths annually. Current methods of prevention for this disease cause discomfort to 30% of the population and may be inv…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Achieving net gain controlled nuclear fusion on Earth would lead to a revolution in energy and transportation technologies. This endeavor combined the techniques of sonoluminescence and magn…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
My research develops a tool to enable the first ever genome-wide analysis of genetic variants, specifically single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), in transcription factor binding sites. The…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
I developed a fast kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) simulator and applied it to a study of the geometrical scaling and statistical properties of resistive random access memories (ReRAMs). These dev…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
The study of Li-ion batteries (LIB) is critical because of their widespread application in commercial electronics and electric vehicles. Graphite, the predominant LIB anode material, fails t…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Third Award
Blood analysis is a primary test for disease diagnostics since blood is the most important biological fluid. Blood smears are the conventional method for blood analysis, but they are labor-i…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
My project focuses on the application of object oriented design patterns at a low level in an attempt to make both hardware and software development more easily accessible to the general pub…