245 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
245 projects · showing 91–120
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Long-term trends for leukemia (blood cancer) have consistently shown that men have significantly higher incidence and mortality rates than women, but the reason why this occurs isn’t clear.…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer death around the world; However, Black women are disproportionately affected as they are more likely to develop triple negative breast cancer and h…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Regarding transportation structures, simulation methods have been developed to simulate the deformational effects of vehicle travel over bridges for design verification, structural safety, a…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a belligerent, often lethal, form of cancer, with a 5-year survival rate limited to 7%. PDAC is hardly detected in its premalignant stages (when su…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Lonicera maackii is an invasive honeysuckle species native to East Asia. There are detailed records on how this species of honeysuckle out-competes and pushes out flora native to Kentucky; i…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Every year, millions of individuals are afflicted by mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the US. mTBI causes secondary consequences in the brain and body in the form of reduced cerebral bl…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this study was to assess the possible role of Synaptopodin, a protein crucial to cellular development, within sensory neurons. This query was investigated within the context o…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The stock market is a very complex system in which many people gain and lose money. Using artificial intelligence, this experiment is going to attempt to use human sentiment to develop a mod…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Second Award
Drone development has been on the rise since the turn of the century and has expanded greatly from government use. Most high quality drones tend to be expensive and have a limited feature se…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
According to the National Cancer Institute, distress is an emotional, social, spiritual, or physical pain or suffering that may cause a person to feel sad, afraid, depressed, anxious, or lon…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Lithium-ion batteries are a crucial component in many applications. Failure to understand the battery lifetime can lead to rapid degradation, emission of harmful gases, and fatal explosions.…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this project is to see if Atrazine passes its negative effect on the sensory, motor, and learning behaviors of planaria to the second generation planaria. The second generatio…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Amyloid-beta (Aß) and insulin, two substrates of insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE), are critically important in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), respectiv…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
More than 1.7 billion gallons of oil have been spilled since 1940. Oil skimmers are used for the cleanup but today’s skimmers require human aid, exposing people to harmful fumes and the risk…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Dementia is a disease that impairs the brain it causes memory loss and interferes with a person’s ability to think and make judgments. Every year 10 million people get diagnosed with dementi…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The world is transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable alternatives such as wind and solar power. This research introduces a new type of renewable power from rain, through the piezoelectr…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Cardiac mesenchymal cells (CMCs) are novel, promising stem cells that improve heart function in rodents after myocardial infarction (MI) and may soon be used in clinical trials. Stem cells a…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
Due to the pandemic, this year has seen high levels of unemployment and job loss. This project seeks to use natural language processing techniques to analyze first person tweets disclosing j…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with over 10 million people suffering from it. Currently, diagnosis of PD is often late and inaccurate ~ 25% of the time,…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Second Award
In the past decade, photocatalysts have been used to create important biomolecules by facilitating electron transfers between different compounds in the presence of visible light like sunlig…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems
Energy efficient homes, offices, and schools often have limited or non-existent means to bring in fresh air, resulting in high carbon dioxide levels. This can inhibit decision making skills…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Printable inks, both synthetic and soy-based, require chemical separation during the recycling process resulting in contaminated wastewater and the release of dangerous volatile organic comp…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
There are upwards of 7.5 million people suffering from speech impairment caused by conditions such as stroke, ALS, and cerebral palsy. These paralyzed patients can’t speak, as they can’t use…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
Carbon-based quantum dots were synthesized using both bottom-up and top-down methods to explore their various applications within bio-imaging, bio-labeling, optoelectronic devices, and senso…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
There are approximately 10^31 bacteriophages in the world, but fewer than three thousand have been characterized genomically. Phages have helped in the medical field through phage therapy, b…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
The creation of nanofilm (sheets of nanoclusters) are widely used in many materials today for structural engineering and electronic equipment. Manipulating and observing nanocluster growth i…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this project was to further understand the impact that over-the-head listening devices contribute towards noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). A primary cause of noise-induced h…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this experiment was to find out whether the distance between double-helical wrapping around fiber reinforced soft actuators affects the pressure required to achieve bending. F…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this project was to use machine learning to accurately categorize abnormal lung sounds. Hundreds of millions of people die globally due to respiratory diseases that would be t…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Diabetes control requires measuring blood glucose levels frequently. All FDA approved methods for monitoring blood glucose concentrations are invasive (i.e. require skin penetration or fluid…