245 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
245 projects · showing 121–150
ISEF · 2020
Embedded Systems
With a rapidly aging infrastructure in our country, safety of the public is at stake. Since only limited public transportation funds available, there is a growing urgency to measure the leve…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
(1) Background: Seeing that Pueraria montana is an invasive species in the Southeastern United States, there has been interest in repurposing the species. Noting that many plants have medici…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
The purpose of this project was to discover and analyze a new phage to continue to add to the scientific community’s knowledge of bacteriophages. Using the bacterial host Microbacterium folo…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Breast cancer is characterized by an aggressive, malignant tumor that can metastasize to distant places of the body. Research stems from treatment with palbociclib, an innovative drug, again…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Plastic pollution is one of the leading issues facing the environment today. Americans utilize 33.6 million tons of plastic annually, but only recycle about 10% of this. What if there was a…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The treatment of chronic wounds has long been a challenge to wound care professionals and presents a substantial economic burden to healthcare systems globally. Over $50 billion is spent on…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is the main determinant of mortality in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); yet, there is limited information on the role of RV inflammati…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
Many mathematical and practical problems, such as Sudoku, timetabling, and resource distribution, require elements of a set to be arranged in a way that satisfies specific conditions. Such t…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
The problem we choose was the issue of seniors having a difficult time entering and exiting vehicles. Our goal is to limit the amount of injuries caused by getting in and out of cars. We sta…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is the most influential genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). In addition to genotype, the implication of gender must also be investigated; women…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Quercetin, a flavonoid found in many fruits and vegetables, belongs to an extensive class of polyphenolic compounds. Previous studies reported that Quercetin inhibits the proliferation of va…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Procedure: Bananas of the same color index were chosen. (greenish yellow bananas were used). Banana peels were removed using a stainless steel knife. A 0.1M sodium metabisulphite solution wa…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Cardiac mesenchymal stem cells (CMCs) are novel and promising stem cells that have shown significant efficacy in improving heart function in rodents after myocardial infarction (MI) and may…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a dangerous lung disease that reduces oxygen to the essential organs of the body. The treatment that patients with ARDS receive is a combination…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
The storage and transport of sensitive proteins is highly expensive and challenging due to the need for refrigeration and cryopreservation. This makes it difficult for impoverished areas to…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
The goal of hyper-efficient propulsion has already been reached within the animal kingdom as animals such as Jellyfish and Comb Jellies are able to sustain themselves with limited required c…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
EEG (electroencephalogram) based identification systems have a myriad of applications ranging anywhere from scalable EEG systems for disease diagnostics, anti-epileptic drug administration,…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the science of creating machines that can perform tasks which normally require human abilities (e.g. visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making).…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics
This number theory project investigates identities found by multiplying together quaternions in L[x,y,z,w], the Lipschitz quaternions L adjoined with the indeterminates x, y, z, w. Recall th…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
One of the most significant problems following natural disasters and wars is finding a way to cheaply and efficiently rebuild damaged structures. Laser scanners have often been used in the p…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology Third Award
Periodontitis is one of the most prevalent inflammatory diseases, with an annual expense of 14 billion dollars on the disease therapy. It is the leading cause of tooth loss among adults and…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
Most people are familiar with a distinct chlorine smell that they often detect around an indoor pool. However, most are unaware when they detect this smell, they are actually inhaling a dang…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Up to $18.7 billion is spent on the treatment of chronic wounds per year, which afflict over 6.5 million people per year. To combat this issue, we set out with the goal of analyzing and refi…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software Third Award
Combinatorial constraint satisfaction problems can be solved through the generalizable algorithm of recursive search with backtracking, which runs in nondeterministic polynomial time. In ord…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Stem cell therapy is a novel and promising strategy that shows strong potential to treat heart disease, particularly heart attacks (myocardial infarction) and heart failure. Stem cells are u…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
A) Stopping carbon emissions now is a start, but it’s not enough. We’ve already passed the point of no return. Even if every single coal fired power plants was shut down, every car converted…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
BACKGROUND: World energy consumption will increase by 28% by 2040 with renewables being the fastest growing energy source. Furthermore, renewables will increasingly replace coal. Solar updra…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Cisplatin is a platinum-based chemotherapy drug that targets breast cancer, head and neck cancer, lung cancer and testicular cancer. It is found to be very effective in treating testicular c…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Tender Coconut Water (TCW), the liquid endosperm of young coconut fruit is not only rich in nutrients but also has bioactive phytohormones such as zeatin, kinetin and their derivatives. Prev…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Globally, 842 million people suffer from malnourishment, over 10% of the global population. Unfortunately, poor agricultural practices have only exacerbated this problem. Studies have shown…