32 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
32 projects · showing 1–30
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Your mind works perfectly, but your body will not let you speak. Millions with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, stroke, or paralysis live trapped inside working minds. Today's brain-computer i…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Automotive spoilers are critical for vehicle safety, reducing pressure drag and generating downward force to increase tire traction and stability. However, spoilers inherently create aerodyn…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
There remains to be a purely natural, comprehensive water purification method that can remove both pathogens and heavy metals and is capable of implementation in resource-limited settings. T…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The brain doesn’t always age at the same pace as the rest of the body. Some people's brains stay sharp well into old age, while others show signs of decline decades earlier. Detecting these…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Accurate classification of brain tumors is essential for effective patient treatment. In recent years, artificial intelligence has shown significant promise in improving medical diagnostics.…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Access to energy remains a demanding issue for island and coastal inhabitants due to their remoteness, with an estimated 70% of Pacific islander households and 57% of sub-Saharan African res…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a tingling sensation in the scalp, neck, and back caused by sensory stimuli triggering the parasympathetic response. With a wide genre of p…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
This project implements a novel detection system based on Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA) and Cas12a for miRNA biomarkers, and provides an efficient and cost-effective approach for the di…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
There has been a rise in water pollution with nitrates over the past few years. Currently, there is no cost-effective option for the detection or filtration of nitrates in water, since the c…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This study aimed to investigate the role of microRNA (miRNA) variants in Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is characterized by inattention, impulsivity, and sugar craving…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Colorectal cancer (CRC) has multiple subtypes, and it may take patients weeks to find out which subtype they have. The goal of this research is to use gene expression data to determine poten…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems
There has been an alarming rise in the number of teenagers who have vaped in the past few years. It is important to detect when teenagers are vaping to prevent addiction and a negative impac…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This study explored the effect of changes in the spike protein across SARS-CoV-2 variants (wild-type, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Omicron) on the initial binding interactions with American mink…
ISEF · 2022
Translational Medical Science
Dementia-related Cognitive Impairment (CI) is a neurodegenerative disorder, affecting over 55 million people worldwide and growing rapidly at the rate of one new case every three seconds. Th…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry Third Award
In order to prevent blood clots in severe COVID-19 cases, a highly selective and sensitive biosensor capable of quantifying trace levels of thrombin using the combination of a single strande…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
Existing moisture-resistant pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape products rely on water-impermeable backings to block moisture. However, such mechanisms are contingent on the moisture aris…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Gasoline-fueled small engines have been known to cause immense pollution in the form of nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxide, unburnt hydrocarbons, sulfur dioxide, and carbon monoxide. Ethanol has…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Acetaminophen (N-acetyl-para-aminophenol, paracetamol, APAP) toxicity is common primarily because the medication is so readily available and there is a perception that it is very safe. More…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Compliant mechanisms move via the deflection of flexible members, allowing them to be designed with a reduced part count, fewer points of failure, and increased durability. Bistable devices…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Adeno-associated viruses (AAV) are popular vectors for human gene therapy, yet their more efficacious use clinically is limited by an incomplete understanding of its virion assembly. More re…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Research and advances in medicine have dramatically increased human longevity, with an ensuing increase in the prevalence of geriatric conditions including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Lewy bod…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Air pollution has become the deadliest environmental problem, leading to more than seven million deaths per year. People are forced to wear masks in China to protect themselves from the heav…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Contamination in water poses a serious and mostly undetected threat. It is necessary for people to have an economical option to test the water they drink in their own homes. The goal of this…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
The magnetoplasmadynamic thruster (MPDT) is one of the most powerful and efficient forms of electrical spacecraft propulsion. Designed for deep space travel, it promises extensive applicatio…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Black carbon (BC), a carbon accounting for much of observed global warming to date, negatively affects human respiratory health. Thus, the purpose of this experiment was to determine the eff…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Safe, effective, and reliable gene therapy has been heralded as the future of medicine in the 21st century. Technologies for editing and regulating genes based on the CRISPR/Cas9 system have…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Tissue-material integration is a key challenge of engineering medical implants and implantable biosensors. Implants often undergo an intense foreign body reaction orchestrated by human macro…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Developed amid the Paris Agreement controversy, this spatial equilibrium model projects the environmental and economic impacts of carbon tax policies from 2012 to 2050. Simulating the Climat…
ISEF · 2016
Diabetes is a disease that afflicts more than 30 million individuals in America alone and is projected to cost almost $70 billion in reduced productivity. Clearly, new quantitative and preci…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
To challenge a history of reliance on qualitative information for public decision-making purposes, this study develops a novel policy modeling approach by projecting the relative health, env…