952 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
952 projects · showing 841–870
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Discovering an alternative oxygen therapeutic for use in transfusions instead of human based blood products has been an ongoing objective of biomedical research. The giant extracellular hemo…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Multisensory Integration (MSI) is the basis upon which perception functions, and enables humans to form meaningful interpretations of their surroundings. It is impaired in individuals afflic…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Alopecia areata (AA) is one the most common autoimmune diseases resulting from T cell mediated destruction of hair follicles. Lack of understanding of immune pathways in AA has restricted AA…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award
Poly(R-3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) is a biopolymer that has been gaining interest throughout recent years for its biocompatibility and biodegradability. PHB has been studied for use as drug-del…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
A Grätzel solar cell (nano-crystalline dye sensitized or “DSSC”) is a photo electrochemical cell that use photons to excite electrons in organic fruit dyes to create electricity. The Grätzel…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Supercomputers have become critical to the advancement of many fields including medical research, big data analysis, and high-energy physics. Given the recent plateau in processor speeds, ho…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Problem: 285 million people in the world are visually impaired, representing a staggering 4% of our population. Currently-available assistive devices for the blind are either somewhat crude…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
I successfully integrated graphene onto a BaTiO 3 /SrTiO 3 (BTO/STO) ferroelectric superlattice to create a graphene-ferroelectric field effect transistor (GFFET). I achieved ferroelectricit…
ISEF · 2015
Diabetes affects 347 million individuals worldwide and is the seventh leading cause of death in the US. While current treatments cause broad-based immunodeficiency, future organ-specific the…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
In several instances, industrialization has led to increased contamination of agricultural fields with cytotoxic level of heavy metals. In seeded plants, the ZIP (ZRT- IRT-like Protein) fami…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a severe complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in which donor T cells attack host tissues. Immunosuppressant…
ISEF · 2015
Positron emission tomography (PET) is considered the most advanced method of investigating neuroreceptor functionality. Promising radiotracers of PET, namely [11C]OMAR, present high binding…
ISEF · 2015
Alzheimer’s disease is primarily caused by the misfolding and aggregation tau and amyloid-ß proteins interactions causing reduced neuronal function in over five million people in the United…
ISEF · 2015
Over 5 million tons of oil is spilled annually in the world while 1.3 billion people lack access to energy. We hypothesized microbial fuel cells (MFCs) can clean up oil-polluted regions and…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Pain is one of the most pervasive aspects of daily life, afflicting more Americans than cancer and heart disease combined. Recent research has focused on producing localized pain relievers t…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Pharmaceuticals designed to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an autoimmune disease characterized by a pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine imbalance and chronic histopathol…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), a cancer of B1 cells, is the most widespread leukemia in the world. Current chemotherapies fail to effectively target the malignant B1 cell subset in CLL,…
ISEF · 2015
The development of volumetric modulated arc therapy – or VMAT – plans for radiotherapy treatments require the optimization of parameters such as gantry angles and multi-leaf collimator (MLC)…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Stem cells offer the unique potential to differentiate into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth including heart cells. This experiment tested the culture condi…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Quantifying successful fertilization of free spawning organisms in the wild requires an understanding of how sperm and eggs interact under various concentration and temporal constraints. In…
ISEF · 2015
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of strong interactions that explains how hadrons such as protons, neutrons, and pions form stable bound states. It is impossible to study a system…
ISEF · 2015
Fluid intelligence (gF) is the basis of innovation, problem solving, and leadership and evaluating gF is critical to the investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of cognitive and mental disor…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Iron homeostasis is a vital biological process closely regulated by several signaling systems. One of the most important systems is HJV/BMP6; it regulates the release or sequestration of iro…
ISEF · 2015
Recycled hair fibers have been used previously for oil spill clean up as an alternative to non-organic sorbents, but the process of assembling these fibers is inefficient. Here, an alternati…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this study was to investigate the anti-amyloid and anti-inflammatory properties of CNI-1493 as a treatment for intracellular amyloid beta toxicity and chronic neuro-inflammati…
ISEF · 2015
Currently available robotic systems lack the ability to act and react without human intervention. As we expand to more diverse fields, we will require increasingly autonomous instruments tha…
ISEF · 2015
The study of error correcting codes seeks to minimize the redundancy needed for the accurate transmission of data on a fuzzy channel. Interference necessitates costly amounts of redundancy,…
ISEF · 2015
Finding a new sustainable, powerful, reliable and environmentally friendly form of energy has been a problem that has grown in importance over the last few decades due to the energy crisis.…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Research has shown that boys who bully are perceived as more aggressive and receive harsher punishments than girls who bully. In addition, people who bully girls are viewed as more aggressiv…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Third Award
This investigation aims to identify and optimize a composition that accelerates blood clotting. Severe bleeding is the leading cause of death on the battlefield and the second leading cause…