355 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
355 projects · showing 211–240
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Thrombi formed under blood flow are complex structures of blood coagulation factors, cellular components, and fibrin fibers. In the case of non-tissue vascular grafts, thrombi invade the gra…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy are two of the leading causes of blindness in the United States today. Yet fifty percent of people with glaucoma are unaware that they have the condition an…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
The challenge of finding the HIV cure lies in latent HIV-infected cells, which are inert to current HIV treatment. Since CD32a has been identified as a potential biomarker of latent HIV-infe…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
This project investigates the effect of the natural insecticide limonene applied externally to Periplaneta americana (the American cockroach) on walking patterns. The cockroach's tripod gait…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Forest management over the past two decades has focused on encouraging evenly spaced mature trees with the idea that they would resist fire. This works for prescribed fires, but once the fir…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Segmented linear quantum computing architectures provide high error tolerance while maintaining a simple, one-dimensional layout. However, current research on implementing currently-achievab…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology Third Award
Future proposed missions to send humans to Mars for long term exploration requires the development of improved waste management technology in space and increased reliable energy for running…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
A novel method of generating pseudo-random numbers (pRNG) using Hamiltonian-Dynamical systems is presented in this paper. Traditional pRNGs such as the Xorshift and the Mersenne Twister algo…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a cardiovascular disease that triggers sudden cardiac arrest in people of all ages. We conducted tests with six chemotherapy drugs that reinforced separa…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
In 2018, Indonesia was hit with one of the deadliest earthquakes in its history, measured at a magnitude of 7.5. More than 1,000 died and as many as 5,000 remain missing. Current victim trac…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
A decline in photosynthetic rates of zooxanthellae due to heightened ocean temperatures decreases the energy produced by the algae for the coral, leading to an expulsion of zooxanthellae fro…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lineage tracing provides fundamental insights into the developmental trajectories of individual cells of complex organisms. Genetic labeling approaches, such as naturally-occurring mitochond…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Although opposition to vaccines is as old as vaccines themselves, in recent years, the vaccine hesitancy movement (often referred to as the anti-vaccination movement) has caused a regression…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Insulin Dependent Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects over 200 million people worldwide. Diabetic patients keep this disease under control by externally administrating Insulin hormo…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Second Award
In hypoxic conditions tumor cells have evolved to alleviate their intracellular acidity with the overexpression of the human Carbonic Anhydrase IX isozyme (CA IX) (Haiden). As a result, the…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
Hurricane Harvey catastrophically flooded Houston in August 2017, followed a month later by Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico. Cell phone service, telephone landlines, internet ser…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
This research project endeavors to create an amphibious, teleoperated robotic vehicle capable of navigating aquatic and terrestrial environments that are potentially hazardous to humans, and…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Second Award
Spin-based devices could enable revolutionary applications such as room temperature quantum computation. Ferromagnetic semiconductors showed promise in literature in creating a spin device a…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulty in recognizing and in comprehending emotions from other's facial expressions. This impacts their development of empathy and affects…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
While recent advances in gene therapy have reinforced the appeal for using Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) for targeted gene delivery, the small genome delivery size limits the capabilities of…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
Great advancements have been made in using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors for gene therapy; however, the basic biology behind AAV capsid assembly remains poorly characterized. Discover…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Copper nanowires have attracted attention as transparent conductor for display application due to their excellent electrical conductivity and low cost of fabrication. This study investigated…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Third Award
The purpose of this project is to design a multidimensional atmospheric sensor platform to facilitate the monitoring and visualization of airborne pollutants and improve the accessibility of…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics Fourth Award
A random matrix is a matrix whose entries are given by random variables. The spectral statistics of high dimensional random matrices have shown deep connections with physics over the past ce…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common heart disease that causes sudden cardiac arrest in people of all ages. In this research, we tested six chemotherapy drugs that reinforced separa…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Bangladesh has a serious problem: 20 million in the country drink water well above the arsenic contamination standard. Phytoremediation can be effective in removing heavy metals from water,…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Ocean acidification is the increase in acidity of ocean waters due to the absorption of CO2 from the atmosphere. This negatively impacts many marine organisms, especially those that build ca…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
It can be found that lichen are commonly used as bioindicators by scientists in order detect air pollution. This project was targeted at evaluating if lichens can be used as bioindicators ju…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Near-Earth asteroids can pose serious dangers to life on Earth. The location of near-Earth asteroid 2003 QB90 (242211) was measured over a four week period (July 9, 2017-August 5, 2017) usin…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The cost of damage caused by hurricanes in 2017 is estimated to be over 200 billion dollars. Quick and accurate prediction of the path of a hurricane and its strength would be very valuable…