Every Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair project Fairfolio holds: 17,565 entries across 13 years, with the abstract, category and awards the fair published for each one.
Counts cover every year of this fair and use its own category labels, exactly as the source published them. Each one links to that category's ISEF projects.
17565 projects · showing 10981–11010
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
Cancer remains a pervasive and ominous threat as the second leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for one in four fatalities. The survival and proliferation of tumors in ca…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Third Award
With increasing populations and rising global temperatures, the need for a new agricultural revolution is imperative. The objective of this project was to find a sustainable and economical a…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Rambutan fruit is a local fruit that can be found abundantly in Malaysia. The skin of rambutan has been reported to possess few phyto-constituents that has anti-cancer properties. Hence, the…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer and accounts for 1 in 4 cancer deaths. Sulindac is an FDA approved anti-inflammatory drug. Metformin is an anti-diabetes drug which is also FDA a…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
I used Big Data (> 2.3 million records) to identify predictors of peripheral neuropathy (PN). PN costs the U.S. over 10 billion annually, so predicting factors may lead to large cost savings…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics
This project demonstrated the problem of deconstructing graphical models is polynomial time solvable, with an O(mn^r+3 + nr) algorithm. The execution was split into two parts: one involving…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Autism spectrum disorder is a heritable, developmental disorder affecting 1 in 68 children in the United States. Development of a more definitive diagnostic method is especially critical for…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Breast cancer is currently the second leading cause of death among American women even though breast cancer mortality rates have decreased by 36% since 1989-2012. This decline has often been…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
The objective of our BerriVest device is to accurately do object detection by alerting the user of frontal obstacles and uneven surfaces and image processing, by specifically naming the obst…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Estimating the future course of cancer is invaluable to physicians; however, current clinical methods fail to effectively use the vast amount of multimodal data available. To tackle this pro…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Localized surface plasmon resonances in metal nanoparticles generate intense localized heat, which can be used to catalyze reactions. This study aims to use plasmonic silver nanoparticles to…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Creeping woodsorrel or Oxalis corniculata is the perennial plant with a slender primary root. The leaf is composed of 3 leaflets. The fruit itself consists of green cylindrical capsules whic…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Alzheimer's affects about 70-80% of all dementia patients around the world. This neuroimaging study is aimed to examine the various numerical and quantifiable differences in volumetric measu…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Convolutional neural networks (CNN) are traditionally used in computer vision, but have recently gained traction as sequential models. In this paper two improvements to temporal convolutiona…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
There is an acute shortage of accessible freshwater. Desalination can create freshwater from seawater, but current techniques are expensive and require energy and maintenance. This research,…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical Second Award
The leading sources of energy globally are oil, coal, and natural gas - fossil fuels that can be depleted, and whose access and use greatly impact the environment. Hence, much study has been…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
The study’s first objective is to analyze and improve movement range of a new hip prosthesis design using a gimbal or universal joint. A second objective is to determine load-carrying capaci…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The gravitational behavior of antimatter has never been conclusively determined through experimentation and thereby has long remained elusive to the field of physics. Various experiments hav…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2015 Summary Health Statistics, over 18 million Americans find it very difficult, or cannot, walk a quarter mile. Of those, 52%…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
PD-L1 and PD-L2 are two transmembrane proteins created by cancerous tumors that have an affinity towards PD-1, a protein receptor expressed by T Cells. I If these proteins bind to the recept…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics First Award
Classic rotorcrafts, such as helicopters, work due to complex mechanics and especially the interaction between the main and the tail rotor. Small and light microcontrollers are widely availa…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Heavy metal contamination in the environment, specifically in aquatic systems, has been a top concern for nearly 100 years. This heavy metal contamination is found at nearly every one of the…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
From the vast 71% of the earth that is covered with water, a staggering 96.5% is saltwater, only a minute area of which is potable. Desalination-plants that use phase-change techniques waste…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
The researcher has successfully designed a new quantum communication protocol which sends information directly on a quantum state. Due to the measurement principle and the no cloning theorem…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
With the growing prevalence of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), the complete loss of insulin production among children and adults, the artificial pancreas is becoming increasingly necessary to combat…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Available wound dressing materials in the market are not optimal because they trap moisture and do not prevent penetration of water. The excess moisture promotes bacterial growth leading to…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Arsenic is a carcinogenic contaminant that pollutes the groundwater, a consequence of poor arsenic disposal. Various techniques are used to remove arsenic, such as oxidation, coagulation-flo…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry Fourth Award
The intermolecular charge transfer occurring at the interface between an electron donor (D) and an electron acceptor (A) can give an excited state called “exciplex”. In another way, exciplex…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
At present, Blinds use paper Braille books with little information, and in the market, the Braille E-books are either bulky or expensive. This design is designed to produce a low cost Braill…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
1. What is onboard computer “CERBER”? The onboard computer “Cerber” is a hybrid device combining several different systems, such as security system, anti-theft device, a system for monitorin…