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 13411–13440
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Zika(ZIKV) poses unknown long-term threats to both adults and infants. Much inability to combat it comes from its complex envelope structure and resulting atypical biochemical properties. Th…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Traditional wastewater purification is ineffective, costly, and time consuming; additionally, the sludge byproduct is harmful to the environment. According to the US EPA, 3-4% of the nation’…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Third Award
The project incorporates common rose (Rosoideae rosa) nanostructures, especially their anti-reflective and light management properties, in a photoresist film to increase photovoltaic cell ef…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
This project’s purpose is to investigate the usage of the spidron system for automotive crush zones and force absorption applications. The engineering goal of this project is to utilize the…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Among the many biomass sources that can be used as biofuel, coffee grounds are a viable source of fatty acids for producing biodiesel. Over 500,000 tons of coffee ground waste is created yea…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Water Hyacinth (Sp. Eichhornia crassipes) originated in the state of Amazonas is listed along with the worst five weeds in the world. This waterweed blocks waterways, affecting both navigati…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of this project was to determine if artificial neural networks could be effectively utilized in a data analysis problem such as predicting stock prices. In order to answer the re…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to find a way to provide a constant supply of electrical power to a cardiac pacemaker utilizing cardiac and pulmonary motions in conjunction with a piezofi…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer. When diagnosed early, there is a 98% survival rate. However, once the cancer metastasizes, the survival rate decreases dramatically to 18%. The…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Research main objective was to create a new alternative packing material based on banana, cassava and yam starch, in order to reduce the environmental implications produced by today’s plasti…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Platelet endocytosis is very important, especially for fibrinogen uptake. Platelets contain several integral membrane proteins called soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor Attachment Pro…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Third Award
Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) is a type of 3d printing used in a variety of applications, from small scale manufacturing to rapid prototyping. Printed pieces are typically filled with a s…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Today, organic wastes constitute an average of 68% of our domestic wastes. In addition, the plant waste on the fields at the end of the harvest also reaches millions of tons. For instance, i…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Modern mankind is at odds with two issues: waste management and access to potable water in developing nations. Current water treatment methods such as reverse-osmosis have proved to be energ…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if a modeled, quantum dot photovoltaic cell (QDPC) designed to be optimized for varied light conditions was significantly more efficient (Watt…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Robots prevalence in industry and homes has continued to develop over time. But there is still much to do before autonomy can be achieved in a cost-effective manner. One step to reaching thi…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
In the case of an emergency, such as a fire or earthquake, one of the main sources to become aware of the situation is a sound alarm or siren to indicate the security measures to be taken. T…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
a) Purpose of the experiment: The purpose of the experiment is to investigate the ability of vitamin E delta-tocotrienol (VEDT) to inhibit human pancreatic cancer stem cell growth and metast…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
The bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens is part of anaerobic soils and sediments that couples organic compounds and converts them into electricity. Soil is the superficial part of the Earth's…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
My research this year aimed to design a novel process to utilize landfill leachate and wastewater centrate, two highly prevalent forms of waste around the world, to recover valuable nutrient…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Spark-ignition (SI) internal combustion engines are typically 20% thermally efficient. Some lost energy actually exits as unburned hydrocarbons, which in automobiles pass through a catalytic…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In the 1900’s silver was used extensively as an antimicrobial agent. When antibiotics were developed, they became very popular and silver as an antibacterial decreased. This research is re-e…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Drinking water is a basic need for every living being. Unfortunately, water sources are running out because of human pollution and the global demographic increase. For this reason, it is nec…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
The purpose of this project was to engineer an alternative method for transporting water into space by using the process of frozen reverse water spherificaiton. Moreover, the problem of tran…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
The giant water strider, Aquarius elongatus, is one of the most noticeable semiaquatic insects in Japan. Because of its agility when skating, and ability to float on the water surface, this…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Purpose: The purpose of this project was to focus on different wavelengths of light and determine the effect they have on the efficiency of current flowing through the electrodes and creatio…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
The purpose of my project is to determine specific nesting characteristics for the threatened shorebird species the Western Snowy Plover, and to see if imagery from a drone can predict poten…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Ultraviolet radiation from the sun can be damaging to the skin, eyes, and immune system and is carcinogenic to humans. Despite heightened skin cancer awareness in recent years, the incidence…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Third Award
Appel and Haken (1977) proved that four colors suffice to color any map by using the discharging method. While the original problem required the same four colors, but what if each country ha…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
The antlions (larvae) are common insects living in sands, digging pits to trap passing preys. Their backward movement to seize the preys to the bottom of pits is unique, which, however, has…