189 projects whose affiliated fair was here, most recently in 2026.
ISEF records a state or province for some finalists and not others, so these counts do not add up to the country total.
189 projects · showing 91–120
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Current cancer therapies face significant challenges, such as inducing adverse patient side effects, having limited access to solid tissue tumours, or failing to target metastatic tumours. A…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Immunotherapy is a treatment in which the body’s immune cells, are stimulated to fight diseases such as cancer. Several immunotherapies have been developed with the aim of helping T Cells ta…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Approximately 20,000 different human proteins exist to perform specific tasks within a cell’s organelles focused on building, repairing, and giving signals needed for the body to survive. Ho…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Today, at a global level, we see that the majority of deaths are attributed to the category of diseases which involve abnormal concentrations of cells and proteins. Consequently, the develop…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a hypothesized model of dark matter. Many experiments intended to directly observe WIMPs are being developed; if successful, they would contr…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Pedicle probes are medical devices used during spinal fusion surgeries for patients with scoliosis or spinal fractures. The probe creates pilot holes to guide placement of pedicle screws in…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease in which current diagnostic tools are invasive and lack the ability to diagnose early-onset dementia. Current antibody-based diagnosti…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
The global food crisis is an issue affecting 1 billion people worldwide – it is critical that more efficient solutions to food production be developed. Both nanoparticles, molecules <100nm u…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) diagnosis is a challenge, with misdiagnosis rates at 20-30%. Proteomics has become a field of interest in the search for biomarkers for the early diagnosis of AD. Ho…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disease of the nervous system that affects 10 million people each year. It is often characterized by resting tremor and stiffness. With difficulty in fin…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Boosted by an increase in single-family housing, and the rising need for storm-resistant products, the demand for roofing in the U.S. is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CA…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Radiation exposure for long term space missions currently surpasses limits set by NASA, largely due ionizing radiation in the form of galactic cosmic rays (protons, heavy ions and alpha part…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
The world population is rapidly rising – estimated to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 – requiring a dramatic increase in crop production and associated water consumption. Fogponics, a hardly used…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Traditional aids for the visually impaired, such as canes and guide dogs, have short detection range, poor coverage, and slow information transfer. We designed a device through which the vis…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Currently the control of fungal diseases in horticultural produce is managed through the heavy use of fungicides, yet this presents numerous concerns regarding the environment and health in…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
This project demonstrates, for the first time, that Cyperus esculentus (tigernuts) can be used as an economical and eco-friendly solution for over 2.1 billion people who lack access to clean…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
Recent literature suggests that Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) may be initiated by a neurovascular mechanism that precedes neurodegenerative observations. Despite the potential great importance of…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Cancer is a disease where mutated cells often clump together to form a tumor. Current oncological treatments include chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which often harm healthy tissue and have d…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Neuroblastoma(NB) is a pediatric cancer present in children under the age of 16, responsible for a disproportionate 15% of all childhood cancer deaths worldwide. Traditionally cells differen…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to global public health with 10 million people at risk of dying from AMR-related causes by 2050. Understanding the underlying biological fact…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a devastating B-cell malignancy occurring in hyperproliferative plasma cells originating from bone marrow. Current therapeutic treatments include non-targeted chemot…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Third Award
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicts the world's population will increase from 7.3 billion to 9.7 billion people by 2050 – which will require global crop yields to increase b…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects one out of three seniors. It has killed more people than breast and prostate cancer together, making it the sixth leadin…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
In the U.S., semi-trucks on average travel about 140B miles, often over hilly terrain,annually producing 1.34B metric-tons of CO2, as well as diesel-fumes, which the IARC links to cancer. El…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
Development: To make this switch possible, I was introduced to Arduino. “Arduino is an open-source computer hardware and software company, project and user community that designs and manufac…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
With the growing number of baby boomers retiring daily, and the aging population needing more specialized care, long term care facilities are having a difficult time keeping up to the demand…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Pneumonia affects 450 million people worldwide. It is believed that elderly individuals, 65 years or older, are more susceptible to acquiring the disease, due to changes in the aging immune…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Nanoparticle-based drug carriers are promising, minimally invasive candidates for cancer treatment. However, the challenge remains in how best to specifically target transformed cells. Upon…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Chemical differences between fossils of different species, environments, or time periods reveal information about prehistoric habitats, climate, environmental change and specimen origin. Lit…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The purpose of this project is to determine how the Damage Suppressor (Dsup) protein is implemented in vivo in tardigrades, demonstrating how Dsup potentially protects DNA from ionizing radi…