262 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
262 projects · showing 121–150
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Unknown deposits have recently been found in the pipes of Libbey Fountain, one of the public jug fountains in Hot Springs National Park. To analyze the cause of these microbial corrosion dep…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
The purpose of this experiment is to create a three dimensional turtle program that allows beginning programmers to visualize and program lines and shapes such as three dimensional fractals,…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The difficulty in finding the perfect shower temperature could be due to the height of the individual taking the shower and the temperature of the bathroom atmosphere. The purpose of this ex…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Meditation and nature have both been demonstrated to reduce stress levels, however, a comparison in teenagers using electroencephalography (EEG) and blood pressure (BP) has not been made. Th…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Current biofuel practices largely rely on primary food crops (presenting a sustainability dilemma). Alternatively, lignocellulosic ethanol has the potential to be sustainable and cost-compet…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Microplastics (MP) are plastic debris smaller than 5 millimeters that are left behind from plastic pollution, which poses a threat to human health and marine life. In this study, a natural c…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Many people in rural areas are dealing with severe water shortages, but these locations are also big producers of banana plants, which require a great amount of water. In order to deal with…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Over 1.3 billion people worldwide suffer from either vision impairment or blinding retinal diseases, and approximately $139 billion is the estimated economic burden due to these retinal dise…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
When we were asked to come up with a science fair project, it wasn’t hard for me because I’ve always loved designing things. I chose to build different bridge types that were all the same le…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Styrofoam may be thought of as a convenient product to make cups, however, what most people do not know is that they are actually consuming part of their cup. After noticing our teacher's dr…
ISEF · 2020
Chemistry
Lithium-Ion Batteries used in electric vehicles today are expensive, toxic to the environment and take a long time to recharge. Supercapacitor is considered as an alternate, inexpensive, and…
ISEF · 2020
Embedded Systems
Transistor-transistor logic (TTL) is present in nearly every electronic device. TTL allows binary inputs to be manipulated and then output. Discrete component TTL can be used to understand b…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Glial cells provide structure and metabolic support for neurons. Glioblastomas (GBM) are malignant tumors of glial cells. To improve their survival, cancerous cells have elevated levels of p…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Chameleon skin contains a lattice of guanine nanocrystals, the spacing of which can be tuned to create different colors in response to the environment. Inspired by chameleons, the goal of th…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Researchers in Japan have identified a species of bacteria, Ideonella sakaiensis, which is capable of degrading Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), a common ingredient in many plastics. The pu…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders worldwide, and the unpredictable nature of epileptic seizures makes life challenging for many patients. The objective of this study…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
The goal of this project was to create a program that would encode a robust watermark into a three-dimensional file type. Working with ASCII STL files, the program encoded the information by…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Almost one million people in the world will be diagnosed with a genetic kidney disease occurring in the collagen IV within the glomerular basement membrane (GBM). I wanted a less-complex viv…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most debilitating neurological diseases leading to impairments in cognitive, sensory, and motor functions. Amyloid Aß plaques and neurofibr…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
As chronic illness rates increase exponentially, it is important to understand the various ways nutrition can impact an individual's health and life span. The purpose of this experiment is t…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
As there are more than a million cases in the United States annually and over 500,000 Americans die each year, cancer can be characterized as the continual unregulated rapid increase in the…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
A recent proposal by the EPA, if passed, will take away the Clean Water Act’s protection of headwater streams. This will reduce protection on around 9 million of America’s stream miles. With…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
A previous study indicated that the antimicrobial peptide Cecropin A could be an effective tool against cyanobacterial blooms. Several applications of Cecropin A against these blooms could i…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
By the year 2050, the global population is projected to reach nine billion people. This means that the global food supply will need to double to keep up with the demand. Unfortunately, even…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Influenza infects ~35 million people and causes ~79,000 deaths in the United States annually. Vaccination can be highly effective, but is often a neglected tool for preventing infection. In…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Mutagenesis induces artificial genetic variation which allows breeders to discover the functions of genes previously unavailable. This project looked for yield and disease resistance-related…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics
The purpose of the experiment entitled “Are MVPs Really the Most Valuable Players?” was to test the accuracy of the sabermetric statistic known as wins above replacement (WAR). To test its a…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Protein Purification has traditionally been carried out by a method of column chromatography. This method requires expensive equipment and takes longer to get a pure protein. However, this m…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Corrosion inhibitors are substances that slow down the process of corrosion in metals. In this study, an innovative natural corrosion inhibitor was synthesized using avocado oil and garlic e…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
There are five senses: taste, smell, touch, hearing, and sight. Now imagine losing one of those senses, how much would your life be altered? Currently, there are over 200 million people worl…