767 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
767 projects · showing 361–390
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences First Award
Drought impacts 40% of the world’s population, and an estimated 55 million people globally are affected every year. It is the most serious threat to crops in nearly every part of the world,…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Over 2 million Americans suffer from aphasia, a condition that affects stroke victim’s ability to communicate. Aphasia has no medical cure, but it can be improved through extensive speech-la…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
Typical teenagers can use up to 6 hours of headphones in their everyday life, setting the volume to 75-100%. According to Stanford Medicine researchers, the trend of inner-ear (sensorineural…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy First Award
The planetary nebula known as the Cat’s Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) has a complex, point-symmetric morphology that is unexplained by the current theory of planetary nebula formation, the Interacti…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
EXoplanet ConfIrmaTIoN throuGh transits (EXCITING) is a project that determines the validity of TESS Objects of Interest (TOI) exoplanet candidates. The project aims to identify false positi…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Computationally determining protein structure and function is promising, but researchers currently lack a complete end-to-end open-source tool capable of sequence alignment, de novo protein…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Many infectious and autoimmune diseases are difficult to diagnose properly, and the current diagnostic tests for these diseases are either pathogen/antibody specific, or have a slow turnarou…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
This project is the beginning of a gene identification and characterization project with implications in potential genetically engineerable traits for bush crops. We have found a candidate g…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disease, is caused by the depletion of dopamine as a result of toxic aggregates formed by a protein called alpha-synuclein…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Pulmonary embolisms (PE) affect approximately 300,000 to 600,000 people per year in the United States. Between 10 to 30% of those diagnosed with PE die within a month of its detection. As ra…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry
Cellulosic biofuels are a potential solution to the renewable energy crisis but are currently too expensive to be actualized. Economic, eco-friendly, and efficient cellulosic biofuels from i…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
Current COVID-19 testing is invasive and requires certain equipment, making screening difficult without such devices. Furthermore, when testing can be expedited, it often brings with it a su…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children, and its early diagnosis is crucial for effective intravenous immunoglobulin treatment within ten days, signi…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
To prevent the leaching of contaminated water (leachate) into the surrounding environment, current landfills utilize a system of liners that often contain Bentonite powder, a material intend…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Ocean acidification shifts Earth's oceans towards pH-neutral conditions. The global crisis has left thousands of coral reefs uninhabitable, jeopardizing marine biodiversity and resulting in…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Klebsiella pneumoniae exhibits among the highest rates of antibiotic resistance and is currently the main cause of carbapenem resistant infections, yet there are no clinically effective trea…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Microplastics are a rapidly emerging contaminant in water sources. California is in the process of adopting a standardized testing method to monitor microplastics in drinking water (Bill SB1…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause for blindness in the U.S. Current research on artificial intelligence based DR diagnosis shows promise but still has room for improvement befor…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Problem Statement: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness according to the latest assessment by the World Health Organization (WHO). Majority of cases are from third-world countries wher…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
Current phased-array (PA) antenna systems utilize beamforming techniques that are optimized for 2D surfaces. Therefore, the implementation of these systems is limited to flat surfaces. To so…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
The purpose of this project was to create a more ergonomic keyboard layout using genetic algorithms. This could help to prevent repetitive strain injuries and improve typing speed in users.…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
In 2018, there were 33 trillion Gigabytes of data in the world. Compression algorithms are used to store this data more efficiently. We developed and tested a new lossless compression algori…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology Third Award
The decomposition of plant-litter, aided by the metabolic activity of plant-litter microbial communities, is a vital process in nutrient cycling. Taxa such as Curtobacterium are involved in…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project investigates regions of the U.S. and Canada affected by the Polar Vortex and impacts of “stuck” or persistent extreme weather patterns such as: longer rainstorms, longer heat wa…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Most modern aircraft have an elliptical lift distribution (ELD) that results in induced drag across its entire wingspan. Induced drag leads to adverse yaw, the undesirable tendency for an ai…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on people across the world. In the United States, the initial shortage of pandemic response supplies such as PPE, COVID-19 test kits, and ventila…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Accurate assessment of ventricular volumes and cardiac function is essential for diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, screening for cardiotoxicity, and decisions regarding the…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences First Award
The Dana Glacier, located in the Sierra Nevada mountains, is rapidly melting away. I wanted to measure the volume of the remaining ice. This is difficult as there is no way to directly obser…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
We all know of the Big Bang Theory and how the universe exploded into existence, but there are a few inconsistencies with this theory. These inconsistencies are called the Flatness Problem,…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Paternal exposure to environmental toxicants, malnutrition, and stress is associated with increased disease incidence in their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Recent resear…