237 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
237 projects · showing 1–30
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
With 2.25 million tons of annual flame retardant production, phosphorus flame retardants cause aquatic ecosystem disruption and eutrophication. Agricultural waste disposal causes 6% of globa…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are rare cancer-derived cells in the bloodstream and serve as important biomarkers for early cancer detection and monitoring. However, current clinical methods…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Nickel-Titanium (Ni-Ti) alloys dominate the shape memory alloy (SMA) market, but high costs limit their expansion. While iron-based SMAs (Fe-SMAs) offer a cheaper alternative, discovering co…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sub-Saharan Africa is vulnerable to variations in precipitation levels, as a large percentage of the population practices subsistence farming and most of their electricity is from hydropower…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
20% of total energy consumption is used to merely overcome friction (Holmberg and Erdemir, 2017). Friction comes from all places, with new rolling bearings accounting for over 420 terawatt h…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Solar flares are a major component of understanding solar weather. Geomagnetic storms resulting from solar flares can cause catastrophic damage to man-made satellites in space, disruption to…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Medical AI systems fail on underrepresented populations in ways conventional fairness metrics cannot detect. Existing evaluations report average disparities at fixed thresholds, providing no…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) accounts for 13% of acute toxicity cases in the U.S. and remains a primary barrier to pharmaceutical development. While most machine learning models predict…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, and early detection significantly improves survival outcomes. Subsolid pulmonary nodules, including ground-glass…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Aryl Bromides are significant compounds having great potential in cross-coupling reactions and interconversions of functional groups. To functionalize these groups into boronates (high-value…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Malaria is among the earliest documented infectious diseases in humans and remains a major global health challenge. In malaria-endemic regions, anemia substantially worsens outcomes, and sev…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, necessitating targeted therapeutic strategies. Curcumin, a natural compound, demonstrates anti-cancer…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Smartphones are deeply integrated into students' daily lives, and frequent notifications may interrupt sustained attention during academic tasks. This study examined whether realistic phone…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Globally, a limb is amputated every 20 seconds due to complications from diabetes. Over 18 million people suffer from chronic diabetic wounds, caused by impaired circulation and reduced woun…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) affects over 280 million people worldwide, yet current treatments remain ineffective for nearly one-third of patients. Emerging research suggests that gut mic…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In construction or any fields that involve blasting, workers often measure rock hardness and assess slope stability on steep, high-altitude surfaces, requiring high-risk suspended tasks. The…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Due to the inherently noisy and error-prone nature of modern quantum hardware, optimizing quantum circuit (QC) layouts is a fundamental challenge in quantum computing. Modern industrial opti…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria cause over 2 million infections annually in the US, driving the need for new antimicrobials. Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) are a promising solution, but con…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Despite their widespread use in the food and healthcare industries, probiotics often die during storage and digestion and reduced therapeutic efficacy due to their environmental sensitivity,…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
Soft pneumatic grippers, structures created from silicone rubber and powered by air pressure, can grasp and transfer items with remarkable stability and precision. Their light weight, flexib…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean) is highly drought-sensitive. Camellia sinensis (green tea) contains polyphenols that may mitigate drought stress. Using 40 P. vulgaris seedlings grown from s…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science
If glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane's (GFRTPU) strength and strain are comparable to fiberglass epoxy resin, then GFRTPU should be considered a viable alternative material f…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
This study addressed the engineering challenge: can a low cost, microcontroller based device reliably detect and visually represent alerts in real time for individuals with hearing impairmen…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that bind to the coding sequences of target messenger RNAs (mRNAs), where they regulate gene expression. Mutations of miRNA binding sites within risk g…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Ranked as the fourth most common neurological disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by symptoms including excessive or repetitive behaviors, otherwise known as compu…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. It is difficult to diagnose accurately, especially at an early stage. No tradition…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
Clinical trials often utilize composite endpoints to provide a comprehensive evaluation of a treatment’s effects by combining multiple related outcomes into a single measure. While tradition…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Spectrometers are highly valuable tools capable of measuring the wavelengths emitted or absorbed by various objects and materials. However, scientific-grade spectrometers are often costly, t…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Driving is a task that is heavily reliant on auditory signals for communication and crash avoidance. Around 430 million people around the world suffer from disabling hearing loss, preventing…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Biofuels are vital in combating climate change by offering a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Efficiently converting waste materials into fuel…