245 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
245 projects · showing 1–30
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Gliomas remain the deadliest form of brain cancer, with patients surviving one year post-diagnosis on average, 5-year survival rates as low as 5%, and no major treatment advances in the past…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Efficient ion heating remains a major obstacle in magnetic fusion because radio-frequency waves often deposit too much of their energy into electrons rather than fuel ions. Existing ion-cycl…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
Globally, water scarcity affects 75% of the population. Agriculture accounts for 70% of global freshwater withdrawals, and farmers use unreliable, reactive irrigation systems. This project i…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid), a type of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), is a chemical used in the manufacturing of many products. PFOA is classified as an IARC Group 1 carcinoge…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The field of humanoid robotics is currently bottlenecked by a lack of accessibility, high costs, high energy demands, and a lack of ease of manufacturability. This project aimed to create a…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Demand for energy to power industrial processes continues to increase in modern society, leading to increased carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere as a byproduct of burning fossil fu…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Breast cancer progression is influenced by estrogen receptor signaling and tumor angiogenesis, yet the biological association between these pathways remains incompletely understood. The purp…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are groups of persistent environmental contaminants that have been linked to adverse health effects, including immune system dysfunction and liver…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Parkinson’s disease is a common progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is known to affect movement and coordination. It causes debilitating motor symptoms, including tremor, bradykinesi…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Introduction: Standard athletic head protection utilizes Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) foam, which lacks the non-linear compression properties necessary for biometric tuning. Prompted by the re…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Arterial stenosis, the narrowing of arteries by plaque buildup, is the primary cause of cardiovascular diseases. Diseased arteries often contain multiple or non-uniform stenoses, so clinical…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Slips, trips, and falls are a major cause of lost-workday injuries, with unexpected wet flooring a primary contributor. Wet surfaces present a hazard because water reduces traction and is of…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Slips, Trips, and Falls (STFs) are major sources of accidents among various populations. About 38 mill falls happen each year in the US alone, with more than 50,000 associated with mobility…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) generally cause permanent functional loss due to the accumulation of inhibitory molecules, such as chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), synthesized by a mult…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Post-hoc domain generalization (PDG) methods aim to generalize machine learning models to unseen target domains using only source-domain information leveraged after training. Unlike train-ti…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Suborbital research access costs $30k-$90k per mission, pricing out universities and independent researchers. Current reusable rockets depend on throttleable liquid engines for landing, whic…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Traditional silicon solar cells are limited to approximately 33% efficiency, proposed by the Shockley-Queisser limit. Singlet fission (SF), a process in which one singlet exciton splits into…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to find an alternative to commercial concrete and determine if results from a previous experiment were due to chance or size of the aggregate. Concrete ext…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Isoflurane is an FDA-approved volatile anesthetic used to induce and maintain general anesthesia. Isoflurane hyperpolarizes membrane potential by selectively enhancing K+ channels and inhibi…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
The tennis serve is the only stroke that the athlete has full control over and is strongly associated with competitive performance. At the highest level, serve quality directly shapes point…
ISEF · 2025
Technology Enhances the Arts
The purpose of this project is to find a mathematical process to enhance images of a subject, deriving results purely from data in the subject being observed rather than relying on AI assump…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science
Understanding the effects of machining processes and parameters on the surface integrity of materials is crucial to the manufacturing industry, as the ability to predict residual stress (RS)…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Understanding and reconstructing pathways in metabolism can help identify biomarkers and metabolic changes associated with systemic diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Howe…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Study Objective: The primary aim of this study was to investigate how P2X1 receptor activation in lung adenocarcinoma (LA) influences the tumor microenvironment, particularly in promoting pr…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The ADMX experiment utilizes a microwave haloscope to directly detect axions, a theoretical particle that is the proposed solution for the Strong CP problem and a strong candidate for dark m…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
Fluorescent sensors are organic fluorophores that detect specific analytes with quantitative fluorescence intensity changes. They have offered impressive benefits compared with instrumental…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
While pre-training with supervised or self-supervised learning has recently shown great promise in continual learning (CL) by learning generalizable features, it requires a large, external d…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
Hydrogen has emerged as a promising medium for zero-carbon energy storage; however, due to the cost and complexity of electrocatalyst synthesis for alkaline water splitting (AWS), approximat…
ISEF · 2025
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The need for reliable renewable energies has grown, expanding research into biofuel opportunities. However current feedstocks use agricultural land, causing significant impacts. This researc…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
The objective of this project is to develop a low-cost, portable, multi-sensor device for accurate early detection of multiple cancers, designed for home use and resource-limited settings. T…