318 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
318 projects · showing 181–210
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
This experiment was conducted to determine the stability of an aircraft wing with varied angles of winglets. Winglets give aircraft a performance improvement between five and seven percent b…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Staphylococcus epidermidis (S. epidermidis) is a common skin bacteria that can form biofilms on plastic devices. In a study by Zhang, Lemna minor was found to be a model plant system. Possib…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Nearly 1 in 10 people are sickened by foodborne diseases each year. But, rampant use of broad-spectrum antibiotics can lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Many cultures have natural metho…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ground level ozone is one of the most abundant forms of air pollution worldwide. Ozone is regulated by the EPA because of its negative health effects, such as premature aging of lungs and di…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering First Award
The goal of this project is to design a cost effective, 3D printable biocompatible prosthetic foot, capable of facilitating full function with little compromised gait. 3D printing enables th…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Medical bracelets can save lives, but often lack the information for appropriate medical care. Will a dynamic QR code medical bracelet connected to a Bluetooth medical technology carrying ca…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
This study explored the potential of poly beta amino esters for the delivery of drugs, evaluating transfection efficiency, cell viability, and binding affinity. The polymer backbone consiste…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Autonomous vehicles have the potential to vastly increase road safety and reduce the environmental impact of personal vehicles. While this technology is still in development, rapid progress…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
The primary objective of this project is to develop autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to generate semi-dense point clouds of the interior of buildings. These point clouds can be used…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
When diagnosing intraductal lesions in breast tissue, pathologists evaluate architectural, morphologic and at times immunohistochemical features to classify the disease. However, in the medi…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) and members of the family Lumbricidae (earthworms) are two invasive species to Minnesota that negatively affect native plant growth and contribute to ov…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Each year, 251,000 patients die due to medical errors in the United States. In aortic valve replacement surgery, over 6% of patients die during or within 5 years of surgery due to medical er…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
The purpose of Hopping Down the Bunny Trail: Spatial Distribution of Lepus americanus Tracks is to test if Lepus americanus tracks are distributed randomly in a survey area. This year, the p…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Diseases that cause visually abnormal cells affect millions of individuals around the world. In developing countries, these diseases are traditionally diagnosed by having a trained scientist…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe genetic muscle degeneration disease. Although it is known that DMD is caused by an absence of the protein dystrophin, the exact mechanism of mus…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
The reflection coefficient is a parameter that shows how much a wave is reflected by an impedance discontinuity in the transmission medium and can significantly change sound intensity in roo…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
When cancer spreads from one organ to another, it becomes significantly harder to treat. This process, known as metastasis, is involved in 90% of cancer deaths. Because metastasis presents a…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
After trying to naturally reduce nitrate levels in an aquarium, we began to wonder if there were natural ways to remove nitrate levels in streams. We collected stream water from the New Prag…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
In bacteria, cellular energy is largely consumed by two essential functions: reproduction and chemotaxis, the behavior where single-celled organisms swim up a gradient of nutrients. When bot…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
There remains a continued need for inexpensive techniques for filtering out heavy metals from contaminated water. Studies have shown efficacy of biochar (pyrolyzed organic matter) for heavy…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Stroke is an increasingly common injury in the world today and it can cause serious long-term problems with mobility in many body parts, including the arms and hands. Many researchers have d…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
In the United States, 23,830 new primary malignant tumors of the brain and central nervous system (CNS) are expected to be diagnosed in 2018, according to the Central Brain Tumor Registry of…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Strep throat infects millions of people every year. Due to the similarity of symptoms between bacterial and viral infections, a rapid diagnosis test to identify Group A Streptococcus (GAS) f…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The purpose of doing this project was to try to answer a previous question created by a former science fair project. The question was to find out if inhibition could be created by herb mold…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Astronomers who measure light levels of stars have noticed that not all stars emit light at a constant rate. By the 20th century, a star called “RR Lyrae” was discovered to be a variable sta…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Sleep is a fundamental building block for human health, directly affecting mood, safety, and academic and physical performance. Despite this, only 20% of adolescents receive the recommended…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
The purpose of this study was to research if green tea, pure cranberry juice, and pure lemon juice affect the growth of UTI causing bacteria, and if those juices affect UTI causing bacteria…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) causes the most cancer related deaths worldwide, and accounts for more deaths than the next three leading cancers combined (Key Statistics, 2017). At any s…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Amputations affect over 1 million people worldwide each year. War and disease take a toll from too many who can hardly afford to pay. The goal of this project is to design and build a cost e…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Medical bracelets can save lives, but often lack sufficient information for appropriate medical care. The question was: Will a dynamic QR code based medical bracelet allow participants to re…