202 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
202 projects · showing 121–150
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Mosquitoes are estimated to kill between 700,000 and one million people per year through disease transmission, which is why effective mosquito control methods are imperative. An often-overlo…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
Solar energy is clean and renewable and has unlimited potential in meeting the energy need of the world. Currently, however, solar panel farms have an unintended, adverse ecological effect o…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Fourth Award
Spray cliffs (areas in the basin of a waterfall) are populated by plants that thrive in dark, moist environments. Such environments are typically conducive to plant diseases and thus select…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Microcins are antimicrobial proteins secreted by bacteria to provide a competitive edge in nutritionally stressful situations. These peptides are uniquely active against strains of susceptib…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
At present, there are no well-validated biomarkers for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Currently, the diagnosis of such disorders is done by experts who employ standard ques…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Parkinson’s Disease is one of the most common neurological diseases in modern day society. As Parkinson’s Disease continues to worsen over time, severe symptoms arise. These effects of Parki…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
The parachute is the most important device in the recovery of a rocket. Subject to changing and unpredictable wind vectors, parachutes add significant uncertainty to the landing site. This e…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Localized surface plasmon resonances in metal nanoparticles generate intense localized heat, which can be used to catalyze reactions. This study aims to use plasmonic silver nanoparticles to…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
From the vast 71% of the earth that is covered with water, a staggering 96.5% is saltwater, only a minute area of which is potable. Desalination-plants that use phase-change techniques waste…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
In the past several decades, research regarding volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from various sources, particularly plastics, has found them to create massively adverse health effe…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical Third Award
This experiment attempted to determine whether or not inertial electrostatic confinement based devices or “fusors” were capable of producing a detectable amount of fusion reactions with an i…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Harmful algal blooms (HAB) plague eutrophic waters and are often caused by excess anthropogenic nutrients, specifically phosphorus. Allelopathy, a defense mechanism in which an organism excr…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
In recent years, congestion in the global airspace has escalated at an exponential rate, increasing the probability of an air collision. Furthermore, many companies plan to deploy autonomous…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
There are growing concerns about the health and environmental effects of chemical pesticides used to control mosquito populations and the increasing resistance of mosquitoes to pesticides. E…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the U.S. Although it comprises less than 1% of new diagnoses, melanoma accounts for the vast majority of skin cancer deaths. The American…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
As the human population continues to increase, aggravating mosquito disease transmission, a control measure for mosquitoes is imperative. Mosquito control using sound would be an improvement…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a musculoskeletal disease often caused by overuse or injury but recent literature has suspected G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling of cell surface receptors a…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Little is known about the potential effects of “GenX’s” release into the Cape Fear River Basin. As stated by Rachel Carson “If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals - eatin…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Gravitational waves offer promising new ways to detect astronomical phenomena such as binary black hole systems, supernovae, and background gravitational waves from the Big Bang. We focused…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Environmental health and sustainability are major concerns for the twenty-first century. Therefore, this project was designed to create a sustainable, cost-efficient multi-step procedure tha…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
The kidney exchange market allows patients with kidney disease to obtain compatible donors by swapping an incompatible friend or family member’s kidney. With over 93,000 people on the kidney…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Third Award
It is estimated that the U.S. wastes 61% of its energy consumption, 24% of which occurs in buildings. This project explores the novel idea of using WiFi Channel State Information (CSI) to de…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common neurological diseases in modern society. As Parkinson’s disease continues to worsen overtime, severe symptoms, such as Parkinsonian tremors, bec…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Global warming has become an increasingly prevalent and exigent global issue as the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continues to increase. As a result, dry reformation of methan…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to see if there is a correlation between personality type and test performance. For our experimental procedure, we had participants take an online personal…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The harsh ultraviolet (UV) radiation at the Martian surface prevents viability of life as we know it by causing potentially lethal single and double-stranded DNA breaks. However, there are a…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
For most organ failure patients, organ donations do not exist. But in 5-10 years, patients will be able to grow their own organs by placing stem cells into extracellular matrices (ECMs) take…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common form of autoimmune arthritis, is a progressive inflammatory disease with unclear causes. Many people with arthritis feel worsening symptoms when we…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Twenty-percent of women in the United States are affected by breast cancer. Estrogen-receptor negative cancer treatments for postmenopausal women often worsen symptoms of osteoporosis, resul…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Recent advances in the field of quantum biology have revealed that quantum phenomena may play a significant role in several biological processes, including photosynthesis. Recent research su…