258 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
258 projects · showing 31–60
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
The tear-inducing chemical, or lachrymatory factor, syn-propanethial s-oxide, is released from onions when their cells are disrupted. The reaction creating this chemical is catalyzed by the…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Liposarcoma (LPS) is a form of cancer derived from fat tissue. Despite the fact that the 5 year survival rate for LPS patients with metastasis is only 15%, treatment for LPS hasn’t been adva…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Climate change and global warming are ongoing issues that impact all ecosystems. They cause many environmental problems like acid rain, habitat degradation, and species range shifts. This ca…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the most lethal cancers with a significantly low 5-year survival rate. PDAC is typically diagnosed in individuals over 65, suggesting t…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable cancer of malignant plasma cells with a 5-year survival of 54%. Immunotherapy has recently emerged as a highly promising modality to treat MM. CD8+ T-ce…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This project aimed to improve the performance, efficiency, and strength of an ionic thruster, which uses corona discharge to create airflow. The goal was to enhance sealing, reduce air bleed…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
Chronic stress can severely impact mental and physical health, contributing to conditions like anxiety, depression, and cardiovascular issues. Inspired by an ancient Buddhist mindfulness bre…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Flexible two-dimensional (2D) field-effect transistors (FETs) have gathered great interest, due to the need to solve scalability problems that are commonplace in 3D FETs. Specifically, the r…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The growing need for efficient and accurate detection of exoplanets, especially with limited datasets, presents a significant challenge in the field of astronomy. This project analyzes the a…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Radiologists and Pulmonologists identify radiographic findings of pulmonary nodules within daily clinical practice. The identification and classification of these nodules is critical, as mal…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Fertilizers applied to soilless growing substrates in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) often leach nutrients like phosphorus (P), and this leads to environmental pollution. The objec…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Tornadoes have various wind speeds throughout their life cycles and are usually warned by the National Weather Service to protect life and property. I analyzed data on select tornadoes (2011…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is an idiopathic pain disorder, classified by paroxysmal pain in the face. The spinal trigeminal tract extends into the spinal cord as far as the fourth cervical ve…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
Biofortification increases the nutritional value of food crops by increasing the vitamin and mineral content. The objective of this research was to determine if a feed supplement including a…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Many intracranial aneurysms can be treated using flow diversion, in which a finely meshed stent is used to reduce blood flow into an aneurysm. Over time, this leads to endothelial tissue reg…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
With water playing a fundamental and irreplaceable role in everyday life, water quality monitoring is crucial for preserving the aquatic ecosystem and ensuring a sustainable planet for the f…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive primary brain tumor, with an average survival of 14.6 months even with treatment. Prior research has shown that a protein, PTPµ, is cleaved in tumor tissu…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry
Approximately 37.3 million Americans suffer from Type Two Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), a disorder in which the body fails to regulate sugar levels. In T2DM, insulin resistance reduces the avail…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
American Livestock producers must balance the concern for animal welfare while creating a high quality meat product for consumers. This project investigates if using stress reducers in produ…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
Noise pollution is a very present and common health hazard in modern times with its effects on humans often overlooked. This folly causes other animals relying on sound as a necessary commun…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
As global food demand continues to increase, food supply continues to be consistently damaged by crop disease. At least 20% of crops worldwide are lost in the harvest and post-harvest stages…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disease that affects memory and learning. Mitochondria are critical to neuronal function in the brain, and energy me…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
The recording of neuronal action potentials from multiple neurons in humans has been a notable advancement for better understanding the nervous system. When our sensory nerves are activated,…
ISEF · 2024
Embedded Systems
This project addresses the problem of expensive sports cameras for small teams unable to cover the over 3k per season subscriptions. The hardware required for this project includes a Raspber…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Twenty-five percent of Americans follow a gluten-free diet (Reed, 2020). In the food industry it is important to create products that are both palatable and digestible for these gluten-free…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This study investigated the hypothesis that visual stimuli can significantly influence olfactory perception, potentially altering or enhancing the actual scent experience. By building an AI…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of cases in the United States. Failed interventions, aimed at the symptoms of the disease, have created a dri…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. Tremors, which affect over 70% of PD patients, significantly disrupt daily activities of living. Currently, tre…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Gender disparity persists in most STEM fields, where men vastly outnumber women. Recent research shows that gendered wording in advertisements for STEM jobs may have a significant influence…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Organoids are a 3D stem cell model which recapitulate the physiology of human organs and are derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The purpose of this project was to optimize…