258 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
258 projects · showing 121–150
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Stroop Interference can be used to measure one’s fluency, relative to other individuals, in a specific language. The goal of this project was to design an electronic application that could m…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Poultry producers spend 1.5 billion dollars annually on the treatment and prevention of coccidiosis (Sundar, 2017). Industrial changes, due to regulations of antibiotic usage by the FDA and…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Tumor-mediated immunosuppression allows tumors to hide from the immune system and avoid recognition. To reverse this suppressive microenvironment, antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and other i…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine the rate of pollen tubes fertilizing ovules in non-corresponding locules in a process termed reallocation. Determining the rate of reallocation w…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
The blockage of blood vessels by clots is the primary cause of vascular diseases, like myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. Current treatment of this involves intravascular administrat…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
Radiomics is a method for mining quantitative features from medical images. These texture features can be used to identify disease characteristics with better accuracy and efficiency than tr…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Antibiotics can be used to cure bacterial infections. Antibiotics target various structures and processes within the cell such as protein synthesis, cell membrane integrity and cell wall syn…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Precision medicine, or personalized medicine, is the most promising direction for treating complex diseases, such as cancer. The deadliest solid cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDA…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine whether lichens could serve as viable bioindicators of the presence of metal pollutants. Lichens are known sulfur dioxide air quality indicators.…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health challenge which affects about two million people in the U.S. annually. The search for new antibacterial agents is focusing on small drug mole…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine if English-Spanish bilinguals have more Stroop Interference than English monolinguals. This is important because little research has been done on…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
A crucial part of an aircraft’s flight is the landing. The most common mechanisms used to assist with landings are flaps, spoilers, and airbrakes. These mechanisms work together during landi…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Despite advancements in helmet technology, traumatic brain injury is still a grave threat to health and safety. Polymer foams, including expanded polystyrene (EPS), are today’s common energy…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
How do different amounts of chemicals in fertilizer affect plant growth? Well, it was predicted that if the amount of chemicals increase above the optimal, then the height will decrease beca…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Poultry producers have attempted to raise antibiotic free poultry to meet the ever growing concerns of consumers. As a result, coccidia has again become prevalent in poultry. Coccidia is tre…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Delivering pharmaceuticals at the correct dosage to the correct site often proves an obstacle to a drug’s effectiveness. Cyclodextrin polymers can localize administration and lengthen the ti…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Current installed area of “terrestrial photovoltaics,” such as rooftop solar panels, suffices only 1% of global energy demand. Transparent photovoltaics placed on the additional surface area…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Water scarcity affects upwards of a billion people worldwide. Big cities like Cape Town, Mexico City, Melbourne, and Jakarta are threatened by the water crisis today. Ironically, these very…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, with up to a third of all deaths each year attributable to the disease. Early detection allows for more reliable tr…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Free radical damage to skin caused by particulate matter and ultraviolet (UV) radiation takes over nine million lives per year. Current creams can be remedial barriers; however, particles, (…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lesions, or abnormalities in tissue, are common and can be very severe. Before they become lethal, it is imperative that they are properly scanned and detected, so that proper measures can b…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Tumor-mediated immunosuppression allows tumors to hide from the immune system and avoid recognition. One way of reversing this suppressive microenvironment is to activate antigen-presenting…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cadmium telluride thickness on the current and voltage output. Solar cells are devices that convert light energy to electrical ene…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Cryptosporidiosis is a disease caused by a parasite, Cryptosporidium, often found in neonatal calves. Roughly 57% of scours in young calves is caused by Cryptosporidium. Currently there is n…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The laws of thermodynamics and Stokes’ Law with Cunningham Slip Correction Factor are used to support an updated atmospheric climate change model to include the effect of wildfire smoke ash…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
The primary cause of cardiovascular disease, like myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke, is the blockage of blood vessels by blood clots. Treatment requires fibrinolytic agents, like tis…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The retrograde nuclear import is an important and conserved step in tRNA quality control in eukaryotes and is taken advantage of by retroviruses such as HIV to infect cells. Retrograde impor…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Machine learning (ML) is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) where systems learn from data, identify patterns, and make decisions with minimal human intervention. Classification algorit…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Biodigesters are America’s next generation of green energy. The purpose of this project was to test how much energy is produced from different biogases created from different biomasses. The…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Contouring organs can be rigorous and time consuming. This problem is compounded by the fact that tumors morph and shift over time. The hypothesis of this project was that, using artificial…