202 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
202 projects · showing 1–30
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Visual impairment significantly limits an individual's ability to live independently and navigate their surroundings safely, often requiring external assistance. Current solutions, such as t…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Peatland fires are among the most detrimental types of fires toward global warming, and are capable of releasing 10 times more carbon per hectare into the atmosphere than typical forest fire…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Thermo-responsive hydrogels represent a promising advancement in sustainable water purification, as this research investigates PNIPAM-based hydrogels enhanced with silica, cellulose, and act…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Vaping is a common habit and a widespread health issue that affects over 100 million people and has transformed into a youth epidemic, with teens being around nine times more likely than adu…
ISEF · 2026
Translational Medical Science
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which encompasses Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, affects about 5 million people worldwide and is caused by the inflammation of the gastrointestinal…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Galaxy classification often relies on human-defined categories, which can introduce observer bias, miss non-linear relationships, and fail to scale to new billion-galaxy datasets. This proje…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In the past 20 years, flooding has been the most common natural disaster worldwide, accounting for 43% of all recorded events, and causing tremendous loss of life and property. The North Car…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Magnetic Hyperthermia (MH) is a targeted cancer therapy utilizing magnetic nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields (AMFs) to induce heat via Néel and Brownian Relaxation. Despite the p…
ISEF · 2026
Mathematics
Benzenoids are organic compounds composed of hexagonal six-carbon benzene rings with no adjacent double bonds. A Kekulé structure models a benzenoid as a collection of selected edges (repres…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly trusted in domains such as education, research, and decision making. Despite their widespread adoption, fundamental questions remain about align…
ISEF · 2026
Microbiology
An estimated $6 billion USD will be lost in 2026 globally due to disease outbreaks in aquaculture facilities, particularly from Vibrio coralliilyticus, a pathogen that infects corals, fish a…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Electromyographic (EMG) signals carry neural control information and are widely utilized in neural-machine interfaces (NMIs) for applications such as prosthetic control and virtual reality.…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical Engineering
Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a cerebral blood vessel ruptures, creating an urgent need for intervention to prevent fatality. Developing a neuroprotectant designed to form a synthetic barri…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a leading cause of death and disability. Although the primary injury occurs at impact, long-term neurological damage results from secondary injury mechan…
ISEF · 2026
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Curricula shape how societies transmit knowledge, values, and collective memory. In the United States, textbook adoption occurs at the state level, producing variation in what students learn…
ISEF · 2026
Earth and Environmental Sciences
D. polymorpha and other invasive bivalves are causing a myriad of ecological and economic problems; many treatments have either failed or led to native mussel mortality. Marrone Bio Innovati…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In the US, 1 in 3 individuals develops cancer in their lifetime. Yet, drug failure rates remain near 90%. Deciphering immune-cancer interactions within the tumor microenvironment (TME) is im…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The mechanics behind the evolution of supermassive black holes have eluded researchers for decades. Quasistars, consisting of a black hole embedded inside a massive star-like envelope, are o…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Biodegradable bone scaffolds have the potential to be an alternative treatment for bone grafts. Infusion with antimicrobial factors could provide a controllable release mechanism for targete…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a debilitating autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction that affects over a million people and can cause life-threatening muscle weakness. As current treatm…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
Recent observations have revealed unexpected galaxy populations at cosmic noon and “ultra-large-scale structures” in the local universe that challenge standard mass assembly models. To inves…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
Due to the grave danger that epidemics hold to our health and way of life, there has always been a dire need for models that predict the onset and severity of an epidemic. This is emphasized…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Distracted driving represents an escalating public safety crisis, with its role in motor vehicle collisions and resulting fatalities steadily increasing. Despite advances in distracted drivi…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science
As climate change nears an irreversible tipping point, projections show that even with solar and wind power deployment, renewable energy production is expected to fall short of global energy…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
The World Health Organization reports Vibrio cholerae serogroup O139 as a high-priority pathogen that has the potential to precipitate the 8th cholera pandemic. This project explores the use…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As global energy needs have skyrocketed in the past decade, energy byproduct has increased in tandem. Places like Mooresville, North Carolina; Pineville, Indiana; and southeastern Puerto Ric…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
Nanoplastics, artificial polymers ranging from 1 nm to 1 µm, have increased significantly in aquatic environments due to microplastic degradation through wind, water, and UV exposure. Microa…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
STAC3, known as Native American Myopathy, was first identified within the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina and is known to be an inherited mutation that causes congenital myopathy and musculos…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
Light is a promising alternative to traditional reagents for synthesis due to its reduced environmental toxicity, ease of control, and lowered cost. Moreover, photochemisty’s ability to crea…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive decline severe enough to interfere with daily activities. Current diagnostic methods, such as…