355 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
355 projects · showing 1–30
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 1 in 9 children in the United States. Current stimulant medications carry risks of elevated blood pressure, heart rate, and potential…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Water pollution by phenolic compounds and heavy metals poses a significant threat to aquatic ecosystems, creating a need for rapid, low-cost methods to assess environmental toxicity. Tyrosin…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Approximately 2.1 million people in the U.S. live with limb loss, with about 36% experiencing depression. Conventional non-invasive prosthetic control relies on electromyography (EMG), which…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Commercial hearing aids struggle with poor speech clarity in noise, notably “cocktail party” settings. Many devices also distort the spatial cues critical for sound localization. As a result…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Crohn's Disease (CD) is a chronic autoimmune condition characterized by intense inflammatory flares. CD is incurable, and available medications carry severe side effects. With few head-to-he…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Dark matter dominates galaxy mass, but determining its central distribution depends on precise decomposition of total mass into dark and baryonic matter components. This study introduces a n…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Greenhouse gas emissions continue to accelerate global warming, contributing to plastic pollution, microplastics contamination, and food insecurity. This research investigates integrated car…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Roughly 46 million tons of mixed-fabric waste and 5 billion tons of Styrofoam waste end up in landfills each year. These industries alone account for around 35.5% of all landfill waste. Mixe…
ISEF · 2026
Microbiology
Drug-resistant Candida albicans infections are rapidly outpacing current antifungal therapies as mutations in the ERG11 enzyme reduce azole drug efficacy and drive treatment failure. Most an…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The rapid evolution of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 and influenza has consistently outpaced traditional monoclonal antibody discovery. Frequent mutations in key antigenic regions enable immu…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Among Us is a 4-15 player social deduction game in which players on a spaceship are secretly assigned the roles of Crewmates or Impostors. Crewmates work collaboratively to complete tasks an…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Kerr black holes, or rotating black holes, are central to understanding spacetime curvature around massive rotating bodies; the Penrose process offers a theoretical framework for extracting…
ISEF · 2026
Software Design
Communication barriers in healthcare settings remain a significant challenge for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) individuals, particularly during patient-provider interactions. This can lead…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Metals tarnish due to oxidation reactions with their environment. While oxidation leads to corrosion, we don't fully understand how different metals corrode under the same conditions. This e…
ISEF · 2026
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder strongly tied to Amyloid-ß aggregation, leading to cellular dysfunction and an inhibition of movement. In the Caenorhabditis elegans CL200…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry
Three platinum anticancer compounds have been used for over 40 years in the United States. Despite their longtime use, it wasn't until 2017 that it was discovered that one of the platinum dr…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal cancer with a 90% mortality rate. Standard treatments such as surgery and chemotherapy show high recurrence rates of ~85% due to PD…
ISEF · 2026
Physics and Astronomy
Binary neutron star (BNS) mergers emit gravitational waves and eject neutron-rich matter, powering a short-lived infrared transient known as a kilonova. Immediately after the merger, the hyp…
ISEF · 2026
Microbiology
Burkitt's Lymphoma is an aggressive B-cell malignancy associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Over 95% of the world's population is persistently infected by EBV. While current tr…
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) accounts for over 90% of oral cancers, with 5-year survival rates below 60% due to late-stage diagnosis. Current diagnostic approaches rely on invasive su…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Landslides are a kind of major natural disaster that causes huge economic and life losses globally. And visual detection using satellite imagery is critical for disaster response. Landform,…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Single-use paper items used in food packaging like straws and food wrappers are often coated with plastic or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals") to make them…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality, primarily due to its high metastatic potential and difficulty of early detection. Current clinical approaches rely on low-s…
ISEF · 2026
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The Lottery Ticket Hypothesis posits that highly sparse, trainable subnetworks ('winning tickets') exist within all randomly initialized neural networks. However, state-of-the-art ticket-dra…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Every one in five adults carry a genetic mutation related disease (Cross 2017). Current neoadjuvant and nanoparticle therapies are ineffective in treatment due to rapid tumor drug resistance…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
In our project, we examined the use of acids in the building demolition industry. Many structures from the mid 20th century are nearing the end of their lifespan for safe and effective use.…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
In the last decade, the world has plunged into an opioid epidemic, with overdose deaths surging, amplified by the rise of synthetic drugs. In 2019, opioids accounted for 80% of global drug-r…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In 2024, climate change-induced wildfires burned over 8 million acres across the U.S. and my home state of Oregon faced its most destructive wildfire year on record, with 1.9 million acres s…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical Engineering
Small bowel dysmotility poses a significant clinical challenge, leading to digestive complications that impair quality of life. Existing diagnostics and treatments are often limited by side…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths, and early detection is critical. However, traditional pathology is time-consuming, expensive, and dependent on subject…