27 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
27 projects · showing 1–27
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
AI data centers are a growing resource concern because rising electricity demand increases both operating cost and emissions, while cooling infrastructure can also require substantial water…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Accurate pathology billing is crucial for reimbursement, regulatory compliance, and mitigating the $28.8 billion Medicare improper payment crisis amid a growing shortage of medical coders. C…
ISEF · 2025
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Pancreatic cancer has a low five-year survival rate (<11%), with only 9.7% detected early due to its subtle presentation in imaging. Pancreatic carcinoma typically appears as a poorly enhanc…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The temperature and salt concentration of freshwater bodies around the world are increasing due to environmental disruption. As a result, copepods, a keystone species, are being impacted, as…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
The question of whether or not plants exploit quantum coherent effects in order to transport energy through their photosynthetic antenna is currently very controversial in the biophysics com…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Actin-based molecular motor myosin Va (myoVa) is a biological machine involved in intracellular cargo transport, which is essential for normal cellular function. Although a single myoVa is s…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Microplastics are plastic particles that are less than 5mm long that come from the breakdown of larger plastics and the use of synthetic polymers in manufacturing, and have been shown to hav…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
Aspergillus fumigatus is a ubiquitous mold that poses a great risk to many immunocompromised patients and is becoming increasingly resistant to currently used azole-antifungal medications. P…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Temperate aquatic ecosystems in North America face threats due to the introduction of zebra mussels and harmful algal blooms (HABs). Zebra mussels and cyanobacteria, a common type of HAB, ca…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Water quality is one of Vermont’s largest problems; contaminated water limits the state’s drinking water and is detrimental to Vermont’s tourism industry. Harmful algal blooms, (HABs) which…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Currently, mutations in the BRCA1 and 2 genes are estimated to explain approximately 15 percent of hereditary breast cancer cases. However, studies have established that 50 percent of women…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients experience inhibited clearance of airways leading to a higher rate of colonization by opportunistic microbes. Approximately 60% of CF patients are infected by A…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
PDE inhibitors are frequently used as pharmaceuticals to treat conditions such as pulmonary diseases and erectile dysfunction via the cAMP dependent signaling pathway. However, PDE inhibitor…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Preeclampsia is a condition responsible for 76,000 maternal deaths and 500,000 infant deaths a year, and is characterized by less nitric oxide being produced, which results in reduced uterin…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
The disposal of hydrogen peroxide is crucial for organismal health as hydrogen peroxide is a toxin that causes necrosis, apoptosis, gangrene, ulcers, susceptibility to other medical conditio…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Over billions of years, species have evolved, making them better suited for tasks that aid their survival. The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether or not the principles of evo…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to further understand the impacts that growing up multilingual has on an individual's way of thinking, problem-solving, and memory. To test this question 20…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of this project was to determine if artificial neural networks could be effectively utilized in a data analysis problem such as predicting stock prices. In order to answer the re…
ISEF · 2016
The goal of this project was to engineer a Home Automation system that was completely Open Source and centralized. Design constraints were the cost of the project, and also the method of con…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
This project studied the genetic effect of an organophosphate pesticide, Malathion, on a human epithelial cell line. Specifically, what genetic changes result in the Retinoblastoma tumor sup…
ISEF · 2016
The goal of this experiment was to determine whether a nutrient film technique (NFT) hydroponic system or a drip irrigation system would provide the most growth in Brassica oleracea var. sab…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this experiment was to create a computational model to project the path of the current outbreak of Agrilus planipennis (emerald ash borer) in New Hampshire. Each model is base…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether a home server, or NAS, is a viable competitor to consumer cloud services such as Mediafire or Google Drive. We hypothesized that, beca…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Pancreatic BETA-cells comprise the central regulatory tissue of the glucose homeostasis system. Glucotoxicity-associated loss of insulin producing BETA-cells is the most significant contribu…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
Oil spills drastically affect mammalian and marine environments because they damage fragile ecosystems and leave areas unsuitable for wildlife habitats. According to a 2010 report conducted…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Lactobacillus is a beneficial bacteria that is naturally present in the human digestive tract. It is used in probiotics and kills harmful bacteria that are responsible for digestive problems…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Research presented here addresses the potential to use the principles of evolutionary robotics to design a controller able to learn within the lifetime of the robot. Test groups of robots ar…