11705 projects whose affiliated fair was here, most recently in 2026.
ISEF records a state or province for some finalists and not others, so these counts do not add up to the country total.
11705 projects · showing 3571–3600
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The goal of this project was to design and construct a Universal Screwdriver, a device that could unscrew any screw without the need for changing bits or other modifications. Using research,…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Ultra-cool (<600 K) brown dwarfs are elusive objects between the planetary and stellar regimes. Due to their faint magnitudes in common photometric bands, they are notoriously difficult to d…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The project studied the effect of urea on Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs). Researchers have found MFCs to show the greatest potential for upscaling in the field of waste management. The cells co…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
The Researcher plans to investigate the use of drones for air quality sampling in urban areas to detect harmful pathogens or toxic gasses. With his background in aerospace engineering and dr…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
According to a study conducted by the Reeve Foundation, approximately 2% of the United States population lives with paralysis, excluding those suffering from various motor control disorders…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
As burgeoning crises have exposed failures of the drug discovery cycle - an inability to quickly and effectively develop new drugs - artificial intelligence-based drug repositioning models a…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Air pollution, from the burning of fossil fuels, is associated with health issues and CO2 emissions linked to climate change. “Clean energy” sources reduce fossil fuel consumption but have o…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
In recent years heavy metals have become an environmental concern across the U.S. Metals found in waterways lead to the need for efficient and cost-effective removal methods from drinking wa…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics Fourth Award
Gerrymandering is one of the biggest problems in American democracy. Political parties have, in the past few decades, used redistricting as a method of maintaining political control. Often,…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Contaminants of concern such as Malathion (an organophosphate insecticide) pose incredibly dangerous risks to humans and many species vital to their ecosystems. The EPA reports that 97% of p…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Apis mellifera (honeybees) are efficient pollinators, but often overlook native plant species such as the endangered orchid Prosthechea cochleata. Previous research established honeybees cou…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
I chose this experiment to try to reuse waste from paper mills to make them more environmentally friendly. I discovered the steam from some factories contains trace amounts of ammonia, and t…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Wildfires are common in our area and need to be controlled. This project tests surfactants and their effectiveness in fire suppression and their potential applications in firefighting. This…
ISEF · 2023
Biochemistry
Bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) proteins play essential roles in regulating gene expression and immune responses. In fact, BET proteins have been associated with diseases such as cancer…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Textile dyes have been a leading environmental pollutant for decades, causing mass degradation of ecosystems and wildlife. Although methods have been derived to break down these dyes, none a…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
For children in need of a heart valve replacement there are many options available. However, none of the available prosthesis are long term solutions. Because the valves are unable to grow a…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Plastic waste is an ongoing environmental pollution and contamination hazard across the world. Our experimental compost has been shown to accelerate the degradation process of low-crystallin…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
The most common type of paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer is squamous cell carcinoma. If left untreated, this cancer has a survival rate of 43%. The status quo treatment options for th…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Currently available chemical insecticides are causing soil contamination. Exploring the potential of utilizing crop starches combined with capsaicinoids and glucosinolates extracted from Cap…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Crown gall causes great financial loss in plant nurseries, as up to 80% of plants have been lost. Crown gall is a disease that consists of tumor-like galls found in roots and trunks with a p…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Previous research determined that using Chlorella Vulgaris infused Sodium Alginate beads was an effective strategy to return hypereutrophic water systems to natural nutrient levels. Determin…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Methane is the second most abundant anthropogenic greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide and accounts for about 20 percent of global emissions. My project tests the ability to utilize the adsor…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
While bacteriophages show strong potential as therapeutics for bacterial infections, too little about their genomic structure and content is understood for widespread implementation. The pur…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
High school athletes account for approximately two million injuries each year, suggesting that training loads are too intense. Finding an optimal method to monitor fatigue accurately, afford…
ISEF · 2023
Physics and Astronomy
Variable stars are critical distance indicators in the universe due to their characteristic period-luminosity relationships. They are a common method which astronomers use to find distances…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily prominent in individuals 65 years and older (the elderly population). Despite advances in the medical field, the diagnosis…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Purpose: Over the last century, the global population has quadrupled. To combat future food demand, farmers worldwide will need to increase crop production, either by increasing the amount o…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness, affecting 1 in 100 people worldwide. Unfortunately, due to its asymptomatic nature, it often goes undetected leading to permanent vision lo…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
VisiAide uses a novel context-based machine learning approach to use mobile devices to guide the visually impaired by detecting obstacles along their path, identifying objects, and detecting…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
During in vitro fertilization (IVF) human embryos are incubated without light, and these conditions do not ensure embryo survival. In this study, I explore whether environmental conditions c…