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 3601–3630
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lung cancer is one of the most significant causes of death among all diseases. Specifically, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 87% of this daunting disease. Single-cell RNA-seq…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that has been escalating for decades. With pharmaceutical drugs becoming less and less effective, the blame is often shuffled toward the notion of antibiot…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences
Which marine pollutants are the most harmful to marine life? Seeing as water Daphnia are an imperative piece in the marine environment's food web, the goal of this experiment is to test the…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
Over 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, with the number projected to more than double by 2050. The number of people with various dementias is also expected to increase from 55…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Purpose: To optimize the effectiveness of fertilizers. Maximizing the productivity of the fertilizer leads to preventing overfertilization. Overfertilization negatively affects the environme…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
Volatile organic compounds are significant precursors of atmospheric ozone and secondary organic aerosols, and different compositions of VOCs have different effects on atmospheric reactions.…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology
The vast majority of eukaryotic diversity is made up of protists, diverse groups of unicellular microorganisms found throughout terrestrial and aquatic environments. Amoeboid protists are re…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Students who exhibit more helpless behaviors will almost always perform worse in school. Schools may be inadvertently teaching these students more helpless behaviors through current methods.…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Across the United States, 34 million people suffer from food insecurity. Many of those in need do not qualify for federal nutrition aid programs, and as such must rely on their local food ba…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Wind energy currently comprises 6% of world energy production and continues to grow in response to the need for climate change action. Savonius vertical-axis wind turbine systems could make…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this study was to test different hydrogels made by the researcher and compare how much moisture they held in soil. The researcher wanted to find an alternative to polyacrylate…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
As America ages, it's estimated that by 2024, nearly 45% of the country's population will be over the age of 50. While retirement years may be filled with travel, hobbies, and time with fami…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
By designing and building an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of autonomous dynamic soaring, I demonstrated that UAVs have the ability to harvest wind energy to soar nearly indefinitely…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This project engineered a continuous charge pump for a biodegradable piezoelectric transducer made from wood shavings infused with Rochelle salt. Initially, electrode layout and material wer…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Plastic is produced for its convenience, lightweight, and inexpensive but this innovation comes at a price. There is a growing problem of plastic and Styrofoam filling landfills and water wa…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences Third Award
Honeybees perform 80% of global crop pollination. Over 50% of commercial honeybee hives have died since 1947, with scientific literature identifying pests as a leading cause. Small hive beet…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
Globally 2.2 billion people have a form of visual impairment; and an estimated 8.8-17.6 million rely on a white cane for navigation. In interviews with visually impaired individuals, the whi…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
While binary systems are discovered often in the search for exoplanets, trinary systems are much less researched. Adding more samples to this underreported category has significant implicati…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Football is one of the most popular American sports, and some of the most exciting beginnings of this sport are in high school. Concussions are unfortunately a prominent consequence of the s…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Liquefaction-induced lateral spread is a dangerous soil phenomenon that can cause immense amounts of damage to communities worldwide. This phenomenon is not well studied and has led to the d…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Motivating people to take science-backed public health measures is critical. I studied whether messages encouraging people to protect others are more effective than messages encouraging peop…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
The Indian River Lagoon consumes forty-percent of Florida’s east coast, and is the most biodiverse estuary in North America. Recently the lagoon has gone through devastation, due to the abun…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a serious health concern that affects millions of patients globally. Over the last few years, Multidrug Resistant Genes (MDRs), have worsened the disease load that a…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
The project's purpose was to demonstrate that Galleria mellonella larvae could feed on polyethylene. The project was conducted at school, where the larvae were kept in 2 plastic boxes (34.6…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Second Award
The number of masks in the USA is about 7.4 billion, which leads to 84 million kilograms of waste. This waste seeps into the environment and takes over 400 years to degrade. There are a few…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Type-1 Diabetes (T1D) affects around 1.6 million (CDC). Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) accounts for almost 56-74% of T1D-induced mortality. During the past decade, DKA-admission rates have incr…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Reducing apple tree crop load through thinning is a critical step in the cultivation of a healthy apple crop. Thinning ensures that an apple tree will bear fruit yearly, instead of in a cycl…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Since its detection in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012, the Higgs boson has remained a key element in confirming the standard model (SM) of particle physics. Current research to find…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Second Award
Data from the ILO reports that 337 million work accidents occur annually, with 2.3 million of such events resulting in fatalities. Though regulations exist to uphold worker safety, these sta…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This project presents a novel adaptive learning approach that not only enables a system to learn and evolve on its own but also explains its predictions, even for expansive problem domains t…