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 4381–4410
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering First Award
In protein sequences—as there are 61 sense codons but only 20 standard amino acids—most amino acids are encoded by more than one codon. Although such synonymous codons do not alter the encod…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third 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 · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The use of citizen science has become prominent in studying large-scale environmental issues. Among these issues is urban sprawl, a rapidly growing global trend that is deteriorating drinkin…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry Second Award
Biodiesel fuel is an environmentally friendly replacement for petroleum-based diesel fuel. Energy-dense algae are more suitable feedstocks for biodiesel than current food crops and animal fa…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Executive functions (EFs) are key skills linked to academic and life-long success, helping individuals respond appropriately to different situations. They include paying attention, maintaini…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
The researchers were motivated to do research in this area because of the overheating crisis in India. Since one of the researcher's family is from Sri Lanka, and they're experiencing this s…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Through every livestock manager’s ownership of ruminants, or polygastric animals, ruminal tympany (bloat) is an issue that is very commonly encountered. In primary ruminal tympany, more comm…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Due to the inefficiencies of silicon solar cells, scientists developed perovskite solar cells that are 50% more effective. However, they are environmentally harmful, containing lead iodide t…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hormone therapy is commonly used to treat hormone-related cancers and there has been previous research which suggests that monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have had a positive therapeutic effect…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
Homemade sugar rockets are a simple, cost-effective way of making small-scale rocket motors. The most common way people go about making these rockets is by mixing potassium nitrate with powd…
ISEF · 2022
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to delve into the realm of laminar flow, a subject related to aerodynamics, which interested us both as a topic of study. The problem raised was how differ…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Many Utah citizens complain about “invisible” lines on the road; however, the Utah Department of Transportation has been working to fix this issue for many years. This project examines the d…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Noise and vibration control has been an increasingly valued concern within railway transportation mainly due to its negative health impacts. Sources of noise and vibration within operating r…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Micronutrient deficiencies, also known as hidden hunger, occur when an individual does not receive an adequate amount of an essential vitamin or mineral, and it affects more than two billion…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems
Concussions are very common among a wide variety of contact sports at all levels - particularly among high school and college athletes, with about 3.8 million athletes having a concussion ev…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
The Buoy is a state-of-the-art pool alarm that is designed to be user-friendly, reliable, cost-effective, and a safety layer to prevent childhood drownings. Design goals were ease of use, re…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
I studied and tested the ability of freshwater aquatic plants to create a symbiotic atmosphere with mice relative to the plant’s surface area. What was found was that plants with a higher su…
ISEF · 2022
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Chronic ulcers of the skin represent a major healthcare burden worldwide. Many patients with chronic ulcers are home bound and lack access to quality medical care. In this paper, we examined…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a common contaminant found in groundwater that produces a notable “rotten egg” odor, making contaminated water undrinkable and unusable. This contaminant affects te…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Thousands of hikers have died on trails because of dehydration. As a junior ranger in 32 National Parks, I took an oath to protect the parks and the people. Because of this, I wanted to crea…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a belligerent, often lethal, form of cancer, with a 5-year survival rate limited to 7%. PDAC is hardly detected in its premalignant stages (when su…
ISEF · 2022
Microbiology Fourth Award
This project seeks to develop an effective antibiotic treatment to reduce Staphylococcus epidermidis growth on arthroplasties due to periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Antibacterial subst…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering
Today’s wind turbine blades are very difficult and expensive to recycle. After they are decommissioned wind turbine blades are put in landfills where the materials mix with the soil and grou…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
America’s rural communities are home to 57 million people and contain 97% of the nation’s land. These communities are responsible for producing 10% of the country’s gross domestic product. H…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Subliminal messages are methods to subconsciously alter the perceptions of individuals. We were intent on investigating the effectiveness of subliminals; to accomplish this, we chose an inst…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Recently, photothermal nanoparticles have become a promising cancer treatment. Nanoparticles found in cephalopod ink, such as cuttlefish and squid ink, are rich in melanin, a highly photothe…
ISEF · 2022
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of our project was to determine which turbine between the Pelton and Kaplan was more efficient on a small scale, and determine whether or not the turbines would be efficient enou…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
The purpose of this project was to see if the mutation of an amino acid in a SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody can increase the antibodies’ binding affinity. My hypothesis is that I will be abl…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The goal of this research project was to evaluate the effect of antepartum maternal position changes on labor and delivery outcomes. This was a randomized controlled clinical trial in a pilo…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Bumblebee populations in Missouri and around the world have been dwindling. It is important to research these creatures as they are crucial to the ecosystem and can forage plants that other…