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 5131–5160
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Machine learning can assist radiologists in detecting breast cancer by increasing efficiency and accuracy, which is vital to its treatment. This project introduces a novel, Java-based implem…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Carcass bruising from horns costs the cattle industry $10 million a year (Anderson, 2012). It is vital to develop safe and cost effective advancements in dehorning procedures. Removal of hor…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics Third Award
Image and shape classification have been studied extensively with the growing popularity of convolutional neural networks (CNNs). However, CNNs operate on rasterized images rather than geome…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics First Award
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) represent a significant threat to public health, causing an estimated 100,000 deaths annually in the U.S., but accurate predictions of ADRs caused by drug-drug…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause for blindness in the U.S. Current research on artificial intelligence based DR diagnosis shows promise but still has room for improvement befor…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Second Award
In the past decade, photocatalysts have been used to create important biomolecules by facilitating electron transfers between different compounds in the presence of visible light like sunlig…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) annually infects 2-3% of the world’s population. The infection causes numerous liver complications, but there is currently no vaccine against HCV. Even the antiviral…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Problem Statement: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness according to the latest assessment by the World Health Organization (WHO). Majority of cases are from third-world countries wher…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems
Fencing is an Olympic sport that is heavily reliant on both referee calls and machine scoring to determine if the blade makes contact and if points need to be awarded. There are three fencin…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
In quantum metrology, we wish to study how quantum mechanics can be used to improve the measurement accuracy of physical quantities such as electric or magnetic fields. These fields, which a…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
During the pandemic, many schools, workplaces, and public spaces went back into use, and people have established various guidelines and procedures to limit the spread of the virus by adherin…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
Current phased-array (PA) antenna systems utilize beamforming techniques that are optimized for 2D surfaces. Therefore, the implementation of these systems is limited to flat surfaces. To so…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
Existing moisture-resistant pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape products rely on water-impermeable backings to block moisture. However, such mechanisms are contingent on the moisture aris…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Energy-dense algae are more suitable feedstocks for biodiesel and circumvent many of the problems posed by current biodiesel feedstocks, such as the requirement for arable land. Nannochlorop…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Malfunctions in the heart, known as Arrhythmia, are generally diagnosed with event monitors like the Holter monitor. However, the Holter diagnostics process has some inefficiencies that are…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
The purpose of this project was to create a more ergonomic keyboard layout using genetic algorithms. This could help to prevent repetitive strain injuries and improve typing speed in users.…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
In recent years Iowa has seen a rise in organic farming, with that many farmers have begun using organic Helianthus Annuus (black oil sunflowers) as cover crops for organic soybeans. Cover c…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics
Both knot theory and origami have many relations to mathematics and the overall broader scientific world. The main problem in mathematical knot theory is identifying knot equivalence. In thi…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
More than 95% of the approximately 7000 orphan diseases in the world do not have effective treatments, and since orphan diseases are conditions that affect a limited population, there is lit…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
In 2018, there were 33 trillion Gigabytes of data in the world. Compression algorithms are used to store this data more efficiently. We developed and tested a new lossless compression algori…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
The early diagnostic rate of pancreatic cancer (PC) is currently at just 9% as screening methods are unattainable, making it the fourth leading cause of cancer death. Many studies have achie…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Second Award
PANDwriting is a novel system for diagnostic assessment of neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) using handwriting kinematic analysis, particularly targeted to increase Alzheimer's Disease (AD) a…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects 10 million people worldwide. Current diagnostic measures consist of ambiguous surveys or are extremely invasive, and inc…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
As people continue to streamline everyday life with technology, the use of speech recognition has been made available in smartphones, speakers, cars, and more. The process of converting audi…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is an ocean circulation system that plays a crucial role in regulating the global climate and its response to anthropogenic forcing. Th…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In order to combat climate change and achieve global sustainability, recycling waste and reducing our use of fossil fuels is crucial as we continue moving forward. Hydrothermal carbonization…
ISEF · 2021
Microbiology
This research examined the potential of thermophilic bacteria found in the Utah-Idaho portion of the Great Basin Region and their respective DNA polymerases’ potential for application in PCR…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The problem addressed was does per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) affect the amount of Chlorophyll in lettuce. If 15mLof PFAS is added to plant, the plant will have a lower percent a…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Binary supermassive black holes are expected to be common at the centers of galaxies. No observational technique has the resolution to directly image them. One indirect way to confirm their…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
Wound treatment and management are major healthcare problems affecting more than 7 million people in the United States and costing more than $50 billion annually. Although skin grafting and…