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 5971–6000
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
The problem of finding the largest pi/2-avoiding spherical set first appeared in the AMS monthly journal in 1974. H. S. Witsenhausen asked readers to determine alpha(n)=(|U|)/(|S^(n-1) |), w…
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Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
One of the major needs in our world today is developing clean energy sources which can help limit the use of fossil fuels and prevent global warming, as well as bring electricity to developi…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
The unsustainability and environmental pollution caused by primary energy sources along with issues on the purification of wastewater act as a major impetus for research into alternative bio…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Commercially viable carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration with magnesium silicates, such as olivine, is still primarily experimental. My previous research showed a closed system containing oliv…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Contemporary advances in graph theory and network science allow ecologists and biologists to develop methods to preserve our ecosystem. One of the ways ecosystems have been preserved is thro…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Using macroinvertebrates for freshwater bioassessment was popularized by Hilsenhoff in 1977. They show cumulative effects of habitat alteration and pollutants that chemical testing and field…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Currently, the market for protein and peptide-based drugs accounts for over 40 billion U.S. dollars - the equivalent of 10% of the pharmaceutical market. Using peptide therapeutics is of gro…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
The orbit determination and projection of potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) are crucial, as these bodies present a danger to Earth and spacecraft. The goal of this study was to determin…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States because it’s five-year survival rate is 8.9%. This occurs because of late diagnosis which is affiliate…
ISEF · 2020
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Pancreatic cancer is a devastating and incurable disease with a 5-year survival rate of just 10%. Due to genetic alterations known as mutations, certain cancer-inhibiting and cell vitality g…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Retinal diseases such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy (DR) currently devastate the developing world, causing permanent visual impairment when left undiagnosed and untreated. Glaucoma is…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
Many mathematical and practical problems, such as Sudoku, timetabling, and resource distribution, require elements of a set to be arranged in a way that satisfies specific conditions. Such t…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Approximately 38,000 children with severe-to-profound hearing loss in the United States use a cochlear implant. Research demonstrates that adolescent cochlear implant recipients experience d…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this project is to identify which of the four types of firewood (pine, pinon, oak, and cedar) produce the most carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, with the addition of particulat…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Without being able to predict the pattern of inheritance much time would be lost to trial and error as well as the product and seed being wasted. The ability to trust that you will get the p…
ISEF · 2020
Biochemistry
The goal of this research is to determine the mechanism by which epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and small drug molecules (6-fluoro-4H-1,3-benzodioxine-8-carboxylic acid known as RK038) bi…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This study uses simulated septic effluent leaching into sandy soils similar in composition to those located in the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts to identify the orthophosphate (PO4 3-) filt…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
Crop diseases are a major problem, causing between 20-40% of global crop yield to be lost on a yearly basis. These losses exacerbate existing food security problems and place a strain on glo…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical Engineering
Physiologic jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia) affects millions of newborn babies worldwide. In developing countries, or areas without reliable electric power, life-saving phototherapy isn’t alwa…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains one of the most prominent causes of cancer-related deaths across populations despite advancing treatment options. NSCLC is typically treated with a…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to test what factors affected the speed of adaptability and learning in pigeons. To do this, I separated the experiment into two parts: gender testing and…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of my project is to see how a steel bobby pin reacts when cooled at different rates and then placed under a load. My hypothesis is if I heat and anneal a bobby pin, then it will…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Chameleon skin contains a lattice of guanine nanocrystals, the spacing of which can be tuned to create different colors in response to the environment. Inspired by chameleons, the goal of th…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The persistence of plastic in the marine environment has become an environmental crisis and concern for human and aquatic health. Similarly, heavy metals in the environment do not biodegrade…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Researchers in Japan have identified a species of bacteria, Ideonella sakaiensis, which is capable of degrading Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), a common ingredient in many plastics. The pu…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Carcinomas are cancers originating in epithelial cells that cover the lining of internal organs or the external skin, and whose study remains significantly relevant in today’s field of medic…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
An untapped technology to increase driving range of electric cars is solar cells to provide auxiliary power output. But, the limited power output of conventional silicon panels and their inf…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Fossil fuels produce 2/3 of the Earth’s greenhouse gases; biofuel reduces these emissions <86%. The U.S. commercially grows 2M acres of canola annually, leaving 25-30 cm of stubble/plant for…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Increasing photons exposed to a solar panel using parabolic mirror reflection enhances energy output, but reflection intensity could overheat the panel, so a new mechanism was engineered to…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Pykrete, an ice alloy consisting of 86% water and 14% fiber by volume, is a cheap way of making structural material that doesn’t impact the environment. The concept idea is the same as rebar…