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 6601–6630
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Up to $18.7 billion is spent on the treatment of chronic wounds per year, which afflict over 6.5 million people per year. To combat this issue, we set out with the goal of analyzing and refi…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
In the place that we live, an extremely rare and beautiful plant is on the verge of extinction. It is being threatened by the fungus known as Rapid Ohia Death (R.O.D). Rapid Ohia Death can b…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The bacteria Streptomyces antibioticus produces several industrially important antibiotics, but the species is difficult to culture and therefore to effectively discover antibiotics in. To f…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The world is facing a serious food crisis due to increasing population, intensive farming, and environmental stressors such as drought. More effective and environment-friendly farming techno…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
As devices increase in needs for alternative energy source other than batteries, supercapacitors have been in development with advanced materials. The objective of the research was to make a…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Collective motion is a phenomenon of ordered motion that attracts much scientific interest because of its presence in a wide variety of applications such as the flocking behavior of birds or…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Weathering and erosion of soils causes fine-grained silts and clays to flow with water and clog the navigation channels in the State of Maryland. Dredging these fine-grained soils with lots…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Horticulturists regularly use asexual propagation techniques to more efficiently multiply specimens, but these methods have not changed dramatically in the last several decades. Native plant…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
This investigation presents a novel approach of characterizing the alpine treeline as a phase transition from one phase (forest) to another (tundra). Phase transition research in other syste…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Temperature sensitive vaccines such as polio and measles must be maintained at a 2-8 degrees Celsius temperature range to avoid spoilage and insure potency. Vaccine Cold Boxes (VCBs) carry m…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment is to see whether it is possible to extract water from the juice of watermelon. The first part of this experiment consisted of obtaining juice from a watermelo…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
This research project explores the interconnected schemes of ultra-low power ambient backscatter to function as the basis of the next generation of telecommunications technology integration.…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) represent an innovative technology with potential applications in warehouses, factories, buildings, and ships. Current approaches to stabilize drones using…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Purpose Obesity is a significant health concern for children in the United States. One way to combat obesity is to start the education and practice of eating healthy at a younger age. This s…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
The DNA glycosylase methyl-CpG-binding domain protein (MBD4) is commonly found to be mutated in cancers, autoimmune disorders, and neurological disorders. MBD4, a base-excision repair enzyme…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Concrete bridges and structures generally are known to have cracks over time regardless of the size or weight due to the concrete shrinking as it dries. However to what extent are those crac…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
This project investigates the effect of the natural insecticide limonene applied externally to Periplaneta americana (the American cockroach) on walking patterns. The cockroach's tripod gait…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Gastric cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer related deaths, yet little is known about the molecular drivers behind the progression of normal stomach to gastric cancer. GATA4 an…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
The goals of this study were to continue developing a Drosophila melanogaster model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using the “High Impact Trauma” (HIT) device to inflict injury and induce,…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software Third Award
Combinatorial constraint satisfaction problems can be solved through the generalizable algorithm of recursive search with backtracking, which runs in nondeterministic polynomial time. In ord…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics
Traditionally introduced in terms of advanced topological constructions, many link invariants may also be defined in much simpler terms given their values on a few initial links and a recurs…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of this in silico experiment was to classify images using a machine learning algorithm. Specifically a neural network (NN). The image library was obtained through FlowCam, which…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Robotic technologies have greatly expanded our ability to interact with our surroundings. In particular, soft robots can handle delicate objects without damaging them. However, they are made…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Gravity induced loss of consciousness, better known as G-LOC , occurs when excessive gravitational forces are applied to the body resulting in decreased intracerebral blood flow. Even after…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
This project studied the effects of accelerated cure time for CA and PVA glues. I tested the ultimate shear strength (USS) of 120 cross-grain lap joints over 6 weeks and then compared the fi…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Many people struggle with breast cancer, and while there is no cure, several studies are being done on everyday substances believed to contribute to preventing the growth of cancerous tumors…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Purpose: 1. To identify the psychological or behavioral impacts that co-sleeping has on the child. 2. To determine if co-sleeping affects the parental relationship. 3. Identify the understan…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Graphene is a one-atom-thick allotrope of carbon that has a hexagonal lattice structure, and it has good adsorption and conduction characteristics. Graphene sand is a composite of sand coate…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Graphene is a one atom thick monolayer hexagonal lattice of carbon atoms with a theoretical thickness of 0.345 nanometers and unique tensile strength capabilities. This study aims to determi…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Since mid-eighties of the past century, a huge number of microwave-assisted organic/organometallic/inorganic transformations have been published with a growing number in every year. It is we…