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 6691–6720
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
A motorcyclist’s helmet is essential to prevent head injuries in road accidents. When a helmet is subject to significant impact, its integrity can be affected and it may become unsafe for fu…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
The hypotheses were made that with the use of contained Apis mellifera pollinating the soybeans, the beans would be more productive. Containments were able to hold cleistogamous, chasmogamou…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Worldwide, stroke is the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability. There is a striking lack of therapeutic interventions after the first few hours of stroke on…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) scanning mirrors are used extensively in laser scanning microscopy and medical endoscopic optical systems as a result of their small size, low per-unit…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
For the past twenty years, the population of Danaus plexippus (monarch butterflies) has been on the decline. The dwindling number of monarchs has to do with the increasing eradication of mon…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Oil and gas fuel our lives and our world, but the impact of certain operational methods could have negative consequences on the environment and the earth, including what lies beneath the sur…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Multiple myeloma (MM), a plasma cell malignancy, remains incurable despite the development of new therapies. MM is the second most frequent hematological malignancy in the United States. Cur…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The title of this project is The Influence of Vegetated Coverage on Surface Runoff Losses of the Insecticide, Bifenthrin. Bifenthrin is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide that is most common…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
In this study, the effectiveness of various antibiotics for inhibiting the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis is tested. This topic of study is significant as staph infections are very dan…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
Cholangiocarcinoma originates in the biliary tract and is usually diagnosed at advanced stages and has a high resistance to chemotherapy. The 5-year relative survival rate is about 10% for p…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
DNA sequencing of patient’s tumors allows computational methods to reveal unprecedented insights on their genomes. Analysis of mutations in tumor genomes allows inference of the underlying m…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In this project, a scaled model of the atmosphere was built to test the effect of water vapor on temperature of the troposphere. Water vapor could be acting as a mode of transportation for e…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology Fourth Award
Due to global threats of rapidly increasing antimicrobial resistance(AMR),and mortality and morbidity due to bacterial pathogens,discovery and implementation of solutions to AMR such as nove…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Rhizophora mangle, also known as Red Mangrove, is an aggressive, opportunistic, invasive species that has drastically altered the landscape of Kaua`i (Mangrove Removal: Wai’ Opae [n.d.] Mala…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
The Chaga mushroom (Inonotus obliquus) is a parasitic fungus. Commonly referred to as “black gold,” the charcoal colored mushroom grows mostly on birch trees in very cold areas around the wo…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
Background: EGFR is a type of cell surface receptor that is responsible for cell growth, especially in epithelial tissues. Studies show that in some tumors, EGFR is overexpressed, especially…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
In the United States we are currently facing a serious opioid drug abuse epidemic. According to research, 5,455 people (ages 15-24) died of drugs in 2017. Although these opioids are strictly…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The goal of this research project is to demonstrate how evolutionary path dependencies and population-level epistasis affect the adaptive plasticity of populations of artificial organisms. I…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) is an opportunistic oral commensal bacterium that has been implicated in various GI disorders ranging from inflammatory bowel disease and appendicitis, to colore…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
A common response of cells to environmental stressors is the inhibition of translation of cellular mRNAs. When translation is shut down, untranslated messenger ribonucleoproteins (mRNPs) acc…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
The researcher conducting this experiment investigated the role of the Cat-2 gene in developing substance dependence. Substance dependence/addiction is an emerging public health crisis with…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a life-threatening condition caused by infection of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Compromising the immune system, HIV reduces the body'…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Schizophrenia is a debilitating neurological disorder characterized by hallucinations, paranoia, and delusions. Identifying how schizophrenia specifically causes changes in the structure and…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Biofilms are antibiotic-resistant clusters of bacteria that bond to a surface and can establish potentially-fatal infections on orthopedic implants; these infections are painful and damage t…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of this project was to develop an algorithm capable of predicting protein structure. The first step was to research how other protein modeling software work like homology modelin…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The serine protease inhibitor-2 (Serp-2) gene is a virulence factor of the myxoma virus, an immunosuppressive disease found in European rabbits. This gene inhibits the proteases caspase-1 an…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Current installed area of “terrestrial photovoltaics,” such as rooftop solar panels, suffices only 1% of global energy demand. Transparent photovoltaics placed on the additional surface area…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This research investigated the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) on rat ovaries and determined the extent to which the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) mediated the adverse effects o…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
The prevalence of mood disorders has increased rapidly over the past decade, especially in teens. The nature of these disorders is such that most symptoms are in a person’s mind making it ha…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Approximately 300 million tons of single-use plastic each year is discarded. It takes 450 years for a bottle to decompose. This project’s focus is to identify environmentally friendly method…