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 7231–7260
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award
Epilepsy affects over 3.4 million people in the United States alone. Approximately 200,000 new cases of epilepsy are diagnosed each year. The purpose of this project was to detect seizures a…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
An Arduino microcontroller is a device that can be used to create many different gadgets and tools that can be used for entertainment, efficiency, and data processing. The goal of the experi…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Water contamination due to cracks in wells, allow both bacteria and viruses to get in. After Hurricane Irma, this became a dilemma for many. The purpose of this project is to (using natural…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
For my experiment, I wanted to see if the Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) that farmers treat their crops with are effective and worth the investment. To test this, I treated wheat with two di…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Social insects possess the remarkable ability to make choices both as individuals and as part of a collective. Ants, particularly, are able to utilize large colony numbers in order to effect…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Tumor metastasis by migration through basement membranes, in a process known as cell invasion, contributes to the lethality of cancers. Cell invasion, a conserved behavior found in many deve…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
This study investigates the content of dark matter in 150 spiral and 60 dwarf galaxies located at different cosmological distances from us. The goal was to test if nearby galaxies have more…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Runaway star research, particularly hypervelocity stars, is a newer field in astronomy. It is important that more of these unique stars are identified and studied. In last year's research, a…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Dyslexia is the world’s most common neurological learning disability - it affects 1 in every 10 people worldwide. And though it has been proven that an early diagnosis can significantly redu…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines First Award
Heart disease and respiratory problems are the leading causes of death for the 40 million people aged 65 or older in the United States. Yet 36% of elderly patients report transportation diff…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Neurometabolic and vascular changes have been shown to pre-date amyloid deposition and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease by several decades. However, these changes are not well cha…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
The field of genetic engineering is rapidly developing with exciting new discoveries being made every day. However, existing gene editing technologies do not have perfect accuracy, and creat…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the impact of high-heeled footwear on balance and fall risk as well as to conduct a survey to ascertain whether people believe high heels make…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This study provides a baseline assessment of the water quality of the Upper Gulpha Creek Watershed within Hot Springs National Park boundaries with an emphasis on the two residing man-made i…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Asteroids are benign remnants of stellar formation. As benign as they may be, asteroids have been known to wreak havoc upon the Earth. The only currently known asteroid that could impact Ear…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The asteroid 10199 Chariklo is the smallest body in the solar system observed to have a ring system. This research examines the origin of the ring systems around the asteroid 10199 Chariklo…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The purpose of my experiment is to test how well Isochrysis galbana and Arthrospira platensis algae cultures capture and sequester carbon dioxide while under conditions of extreme heat and e…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics Fourth Award
In this project, we aim to prove certain properties about a particular function c(n) = b_nr(n). This is where b_n is a Boolean function with b_n being 1 if n = x^2 + y^2 for some integers x…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Green River Formation is one of the world’s most productive fossil sites, with its Fossil Butte Member (FBM) immaculately preserving millions of individual freshwater fish from the Eocen…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive neurodegenerative disorder that occurs gradually and results in symptoms such as memory loss and decreased thinking abilities. The co…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
ABSTRACT Bumble bee (Bombus spp.) populations are declining nationally as well as globally due to a variety of factors including habitat loss, pathogens, and immune deficiencies. Because of…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Metal-organic frameworks (MOF) have a unique ability to adsorb gases into their solid, porous matrix structure. While there are many possible combinations of MOF, cyclodextrin metal-organic…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Total knee replacements slip out of alignment over time and need to be realigned using surgical techniques. More than 54,000 revisions are performed each year in the USA alone. The revision…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The discovery of complex organic molecules in space is critical to the understanding of the reaction pathways leading to biomolecules and the origins of life. Existing techniques for the ana…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Surveys are an important part of behavioral research and design iteration. Current surveys are typically made up of closed ended questions(i.e. multiple choice questions), which have little…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Contouring organs can be rigorous and time consuming. This problem is compounded by the fact that tumors morph and shift over time. The hypothesis of this project was that, using artificial…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a leading cause of childhood blindness. Recent developments have discovered that ROP can be characterized by intravitreal neovascularization (IVNV), which…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems Third Award
Poor outdoor and indoor air quality causes disease and shortens life expectancy. Air pollution accounts for about 6.4 million deaths worldwide, according to a report published in the journal…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Parkinson’s Disease is one of the most common neurological diseases in modern day society. As Parkinson’s Disease continues to worsen over time, severe symptoms arise. These effects of Parki…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
Noise proliferates our increasingly developing environment in the form of noise pollution. Because noise can both negatively influence the quality of signals as well as the health of individ…