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 7531–7560
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology First Award
Plant Microbial fuel cells have the potential as a sustainable, renewable energy source using Florida’s wetlands and indigenous plants. Plant-MFC’s use bacteria to convert solar energy into…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Visually impaired humans lead very difficult lives. They often must rely on external sources to help them. Many of these external sources are guide dogs and walking sticks. The problem with…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Harmful algal blooms (HAB) plague eutrophic waters and are often caused by excess anthropogenic nutrients, specifically phosphorus. Allelopathy, a defense mechanism in which an organism excr…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
Many developing communities do not have enough money to afford electricity for their homes. Nonrenewable Energy is cheap in generating energy, but they can cause detrimental effects on the e…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The use of the electronic nicotine delivery system, also known as electronic cigarette (e-cig), is tremendously rising in young adults in the US. E-cigs are the most commonly used tobacco-re…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science First Award
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide (WHO), and experts estimate that half of all heart attacks and strokes occur in people who have not been flagged as ‘at risk'. There is…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a very deadly form of brain cancer. The effects of hybrid compounds of heterocyclic rhodanine and arylidene (boronic acid) were tested on GBM cancer cells. T…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Occlusive thrombus (blood clot) formation is a major pathological event in cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, removing the clot is critical to restore blood flow to vital organs. One way to…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
There are over 1.5 million people living in refugee camps across the world. Wind storms with speeds over 80 mph rip current refugee tents apart, destroying what little they have left. We cre…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Supercapacitors (SC) have received attention due to quick charge times and higher power densities than lithium-ion batteries (LIB), which enable them to be implemented in electronic devices.…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) is a state-of-the-art optical technique to probe the dielectric properties of materials in the nano-scale. Only requiring mini…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a medical condition that results from head impact injuries in contact sports. A Boston University study reports occurence of CTE in 87% of the cases…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
Each year, 251,000 patients die due to medical errors in the United States. In aortic valve replacement surgery, over 6% of patients die during or within 5 years of surgery due to medical er…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Chemotherapy continues to play an important role in treating various cancers; however, during the course of treatment it is often challenging to differentiate between cancerous and healthy t…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
The purpose of Hopping Down the Bunny Trail: Spatial Distribution of Lepus americanus Tracks is to test if Lepus americanus tracks are distributed randomly in a survey area. This year, the p…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Kyphosis is the excessive curvature of the thoracic spine along the sagittal plane, creating a hunchback or slouching appearance. It is a pressing issue in modern society due to anatomical i…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Modern society requires an energy source that is renewable, non-pollutant, efficient and compatible with most machinery. Algal biofuel, a liquid fuel synthesized from the lipid produced by m…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of the experiment was to find out if changing different variables in a small DC motor would influence the efficiency of the motor, and if the efficiency is changed which variable…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
Sucrose in combination with Streptococcus mutans result in acids which break down enamel and contribute to dental caries. Alternatives with potential oral health benefits were explored in th…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
My project is to see what electrode produces the most hydrogen in the process of hydro-electrolysis. I chose to test for the amount of hydrogen produced rather than the amount oxygen produce…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
According to the USDA, New Mexico farms consume 1.8 million acre-feet of water per year. Due to New Mexico’s limited water supply, the State cannot produce enough crops to support itself and…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
There is, as of now, no objective method of measuring the difficulty of a given problem. Since biological brains are too generalized, however, a substitute becomes necessary for experimental…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
Heart disease is a prevalent issue in the modern world, with 84 million people in the US alone that require regular checkups with clinicians. iCordisX aims to provide a personalized and data…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Type 2 diabetes (T2D), a metabolic disorder characterized by high blood sugar and insulin resistance (IR), has serious socioeconomic ramifications. While T2D is considered a lifestyle diseas…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose: Stroke is a fatal neurological disease causing severe long-term functional disability in patients. The incident of stroke is rising exponentially, irrespective of age. The beneficia…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
PDE inhibitors are frequently used as pharmaceuticals to treat conditions such as pulmonary diseases and erectile dysfunction via the cAMP dependent signaling pathway. However, PDE inhibitor…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
P27kip1 (p27) is a tumor suppressor protein that is often deregulated in aggressive cancers. Recent evidence from the Sheaff lab suggests p27 deregulation provides a growth advantage by allo…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Third Award
Burkholderia cenocepacia is a multi-drug resistant bacteria, prevalent in fatal pulmonary infections associated with cystic fibrosis. It uses signaling molecules known as Burkholderia Diffus…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Basil is well known for its various medicinal properties. For the last 5 years, I have been working on the antimicrobial effect of basil against various strains of bacteria such as E.coli, S…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Studying metabolic functions of cancer cells can reveal novel treatment options. For example, increased glutamine uptake drives cancer cell proliferation. The first step in glutamine utiliza…