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 8191–8220
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Lung disease, which includes asthma, emphysema, cancer and cystic fibrosis, is one of the leading causes of death in the world, with more than 3 million deaths annually. Transplantation is u…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
With an aging population, war, and sports-related injuries, there is an ever-increasing demand for hard tissue replacements, such as bone. In fact, there has been a fourfold increase in the…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Oral hygiene is linked with several systemic diseases. The dental biofilm/plaque, responsible for these pathologies, is often resistant to brushing, leaving a pressing need for innovative so…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
This project came up with two methods to improve the sustainability and growing concern with the increasing use of plastics. One was to come up with an entirely bio-based material (construct…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Bacteriophages pierce the outer coats of the bacteria and inject them with phage DNA. The DNA take over the inner machinery of the bacterial cells and force them to make copies of the phage.…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Black carbon (BC) aerosol particles originate from the combustion process and absorb wavelengths within the visible light spectrum which in turn warms the atmosphere and may contribute to an…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Propeller shrouds can increase propeller efficiency. The purpose of the experiment was to determine if a propeller shroud modeled after the propeller’s natural slipstream could increase prop…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences Fourth Award
Blue light is emitted from all electronic devices. Connections between multiple health problems such as circadian rhythm disorders, eye strain, and even macular degeneration correlated with…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Braille books are extremely hard to find as well as very bulky and heavy to carry around. The purpose of my project was to design and construct a refreshable single cell braille device, alon…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Third Award
Diabetes is a major health concern of many, but it is especially prominent in Native American people. The traditional diet has been replaced with inexpensive, processed food. Perhaps the mos…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
PURPOSE: Identify the best gas burner as measured by the following qualities: 1) Speed of heating 2) Evenness of heating 3) Amount of scale produced on the steel 4) Functionality of each bur…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
This study investigated for the first time whether ants could serve as a model organism for rapidly screening chemical effects on key social behaviors of honeybees. Current tests of honeybee…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
While Machine Learning has made great strides in predictions, less research has been done on the application of AI to the engineering design. The purpose of this research was to test machine…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The aim of this project was to discover whether or not oxidative stress could cause DNA damage in cells deficient of Ogg1 and if so, to see if that would increase transcriptional mutagenesis…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Tender Coconut Water (TCW), the liquid endosperm of young coconut fruit is not only rich in nutrients but also has bioactive phytohormones such as zeatin, kinetin and their derivatives. Natu…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Internet and data transfer has been developing very fast through many different avenues, whether it be by dial-up, cable, or satellite. However, when fiber optics was given to internet provi…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
To reverse the rise in atmospheric CO2 content, researchers continue to investigate ways to sequester the greenhouse gas in what is known as carbon capture and storage (CCS). In CCS, CO2 is…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
The research project focused on the coating of a copper antimonide (Cu2Sb) anode material, characterizing the coating, and determining effects it had on the cycling of a battery. The carbon…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Global warming has become an increasingly prevalent and exigent global issue as the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continues to increase. As a result, dry reformation of methan…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
The project tests the feasibility of constructing carbon fiber into a chainmail pattern. Designed for motorcycle protective clothing. Carbon fiber mail allows for higher protective levels wi…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Are synthetic fragrances (conventionally manufactured perfumes) more harmful than essential organic oils? Are the widely used body sprays and perfumes unknowingly putting the public at risk?…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
This study was conducted to extend the applications of Natural Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (NDSSCs) to include transparent Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPVs), like solar windows. In Ph…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
MicroRNAs (miRNA) are small non-coding RNA molecules, approximately 19-25 nucleotides in length, which function in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression by base-pairing with tar…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology First Award
With the growing issue of antibiotic resistant bacteria, anti-virulence therapies have emerged as an attractive and effective treatment regimen against pathogenic proliferation, which do not…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
The recent increase in counterfeited documents, banknotes, and medications impacts society, calling for irreproducible security technologies. Nature mimicking materials, which combine multip…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Chronic pain is a common and disabling comorbidity among people living with HIV (PLWH). Minimal research to date on human models have examined the relationship that contributes to the develo…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
The Berkeley Pit was once an open pit mine, but today it is a highly acidic and toxic lake. The Berkeley Pit is home to many different species of extremophilic fungi. These fungi have develo…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Characterization of patient-derived glioblastoma-multiforme (GBM) cell lines uncover information on the disease’s physiology and pathology. This, in extension, helps identify new therapeutic…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The objective of this experimentation was to analyze the piezoelectric and pyroelectric effects that are exhibited by alpha-crystalline silicon dioxide. This was accomplished by using a hydr…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Glove boxes filled with inert gases are used to reduce the release of tritium into the atmosphere. A zirconium/iron (Zr-Fe) alloy is used to remove tritium chronically released into the glov…