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 8641–8670
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
Since 1998, dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators or vortex generators have been steadily rising in popularity. This interest is due to complex physics unraveling itself into the for…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
We investigated which issues and criteria cause Wisconsinites to vote the way they do in elections and then broke down the data based on variables, such as gender. The survey contained quest…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
Bees represent a vital part of our agricultural system, supporting by their pollination activities approximately one-third of the food consumed by humans. Despite colony collapse disorder, a…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
a) Purpose - To find out if magnetic fields affect the rate of growth in the regeneration of planaria. Because magnetism alters the intracellular calcium distribution in neoblast cells, my h…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) became associated with the autoimmune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1989. Even after years of research there´s still no cure nor preventative treatment…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
The field of Diophantine approximation is a branch of number theory which concerns itself with certain properties of real numbers in relation to the rational numbers. In specific, one may de…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Silica gels greatly impact D. magna populations, increasing the neonate and juvenile mortality rates by up to 6 and 1.5 times. Six trials were conducted, and all six were found to be statist…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
The world of 3D printing is thus far not closely aligned with the world of the consumer. In the eyes of the average consumer, 3D printers are large, abstracted, industrial machines like inje…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Electronic cigarettes are battery operated devices using nicotine and liquids to produce vapor. They are comprised of three parts: a cartridge, a heating device, and a power source. The cart…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Renal fibrosis, featured by excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM), is a detrimental path of chronic kidney disease while lacking an effective treatment for 0.5 billion adults…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
With the advent of smart devices and mobility, today’s networks are increasingly dynamic. This research assesses optimal low-power communication between devices in ever-changing networks, wh…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Forward Osmosis (FO) is an alternative method of desalination that uses a hypertonic “draw" solution to leach water molecules from a hypotonic "feed" solution such as seawater across a semip…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
Kinetic energy is a readily available source of energy that can be converted into usable forms, such as electricity. In addition to depleting the supply of many nonrenewable resources to com…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of my project is to find out what must be done to get the strongest and largest quantity of hydrogen gas out of my generator as possible. The generator will be used to run an eng…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Lung cancer claims 150,000 Americans yearly, yet only 15.7% are diagnosed pre-metastasis. Current computer diagnostics focus on Bayesian networks using rule-based prediction. In this project…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The objective of this investigation is to determine the most accurate machine learning algorithm for recommending surgical and radiation treatment and predicting survival for lung cancer. Ma…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The invention of medical imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized the way doctors locate brain tumors. MR images aid identification of tumor location an…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Although studies have found that inorganic arsenic (iAs), a potent carcinogen and estrogen-mimicking endocrine disruptor, is directly associated with prostate cancer incidence and mortality,…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Current methods in pediatric hemodialysis are associated with a heightened risk of hemolysis, as the standard peristaltic pump can be damaging at slow flow rates. Rather than using a perista…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Mixing is an interesting but still not well understood process by the scientific community with significant applications in pharmaceutical, food processing, ceramics, fertilizer, and petroch…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Second Award
Although we know how to prevent numerous diseases, existing literature on determining who is at risk of developing a given medical condition continues to use simple logistic regressions rath…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria parasite is transmitted between people by the female Anopheles mosquito, which feeds on an infected human’s blood, taking up the sexual gametocyte stag…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Formation of biofilms by Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria on medical device implants in human beings has become a common issue. To remove the biofilms, the implant devices have to be surgical…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
The objective of this research project was to utilize 3D printing and additive technology to produce a high efficiency antenna that could be readily produced anywhere, including space, for t…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The microbiome is an important factor in human health and disease. Recent reports demonstrate that short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), type of bacterial metabolites, ameliorate autoimmune diseas…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Infantile spasms (IS) is a neurological condition that generally initiates development of more severe forms of epilepsy along with developmental disabilities. An investigation of the role pl…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
In this decade, airborne chemical exposure has catastrophically impacted thousands of lives. Whether this exposure is intentional or inadvertent, the outcomes have been devastating, causing…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Neural networks are the heart of artificial intelligence and machine learning. They are computer programs that loosely act like a biological brain and they can learn to approximate functions…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Left-handedness and forced handedness (left-handed to right-handed, or vice versa) have been tangibly proven to worsen brain functions, through higher incidences of neurodevelopmental disord…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this study is to isolate biomarkers of psychosocial stress by means of presenting scenarios with increasing stakes and observing changes in blood pressure, blood oxygen, and p…