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 8881–8910
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Food scarcity is a prevalent problem facing our world today, and in fact the UN Food and Agricultural Organization finds that 795 million people are suffering from hunger. In addition, one o…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
The purpose of this experiment was to see if a motorized concentrated tracking photovoltaic system could be created that tracks the sun without utilizing the electricity generated by the pho…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Neuroblastoma is a lethal and commonly metastatic childhood cancer that arises when neural crest cells fail to differentiate properly during embryonic development. A group of cell-signaling…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
Bok Globules are dense clouds of cold molecular hydrogen gas that are generally associated with larger emission nebulae and young star clusters. I hypothesized that these clouds represent th…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Genetic mutations in patients with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) cause the NT5C2 enzyme to act as if it has been allosterically activated, allowing purine nucleoside substrat…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
I expect to find that the number of Asian Shore Crabs are vast in both Scituate and Nut Island and to discover that the populations are not evolving due of their geographic proximity and lac…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Imatinib is a drug commonly used for the treatment of BCR-ABL1-positive leukemia. However, imatinib-resistant cells often develop after treatment, causing therapeutic failure. My previous re…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
In response to the rise in hate crimes against Sikh Americans due to a lack of knowledge about the Sikh Faith, I decided to conduct the Turban Myths experiment: a project designed to evaluat…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
After the ban of hydrofluorocarbons by the Kigali Accord, humans turned to perfluoroamines as potential substitutes. However, little information is known about these compounds. This work ana…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
I coded the first iOS app for plankton education to train aspiring students into novice marine-biologists. Since plankton is the base of our marine life food-chain and produces 50% of our at…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The purpose of this experiment was to determine what chemical best inhibited the growth of the oral bacterium Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus oralis. These bacteria produce biofilms a…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical
The purpose of this science project is to build a Thin-Panel, Cylinder-Arrayed, and Solar Water Heater that could heat water to the maximum temperature and use it for homes in the rural area…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The purpose of this project is to determine if silver nanoparticles can induce sporulation in Bacillus anthracis. Sporulation in this project would be caused by the silver nanoparticles' tox…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: A makeshift portable water filtration system was designed to test the hypothesis that it would bring levels of E.coli down to acceptable values safe for human consumption. Procedure…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Second Award
Recent scientific and journalistic publications have called into question the validity and efficacy of flossing. This project aims to determine whether flossing benefits dental health by ana…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The traditional preparation of toishabui(chokecherry) was to grind the fruit with the seed and make it into a raw mixture. In the nontraditional preparation the berry is boiled, juiced, and…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The main focus for this project is to find a way to treat Staphylococcal skin infections by creating topical antibiotics with iron oxide nanoparticles that will be able to fight bacterial in…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
There has been a lot of controversy over whether vaccines are safe or cause cognitive disorders like autism. We spend lots of money and time on developing vaccines to fight contagious pathog…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
In 2017, over 8 million people around the world will die of cardiac diseases, most often induced by myocardial infarctions (MIs) and cardiomyopathies. Current treatment options, including he…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
The goal of this research was to improve cancer diagnostics, specifically copy number detection methods. Accurately determining the abundance of oncogenes and tumor suppressors is necessary…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Our experimental purpose was to test a combination of paraben types on the pupation and eclosion rate of Drosophila melanogaster. We hypothesized that in Drosophila melanogaster samples expo…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
The goal of this project was to create a relatively inexpensive test kit which identified the previous existence of a methamphetamine laboratory by detecting lithium carbonate residues. Due…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
The Mobile Bay is the sixth largest watershed in the nation and has the fourth largest freshwater discharge in forty-eight states. This unique estuary is home to a diverse bacterial communit…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Traffic congestion is a problem that plagues most metropolitan areas. The problem has grown worse over the years as more people seek to reside in suburban areas and commute to work. Increase…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
1 in 68 individuals is diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Currently, autism diagnosis is based solely on behavioral assessment; no objective, medically-based biomarkers have been id…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Third Award
High blood pressure affects millions of people worldwide. In this illness, activity of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) leads to the narrowing of blood vessels. There are many drugs that…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry
Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in Earth’s atmosphere have increased dramatically in recent decades, and many strategies in carbon capture and sequestration have been investigated to remediate t…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The drone industry is projected to be worth over 127 billion dollars by the year 2020 (Sun, 2016). This means drones will be everywhere: monitoring our food crops, delivering our packages, a…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Supercapacitors are important because of their increasing role in powering many mobile, wearable and medical devices that help and improve peoples’ lives. Supercapacitors can store energy wi…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal genetic neurogenerative disorder caused by expansion of CAG trinucleotide repeats in the huntingtin (HTT) gene greater than 35 repeats. The expanded CAG…