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 8911–8940
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, is key in wound healing, embryonic development, and survival of cancerous tumors. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and its binding…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering First Award
Due to the recent Flint Water Crisis, much attention has been directed again towards the presence of heavy metals in water and its health and environmental implications. There also remains a…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
In 1926, 2600 intricately folded letters from the 17th century were discovered. Opening the letters risks losing the folding patterns, breaking the seals, and destroying the text. Recently,…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) are paramyxoviruses that represent the leading cause of pediatric hospitalizations worldwide. Type I interferons (IFN) are…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Mouse models serve as a readily available base for experimentation in neurodegenerative drug development. However, less than 10% of drugs that have shown success in mouse-based preclinical t…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
The burning number of a graph was introduced by Bonato-Janssen-Roshanbin [Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8882 (2014)] for measuring the speed of the spread of contagion in a graph. Today,…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Petroleum is heavily depended upon for energy production, the production of plastic, and the manufacturing of multiple important chemicals. Though petroleum is said to have broad areas of ap…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The rapidly declining health and changing distribution of coral reefs is impacting local ecologies and economies worldwide. Implementing effective conservation methods requires more accurate…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
The Gas Dynamic Virtual Nozzle (GDVN) is a liquid droplet injector critical for the successful imaging of particles during Serial Femtosecond Crystallography (SFX). The nozzle uses helium ga…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
This project studied the effects of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) on their host galaxies in relation to their inherent properties. It also shed light on the Shankar et al. (2016) controve…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Artificial neural networks, models of which were experimentally calibrated by the author, train homeostatic variable sets to examine the relationship between variations in incubation conditi…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This project aims to develop a reliable method to indirectly measure racial bias through use of a virtual environment. Administered with a computer, the virtual environment guides participan…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
There is a need for a clinical alternative for the "gold standard" autograft. An autograft involves harvesting tissue from alternate locations in the body and substituting tissue in lacking…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
The objective of this project is to derive the vertical air currents in hurricanes using a physics-based model to describe the dropsonde fall speed in still air. By assuming that the dropson…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Rat lungworm disease (angiostrongyliasis), caused by human infection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is a dilemma that plagues inhabitants of tropical climates globally. The lifecycle of rat…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Genome sequencing, the future of bacterial medicine. My name is Josh Proehl and I used genome sequencing to find a natural probiotic to replace the use of low dose growth antibiotics in turk…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
The current navigation aid of choice for the blind is the white cane, which, although lightweight and easy to acquire, has a limited range and requires extensive training to use. While Elect…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2014, 4,821 workers had fatal injuries while performing their jobs. While some companies have started using robots to replace workers in dange…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
People with Type 1 Diabetes must compute an insulin dose for every meal. Dosing errors can cause both acute and chronic complications. The current dosing method (i.e., "carb counting") consi…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences Third Award
The Sri Lankan weevil, or Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall, is a destructive and invasive pest with a host range of >150 different plant species. In the adult and larval stages,…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Heart disease is the leading killer of men and women in the U.S. today. According to the CDC About 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that’s 1 in every 4 dea…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
OBJECTIVE: To engineer a high heat conduction thermal evacuation suit that also addresses superheated gas. Suit will allow a person to escape a fire of 980°C & convection heat of 32kph for 5…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Pathological angiogenesis and fibrosis are the hallmark features of several cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases, including diabetic retinopathy, cardiomyopathy, atherosclerosis, and can…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Zika(ZIKV) poses unknown long-term threats to both adults and infants. Much inability to combat it comes from its complex envelope structure and resulting atypical biochemical properties. Th…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Traditional wastewater purification is ineffective, costly, and time consuming; additionally, the sludge byproduct is harmful to the environment. According to the US EPA, 3-4% of the nation’…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Third Award
The project incorporates common rose (Rosoideae rosa) nanostructures, especially their anti-reflective and light management properties, in a photoresist film to increase photovoltaic cell ef…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
This project’s purpose is to investigate the usage of the spidron system for automotive crush zones and force absorption applications. The engineering goal of this project is to utilize the…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Among the many biomass sources that can be used as biofuel, coffee grounds are a viable source of fatty acids for producing biodiesel. Over 500,000 tons of coffee ground waste is created yea…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of this project was to determine if artificial neural networks could be effectively utilized in a data analysis problem such as predicting stock prices. In order to answer the re…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to find a way to provide a constant supply of electrical power to a cardiac pacemaker utilizing cardiac and pulmonary motions in conjunction with a piezofi…