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 9241–9270
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics serves to deliver rapid and robust results in resource poor settings; however, current tests have been hindered by qualitative “yes-or-no” results. The purpos…
ISEF · 2016
Speech impairment has long been linked to Parkinson's disease. Individuals with Parkinson's are often unable to produce sustained phonations and suffer from vocal tremor, hoarseness, and bre…
ISEF · 2016
Semiconductor nanocrystals, including CdSe, with tunable bandgaps based on particle size offer enormous potential for solar energy collection as chromophores in bulk heterojunction polymer p…
ISEF · 2016
Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is a master regulator of mitosis through its activation of key proteins that are involved in processes such as spindle fiber assembly and anaphase regulation. Certa…
ISEF · 2016
My research has focused on the development of the first ever low-cost, open-source, integrated hearing test and hearing aid. The hardware for the device consists of a Teensy 3.1 - an Arduino…
ISEF · 2016
Escherichia coli is a rod shaped, gram negative bacterium, certain species of which inhabit mammalian intestines. Some strains of E. coli are pathogenic, warranting investigation into its an…
ISEF · 2016
Diagnosis of dementia is a difficult and challenging problem. The availability of public MRI data is limited, and computer-aided methods typically rely on handcrafted features. In this work,…
ISEF · 2016
I developed a new diagnostic screening test for dyslexia. My test is based on research that suggests dyslexia is an auditory processing disorder rather than simply a reading and writing diso…
ISEF · 2016
Colorectal Cancer (CRC), representing roughly 10% of cancer deaths, is associated with risk factors such as physical inactivity, inflammation, and diets high in fat. Aberrant crypt foci (ACF…
ISEF · 2016
A major biomarker of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disease, is amyloid-beta (Ab42) plaques found in the brains of AD patients. Clearance of amyloids is normally conducted by…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Cisplatin and carboplatin are two platinum based chemotherapeutics. Carboplatin was devised to be more effective than cisplatin without the harmful side effects. However, the efficacy rates…
ISEF · 2016
It is understood that Saturn’s plasma sheet experiences periodic oscillations at a period extremely close to that of the rotation rate of the planet. This is unusual as the planet’s magnetic…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Legally blind and visually impaired individuals were asked to quickly and correctly complete a set of tasks (numbers, words, and mathematical expressions) by utilizing traditional classroom…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is the most common form of neuromuscular disease that has no known cure. Many scientists believe that ALS disease results from a defective gene of a chemi…
ISEF · 2016
Since 1991 the Monterey Bay has experienced eight algal blooms, one of the largest occurring during the summer of 2015. Many of the phytoplankton in these blooms produce domoic acid, which g…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the addition of peanut flour or oil to the diet of meat chickens affects the quality of meat and to determine if the meat would test positi…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to determine if the use of a) pyrolytic graphite heat sinking and of b) phase change material affects the performance of a Stirling engine. Rotational speed a…
ISEF · 2016
Analysis of protein chains has shifted into a computational biology realm in recent years because of insufficient experimental imaging. Proteins are modeled using molecular dynamics (MD) and…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Increases in world population have required improved agricultural yields. Cellulose binding domain IV (CBD), the non-catalytic domain of a novel family of carbohydrate-binding hydrolases, ha…
ISEF · 2016
A LiDAR laser measurement sensor and a survey grade GPS (dual units with yaw, pitch and roll gyroscope) were connected to an on board computer with mapping software and mounted on a drone to…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
Past studies indicated that Drosophila (fruit flies) share 75% of the genes that cause diseases with humans. Thus by studying fruit fly genetics, one can learn about human genetics and possi…
ISEF · 2016
During the course of my project, I conducted 11 Main Procedures: Gather All the Soils, Sterilize the Soils Using Auto-Clave, Water Retention Test Using Auto-Clave, Cultivate Pathogen, Grow T…
ISEF · 2016
Drought is a severe dilemma in both the developed and the developing world. Water scarcity causes desiccation and makes it difficult to cultivate vital plants. This study investigated the po…
ISEF · 2016
Hsp90 “Heat Shock Protein 90” is a chaperone protein that helps client oncoproteins fold into their functional conformations. Since Hsp90 is upregulated in cancerous cells to possibly serve…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
The purpose of this project was to build muffler that serves two purposes; attenuating exhaust noise and increasing performance. Computational fluid dynamics software was used to create mode…
ISEF · 2016
In today’s world scientists are constantly trying to discover new sources of green energy, and solar energy is a great example of this. Currently, solar cells are silicon-based. These silico…
ISEF · 2016
Pembina County, North Dakota has several examples of dikes protecting farmsteads and agricultural lands. What effect does the grade of the natural watercourse have on the dike's ability to r…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The aim of this engineering project was to design and construct a 3D printer that combats the current expensive price of many consumer grade 3D printers. I accomplished this by reducing the…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment was to see if convolutional neural networks can accurately predict whether a macroscopic image has skin cancer in it or not. Steps taken for the completion of…
ISEF · 2016
During the summer months, Alaska is an international crossroad for millions of migratory birds from around the world. To investigate the possibility of various avian influenza viruses carrie…