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 9271–9300
ISEF · 2016
The accumulation of microplastics, defined as plastic particles with a diameter < 5 mm, in freshwater and marine ecosystems is a growing concern. Fauna across a range of feeding guilds can i…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Biohydrogen generated from algal cultures can be an effective solution as cleaner alternative fuel to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Most of the related research is focused on limited st…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to determine the effect of biochar on the growth of Zea mays in different soil types, as well as measure the soil capacity of each. 8 pots were labeled, and 2…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award
Characterization of excited-state behavior of inorganic complexes will limit the set of dyes for the optimal dye-sensitized solar cell. This study goaled to elucidate Jahn-Teller distortions…
ISEF · 2016
As a natural mechanism of extruding harmful substrates, bacterial efflux pumps have become increasingly relevant in the antibiotic resistance crisis. Spanning the outer membrane of all bacte…
ISEF · 2016
Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) is an inexpensive and effective method for disinfecting water that uses readily available materials such as Polyethylene Terephthalateplastic (PET plastic) b…
ISEF · 2016
Currently, over 1.5 million of the world’s population suffer from unsanitized water containing waterborne diseases. One of the most common diseases is enterotoxigenic E.coli. This disease de…
ISEF · 2016
This project investigates potential of transitive RNAi in human genetic modification, a phenomenon currently discovered only in viruses, bacteria, and plants. Transitivity allows gene-speci…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to determine the effects of new forms of smoking apparatuses such as electronic cigarettes (E-Cig) and vaporizers (V-Cig). The project was divided into three…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Diethyl Phthalate (DEP) is a commonly found endocrine disruptor found in the ocean. DEP comes from plastics that have been floating in the ocean and releasing certain pollutants, including b…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Previous studies at the Roskamp Institute and in other laboratories have demonstrated that the visual system is particularly vulnerable to the effects of repeated mild traumatic brain injury…
ISEF · 2016
Solar panels use the energy in light to free electrons create potential difference, creating a flow of electrons (current) and electromotive force (EMF, or voltage). Because electromagnetic…
ISEF · 2016
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is an actively researched disease since the underlying cause is still unknown. After a substantial loss of dopaminergic neurons in the brain a patient will experienc…
ISEF · 2016
Type 2 Diabetes mellitus is a global issue that is alarmingly increasing. Due to this, the development of research for an alternatively new medication is significant. The effect of various C…
ISEF · 2016
The sweet potato whitefly, Bermisa tabaci (Genadius) has become a major pest of economically important crops worldwide. Especially in vegetable crops in the lower Rio Grande Valley. In this…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
My project addresses a long-standing problem at the intersection of computer science, cryptography, and game theory. A truly efficient system for secure multiparty computation (sMPC) has bee…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The security of data is a major issue in today’s society–one way to ensure this security is to use digital signatures. NTRUSign, the signature scheme based on the N-th Degree Truncated Polyn…
ISEF · 2016
Heavy metal spills are amongst the most perilous threats to current and future populations. Once an environment is over polluted with heavy metals, there is no natural intercession for its r…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Electrical discharges in liquids have been used for water disinfection and decontamination, nanoparticle production, and many other chemical and biological applications. Gas bubbles are intr…
ISEF · 2016
This research was aimed at creating and testing hollandite, a synthetic polymorph of titanium dioxide (TiO2), for its potential as an alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO) in touchscreens. D…
ISEF · 2016
The team sought to create a polymer fiber material that would serve as a viable drug delivery system for the diffusion of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Alpha (VEGF) on the human heart a…
ISEF · 2016
BACKGROUND: The human population is increasing at a dramatic rate while agricultural productivity is decreasing due to various environmental stresses such as drought or cold. Engineering pla…
ISEF · 2016
In the 1950s Nash and Kuiper proved the existence of an isometric embedding of a flat torus in 3D Euclidean space; however, they did not provide a visualization of such embedding. In the '70…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to optimize enzyme catalyzed waste paper hydrolysis to make fermentable sugars for biofuel production. During phase I enzyme composition, hydrolysis temperatu…
ISEF · 2016
This project aims to replace existing brain electrodes that are failing in chronic use. Brain electrodes have many important applications including the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease and b…
ISEF · 2016
Inorganic nitrogen pollution typically caused by farming fertilizer runoff affects the environment in four major ways: increasing the acidity of freshwater ecosystems, stimulating the eutrop…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The Enigma machine was used in WWII by the Germans to communicate with their submarines and within their military to send secure messages. It was considered one of the most secure encryption…
ISEF · 2016
There are currently many drawbacks associated with using nano- drug carriers. In order to remediate some of those drawbacks, research will be conducted on engineering a novel oleocanthal nan…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Acne vulgaris is a common inflammatory disorder of the pilosebaceous unit with both physical and psychological ramifications. It is widely accepted that both Propionibacterium acnes and Stap…
ISEF · 2016
The current method of treatment of patients in the healthcare system, to first diagnose a condition and then to apply a known therapy, is time-consuming and expensive. These treatments may h…