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 11131–11160
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Dinoflagellates are single-celled, eukaryotic, planktonic species. Most dinoflagellates are completely harmless, but a few species have detrimental environmental effects such as the Red Tide…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
FitVos, or Fully Integrated Thrust Vectoring Open Source System, is an open source alternative to common autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Fitvos is very cost effective, allowing 2 1/2 pou…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Flax is an agricultural commodity produced in the Northwestern United States, including Montana and Minnesota. Because of high omega 3 fatty acid concentrations, flax seed oil is valuable in…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
The Purpose for the research is comparing two airfoils; the data of a conventional airfoil, and the data of our self-made airfoil that will have flexibility. An airfoil is a cross-section re…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
My project deals with the effect of a magnetic field on the flow rate of liquids and I compared this effect between liquids with varying amounts of molecules and ions. The purpose of my expe…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Based on research done last year, it was decided that an experiment would be completed to observe the contamination that occurs during hydraulic fracturuing. In an experiment done in 2013, i…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The enigmatic properties of the mesoscopic fluid confined between two solid objects or adsorbed on a substrate have puzzled scientists in the field of condensed matter. One of the current me…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Most fundamental particles have a magnetic dipole moment. None yet is found to also have an electric dipole moment (EDM), i.e., a displacement of positive and negative charges along the dire…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The microbial fuel cell-microbial electrolysis cell (MFC-MEC) coupled system may pose an effective solution to current energy and environmental problems as it links electrically in series tw…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Near domestic and commercial agricultural settings, ammonia runoff is a threat to freshwater ecosystems. Research by scientist Milena Beniolo found that banana peels effectively absorbed pos…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this project is to show which oil is the best to use when making biodiesel. This procedure involved making biodiesel using olive oil, peanut oil, and canola oil. Each oil was…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Third Award
Functional equations are equations involving unknown functions. Solving such equations can be tedious and perplexing. However, utilizing the power of abstract algebra, solving them can be ma…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Black mold can grow in houses and is extremely dangerous to humans. The purpose of my project was to find the best household remedies to remove black mold. I tested 8 different solutions to…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Paralyzed or paretic individuals lack the ability to move their limbs and may be speech impaired. They cannot use traditional human-computer interaction methods to harness the power of web-b…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The health and well-being of populations in certain critical regions of the world are threatened today by the presence of counterfeit pharmaceuticals which are often authentic materials dilu…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Second Award
The three passive circuit elements used in electrical engineering are the resistor, capacitor, and inductor. My research addresses the fourth fundamental element called the memristor. Memris…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have the ability to circumvent the issues associated with obtaining specialized cells for in vitro models, and provide a new frontier in the field of i…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Periodontal Disease and Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease are the two most prevalent diseases both affecting nearly 200 million people globally. This research study helps us to understand the…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a genetic difference in the two populations of Capelin (Mallotus villosus). The null hypothesis was that the two populations are not ge…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
Found on all continents, nutsedge is a prolific weed burdening the lives of people around the world. The rapid growth and extreme difficulty of eradicating nutsedge is a result of its underg…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Criminal investigators and forensic scientists utilize insects in many parts of their research and studies. Insects can be vital tools in learning about a corpse by examining the genetics of…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Third Award
When predicting a hurricane’s landfall location, small improvements in accuracy result in large savings of lives, property, and money. The project’s purpose was to apply a breakthrough metho…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
I was awarded an internship at a University Lab through a Youth Institute this summer. I joined a graduate student in evaluating the nutrition content of a perennial wheatgrass, and became i…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The protein chemokine ligand-5 (CCL5) is naturally produced in the human body and plays a major role in induced chemotaxis (movement of responsive cells to certain environments) of white blo…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Enantioselective drug synthesis is a critical research problem as evidenced by the billions of funding the field gets. In this research, a novel method of enantioselectively synthesizing dru…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Gold nanoparticles have recently come to prominence due to increased demand for nanoscale technologies. Nanoparticles of different shapes have unique capabilities. Current methods for synthe…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this experiment was to examine the potential of continuous flow microbial fuel cells (CFMFCs) with the aim of determining the relationship between electricity generation and f…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Third Award
This experiment tested the effect of graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) on polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell power efficiency when the two substances were coated…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of my project is to compare the ethanol yield and feed value of distiller grains of switchgrass and prairie cordgrass pretreated with calcium hydroxide, compared to nontreated. I…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The 1,2,3-triazole is a stable and biologically active organic compound that can be used in a variety of applications, including pharmaceutical chemistry. The purpose of this study was to sy…