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 2011–2040
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Third Award
Each week, over 60 million individuals consume acetaminophen in the U.S. alone. Despite global reliance for its analgesic & antipyretic (pain & fever relief) properties in medications, aceta…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The use of smart devices in applications like wildlife tracking and blue energy has become widespread, relying on batteries to power devices in remote locations. However, the frequent mainte…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The average solar panel is able to convert around 15-20% of solar energy into chemical energy. Therefore, there is a mass amount of energy that has the capability to be captured and harnesse…
ISEF · 2024
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Conventionally, tumorigenesis is understood as a gradual accumulation of genetic mutations. Yet, chromoplexy rearrangements (ChRs) are a mutational phenomenon characterized by highly complex…
ISEF · 2024
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Overexposure to manganese (Mn) through contaminated water or occupational environment has been shown to result in dopaminergic dysfunction and overall neurotoxicity in the human brain [1]. T…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) results in a progressive loss of kidney function over time, affecting 37 million in the US. Chymase is the primary enzyme mediating angiotensin II formation inde…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Over 1 million deaths annually can be attributed to suicide, yet no biomarkers exist. This study investigated blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption by examining claudin-5 (CLDN5) epigenetic a…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Increasing pollution in large water bodies poses a significant threat to the availability of safe drinking water. As pollutants (surfactants) decrease interfacial tension, when a contaminant…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Hearing loss is the fourth most prevalent disability worldwide, affecting one in five people, and is correlated with depression, isolation, and decreased life expectancy. Innovation in heari…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is an intracranial damage common among soldiers and impact-sport athletes. In severe cases, TBI is associated with neurodegeneration and dementia if left untreat…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences Third Award
Alzheimer's disease, the most prevalent form of dementia affecting over 24 million people worldwide, is characterized by cognitive decline and progressive neurodegeneration; this is mainly d…
ISEF · 2024
Systems Software
COCOTherm addresses the challenges of monitoring wildlife overpasses as part of the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project. The wildlife monitoring program for this project involves 15 networked…
ISEF · 2024
Systems Software
Coded stock trading strategies are a fast-growing interest as they can help businesses and individuals not only learn but also make more money while putting themselves at less risk. I decide…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Riding a bike is a carbon-efficient mode of transportation and a positive way to maintain fitness. However, the inherent difference in speed and size between cars and bikes makes it dangerou…
ISEF · 2024
Materials Science
Food safety is one of the most important components of human life. The World Health Organization estimates that foodborne contamination kills 420,000 people per year worldwide. To combat thi…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Huanglongbing (HLB), more commonly known as citrus greening, is a devastating disease caused by bacteria that colonize tree phloem, restrict nutrient flow, and cause symptoms such as fruit d…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology
Biofilm is the consortia of sessile groups of microbial colonies that adhere on biotic and abiotic surfaces with the help of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and glycocalyx. ESKAPE b…
ISEF · 2024
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Each year, the escalating drug epidemic causes over 100,000 deaths in the US. 80% of these mortalities result from multiple drug use toxicity, which yields unpredictable and potentially fata…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cells and Bispecific T cell Engagers (BiTEs) are two novel immunotherapy platforms. I hypothesized that the different mechanisms used by anti-CD3-CD19 BiTEs…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Planetary biodiversity is declining at alarming rates. Species conservation depends on knowing what species are present in an environment and in what quantities. A keystone species in Alaska…
ISEF · 2024
Microbiology Fourth Award
Plant-based natural products are utilized as active ingredients in herbal medicines, and studying their bioactivities leads to better understanding of their possible medicinal value. The pre…
ISEF · 2024
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Mucin-1 MUC1 is a high molecular weight glycoprotein that can overexpress, causing various cancers and playing a significant role in tumor progression and metastasis. Developing targeted the…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences
Niacin is an essential nutrient for life. It serves as a precursor to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), a critical coenzyme for ATP production, DNA repair and gene expression. In hum…
ISEF · 2024
Embedded Systems Third Award
Importance: Decompensated heart failure causes 3 million rehospitalizations. This is a result of current ineffective and inaccessible cardiac monitoring standards, which rely on symptoms tha…
ISEF · 2024
Technology Enhances the Arts
Humanity has made great strides in Artificial Intelligence (AI) development since the 1960s. Today, because such technology has been made available to the public, there has been a rise in AI…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering
Thoracentesis is a surgical procedure where a needle is inserted into the pleural cavity around the lungs to extract pleural fluid. Measuring the pleural pressure during thoracentesis is a g…
ISEF · 2024
Technology Enhances the Arts Third Award
Classical music education is a complex field requiring the teacher to evaluate a student based on audio and visual information. However, this approach can be error prone and biased. This pro…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Controlling a prosthetic hand is cognitively demanding and up to 44% of upper-limb amputees abandon their prosthesis. There is a need for prosthetic control strategies that are more intuitiv…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited X-linked disease with an incidence of 1:3,600. Patients become weak at 2-3 years old with progression to a wheelchair in their early teens,…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive and fast-growing form of brain cancer with a high rate of mortality. It is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults, accounting for 47.7…