38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals The 1st objective is to establish a clear connection between the theory of dean vortices and effective particle separation in spiral microfluidic channels. My 2nd objective…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals To date, over 5000 exoplanet candidates have been discovered orbiting around isolated stars. All of these stars once existed in open star clusters, yet the existence of exop…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research project is to assess the mutagenicities of three major herbicides: 2,4-D, atrazine, and trifluralin, in an effort to determine if the substances…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals In 2014, California avocado farmers lost over 40 million dollars in crop damage due to root rot caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi. This pathogen infects the roots of avocado…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals Autism spectrum disorder is a neurological and developmental disorder that affects 1 in 68 children and lasts a lifetime. Autistic people periodically experience intense, fr…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test different types of metal cooking pots to determine which one would leach the most amounts of metals when boiled in a 25% citric acid solution for 30…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2013), more than 10,000 people die each year in alcohol-impaired and drowsy driving crashes. To prevent such…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Objective: To understand how to build the most efficient windmill. The focus will be to change the windmill blade angles and measure the change in the number of rotations pe…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to prove that infusing carbon black particles and graphene into common elastic natural rubber bands can create flexible, high sensitivity strain sensors useful fo…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Rhizomania poses a major problem to sugar beet worldwide, as it not only causes physical harm to the roots but also reduces the quality of sugar yield by up to 95%. Rhizoman…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals The main goals of my project are (1) to develop simple, cost-effective, reusable electrochemical sensor arrays (electronic tongue and electronic nose) that can simultaneousl…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Movies have progressed dramatically over the years, but no one has produced inexpensive 3-dimensional sound. I love film and the process of post-production sound. The purpos…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals I want to find out if the Doppler Effect can be used to measure the speed of a toy car with a buzzer mounted on top. I found in my research that Doppler's formula relates th…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out if solar panels are more efficient at a certain temperature, when a certain color of light is shined on it, or when fluorescent…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of our project was to test if nicotinamide and curcumin, two natural compounds, are viable treatments for Parkinson's disease. We assessed the effects of nicotinami…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals A scratch wound heal assay using primary human dermal fibroblasts was conducted to determine if using Manuka honey as a topical healing agent promotes faster in vitro wound…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine how some of the most common light sources exposed to aquatic life containing chlorophyll a would affect their concentration…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to predict anti-Ebola virus drug targets and to design RNAi-based small RNA drugs and mimotope-based peptide vaccines. Methods/Materials A total of 262 RNA/…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if there is right light and wall paint in a room; then, the mood will improve to create better lifestyle for a person, because wall paint and light…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals Since 1990, over 747 children (on average 31 per year) have died from heat stroke when left alone in a vehicle. This is an alarming situation, so I decided to solve this pro…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine whether the current method foresters use to measure radial growth rate on redwood trees and spruce trees is accurate. This w…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals This project's objective was to find out if dandelion extract had superior UV protection properties when tested against SPF 15, 30, and 50 Coppertone sunscreens. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, I synthesized magnetite nanocrystals in my home kitchen using everyday household supplies. Methods/Materials The ingredients for the synthesis of nanocrysta…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals The LittleDog project was part of the DARPA Learning Locomotion program, which involved using a quadruped robot, LittleDog (constructed by Boston Dynamics), to walk through…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals The IPCC estimates that a 2-3C mean temperature rise would critically endanger 25% of the species. While projecting habitat shifts of terrestrial mammals is vital for mitiga…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine the effects of electromagnetic radiation on the growth of radish plants. It was hypothesized that the shorter the wavelength o…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to establish the foundations for a new perspective on the algebraic K-theory of exact quasicategories, so as to allow for a simpler way to a…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Nearly 40 percent of people age 65 and older had at least one disability. Of those 15.7 million people, two-thirds have difficulty walking. People who cannot walk unassisted…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether Pieris rapae butterflies can retain memories of experiences from their larval stage. Methods/Materials Pieris rapae eggs were obtained…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to test whether nutrient and iron fertilization of oceanic phytoplankton can reduce the amount of CO2 in the air thus slowing down global warmi…