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 · 2010
Microbiology First Award
Objectives/Goals Current detection methods for pathogens such as Salmonella are time consuming and laborious. Biosensors are a fast, portable, and user friendly test method that could potent…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals Unwarranted variation, a phenomenon in the healthcare sector, refers to wide ranges of discharge rates, Medicare payments, and, most crucially, care delivery. Unwarranted va…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Around 5 million years ago, long after the spread of basaltic magma over the southern California region, the Brodiaea Santarosae came into play. Despite it's long existence,…
CSEF · 2010
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals Frustrated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR) is an optical phenomenon important in many practical applications. The greatest difficulty in studying FTIR is designing an appar…
CSEF · 2010
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my research is to study Magnetohydrodynamic flow of different ionic solutions varying voltage, amperage, conduit cross-section shapes and sizes, and the siz…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to apply magnetic levitation as a way of effectively minimizing structure shaking and displacement during an earthquake. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2010
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to find a robust, low-cost method (or methods) of increasing the power output of solar panels. Methods/Materials In this two-part project, I first investigated th…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals My goal was to design and manufacture an autonomous car that improves safety on the road by preventing accidents, saving one life at a time. My second phase consisted on the…
CSEF · 2010
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to understand cheating, the academic epidemic. Several hypotheses were developed regarding incidence, gender, student standings, and teacher pe…
CSEF · 2010
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana) is able to condense water from coastal fog with such effectiveness that it is able to supplement San Diego's coastal annual rainfall in ord…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals The formal properties of integer partitions have been investigated for over 200 years by some of the brightest minds in mathematics such as Euler, Hardy, and Ramanujan, with…
CSEF · 2010
Human Biology (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals Does everyone see colors the same? Do either gender or age affect color perception? My hypothesis is that people see colors differently, especially as they age. Methods/Mate…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the inhibitory effects of novel three-membered heterocyclic compound-derived analogs on several nucleic acid polymerases in silico using molec…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Wind turbine blades must change their pitch angle as the wind speed changes to achieve an optimal lift distribution. Circulation control is a way of changing the flow over a…
CSEF · 2010
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals Conway's Game of Life is a cellular automaton, which is a mathematical simulation that demonstrates the phenomenon of how complex patterns can be formed by a few simple rule…
CSEF · 2010
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals What is the rate of transmission of ultraviolet energy in atmospheric Greenhouse Gases such as Methane, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Atmospheric Air, and Humdified Air? Methods/M…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals By using both morphological and molecular analyses of tropical Atlantic and Pacific populations of Spurilla neapolitana, the first such study conducted in the Aeolidiidae fa…
CSEF · 2010
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals I spent my summer working with horses and learned anxiety may interfere with the ability of a horse to learn and respond to commands. This made me wonder how long it might t…
CSEF · 2010
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals My first objective was to determine if a glycine serine linker could be used to attach an Insulin-like Growth Factor 2 (IGF2) tag to the enzyme alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase…
CSEF · 2010
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals Porous silicon as a sensor is useful in many applications throughout the real world, from detecting toxins in the environment to monitoring levels of chemicals in the living…
CSEF · 2010
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals When deciding on this experiment, I wanted to know if magnets were affected by heat, and if so, to what extent. In my hypothesis, I stated that if the temperature increases,…
CSEF · 2010
Earth Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals To determine what additive(s) will most effectively stabilize and add to the shear strength of soil. Methods/Materials I used 40 lbs. of soil divided into six equal parts an…
CSEF · 2010
Microbiology First Award
Objectives/Goals The microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a device that uses microorganisms to produce electrical current through the oxidation of organic matter. Commercialization of MFC technology…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine which artificial sweetener achieves the lowest calorie content without sacrificing taste. Methods/Materials One mass scale balan…
CSEF · 2010
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this investigation was to deduce which reusable grocery bag was the most suitable replacement for a standard paper bag. This was determined through a seriou…
CSEF · 2010
Toxicology (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to see if aluminum had a biological affect on the life cycle and reproduction of Vanessa cardui, also known as the Painted Lady Butterfly. T…
CSEF · 2010
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The nematode, C. elegans, displays sensitivity to certain stressors, such as heat, oxidative stress and caloric restriction. The purpose of Part I of the experiment was to d…
CSEF · 2010
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to achieve the process of YBCO superconductors steadily levitating above a track of neodymium magnets when cooled using liquid nitrogen. Also…
CSEF · 2010
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of cognitive training aimed at improving memory functioning for people in the mild to moderate stages…
CSEF · 2010
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals To utilize the isotopic signature of macroalgae to identify the sources of nitrogen pollution in streams and rivers and to evaluate the usefulness of stable isotope analysis…