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 · 2017
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals In my experiement, my objective was to reduce the health risks caused by volatile organic compounds by testing to see the most effective method of reduction. Methods/Materia…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Traumatic brain injury (TBI) damages cerebral cells leading to debilitating neurological symptoms. A concussion is mild TBI affecting over 2.5 million people/year. The annua…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science First Award
One in eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. Radiotherapy treatment is recommended after initial surgery to substantially reduce the risk of site specific relapse. Howeve…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry First Award
Conventionally, ferromagnetic materials are restricted to metallic regime such as iron and nickel. However, if ferromagnetic behavior could be induced in organic polymers - it would offer ve…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals The overall goal of these experiments were to determine if Photorhabdus sp are present in the Santa Monica Mountains and compare them with other known strains. Methods/Mater…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences First Award
Combinations of female wingbeat acoustic cues and visual cues were evaluated to determine their potential for use in male Aedes aegypti (L.) traps in peridomestic environments, potentially t…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology First Award
It is evident that the tongue perceives tactile sensation, but little is known about the neurons that mediate this. Since tropomyosin receptor kinase C (TrkC) neurons are mechanoreceptors on…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals To test a possible solution through bioremediation to the uptake of chemicals during seed imbibition of produced water intended for agriculture. Methods/Materials Sorted/wei…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award
Adolescents are more likely to engage in risky, impulsive, and thrill-seeking behaviors. Research shows that one key reason for this is that the adolescent period is a time of ongoing brain…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to test the adoptability of animals based on their assigned name. Methods/Materials I have talked to many shelter officials to see what kinds of n…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences First Award
The purpose is to determine if mycorrhizal fungi can protect corn plants from corn smut infections. If corn smut is exposed to the symbiotic relationships between corn plants and various myc…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals To study the molecular mechanisms of cartilage regeneration. Specifically, I am interested to model a medical treatment called prolotherapy, in which a physician injects a p…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine if the impact of praise and criticism on performance change with age, specifically on adults and sixth graders. Methods/Material…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering First Award
Due to the recent Flint Water Crisis, much attention has been directed again towards the presence of heavy metals in water and its health and environmental implications. There also remains a…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis First Award
Objectives/Goals In 1926, a trunk filled with 2600 intricately folded and sealed letters from the 17th century was discovered in the Netherlands. Opening the letters risks losing the folding…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Curiosity is the name of the rover that landed on Mars on August of 2012. Early on in the mission Curiositys two front wheels began to accumulate damage. Further on into the…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Cancer vaccines are a revolutionary field of cancer therapeutics that aim to utilize the body’s natural defenses to treat cancer. Through this research, I optimized an effective anti-cancer…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to confirm the correlation between CO2 concentration and average global temperature and to create a simple climate model that can accurately p…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Normal RNA analysis requires multiple lab processes and manual handling that is tedious and prone to human error. The goal of this project is to develop an integrated lab-on…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Multifactorial diseases are a product of simultaneous alterations in several genes. However, there exists no computationally robust method to fully understand the relationship between co-alt…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
As the world’s population continues to grow, and the percentage of farmers continues to decline, we are forced to find new ways to feed a hungry humanity. I have an idea. Satellites have bee…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Stepper motors are used in printers, copiers, and industrial machinery because of their low cost, durability, and high positioning and holding performance. However, they have high power cons…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
The novel haptic robotic surgical controller developed in this research is the only robotic gripper prototype to offer a surgeon the intuitive ability to remotely grasp an object, and to acc…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering First Award
Objectives/Goals My Project Goal is to save water wasted during general purpose landscape irrigation of an entire neighborhood by building a moisture sensor based smart sprinkler system that…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine the sound level variation between time periods and between zoning in a rural and urban interface in Northern Coastal Californ…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant global health problem that affects 10% of the world’s population and costs over $200 billion to treat every year. A new treatment for CKD is des…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices that use bacteria to catalyze the conversion of waste into electricity. Although MFCs are a promising technology for sustainable energy production, fu…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Over 6 million individuals in the US alone who lack leg muscle function due to illnesses like multiple sclerosis, spinal injury or poliomyelitis require Knee-Ankle-Foot-Orthoses (KAFOs), dev…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals As the United States is falling behind in STEM education and struggling with the achievement gap, there have been many practical obstacles concerning teachers and existing m…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals As strains of bacteria have evolved to acquire resistance against antibiotics, they have also developed mechanisms to evade the immune system. High dosages of antibiotics ha…