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 · 2016
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals In this project, the effect of the size of magnets on their ability to serve as frictionless floating bearing was investigated. Methods/Materials Magnets (passive type, Neod…
CSEF · 2016
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to test various new materials for the use as a more affective means of protecting our firefighters in case of emergency situations during a wi…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To learn more about wireless power transfer, its current limitations, and begin to recognize future applications of this technology. Methods/Materials My research pointed me…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Technologies have been transforming society in many areas. However, in most Brazilian schools, there is a limited utilization of these technologies inside classrooms. Also most children, in…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of treatments for fungal infections. Methods/Materials The method of collecting data for this study is water vo…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The US consumes approximately 70 million pounds of copper and produces about 580 million cubic feet of treated wood annually. Burning and reusing treated wood waste are disallowed by the US…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Current methods of navigating and interacting with 3D visualizations utilize intrusive physical devices (e.g. keyboards, mice). The purpose of this project is to design and program a 3D inte…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The purpose of this project is to develop a low-cost flight safety and location system which transmits salient mechanical data in instance of a in-flight emergency. The 2014 disappearance of…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Our project enumerates and identifies trends in coliform and enterococcus bacteria levels throughout Newport Bay and its surrounding watershed using multiple methods assesse…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
In our previous studies it was demonstrated that the spectrum of the sound produced by liquids while being heated is influenced by their composition. This project is concentrated on developi…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Because traditional (experimental) methods of drug design involve trial and error, they are expensive and time-consuming. Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are structurally flexible p…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to identify whether synesthesia is rare or is synesthesia more prevalent than we think? I believe that synesthesia is rare. My research stat…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Over two hundred million people suffer from osteoporosis, a severe bone degenerative disease which damages bone tissue, leading to high rates of non-healing fractures and bone defects. There…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The majority of stars in the universe fluctuate in brightness. Most of these stars oscillate at one frequency and are known as single mode variable stars. However, less common variable stars…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Over 60% of people with dementia die without ever being diagnosed as dementia patients. The reason for this is the lack of precise tools, and the extent of time and effort i…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Over a million Americans suffer from aphasia, a disorder that severely inhibits language comprehension. Medical professionals suggest that individuals with aphasia have a noticeably greater…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
I created a software application that, when integrated with an optical addendum to smartphones, allows for mobile pre-screening for ocular diseases in almost any setting. Early detection of…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Aerodynamic drag, either parasitic or induced, limits efficiency of aircraft, increasing fuel consumption or reducing performance. Data shows that in 2010 American commercial aviation consum…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Enterobiasis, the most common parasitic infection known, is caused by human pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis, which mainly infests infants and children. Eggs are present everywhere including…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of education on the attitude towards sunscreen. Exploring this topic is extremely important because wearing sunscreen an…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Biking is a very popular activity in Beijing and, along with cars, serves as one of the primary modes of transportation. Our goal is to create a system that can be attached to a bike or a ca…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Hydrocarbonoclastic (oil-eating) bacteria play an important role in the removal of petroleum hydrocarbons from polluted marine waters during oil spills. The bacterial biodegradation of hydro…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
For their education, the blind need to use convenient learning methods and strategies. Since they cannot learn as other individuals do, the Braille method was an outstanding and successful s…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Biogenic Mn(II) oxidation holds great potential to reduce the toxicity of soluble mine waste in the environment at low cost. Abandoned mine waste sites, such as those in Arizona, pose a risk…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Recently, Continuous Flow (CF) Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD) have emerged as a long term alternative to heart transplant in heart failure patients. However, CF VAD support diminishe…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Diabetes is a serious worldwide epidemic that affects a growing portion of the population. While the most common method for testing blood glucose involves finger pricking, it is painful and…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Cellulosic bioethanol, an alternative energy source produced by saccharification and fermentation of plant polysaccharides such as cellulose and hemicellulose, is a promising renewable energ…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Shingles, herpes zoster virus, affects many middle aged adults around the world, exhibiting symptoms of pain, itching, burning, and postherpetic neuralgia. In an attempt to discover effectiv…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My eleven-year-old sister, Kate, was born with a heart condition which causes her to have a heart murmur. Kate's pediatrician first diagnosed her by carefully listening to h…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to create a low cost, highly functional, and lightweight computer mouse device that could be used with a large range of physically impaired and disabled perso…