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
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test whether zeolites, a group of porous, altered volcanic minerals, can enhance plant growth in combination with chicken manure beyond…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
It is imperative to develop new options for the development of high yielding and multiple stress and disease resistant cultivars of plants. The intention of this project was to determine if…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry Fourth Award
Based on the results of previous work done by the researcher, which showed that quadruplex-forming oligonucleotides induced cell death in four breast cancer cell lines, this project studied…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Upon encountering antigens in the germinal centers of peripheral lymphoid organs such as the spleen or lymph nodes, mature B-lymphocytes undergo class switch recombination (CSR). CSR alters…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My research aims to develop a tool to enable the first ever genome-wide analysis of genetic variants, specifically single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), in transcription f…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Heavy metal contamination of water poses a serious threat to the global ecosystem, since heavy metals are toxic even at low concentrations. Lead, copper, and chromium have b…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
In this work, our aim is to design and made a low-cost vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) operating in the temperature range between 20 and 500 °C for the study of magnetic properties of ma…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
World energy consumption is expected to increase 53% by the year 2035, with a continuing dependence on fossil fuels. Therefore, the examination of alternative fossil fuel and biofuel combust…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
The well-known Jensen inequality: f(x_1 )+f(x_2 )+...+f(x_n)=nf(x_0),where l(x_1 )+l(x_2 )+...+l(x_n)=nl(x_0), holds true if f is convex functions and l(x)=x. However, we found that it is po…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a growing problem worldwide and has no treatment. Tau protein misfolding is linked to AD. Tau is an intrinsically disordered protein, hence natively unfolded in s…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to evaluate the application of Synthetic Jet Actuators inserted into the upper surface of an NACA 2414 type airfoil to avoid stall and to impro…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The purpose of this study was to analyze a superconducting maglev launch system for its feasibility to minimize the loss of launch energy and to efficiently propel a projectile using the Mei…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
Overzealous MDM2-mediated ubiquitination of p53 characterizes and sustains over 50% of all human cancers. Targeted cancer therapy hinges on a thorough understanding of the ubiquitination pro…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
A biometric identification system that is coded in Java language on Netbeans IDE which automatically identifies a person by comparing previously scanned bitcodes of their iris. The purpose o…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The presence of noise is ubiquitous in realistic physical systems. Entangled quantum bits represented by atoms, spins, photons, etc., often go through a process known as quantum decoherence…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
The first year's study involved the invention of a novel concentration cell with a single-liquid compartment for green energy harvesting. This year's goal was to improve the performance of t…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
In this work, we observe that the right triangle with integral side lengths possess an interesting feature that the slope of the bisector of each respective interior angle is a rational numb…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry Fourth Award
This project examines two specific factors that influence the accuracy and confidence of eyewitness identification in criminal proceedings. Post-Identification Feedback refers to comments ma…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Blindness forms a significant barrier to participate in physical activities including entertainment. Playing video games is one way of having fun. At present the current video game technolog…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Over the course of this project, I developed and tested a novel method for a device which finds a sound source. Methods/Materials With components collected from local and in…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
Purpose: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are new battery-powered devices that resemble tobacco cigarettes and convert nicotine solutions into inhalable vapors. Thirdhand exposure occurs…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
A new kind of fire-retardant thermal insulating polymer material was studied. In order to improve the brittleness of phenolic foam and reduce its production cost, the tar crude phenol was us…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Fruits and vegetables provide us nutrition including vitamins and minerals to stay healthy – both mentally and physically. In pursuit of a pest-free produce, farmers use pesticides, far abov…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to build a belt that could be used by anyone who wants to correct their posture. Since reminders from parents are not always available, the be…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Fourth Award
Cancer recurrence affects a large percentage of patients who have finished initial treatment. Unfortunately, with current detection methods, the chance of tumor regrowth can be high. Therefo…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test which type of sanitizer kills bacteria most effectively. Methods/Materials Bacteria were swabbed from the bottom of a sink and streake…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Bioaugmentation is a developing method of remediating the disastrous effects of oil spills. If the existing species of hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria can be augmented through the addition of n…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The quantity and quality of the apple crop mostly depends on the pollination in apple orchards during March-April, for that apple grower’s use many techniques to pollinate. They use polliniz…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Buildings need strong wood beams to hold them up and support them. Can a composite laminated wood beam made out of the strongest woods under tensile and compression forces hold up and suppor…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
In recent years fluorine has become increasingly important to the pharmaceutical industry. Coupled with already-potent drugs, fluorine has allowed common therapies to become even more effect…