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.
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Oil spills are a daunting threat and current forms of remediation are costly, inefficient, and toxic. A novel experiment using ferromagnetic nanoparticles and chlorella algae to remediate an…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
This experiment was designed to invent a portable biomechatronic joint enhancement apparatus capable of increasing the strength, support, and load bearing capabilities of the human arm for m…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software Fourth Award
PURPOSE: To determine the effects of natural extracts and agricultural fungicides on the growth and aggregate quality of soybeans. Secondly, to compare fungicidal attributes of natural extra…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to test the effectiveness of Pancium virgatum (Switch grass) and Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem grass) in their abilities of phytoextraction and bio…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Fourth Award
A) Purpose of Experiment: Most people understand that mercury inhibits certain enzymes which are essential for health in virtually all organisms. The mechanisms on how it is studied is not v…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
Baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a common model organism of aging. The lifespan of S. cerevisiae is termed replicative lifespan (RLS), which is the total number of daughters being p…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment will be to investigate the behavior of cavitation and cavitational erosion conducted towards industrial alloys. The experiment will be evalu…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Bacteriocins are proteins that are toxic to bacteria, yet are made by them. These proteins may provide an alternative to traditional antibiotics but synthesizing them using recombinant metho…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Electrochromism is a reversible change which can be observed through oxidation or degradation by electrochromical method. Electrochromic devices are rechargeable batteries. In this system, t…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Although used by Pacific Islanders for thousands of years, Kava toxicity has been the concern of both the World Health Organization and many European nations, who have banned the import and…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Inches often decide results. These margins can make the difference between success and failure, and nowhere is this more apparent than rowing. My project was to develop a system to maximise…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
True slime molds exhibit memory and navigation that may resemble the precursors to functions performed by our complex cognition networks. Physarum polycephalum has been shown to use its trai…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The fungus Candida glabrata is part of the normal human flora. In hospitalized patients with weakened immune systems, the fungus can enter the bloodstream from the GI tract…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
While creating models of objects with identical front and side views, I accidentally created an elementary cell, which is capable of transforming from a flat structure into a spatial object.…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
In extreme situations deaf-mute people have some communicative difficulties because of the language barrier. For example, as occurs when a deaf-mute person cannot ask for help. We have desig…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The growing popularity of social media has made it possible for computers to easily analyze human communication to identify trends and sentiment; however, limited work has been done to analy…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to create an efficient, reliable, low-cost and alternative source of energy from pine cones. Mature female Pinus coulteri cones were used in the study. In the…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Tumor-associated lymphatics play an important role in tumor growth and metastasis. In this in vitro study, gold nanoshell (AuNS) mediated photothermolysis of lymphatic endothelial cells (LEC…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
The project enables the speech impaired people, who have defects in the larynx, to speak. For a particular sound or word, there exist a particular tongue and lip movement. Sensing the tongue…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Scientists looking to familiarize themselves with a new field are often forced to read out-of-date books or spend hours poring over research papers, slowing the research process. The purpose…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Purpose Find which wing design produces the greatest lift by adding a dimpled airfoil to the camber. The hypothesis is that if using ‘dimpled airfoil’ principles and theories, if several sca…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To study the effect of the addition of non-Newtonian fluid to helmet padding on the force generated on the head during a football hit. Methods/Materials I studied this conce…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to derive a closed form formula for the A-th element of a N-Nacci recursive sequence using the residue theorem from complex analysis. Method…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Salt marshes are an important ecosystem, providing services to many species, but are declining due to factors such as global warming and pollution. This investigation attemp…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma, and 5-year survival rates for children have remained at 20% despite efforts to uncover chemotherapeutic agents…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to compare and contrast growing vegetables using aquaponics, pH-controlled aquaponics, hydroponics and soil farming to determine the best gro…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) now affect 1 in 88 children in the U.S and cost $35 billion annually. The hypothesis is that functional interface of genes & environment is m…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Before water is released from the supply reservoirs as pure, potable, finished water, it must be filtered and disinfected. Chlorination, using the reactive element chlorine,…
CSEF · 2013
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To see if wood preservatives can increase the effectiveness of a fire retardant and to find an improved fire retardant. Methods/Materials 110 pieces of wood, a two burner ca…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals As technology plays a greater role in many aspects of critical safety, the fast response to computer generated emergency signals can save lives and prevent disasters. Many s…