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 · 2023
Mathematical Sciences Second Award
The Robinson-Schensted-Knuth (RSK) Correspondence is a mathematical mapping that takes a permutation and uniquely maps it to a pair of Young tableaux. This correspondence has been the subjec…
ISEF · 2023
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
The spread and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses can lead to various mutations that cause significant spikes in infections. It is essential for researchers to study virus genome s…
ISEF · 2023
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a physical disruption of brain tissue followed by a cascade of inflammatory responses. The responses result in a transient disruption of the blood-brain barri…
CSEF · 2023
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
The Sky Eye Link is a novel intelligent algorithmic software system that operates on a homemade unmanned aerial vehicle, designed to help emergency personnel surveil wildfires through a radi…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems Second Award
The mute and deaf community relies on sign language for communication, unfortunately, the vast majority of the healthy population cannot understand sign language, which creates a communicati…
CSEF · 2023
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
SpiritSeat is a wheelchair seat mechanism designed to improve health and comfort for wheelchair users. The most significant side effect of wheelchair use is reduced blood circulation due to…
ISEF · 2023
Mathematics Second Award
Knot theory is the mathematical study of tangled loops of string. Over the last 50 years, a number of applications have been found. For instance: molecules created with the same atoms, but s…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Agricultural tile drainage, a method of providing drainage for fields, can cause large amounts of nutrients to be leached out of fields. Nutrients can be absorbed into the rainwater, which i…
CSEF · 2023
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Algae has shown promise in many industries; its growth efficiency and health benefits demonstrate the capacity to enhance human sustainability. Recent research by the National Aeronautical a…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Second Award
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative opportunistic pathogen involved in several human diseases such as cystic fibrosis. This bacterium is highly resistant to antibiotic treatments due t…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Due to the inefficiencies of silicon solar cells, scientists developed perovskite solar cells that are 20% more effective. Unfortunately, they are environmentally harmful and contain lead io…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Second Award
Plastic pollution is an environmental emergency. Since 1950, over 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic waste has been generated (Asad, 2018). It is estimated that between 75 and 199 million to…
CSEF · 2023
Chemistry Second Award
Title: The Effect of Bile Salts On Digestion Name(s): Maryam Hashmi Purpose: To determine if the presence and concentration of bile salts affect the time taken to digest whole milk, infant f…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry Second Award
As the world seeks safe, sustainable sources of energy storage, supercapacitors are becoming a lucrative option, with their rapid charging capabilities and long lifespans. Their adoption can…
ISEF · 2023
Animal Sciences Second Award
An invasive species is defined as a “non-native to the ecosystem whose introduction causes environmental impact (USDA, 1999).” In the early 1900’s, the American Bullfrog was introduced to ma…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
A layer of glaze is attached to the surface of ceramics. This study uses the glaze as a medium and integrates the machine learning theme of information engineering to predict the results of…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Second Award
Lignin-based fully biodegradable mulching film (LFMF) is a new product produced from paper waste, which is in the trial stage of farmland use. Its impact on soil microorganisms has not been…
CSEF · 2023
Plant Biology Second Award
Fertilizer accessibility is decreasing rapidly. Africa is already lacking 2 million metric tons of fertilizer. In India, 55 percent of the country’s soil is deficient in nitrogen. Though fer…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Produced water (PW) generated during oil and gas production is primarily disposed of through deep-well injection, which is costly and induces seismicity. PW treatment and reuse can enhance e…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
The coronavirus disease, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is arguably one of the greatest medical challenges of the past 100 years. Recent investigations have linked the nucleocapsid (N) protein of SAR…
CSEF · 2023
Cognitive Science Second Award
Alzheimer's is the most widespread type of dementia with over 10 million new cases diagnosed yearly. Despite such impact, 20% of very mild, mild, and moderate Alzheimer’s cases are misclassi…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Textile dyes have been a leading environmental pollutant for decades, causing mass degradation of ecosystems and wildlife. Although methods have been derived to break down these dyes, none a…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
The most common type of paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer is squamous cell carcinoma. If left untreated, this cancer has a survival rate of 43%. The status quo treatment options for th…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Previous research determined that using Chlorella Vulgaris infused Sodium Alginate beads was an effective strategy to return hypereutrophic water systems to natural nutrient levels. Determin…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily prominent in individuals 65 years and older (the elderly population). Despite advances in the medical field, the diagnosis…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
By designing and building an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of autonomous dynamic soaring, I demonstrated that UAVs have the ability to harvest wind energy to soar nearly indefinitely…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry Second Award
The number of masks in the USA is about 7.4 billion, which leads to 84 million kilograms of waste. This waste seeps into the environment and takes over 400 years to degrade. There are a few…
ISEF · 2022
Embedded Systems Second Award
Data from the ILO reports that 337 million work accidents occur annually, with 2.3 million of such events resulting in fatalities. Though regulations exist to uphold worker safety, these sta…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics Second Award
The Closest String problem (CSP) is an NP-Complete problem which seeks to find the geometrical center of a set of input strings: given k strings of length L and a non-negative integer d, con…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software Second Award
The emergence of Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology presents an interesting avenue for improving the lives of patients with neuromuscular disorders. BCI monitors brain signals from a…