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 · 2021
Embedded Systems Second Award
Sensors empower the modern world as we know it: from automobilism to weather forecasts to aviation to temperature controlled homes. Some of these applications require precision geospatial in…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Fishing is one the most significant drivers of declines in ocean wildlife populations. Overfished stock numbers have nearly tripled in half a century and a third of the world's assessed fish…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Most modern aircraft have an elliptical lift distribution (ELD) that results in induced drag across its entire wingspan. Induced drag leads to adverse yaw, the undesirable tendency for an ai…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Every year in the United States, 133 billion pounds of food waste is produced, of which 68% is potentially edible. At the same time, 35.2 million people in the U.S. struggle with food insecu…
ISEF · 2021
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
The CRISPR Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex is well known for its precise gene editing abilities. Catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) also has diverse applications, including base editing, C…
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry Second Award
There exist evolutionarily-conserved genetic similarities between signals for planarian regeneration and human inflammation. The ROS-activated TRPA1 ion channel is implicated in planarian re…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Silence application on the communication of the Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with others. The study methodology…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems Second Award
In the United States alone, there are one million people who have Parkinson's disease. There is no known cure for Parkinson's and very few treatments out there that target the disease's symp…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Arsenic contamination of drinking water is a worldwide problem. It is recognized that at least 140 million people in 50 countries have been drinking water containing arsenic at levels above…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award
Current devices geared towards the deaf and hard of hearing, such as hearing aids, struggle to localize and transmit sounds to those with severe hearing impairments. Advanced devices, like c…
ISEF · 2021
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award
Heating, cooling, and ventilation consume $122 billion/year in the US. Improving the systems’ efficiency, even just slightly, will lead to significant cost savings. The goal is to develop hi…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Coastal erosion is responsible for the loss of $500 million in property and 80,000 acres of land annually in the U.S. Prevailing responses take the form of “conventional structures” such as…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Second Award
As the lifespan of humans increases, common chronic diseases of older people are becoming more prevalent, predominantly Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). AD is a condition where patients experience…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
Progressive neurodegenerative disorders that are defined when a protein, called tau, builds up abnormally in a patient’s brain are called tauopathies. Breakthrough research has led to the id…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Approximately 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed water supplies. Biological contaminants and heavy metals pose considerable threats to humanity, but are often expensive to dete…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Purpose The project aimed to design a simple, ergonomic and cost-effective robot equipped with different sensors for use as a surveying tool in shaft mining to improve safety for workers. Pr…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Second Award
According to the World Health Organization, 783-million people lack access to clean, drinking water. The majority of areas stricken with non-potable water, however, are relatively close in p…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Second Award
Each year, 60 million tons of biodegradable and organic matter are thrown into landfills, where they are unable to decompose and continuously produce greenhouse gases. Despite a proposed cor…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences Second Award
Coastal ecosystems are being threatened by increased anthropogenic activity and large-scale changes in ocean systems due to climate change. Tropicalization, the increase in the ratio of trop…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Weather forecasting is traditionally done by physical models, which are unstable to perturbations. Even the best simulators can be inaccurate due to insufficient knowledge of the underlying…
ISEF · 2021
Plant Sciences Second Award
Native plants are a core identity of Australian Coastal Living. With over 80% of the population living on the coastal fringe, consequently, many assets are located within the Sydney sandston…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software Second Award
Objectives Grocery shopping is a regular routine in our daily lives. However, the experience can be exceptionally challenging for individuals confronting vision impairment or blindness. The…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
This research presents a novel machine-learning approach for the identification of potential treatments against SARS-CoV-2, the causative pathogen of COVID-19. Despite the existence of effec…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
Emotions are a key aspect of being human. Yet our technological tools largely ignore that. It is reasonable to expect that the next stage of personal assistants can also recognize and react…
CSEF · 2019
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives The objective of this experiment is to determine if side of brain dominance effects how often one experiences earworms. Methods Forty-six middle school students were asked to comp…
CSEF · 2019
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives Objective: This experiment seeks to examine firm value drops in offending companies and suppliers as well as examine the role of gender diversity in anti-corruption measures using…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives Human blood plasma is critical for disease diagnostics since plasma contains biomarkers associated with many diseases, including those associated with viral or other pathogenic in…
CSEF · 2019
Mathematical Sciences Second Award
Objectives Partial differential equations (PDEs) are used in physics to mathematically describe the workings of the universe. Using computers to solve these equations allows scientists and e…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives Inverse opals (IOs) are currently limited to planar, discrete patterns. Although they boast promising applications, knowledge of their properties on a 3D scale is limited and no m…
CSEF · 2019
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives In brief, this project is to learn which of the three main "fly" designs used in targeting top-water fish in fly fishing will have the highest level of stickiness to the water s s…