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 · 2018
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Indoor air pollution is the world’s biggest environmental killer; every year over four million people die prematurely from poor indoor air quality (IAQ). Exposure to poor IAQ can result in m…
CSEF · 2018
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to decellularize a leaf using sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), leaving only its extracellular matrix with an intact vascular system. If completely decellularize…
CSEF · 2018
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Our experiment's objective is to determine interrupted sleep's effect on cognition. Common diseases like sleep apnea and generalized anxiety disorder interrupt sleep instead…
CSEF · 2018
Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals As many parts of the world are facing water scarcity there is a growing interest in reusing greywater. However, many commercial laundry detergents contain chemicals harmful…
CSEF · 2018
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals To test possible effects of application of abscisic acid on unstressed and water stressed Brassica rapa, and see if ABA's role in stomata and water usage in a plant would he…
CSEF · 2018
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, we will compare growth vs. fixed mindset in Honor and CP level senior high school students and see if there is any effect of early class separation and g…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Second Award
The forest ecosystem contains a mycorrhizal fungi network that interweaves different organisms and facilitates nutrient and chemical transfers. The orchid G. spectabilis is an agent in this…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
The majority of Western nations are living on unhealthy diets with high amounts of sugar and few nutrients. This diet, coupled with a lack of exercise, is associated with higher incidences o…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
It is evident that the tongue perceives tactile sensation, but little is known about the neurons that mediate this. Since tropomyosin receptor kinase C (TrkC) neurons are mechanosensory in s…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) according to World Health Organization (WHO) is an imbalance between supply and demand of protein and energy to ensure optimal growth, functioning of the bo…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award
In Kenya, drought conditions that are expected to persist into 2018 have left 3.4 million people severely food insecure and an estimated 500,000 people without access to water. An estimated…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis Second Award
Objectives/Goals The Foldscope is a microscope made of paper and a removable lense which costs 25 cents to make. In this project Foldscope is used to target Schistosomiasis, a parasitic dise…
CSEF · 2018
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The object of this project is to use color genetics to prove that rabbits will either ovulate more eggs when bred a second time 12-24 hours later or that the unfertilized eg…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences Second Award
Clear social hierarchy is critical in maintaining a stable population. The social hierarchy of rodent population has been reported, but the underlying mechanism and the key regulating factor…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
One of the great unanswered questions in fundamental theoretical physics is "Why are we 3D?". In this research, I study the electron orbitals and their chemical properties to see, what would…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
W.I.N.I.T.S targets the global issue of triage in mass casualty incidents. Currently, during hospital response, first responders have to manually assess patients by recording information on…
CSEF · 2017
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to discover if video games affect depth perception in humans. This experiment compared subjects' depth perception after playing with thre…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Cellular senescence, a permanent proliferative arrest of the cell cycle, is closely associated with aging. Clearing senescent cells may reduce vulnerability to disease and extend lifespan in…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Second Award
With over a billion people affected by lack of access to freshwater, desalination is an important avenue to ameliorate this crisis. Prior research by the author demonstrated the feasibility…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals Dyes are used in many industries, such as textiles, plastic, printing, and cosmetics. Because current methods of wastewater treatment are expensive and create toxic sludge,…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems Second Award
Earthquakes are devastating natural phenomena which affect regions across the world. The recent Rome earthquake of 2016 or the memorable Nepal Earthquake of 2015 each claimed hundreds of liv…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to create a 2ft high-density surfboard that repels leopard sharks using rare earth neodymium magnets. Methods/Materials 14 Neodymium magnets o…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Second Award
Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWESs) offer an efficient, environmentally sustainable, cost-effective, portable, and safe method of generating electricity. An AWES consists of a tethered glid…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives/Goals Over the past 3 years, I have conducted 3 experiments to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic cells, and I realized that they have 3 major flaws: they do not generate elec…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
Freshwater pollution is a major environmental threat across the globe, exacerbated by the lack of ongoing scientific data about health of freshwater bodies. One way to address this problem i…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals There is an increasing need for assistive devices as expressed by patients in critical care, with speech and language difficulties, as well as those with disabilities. As a…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals Currently, there are not many options to heat or cool the body without adding or dropping layers. Additionally, there is no way to intelligently increase and decrease one#s…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Second Award
In many parts of the world including India, several hazardous chemical insecticides are excessively sprayed on vegetables,fruits or any other consumable product for insect control. In genera…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award
Cardiometabolic disease (CMD) is a cluster of correlated diseases. Risk of heart disease, the world’s leading cause of death, is greatly increased by metabolic syndrome, a combination of dia…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Second Award
Vein imaging systems have been used in the medical industry for many years. Most of them work by using the Near Infrared Imaging technique. However, using such a technique made the devices e…