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 · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Certain cancers (metastatic breast cancer, invasive glioma) are deadly because of their inability to be treated using existing methods. Nanoparticles, can be engineered to access these areas…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
The purpose of this project was to investigate the disparity between the abundance of Tamalia spp. galls on non-native Arbutus unedo and native Arctostaphylos spp. It was hypothesized that t…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Due to ongoing technical miniaturization, the importance of nanoparticles in research and application is constantly growing. When bombarding nanoparticles with energetic ions, atoms from the…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
Traditional analysis of text has been limited to an analysis of the content to extract meaning and intent. New technologies now allow us to also measure the process of creating the content a…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Third Award
Speaking plays an indispensable role in communication. We utilize our vocal apparatus to speak through various articulatory processes including variations in the manner, place and the intona…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Third Award
From the world wide web to social networks, big data often take the form of graphs. It is important to be able to generate realistic random graphs in order to analyze the properties of real…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
Potato late blight caused the Irish Potato Famine and still causes billions of dollars of annual crop damage. Tracking and predicting its spread remains problematic. Growers overspray potato…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The objectives of this project were to determine the general response of vegetation to drought conditions; to test whether moisture deficiency was the limiting factor for vegetation growth i…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Third Award
Wave energy conversion devices absorb the forces associated with surge, roll, heave, pitch, sway and yaw motions of the ocean. Globally there are few devices that are being tested: point abs…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Muon scattering tomography is a passive imaging technique able to interpolate the elemental structure of high-Z materials. Given that development of the technique is in a stage of relative n…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most commonly seen neurodegenerative diseases. It has no cure and becomes worse over time. Parkinson’s symptoms often go unnoticed in early stages, leading…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Every minute, a woman somewhere in the world will die of breast cancer. Despite significant advances in the field, breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in women globally.…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology Third Award
Dental diseases can be prevented if early colonizers (Streptococcus) can be reduced in biofilm before they mature into dental plaque. Usually these organisms attach to tooth surface within f…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
The objective of this experiment is to provide mechanical mechanisms by which one can augment plant pollination. This was done by creating mechanical systems that mimic specific bee behavior…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Over 50% of student football athletes sustain undetected concussions due to improper diagnosis, leading to increased risk of permanent brain damage. An EEG sensor and a diagnostic algorithm…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
One of the central problems in theoretical physics is understanding dark energy, an enigmatic phenomenon that is hypothesized to be driving the accelerating expansion of the universe. Calcul…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
Second-generation biofuels, which involve the conversion of waste products such as agricultural and paper waste into ethanol-based sources, present a promising environmentally-friendly alter…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Vaccines are the one of greatest health innovations in human history, saving an estimated two million lives annually. They function by exposing the body to an antigen mimicking a pathogen an…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Third Award
This work deals with an open question in math with direct implications to spectral theory and to mathematical physics. A measure describes the distribution of mass over a general set. Given…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical Third Award
The use of sulfur in a cathode for lithium batteries has garnered increasing attention in recent years for next-generation energy storage because of its high energy density and low cost. A r…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems Third Award
In this study, we have developed a thermal printing technology to fabricate circuits on the surface of ordinary paper. We designed a machine to print a paper circuit board by thermally melti…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Nowadays in Vietnam there are many people with arms disabilities. According to the principle, prosthetic arms available on the markets are divided into three categories(brain wave control, m…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
A photobioreactor is used for cultivating multiple phototrophic microorganisms to generate a biomass that can be utilized for energy or biofuel refinement. The objective of this project was…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems Third Award
I designed a fall detection device called “ResQ” that automatically detects if a Senior Citizen were to fall down and become unconscious. Upon detection of a fall, the device sends an alert…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Metastasis accounts for ~90% of deaths from breast cancer (BC). This study aims to address the fundamental question of how cancer cells in the primary breast tumor become metastatic. CHD7 is…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Multicopters have a wide range of applications from surveillance to package delivery and medical support. Although growing in popularity, they are not used yet on an industrial scale for saf…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
S.A.L.T (SAPONIN ANTI LARVAE TREATMENT) - Biolarvicide from Organic Waste Saponin is a secondary chemical compound found in various plant species. The aim of this project is to produce an in…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
Silk, a natural protein fiber, has traditionally been used for textiles. It has high mechanical strengths, biocompatibility, and rich surface physicochemical properties, making it a promisin…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Microbial fuel cells (MFC) are a more renewable, cost efficient, and more effortless form of energy production. MFC take advantage of specific ion producing exoelectrogenic bacteria (G.sulfu…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are segments of proteins that lack a defined tertiary structure, giving them the ability to interconvert…