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 · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The tropical climate of Darwin, Northern Territory of Australia, is notorious for unbearable temperatures exceeding 32C (90F) daily. Often felt in indoor environments, this leads to heat exh…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Third Award
According to the US Department of Agriculture, drought decreases the crop yield of rice, the most common source of nutrition worldwide, by nearly 18%. Coupled with arsenic contamination in t…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Rehabilitation needs for stroke patients with motor impairment have garnered great attention worldwide. Addressing the limitations observed in existing hand rehabilitation devices, particula…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
In recent years, multi-agent systems have become increasingly more prominent in robotics, factories, and space exploration. This brought up a new class of control theory problems usually ver…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences Third Award
This research proposed and built the first integrated AI-based honeybee health assessment system called BeeMind AI. It includes eight different sensors, allowing it to track in-hive and exte…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Third Award
Sitophilus oryzae, commonly known as the rice weevil, is a stored grain pest responsible for potentially destroying up to 90% of stored grain worldwide. In an effort to eradicate it, various…
ISEF · 2024
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) is a rare and aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma resulting from clonal proliferation of mature post-thymic T-cells. The mechanisms behind PTCL development and…
ISEF · 2024
Chemistry Third Award
Each week, over 60 million individuals consume acetaminophen in the U.S. alone. Despite global reliance for its analgesic & antipyretic (pain & fever relief) properties in medications, aceta…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Hearing loss is the fourth most prevalent disability worldwide, affecting one in five people, and is correlated with depression, isolation, and decreased life expectancy. Innovation in heari…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences Third Award
Alzheimer's disease, the most prevalent form of dementia affecting over 24 million people worldwide, is characterized by cognitive decline and progressive neurodegeneration; this is mainly d…
ISEF · 2024
Embedded Systems Third Award
Importance: Decompensated heart failure causes 3 million rehospitalizations. This is a result of current ineffective and inaccessible cardiac monitoring standards, which rely on symptoms tha…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
In response to immense international energy demands, the industrial sector must witness a historic alteration for bulk energy storage with a wide range of up-scaling spectra for commercial u…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Both the disposal of rejected brine and CO2 emission are the most significant challenges associated with the desalination process. Herein, we present an integrated approach that utilizes a r…
ISEF · 2024
Technology Enhances the Arts Third Award
Classical music education is a complex field requiring the teacher to evaluate a student based on audio and visual information. However, this approach can be error prone and biased. This pro…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Pipeline is a typical complex environment, and pipeline robots greatly improve work efficiency. However, the existing robots have limited forms, and lack of passibility and flexibility. So t…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Circadian disruptions have been implicated in the oncogenesis of multiple cancers. However, the underlying mechanisms linking circadian rhythms and cell cycles remain unclear, posing a signi…
ISEF · 2024
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Many in my grandfather's village are engaged in manual salt-farming, spending long hours by the sea under the blazing sun with little access to potable water. I researched suitable materials…
ISEF · 2024
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Background: Developing functional prostheses for the upper limb has historically posed challenges. Amputation of the hand due to military combat injury, disease, or other trauma carries sign…
ISEF · 2024
Systems Software Third Award
There is an alarming increase in the population of ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs), with 475,000 cases reported annually, some of which are fatal. Due to limited training, healthcare pr…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) allows physicians to visualize metabolism in various organs and is widely used in cancer and neurological imaging. The radioactive tracer, usually Fluorode…
ISEF · 2024
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
This research addresses the widespread issue of drinking water contamination in resource-constrained areas. We propose using cost-effective multiparameter microfluidic chips to assess water…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
In light of the recent demonstration of breakeven on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) using indirect drive, interest in future indirect drive facilities has increased. A promising approa…
ISEF · 2024
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Since 2010, astronomers have utilized automated algorithms to detect numerous exoplanets that primarily exhibit Medium to High Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) transits. About 60% of potential ha…
ISEF · 2024
Systems Software Third Award
Machine Learning (ML) optimizers are widely used to optimize the weights and biases of deep neural networks. However, current methods can suffer from issues like slow convergence and getting…
ISEF · 2024
Animal Sciences Third Award
Honeybees serve as vital pollinators that contribute to global food security and biodiversity. However, their populations are declining due to various factors, necessitating novel approaches…
ISEF · 2024
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Every 2 seconds, cardiovascular disease (CVD) steals a life. 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG) is the gold standard for CVD diagnosis, which is specialist-reliant and mainly available in urb…
ISEF · 2024
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Marine vertebrates have declined in abundance in the last four decades by an average of 22%. To observe marine organisms effectively, a waterborne propulsion system with minimal environmenta…
ISEF · 2024
Mathematics Third Award
The cryptocurrency Ethereum utilizes zero-knowledge rollups (ZKR) to improve its scalability. ZKRs processes thousands of Ethereum transactions in a batch and uses zk-SNARKs (zero-knowledge…
ISEF · 2024
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
Given the anticipated scarcity of lithium, there is a potential risk of inadequate supply for future lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are promising alternatives to L…
ISEF · 2024
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
Autonomous unmanned vehicles (drones, etc.) require fast and resource-efficient perception and control to perform in dynamic, unpredictable real-world environments. Comprehending visual real…