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 · 2016
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Trichotillomania is a psychological condition that has no known causes or cures. While this condition, which causes people to compulsively pull out their hair, is believed to be multifactori…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Today’s compression braces try to support and constantly compress joints or injuries which can cause pain after long use. They also restrict blood flow thus slowing or affecting healing time…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
In this report, two ultraviolet (UV)-light absorption molecules (D2, A2) were synthesized. Organic solar cell (OSC) based on these two molecules were fabricated and studied. The electron-don…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals To investigate the behavior of transverse waves. Methods/Materials An oscillator is connected to a wave function generator on one end. A weight is attached to the string on…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Speech and hearing impaired people use hand gestures as their primary mode of communication. There are many different forms of hand gesture languages, the most popular being ASL (American Si…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The object of my project is to determine whether a vertical or a horizontal direction of energy (simulating an earthquake) will cause more liquefaction to occur in saturated…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Frameworks facilitate development of complex software, but there is no framework for developing 3D applications for browsers at the moment. The purpose of the project is to simplify the deve…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to develop a fast and accurate computer program to track and count the trails of charged particles in a cloud chamber video. Methods/Material…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Third Award
Blood analysis is a primary test for disease diagnostics. Most conventional blood analyzers are expensive and bulky, limiting their use in clinical central laboratories. In this project, I d…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
The purpose of this project is to create an inexpensive, simple, and effective airplane wing gust suppression system that has the capability to reduce the accelerations associated with unsta…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Electronics is being widely used in cars. Applications include – lane departure warning systems, collision avoidance systems, antilock braking systems, and adaptive cruise control. Electric…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
A lightweight atmospheric visibility measurement system, the mobile visual range measurement(M-Vsi), is established on the smartphone platform. The smartphone’s camera is used to take the ph…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
One main problem is the high electricity consumption of air conditioners. Therefore, we have chosen our goal to design an air conditioner system in which it heavily reduces or eliminates ele…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
More than 60% of yearly deaths are caused by chronic and degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular, cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes. Overexpressed free radicals are the precursors and pr…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award
This project fulfills future demands and need for sustainable, cheap resources. We have discovered that macroalgae, an underutilized resource, can be fermented and used for animal feed, fert…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the US. Early diagnosis is the key to cure cancer and increase the patient's survival rate. The current computer aided dia…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this scientific study was to design a novel, effective, and highly efficient immobilized ionic liquid approach towards removal of heavy metal(s) from an aqueo…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
A defining feature of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the presence of large deposits of amyloid-beta peptide (AB) in the brain. This accumulation of AB is widely regarded as one of the most prom…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
A limitation held within modern prostheses lies in their prohibiting, high cost and inefficient systems of user control, which results in their inability to be optimized for utilitarian purp…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
This study explored plant architecture and growth using a novel application of mathematical tools. Fractal analysis of plant architectures was performed to quantify and describe functional o…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Interleukin-4 (IL-4), a cytokine found in excess in the tumor microenvironment, is known to induce cancer cell proliferation. In vitro research suggests that the IL-4-induced activation of t…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals With global warming taking the center stage, more and more research is being done on CO2 and greenhouse gases. However, another lesser known, but equally important contribut…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals One of the most challenging problems in the field of medical science is predicting the drugs that will work for specific individuals diagnosed with varying cancer types. Tod…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Emerging ultra-low power, postage stamp-sized electronics attached to the curvilinear surfaces of the human body promise to revolutionize disease monitoring, prevention,and treatment. This s…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
A compact, self-analyzing energy management system that could monitor energy usage in an industrial or domestic environment was designed, built and tested. Peak-Power management and optimal…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals Dirtier, nonrenewable fuels, like diesel and gasoline, seem to be used much more extensively that the cleaner burning and renewable fuels, like biodiesel and ethanol. This e…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Foam and plastic packaging's for food are known to cause health and environmental problems from traditional foam and plastic packaging's. Lotus leaves have been used in old time food packing…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Heavy metal (HM) pollution has become a great issue over the last decades, because it endangers human’s health. Drinking water is one of the major routes, by which HM get into human’s body.…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Automobile industry has always been one of the most significant indicators of the current technological development. In recent years regular cars were equipped with electronic and computing…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Rhizomania, a severe disease caused by beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV), causes significant damage to sugar beet worldwide, not only physically harming the sugar beet root but also re…