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.
CSEF · 2009
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to assess the modern game show, "Deal or No Deal", and to create offers like those given on the live game show to contestants. If I was succe…
CSEF · 2009
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Optimize for cost the production and shipment of cans of 450 mL of uncondensed chicken noodle soup, looking at each step of the process to minimize cost with respect to seve…
CSEF · 2009
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals 16s rRNA is a region of highly conserved RNA found in ribosomes that is extremely important in the identification of organisms. Through the process of PCR amplification, RNA…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our project this year was to create a cipher based on a numerical system where all values corresponded with a printable character. Methods/Materials Our first…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals The Great "Spanish Flu" Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19 was the worst in recent history and is viewed by epidemiologists as a "worst case" scenario. My objective was to learn…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals A major problem in a wireless networking system is that interference hinders the speed and distance of a network connection. This interference originates from a variety of s…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to invent an efficient algorithm to minimize the memory usage of software applications that use graph data structures. Based on analysis of…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine the best control algorithm for a system where energy and time is important. The project considered the more prevalent PID and…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to optimize path finding around polygonal obstacles in 2-dimensional euclidean space. An increase in performance was achieved by allowing for im…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to design Artificial Neural Units that decode commands encoded in the temporal density of neural spike sequences (each unit decodes one command) and to use…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To prove if Benford's Law applies to randomly generated numbers, and not just numbers occuring from natural data sets. Methods/Materials Materials: Microsoft Excel Random Nu…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment was to evaluate three computer operating systems (Windows Vista, Mac OS Leopard and Linux) to determine which operating system is the best system.…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals With the astounding number of digital images available, there is an increasing need to search image collections. Many systems such as Google and Flickr use text-based search…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project was to determine, through computer simulation, which strategy performed best on average against all other strategies in the Iterated Prisoner#s Dilem…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals Increasing the capacity of the swarm translates to holding the prices of commodities steady for long periods of time using swarms of individual agents while in the presence…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to use ratios to find a pattern in the Banker#s offers in the game show #Deal or No Deal# to see whether the Banker knows what#s in the case or not? I think…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project in its present form is the result of investigation and experimentation on the correlation between the Fibonacci sequence and the spiral phyllotaxis, or leaf arr…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The problem I will be experimenting on is how the number of sides on a regular polygon affects the area of the polygon, in comparison to other polygons with the same fixed p…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project tested three random number generators (functions in Excel, C++, and Java) and evaluated the results using chi-square values from each experiment to determine wh…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if the network of major roads on the Monterey Peninsula is subject to single point failure Methods/Materials Google maps was used to identify about 30 bridges,…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals An enormous amount of real-time information that is available on the Internet can be accessed and used in traditional control systems to improve performance. The objective o…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My goal is to find an alternative way to recognize the different iris patterns in each eye. Inside every eye, there is a special swirling, colored pattern that makes every o…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My main goal was to build a robot that commands by my voice. I also wanted to learn how to put together electronic components using a soldering iron, static mat, and other e…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My experiment was designed to test whether winning at Bingo is random. Methods/Materials Materials used: 1. 4 different Bingo cards 2. A Bingo Set: a Bingo calling cage, a b…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to predict the ability of brute force password decryptors to decode passwords, then compare the predicted decoding times with experimental r…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To find out how fast a JavaScript Sudoku Corrector program that I have handwritten works on Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, PCs, and laptops. Also, to find out which com…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of Project Zier is the design and construction of a new security system to prevent identity theft and credit card fraud by employing a dynamic credit card syst…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The main purpose of this year's project is to investigate how the area changes when a sine curve is added to the graph of a circle. By using the program Nucalc, I plan on ca…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals To determine the cheapest route when flying between five cities. Methods/Materials Using Internet Explorer and the website Expedia.com, five cites were selected. A calender…
CSEF · 2008
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of a surgical simulation is to a) Simulate as precisely as possible a real surgical procedure b) Gauge user performance based on a set of metrics c) Augment us…