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 · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In electric vehicles, about 72% of the power that the battery provides to the wheels is dissipated. Of this, 25% is lost from rolling resistance and 39% is lost from wind resistance. Piezoel…
AJAS · 2020
Energy and Transport (inferred)
Bicycles, though they are over 100 years old, have had few improvements in recent history. When first invented, they inspired innovations such as pneumatic tires, wire spokes, ball bearings,…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In 2019, solar energy accounted for less than 2% of U.S. electricity production, as opposed to 62.7% from fossil fuels, according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA). In recent years…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
One of the major needs in our world today is developing clean energy sources which can help limit the use of fossil fuels and prevent global warming, as well as bring electricity to developi…
AJAS · 2020
Energy and Transport (inferred)
Renewable energy is a critical field of study, and photosynthetic microbial fuel cells (PMFCs) present a relevant and new area of focus in this field. In PMFCs, electrons produced through an…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
An untapped technology to increase driving range of electric cars is solar cells to provide auxiliary power output. But, the limited power output of conventional silicon panels and their inf…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Fossil fuels produce 2/3 of the Earth’s greenhouse gases; biofuel reduces these emissions <86%. The U.S. commercially grows 2M acres of canola annually, leaving 25-30 cm of stubble/plant for…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
From year to year, energy and electricity consumption of whole humanity increases and this leads to environmental problems because most sources of energy are exhaustible and non-renewable ex…
AJAS · 2020
Energy and Transport (inferred)
Grant Wiarda (John Adams High School) Mentor: Nevin Longenecker ([email protected]) Chaperone: Ann Wiarda ([email protected]) Retrofitting A Direct Methanol Fuel Cell With Tungste…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Brazilian livestock accounts for 18.6% of the use of the national territory, due to its impact on the current scenario, I propose to use animal manure for the renewable production of electri…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Initially, solar cells were made from silicon, but it was very expensive to get. Later on, scientists created dye-sensitized solar cells using ruthenium dye which was a pollutant and it was…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
By 2040, the global consumption of energy is expected to increase by 28% from 2017. As the demand for energy increases, the demand for sustainable sources increases. The purpose of this stud…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this project was to increase the efficiency of a solar panel and create a system that uses energy in the most efficient way. It was hypothesized that by putting the solar pane…
AJAS · 2020
Energy and Transport (inferred)
Fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) play a dominant role in current global energy systems. Fossil fuel energy had been the fundamental driving force for our technological advancements. Although fo…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this investigation is to improve the performance of iron-ion batteries (FIBs) by improving cyclability through composite V2O5 and TiO2 cathodes. FIBs offer a higher specific c…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The main aim of this project is to develop green power that will be a key enabler in the movement of goods on the increased infrastructure and manufacturing units. I am using energy boosters…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Since 2013 energy storage research has been focused on supercapacitors (SCs) due to their many advantages over batteries: 1) charge times are exponentially smaller 1-30 second instead of 10-…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
A big problem is climate change. The U.S. uses more than 187.8 trillion pounds of non-renewable natural gas. The U.S. discards renewable products every year including 222.5 billion pounds of…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This research aims to design a cost-effective add-on to solar cells that allows for the capture of solar ultraviolet light. While scientists have created expensive multijunction panels that…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Research problem: Some evidence that is presented to prove the personalities of criminals is not sufficient to prove the identity of the criminal and take long periods of time in the search…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of the project was to construct an eco-friendly and cost effective alternative for heat exchanger by using naturally occurring Zeolite, which can store heat for an indefinite tim…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Zinc-air batteries (ZABs) have recently drawn wide interest in electrochemistry because of their high energy density, low cost, and environmental friendliness compared to the lithium-ion bat…
AJAS · 2019
Energy and Transport (inferred)
When a bicycle is connected to the back of a car with a bike rack, the bicycle’s wheels spin while the car is in motion due to the wind coming over and around the car. This accessible mechan…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives The objective of this project is determine the visual effect when adding different levels of methoxide solution on algae oil to create a biodiesel . Methods Lye, Rubbing alcohol,…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives Our project is based on the California landfill regulations. To do this we used biodegradable items in a sealed system to allow anaerobic bacteria to turn trash into CH4 or methan…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives As of today, the average efficiency of household solar panels is around 20%, which means only around 20% of solar energy is converted into household electricity. Our objective is…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of this experiment was to see if using different fruits to make dye-sensitized solar cells affected the amount of voltage the solar cells produced. Methods A Nanocry…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives As per the 2010 Census, there are more than 55 million people in the United States that are disabled. Out of which 3.6 million people use a wheelchair to assist with mobility.One…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of this project is to see which types of biomass produce the most biogas. Methods The materials used for this project include cow manure mixed with banana peels, cow…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives In our society, there are still those who don t have access to electricity and light. I saw a need for a device that would be able to provide light and energy to those who needed…