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 · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Firefighter jackets can cost $2,200, which is very expensive, especially for some firefighting departments. This forces them to buy older, possibly less effective equipment. The jackets are…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this investigation was to measure the effect of L-arginine on cisplatin’s ability to disaggregate human superoxide dismutase 1 enzymes (hSOD1), which are found to aggregate in…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This essay attempts to discover how the temperature of water is affecting its molecular structure at the surface and what consequences this may bring to the surrounding us world. Also its ai…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Last year the researcher experimented to see if smudging (burning) the four sacred medicines (sage, sweetgrass, cedar, and tobacco) emitted carcinogens. Sage is the most commonly smudged of…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this experiment was to determine how contaminants such as soot, affect Lung surfactant. This experiment was conducted using model lipid lung surfactants; 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-gl…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My task in this project was to investigate how the frequency (color) of light affects the output of a solar panel. Based on my background research, my hypothesis was that th…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
There are several types of polymers with chemical additives. These polymers have different molecular structures and different practical uses. The purpose of this research was to determine th…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Exploration of alternative fuel like algal biofuel is increasing since the increase in fossil fuel consumption and depletion. Algal biofuel production is a complicated process including cult…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Antagonistic drug interactions can negatively impact treatment effectiveness. This project investigated the antagonistic interaction between two heartburn drugs: aluminium hydroxide and calc…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal was to understand thermoelectric/seebeck effect and apply the learnings in our daily lives by the creating a prototype that harnesses body heat to power a belt that…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) generate electricity using energy produced by bacteria when they break down organic waste. My project aims to determine if coffee grounds can be…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Catalytic Reduction photosynthesis process is a useful technique for purifying contaminated water resulting from petroleum residues. In this project was to study the optical cracking ammonia…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to design a small scale device that can capture the energy in ocean waves. Methods/Materials The design of the device was based on the historical water wheel.…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out what type solar oven will best heat water and why. Methods/Materials Three different common styles of solar ovens were assembled…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The sun produces enough solar energy on earth to make almost every household in the world energy independent. Current solar panels have inefficiencies present which causes t…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find how temperature affects the power produced by solar panels. The purpose was to see if panels in different climates have varying res…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to try to find a cheap and efficient source of alternate energy. The objective of my project was to harness the motion of waves as a source of a…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to explore the conversion of an airplane's kinetic energy during landing into useful electrical energy. The hypothesis, based on Faraday's and…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to create a process that converts chaparral, a plant that is currently being removed under the California Fire Mitigation Plan, into eth…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to evaluate the impact of blade count on the electrical output of a Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (H.A.W.T.) at a constant wind speed of 2…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project is to determine if we can produce lot of energy from dirt using a microbial fuel cell. My hypothesis was that if measured and calculated properly the MFC will pro…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project Hydro-Power was to find the increase of voltage from three different water column heights, five feet, ten feet, and fifteen feet. The operationa…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Can you charge a phone with geothermal electricity? Our hypothesis was that we can generate a decent amount of electricity from a portable heat cell. Methods/Materials We lo…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My project "Looking for the Best Blend of Biofuels" is about testing and finding the best biofuel blend based on cost and performance while using alternative energy to produ…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the project was to improve the efficiency of a microbial fuel cell by using various microorganisms from different items. Additionally, the purpose was to see…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if a solar tracker that is designed to rotate the solar panel throughout the day to follow the sun will generate more energy than…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the impact of water's salinity level on the production of osmotic generated power? Methods/Materials Two chambers separated by an osmotic membr…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to create and engineer effective solar cells into a solar array with a plant-like appearance. I chose this project because I feel it has marketa…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Can ocean wave power be used generate electricity? Oceans have tremendous potential, but ocean energy is not widely used. Wave energy, from tides and ocean currents can be u…
CSEF · 2014
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective for my project, Rain to Renewables, was to test various turbines and an aqueduct system to see if I could harness rainwater from a street gutter during a storm…