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 · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of our project is to find a new tunnel lining design that is stronger, and more stable while being environmentally friendly by reducing the amount of materials that…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to build a self-contained two-phase immersion cooling unit that can effectively dissipate the heat from a full size ATX form factor desktop compu…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine if conducting electricity in wire affects its metallic bonds and thus its tensile strength. It was hypothesized that if an ele…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Using commercially-available software, hardware, and components, a simple 3D-printed design for a robotic hand will be created. In Phase I of the design (a previous project)…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Over 15% of deaths in bicycle accidents occur while the riders are wearing helmets. Current bicycle helmet impact testing focuses on measuring the reduction in G forces by u…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see which bridge design could hold more weight. Methods/Materials Cedar strips, wood glue, basic red wire. These items were used in the construction of both b…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Determine which major brand of shin guard provides the most protection to the shin by using multiple impact methods and further prevent shin injuries using the data we gathe…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to figure out if the more holes a non-electrical speaker has, is better or worse. I said that if the speaker had 2 holes, compared to a speak…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to find out which of the three robotic apparatuses most efficiently picks up cone and places it on a mobile goal. These three apparatuses a…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate why honeycombs are hexagonal. My hypothesis is that honeycombs are hexagonal because hexagons require the least amount of wax f…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which, trigonometric method or stringing method is more accurate when finding blood impact height. Methods/Materials Simulation blood was absor…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The primary objective of this project is to design, build, and test an altitude control system for high altitude, long duration weather balloon flights. Ordinarily, weather…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to develop a gadget with can be latched onto a vent and detect any clogging, heat buildup, and/or combustion in an air vent. Design criteria of t…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Tsunamis have been deadly forces for thousands of years, and with new and advanced nuclear power plants, they have been fueled causing devastating aftermaths. My objective w…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals A major problem for marine industries is biofouling, the accumulation of undesirable organisms on immersed artificial surfaces. Antifouling is used to inhibit biofouling, bu…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The reason why I chose to construct a wearable robotic arm that allows people to lift heavy objects they can't normally pick up. Methods/Materials 4 feet long aluminum stick…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals I am very interested in aviation, and I know from past research that bird strikes are a danger to air travelers. I decided to try to test devices I developed to find the mos…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if I could design an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to fly to a remote area, trap mosquitoes, then return them for scientific testing to help map…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to differentiate the operation and sound quality of bone conduction and dynamic driver headphones. Methods/Materials The following materials…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Point-of-Care diagnostics demand for a versatile, inexpensive, sensitive, and simple-to-use electrochemical sensor. Currently, many products on the market use expensive opti…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The Cave Mapper is designed to make a map of a cave, room or any enclosed space. This years project was about making the fourth version of the cave mapper which is the trans…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which type of wood is stronger. My goal is to determine if reclaimed wood is stronger than new wood. Reclaimed wood would give bu…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was (a) to find out if using longer crank arms on my bicycle would allow me to ride faster and (b) to develop a computer-based system, model, and…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to revolutionize the idea of using sensors instead of joy sticking a ride to places like mars or finding new terrain for people like scientist…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find how much stress is put onto the knee using a mechanical model. Methods/Materials Made a wood and spring model of the knee to test how much stress is…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment is to discover if the wood type of an acoustic guitar will affect its tone. Methods/Materials This project involved five varying types of wood, g…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The experiment was conducted to find out if the distance between domino's will affect how fast a marble will go. If the increase space between the dominoes will create more…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Flight simulations help optimize model rocket design. The TARC competition requires flying a model rocket repeatedly to a specific altitude, but the results can be inconsist…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of DOT is to facilitate the process of stippling and pointillism, but also to prevent as well as aid those of have ailments such as arthritis that are easily c…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine whether driving force or drag force on an object has more of an affect on an object's speed in water. Methods/Materials A wooden boat…