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 · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective is to evaluate the output and flow mechanics of three different windmill rotor blades to optimize performance. I want to calculate the dynamic angle of attack f…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals Our engineering goal is the design and construction of an affordable autonomous quadrotor based aerial photography system for rapid acquisition of accurate and up-to-date ma…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find which type of shock oil gave the optimal absorption rate for a remote controlled car. Methods/Materials An accelerometer was attached to a remote co…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals What I set out to do was to try to figure out if my experiment question, How high will a weight be lifted by a wheel spinning at a certain RPM and how much RPM can be recove…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The Objective of my experiment was to determine what affects the flight of the rubber band shot from a wooden rubber band toy gun. I believe the longer the barrel length of…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to determine the most effective mechanism to reduce structural vibration during earthquakes. Methods/Materials A plywood and metal struct…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals If I test which arm length will go the farthest, then I believe that the longest arm shall fire the farthest and the shortest arm will fire the shortest. If I test which sli…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals If an object in water can change the flow of the water and decrease its momentum, could a structure be placed in the path of a tsunami to weaken its impact? Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to seek a performance improvement over current body armor by using more economical materials in a novel way, changing the orientation and conto…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals People's homes get destroyed by tornados and hurricanes. I wanted to find out if buildings shaped like a dome or a pyramid stand up better to high winds than a normal rectan…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate the load carrying capacity of different type of truss bridges. I knew I wanted to attempt this investigation one year ago. The…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals To validate the feasibility and advantage of the novel hybrid floating foundation (NHFF) system in better surviving liquefaction than footing foundation (FF) and mat foundat…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Earthquakes are inevitable; however, people can seismically design and retrofit their homes to increase structure safety. Bracing is a widely used lateral resisting system.…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find the optimum airfoil design and angle of attack to generate the most amount of lift. In doing so, I hope to find whether the bernoulli principle or n…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see which design out of the 3 truss designs of 30-60-90 triangles, right isoceles triangles or eqilateral triangles sustain a larger weight load. Methods…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to test the strength of different glues on holding 5cm incisions in store bought pigskin closed when stretched. Methods/Materials In my exper…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The project examined Tesla turbines to measure how changing the disk number changed the efficiency of the device. Methods/Materials A Tesla turbine was constructed, using be…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the viscosity of the dye used in the dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC) had an effect on the cells power output. It was hyp…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Urban heat islands cause uneven distributions of heat between urban and rural areas. Wind is one way to direct heat away from cities. Analyzing building structures' effect o…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To find the reason behind traffic and solve traffic congestions. Methods/Materials Procedures: 1. I built the endless round road by connecting the electric magnetic rail pie…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to see whether or not the difference in sound amplitude between the sweet spot and the sweet zone affected the difference in ball exit s…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to discover whether a time-variant damping coefficient in tuned mass dampers is more effective than constant damping coefficients at reducing earthquake mov…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Speech disorders such as Apraxia and Dyspraxia are very common in our society. Unfortunately, they have been known to affect more than just one's ability to communicate verb…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Model USBR Monograph 17 describes the surge issues causing water loss in the Coachella Valley Water Districts (CVWD) gravity fed canal system. I tested to see if the surging…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective was to find out which of four barrier designs would be most effective in reducing the impact of a tsunami wave on land. Methods/Materials Testing was done by c…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Air transportation has become an integral aspect of today's society. The FAA Aviation Safety record documents hundreds of aircraft accidents that have resulted in thousands…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to design, construct, and analyze a simple portable robot that can climb-up and climb-down staircases. This type of robot has many applicati…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to construct a universal gripper based on a flexible membrane (balloon) filled with a granular substance (e.g. coffee grounds) that is capable of picking up and h…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project was used to determine if barrel length affects bullet velocity and penetration. I believe that the gun with the longest barrel will have the highest rate of veloc…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if the leg length of female gymnasts affects how long they can hold a standard handstand.My hypothesis was that female gymnasts with a 67-73 centim…