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 · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
Earthquakes pose significant threat to the world. In areas like California and Japan, deadly earthquakes occur frequently, causing tsunamis, tearing cities apart, and causing buildings to co…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
ABSTRACT Holding Back the Flow: Designing Cutoff Walls to Prevent Potential Dam Failure The California Central Valley has four dams that are classified as High Urgency due to water seepage c…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
My project title is How Much Drag Can A Fish Knot Carry? Through my research, I learned that most line breaks and loss of fish id due to the breakage at the knot. The knot has always been a…
CSEF · 2026
Product Science (Junior Division)
Millions of beverages are discarded annually due to improper storage, yet consumers lack simple tools to assess whether a drink has degraded. This project investigates how four common storag…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
Potholes are a common problem on roads and can cause damage to vehicles and create safety hazards for drivers and pedestrians. They can also lead to higher repair costs if they are not fixed…
CSEF · 2026
Product Science (Junior Division)
Aging research has led scientists to study natural compounds that may affect living organisms. Resveratrol is a plant compound found in foods such as grapes and berries and is known for its…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
Assistive grasping of slippery, delicate, or thin objects remains challenging for individuals with hand impairments. Current prosthetic hands and assistive grippers often rely on rigid linka…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
When flight testing different paper plane designs, it is important to maintain consistent launches of each plane to make fair comparisons. Manual methods are straightforward but are usually…
CSEF · 2026
Product Science (Junior Division)
Many people buy overpriced items when they do not know what is in them. An experiment was conducted to discover the difference between an expensive moisturizer and a cheaper one. The goal wa…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
This project addresses an inspection gap in structural monitoring because loosened connections or developing cracks can increase the risk of collapse. However, frequent vibration monitoring…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
This project addresses the high incidence of lower back and lower limb injuries among firefighters and workers during heavy-load rescue operations. In this paper, a novel lower-limb exoskele…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) propulsion accelerates electrically conductive fluids through the Lorentz force generated by orthogonal electric and magnetic fields, offering a silent, mechanicall…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
Mind Your Meds: A Timed Pill Dispenser Elijah Alcheck and Caden Eaton Objective/Goal: The goal of our project is a timed pill dispenser for seniors. Many seniors have trouble remembering to…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
Autonomous vehicle (AV) research has focused on structured, high-income Western environments, leaving dense, infrastructure-variable developing regions underexplored. This project develops t…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
The purpose of this project was to design a ramp that helps Little League players who use wheeled adaptive devices like wheelchairs safely reach bases during games. Baseball fields are not a…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
Flywheel Energy Storage Systems (FESS) are mechanical systems that are used to conserve energy through rotational kinetic energy and release it quickly when needed, making them useful for st…
CSEF · 2026
Product Science (Junior Division)
Optimizing Materials for Dancewear Remi Hurrey Iron Horse Middle School, San Ramon, CA, USA The purpose of this project is to find what materials work the best for dancewear. I am researchin…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
This project investigates the relationship between the center of gravity and parasitic drag on the flight path of a glider. A glider was constructed using balsa wood, rubber bands, metal was…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
The purpose of this project is to create the best possible glider in terms of time aloft. Throughout the experiment, I varied the center of gravity, dihedral angle, and angle of attack on a…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
In aviation, safety has always been paramount, with airfoils (essentially the wings of the plane) at the center of discussion, as they have led to numerous crashes/threats to safety in the p…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
Which material absorbs sounds the best?
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
Through the process of evolution, natural organisms have developed distinct morphologies suited to their environment and mode of survival. With this as inspiration, recent work has studied g…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
Modular robotics enables the application of robotics in areas that were inaccessible, as traditional robots require money, iteration, and time to design, like rapid-relief disaster zones, em…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
Pascal’s Law states that pressure applied to a confined liquid is transmitted equally in all directions. Hand water pumps use this principle to lift water without electricity. However, real…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
The design of aircraft wings greatly impacts the efficiency of flight vehicles. With developments in CAD, 3D printing, and simulation, students are able to participate in wing design. Howeve…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
Stall-spin-related loss of control in flight is the leading cause of fatal accidents in general aviation, responsible for ~225 crashes a year. This project developed a novel, externally moun…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
One of the biggest problems faced by humans is a worldwide lack of affordable housing. Alternative technologies for building houses exist, namely 3D printing houses using cement, but this te…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
The purpose is to test which element makes sliding down a playground slide faster. To test our hypothesis that Vegetable oil would be the fastest, we tested a series of different materials a…
CSEF · 2026
Product Science (Junior Division)
Sebastian Ramirez 6th Grade- Pioneer School Abstract Sugar Rush: Can I Have A Crush? The purpose of my experiment was to determine whether adding water reduces the sugar concentration in dif…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
Earthquakes produce seismic forces that can cause serious structural damage, making seismic engineering essential for building safety. This project investigated two common seismic protection…