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 · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Photovoltaic panels are commonly plagued with a single problem: inefficiency due to immobility. However, when photovoltaic panels track the movement of the sun, their effici…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine the depth of a foundation required to maintain stability when a structure is built on a slope. The goal was to find out how deep a tower's fou…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The overall purpose of my project was to determine at what tire pressure optimal fuel efficiency is achieved. I believed that a tire at 32 psi would be able to roll further…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which truss bridge design is more effective at dissipating the force of a load, the Howe truss or the Pratt truss. Methods/Materials Three mode…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Is it possible to improve the efficiency of a Railgun by changing what materials are used to reduce things like friction, noise, and heat dissipation to increase the velocit…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Because of our dependence on fossil fuels, there has been significant interest in the potential of biodiesel as an alternative fuel. Researchers have suggested using used ve…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals My project combines the principle of the lever and interference of light to measure very tiny weights. I hoped to measure small weights and compare them to known weights to…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine a possible explanation of why people lean forward to stand up from a sitting position. My hypothesis was that if a person leans…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to model the relationship between the period of the sine graph representative of the snake's movement and the snake's speed. This project als…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to test which foundation(cement, rubber, coilspring, ball bearings, magnet, and layers of recycled scap tires and steel) is best suited for high…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals When designing projectiles, an important consideration is the mass, for it affects the range of the projectile. The hypothesis states that due to air resistance, the optimal…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Is it possible to cool a laptop processor confining to the following points of interest and specifications Compatibility 1a.The cooling material and components must reside w…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To develop and build a version of the Sirling Engine that converts waste heat, such as human heat, and converts it into mechanical energy, and then convert the mechanical en…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals A growing demand for clean, efficient, low-cost powering systems favors development of mechanical to electrical energy conversion technologies. A currently untapped source,…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I play violin. I noticed my violin sounded somewhat different and became out of tune more easily when the weather was warm and dry. I decided to try to verify this effect. M…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I hope to build a housing for a 150 watt halogen light bulb, that will use the concepts of thermosiphoning to recycle the heat energy lost from a light bulb and transform it…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which hexapod design would allow for the best performance. Specifically, how the leg design and different servos affected the speed under diffe…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine what type of structure will hold the most weight during the static and seismic experiments. My hypothesis is that structure C, with the two diag…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I tested to see which aggregate would make a stronger concrete mix. I used two of the most commonly used aggregates: river and fractured aggregate. Methods/Materials For the…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals How far does a Stirling engine travel/run using different fuel sources? Methods/Materials My Procedure, 1. I first Built a Stirling engine. 2. Test the engine using differen…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine if the mass of a projectile affects the distance it will travel when launched from a trebuchet type catapult. It was hypoth…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Copper is utilized as a medium for conducting electricity in electronic devices.However,when any of these components come into contact with moisture,the electron flow is hal…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to optimize the airfoil design and attack angle of the blades of small wind turbines in low Reynolds flow. Wind turbines of this size are ideal…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if the core temperature of a golf ball effects its flight distance. The purpose of my science project was to test the results of heat transfer on the…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to discover how foundation depth and angle of slope affect a building's stability. Methods/Materials The bottom quarter of a rain gutter was fi…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Many musicians have to be conscious of the changes in tune their instruments go through while playing their instruments. This experiment tests how the instruments change cau…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals This expirement will acertain if the spread out placement of the support columns was a factor in the World Trade Center collapses Methods/Materials 150 5"x0.75"x0.125" pine…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how changing the arm length or counterweight mass affects a trebuchet's projectile distance? I think that the combination of a longer arm lengt…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate the potential effectiveness of a Thermally Accelerated Vacuum Dryer in saving power and time through the exploitation of tempe…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out which types of building techniques in skyscrapers withstand earthquakes the best. Methods/Materials Four different miniature skyscrapers were co…