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 · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives The objective was to create a bulletproof collapsible wall that could be fully extended if there was an incident of an active shooter in a classroom setting at a school. Methods I…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives Problem: According to the CDC, over one in four adults age 65 and over fall in a given year. Despite increased recognition regarding the negative consequences of falls and increas…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The point of this project is to see which type of plastic is best for replacing gravel in making concrete bricks. This can reduce the amount of plastic that ends up on in landfill…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives This project was inspired by harmonic rock and roll derailment. Harmonic rock and roll derailment is when the rail car derails due to harmonic oscillation at its resonant frequenc…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The objective of this science project is to determine what effect a pair of bilge keels provides for the stability of a boat in water. Methods Two 2-liter soda bottles, rubber cem…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives Ever since I was a little kid, I loved our oceans, but as I got older, I realized how little we have discovered about them. Our oceans cover 70% of the Earth's surface, and mankin…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives When trying to imitate the natural flexibility of the human body in robotics, using a tensegrity-inspired structure is the best option. Tensegrity-inspired structures consist of r…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The objective of this project is to identify which building results in an architecturally earthquake-proof design, minimalizing shaking on each floor. Methods First, make 4 buildi…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The objective was to discover how different temperature building materials are affected during earthquakes. Methods I experimented with buildings of metal, wood, and plastic and a…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives The objective of this project is to test materials that can be used as padding in baseball or softball gloves, to potentially improve protection and reduce injury. Methods The mat…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The goal of this project is to find what pressure I should have in myth rear shock on my mountain bike that will allow more hang time and distance traveled. Methods Full suspensio…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Skyscrapers are one of the most vulnerable buildings to suffer in an earthquake. The moving ground causes the building to vibrate at destructive levels. The objective of my projec…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The purpose of this experiment was to find out which weight would make the flywheel spin the longest. Methods Timer, 3D printer, computer, camera, tachometer, various fishing weig…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Throughout their daily lives, amputees have trouble performing various tasks that we simply overlook or take for granted. Activities such as operating a computer can become diffic…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The primary purpose of this project is to use physics and mechanical engineering concepts to produce a multi mechanism machine with the highest calculated ideal and experimental e…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives When in a communal space, there is no control over the temperature. Having a portable device that can heat or cool can help those that are temperature sensitive have their own Por…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The purpose of this project is to design an above-the-knee prosthetics that would allow amputees to move comfortably without having to worry about prosthetic-inflicted irritations…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives Our ecosystem is suffering from a major problem that includes only one thing: plastics. Plastics tarnish our air and cause damage to many sea creatures. Well that is a problem tha…
AJAS · 2019
Engineering (inferred)
Physical winglets offer widespread lift to drag force improvement for commercial and cargo aircraft; unfortunately, their improvements cannot be applied to fighter or short take-off and land…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The objective of this project is to create a way to move air more efficiently using the Venturi effect by a data driven design of optimizing venturi structures. Methods We used va…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives Create a winglet that has the ability to reduce drag more effectively than the winglets that are currently being used on airplanes. Methods Autodesk Fusion 360 to design the new w…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The objective of this project was to determine if the type of perforations of a water well casing would determine the efficiency of the yield of a water well. Methods Constructed…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of my project was to determine which of the three robotic apparatuses that I designed, built and programmed would perform the best in accuracy and speed in launching…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The goal of the research was to identify potential internal support rib designs for a collapsible, hybrid- bouyant spacecraft wing structure, when covered by a flexible material l…