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)
This project investigated how different wall materials affect ultrasonic navigation in a maze. Autonomous robots commonly use ultrasonic sensors to avoid collisions with obstacles in their p…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Heating and cooling systems account for nearly 50% of the global energy consumption. Heat exchangers are critical components of all heating and cooling systems. Heat transfer efficiency is a…
CSEF · 2026
Product Science (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
More than 70,000 people die each year from smoke inhalation due to wildfires in the US. My project tested seven household materials (washcloth, dry t-shirt, wet t-shirt, coffee filter, napki…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace Bronze Medal
Wildfires are becoming an increasing concern as climate change decreases rainfall, increases lightning storms, and causes earlier snow melt. Most wildfires are in northern Canada, and often…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
A death in search and rescue can happen in minutes, especially in the harsh climate of the North. With oblique wing drones we could lessen that through more speed control and efficiency, bot…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the design affects the distance a paper airplane will travel. My hypothesis was that the plane folded with a longer body would fly farther.…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
This project explores a biomimetic approach to radiation shielding by using melanin-inspired materials, specifically polydopamine, combined with carbon fiber to create a lightweight composit…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This project built upon last year’s research (2024-2025), testing the relationship between the final current (Cf) and the final temperature (Tf) of a cotton candy machine modified for plasti…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division)
For this project we are redesigning fire engines using modular parts that can be mass-produced, which should help cut down on manufacturing costs and production times, while still meeting sa…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division)
Lightweight load-bearing structures are widely used in aerospace, protective packaging, and deployable engineering, where reliability depends on resisting compressive collapse. Origami tesse…
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…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace Gold Medal
The nature of dark matter (DM) remains one of the biggest unanswered questions in physics, all while current methods remain challenged with accurately distinguishing between different DM mod…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics First Award
Approximately 11 million people in the U.S. experience severe hearing loss, yet most hearing individuals do not understand American Sign Language (ASL). HandTalk is a cost-effective interact…
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) First Award
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…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Hydrophobic surfaces repel water (are water-fearing) while hydrophilic surfaces attract water (water-loving). From this knowledge, we can discover and make observations on how different mate…
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…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Magnetohydrodynamic thrusters produce silent, propellorless thrust, but they have significant drawbacks that restrict their commercial use. Conduction based MHD, which sends an electric curr…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
My Question was, do Different shapes of ion engines affect the amount of force they create? I took a common design off the internet, and I designed a few of my own to test against each other…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
One of the largest contributors to today's CO2 emissions is personal urban commuting, the daily driving from one place to another, mainly from a home to a place of work. It is one of the lea…
CSEF · 2026
Product Science (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
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…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
We are all familiar with the conventional parachute. However in recent years, a new variety of parachute — which draws elements from the Japanese art of kirigami, has been in development by…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division) First Award
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…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
Notre projet vise a étudier l'effet du changement des variables d'une aile d'avion, (comme sa forme ou l'épaisseur de son bord d'attaque), sur la portance que celle-ci produit. Nous soufflon…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace Bronze Medal
Since its founding in 2007, Galaxy Zoo participants have helped scientists classify hundreds of millions of galaxies and played a crucial role in examining large astronomical data sets (Pear…
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…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Flash flooding is one of the deadliest weather events, taking over 5,000 lives each year. Traditional flash flood detection systems are often inadequate: they are expensive, require frequent…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division) Third Award
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…