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 · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Discovering if Synthetic motor oil has less variation in viscosity than regular oil over a range of temperature. Methods/Materials 3x Cylinderical Containers (Water Bottles)…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine a propeller's efficiency when altering the chord length of the propeller. In an airfoil, which is a cross section of a prop…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the project was to determine the effect of differing end mill length and diameter on dimensional control while cutting steel with an end mill. It is believed…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to see how much of a role surface roughness played in the force of drag on an object moving through a fluid (air). I had always heard that r…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine whether weight distribution (the number of pressure points) affects the amount of weight a truss bridge can hold. The scient…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals It is believed that fighter shape reduces its appearence to radar. An F-22 Raptor will be the least detectable because of all of it's sharp edges. Methods/Materials # 32#x25…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The experiment was conducted in order to test the effect of the speed of a rotating flywheel within a vehicle on the momentum and stability of a turning vehicle. It was hypo…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of golf ball temperature on the distance that the ball would travel upon impact. We predicted that when the golf ball…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My favorite subject being math, I wanted to do something that included many formulas and calculations. I decided to design an experiment in which I could learn more about ho…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To determine manufacturing factors such as material characteristic of paintball, design of barrels and design of air tanks on whether the paintball will hit or miss. We will…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Objective: The most of wind turbine generator in California have two blades. So I made an experiment to build a wind turbine with an optimal number of blades that is best su…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment was to test for the cleanest running jet fuels from a choice of propane and Av-gas, and compare them to the most commonly used jet fuel, Jet-A.…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Hypothesis: The more massive the counterweight, the further the projectile travels. The more potential energy stored in the counterweight, the more kinetic energy the projec…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I mainly want to find out if the floating speed of an object depend only on the object volume or also on some other factors when the object is floating across a certain dept…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to see if expensive fingerboard wheels go farther and create less friction than less expensive wheels. Methods/Materials Four wheels were tes…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to construct bridges of three different designs (span, truss, and modified arch) to determine which would be more structurally sound when wei…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to find out which type of bridge is the strongest - arch, beam, or truss. My hypothesis was that the arch bridge would be the strongest. Meth…
CSEF · 2010
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Determine what effect (if any) the weight and string length of a yo-yo have on its "sleep time," which is the time it stays at the bottom of the string when the yo-yo is thr…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To prove that a compressed gas powered watercraft would work aka. move, and if it works, it should do so efficiently, and economically. Methods/Materials The method we used…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out how changes in projectile mass, counterweight mass, and throwing arm length affect the range and trajectory of a projectile launched by a trebuchet. Met…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine which type of earthquake resistant design for a building would create less sway. The hypothesis is that a building with a base i…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine which Caribbean island has the best sand to build sandcastles. The optimal sand for sandcastle construction is strong enough to…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project was made to find the relation between ducting on a fanwing propulsion system and its efficiency in thrust and lift. A fanwing works on Bernoulli#s principle & t…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Seasickness affects many people on water vessels. Some people are particularly vulnerable to motion sickness and feel seasick simply by setting foot on a boat. The goal of t…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal is to create a SGVS system for improving vehicle safety and reducing vehicle body motion caused by uneven road surfaces. The system scans the road with sensors and…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to identify the ideal circumference of a ball fired from a trebuchet. Methods/Materials Four balls with different circumferences and masses…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine if the length of the arm of a catapult affects the distance of an object thrown. Methods/Materials I researched catapults to determi…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To test several types of dry lubricants to determine which type of lubricant decreases the amount of friction required to move an object across a horizontal track. If non-po…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The Purpose of my experiment is to determine how changing the length of the throwing arm and mass of the counterweight will affect the distance that a projectile can be thro…
CSEF · 2009
Applied Mechanics & Structures First Award
Objectives/Goals Circulation control is a way of changing the flow over a wing using a jet of air. By ducting air through a slot at the trailing edge of an airfoil it is possible to transfor…