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 (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) Second Award
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…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace Silver Medal
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are supermassive black holes found at the centre of galaxies. AGN BL Lacertae contains an accretion disk and high-energy jets emitted perpendicular to the disk,…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Automotive spoilers are critical for vehicle safety, reducing pressure drag and generating downward force to increase tire traction and stability. However, spoilers inherently create aerodyn…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
Autonomous vehicle (AV) research has focused on structured, high-income Western environments, leaving dense, variable developing regions underexplored. This project develops three prototypes…
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…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Improving structural efficiency in aircraft wings is a critical objective in aerospace engineering, particularly as the industry moves toward more sustainable and lightweight designs. Wing r…
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…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In car crashes, the primary cause of fatalities is the sudden forces experienced by the passengers. Considering collision physics, an elongated front bumper would decrease the average force…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Most energy sources are non-renewable, like fossil fuels. One way to get around this is to have more renewable energy sources. One idea is to harness the steps and physical movement that ind…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Junior Division) Honorable_mention Award
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…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Suborbital research access costs $30k-$90k per mission, pricing out universities and independent researchers. Current reusable rockets depend on throttleable liquid engines for landing, whic…
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…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This project investigates the design and analysis of a rotary vane combustion engine (RVE) for portable generators to reduce engine imbalances, design complexity and increase torque producti…
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) Honorable_mention Award
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…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
Entanglement is the leading cause of death in marine mammals each year and it is estimated that only 10% of entanglements are detected and reported. Rescuers have been injured and lost their…
CSEF · 2026
Applied Mechanics (Senior Division) Honorable_mention Award
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…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) of crude oil, traditional riser reactors suffer from hydrodynamic inefficiencies that severely reduce product selectivity and promote excessive coke formati…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Overcoming aerodynamic drag is crucial for reducing aviation’s fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. This study examines a biomimetic approach to skin-friction drag reduction through shark-ski…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
Drag reduction is crucial for the aviation industry: a 1.1% reduction can save billions of dollars annually and benefit the environment, yet passive flow-control for aircrafts at cruising-co…
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…