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) Honorable_mention Award
A larger-scale wind tunnel can be used to test a variety of prototypes, from model cars to aircraft. The high cost of professional wind tunnels makes aerodynamic testing inaccessible to smal…
CSEF · 2026
Product Science (Junior Division)
Flushable wipes are marked as a convenient alternative to toilet paper, but the reality is that not all wipes break down quickly, and some can cause some serious clogs in plumbing systems. T…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Traditional forest fire monitoring suffers from inherent flaws, including early warning lag, safety risks of manual sensor deployment in complex terrain, limited flight endurance of conventi…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
When disaster strikes, the difference between life and death often comes down to timely information. First responders need an aerial view immediately, but current drones capable of both vert…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fixed-wing UAVs have greater efficiency, flight range, and speed compared to traditional multirotor drones, making them more suitable for applications like geological surveillance, weather s…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace Platinum Award
Even after nearly three decades of intense research, cosmology fails to fully explain the physical origin of the universe's accelerated expansion. The standard model of cosmology, ΛCDM, asso…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
This research introduces a bio-inspired robotic tail exoskeleton designed to assist human balance, drawing inspiration from animals like cats and kangaroos. The device aims to address the si…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award
This project introduces a fully self-designed, completely open-source, and affordable rocket module aimed at addressing real-life challenges that cannot be effectively solved by existing tec…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In 2019, a series of fires claimed nearly 100 lives in Bangladesh, and a massive fire tore through several multistory buildings in Chawk Bazar. The blaze originated at a warehouse that had a…
CSEF · 2025
Applied Mechanics Honorable_mention Award
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
This project aims to engineer the next-generation cooling device using ionic wind technology. This system consists of a high-voltage emitter and collector electrodes that generate and attrac…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This study investigates the development of a durable and efficient model for wind turbine transmission systems, with a focus on overcoming the challenges associated with the maintenance and…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The goal of this project was to create a better alternative to permanent magnet synchronous motors, by enhancing specific characteristics of the synchronous reluctance motor. Specifically, i…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
The aerodynamic efficiency of an aircraft's nose cone is crucial to overall flight performance. Traditional nose cone designs are optimized for specific speed regimes, which limits their ove…
CSEF · 2025
Applied Mechanics Honorable_mention Award
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Third Award
Across the world, hundreds of millions of people are affected by a global inability to meet construction demands. In particular, widespread infrastructure inadequacy that will reach $100 tri…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
A prevailing issue among the geriatric population is the difficulty of managing medication. With 36% of Americans over 65 using at least five prescription medications and 3% experiencing dem…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In construction or any fields that involve blasting, workers often measure rock hardness and assess slope stability on steep, high-altitude surfaces, requiring high-risk suspended tasks. The…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Flooding in New Orleans and worldwide has caused loss of life and countless billions in property damage. In many cases, city drainage systems have not functioned properly due to debris clogg…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The objective of the research was to design an automated mechanical clothesline system equipped with a rain sensor. This development provided an efficient solution for people who dry their c…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
At the moment, there are over 60,000 km² of mined areas around the world and approximately 110 million landmines remaining, while their manual removal is not feasible at the current rate of…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This study explores the development of a hybrid solid-fuel electric autonomous rocket constructed from carbon fiber, utilizing bio-derived fuels as a renewable energy source. As the demand f…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This project investigates the optimization of airfoil designs to enhance low-speed aerodynamic performance and reduce the risk of aerodynamic stalls—a leading contributor to aircraft acciden…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
My project explores a novel design of cube-like drones that can build three-dimensional structures by connecting mid-flight. Rather than focusing on just the interlocking mechanism like the…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Power lines are critical components of modern infrastructure. Traditional methods of wireless drone-based maintenance are both expensive and vulnerable to electromagnetic interference emitte…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This research explores a biomimetic adaptive spoiler that dynamically adjusts individual panels to optimize vehicle aerodynamics. Inspired by bird feathers and fish fins, the spoiler consist…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This project explores the application of physics and calculus to predict and optimize the trajectory of a basketball shot using a pendulum mechanism. First, I calculated the velocity of the…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Efficient path planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) is crucial for improving their operational efficiency in ocean exploration, ocean monitoring, and commercial activities. We…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Growing automotive emissions are contributing to climate change and a decrease in air quality. Reducing these emissions is a prevalent concern and drag reduction technology is one method of…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In 2023, air travel contributed 2.5% of total CO2 emissions, significantly impacting climate change. Reducing aircraft drag decreases fuel consumption, which is critical as commercial airlin…