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
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives Our objective was to find out which mobile device produced the most blue light. We used a few makes and models of cell phones and tablets for this projects. There is evidence that…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The purpose of our project was to create a driver-free car that is GPS navigated, road following, and avoids obstacles when equipped with an Arduino Uno microcontroller. In additi…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives Human iPSC-derived brain organoids are human "mini-brains," consisting primarily of the cortex area of the brain and are similar to those of premature babies. As the organoids cur…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives On tasks such as pattern recognition, the human brain, which consumes 20W of power and takes up 1.5L of space, substantially outperforms artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms ru…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives Build a 360-degree periscope with no image disorientation, max observer comfort, max ease of use and min space requirement Step 1 I was able to create a rotating top periscope whe…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives The visually impaired often have trouble navigating their environments due to a lack of knowledge about the environment around them. My project hopes to solve this issue by creati…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives The purpose of this project is to create enough usable energy from my hydroelectric weir design to be used throughout our California stream and canal systems as a viable alternati…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
In this project, a procedure for building an x-ray generator was developed and tested. This procedure uses inexpensive or common materials (around $200 total) for the x-ray tube and power so…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
This study investigates the use of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) to create equivalent circuits for human keratinocyte cells in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Media (DMEM) with and…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
This project sought to determine whether Dark Matter dominated galaxies are nucleated. In January of 2015, an article was published that sparked interest in the scientific community. The sci…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives The purpose of this study is to determine how different variables effect the rate of muons passing through a specific space. Methods Built two electronic muon detectors using free…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives Quantify the vague terminology that musical instrument experts use to qualitatively describe tone quality (e. g., creamy, bright and mellow) and categorize the timbre of different…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte galaxy is a dwarf, irregular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus, that has yet to be fully and accurately analyzed. RR Lyrae variable stars are short-period v…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives The goal was to create a cost-effective device using Arduino Uno kit that utilizes mathematical modeling of different gases and volatile organic compounds to detect chronic obstru…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Design, build, and code a remote-control car that automatically stops when it senses an object in front of it. The automatic stopping should engage when it senses an object that i…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of this project is to improve an amputee's mobility and the ability to manage daily activities, as well as provide the means to stay independent. Along with the arm…
CSEF · 2019
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives The goal is to build an auto rotation device that can achieve the slowest rate of descent and an accurate landing zone to deliver emergency supplies to firefighters in areas that…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives The goal of this project was to determine how engineers design the "most perfect roller coaster"; that is, one that is safe, efficient, and thrilling, all while having minimal eff…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives The objective of this study was to develop an autonomous, functional, and low instrumentally biased optical polarimeter for Standard Model Extension studies. Methods The optical p…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Rubber can store an amazing amount of energy. Therefore, hobbyists have used rubber strands to power model airplanes for more than one hundred years. The main goal of modelers is to achieve…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The popularity of proton beam therapy in treating cancer is increasing, and further development of beam detectors is necessary to monitor the beam profile and perform quality assurance. The…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives The objective of this project is to increase the survival odds in the first moments of victims in a natural or man-made disaster by designing and equipping a drone with a programm…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
With the advent of atomic resolution imaging techniques comes the challenge of disentangling the intrinsic electronic properties of materials from their stochastic atomic-scale disorder. In…
CSEF · 2019
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives People want to drink and suck boba separately, but the simple wide straw has tea and boba together. This not only makes the customer unsatisfied, but it also causes issues with ch…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The Moon is devoid of a global magnetic field and atmosphere and is thus directly exposed to space plasma and solar radiation. Due to the emission of photoelectrons and collection…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Three-dimensional topological Dirac semimetals (3D-TDSMs) have unusually high mobility at room temperature due to their unique linear electronic band dispersion and nontrivial band topology.…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Three-dimensional topological Dirac semimetals (3D-TDSM) have been increasingly studied in the areas of materials science and condensed matter physics due to their unusual three-d…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
This study was designed to assess the effects of the fit of a mountain biker's aerodynamics. 1 participant rode a standard entry-level cross-country mountain bike down a one-kilometer segmen…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to determine how the efficiency of an electromagnetic braking system changes as the electromagnet is moved farther from the wheel’s center. I hypothesized…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The gauss accelerator is a simple device that accelerates a ball bearing using magnets without an external power source. This project investigates the factors that affect the ener…