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 · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The Moon is devoid of a global magnetic field and is directly exposed to space plasma and solar radiation, causing the surface and any objects on it to be charged by collect…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Solar cooking has shown to be an effective way to alleviate food and unclean water situations, giving people a way to cook their food and pasteurize their water. This projec…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
This essay takes an in-depth look into the nature of positively charged conducting spheres, and the ability of Coulomb’s law to predict the force between them. The force is expected to be re…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
For millennia, humans have pondered the possibility of life on other planets. Since the first exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, was discovered in 1995, scientists have studied e…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to develop and demonstrate an electric cello utilizing novel optical sensors directly monitoring the vibrations of each of the cello strings inde…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
A steady stream of a certain liquid, hitting a rough surface (e.g. a wooden board) perpendicularly, yields a surprising result. A water wall encloses a regular wave pattern centered on the w…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Build a prototype lock that replicates the multiple modes of operation common in today's smart locks, but one that is secure, and can be designed and printed with readily av…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal was to create a low cost heat loss measuring device using Arduino Uno kit that utilizes mathematical modeling of heat loss due to radiation, conduction, and convect…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
This science project took a sample of terrestrial rock, basalt from the Flagstaff-Winslow area of Northern Arizona and compared it to lunar meteorites and samples brought back from the Apoll…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose and objective of this project is to see if magnetic levitation (maglev) trains are faster and more efficient than conventional trains. The hypothesis is that the…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
This project was intended to show how electromagnets could provide a better cushion when implemented into sports helmets. Considering previous testing, we decided to see if electromagnets wo…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to create a software tool that detects and tracks sunspots from satellite images and confirm this tool by measuring the angular velocity of the Sun at differ…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The goal of this study was to measure the radii and constrain the orbital periods of three Hot Jupiter exoplanets, HAT-P-25b, HAT-P-9b, and HAT-P-30b. Through remote observing, raw images of…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Wild-land fire fighting can be a dangerous occupation. Heat stress, fatigue, respiratory hazardous issues due to smoke inhalation, and cardiac related events are the top mos…
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In my project, I designed the split scimitar winglet, blended winglet, and the wing with no winglet using Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD software, at different cant angles of di…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Near-Earth asteroids can pose serious dangers to life on Earth. The location of near-Earth asteroid 2003 QB90 (242211) was measured over a four week period (July 9, 2017-August 5, 2017) usin…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to model a quantum tunneling barrier with a specific structure that minimizes the frequency of electron wave oscillations, which indicates the energy of ele…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
After a binary or triple stellar system is formed, its components follow elliptical trajectories. Due to interaction, their trajectories gradually change with characteristic time intervals r…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy First Award
Objectives/Goals Infrared observations are some of the most important observations, allowing rare AGNs, deeply embedded stars, globular clusters, low luminosity stars, and much more to be di…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Generations of stable nanobubbles (NBs) in aqueous solutions have been demonstrated to be feasible. Their physical characters and applications, however, remain to be discovered. In this proj…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), or the theory of the strong interaction, states that at the high temperatures and densities produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, nucleons de- confine…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
In a vastly increasing energy dependent society, there is need for the transportation of energy quickly and efficiently. Laser power beaming and transferring energy with fiber optic cables a…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Magnetic field sensing is a powerful technique that allows for non-invasive measurements of magnetic structure. For example, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows for non-…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
For three years I have sought out a stellar parallax. This year I wanted to successfully measure a stars parallax and see if a stellar parallax is linear; meaning if I measure a stellar para…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to create a precise control system for applications in microscopy, microsurgery, and robotics. Currently in this area (field), cost and precis…
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to explore how the viscosity of slime (a non-Newtonian Fluid that happens to be fun) changes as the pH of the cross-linking solution (sodium…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Standby power, the power consumed by appliances that are plugged in but not in active use, wastes an estimated 23% of residential electricity. Existing methods to reduce sta…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to confirm or refute equations I have derived predicting the interference pattern from double and triple slit experiments. Methods/Materials I wrote a progra…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project studies the effects of introducing photons into polarization sets. Specifically, this project applies and extends Malus' Law, which states that…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Recently, topological superconductors have attracted great interest as a groundbreaking platform to allow for fault-tolerant quantum computing and overcome the limitations of classical proce…