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.
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of our project is identification of x-ray sources and discovering new variable stars. We use 2 original methods. First is used for searching variable stars in optical range in th…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Solar is one of the primary sources of clean energy, with photovoltaic (PV) technology as the dominant source. Current PV panels have an efficiency of 15-20%, which demonstr…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This project seeks to use different antennas to increase the signal strength in a wireless Bluetooth connection between a speaker and a host device. Methods/Materials Jam Sp…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Using fossil fuel in vehicles significantly harms our environment by releasing about 1.5 Billion metric tons of CO2 and many other poisonous gasses into the atmosphere every…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment was conducted to investigate the feasibility of utilizing a phased array that is able to focus its signal strength on a specific location. In the 21st centur…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Recently, two Caltech researchers, Batygin & Brown (2016), found possible evidence of the elusive Planet 9. This discovery began a race among astrophysicists to prove or dis…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
In indirect detection experiments, the photon flux expected from dark matter annihilations in the Milky Way halo depends strongly on the distribution of dark matter in the halo. The effect o…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this investigation is to determine whether AC induction motors or DC brushed motors are superior in efficiency during the process of regenerative braking in…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find the sum of voltage drop in multiple different wires made up of different metals. Then concluding which wire is the most effective ba…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project investigates how changing the order, size, and angle of turbofan jet engine's blades manipulates the air flow to maximize output thrust. This work arose out of my…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals Studying emission line stars helps improve our understanding of stellar evolution, types of stars, and their environments (Prichard et al. 2016). In this study, we investiga…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
Technology has given us advantages to improve our life’s quality; it brought a lot of changes to our life. Scientists plan to colonize the moon and planets, to expand the humankind in space.…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to come up with a way for people who are hearing impaired to be able to communicate in the dark using American Sign Language (ASL). Methods/M…
AJAS · 2017
Physics and Astronomy (inferred)
Project 1640, a collaboration between the American Museum of Natural History and California Institute of Technology, works to discover possible exoplanet candidates using a novel telescopy t…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals Hunger, one of the most prominent problems in the world today, is primarily caused by a shortage of fresh water. Significant optimization of water use can be achieved by kno…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to understand how light is absorbed by pigments. Methods/Materials Different concentrations of food coloring were contained in small vials. Light was shown…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to see how fast a light tracking robot moves in different intensities of light surroundings. Methods/Materials Built a light seeking and dire…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to answer the question: how does the magnetic levitation distance between two objects vary with weight? My hypotesis is that if I align two magnets…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal for this project is to allow people that have a phone to use a kinetic energy as a charging source. Methods/Materials This device works by using Faraday#s Principle…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My research goals are (1) to develop an empirical model for flow in 3D printed channel segments, and (2) to use that model to optimize the flow rate in networks composed of…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project is to generate an ultrasonic force field to levitate and manipulate small objects. Methods/Materials I developed a computer simulation algorithms usi…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals Build a cloud chamber and observe charged particles. Test how the density of various materials affects the number and type of charged particles observed. Methods/Materials C…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The goal of my science fair experiment is to measure some of the physical properties of our planet. In particular, I focused on measuring the Earth's gravitational accelerat…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Significantly reduce the measurement uncertainty for Plancks constant h attainable on a home-built watt balance by optimizing the laser detection system. Methods/Materials I…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if the location of the maximum thickness of an airfoil affects the amount of lift generated. Methods/Materials Balsa wood to crea…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals In disaster situations, communication is vital for minimizing time wasted and lives lost. However, the failure of traditional communication infrastructure in these situation…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my Science Fair Project is to model the performance of thermoelectric elements, which uses Seebeck and Peltier effects to generate electricity and temperature…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
A cloud of space debris is formed when numerous defunct space objects orbit collectively around the Earth. Space debris clouds can have a much greater impact on space vehicles in low earth o…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Muon scattering tomography is a passive imaging technique able to interpolate the elemental structure of high-Z materials. Given that development of the technique is in a stage of relative n…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project is to develop effective and inexpensive device for remote sensing of subsurface water-carrying layers. I suggest to use the water protons response to an artificia…