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 · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals How does the number of blades and blade shape, size, angle, and curve affect the efficiency of a wind turbine? Methods/Materials Materials: Styrofoam,Balsa Wood,Wooden Rods,…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if attaching a winglet to a rigid wing sail on an Americas Cup 72 would affect the amount of drag on the rigid wing sail. I think that the winglet will decrease…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Usually, alarms (fire, burglar etc.) installed in one home, do not communicate with the alarms in neighboring homes. Without an automated system that can immediately send em…
CSEF · 2013
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn if wire could move through ice without cutting it in half, and how weight, material and size of wire, vibration and temperature influence this proc…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals Gases normally do not conduct electricity. When a large voltage is applied, current will flow through the gas. This is called the breakdown voltage. At atmospheric pressure,…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes problems with memory and spatial orientation. Today, over 15% of the 5.4M Americans with AD live alone.…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Though biodiesel is a renewable source of energy, it has a tendency to gel at lower temperatures. Viscosity is a measure of fluid's resistance to flow. The objective of my p…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals One of the greatest obstacles in the further minimization of electronic devices is the switch mode power supply (SMPS). The size of SMPSs is limited by the magnetic transfor…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if the shape of a model car effects the amount of air resistance it experiences. I believe that the smallest car will experience the least air…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The goal is achieve the optimal amount of efficiency from harnessing solar radiation by altering which wavelengths of light in the electromagnetic spectrum are allowed to pa…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test the hypothesis that bioethanol (E85) would have the highest heat content compared with other commonly used fuels, specifically diesel, kerosene, gas…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if a new and simple hill climbing (HC) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) circuit, developed in this project for optimizing the efficiency of…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The United States produces approximately 236 million tons of waste annually. The purpose of this experiment is to build and test a microbial fuel cell (MFC). To prove that i…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals I wanted to improve the performance of the standard Savonius Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) by at least 10%. Methods/Materials I developed a modified Savonius turbine des…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objectives of this study are (1) to measure the specific heat and heat of solution of a mixture of magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) and water, and (2) to use these thermodynami…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to apply refraction principles, including Snell#s Law, and basic trigonometric principles, to differentiate known and unknown materials and their properties…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals Diabetes is one of the major causes of illness and premature death worldwide. Diabetes causes neurovascular complications, which result in the development of high pressure a…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to create a robot that will autonomously map trails in parks while recording its position and take 360º immersive photos of hiking trails for v…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals The problem that is addressed in this project is that currently operation of greenhouses involves wastage of water and electricity as well as high labor costs for maintenanc…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to generate electricity from a motor utilizing water and the force of gravity. Methods/Materials A ten foot tall wooden derrick was construct…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals Salmon populations are decreasing, in part because they can not reach their spawning grounds due to poorly designed culverts. Engineers have been putting baffles (devices th…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective was to measure how well alkaline batteries perform at different temperatures. Batteries produce electrical energy using a chemical reaction. Since chemical rea…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine how temperature will affect the power output of batteries. Methods/Materials Pairs of AA batteries were brought to different te…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals We wondered if nanoscaled surfaced coat would benefit in design is we destructively tested plants exhibiting hydrophobic tendencies (e.g. the lotus effect). Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment measured the effects of pressure, at 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 meters underwater, on air contained in multiple containers of varying lengths, widths, and volumes.…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal is to prove that metal will be able to withstand the most amount of heat from a burning laser because the metal is a stronger material as compared to wood, plastic,…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose is to capture radiating energy, convert it into electricity, store the energy, and be used to light up a LED without using any external power source. Methods/Mat…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This project investigated the effects of cooling batteries to slow their self-discharge rate. All batteries suffer from self-discharge, or loss of stored charge in a battery…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out what type of rotor design on a wind turbine generates the most wind energy. My hypothesis was that I thought the rotors that were…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to see how different materials affected Bluetooth transmission distances. I think the reduction in transmission distance will be proportio…