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 · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals What is the most important factor for a wing to make lift,the thickness of the airfoil or where the thickest point is located? I ran two trials in a wind tunnel measuring th…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our study was to see how the shape of the wind mill rotor blade affected the power output of the blade. Our hypothesis was that aerodynamic blade would give t…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The author wanted to find how much load a magnet can hold and where in the magnetic field it is the most powerful. The author hypothesized that the magnets will drop at a st…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to see if different size coils have an effect on the velocity of a given projectile with a controlled voltage. I believe the same voltage sen…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to see firsthand how water depth affects a tsunami wave's speed. I predicted that the shallower the water, the slower the wave would trave…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the viscosity of common liquids, honey, ocean water, and vegetable oil, by measuring the time it takes the marble to travel through the liquids…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine how graphite, paper, plastic, aluminum foil, or no material would affect levitation using diamagnetism. My hypothesis state…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to examine the feasibility of the production of non-electric refrigerators based on radiative cooling by constructing a prototype non-electr…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis is that if the glucose concentration is varied in an aqueous solution then by using a proton magnetometer, with a two coil relay system, the glucose concentrat…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine how the strength of an electromagnet changes by changing the number of loops in an electromagnet Methods/Materials The method used was to set up…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this engineering project was to design a cage apparatus for minimizing microwave radiation leakages that could potentially affect wireless signal, using metho…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy Third Award
Objectives/Goals The loss of organs due to disease or injury is a major medical problem, and often this problem can be corrected using organ transplantations. Since there is a chronic shorta…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see which had a greater effect on lift, the shape of an airplane wing or the weight of the airplane. I believe that the shape of the airplanes wing will…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy Second Award
Objectives/Goals This project applied a novel physical framework of perception, based on modeling neurons as nonlinear oscillators. The objective was to understand the underlying physical ba…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To monitor and assess corrosion in the aging civil infrastructure, we proposed integrated heat induction and IR thermography technology to detect corrosion in steel reinforc…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research project was to determine if placing a neodymium magnet (Nd2Fe14B) on a certain location, or quadrant of a Yttrium barium copper oxide supercondu…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project looked into what effect the shape of a parachute's canopy has on its descent performance. Methods/Materials Six different parachute shapes constructed out of pa…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals How does the shape of an object affect the water flow? This project was designed to understand how different shapes are more efficient than others. It could also potentially…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals If a rectenna could be constructed to turn common television frequency signals into direct current then this type of unused energy could be a potential source of electricity…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Because I was getting in trouble for leaving my lights on, I wanted to find the cost of different electrical devices in a normal household. I wanted to find out who in my fa…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine what the optimal angle of metal is for tank armor. Out of five selected angles ranging from ninety degrees vertically to thirty degrees. I beli…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine, of copper, aluminum, brass, and molybdenum sheet, which material would allow the best conductivity and lowest level of degra…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research project was to investigate whether the Leidenfrost effect can be used to reduce the drag on a metal object traveling through a liquid. Methods/M…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if increasing the sugar concentration in water would increase the index of refraction. My hypothesis was that as the percent of su…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This controlled study investigated the diamagnetic property of fruits. Diamagnetism is the property of a substance being repelled by both poles of a magnet. This phenomenon…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to design and develop a robot that can teach a child to write basic letters and numbers. The machine can assess the child's writing and give feed…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was conducted to determine what length of fin helps to stabilize a boat the most. My hypothesis is that the longest fin( bilge keel) will steady the boat out the…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals While investigating how a crank flashlight gets energy to power a bulb without batteries, I learned about electromagnetic induction. Based on this idea a simple flashlight c…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals It is common knowledge that an electro-magnet attracts ferromagnetic metals and can attract or repel a permanent magnet. How do you get a magnetic coil to levitate over meta…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment was to measure the effect of the size and the angle placement of a rear spoiler on the amount of drag and lift/downforce on a SUV-type automobile. It was hypo…