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 · 2016
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Build a Smart Flood Sensor device that can be used in a network of flow sensors in a city's drainage system to collect, analyze, and predict rain and storm water flow data.…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals With the water crisis in California and other places in the world, I started this project with a goal to develop a low cost smart irrigation controller able to significantly…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals My project goal is to measure the angle of the user#s feet, to determine if their gait was proper, display the collected data or allow for real time correction of the feet,…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Fresh water is a limited but important source that we depend on to live. However, 50% of outdoor water usage is wasted due to inefficient watering systems. Due to these alar…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This project was created to attempt to qualify and quantify the benefits and drawbacks of two different methods for converting solar power to electricity. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2016
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Converting solar energy into electricity has become very common. Modern buildings have many windows, which receive a lot of sun light. Is it possible to engineer an energy c…
CSEF · 2016
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine whether or not you can increase the power generated by a solar panel by using concentrated lenses and tracking the sun with a helio-tracker (Sun-tra…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if salt water can be turned into fresh water using only the power of the sun and if certain surface materials are more effective than others. M…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine how the color of the bottom of a solar powered desalination device affects its efficiency. Methods/Materials Tested and comp…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Solar stills are systems in which contaminated water is evaporated and condensed to produce clean water. I created four cups of water (one containing regular water and the r…
CSEF · 2016
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine which angle of incidence and which reflective material would generate the highest energy output from the solar panel. The se…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment is to demonstrate that many of the commercially available soft drinks have high sugar content by trying to dissolve an increasing number of s…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals There are over 38 million people who are deaf in the United States alone (Harrington, 2014). Cochlear implants, which are used to treat patients who are deaf or hard of hear…
CSEF · 2016
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to measure the desiples the speaker amplifide with the different materials from inside a box. Methods/Materials Testing the difference between different ma…
CSEF · 2016
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to measure and compare two different sound frequencies once the materials are put in front of it. Methods/Materials Acoustic foam (2¡± x…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find what conditions were necessary for moving objects, known as #spaceships#, to be produced in cellular automata with varying birth rules (how many of an empty…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to analyze two possible blood spatter pattern variables. Specifically, it was to determine if: a) the greater the height from which the blood…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this project is to determine whether there is a clear correlation between the spectral type of a star, and the frequencies of light it emits (color). M…
CSEF · 2016
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to compare the antibacterial effectiveness of different states of oregano (essential oil and liquid herbal decoctions from dry and fresh p…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to test the conductance of sports drinks and juices to see which has the most electrolytes. My hypothesis stated that if I run an electr…
CSEF · 2016
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Hydroelectric power is a clean energy source, but must be made more efficient. With the drought, it is increasingly important to use the limited amount of water available in…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I was a member of a Stanford UAV club project that built an ultra-high-powered quadcopter with a thrust-to-weight ratio of 8:1 (0 to 60 mph in 0.34 seconds). We hoped to bre…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the area in the Temecula Valley whose stellar visibility was most affected by skyglow. Methods/Materials Three (3) locations of…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the study was to compare different cosmic radiation shielding methods and materials to protect spacecraft and crew. Methods/Materials A self constructed cloud…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which of eight 3-D geometric shapes scatters the most light, by using a lux meter to measure reflected light. Methods/Materials B…
CSEF · 2016
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether specialty stiches are necessary for certain fabrics when sewing. Methods/Materials Sewing machine, 50 weight thread, 3 fa…
CSEF · 2016
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to build a working prototype of an energy floor. An energy floor is a type of pressure plate that generates energy when stepped on. Methods…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine what scent insects are most attracted to. Methods/Materials I chose to test five different scents: blood orange, exotic spices, v…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the project is to determine if newer sunscreens protect better than expired older sunscreens with the same Sun Protection Factor (SPF) and brand. The sun emit…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research project was to create interlocking joint designs using a simple, inexpensive 3D printer and materials to demonstrate the possibility of new and…