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 · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To construct an efficient mobile application that can send panic messages with the user's location in the case of an emergency. It should implement the following four featur…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine whether reusing greyewater can reduce usage of the Carmel River. Methods/Materials For testing, I collected dishwasher and used…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine the effect of amylose and amylopectin in different types of rice grain/starch in the formation and tensile strength of a ri…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Circular RNAs (circRNAs) constitute a class of relatively unstudied RNAs whose function is unknown. Recently, studies have shown that circRNAs are more abundant than previou…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals To study the effect of 3% saline on gram negative bacterial solutions in vitro and to see whether this effect is additive/synergistic with the antibiotic Meropenem. Methods/…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals This project is a continuation of a three-year effort to generate hydrogen in real time to power automobiles. To do this effectively, a large design trade space needed to be…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals Multicopters have a wide range of applications from surveillance to package delivery and medical support. Although growing in popularity, they are not used yet on an industr…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to invent SafetyStep, which is to be a novel invention to provide safer, more independent, more mobile, and more accurate self navigation fo…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to learn if the concentration of NaCl in the water used to grow Jade Plants hydroponically would affect their growth. I believe the concentration of NaCl will affec…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Traumatic brain injury (TBI) damages cerebral cells leading to debilitating neurological symptoms. A concussion is mild TBI affecting over 2.5 million people/year. The annua…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My project aims to use household items to build a device that effectively measures the salt content and buoyant force in a body of water. Using this device, I want to prove…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This experiment attempts to determine if plants can thrive when supplied with water of higher salinity than fresh water. Methods/Materials Planted three sets of seeds of fiv…
CSEF · 2017
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to test if the best irrigation water temperature for cress was related to the ambient temperature. Methods/Materials To conduct this exper…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My project focuses on increasing population of zooplankton(copepods) in the San Francisco Delta to sustain native fish species in these marshes. The delta has been facing is…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals These days, people are using methods that clean oil out of the ocean fast but cause more harm than good to the environment. Today, there is a huge problem with the ocean's a…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Near-Earth Asteroids are of great interest to the astronomical community due to their large sizes and proximity, as well as giving great insight of how the solar system was…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals If compared against the 3 other most commonly used shuffling methods, the Block shuffle will produce the most random arrangement of cards. Methods/Materials Materials used i…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Almost all stars form within clusters. Open clusters contain stars that formed at the same time from the same materials, so they are invaluable laboratories for controlled s…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Sitting too long everyday increases the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease. I developed a sensor that monitors how long someone is sitting. The user can set a time…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find why dyes being tested (Orange G, Xylene Cyanol, Malachite Green, Crystal Violet) would go the fastest and furthest. I also wanted to learn how to create and…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether or not ocean acidification is really the cause of decreasing shell mass in the ocean. Methods/Materials Variety of scallo…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find formulas for norms of orthogonal basis vectors in the multiplicity space of copies of an irreducible representation of S_{n-k} in the restriction of an i…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to construct and calibrate an electronic circuit that effectively simulates the functionality of an actual artificial pancreas Methods/Materi…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to create a simple computational neuron model that simulated the hippocampus's theta wave output in response to changes seen in the progressi…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This project aims to provide 3D spatial orientation in an unknown space through the establishment of thermal patterns (beacons) on objects within the environment. Utilizing…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to characterize the correlation, if any, between GDP rate and Average Yearly Music Tempo. Methods/Materials Laptop computer with Microsoft Ex…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals Despite nationwide attempts to solve homelessness, the main problem lies in the the lack of coordinated outreach programs and CoC provider data between shelters. According t…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to test the bacteria eliminating ability of a novel smartphone based ultraviolet (UV) sterilizer. Ultraviolet radiation is known to inhibit cell…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals Within the United States alone, 326,000 people die each year due to cardiac arrest caused by underlying cardiac arrhythmias. Most or all these deaths would have been prevent…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The object of this study is to determine the effects of variations of light intensity and temperature on solar cell power production. Methods/Materials Tested 330 lumen, 160…