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 · 2019
Systems Software
In 2018, the total cost of cyber attacks globally has summed to over $1T and the annual cost of global cybercrime is projected to reach $6T by 2021. In the US, 4,000 cyber attacks occur each…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Continuously occupying Europe and western Asia for 300 millennia, Neanderthals survived three major glacial periods there and invented more efficient methods to flake Middle Paleolithic (MP)…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Protein Purification has traditionally been carried out by a method of column chromatography. This method requires expensive equipment and takes longer to get a pure protein. However, this m…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives I used a smartphone to build a low cost, but highly accurate instrument to measure contact angle of soapy water with a surface. Methods A compact, low cost optical tensiometer was…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Iron deficiency, a leading cause of anemia, is one of the globe’s top nutritional disorders according to the World Health Organization. Hemochromatosis, on the other hand, is a genetic disor…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Honey bees are responsible for 30% of the world’s crop production and billions of dollars of the United States’ agricultural income. Without the managed bee population, the global economy wo…
CSEF · 2019
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives Both of our grandparents suffer from dementia. Dementia is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long-term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remembe…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Bicycle helmets are designed to balance both safety and comfort. To understand the design trade-offs, testing methodologies need adequate fidelity to measure the relevant variables. Because…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives Since bicycle helmets are designed to balance both safety and comfort, testing methodologies should have adequate fidelity to measure the relevant variables. Because the brain is…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effectiveness of iron oxide nanoparticles as an anti-microbial agent against Escherishia coli, Bacillus cereus, and Pseudomonas fragi.…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Light pollution effects organisms throughout the entire ecosystem via disruption and interference of reproductive fitness. Drosophila melanogaster were chosen for this study because of the i…
CSEF · 2019
Zoology Fourth Award
Objectives Light pollution effects organisms within the ecosystem through the disruption of the circadian rhythm: the mental and physical biological responses that occur over the course of a…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Corrosion inhibitors are substances that slow down the process of corrosion in metals. In this study, an innovative natural corrosion inhibitor was synthesized using avocado oil and garlic e…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of fruit peels as a novel & natural bio-adsorbent to remove nitrates from water. Methods The experiment(s) involved using fruit p…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
216,262,500. That’s the number of steps an average human takes over their lifetime, yet the shoes that humans use to take those steps have not evolved over time and are found to have major f…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Asteroids are remnants of first planets – planetesimals. When two asteroids collide, an asteroid family is formed. I studied the mechanics of asteroid families and I applied newest methods f…
AJAS · 2019
This presentation will describe a multi-discipline approach to creating a physical either remote or automated chess player. The goal was to provide a physical "user interface" that was indis…
CSEF · 2019
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives This project surveys individuals, testing for synesthesia and its potential correlations to creativity. The hypothesis was that there is a correlation between those with synesthes…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective was to test if office and home printers released particulate matter during printing and assess if the level of particulates was unhealthy. Methods Identified the pri…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The speech-to-song illusion is the blurring of music and speech perception in which spoken phrases are heard as music after repetition. The illusion effects might be different for musicians…
AJAS · 2019
Water is an essential part of our lives. It is something we all need to survive. But sometimes, people are left struggling for this basic need. There are thousands of people without access t…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
In this study, we explored the optimal conditions for maximizing anti-freeze protein( Hereinafter AFP) activities and applied them to bio structures of living things and foods in order to so…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
This study proposes a new method to remove fine dust, which is increasing rapidly these days, without filtering. Currently, much-used filters can be torn, and they have to be replaced period…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
Located in Olympic National Park, Lake Crescent is a glacially carved lake isolated ˜7,000 years ago by a massive landslide. It is home to two endemic salmonids; the Beardslee trout (Oncorhy…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine whether lichens could serve as viable bioindicators of the presence of metal pollutants. Lichens are known sulfur dioxide air quality indicators.…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The purpose of my research is to examine methods to economically and safely reduce the density of cyanobacteria within mimicked oceanic Harmful Algal Blooms. Once the cyanobacteri…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The global plastic production increases every year. In 2015, the worldwide plastic production was 322 million metric tons, an amount that will eventually be converted to waste. Due to lack o…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives The objective of this project is to design an auto search and target acquisition system for landing auto-pilot aircrafts and drones in constrained spaces in search and rescue miss…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Surface wetting is one of the most significant natural processes on Earth, for the support of terrestrial life. It is also a highly influential material characteristic of many modern enginee…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Despite sex discrimination laws, this serious problem persists. Last year, I created a new construct called Sex Perspective (SP) Taking. This is the ability to see oneself as being the oppos…