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 · 2018
Embedded Systems
The purpose of this research is to design, implement and apply biofeedback techniques in order to reduce anxiety and stress states, through automatic detection procedures using different tec…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals To enhance the formation and tensile strength of rice bioplastic using lignocellulosic fibers from garbage/recycled materials in bio.fiber.plastic. Methods/Materials Rice bi…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Agricultural soils in the state of Chihuahua, Northwest Mexico are desert and low in organic material. Also, usually the conventional production of crops is associated with the green revolut…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals To determine the highest amount of biogas generated from three waste food sources (mashed banana, chicken skin, potato peels) upon decomposition. Methods/Materials Fresh cow…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The medicinal plant Stryphnodendron adstringens is a native species of the Brazil. The objective of this research was to investigate the biological activities of the hydroalcoholic extract o…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
This research arises from the discussions generated in the biology classes, the need to investigate technologies that minimize the negative effects in social and environmental contexts was r…
CSEF · 2018
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals My problem statement is "Does temperature affect the production of biogas when starting with the same quantity of biofuel?" I hypothesize the floating drum exposed to the mo…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The human knees are the largest and the most complex joints in the human body. However due to its actives and the way it is formed, it is also the most injured joint with over 6 million pati…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to implement the systems that Cathedral Termites have created to keep their mounds at a consistent temperature into sustainable housing. Metho…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Nowadays, the physical and chemical methods to obtain nanoparticles are expensive, the chemicals used are toxic and carcinogenic. High temperatures and pressure are used, having a great cost…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Second Award
The increasing global threat of antibiotic resistance and the exhaustion of terrestrial sources of microorganisms with antimicrobial properties, necessitates efforts to augment the current a…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Diabetes is one of the main public health problems due to the high number of incidents and mortality in all the world. According to the International Diabetes Federation in 2017 there were 4…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The area around Ajuy river in Iloilo, Philippines is currently being mined for manganese ore, and river water samples exceed the maximum manganese contaminant level set by US-EPA. At the sam…
ISEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
The Brazilian textile industry has been a highlight of the global economy. However, this industry generates great quantities of effluents that present high concentrations of dyes and chemica…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Every year, many birds across the world undergo incredible migrations, by means that scientists still do not completely understand. A better understanding of how birds migrate would lead to…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Does adding winglets to the ends of wind turbine blades affect the wind turbine's performance compared to a wind turbine with blades that have no winglets? Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2018
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My research and experiment was based on creating an affordable way to mitigate the carriers of many waterborne diseases - mosquitoes. I used materials available to the impov…
ISEF · 2018
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Through our volunteer work in the blind school in our region, we have experienced the suffering and the intensity of their need for help by a device that facilitates their lives and integrat…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chemotherapy, a major cancer treatment approach, suffers seriously from multidrug resistance (MDR), generally caused by innate DNA repair proteins or transmembrane efflux proteins that remov…
CSEF · 2018
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine which metal blocks RFID reader from reading RFID tag the best. Methods/Materials I first downloaded Serial Terminal Emulator so…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
Electric motors convert electrical energy into mechanical energy. The main problem with these motors is that they draw a significant amount of power with no output; all the electrical energy…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
Developing the habit of reading at a young age is very important. The app developed for this project aims to keep students interested in reading during their transition from picture to chapt…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
With the ever-increasing popularity of renewable energy, many are beginning to explore the possibility of using solar arrays in domestic and/or compact, urban environments. For the average p…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Mastitis (inflammation of the mammary gland) is an economically important health issue in dairy herds. Previous studies found correlations between high somatic cell count (indication of infl…
ISEF · 2018
Chemistry
Food and beverages stored in polycarbonate plastic containers can be unsafe for human consumption because industrial chemicals used in their production can leach into them. Bisphenol A (BPA)…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective for my project was to find out the the path of least time between two points which are on a diagonal plain with the presence of gravity. Methods/Materials My m…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics Second Award
The mathematical field of algebraic topology studies the association of algebraic data to topological spaces, which are generalizations of geometric shapes. Since its creation in the early 2…
CSEF · 2018
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals This experimental study examines whether branding (in this case, Google) influences people's consumer choices and satisfaction with products (in this case, styli). I used a…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Our research problem is creating a fully automated hand. This research applies to surgical robotics and the advancement of surgical techniques, but it also has applications in industrial pro…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Contaminated toothbrushes have been shown to grow microorganisms. The scientist conducted a study to see the effectiveness of different methods of toothbrush cleaning on too…