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 · 2016
Third Award
Measurement of refractive error of the eye requires expensive equipment which are generally not portable. My goal is to greatly simplify the process, reduce its cost and use no external hard…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Allicin is a component in garlic that forms when garlic is chopped. Research has shown that allicin is capable of killing several types of cancer cells, but the mechanism remains unclear. To…
ISEF · 2016
Removal of heavy metal ions and dissolved organic compounds present in wastewater is a challenge for many countries owing to high cost of existing technologies and continued increase in wate…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I want to understand how changing the distance at which an object spins around a center point affects the centrifugal force experienced. Methods/Materials I used a box fan m…
ISEF · 2016
Water-gas shift (WGS) reaction produces hydrogen from carbon monoxide in the petrochemical process. While WGS reaction has an advantage that it could produce additional hydrogen from wasted…
ISEF · 2016
Research was conducted testing the growth rate of algae supplied with supplemental carbon dioxide. The idea of this project was to calculate the growth of algae colony numbers within 200 ml…
ISEF · 2016
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) is a commensal, gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the human nasopharynx. Additionally, NTHI has the capacity to become pathogenic and is a know…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to find the variables that cause arthropod biodiversity in a sample field to change. Methods/Materials 4 flags 1 barrel hoop (20 inch diamete…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine if the rotation of a mass can change the angular momentum of a car in mid-air, causing it to land on four wheels. This involved mult…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My project tested for three properties--diffusion, structural integrity, and coefficient of friction--in graphene to determine whether it is a viable material for biomedical…
ISEF · 2016
In this project, our aim is to produce the blue light-emitting diodes using organic polymers and to investigate the electrical and optical properties of OLEDs by using measurement of charact…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are considered a promising cell source for regenerative medicine because of their ability to differentiate into many cell types and because of their unlimited pro…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering
This study examined where Notch and Wnt signaling are found in the thymus of two reporter mouse strains, CBF:H2B-Venus and TCF/Lef:H2B-GFP. Mouse thymi at ages five weeks and two days postna…
ISEF · 2016
Amyloids are misfolded proteins that have been correlated with numerous human neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's (AD), but the nature of the misfolded structure that leads to d…
ISEF · 2016
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized pathologically by amyloid-beta plaques. Variants in the Trem2 gene confer increased risk for developing AD. Myeloid cel…
ISEF · 2016
Around the world, approximately 15% of couples suffer from infertility, of which male factors are responsible for half of these cases. Male factor infertility can be attributed to genetic de…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Platydemus manokwari is a flatworm native to Papua New Guinea that preys on terrestrial gastropods. Previous research suggests that Platydemus may use chemical cues to track and find prey. P…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Cost-effective and easy-to-use biosensor was developed for the rapid quantification and monitoring of Escherichia (E.) Coli O157:H7 in a sample using E. Coli O157:H7 aptamer, graphene oxide…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My aim is to demonstrate the feasibility of supplying power and water to small, isolated communities by the use of simple mechanical playground devices powered by children a…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Antibiotic resistance and pharmaceutical contamination are an emerging threat to drinking water sources, particularly those that stem from an aquifer. These items are difficult to neutralize…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to find out which skin moisturizer prevented the greatest amount of moisture evaporation. Methods/Materials Petri Dishes, Gelatin, Skin Mo…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to confirm whether triple star system G41-14ABC is indeed a triple star system using trigonometric parallax and mathematical models. My hypothesis was that if…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Gliomas are one of the most complex, deadly types of brain cancers that affect millions of people globally. Pathologists diagnose different types of glioma by analyzing the visual features o…
ISEF · 2016
This study identified the species of the El Golfo equid specimens and investigated the correlation between body size and climate by comparing El Golfo and Rancho La Brea horse second phalang…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
97.4 % of the water on Earth is salty, making fresh water resource management the ultimate challenge for humanity. As such, the impact of a low-cost desalination technology would dwarf that…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This project could help make drinking water cleaner all around the world. Rapid sand filters are used to purify water and work very well when removing turbidity and bacteria…
ISEF · 2016
The microbiological and physical analysis of water quality in the coastal zones of Puerto Rico will show a greater amount of pathogenic microorganisms during rainy weather. Fourteen coastal…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals "Going green" is trendy, but is it actually worth it? The purpose of this project was to decide which wipe, Clorox or Clorox Green Works, kills the most bacteria. Methods/Ma…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals As the United States is falling behind in STEM education and struggling with the achievement gap, there have been many practical obstacles concerning teachers and existing m…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As the U.S. is falling behind in STEM education and struggling with the achievement gap, there have been many practical obstacles concerning teachers and existing multimedia tools in impleme…