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
In today’s increasingly interconnected world, robust networks are crucial for military or civilian activities. The ability to test a network’s resiliency is important, whether it is a commun…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how varied times of boiled broccoli affect the Vitamin C content. Methods/Materials I made a control Vitamin C by crushing a 500 mg tablet of V…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project is to determine the most effective way to whiten teeth using natural remedies vs over the counter teeth whitening products. Teeth are stained by the food and dr…
ISEF · 2016
More than 6,500 Americans each year have died waiting for an organ transplant, and of those who receive a transplant only one out of four are biologically correct, however bioengineering org…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Parasitic weed Striga accounts for estimated yearly crop losses over $20 billion in the United States alone. Seeds of parasitic weeds germinate in response to signaling molecules called stri…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Since Jupiter was a catalyst for the development of the Solar System, calculating the frequency of Jupiter like planets, known as Jupiter analogs, is a precursor to determining the occurrenc…
ISEF · 2016
Millions of sharks are killed and traded annually to supply the market for shark fin soup, a luxury dish in Asia. In order to address the damage being done to shark populations by the intern…
ISEF · 2016
At the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, there exists a supermassive black hole. What is the exact location of this black hole and can its position be discovered based on the locations of the…
ISEF · 2016
Global energy demand is rapidly growing, primarily from developing countries, and conventional fuels continue to dominate our energy infrastructure. Global warming and pollutant emissions ar…
ISEF · 2016
We hypothesized that the Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagrams for various star clusters would be different and that we could use them to determine properties of star clusters such as age, comp…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Fusion inhibitor proteins prevent the HIV-1 gp41 glycoprotein from binding with the receptors on the host cell. However, scientific understanding of inhibitory potencies amo…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Fusion inhibitors prevent the HIV-1 protein gp41 from binding with the receptors on the host cell. However, scientific understanding of inhibitory potencies among different inhibitors is yet…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) often enroll their children in intervention programs and support groups to help treat their symptoms. Very few support groups, howev…
ISEF · 2016
SODIS, the process of solar water disinfection using PET plastic bottles to reduce transmission of waterborne pathogens in areas lacking access to clean drinking water, is a popular water di…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The object of this study is to develop a low cost, noninvasive prenatal diagnosis using bench-top semiconductor sequencing platform (SSP). SSP can thus replace current expen…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to see if a simplified model of an artificial pancreas is able to detect high simulated blood glucose levels and add insulin to the simu…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to use advanced MoS2 2D material to chemically bind onto a silicon wafer in order to attempt to fabricate a biosensor that has the sensitivity…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experiment was to train a system to predict the presence of cardiovascular disease within a patient using a feed forward neural network that utilized back propagation and…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Extreme heat in artificial turf has been well documented. The purpose of this project is to cool the surface of the turf while generating electrical energy. An artificial tu…
ISEF · 2016
Game Theory is a branch of mathematics that models situations that involve conflict of interest. It provides realistic simulations of the decisions made by humans in economics. Competing com…
ISEF · 2016
A major issue facing people in developing countries is a lack of resources to pay for trauma care. One of the most expensive components of trauma care lies in prosthetics. In fact, a single…
ISEF · 2016
Developing an iOS App to Enable an Arduino-Controlled 3D Printed Hand Abstract Statement of the Problem: Existing technologies for creating customized computer-assisted prosthetic hands are…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
The growth of online commerce has increased freight truck density on city streets, consequently worsening congestion and carbon emissions while limiting logistical efficiency. This investiga…
ISEF · 2016
Polymer-based membranes in gas separation processes have become a prevailing technology in the field of material science, especially in industrial capacities. These membranes can remove wate…
ISEF · 2016
Previous research showed that wings of dragonflies, damselflies, and cicadas possessed nanopillars with antibacterial properties. The purpose of this research was to investigate the relation…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The purpose of my research is to develop a numerical box model that can be used to calculate the concentration of algae (as chlorophyll) in a well-mixed, closed water body system. This metho…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
This science fair project worked to develop a solution to the problem of inaccurate testing devices that are not well suited to the marine environment inhibit effective pH monitoring of the…
CSEF · 2016
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project investigated a renewable source of energy that could be used on a roof to make homes more energy efficient and sustainable. The goal for the piezoelectric model…
ISEF · 2016
Cancer is responsible for half a million deaths annually in the US. Tumor growth in breast and prostate cancers can be caused by unregulated CARM1 protein. Chemical inhibition of the CARM1 p…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Less than 0.01% of all of earth’s water is in rivers and lakes, and it is in jeopardy. Excessive concentrations of phosphorous can trigger Harmful Algal Blooms which self-perpetuate and dest…