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 · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Type-2 Diabetes is a prevalent issue in today#s society. Recent estimates have placed 25.8 million people -- in the U.S. alone with this condition, and a further 70.9 millio…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
A number of epidemiological studies and animal experiments have shown that individuals with preexisting diseases, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes melli…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Mammograms are the most popular method of early detection for breast cancer, the 3rd leading cause of death among women in the United States. In the United States, about 37 million mammograp…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My research project was aimed at finding the effect of levitating mass and external magnetic field on the levitation height of a diamagnetic sample, and estimating the magni…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Human and computer interactions are becoming increasingly common, and as a student very interested in robotics and technology, I decided to test children ages eleven to thir…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out if the appliances and electronic devices in our home use enough energy when plugged in but turned off to be a concern when trying…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorder characterized by disturbances in nerve-muscle communication caused by auto-immune system complications. Antibodies mist…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals A fundamental problem in zoology is how convergent evolution works at the molecular level. Euprymna scolopes and Uroteuthis edulis are distantly related species of biolumine…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
I developed an approach for analyzing word-use patterns that could be used to create a diagnostic tool for post-stroke aphasia patients with discourse difficulties, who are currently severel…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
A byproduct of many cellular metabolic reactions is reactive oxygen species (ROS). An increase in ROS levels or a decrease in the cellular antioxidant capacity causes oxidative stress and is…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
A network of multiple wireless hubs is needed to provide Wi-Fi access to all buildings on the LSU campus. The primary objectives of this project were to use a Differential Evolution (DE) pro…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals This study was conducted to test the efficiency of human adipose stem cell (hASCs) differentiation into chondrocytes and osteocytes. HASCs were used to differentiate into ch…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was done to determine whether alkaline water, acid water, sugar water, or regular tap water would help plants germinate faster and bigger. My goal is to prove whi…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INVESTIGATE AT WHICH TEMPERATURE AND CONCENTRATION WOULD AMYLASE ENZYME SOLUTION HAVE THE GREATEST DIGESTION RATE ON STARCH SOLUTION. Methods/…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals 1) To determine the pros and cons of using iPads in the classroom 2) To study the effects on students using iPads: considering behavior, retention, and test scores Methods/M…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
The problem of storing large amounts of data is becoming more actual with the development of digital archiving technologies. Existing optical data storages almost reached the limit of the re…
CSEF · 2014
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals To test for Escherichia Coli on quarters from around the United States, and some foreign countries. Methods/Materials Using the 3M petrifilm, pipette (10ml and 1ml), pipette…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
My project was to determine the effects of resistance on the trajectories of marbles and the difference between motions ideally and with resistance. I constructed a ramp that could be adjust…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine the effects of resistance on the trajectories of marbles and the difference between the ideal motion and motion with resistance. Methods/Material…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
There are approximately 10^31 phages in the biosphere, making them the most abundant biological entities known to science. They are genetically diverse and play a primary role in bacterial e…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
This project focuses on identifying and characterizing DNA methylation patterns and motif reoccurrences in the Neuronal PAS Domain Protein 3 gene in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia was in the p…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Oil slicks, resulting from oil spills, are often sprayed with chemical dispersants. Ideally, the sub-millimeter scale dispersant droplets will gently land on the oil slick and gradually mix…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Currently, the use of transportation is blooming in every nation, which leads to the rise of waste lubricant emission. Waste lubricant not only does harm to human’s health but also causes en…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to use the Dispositional Attitude Measure developed by two university professors to determine what percentage of the population has a positive dispositional…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
The idea for this project was thought during an international conference 20-24 May 2013 in Uzbekistan and performed until 2 January 2014 in Turkey and completed on 20 January 2014 in Iraq. A…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Because a previously identified male pheromone failed to attract females in the wild, these experiments were designed to gain understanding of the distribution and movement patterns of the w…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to assemble and submit two professional quality reference DNA Barcode records to BOLD for publication in NCBI/GenBank. As a citizen scientist, I contributed…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
Maintenance of genome stability is important for preventing DNA damage, which leads to cancer when unrepaired. One method of DNA repair is homologous recombination (HR), where the Shu comple…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Downy mildew caused by Peronospora effusa is a serious disease of spinach in coastal California and worldwide. I hypothesized that downy mildew from Epazote (Dysphania ambro…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Fourth Award
Acetylation and methylation are garnering increasing attention for their respective roles in metabolic regulation through altering both gene expression and cytoplasmic enzyme activity. Howev…