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 · 2015
Third Award
In epidemiology, Contact Tracing, the process of identifying and isolating contacts of infected individuals through manual interviewing, is the primary technique used to control the spread o…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this work was to develop an efficient receptor-ligand docking method integrated into a binding pocket analysis tool (POVME) that can potentially be used to…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Learning is crucial to the adaptability of a species and is a behavior influenced by both innate and experiential factors. The learning of key behaviors like language is marked by critical p…
ISEF · 2015
TaqMan® assays are highly sensitive and specific in the detection of infectious agents. In this research TaqMan® probes and primers were developed for the detection of several new genetic va…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals To develop primers for Red Blotch Associated Virus, and to run extractions under the same conditions and same methods Methods/Materials i.Designing and ordering the primers…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Phycoerythrin is a light harvesting phycobilin protein extracted from the red seaweed species Chondrus crispus. Phycoerythrin has the potential to be used as the sensitizer in dye sensitized…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Energy, transportation, and chemical sectors are major contributors to the increase in the greenhouse gas CO2 concentration in our atmosphere. Increasing greenhouse gases causes global warmi…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to devise a method of solving the Rubiks Cube that is not only simple to learn, but also solves the Rubiks Cube fairly quickly. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to investigate how the flexibility of a robotic hand affects its performance in terms of dexterity. The experiment compares a conventional cla…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Currently heart disease is the number one cause of death in patients with type two diabetes. Studies show that individuals with diabetes are 2 to 4 times more likely to suffer and die from h…
ISEF · 2015
Over the past years with a growing world population we have had an exponential demand in crop production and so to solve this problem the use of copious amounts of fertilizer has become a no…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Canary Seed (Phalaris canariensis) is commonly consumed in Hispanic cultures as a homeopathic remedy for diabetes. Previously, a single study showed that oral consumption of a canary seed ex…
ISEF · 2015
This project was conducted to develop a computer program that could model a situation involving decision making and control over several variables. In this case, the scientist developed a pr…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science First Award
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a significant global health problem that affects over 31 million Americans. Kidney transplantation is an effective treatment for CKD, but is limited by donor…
ISEF · 2015
The aim of the research is to define new mathematical structure based on distinctive axioms group. While choosing main concepts and axioms I use generalization methodology; I choose objects…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Angiogenesis, the development of new vasculature, is a critical process in the growth of new tumors. Driven by a goal to understand this aspect of cancer proliferation, I developed a discret…
ISEF · 2015
We revisit the previously hypothesized time-evolution of galaxies’ color in the redshift ranges from 0 to 0.3, using the spectroscopic data from Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Our samples…
ISEF · 2015
Packings of Platonic solids, a class of regular polyhedrons consisting of the tetrahedron, the cube, the octahedron, the dodecahedron and the icosahedron, provide a model environment for mor…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment was to determine the effect temperature has on the chemical reaction rate of Alka-Seltzer and water. Methods/Materials Four clear identical c…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To study dissolved oxygen levels in water studying if aquatic plants make more dissolved oxygen than the mechanical stage of a filter, or an aquarium with just water. The di…
ISEF · 2015
This work aims to study the kinematic properties of the Galaxy. To do this, I consider classical Cepheids as test particles in the global velocity field. These high-luminosity stars are puls…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Parasitic nematodes infect over one billion individuals globally and cause over $120 billion of crop damage annually. The first objective in this project is to investigate the diversity of s…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to prototype an automatic dog feeder with several features, such as a dispenser of leftover food that the dog cannot finish, a resettable al…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The U.S. Department of Energy is constantly looking for ways to have power while not polluting the environment. One way to do this is by using fuel cells. Which type of elec…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals This project seeks to elucidate a second possible mechanism of tumor death by treatment with a novel chemotherapy cocktail (3-AP, DI-82, and VE-822). This drug combination i…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals What are the relative conductivity of salts compared to one another? Is there a conductivity trend across the periodic table among the cations of salts? Theoretically, elect…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To discover if 100% Wool Rayon or Polyester shrinks more than 100% Cotton. Methods/Materials Methods: Step 1: Get 100% Wool, Rayon, Polyester, and Cotton. Cut each piece of…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether or not age affects human reaction time. My hypothesis was that the age group 12-15 would have the fastest reaction time.I thought this…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to see how different elevations will affect the distance of a thrown ball. Methods/Materials I went to three different elevations. I set u…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out if probiotic bacteria (lactobacillus acidophilus) grow better in a gluten environment. Methods/Materials Six test tubes of lactose and water, an…