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 · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Two magnets can attract or repel depending on orientation of their poles. I wanted to measure the repulsion forces of two magnets and find how it depends on the separation b…
ISEF · 2016
Most enzymes in metabolic pathways were thought to be highly specific for a given substrate. However, it is now apparent that many metabolic enzymes are not as specific as previously thought…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if bad air quality, bad water quality, and toxic mold could increase the risk factor of a person getting a brain tumor. Methods/Materials Comp…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment aims to discover the differences in the way boys and girls (ages 6-13) and senior citizens (persons 65+) express emotions, including physiological, verbal an…
ISEF · 2016
Web scraping has become increasingly important in recent years. It is part of the branch of data analysis, search engines and data collection programs. The need for web scraping programs is…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals In our project, we wanted to address the worldwide crisis of pollution, so we investigated the effect of pH levels on underwater plants. By doing this, we would be able to a…
ISEF · 2016
How does coating aircraft grade aluminum with a polyurethane top coat reduce the effect of corrosion? If aircraft grade aluminum is properly coated with chromate primer and a polyurethane to…
ISEF · 2016
This research is very important because it focuses on the fact, to establish routes for technology transfer, through sustainable actions to the design and manufacture of a prototype electroc…
ISEF · 2016
For people with limited muscular control, limb loss or upper body paralysis, human computer interfaces (HCI) have been developed to provide access to computer technology. Conventional human…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) or illnesses like ALS or MS cause disabilities that make people dependent on a wheelchair and in their etiopathology are robbed of any movement at all. Our project…
ISEF · 2016
Traditionally, emphasis has been placed on durable, long-lasting electronics. However, electronics that are meant to intentionally degrade over time can actually have significant practical a…
ISEF · 2016
The microrobot system has emerged as a powerful drug delivery system in the medical field. If microrobots can move automatically to affected area, we can load drugs on the microrobots and ex…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The emotionally disturbed programs in the Conejo Valley Unified School District have more than doubled in the past four years, so finding the best method in helping students…
ISEF · 2016
In this study, 12 different groups of farm eggs were collected and cultured for bacteria in four different methods. Four eggs were collected from each farm as well as three different types o…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to measure the effect of amylase on the decomposition of a biodegradable plastic spoon by varying the amount of added amylase. Methods/Mate…
ISEF · 2016
From the world wide web to social networks, big data often take the form of graphs. It is important to be able to generate realistic random graphs in order to analyze the properties of real…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
It is essential for beef cattle ranchers to identify and utilize only the most effective medications. Trichostrongyle organisms threaten the nutritional efficiency of cattle, and thus are ta…
ISEF · 2016
This research aims to analyze the relationship between the addition of natural fibers to FIBALTO fiber cement flat sheets and the final properties of density, moisture absorption and the fle…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
A robot control system was developed that could be taught tasks through reinforcement learning. The system, nicknamed “Fido”, was designed to be universal regardless of inputs and outputs, r…
ISEF · 2016
Nearly 1,620 Americans die from cancer each day and it is important that new drugs are discovered to treat this serious disease. Eastern medicine has used herbs and spices to treat diseases…
CSEF · 2016
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to test the impact of fertilizer on soil and fresh water in terms of water retention, run off, and acidification. Methods/Materials Three type…
ISEF · 2016
Polymer films are crucial for a variety of industrial branches such as electronics, optics, biotechnology or medicine. Hyaluronan (HA) is a polysaccharide produced in the human body, making…
ISEF · 2016
Escherichia coli (E. coli) is one of the main contaminants in water, resulting in deaths all around the world. Easily made water filters made from common materials are needed to filter out E…
ISEF · 2016
Fractals are a group of figures that cannot be described by the Euclidian geometry but by their own methods because of the rare geometry of their never ending pattern. Fractals can be found…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to find what affordable material would be best to build a simple quadcopter frame. Methods/Materials In my project I tested the strength of materi…
ISEF · 2016
Marine biologists studying the endangered Eubalaena glacialis experience difficulty in recording the condition of the remaining right whales due to inadequate tracking and differentiation me…
ISEF · 2016
The Firefighter UAV (FF UAV) applications range from aerial imagery to firefighting support for minor fires in remote areas. It aims to make unmanned flights a regular part of the firefighti…
ISEF · 2016
Fish bones is one of the waste materials that can be easily obtained in most of the fish crackers’ factories across the world. Factories tend to throw away the fish bones after getting the f…
CSEF · 2016
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out why boiling water freezes faster than room temperature water. Methods/Materials Materials Two identical cups (that can at least hold a cup and a…
ISEF · 2016
Flexible sensors based on a network of ligand-capped Gold Nanoparticles (GNPs) have been attracting significant interest, due to their ability to detect and measure multiple parameters such…