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
Mammalian Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Roughly 20 percent of the autism spectrum disorder population suffers from co-morbid diseases (co-occurring conditions that affect the individual in addition to ASD). While…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Second Award
The three passive circuit elements used in electrical engineering are the resistor, capacitor, and inductor. My research addresses the fourth fundamental element called the memristor. Memris…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have the ability to circumvent the issues associated with obtaining specialized cells for in vitro models, and provide a new frontier in the field of i…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals If TMSCF3 transfers the trifluoromethyl anion to carbonyls in presence of trimethyl-N-oxide, which was proposed to proceed though a pentavalent silicon intermediate, then it…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Periodontal Disease and Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease are the two most prevalent diseases both affecting nearly 200 million people globally. This research study helps us to understand the…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a genetic difference in the two populations of Capelin (Mallotus villosus). The null hypothesis was that the two populations are not ge…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
Found on all continents, nutsedge is a prolific weed burdening the lives of people around the world. The rapid growth and extreme difficulty of eradicating nutsedge is a result of its underg…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals 2/3 of the 5 million Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases over age 65 in the U.S. are women. Using linear mixed effects regression (LMER), this project investigated the role of ge…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Criminal investigators and forensic scientists utilize insects in many parts of their research and studies. Insects can be vital tools in learning about a corpse by examining the genetics of…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Third Award
When predicting a hurricane’s landfall location, small improvements in accuracy result in large savings of lives, property, and money. The project’s purpose was to apply a breakthrough metho…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Tetraplegia is a state of paralysis involving the loss of muscle functions of all four limbs in the human body. There is currently no cure for such severe forms of paralysis, though neural p…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals People seem to like big trees. On public lands people like to see big trees in the forest; while on private lands, the owners want to see their trees get bigger faster so th…
CSEF · 2014
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to find out if adding vegetable oil to soil will preserve moisture and thereby allow the plant to grow better. It was expected that a layer of vege…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
I was awarded an internship at a University Lab through a Youth Institute this summer. I joined a graduate student in evaluating the nutrition content of a perennial wheatgrass, and became i…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals My goal is to produce glow-in-the-dark silk by manipulating the diet of Bombyx mori. Methods/Materials Four separate batches or eggs were ordered. The first two never hatche…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The protein chemokine ligand-5 (CCL5) is naturally produced in the human body and plays a major role in induced chemotaxis (movement of responsive cells to certain environments) of white blo…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals We wanted to test the claims that major name-brand detergent companies put on their bottles. We wanted to see if the "greener" washing detergents actually yield a a less har…
CSEF · 2014
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Nitrite contamination, which can cause birth defects, is a growing dilemma facing the global population today, especially in agricultural communities due to the increased us…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Enantioselective drug synthesis is a critical research problem as evidenced by the billions of funding the field gets. In this research, a novel method of enantioselectively synthesizing dru…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
Gold nanoparticles have recently come to prominence due to increased demand for nanoscale technologies. Nanoparticles of different shapes have unique capabilities. Current methods for synthe…
CSEF · 2014
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if a semi-symmetrical airfoil has more lift than a flat-bottom airfoil. Methods/Materials Two airfoils were separately tested…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine whether or not the amplitude of a sound changed over distance and between different media. The hypotheses stated that the amplit…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
As the world is facing energy crisis and degradation of environmental quality, the authors proposed to make Sengon wood as a research object for wind turbine blades material, which converts…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal for this project is to discover which browsing plant goats like the best and their least favorite plants. The hypothesis for this project is if two goats are offere…
CSEF · 2014
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether an instant cold pack can be made using household chemicals, that is as effective as commercially available instant cold packs. Methods/…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this experiment was to examine the potential of continuous flow microbial fuel cells (CFMFCs) with the aim of determining the relationship between electricity generation and f…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science Second Award
Throughout our research project, we will be analyzing the properties of a relatively new yet potentially pivotal scientific breakthrough, which is Hydrophobic Sand, occasionally recognized a…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences Third Award
This experiment tested the effect of graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) on polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell power efficiency when the two substances were coated…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to see if people prefer grass fed beef over grain fed beef. I live on a ranch and we raise and show both types of beef. Grain fed beef tends to…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of my project is to compare the ethanol yield and feed value of distiller grains of switchgrass and prairie cordgrass pretreated with calcium hydroxide, compared to nontreated. I…