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
As antibiotic resistance becomes an ever-greater issue, understanding of bacterial evolution is crucial. Growth advantage in stationary phase (GASP) enables rapid evolution in stress conditi…
ISEF · 2016
It’s very important to control and monitor gases that are produced by industrial applications since they can cause environmental pollution and health problems. Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) i…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The object of my experiment is to see if the kinetic energy of the projectile that is being shot by the gauss gun will increase linearly as the magnetic stages increase. Met…
ISEF · 2016
Every year over 3000 automobile accidents occur due to the sun impairing a driver’s vision for an extended period of time. While there have been attempts to solve this serious problem, such…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The military is in need of more women recruits; however, they are not projecting enough female interest. As the movement for women in STEM fields grow, so does the need for…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine some of the variables that make up gender stereotypes and whether people's choices can be affected by them. Methods/Materials 10…
ISEF · 2016
By this project, it is easy to produce a good quantity of green energy from the sun directly . It is possible to convert the water from liquid at 20C, to vapor at 150C by simple and direct p…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
This study presents a method to regenerate the beat sound of King Seong-deok Divine Bell with a bicycle rim. The bell is a representative Korean bell of which weight is 18.9 Ton, mouth diame…
ISEF · 2016
The proposed prototype uses as a system of electric energy generation the Seebeck thermoelectric effect using Peltier cells, this effect was discovered in 1821 by the research physicist Thom…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Fluorescent calcium indicators have given scientists much insight into roles of calcium in the body. However, fluorescent indicators must be externally excited, which causes…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the reliability of conclusions about human traits based off of a genomic personal consumer test. Methods/Materials I collected saliva from five…
ISEF · 2016
Personalized cancer treatments promise drastic improvements in clinical benefit over traditional therapies. To develop individualized treatments, accurate models to predict drug response fro…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals Music has always fascinated me - especially genres. What classifies a particular song into a certain genre or subgenre? Do these subgenres actually differ? I decided to try…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
New prehistoric species, ancient hominid bones, potential martian astro-microbiology, and a wealth of soft tissues representing important evolutionary information are among significant speci…
ISEF · 2016
The objective of this investigation was to to design and test an economical, audio-based gunshot detection method which can be used in two different use cases to increase situational awarene…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My goal in this science fair project was to see the practicality of a new kind of cement called geopolymer, and to see if it could be applied to construction in the real wor…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
A better understanding of cetacean populations in the Long Island coastal waters is greatly needed as environmental management issues emerge for licensing of offshore wind turbines. Data wer…
ISEF · 2016
Satellites have many uses, such as communications, monitoring, and navigation. Satellites orbit the earth according to Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation. According to this law, the perio…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test the Gauss Gun to find out which combination of magnetic stations and the distance between those stations, will shoot the ball bea…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Increasing atmospheric CO2 levels and depleting fertility in agricultural soils is a world-wide dilemma. A variety of processes and interactions occur between plants and soil microbial commu…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
To solve the problem statement - of the 6.1 million mobility device users in the United States, those who push or pull on the walker when sitting or standing cause it to become unstable - th…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to find an alternative material for crab fishermen to use as the automated release system on crab pots. Methods/Materials PVC piping, rubber…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Several drugs, including aminoglycosides and platinum-based chemotherapy agents, are well known for their ototoxic properties. However, the ototoxic potential of most therapeutic compounds i…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this project was to construct a robotic prosthetic hand that functions as good or better than robotic prosthetic hands presently being developed or currently on the market. Us…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Besides anthropogenic influences, the effects of temperature and El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Cycles on Chelonoidea are a secondary effect towards the decline of the population of the…
ISEF · 2016
Hospital acquired infections are infections that patients catch from the hospital environment or staff. According to the Centers for Disease Control, hospital acquired infections infect 1.7…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of this experimentation is to determine whether photo luminescent concrete coatings (containing strontium aluminate) will be effective as a building material by testing the resis…
CSEF · 2016
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if narrower bands of the light spectrum excite a luminescent plastic star to different degrees, thus causing the star to glo…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Humans are able to quickly and accurately determine intent from early motions of other agents in the social environment. Through real-time analysis of biomechanical patterns, the mind uses p…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of the current study was to determine whether scaling typography to the Golden Ratio improves cognitive fluency, and therefore reading comprehension abilities, in nystagmus patie…