20,037 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS and the Calgary Youth Science Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2021
Biochemistry Fourth Award
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus behind the Coronavirus pandemic, contributing to over one million deaths and forty million infections. Forms of COVID-19 prevention are of immediate concern. This stu…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal drafting formations for reducing the aerodynamic drag experienced by a group of cross country skiers. Previous studies on cycling and r…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Studying star clusters within the Milky Way is crucial to gaining a deeper understanding of the universe. Star clusters need to constantly be analyzed and cataloged, so changes regarding ste…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Remote sensing of water quality parameters and contaminants is a cheap and efficient alternative to traditional in-situ water sampling methods. Sensors on satellites detect the reflectance o…
ISEF · 2021
Engineering Mechanics
Double Parallelogram Lifting Mechanism (DPLM) is a compact and stable lifting mechanism with a large extension range widely adopted in robot designs. Rubber bands and springs are often insta…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The Red River Valley has seen large quantities of rainfall in recent years, which has caused many farmers to tile their fields. I constructed and tested a simulated tiled environment to see…
ISEF · 2021
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This research studied the gene expression profiles of small nuclear RNA (snRNA) and small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) in Preeclampsia (PE), compared to term and idiopathic (iPTB) patients. The pu…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Indeed, PD cases are rapidly rising, especially in underdeveloped areas that don’t have ready access to therapeutic car…
ISEF · 2021
Translational Medical Science
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common chronic skin disorder most prevalent in children around the world. It causes red and scaly skin with constant itching symptoms. Genetically, the condition…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects one in fifty-four individuals born in the US. ASD hinders one’s ability to recognize emotions, causing difficulti…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering
Textile waste is currently the second-largest global pollution source—as staggering amounts of waste are incinerated and buried in landfills, the process of decomposition leaches toxic chemi…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems
In August of 2019, there were 79,000 wildfires and up to 90% of them resulted from unpredictable human-related activity. Spreading at rates of up to 22 kilometers per hour, early detection o…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This research is about how the Andean Huancavelican popular participation was carried out socially and territorially in the struggle to consolidate the independence of Peru. The analysis of…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Since the development of Nuclear Power Plants in 1951, there have been recent challenges with the efficiency of cooling systems. Today’s sea-level rise and global warming have impacted power…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The conventional use of current therapeutic approaches to treat metastatic cancers is limited. Kinesin Family 19 (KIF19) is a microtubule-associated protein involved in cell motility and has…
ISEF · 2021
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
This study focuses on creating a machine learning model that will predict the spread of any invasive species. This study used hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), an invasive forest pest that poses…
ISEF · 2021
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Purpose Nowadays, people's dependence on plastics has become more serious. Also, during COVID-19, the number of plastic packaging has led to overuse and waste. Its slow decomposition increas…
ISEF · 2021
Chemistry Third Award
The purpose of this research is selective synthesis of indirubins and analysis of their properties. First, the synthesis of indirubins was carried out using potassium indoxyl sulfate which h…
ISEF · 2021
Physics and Astronomy
A new model has been developed to prove that elementary particles are not point-like, but inner-structured. In particle accelerators, it was found that elementary particles like quarks are d…
ISEF · 2021
Embedded Systems
With the advent of driverless cars, distance sensing radars have become prominent. Can the user “feel” the distance and navigate? This project explores advanced technology for the visually i…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering
One in one hundred children born in the United States alone is born with a congenital heart defect (or CHD). A CHD is any defect that is present at birth, which can vary from a hole in the s…
ISEF · 2021
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this project was to understand how empathy as a stable personality trait relates to adherence to Covid-19 safety guidelines. Empathy was measured along the Interpersonal React…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics
I started since I was intrigued by the by the beautiful derivation of "Buffon's needle" by integrating, and thought that it would be possible to calculate the probability of plane figures su…
ISEF · 2021
Materials Science
The bi-product of wheat straw is used in many ways and can also be used effectively for making an organic tile. Wheat is one of the largest cereal crops in Pakistan. Pakistan’s wheat product…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
We investigated mechanisms for spatial perception via human skin because of our interest in Human-Machine Interfaces. Although others have studied qualitative data communication, we wanted t…
ISEF · 2021
Mathematics
The goal of this project is to do fundamental research on Gray codes and develop a new algorithm to determine a Gray code given its corresponding decimal number. A Gray code sequence is a se…
ISEF · 2021
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Color Vision Deficiency is the most common genetic disability, affecting over 400 million people in the world, and currently has no cure. There are attempts to mitigate the effect of color v…
ISEF · 2021
Systems Software
Nowadays, depression and anxiety are severely affecting teenagers’ daily lives and music therapy is a widely accepted approach to promote children’s emotional health. However, improving the…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences Third Award
Of the original 11 native forest bird species known from the island of O?ahu in the Hawaiian island chain, only 3 remain today. They are the O?ahu ?Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava), ?Apapane (…
ISEF · 2021
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Reliably predicting when and where precipitation will occur can reduce property damage and loss of life. The more accurate this prediction is, the more preparation can be made against these…