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
Second Award
Terrestrial soils contain 2300 gigatonnes (GT) of carbon, most of which is processed by soil microbial communities that emit 60 GT of carbon each year. Thus, it is important that methods to…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Transfer hydrogenation of ketones via the dehydrogenation of alcohol is a highly valued reaction, as it allows for the mass production of compounds with pharmaceutical and industrial derivat…
ISEF · 2015
The analysis for genome variants is a very intensive computer process. It requires a very large amount of memory and processing power. As a result of that, it can take up to one full day for…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
Around the world, electrical energy isn't always easy to obtain. In many developing countries, common electrical energy is close to nonexistent. While there are not as many large cities and…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The application of biological liposomes as vesicles to be used in cancer therapy was explored. In gene therapy treatment of cancer, there are various methods using viral and polymer vectors,…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The main objective of this project is to test the efficiency of different design aspects in single stage turbine blades. Methods/Materials Six turbines of varying blade leng…
ISEF · 2015
This program was created to eliminate the need for public and private keys. It was designed to be the only party knowledgeable of the encrypted data, besides the creator. The program infinit…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The landing is the most difficult and important stage of the flight. It requires a suitable length of the runway and pilot's skill. The main idea of our project is to decrease the landing sp…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Lung adenocarcinoma accounts for 27% of cancer deaths. Research in ovarian cancer have evidenced the anticancer properties of ethanol extract of Alpinia purpurata. Protease caspase 3, produc…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My Project was to determine how electromagnetic waves were attenuated through various materials and figure out how to make the WiFi in our house faster. Methods/Materials A…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software First Award
Objectives/Goals Since 1990, over 747 children (on average 31 per year) have died from heat stroke when left alone in a vehicle. This is an alarming situation, so I decided to solve this pro…
ISEF · 2015
A falling stream of water exhibits a phenomenon known as Plateau Rayleigh Instability (PRI) as it descends: initially taking the form of a fluid column, it eventually breaks up into spherica…
ISEF · 2015
Starch-based bioplastics and amylose films play vital roles in modern engineering industries. While much is known about the effects of certain substances on the quality of plastic produced,…
ISEF · 2015
It is intended in this work to evaluate the technical feasibility of using waste as EVA lightweight aggregate in matrix-based alkali-activated mortars aimed at the development of non-structu…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to examine if a corticosteroid (Advair) and a non-steroid (Ventolin) will significantly affect Drosophila melanogaster's growth. Based on personal experience…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Aptamers are short single stranded pieces of DNA with the remarkable ability to bind to cell surface proteins via shape specific recognition. The proper orientation for this shape specific r…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
According to 2014 World Health Organization figures, more than 600 million adults were obese and approximately 2.8 million people die each year as a result of obesity, presenting health and…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this project was to see if natural substances can be used to prevent mutation. With the recent discovery of aspirin as a cancer preventative, many have reverted to daily use o…
ISEF · 2015
In resource-limited environments, most premature births take place far from traditional hospitals. The shortage of proper neonatal care facilities has led to high mortality rates of infants…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project was to determine what objects/liquids are safe and which ones are dangerous. I play volleyball, and after playing all day at the beach, my wate…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Classical computers must use power to perform calculations, and this fundamental fact leaves them vulnerable. Since all data is bound to physical electric charge, a computer…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
The aim of this project is to develop an instantaneous and cost-effective method to quantify the total amount of bacteria in a water sample using nanotechnology. Current quantification metho…
ISEF · 2015
Clean energy alternatives are becoming increasingly important as greenhouse gas emissions are growing and fossil fuels are being depleted. Bioenergy sources can provide renewable transport f…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project was to create a novel artificial intelligence system to diagnose genetic disease based solely on genetic data. The first half of the project involved creating an…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
CD47 is a ubiquitously expressed cell surface receptor for thrombospondin-1 and the counter receptor for signal-regulatory protein alpha- (SIRPa). High expression of CD47 on several types of…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
Oil majors have broadened their horizon for deep-sea exploration with efforts to preserve global stability. Subsea catastrophes emerge at unforeseen times, thus an effective, temporary solut…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals The Internet as we know 5 years ago was made of mostly computers. Today it is more than computers - cars, dishwashers, clothing, keychains - the Internet of Things has arriv…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Ras proteins are a family of small GTPases activated by numerous upstream signaling molecules. Mutations in RAS genes (KRAS, NRAS, HRAS) can cause the corresponding Ras protein to be locked…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The many current tests for dyslexia and other disabilities are generally expensive, time-consuming, and tedious. This research was done as a continuation of an attempt to see if video could…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Spatial memory is the part of memory responsible for recording information about one's environment and its spatial orientation. Spatial memory is crucial function of brain that a subject can…