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 · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Plasma propulsion engines are devices that use electromagnetic fields to excite and accelerate gases to generate thrust. One of the major challenges plasma propulsion engines face today is t…
ISEF · 2020
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Robots are entering an increasingly mobile era, yet hexapods, though promising high versatility, have been kept from widespread practical use due to low energy efficiency and unnecessary leg…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
Previously unstudied "bending" in the central stems of the Saguaro Cactus, a plant unique to the Sonoran Desert, gives cause for concern about the effects on the health of this protected spe…
ISEF · 2020
Plant Sciences
In the 2018-2019 study, the surface characteristics of natural and synthetic turfgrass were tested. There were significant differences in the surface temperature between the athletic field s…
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
Different people suit best in different glasses. In order to allow more people to get best fit glasses with less money in less time, this project explores the mathematical relationship betwe…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
The sole purpose of my project is to replace polyethylene-based netting on hay bales with a netting that is digestible by cattle and biodegradable. The netting used today is not biodegradabl…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
The research report tries to explain through the experimentation we did with the larva Cerambycidae, which is a beetle that lives as a parasite in cocoa crops in the Amazon, for farmers it i…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Biogas is the gas produced by the fermentation of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. It is a combustible gas composed mainly of methane and carbon dioxide. It can be burn in the place…
ISEF · 2020
Environmental Engineering
Waste management continues to be an topic of great interest worldwide due to the ever-increasing population and it’s demands. Currently, one of the known technologies is waste to energy reco…
JSHS · 2020
Indian Springs School Artificial skin is a synthetic membrane structure that mimics the flexibility and sensory functions of biological skin. Similar to receptors in biological skin sending…
ISEF · 2020
Microbiology
Rare earth elements (REE) are essential parts of cell phones, magnets, catalysts, and batteries. With the demand for REE rising dramatically, there is a global supply challenge. REE are diff…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
When skin cancer metastasizes the survival rate drops to 23%, so targeting skin cancer before this happens is paramount. E4orf4 is a gene that allows viruses to regulate gene expression, in…
ISEF · 2020
Animal Sciences
The Asiatic hornet Vespa velutina (from now on V.v) has become a big plague in Europe achieving an annual expansion radius of 50-100 km, growing exponentially and it is already present in mo…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common form of senile dementia, is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. A predisposition or expression of chronic stress-related symptoms has bee…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
In recent years, small unmanned aerial vehicles (i.e., drones) have begun to emerge as an important tool in many industries, particularly in disaster relief. However, smaller drones that lac…
ISEF · 2020
Physics and Astronomy
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is an incurable neurodegenerative disease affecting people who have had repetitive concussive events. In a 2017 study, 99% of former NFL players observ…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Hexapod robots have been utilized in numerous applications, such as post-disaster rescue and inspection of unknown territories. The kinematic analysis of the robot calculates the relative po…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
The purpose of this project was to design a bioplastic capable of replacing Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) plastic. The biopolymer tested needed to be durable as well as malleable with low…
ISEF · 2020
Materials Science
Spider silk is an outstandingly capable biomaterial. However, due to the territorial and cannibalistic habits of spiders, massive domestication of them is unachievable. Thus, recombinant spi…
ISEF · 2020
Mathematics
The El-Gamal digital signature scheme (or its modifications) is a core for many modern cryptographic standards, but most of known attacks do not consider generalizations of this scheme. The…
ISEF · 2020
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Previous studies have shown that bacterial lipid droplets can bind to and protect DNA through MLDS proteins. The purpose of this study is to explore the binding ability of T4 phage DNA to li…
ISEF · 2020
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Autoimmune diseases, including Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, are characterized by symptoms of chronic tissue swelling and inflammation. It remains largely unknown wh…
ISEF · 2020
Systems Software
In many problems such as network routing, the length of a path is often less important than the bottleneck (minimum or maximum edge weight) of the path. In this study, I investigate the appl…
ISEF · 2020
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Current programs for teen vaping cessation focus primarily on educating teens about negative health impacts; however, the U.S. Surgeon General reported that such programs have not proven to…
ISEF · 2020
Earth and Environmental Sciences
_ Bricks_ _ ecological: The effects of recycled plastic in constructing brick. Plastic plays a big factor in environmental degradation and causes major earth and ocean pollutions, in which p…
ISEF · 2020
Translational Medical Science
Currently, there is a growing demand for organ transplants and an inability to meet such demand. Policies put in place by the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, restrict the acceptan…
ISEF · 2020
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Hawaii's energy costs are the highest in the nation. Hawaii is currently using solar and wind energy to try and combat these high prices. This project improves upon the current systems by re…
JSHS · 2020
Kamehameha - Kapālama Hawaii's energy costs are the highest in the nation. Hawaii is currently using solar and wind energy to try and combat these high prices. This project improves upon the…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
When we were asked to come up with a science fair project, it wasn’t hard for me because I’ve always loved designing things. I chose to build different bridge types that were all the same le…
ISEF · 2020
Engineering Mechanics
Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are defined as ocean surface craft that remove the operator from the platform. USVs are able to autonomously navigate the ocean for extended periods of time.…