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 · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Since we have been living in a drought ridden state for the past half decade, we understand how important the precious resource, water, is for us to maintain our lives and e…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Autosomal-dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa (adRP) is caused by diverse gain-of-function mutations in rhodopsin (RHO). The purpose of this study is to aid in the development of a mutation-indepe…
ISEF · 2016
Scientists recently reported that 2015 was the hottest year for Earth in the historical record by far, breaking a mark set only the year before. Electricity generation is a large contributor…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Surgical site infections, SSI’s, are the leading type of infection in countries with limited resources, affecting up to 2/3 of operated patients with a frequency up to nine times higher than…
CSEF · 2016
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether natural or synthetic fabrics were more fire resistive. Methods/Materials Propane torch, burn pan and controlled lab environment. Fifty…
ISEF · 2016
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels constitute a superfamily of ubiquitously expressed voltage and ligand-gated, non-selective cation channels involved in diverse biological processe…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals To develop, demonstrate and test an iPhone-based data logging, position tracking and navigational path retracing system. Methods/Materials I used Apple#s XCode and Swift to…
ISEF · 2016
Research shows that avalanche victims buried longer than 15 minutes have an exponentially decreasing chance of survival, therefore minimizing rescue time is critical. Imagine a portable resc…
ISEF · 2016
This research tested the accuracy of light curve analysis in creating three dimensional (3D) models of asteroids. The hypothesis states the basic shape of the model is accurate when inverted…
ISEF · 2016
Plasma is an ionized gas consisting of charged particles, electric fields, ultraviolet photons, and reactive oxygen species. When discharged into liquids, plasma affects chemical and physica…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The object of this study was to determine how different colors of light affected you while sleeping. Out of the colors (purple, green, red and white), we believed that the p…
CSEF · 2016
Mathematics & Computer Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if using a dashboard on the 30 most common medications for children under the age of 13 helps limit the number of harmful drug in…
ISEF · 2016
Pain is a huge component of both bone cancer and osteoarthritis (OA). With limits to pain treatments in both these diseases, there is a significant need for a medication to treat pain in the…
ISEF · 2016
My research is devoted to a numerical study of a particular problem in Chaos theory. The theory of chaotic dynamical systems is an actively developing field of mathematics. One of its main a…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects the essence of what makes people human. It drastically alters a person's perception and actions until the patient becomes harmful to oneself o…
ISEF · 2016
The concern related to a global energy crisis remains at the forefront of modern discussion and scientific research. The use of algae for biodiesel production is growing rapidly in popularit…
ISEF · 2016
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Teaching science can be a challenge in basic education, it is necessary for each topic to use specific didactic tools that can relate everyday life concepts with technic elements; tools that…
ISEF · 2016
As a result of increasing energy need, technological devices must have improved batteries. Today, lithium-ion batteries wide spread fields of application with their high capacity and energy…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology Second Award
Objectives/Goals To determine if speed and extent of regeneration of brown Hydra heads is affected by exposure to three different types of green algae. Methods/Materials Obtain three differe…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Recently a new emphasis has been placed on protection headgear in hockey and other sports as the importance concussion and sub-concussive brain Injury has been better understood, A Summation…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The purpose of my project was to attempt to create a device which would make invasive surgery less intrusive by removing the need for much of the physical dissection. I planned to accomplish…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Nuclear actin, while still poorly understood, plays a role in DNA replication, chromatin organization, and gene expression. This research uses Drosophila oogenesis as a model to study in viv…
ISEF · 2016
Mitigating the effect of physical disability that faces many people the world over has been the focus of many technological researches. Many devices have been developed with brainwave(EEG) o…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
Microbial Desalination Cells (MDCs), modified microbial fuel cells with a chamber for water desalination made of ion exchange membranes, are a promising new technology in environmentally sus…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to test how exposure to pesticide, fertilizer, oxybenzone sunscreen, zinc oxide reef safe sunscreen, or acidity at different concentrations…
ISEF · 2016
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths in the world. Despite therapeutic advances, the overall five year survival rate remains low, near 16%. Prediction of patient outcome…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to see whether a medieval mace or a medieval flail had the most impact force. My hypothesis was the flail would have a higher impact force b…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Around 1.6 million people die annually from lung cancer--about 3 every minute. The survival time of undiagnosed extended/late stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC), the most fatal lung cancer…
ISEF · 2016
It is important to seek alternatives to eliminate airborne accidents caused by difficulties mostly in the landing of an aircraft. This problem can be eliminated by creating auxiliary maglev…
ISEF · 2016
Standard pole straps lead to many thumb injuries. The goal of the project was to redesign the way a strap attaches to a ski pole to prevent injuries caused by the pole strap. Multiple protot…