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
Biomedical Engineering
China’s society has entered a period of population aging. The pension crisis has become a significant social problem in China. The object of this research is, through the analysis of the nee…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The primary objective in this experiment was to observe the effects of radiation on the growth of a developing organism. Tadpoles of Rana Pipiens were studied and observatio…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Macular degeneration (AMD) causes central vision loss. With no known cure, AMD patients are forced to use their peripheral vision. Peripheral reading is slow and frustrating. Last year’s res…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
In our previous studies it was demonstrated that the spectrum of the sound produced by liquids while being heated is influenced by their composition. This project is concentrated on developi…
ISEF · 2015
Freshwater tidal wetlands process pollutants and stabilize shores from erosion while providing habitat, food, and nesting areas for wildlife. The National Park Service has attempted to resto…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to examine measurements of White Matter Hyperintensities (WMH) and Cortical Atrophy derived from computer analysis of patient MRI#s, to be used…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Comic books, a form of American popular culture, offer a window into time, allowing researchers to track societal changes over several decades. The purpose of this study was to determine if,…
ISEF · 2015
Influenza viruses are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths each year, and vaccines are used as a primary tool for reducing their impact and severity. The rapid mutation of the virus’s…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Appropriate de-worming procedures in sheep are essential to ensure the overall health of the animal. To destroy parasitic worms, producers commonly use substances called anthelmintics. An ex…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Fish in a confined space can only breed with themselves. Does this make it more likely for them to interbreed? The purpose of this experiment was to find the genetic diversity of Sunfish in…
ISEF · 2015
The MESSENGER mission has been journeying to Mercury for ten years, but has only been orbiting less than four. It has been able to collect data that is new and exciting for Mercury researche…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
About 90 percent of humans are right handed. Left-handedness has previously been linked with dyslexia (Geschwind and Behan). However, the connection between handedness and dyslexia has only…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Drug delivery systems such as hydrogels and nanoparticles pose substantial limitations including premature leakage and toxicity risks regarding inhalation, respectively. Liposomes, which are…
ISEF · 2015
In occlusive vascular pathologies like heart attack and stroke, rapid thrombolysis is necessary for restoring blood flow to critical organs. It is advantageous to localize the delivery and a…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to design an automated battery replacement system for quadcopters. For package delivery, quadcopters are the future. The effectiveness of qua…
ISEF · 2015
Purpose: To determine if there is a difference in the amounts of nitrate nitrogen and phosphorus in tiled and non-tiled corn fields in Richland County, North Dakota, and to determine if ther…
ISEF · 2015
The objective of this research was to implement an iris recognition system with a self-developed elliptic curve algorithm or hash. It was hypothesized that if this elliptic curve hash could…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
A lightweight atmospheric visibility measurement system, the mobile visual range measurement(M-Vsi), is established on the smartphone platform. The smartphone’s camera is used to take the ph…
ISEF · 2015
Astronomy is highlighted in South Africa due to the SKA telescopes. It’s a topic few South Africans are familiar with. Studying concepts like a sidereal day creates an understanding of the h…
ISEF · 2015
Transparent conductors are a class of materials widely needed for technologies such as smart phones and solar panels. The current industry standard, Indium Tin Oxide, is expensive, brittle,…
ISEF · 2015
The importance of clean water is crucial to communities all over the world. Continuing from last year, the research focus for this phase was to design and build a working filter mechanism an…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
The only extant member of it’s genus, the broadnose sevengill shark, Notorynchus cepedianus, is morphologically distinguishable from other elasmobranchs, possessing seven gills, one dorsal f…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
One main problem is the high electricity consumption of air conditioners. Therefore, we have chosen our goal to design an air conditioner system in which it heavily reduces or eliminates ele…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The objective of this research was to apply a newly observed spinning behavior of silkworms in silk sheath production. The spinning behavior of each fifth instar larva of Bombyx mori (grown…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The free-radical pathologies (FRP), including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer, were the leading causes of population mortality in 2014 according to the WHO data. The grade of DN…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Information on factors affecting their breeding season in both captivity and the wild are not well known in the literature. Being informed about breeding seasons of sharks i…
ISEF · 2015
There has been public concern in American Samoa that vegetables grown locally may be unsafe to eat. As the majority of elementary and high school students consume locally-grown produce from…
ISEF · 2015
Robotic arms have been gaining global traction in numerous fields. Despite their utility, the barrier towards adopting this technology remains high; users face issues of cost, as well as a h…
ISEF · 2015
This science fair project is an exploration of the mysterious, elusive substance of antimatter. Research has been conducted about what is currently understood about antimatter and the state-…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals (1) To analyze the intersection of 'n' non-parallel lines locating on the same plane, and try to find: A) How many angles (less than 180 degree) that 'n' lines can form; B)…