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 · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Weathering and erosion of soils causes fine-grained silts and clays to flow with water and clog the navigation channels in the State of Maryland. Dredging these fine-grained soils with lots…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
After analysing the different preservation techniques that exist up to this day, it can be said that a point has been reached in which they cannot totally fulfil the needs of our growing soc…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Horticulturists regularly use asexual propagation techniques to more efficiently multiply specimens, but these methods have not changed dramatically in the last several decades. Native plant…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
As the ISS orbits the Earth, when it passes between an Earth borne observer and the Sun it performs a transit. Previously no model existed for extremely precise forecasting of such Transits.…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Develop an application to encourage native tree species to be planted so native birds will return to San José, Costa Rica. Forest App is based on an application that encourages native tree s…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
Aragonite is known to give plastics stronger mechanical property and heat resisting property than calcite when it is used for fillers. If aragonite crystals larger than 1.0 mm are available,…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
FotoFlex Boris Cergic, Valentin Rezsnyak HTL Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria In 1991 Prof. Dr. Michael Grätzel published a solar cell, based on organic dyes (named after it’s Inventor “Grätzel…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
This investigation presents a novel approach of characterizing the alpine treeline as a phase transition from one phase (forest) to another (tundra). Phase transition research in other syste…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Temperature sensitive vaccines such as polio and measles must be maintained at a 2-8 degrees Celsius temperature range to avoid spoilage and insure potency. Vaccine Cold Boxes (VCBs) carry m…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment is to see whether it is possible to extract water from the juice of watermelon. The first part of this experiment consisted of obtaining juice from a watermelo…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Taking into account the environmental problems associated with plastics, it is increasingly necessary to look for less harmful alternatives, such as bioplastics. However, most existing biopl…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
In most recent years, Egypt has been suffering from some grand challenges that disrupt its march of progress. These challenges include the insufficient production, overconsumption and the de…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
This project will demonstrate possible enhancing harvesting of algae using Moringa seeds as a flocculant. Microalgae yields of proteins and lipids demonstrating potential as food supplements…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
This research project explores the interconnected schemes of ultra-low power ambient backscatter to function as the basis of the next generation of telecommunications technology integration.…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) represent an innovative technology with potential applications in warehouses, factories, buildings, and ships. Current approaches to stabilize drones using…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Purpose Obesity is a significant health concern for children in the United States. One way to combat obesity is to start the education and practice of eating healthy at a younger age. This s…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
The DNA glycosylase methyl-CpG-binding domain protein (MBD4) is commonly found to be mutated in cancers, autoimmune disorders, and neurological disorders. MBD4, a base-excision repair enzyme…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Concrete bridges and structures generally are known to have cracks over time regardless of the size or weight due to the concrete shrinking as it dries. However to what extent are those crac…
ISEF · 2019
Animal Sciences
This project investigates the effect of the natural insecticide limonene applied externally to Periplaneta americana (the American cockroach) on walking patterns. The cockroach's tripod gait…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
ABSTRACT: Human are facing an alarming situation in terms of energy crisis and the continuous destruction of the natural environment due to pollution. According to World Bank solid waste man…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Today, the development of new gas sensors has become one of the most essential topics all around the world due to air pollution. At a camp in Tsinghua University in China, we accidentally fo…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Gastric cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer related deaths, yet little is known about the molecular drivers behind the progression of normal stomach to gastric cancer. GATA4 an…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
The present invention is a wearable shoe to capture various specific GAIT parameters such as spatial-temporal, clearance and plantar pressure distribution. The invention is integration of pa…
ISEF · 2019
Translational Medical Science
The goals of this study were to continue developing a Drosophila melanogaster model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using the “High Impact Trauma” (HIT) device to inflict injury and induce,…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software Third Award
Combinatorial constraint satisfaction problems can be solved through the generalizable algorithm of recursive search with backtracking, which runs in nondeterministic polynomial time. In ord…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics
Traditionally introduced in terms of advanced topological constructions, many link invariants may also be defined in much simpler terms given their values on a few initial links and a recurs…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of this in silico experiment was to classify images using a machine learning algorithm. Specifically a neural network (NN). The image library was obtained through FlowCam, which…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical
Nowadays, we need to find less polluting solutions to supply the society with energy. Therefore, we chose to study the properties of membranes with nanopores, that can generate electrical en…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
Purpose: Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa is recognised as an important cause of hospital acquired infections listed among the WHO priority pathogens. The antibiotic resistance mec…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics
Purpose: The problem of finding the shortest path between the two given points is a classical problem in geometry. These paths are called geodesic lines. The existence of non-self-intersecti…