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.
AJAS · 2017
Physics and Astronomy (inferred)
Project 1640, a collaboration between the American Museum of Natural History and California Institute of Technology, works to discover possible exoplanet candidates using a novel telescopy t…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals Hunger, one of the most prominent problems in the world today, is primarily caused by a shortage of fresh water. Significant optimization of water use can be achieved by kno…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
Hunger, one of the most prominent problems in the world today, is primarily caused by a shortage of fresh water. Significant optimization of water use can be achieved by knowing the time and…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics First Award
Despite industrialization, Sub-Saharan Africa’s water infrastructure leaves ~341 million people without access to potable water. In addition to water purification problems, transportation pr…
CSEF · 2017
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test whether an active or non-active lifestyle can affect the memory of a person. This experiment specifically targets elderly persons…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to understand how light is absorbed by pigments. Methods/Materials Different concentrations of food coloring were contained in small vials. Light was shown…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to prove that common household materials can light up the LED string light.My Hypothesis is that the Voltage and brightness of LED light incre…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to measure the amount of light pollution at different locations within North and Central America and identify the main contributors of the lig…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project is to see how fast a light tracking robot moves in different intensities of light surroundings. Methods/Materials Built a light seeking and dire…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to study the statistical properties of the iterations of tan(x). Methods/Materials Laptop computer with Fortran compiler and Grace. Ran pro…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Finding potential heavy metal and metalloid toxins in the Animas and San Juan riverbeds and onion bulb after the 2015 Gold King Mine Spill are crucial to the effects of the mitotic index of…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Linux processes’ memory visualization (MemVis) is a project which aims to facilitate the users who want easily to observe the memory of a currently running process and moreover to analyze it…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
In South Carolina there have been very few studies examining the behavior of the resident bats. This project tests the hypothesis that the coastal evening bats (Nycticeius humeralis), easter…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Living shorelines are a method to protect coastal shorelines while maintaining self-sustaining biological habitat. This project will help to determine which natural material…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Second Award
Concentrated solar technologies that concentrate sunlight on a receiver are becoming popular not just for electricity, but also for desalination. My research focuses on improving efficiency…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Fourth Award
This project takes a different approach to meteorological forecasting by investigating underlying patterns in local weather fluctuations and attempting to find a connection between these phe…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project uses mathematical concepts, specifically theoretical probability, to create an optimal search model for a target. Computer programs in C++ are also used to perf…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis Second Award
Objectives/Goals To design and develop a low-cost, contact-free, continuous monitoring (CFCM) prototype using Raspberry Pi that detects and logs surface body temperature and heart-rate (HR).…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Arsenic contamination of water sources is a global problem, affecting numerous countries across the world. Natural weathering and anthropogenic sources, such as mining and use of coal-fired…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Chemotherapy is frequently the only viable treatment for cancer patients. But tumor cells are capable of adapting and developing resistance to this treatment. Autophagy, the cell’s recycling…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
The phenomenon of lucid dreaming, the state of being aware within a dream, is rare and difficult to control. This study investigates whether multiple awakenings in rapid succession can simul…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to create 2 things: 1) a low-cost lens that attaches to the back of a smartphone and allows laypeople to take a picture of the back of the eye and 2) an alg…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Fourth Award
Glaucoma is the leading irreversible cause of blindness worldwide. And in its early stages, it's shows no symptoms. So most of the affected patients don't know they have it until it causes m…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
In Minas Gerais, Brazil, grows the Macaùba Palm. The fruits of this palm contain a lot of useful components. We made a business plan for the use of these components for the purification of w…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our goal is to build an algorithm that can detect an orange disease with an accuracy of more than 90% and have a processing time of less than 10 seconds per tree. The soluti…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC), the most fatal subtype of lung cancer, has a five-year survival rate of 2%. Currently, patients must get expensive computerized tomography and positron emissio…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Magic The Gathering Players need a quick, time efficient way to sort their cards, otherwise the cards pile up all around the house making a huge mess. The objectives are to…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to answer the question: how does the magnetic levitation distance between two objects vary with weight? My hypotesis is that if I align two magnets…
CSEF · 2017
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal for this project is to allow people that have a phone to use a kinetic energy as a charging source. Methods/Materials This device works by using Faraday#s Principle…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
With the increasing prospect of large-scale climate change due to anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, propositions for controlling effects remain focused in reducing emissions as o…