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 · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The motive of this project is to create an autonomous robot using the LIDARLite V3 sensor to produce a 2D map of an uncharted area. A secondary application enables the robot…
CSEF · 2018
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to create a software tool that detects and tracks sunspots from satellite images and confirm this tool by measuring the angular velocity of the Sun at differ…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
In recent years major advances have been made in propulsion and space exploration technology enabling the possibility for manned missions to mars. At the same time UAV technology has catapul…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe genetic muscle degeneration disease. Although it is known that DMD is caused by an absence of the protein dystrophin, the exact mechanism of mus…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Recently, the desire to travel to other planets and beyond has become more popular as well as more feasible. In order to travel further into space though, scientists must be able to account…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to create a mathematical model to predict the duration of response to administering inversion therapy to those with dural leak or low intra…
ISEF · 2018
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) destroys a person’s immune system by attacking the T-cells of the immune system and using them as viral replicating hosts. As a result, a person infected w…
CSEF · 2018
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine how origami can be used to solve for the roots of a cubic polynomial. The goal was to discover an easier method of solving for polynomials. Met…
ISEF · 2018
Mathematics Second Award
A finite dynamical system (FDS) is a function f: F_m^n?F_m^n, where F_m^n is a set of m^n elements. Due to its applications to gene regulatory networks, it is desirable to develop mathematic…
CSEF · 2018
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Airplanes are known for their constant innovations in efficiency. Scientists and engineers in the industry today are always pushing to discover new ways to produce the same…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
Litz wire consists of numerous individual strands of insulated magnet wire, tightly wound around one another to form a woven pattern. This woven pattern is the factor that makes litz wire a…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Around 815 million people around the world suffer from hunger (World Hunger, 2016). The purpose of this experiment is to increase vegetable production of aquaponics systems. Aquaponics is a…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Approximately 267 aquatic species are negatively affected by plastic garbage in the ocean (Barry, 2009). The prevention of this problem starts on land with effective recycling methods. The p…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
The goal of this study was to measure the radii and constrain the orbital periods of three Hot Jupiter exoplanets, HAT-P-25b, HAT-P-9b, and HAT-P-30b. Through remote observing, raw images of…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, I wanted to find out if there was a relationship between the weave of a fabric (plain twill satin weave) and the strength stretch and fray of it. I teste…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
The reflection coefficient is a parameter that shows how much a wave is reflected by an impedance discontinuity in the transmission medium and can significantly change sound intensity in roo…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
In neurodegenerative diseases such Parkinson’s disease (PD), the misfolding and deposition of proteins a-synuclein and tau is hallmark. Conformational changes in native unfolded proteins, ta…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
In United States, six million people suffer from bone fractures every year and require an orthopedic cast during their recovery. The demand for orthopedic casts is expected to surge due to t…
ISEF · 2018
Biochemistry
Larrea tridentata and Juniperus osteosperma are two plants used by Native Americans for a variety of medicinal purposes. In this study, the leaves of Larrea tridentata and the "berries" (con…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical
The purpose of my research was to find the optimal medium for heating pipes to collect solar energy from the lake or any other water reservoir in a substance of thermal energy. It turned out…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Malignant melanoma is characterized by its ability to metastasize, and is responsible for 90% of skin cancer mortality. Metastasis requires cell migration from a primary tumor to blood and l…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes devastating memory loss and cognitive decline in humans. There is no current cure for AD. Research studies sho…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals In the US, 32 million adults are illiterate and although new educational techniques are being developed, the literacy rate is not increasing by much. According to Time Magaz…
CSEF · 2018
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Medication adherence costs Americans around $289 billion a year. Patient nonadherence to prescribed medications is associated with poor therapeutic outcomes, progression of…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals In 2017, California faced one of the most devastating fire outbreaks in the history of the state, destroying 1.3 million acres of land and stripping thousands of people from…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this project was to enhance the fluorescence of GFP (green fluorescent protein) using metal nitrates. A one molar solution of the following metal nitrates were made: aluminum…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences First Award
Methylmercury has become a prevalent issue in our environment as a result of chemical runoff. People around the world, primarily in developing coastal regions, are exposed to mercury by eati…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology
Metformin is the most commonly prescribed antidiabetic drug in the world, being a valuable drug for not only treating diabetes, but also metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes, obesity, and perhap…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science Second Award
The goals of this study were to develop a Drosophila melanogaster model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using the “High Impact Trauma” (HIT) device to inflict injury and induce vacuolar lesi…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To understand the types of bacteria humans are exposed to through consumption of meat purchased from grocery stores Methods/Materials Organic and non-organic chicken meat fr…