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 · 2022
Engineering
Summary: SpeakUp, an Machine Learning based speech aid was developed to allow paralyzed individuals to communicate in real-time. SpeakUp captures subtle brain signals, sent to the throat, an…
ISEF · 2022
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Photochemical smog is a global problem. The concentration of tropospheric ozone continues to increase worldwide. Ozone is air pollutant threatening the health, harmful to all types of cells…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
According to the World Health Organization, there are 240 million cases of preventable blindness globally. Many eye diseases are “silent-killers” of vision and current testing methods are of…
ISEF · 2022
Biochemistry
The purpose of my project was to see if adding circulatory stimulants into the diet of a Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady Butterfly) would correct the damages done by placing a rotational g-forc…
JSHS · 2022
Heating, cooling, and ventilation consume $122 billion/year in the US. Improving the systems’ efficiency, even just slightly, will lead to significant cost savings. The goal is to develop hi…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Because of the recent Spotted Lanternfly outbreak of September 2014, in the United States’ Mid-East, an indirectly concerning threat has been posed on the sustainability of traditional envir…
JSHS · 2022
Lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death, has no simple, non-invasive early detection tests. This project aims to create a multiplex sputum-based RNA probe through the targeting of the…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
High rates of mortality are associated with low rates of stem cell regeneration in the intestine post irradiation. Low cell self-renewal is also associated with numerous terminal gastrointes…
ISEF · 2022
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the relationship of breastfeeding and other social and economic factors to infant mortality on the Louisiana and national level. The researcher…
AJAS · 2022
Mathematics
Vestibular schwannomas, also known as acoustic neuromas, result from an overproduction of schwann cells on the eighth cranial nerve. This benign brain tumor affects hearing and balance. To p…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
Background: Substantial research suggests that therapeutic hypothermia could ameliorate the impact of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Our goals were: 1) Study the effects of concussion in a va…
ISEF · 2022
Biomedical Engineering
Sticky Stitchez is an innovative project that deals with a detrimental problem in the medical field. In this project, I invented an item to combat the possibility of wound dehiscence and its…
ISEF · 2022
Animal Sciences
Weak eggshells can be a problem for many farmers who raise poultry for their eggs. A weak or soft shell can be difficult to sell therefore losing the farmer money. This project aims to fix t…
JSHS · 2022
PTSD affects large portions of vulnerable populations (veterans, assault survivors, etc.), yet the current treatments for this disorder have limited efficacy. Thus, psychiatric research has…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Regarding transportation structures, simulation methods have been developed to simulate the deformational effects of vehicle travel over bridges for design verification, structural safety, a…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
To provide a sustainable solution for marine vehicle efficiency, a biomimetic propulsion mechanism can offer an energy-efficient and high-speed locomotion system. Such marine vehicles can be…
ISEF · 2022
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Among the industry sectors that need to be decarbonized is transportation, which is mainly powered by internal combustion engines. Reducing the problems of heat transfer losses and nitrogen…
ISEF · 2022
Materials Science
Something that has always interested me is 3D printing, so I decided to conduct an experiment testing 3D printed pieces. The goal was to determine at which angles the test pieces should be p…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Migraines are one of the most common causes of headaches and their prevalence has been increasing immensely over the last few years due to increased technology use and the ongoing pandemic.…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences
Eggplant is an important vegetable crop, which is rich in varieties with high nutritional and medicinal values. However, the reduction of output often occurred in the eggplant production bec…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is classified as a thermoplastic that contains Benzyl Butyl Phthalate (BBP) plasticizers to increase durability in construction; however, BBP is known to cause harm…
ISEF · 2022
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this project is to reveal the mechanism of CENP-E (a microtubule dynamic protein) mediated mitochondrial dynamics during mitotic process, and to interpret the difference betwe…
ISEF · 2022
Mathematics
This study presents the coloring of knot and link diagrams that satisfies certain conditions. For p-colorability, each crossing leads to a linear congruence: therefore a diagram with n cross…
ISEF · 2022
Chemistry
Exposure to solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation is directly related to skin cancer. In order to avoid the consequences of continuous exposure to solar radiation, products such as protective clo…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software Second Award
Most large applications eventually require user-defined behavior to remain adaptable to different users. Common approaches to user-defined behavior are configurations (for simple behavior) a…
ISEF · 2022
Systems Software
To meet the Finnish CO2 reduction goals, the Finnish government set a goal of increasing the amount of electric cars from 10,000 (0.352%) to 700,000 (25%) by 2035. We studied how the current…
ISEF · 2022
Plant Sciences Third Award
Striga species, particularly S. hermonthica, is a serious parasite and one of the major threats to food security, especially in third-world countries. They are causing significant loss to ce…
ISEF · 2022
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
Every 40 seconds, suicide steals a life—an annual cost of 800,000 people—but clinical assessments for suicide risk and treatment have improved little over the past 50 years. Risk assessments…
ISEF · 2022
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biomass waste is underutilized and frequently burned, used for electricity generation, or left to dispose of itself. This research was conducted to evaluate the potential of a value-added pr…
JSHS · 2022
Microplastics are an environmental pollutant and an emerging threat. This experiment’s purpose was to determine if it is possible to differentiate microplastics degraded in four distinct env…