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 · 2017
Plant Sciences Third Award
The objective of this experiment is to provide mechanical mechanisms by which one can augment plant pollination. This was done by creating mechanical systems that mimic specific bee behavior…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to provide artificial mechanisms by which one can augment plant pollination. This was done by spurring the release of pollen and providin…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Oral and intravenous methods of drug delivery distribute drugs systemically, resulting in low drug efficacy and side effects. Thus, polymeric nanocarriers that can target drug release in res…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry First Award
Objectives/Goals Today, drugs are administered orally or injected. Such methods distribute drugs systemically, resulting in low drug efficacy and side effects. To solve this, scientists have…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Over 50% of student football athletes sustain undetected concussions due to improper diagnosis, leading to increased risk of permanent brain damage. An EEG sensor and a diagnostic algorithm…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
An estimated $35 billion of energy is lost annually through windows with 45% of the average American household energy bill spent on heating and cooling. Recent developments in materials scie…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project is to develop effective and inexpensive device for remote sensing of subsurface water-carrying layers. I suggest to use the water protons response to an artificia…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
As the interest grows and people become more determined to travel to Mars and beyond, the need for efficient rockets has also increased and become more pressing. Traditionally, chemical rock…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Our project is a computer program generating images and data based on a description of a scene – its objects (planes, spheres, triangles) and geometry – the curved spacetime. We have used Ei…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals California has recently passed a law to increase the minimum wage. This means that it will cost more for orchards to pay humans to pick fruit. The objective for this project…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Based on the curiosity generated by students experiences in the city of Young regarding obesity; The initiative to carry out an investigation emerged. The purpose of this project is to test…
AJAS · 2017
Monsanto Company claims that its herbicide, Roundup®, is safe to animals because its active ingredient, glyphosate, only affects the shikimic acid pathway, which is not present in animals. A…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to investigate gender role stereotypes among young children. It was hypothesized that if the gender of a child affects whether he or she w…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals 2.5 M children in the U.S. have vision impairment due to Amblyopia. Treatment can take many months or years. Treatment is cumbersome, unorganized and inefficient. Doctors ar…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out which of five laundry detergents was most effective in reducing the diameter of bacon grease stains on cloth. Methods/Materials Five different l…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Does the temperature of water when mixed with cement affect the strength of the concrete? If cement is mixed with hot water, warm water, or cold water, then the concrete mixed with warm wate…
AJAS · 2017
Accidental oil spills near aquatic shorelines occur often, requiring effective clean-up methods. This experiment examined the ability of synthetic (polypropylene and polyurethane), and natur…
ISEF · 2017
Animal Sciences
Mosquito-borne diseases are spreading into geographic areas due to climate change. Most mosquito control methods use lures based on odors from human hosts or gravid traps that attract only f…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project aimed to find out whether chia seeds deserve being called a “super food”. First, we examined if the human digestive system was able to extract from the chia seeds the most benef…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a grade IV astrocytoma, has an elevated level of hTERT. Ad-TERT, a promising oncolytic adenovirus type 5 variant where E1A regulating components have been repl…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Beginning backstroke swimmers are having a difficult time swimming straight and preventing collisions. If these swimmers were given the ability to see where they were headed…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Fourth Award
We study the distortion of an optimal embedding of a perfect binary tree into a Euclidean space with a fixed number of dimensions. The distortion is a characteristic of the embedding, descri…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
It is a fundamental problem to find a good criterion to decide whether a system of polynomial equations has a solution. Hilbert Zero Point Theorem says that for two polynomials f(x,y) and g(…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
With thousands of people dying daily in car accidents, and almost half occurring at night, the lack of roadway visibility needs to be addressed. Strontium aluminate is a nontoxic compound th…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that can be harnessed using technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaics, solar thermal energy and solar architecture. These technolo…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The stability of Bachall-Wolf cusps of dark matter (DM) particles orbiting a supermassive black hole (SMBH) binary system was studied as the SMBHs lost energy through gravitational radiation…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
One of the central problems in theoretical physics is understanding dark energy, an enigmatic phenomenon that is hypothesized to be driving the accelerating expansion of the universe. Calcul…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to test what effect popularity would have on the results of real-world games, as popularity is an indirect factor in an opening's succes…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
The purpose of this project was to determine if an anti-cancer agent can be released from composites of hollow gold nanoparticles (HGNs) and liposomes using normal body temperature to avoid…
AJAS · 2017
Materials Science and Engineering (inferred)
The increase in counterfeited documents, banknotes, and medications impacts society and calls for new security technologies that are difficult to reproduce. Nature mimicking materials with u…