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 · 2015
Biochemistry
Acanthaster planci, coral-eating starfish, infests several islands of Antique, Philippines. Local government dealt with this problem by manually collecting and burning A. planci but this eff…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Indoor pollution can be ten times more severe than outdoor pollution and aerosols may be an important part of particulate matter pollution. Air freshener aerosols are omnipr…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Bronchiolitis is one of the leading causes of hospitalization during infancy in the US with almost 150,000 admissions per year; it is mainly caused by rhinovirus (RV) and human metapneumovir…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Fourth Award
Though accurate, current cancer diagnostic methods are time-consuming, expensive, disease-specific, and qualitative. To improve clinical cancer treatment, a better quantitative system for ea…
ISEF · 2015
Quantum locking is the application of flux pinning to create a stable form of levitation which pins a superconductor within a strong magnetic field allowing movement only along regions of co…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Despite the incredible amount of automated flight capability in both manned and unmanned aircraft, human oversight is still required, especially during the landing process.…
CSEF · 2015
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Recently, security systems are based off of random number generators that do not truly generate ¡°random¡± numbers and are not completely secure. If random number generators…
ISEF · 2015
With the amount of agricultural land decreasing, it is essential to maximize the output of crops. Insects impact this output, reducing the amount of edible vegetation by about 20%. This proj…
ISEF · 2015
A quiver is a finite directed multigraph. However, this simple graph theory notion has an important algebraic interpretation. Each finite-dimensional algebra over an algebraically closed fie…
ISEF · 2015
This project tested the entropy and randomness of several sets of data from different sources to determine the best way to generate random numbers. Random numbers are used in applications wh…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find out which cloth (cotton, linen, or polyester) is the most effective at blocking radiation. My hypothesis is that cotton will be the most…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine if different generations of smart phones are affected by different functions. Methods/Materials Materials: iPhone 3, iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5,…
ISEF · 2015
Purpose of the experiment ? The overall aim of our project was to find an alternative to a car’s windshield wipers. Our system is powered by high-speed air and is based on the following prin…
ISEF · 2015
A novel green electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC) have been succesfully made from carbonized ramie fiber using a single step method with ammonia gas (NH3). Ramie (Boehmerianivea L.) is fi…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Little is known about the social behavior of domesticated male and female rabbits nor the best way to house them. I investigated whether male rabbits change their dominance…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if the amount of UV protection that clothing provides to a person#s skin is dependent upon the color of the fabric and whether it has been trea…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see if the roots of a plant grow in the direction of gravity, even if the seeds are turned upside down or lying flat. Methods/Materials Six seed cases we…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Reaction rate of human subjects will be tested to observe if talking on a cell phone and texting will increase their reaction time. Methods/Materials Important materials inc…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if wind can be harnessed and then put into electric cars. Methods/Materials wood, plywod, threaded steel rod, volt meter, generator/motor, batter…
ISEF · 2015
3D printers have moved from the research lab into the home and the market for consumer level 3D printers is growing at a rapid rate. The most common type of 3D printing involves the process…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Objective: The practical application and implementation of methods and algorithms that recognize emotions by biometric parameters of human’s face. The practical application and relevance: Th…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of my project was to investigate if a longer incubation period is necessary to show antibiotic resistance. During the twenty- four hour incubation time, there was a very high gro…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This project was developed on the speculation that water could be refracted through a plastic bottle to provide light inside of a home. Furthered it dwelled upon the underst…
ISEF · 2015
Recycled hair fibers have been used previously for oil spill clean up as an alternative to non-organic sorbents, but the process of assembling these fibers is inefficient. Here, an alternati…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The colligative properties of solutions, including the boiling point elevation, are said to be only dependent on concentration of particles dissolved, not the identity of the particles; howe…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine the effect of capsaicin extracted from Kashmiri chili peppers on the growth of Aspergillus flavus. I hypothesized that higher capsaicin concentr…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the capabilities of certain lactic acid bacteria species to bind aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in milk. AFM1 is a carcinogenic mycotoxin that is often f…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals 24% of all ice cream is wasted every year in the United States creating a tremendous waste of resources. Formation of ice crystals is one of the main reasons people throw ic…
ISEF · 2015
Humans have been using switches for controlling lights, and other power sources, for a long time. When people leave their rooms, they often forget to turn off these switches resulting in the…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Radiation. We are exposed to it every day from cell phones and electronic devices. This is why the objective of my project is to find out if it is possible to reduce our exp…