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 · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
In Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations, a swift response is crucial to cut costs and minimize casualties. Origami paper parachutes present a novel solution to delivering r…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives A road setup produces a temperature gradient and creates an electrical charge through the Seebeck Effect and with that creating energy. Methods A thermoelectric power generation s…
AJAS · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)
Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among American women, in large part due to failure to diagnose the disease before it has spread to other organs. Recently, a change…
CSEF · 2019
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives My experiment's goal was to model a blown wing concept, which increases wind velocity around the wing by having propellers lined along its leading edge, with varied wind speed, pr…
CSEF · 2019
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives The objective of my project was to prove/disprove a correlation between the amount of glucose dissolved in the blood stream and the oxygen saturation level. Methods I used a comme…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
With an ~70% fatality rate, ovarian cancer is classified as the deadliest gynecological malignancy. Recent gene therapy using p53 failed. An alternative approach to wild type (wt) p53 is mit…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
During the progression of metastatic cancer, peripheral cells break away from the primary tumor and acquire the ability to intravasate into the circulatory and lymphatic systems. These invas…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
Our way of walking is directly related to postural defects, deviations in joints and muscular imperfections. It is known that, when treading, we can apply up to eight times our weight on the…
CSEF · 2019
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of my project was to determine if different panel structure/designs on a soccer ball had an effect on the distance the ball traveled in the air. My hypothesis was th…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Isolated from the reach of Western medicine, many developing nations lack access to skilled physicians and expensive equipment such as otoscopes, skin biopsy tools, and ophthalmoscopes. As a…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water pollution is one of the major problems in this world. Nearly 15% of water pollutants come from domestic laundry effluents namely, detergents and chemical softeners. Traditionally, papa…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
The Research group SYNAPSES of the Educational Institution Ismael Perdomo Borrero, noted that the use of the notebooks is set in a problem because they are discarded after fulfilling their m…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The character is one of the most important elements that make up a story. Some books are remembered by characters even after years of reading. For example Zeze and Raskolnikov characters are…
CSEF · 2019
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The goal of my project is to attempt to solve the problem of which shape is best for parachutes. Methods The way that I tried to solve the problem was that I tried to make 12 diff…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology
Objectives Society's preference for organic, naturally-raised, grass-fed meat, wool and cheese products requires that ruminant animals be humanely raised, which includes continuous access to…
ISEF · 2019
Embedded Systems
Global warming represents one of the most apparent threats to humanity by increasing the destructive force of natural phenomenons such as hurricanes dramatically. Due to its almost inevitabl…
ISEF · 2019
Microbiology
The cacao tree (Theobroma cacao L.) is of vital cultural importance to the Guna people, inhabitants of the Comarca Guna Yala, in Panama, where cacao fruit is used for consumption and attribu…
AJAS · 2019
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Drought adversely affects society with environmental, economic, and social impacts. By improving soil water deficiency, these harmful effects can be reduced. Pectin is a soluble gelatinous p…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to analyze the effect of Extracted Pectin (XP) on various seed growth mediums. Brassica oleracea seeds were planted in Black Clay, Lactuca sativa seeds wer…
AJAS · 2019
The overuse of antibiotics in many aspects of daily life - from household cleaners to hand soaps - has ushered in a wave of resistance to antibiotics that have been successful for decades. R…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics
Low-rank matrix completion has attracted significant attention because this technique can be applied to solve many inference problems. Recently, Tang et al. (2018) proposed a quantum-inspire…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Pathfinding is the process of using a computer application to find a route between two points which best meets certain criteria (shortest, fastest, etc.) in a large network. It is a crucial…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
The innovative structures of the paramagnet synchronous motor in this project makes the BEMF constant be adjustable to reach higher efficiency and mechanical performance of electric cars. On…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical
Hybrid organic-inorganic lead halide perovskite solar cells, PVSCs, have emerged in the past decade as a promising, low cost, thin film photovoltaic device with the power conversion efficien…
CSEF · 2019
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives Reduce pain levels for patients, using a Personalized Comfort and Therapy System (PCATS) which leverages a Genetic Evolution Machine Learning Optimizer (GEMLO) to determine optimu…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cancer cells have a homing ability and are able to track cells of their own kind. Because of this constant communication and close proximity, cancer cells could be used as targeted weapons t…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Second Award
Objectives Petrochemical waste cleanup is expensive but important. This project began with the hypothesis that polymers could be used to capture both oil and waste water. Following research…
ISEF · 2019
Biochemistry
Acyclovir is an antiviral drug used in the treatment of Herpes Labialis, a difficult to treat viral infection affecting over 140 million people worldwide. Traditionally, administration of Ac…
ISEF · 2019
Engineering Mechanics
Over the 172 years since rowing originated as a sport, equipment has slowly progressed to allow potential for improved performance. There have been two predominant phases in this ‘progressio…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The goal of this research is to find a cure for cancer. Breast and Cervical cancers are very aggressive forms of cancer. Polyphenols, in green tea, have an anti-cancer effect. Phase I resear…