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 · 2016
Fossil fuels play an important role in transportation and production; however, with a limited supply and detrimental effects to the environment, safer, renewable, and more efficient energy s…
ISEF · 2016
Nowadays almost everyone has a smartphone and/or a tablet. People use it in very different parts of their lives. They can use it even to speed up their shopping. ShopMap is an Android app wh…
CSEF · 2016
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine the effects of sloped armor on the effective energy of a penetrating projectile. Methods/Materials Pellet gun, ballistic gel, s…
CSEF · 2016
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Rotor blades used in many home appliances, electronic equipment, and aircraft contribute to significant amounts of noise pollution, which negatively affects people's quality…
CSEF · 2016
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective is to extend the time of the current Nomex fire suit#s ability to protect firefighters from permanent damage due to exposure from direct flames and high intensi…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science Second Award
Sericin is a protein found in silk produced by the silkworm (Bombyx mori) that may be useful as a growth promoter in cultured animal cells. Existing extraction methods require thermal denatu…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if a neodymium magnet, battery and a copper wire are capable of creating a high source of magnetic field resulting in constant motion making it t…
ISEF · 2016
This investigation intends to deduce efficient ways to be able to simulate a biological process, specifically the radioactive decay chain, with the use of computers and programming languages…
ISEF · 2016
The Wa-Tor problem (from water torus) is a well-known dynamic cell process, aiming to mimic the predator-prey interaction in Biology. It is introduced by Alexander Dewdney in the 80s for two…
CSEF · 2016
Zoology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to examine whether E(z)/EZH2-dependent H3K27me3 may be one epigenetic mechanism underlying transgenerational programming of longevity, and EZ…
ISEF · 2016
This investigation was done in order to meet the special needs of people with mobility impediments. The hypothesis is that it is possible to create a robotic chair capable to mimic horizonta…
ISEF · 2016
Translational Medical Science
Sepsis is an overwhelming immune response to an infection that accounts for 20-30 million hospital cases per year. One of the major issues surrounding this syndrome is the muscle atrophy of…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine the effect of pot size on the efficiency of natural gas conversion into heat energy on a stove. Methods/Materials Four aluminum…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Through the use of Forensics Science, I developed a procedure that would allow me to test the hemoglobin in beef blood for possible false positives and false negatives. Using peroxidases and…
CSEF · 2016
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My project explained how best to protect armored vehicles, the problem is making the armor strong but keeping the vehicle maneuverable. Spaced armor (pairs of parallel armor…
ISEF · 2016
Biochemistry
The Varroa destructor mite is a honeybee parasite that has plagued beekeepers for decades by causing health decline of honeybee populations, and inevitable colony collapse (if left untreated…
ISEF · 2016
Nocturnal hypoglycemia has claimed thousands of type 1 diabetics lives over the years. In a population of 100,000 people with diabetes 20-60 people (6%) die from nocturnal hyper- or hypoglyc…
CSEF · 2016
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Around 1.6 million people die annually from lung cancer--about 3 every minute. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is the most fatal and aggressive subtype of lung cancer due to t…
ISEF · 2016
SMAnimator is an easy-to-use animation creation program, implementing a keyframe-based vector graphics animation. With SMAnimator, users will be able to make short vector animations easily a…
ISEF · 2016
Throughout our research project, we will be analyzing the properties of asphalt. We will be examining the road material in UAE and some effective methods that would help in battling certain…
ISEF · 2016
Plastic that is not degradable makes up a great percentage of waste produced each year. The purpose of this project is to design a bioplastic, with no harmful additives, that will degrade ov…
ISEF · 2016
The rapid growth in population in many parts of the world and climatic change has resulted in flooding and its attendant challenges. The project seeks to minimize loss of lives and propertie…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Build a Smart Flood Sensor device that can be used in a network of flow sensors in a city's drainage system to collect, analyze, and predict rain and storm water flow data.…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals With the water crisis in California and other places in the world, I started this project with a goal to develop a low cost smart irrigation controller able to significantly…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Nearly 460,000 people were sent to the hospital in 2012 for injuries related to exercise equipment, according to USA Today. Treadmills are the number one cause of exercise equipment injuries…
CSEF · 2016
Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award
Objectives/Goals My project goal is to measure the angle of the user#s feet, to determine if their gait was proper, display the collected data or allow for real time correction of the feet,…
ISEF · 2016
This research is aiming to change the unfavorable trick of trash and and carry it to the best solution (recycling), especially paper because it is the most commonly used at our schools. Afte…
ISEF · 2016
The prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 is very high in Latin Americans; it is one of the diseases that triggers a major number of deaths annually. This population has a 25% higher risk o…
ISEF · 2016
Biochar and hydrophilic polymers: although very different from each other, these soil amendments together have the potential to drastically improve the standards of agriculture, as well as i…
CSEF · 2016
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Fresh water is a limited but important source that we depend on to live. However, 50% of outdoor water usage is wasted due to inefficient watering systems. Due to these alar…