20,037 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS and the Calgary Youth Science Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2016
Game Theory is a branch of mathematics that models situations that involve conflict of interest. It provides realistic simulations of the decisions made by humans in economics. Competing com…
ISEF · 2016
A major issue facing people in developing countries is a lack of resources to pay for trauma care. One of the most expensive components of trauma care lies in prosthetics. In fact, a single…
ISEF · 2016
Developing an iOS App to Enable an Arduino-Controlled 3D Printed Hand Abstract Statement of the Problem: Existing technologies for creating customized computer-assisted prosthetic hands are…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
The growth of online commerce has increased freight truck density on city streets, consequently worsening congestion and carbon emissions while limiting logistical efficiency. This investiga…
ISEF · 2016
Polymer-based membranes in gas separation processes have become a prevailing technology in the field of material science, especially in industrial capacities. These membranes can remove wate…
ISEF · 2016
Previous research showed that wings of dragonflies, damselflies, and cicadas possessed nanopillars with antibacterial properties. The purpose of this research was to investigate the relation…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The purpose of my research is to develop a numerical box model that can be used to calculate the concentration of algae (as chlorophyll) in a well-mixed, closed water body system. This metho…
ISEF · 2016
Third Award
This science fair project worked to develop a solution to the problem of inaccurate testing devices that are not well suited to the marine environment inhibit effective pH monitoring of the…
ISEF · 2016
Cancer is responsible for half a million deaths annually in the US. Tumor growth in breast and prostate cancers can be caused by unregulated CARM1 protein. Chemical inhibition of the CARM1 p…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Less than 0.01% of all of earth’s water is in rivers and lakes, and it is in jeopardy. Excessive concentrations of phosphorous can trigger Harmful Algal Blooms which self-perpetuate and dest…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
As we know from the literature, multi-core processors do not achieve as high performance as one could expect. Unfortunately, there is no straightforward linear relationships between processo…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
According to the traditional VSEPR theory, the calculation method of the number of central atom’s valence shell electron pair is limited. When studying the geometry of molecule (ion), people…
ISEF · 2016
Organic semiconductors attract the attention thanks to the supply of more material varieties compared to inorganic semiconductors and their ability for being turned into thin film. In our re…
ISEF · 2016
The recently developed Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) primary battery technology possess theoretical efficiencies of of 2.5V and a capacity of 1000 mAh g-1; however, these batteries are only limited…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Electric and hybrid electric vehicles are the state of the art in the automotive industry because they increase efficiency and reduce the negative environmental impacts of burning fossil fue…
ISEF · 2016
Gout is a purine metabolism disorder caused by accumulated urate crystals in joints. Extremely severe pain is felt since such crystals affect joints, and lower the life quality of patients s…
ISEF · 2016
Systems Software
Dietary restriction (DR) studies have shown that decreasing caloric intake is beneficial in numerous organisms ranging from yeast to mammals, and genetic manipulation of the target of rapamy…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Solar cells are traditionally made of silicon, which is expensive to fabricate. Organic molecules are much cheaper to fabricate but are also less efficient than silicon in converting solar e…
ISEF · 2016
The three typically-recognized sources of sensory input relevant to the human balance system are the eyes, nerves in muscles and joints, and the vestibular system. This project set out to de…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
In this project, a smart hybrid solar cell using self-powered adaptive temperature control is developed. Active temperature regulation is implemented using thermoelectric cooling modules and…
ISEF · 2016
First Award
Engineering Goals/ Questions:The project is attempting to create a hybrid inkjet 3D printer that utilizes two inkjet cartridges and traditional fused filament deposition methods to create em…
ISEF · 2016
Some natural processes, such as droughts, deprive people from having the appropriate amount of water, which can lead to dehydration, diseases or infections. “Drought is an insidious natural…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), a predominant member of the Protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family of enzymes, serves as a negative regulator of the insulin signal transduction p…
ISEF · 2016
Second Award
Atherosclerosis and subsequent cardiovascular disease causes nearly one-third of all deaths in the world. Unfortunately, atherosclerosis commonly remains asymptomatic for decades, and is pro…
ISEF · 2016
Gold nanorods were synthesized via the seed growth method and characterized with Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) to create an algorithm to determine the distribution of their lengths. DLS mea…
ISEF · 2016
Events over the past decade have demonstrated the need for more efficient security screening and substance detection against increasing numbers of threats.This project develops a special sen…
ISEF · 2016
The purpose of my project is to develop a cheap and simple thermoelectric generator (TEG) for use in an impoverished area. A TEG can be made by relying on the Seebeck effect, a phenomenon in…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
The need for a facile, fast, and sensitive sensor remains as current methodologies to detect toxic heavy metal ions in drinking water require extensive laboratory equipment. In this project,…
ISEF · 2016
Fourth Award
Lactose intolerance affects millions of people worldwide. It is caused by the inability to produce a digestive enzyme called lactase or beta-galactosidase, responsible for the breakdown of l…
ISEF · 2016
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
With the booming technological improvements in electronics market, whether it be consumer electronics and/ or electronic vehicles, the advantageous qualities of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) m…