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 · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Forest monitoring is crucial for prevention of wildfires and control of tree pathologies. The monitoring of remote forest regions by humans can often be complicated or impossible. Thus, deve…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Stroke is an increasingly common injury in the world today and it can cause serious long-term problems with mobility in many body parts, including the arms and hands. Many researchers have d…
CSEF · 2018
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine which fin and fin placement combination is most optimal for a rocket's altitude. Methods/Materials Inclinometers, air pressu…
CSEF · 2018
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My goal was to identify specific trends in popular music over the last sixty years that music producers and songwriters could follow to help target their songs for greater p…
CSEF · 2018
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals We wanted to discover if there is a correlation between water concentration and liquefaction. Methods/Materials We used a shake table, water, sand, bucket, and a rock. To be…
ISEF · 2018
Cellular and Molecular Biology
GATA4 is a transcription factor critical in the developmental process and early differentiation of the gastrointestinal tract. Studies using genetically modified mouse models have shown GATA…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a musculoskeletal disease often caused by overuse or injury but recent literature has suspected G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling of cell surface receptors a…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical and Health Sciences First Award
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), an aging related detriment, is the most common cause of mortality in the world. In addition, chemotherapy jeopardizes cardiovascular integrity and was shown to…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Chemical
Our project tested the theory that cattail roots could produce a sufficient amount of ethanol to be considered a viable supplement in the production of ethanol used as a clean burning fuel a…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Every year many people die from blood loss. There are some modern medical devices (coagulators) allowing to prevent extra bleeding. However, each of them has disadvantages. My goal is to exp…
ISEF · 2018
Materials Science
Emerging therapeutic techniques employ the use of drug-loaded gels, providing targeted treatment critical to prevent indiscriminate damage by drugs. It is essential to measure drug release r…
ISEF · 2018
Energy: Physical First Award
In this integrative research, two tunable plasmonic nanostructures were used to significantly increase the short circuit current output (Jsc), total current produced (A), maximum optical gen…
CSEF · 2018
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals This project is a continuation of a four-year effort to generate hydrogen in real time to power automobiles, including last year's addition of a computer model of my physica…
CSEF · 2018
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals This experiment was performed to test how fast steel wool corrodes after being soaked in different acidic liquids. It was expected that if lemon juice is used, then the stee…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
The leaves of Clinacanthus nutans (Sabah Snake Grass) have long been used traditionally in Asia for treatment of skin rashes and snake bites. This project investigates the effect of Clinacan…
ISEF · 2018
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Multicopters have a wide range of applications from search and rescue to package delivery and medical support. Although growing in popularity, they are not used yet on an industrial scale fo…
ISEF · 2018
Biomedical Engineering
According to 2011 data, 48.4% of individuals with disabilities in Palestine suffer from mobility disabilities; 49.5% in the West Bank compared with 47.2% in the Gaza Strip. Followed by learn…
ISEF · 2018
Embedded Systems
If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving? Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day[1]. The critical reas…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
Wildfires have become increasingly frequent and severe due to global climatic change, demanding improved methodologies for wildfire modeling. Traditionally, wildfires are assessed through po…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences
Ranchers want to know what their cows are doing in the day. To know what their cows do, they could put GPS collars on the cows and analyze the data. One of the major reasons they may want to…
ISEF · 2018
Earth and Environmental Sciences
During a year plants provide large amounts of matter full of cellulose. The biggest part of matter can be found in the crops, leaves and grass. People do not use this matter enough and even…
ISEF · 2018
Physics and Astronomy
Submersion causes the highest mortality rate of all vehicular accidents. These might be caused by crashing into a water body or by road flooding. Cars normally sink very fast, giving occupan…
CSEF · 2018
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The problem we sought to solve with this project is food poisoning caused by E. Coli bacteria. Our objective was to demonstrate how T4r bacteriophage can reduce the number o…
ISEF · 2018
Engineering Mechanics
In my project, I looked into different ways of recycling in Hawaii. Due to the fact that Hawaii has very limited landfill space, any form of recycling would have a large impact on the local…
ISEF · 2018
Systems Software
The incidence of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, continues to rise due to ignorance regarding personal risk of melanoma development and regarding skin protection. I created a mo…
ISEF · 2018
Animal Sciences Second Award
Over 1/3 of the world's crops are pollinated by honey bees. Without them, many wildflowers and trees won't get the pollination they need, and agricultural expenses will skyrocket. Over the p…
ISEF · 2018
Translational Medical Science
In the United States, 23,830 new primary malignant tumors of the brain and central nervous system (CNS) are expected to be diagnosed in 2018, according to the Central Brain Tumor Registry of…
ISEF · 2018
Microbiology Fourth Award
Yeast species in floral nectar, especially Saccharomyces cerevisiae, show high alcohol fermentation properties, with nectar-dwelling non-Saccharomyces yeast Metschnikowia pulcherrima additio…
CSEF · 2018
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals People use dust masks to reduce inhaling of air pollution in various parts of the world. Our objective was to measure the effectiveness of popular dust masks like N95, P95,…
AJAS · 2018
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a deadly disease. Half of all sufferers die within 2 years of diagnosis, and 14 out of 15 will die within 10 years. In patients, ALS interferes with co…