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 · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Combining plasma and cataluminescence, with MgO nanomaterials prepared by sol-gel method as the sensing element, we have developed a low temperature plasma-assisted cataluminescence sensor f…
ISEF · 2015
Human civilization needs environmentally friendly, low cost energy alternatives. Hydrogen was discovered as a great source of energy because it generates electricity by reacting with Oxygen…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and primarily age-dependent neurodegenerative disease that is the sixth leading cause of death in the US. An aged-onset model of Alzheimer’s disease in D…
ISEF · 2015
The behaviorisms and parameterization of Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EBOV) transmission define the methods that must be taken in order to effectively mediate dissemination and prevent large-sca…
ISEF · 2015
Using an accurate mathematical model would allow for the prediction and analysis of ethyl alcohol’s impact on fecal decaying bacteria. This model would confirm that a high initial concentrat…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
The purpose of this project is to develop a low-cost flight safety and location system which transmits salient mechanical data in instance of a in-flight emergency. The 2014 disappearance of…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill was detrimental to the prosperity of marine and wildlife habitats, as well as the fishing and tourism industry in the surrounding region. Oil spills can al…
ISEF · 2015
This project created an effective mathematical method that simplifies the power elevating process for the golden ratio, (Phi). When using irrational numbers, approximations are used in utili…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Ever since it’s discovery in 1975, Lyme Disease has been an issue especially in North America and effects both children and adults. In 2013, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CD…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
China’s society has entered a period of population aging. The pension crisis has become a significant social problem in China. The object of this research is, through the analysis of the nee…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Macular degeneration (AMD) causes central vision loss. With no known cure, AMD patients are forced to use their peripheral vision. Peripheral reading is slow and frustrating. Last year’s res…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
In our previous studies it was demonstrated that the spectrum of the sound produced by liquids while being heated is influenced by their composition. This project is concentrated on developi…
ISEF · 2015
Freshwater tidal wetlands process pollutants and stabilize shores from erosion while providing habitat, food, and nesting areas for wildlife. The National Park Service has attempted to resto…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
Comic books, a form of American popular culture, offer a window into time, allowing researchers to track societal changes over several decades. The purpose of this study was to determine if,…
ISEF · 2015
Influenza viruses are responsible for tens of thousands of deaths each year, and vaccines are used as a primary tool for reducing their impact and severity. The rapid mutation of the virus’s…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Appropriate de-worming procedures in sheep are essential to ensure the overall health of the animal. To destroy parasitic worms, producers commonly use substances called anthelmintics. An ex…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
Fish in a confined space can only breed with themselves. Does this make it more likely for them to interbreed? The purpose of this experiment was to find the genetic diversity of Sunfish in…
ISEF · 2015
The MESSENGER mission has been journeying to Mercury for ten years, but has only been orbiting less than four. It has been able to collect data that is new and exciting for Mercury researche…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
About 90 percent of humans are right handed. Left-handedness has previously been linked with dyslexia (Geschwind and Behan). However, the connection between handedness and dyslexia has only…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Drug delivery systems such as hydrogels and nanoparticles pose substantial limitations including premature leakage and toxicity risks regarding inhalation, respectively. Liposomes, which are…
ISEF · 2015
In occlusive vascular pathologies like heart attack and stroke, rapid thrombolysis is necessary for restoring blood flow to critical organs. It is advantageous to localize the delivery and a…
ISEF · 2015
Purpose: To determine if there is a difference in the amounts of nitrate nitrogen and phosphorus in tiled and non-tiled corn fields in Richland County, North Dakota, and to determine if ther…
ISEF · 2015
The objective of this research was to implement an iris recognition system with a self-developed elliptic curve algorithm or hash. It was hypothesized that if this elliptic curve hash could…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
A lightweight atmospheric visibility measurement system, the mobile visual range measurement(M-Vsi), is established on the smartphone platform. The smartphone’s camera is used to take the ph…
ISEF · 2015
Astronomy is highlighted in South Africa due to the SKA telescopes. It’s a topic few South Africans are familiar with. Studying concepts like a sidereal day creates an understanding of the h…
ISEF · 2015
Transparent conductors are a class of materials widely needed for technologies such as smart phones and solar panels. The current industry standard, Indium Tin Oxide, is expensive, brittle,…
ISEF · 2015
The importance of clean water is crucial to communities all over the world. Continuing from last year, the research focus for this phase was to design and build a working filter mechanism an…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
The only extant member of it’s genus, the broadnose sevengill shark, Notorynchus cepedianus, is morphologically distinguishable from other elasmobranchs, possessing seven gills, one dorsal f…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
One main problem is the high electricity consumption of air conditioners. Therefore, we have chosen our goal to design an air conditioner system in which it heavily reduces or eliminates ele…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software
The objective of this research was to apply a newly observed spinning behavior of silkworms in silk sheath production. The spinning behavior of each fifth instar larva of Bombyx mori (grown…