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
Systems Software
The objectives of this project were (1) to utilize game theory to analyze the prevalence and effects of genetic discrimination and its implications for the future of genetic testing and tech…
ISEF · 2015
Multi-drug resistance (MDR) is a condition enabling disease causing microorganisms to resist distinct antibiotics. At present, the only way to fight against this problem is to develop a new…
ISEF · 2015
First Award
There is no simple sensor for the direct real-time measuring of the concentration of gas mixtures to date. While there are a variety of different probes for gas measuring, these are usually…
ISEF · 2015
Abstract: The United States automotive market is evolving to more fuel efficient fleets and alternative power-trains. This project analyzes the total cost of ownership (TCO) of a diesel and…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Fourth Award
Pancreatic cancer is poorly responsive to available chemotherapy. miR-34a has been suggested as a potential therapy for pancreatic cancer, however it needs to be specifically targeted to the…
ISEF · 2015
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Often times, there are instances where making certain decisions are harder than others. One may think that a person who has trouble deciding in one area should also be indecisive across a br…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project was to build a basic fuel cell using loamy mud and use it to generate electricity. A variety of types of mud were initially used to find out which would generate…
ISEF · 2015
Pellet Stoves have been around for many generations. They have generally been using wood as a fuel source. Although wood is a good fuel, this is a negative impact on the environment, and red…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Supercomputers have become critical to the advancement of many fields including medical research, big data analysis, and high-energy physics. Given the recent plateau in processor speeds, ho…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Due to the dynamic and variable nature of the stock market, trading strategies do have strong and weak periods. That requires periodic changes in the strategy, which involves finding the bes…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease: a type of albinism correlated to the mutation of an HPS gene and the pulmonary function of patients. Puerto Rico has the highest…
ISEF · 2015
Stem cell research is opening doors to solving medical complications in amazing and novel ways. Regenerative medicine, one of its principal applications, is responsible for having already sa…
ISEF · 2015
Halorubrum salsolis is a recently discovered halobacterium isolated from the Great Salt Lake in the western United States. H. salsolis is known for its high tolerance to UV radiation and sal…
ISEF · 2015
Our idea and purpose is to get a new reliable source of renewable energy by sample easy cheap and applicable way everywhere everytime by absorbing the negative energy charge (electrons) whic…
ISEF · 2015
Our idea and purpose is to get a new reliable source of renewable energy by sample easy cheap and applicable way everywhere everytime by absorbing the negative energy charge (electrons) whic…
ISEF · 2015
A Hadamard matrix is a square matrix that consists of 1 and -1 and whose rows are orthogonal. From the one hand, they are very useful (error-correcting codes: Reed–Muller codes, Walsh functi…
ISEF · 2015
Delicate manipulation of nanocrystal morphology and surface structure is crucial in order to synthesize particles with specific electrochemical properties. In this study, cuprous oxide (Cu2O…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Nowadays, systems for hand gesture recognition become more and more required due to the replacement of 2D systems and the way of interacting with them by the new 3D and holographic technolog…
ISEF · 2015
For thousands of years, the rise and fall of civilizations were built on the ability of soils to grow crops and sustain populations. Fertile soils created dynasties and changed structures of…
ISEF · 2015
My project was designed to create a low-cost, easily manufactured, water durable, natural gait prosthetic foot. Some prosthetic feet cost $14,000 USD, and it’s too expensive for amputees in…
ISEF · 2015
At present we know more about our moon than our ocean. This is largely due to the inability of humans to stay underwater for long periods of time. Submarines use electrolysis to help maintai…
ISEF · 2015
Purpose - To investigate how the ratio for methanol and potassium hydroxide affects the amount of biodiesel, amount of glycerin, and quality of biodiesel when converted from vegetable oil. P…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States. In this project, gold and silver nanoparticles were tested for skin cancer chemoprevention and therapy. Results indica…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This study shows which type of pineapple juice has the greatest amount of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) between fresh pineapple juice, frozen pineapple juice from concentrate, and canned pineapp…
ISEF · 2015
GPS Assisted Speed Control Road traffic accidents due to excessive speed continue to increase. Law enforcement measures are insufficient to tackle this problem, therefore new approaches are…
ISEF · 2015
With technological innovations occurring so rapidly, there has been an increased emphasis on improving infrared detectors, especially for military applications such as night vision, thermal…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Although conventional chemotherapy has displayed notable efficacy in destroying cancerous cells, this non-specific treatment also tends to harm surrounding healthy cells. To counteract this…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of my project is to compare the ethanol yield and the protein values of the distiller grains of switchgrass and prairie cordgrass pretreated with elemental sulfur, compared to no…
ISEF · 2015
Euglena gracilis is a very important part of the marine environment, providing food for many organisms in a similar way phytoplankton does. The organism also has many additional dietary uses…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of my experiment was to determine what type of rangeland has the most infiltration. I hyoitgesus that Holistically Planned Grazed Native Rangeland will have the most infiltration…