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 · 2019
Environmental Engineering
One big issue faced by many today is water shortages, especially in developing countries. These areas are found with water but not drinkable water, due to the lack of sanitation. Even in are…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of this project is the determine how different environmental factors affect the productivity of solar cells. Methods 4 Solar Panels, water, ash, dirt samples, infrar…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
One of the main causes of global warming is deforestation. In the Philippines, the main causes of deforestation are illegal logging and the slash-and-burn agriculture but in spite of this, f…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Worldwide, 420,000 people die annually from foodborne illnesses. Almost 30% are children under the age of five. In this study, a portable, solar powered device was designed, built, and teste…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
BACKGROUND: World energy consumption will increase by 28% by 2040 with renewables being the fastest growing energy source. Furthermore, renewables will increasingly replace coal. Solar updra…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) is a practical and inexpensive method for disinfecting water and that, traditionally, requires Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles and sunlight.…
ISEF · 2019
Mathematics
Purpose: There is always a pressing need for secure cryptography. Most problems used in cryptography act on finite abelian groups, which are groups with finite elements with all pairs of ele…
CSEF · 2019
Chemistry
Objectives The purpose of my experiment is to test what the most effective way to purify water is. I compared Photocatalysis, Reverse Osmosis, Graphene, and Activated Carbon water treatment…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
The rocket equation dictates that the maximum payload a standard rocket can carry is only a few percent due to the extreme need for fuel. Even with modern technologies the energy and cost ef…
CSEF · 2019
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives I investigated whether the fish that is being sold at Bay Area grocery stores is the same species as what it is being advertised as. I preformed DNA extraction and sequenced the b…
CSEF · 2019
Computational Systems & Analysis (Senior Division Only)
Objectives Hearing loss can be caused by multiple factors, such as genetics, aging, or exposure to noise or infections, rendering it a difficult medical disorder to remedy with a cure-all so…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
In this work, it is clarified how sound velocity slows down in corrugated pipes. The reduction of sound velocity, in particular, its dependence on geometrical structures of inner corrugation…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Noise pollution, such as generated from airplanes, traffic, and construction can have negative effects on human health and lower quality of life. The objective of my experiment is…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
This experiment displayed the effect of fertilizer and high amounts of regolith in an upside down plant’s soil. Regolith has high amounts of minerals such as iron oxide, aluminum oxide, calc…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives The objective of this study is to determine if a change in altitude influences how many subatomic particles are observed in a Wilson's Cloud Chamber. Methods Utilized a homemade W…
AJAS · 2019
To best protect urban estuaries, understanding how marsh life acclimates to increasing urbanization at the molecular level is critical. Urban runoff, a major product of urbanization, negativ…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplant failure can be attributed to graft failure, poor graft function, and the failure of the homing process in which the transplanted cells settle into th…
CSEF · 2019
Mammalian Biology
Objectives Objective: I use a process called reverse spherification to make juice flavored spheres. The objective is to determine which flavored sphere tastes the best. Methods Materials and…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives To develop higher efficiency of Archimedes Wind Turbines (AWT) by applying the logarithmic spiral concept for small-scale wind turbines below 30m. Methods AWT curvatures were remi…
CSEF · 2019
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives The objective is to create software to identify malignant moles by evaluating size, shape, and variation in color. This software attempts to compensate for changes in distance and…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to see if there is a correlation between the Kp Index and the error magnitude of GPS readings with and without WAAS capability. Our hypothesis was that the…
CSEF · 2019
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives This project addresses the need for an exfoliating soap that does not pollute ocean ecosystems with harmful plastic microbeads. Methods The designed product was a rectangular bar…
CSEF · 2019
Computational Systems & Analysis (Senior Division Only)
Objectives Accurate digital pathology image analysis depends on high quality images. As such it is imperative to obtain digital images with high resolution for downstream data analysis. Whil…
CSEF · 2019
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives The goal of my project was to conduct testing to see if high amylase foods, such as pineapple or guava, are as good at aiding starch digestion as purchased amylase pills. Methods…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The Hardy-Weinberg Principle states that allele frequencies will not significantly change in 5 generations if there is an extremely large population size along with other factors. I compared…
CSEF · 2019
Earth & Environmental Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of this experiment was to see if pre-moistening soil is an effective way to limit soil temperature during a prescribed burn. If so, this might be an effective tool f…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
The purpose of this experiment was to measure the decrease in temperatures of warm water that a re-circulating fountain system can produce compared to that of a re-circulating waterfall syst…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Although Computer Axial Tomography (CT) scans are used every day as a critical medical imaging process, there are risks of radiation exposure involved with such a process. This research aims…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Recent studies with a mouse Alzheimer’s disease model show that inducing gamma brain waves at 40 Hz causes microglia in the brain to remove plaque-forming proteins, actually treating the dis…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
For hundreds of years, the general trade was going by scheme manufacturer ? mediator ? buyer. Buyers in this scheme are the owners of any businesses. Mediator in this relationship solved all…