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
In a technological age where increased GPU performance is able to crack cryptographic functions faster, stronger and more subtle protection methods are necessary to prevent data loss. The ob…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Nowadays there are many different programming languages. They are used in product development, programming contests and research, so the problem of translation from one high-level language t…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
One in every 4,000 newborns is diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1), a common genetic disorder. Many NF1 patients develop painful tumors along their peripheral nervous system. NF1 patien…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Illiteracy, elder abandonment, elder abuse, poor scientific awareness, misunderstanding of what science really is... These are just some of the problems our societies face nowadays and makes…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Shrimp aquaculture is increasing worldwide, and probiotics are extensively used as feed supplements to improve the gut health and yield of shrimp. However, most of the commercial probiotics…
ISEF · 2015
A study is being presented on observations of Kepler eclipsing binaries to study eccentric accretions. This study was done on binary systems KIC: 04848423, 010480952, 04157488, 4908495, 6620…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Searching mechanisms to improve the immune system against cancer can be an alternative for treatments used nowadays. In that way, my project studies the relation of lipid mediators (such as…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
n 2001, thiamethoxam, a second-generation neonicotinoid, was brought onto the insecticide market. Very few studies have been conducted on thiamethoxam for the purpose of integrated pest mana…
ISEF · 2015
For the past three years, we have been studying atmospheric inversions in the San Lorenzo Valley (SLV). In our first year, we established that strong inversions occurred frequently—as we had…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Detection of foodborne and environmental pathogens is becoming increasingly imperative for the maintenance of public health. Rapid detection of these detrimental bacteria may be greatly faci…
ISEF · 2015
This project’s objective was to build materials with unique optical properties, such as a custom tailored refractive index, with applications in solar cells and fiber-optics. Using self-asse…
ISEF · 2015
Traffic lights are one of the most dreaded aspects of daily life. They are slow and often inefficient. One possible fix is a self-driving car intersection. Since self-driving cars can drive…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of my experiment was to understand self-healing polymers and their interaction with catalysts. I studied the speed of rebonding with and without external catalysts on self-healin…
ISEF · 2015
Currently, between single-family residences, multi-family residences, and commercial buildings, buildings consume a significant share of the total energy in the United States, contributing t…
ISEF · 2015
Door handles of public conveniences in hospitals, malls and schools show high incidence of contamination by various strains of bacteria and viruses. Our research has led us to create an effe…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
This study has been designed to publicize the possibility that foreign species introduced to the Korean Peninsula by port entires and disoriented ones thrown by typhoons from Southeast Asia…
ISEF · 2015
We intend to build a low-cost electrical generator that will utilize the waves commonly found in a lake or stream. The rocking motion of these transverse waves will cause a set of magnets to…
ISEF · 2015
Representation theory is a field of mathematics that studies objects in abstract algebra by representing them as matrices. Objects can often be represented in many ways, and the most useful…
ISEF · 2015
The main part of our life is communication, but some people can't talk. It is very hard to communicate with people, who don't know the sign language for them. My decision will simplify the c…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project was to design a robotic hand for the deaf that area one hand amputee. The problem consisted of correctly doing American Sign Language. The criteria were to execut…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In recent decades, due to rapid industrialization in many developing countries, there have been increased emissions of photochemical oxidants, whose main component is ozone. High ozone conce…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Melanoma stands as a growing problem in the world, and kills thousands of people every year. In an attempt to find a method of limiting the rapid proliferation and unchecked growth exhibited…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Hemophilia A is a recessive X-Linked disorder that effects one in every five thousand males. Hemophilia is characterized by a deficiency in Factor VIII (FVIII) in the bloodstream. Without FV…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Gray codes are sequences of binary codewords with numerous applications in telecommunications, robotics, error correction, and graph theory. Single-track Gray codes are a subclass of Gray co…
ISEF · 2015
The greenhouse gases are harming our environment, especially the ozone layer and our health. That's why we decide to treat them in the atmosphere by sending a flying system to the stratosphe…
ISEF · 2015
Biochemistry
In 1987, the Varroa destructor mite, an apivorous parasite, was introduced to the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera. Mite infestations are detrimental to honeybee hives, and if a colony conta…
ISEF · 2015
It is estimated that 1.3 million people die from the car accidents every year and most of the accidents are caused by the drivers who unintentionally fall asleep. We are eager to add our mod…
ISEF · 2015
“SMART Cane” innovatively employs technology to reduce the fall susceptibility of the elderly. By focusing on minimizing the key aspects contributing to fall susceptibility, this project int…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to create a wristband that would be able to work with an average smartphone that would alert emergency contacts with a pre-set message, and include other featu…
ISEF · 2015
This project attempts to create a more energy efficient heating/cooling solution when compared to the traditional method of utilizing a whole house thermostat to maintain temperature. A typi…