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 · 2014
Embedded Systems
This project presents a cost-effective interactive augmented reality device that relies on a user localization device and a finger tracking device. The user localization method consists of a…
ISEF · 2014
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award
The topic of this project is influenced by a classical combinatorial geometry open problem, which recently sparked new interest - square covering. It is one of the fields, known to have appl…
ISEF · 2014
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Since 2002, the total retail price of United States beef has risen to over 25 billion dollars per year. The average feedyard cost to raise beef cattle has also increased to $494 per head. Wi…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Physiologic monitoring is a valuable tool for maintaining and monitoring the health of patients. The purpose of this project was to create a noninvasive, photoplethysmographic device that co…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
Looking to create an electric current through the use of hot water and a natural draft, and with the use of compost, this would be a possible source of electricity. By using a hot water heat…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
I studied the relationship between abstract algebra and young tableaux along with representation theory. I found sequences and patterns in tables which represented multiplied permutations an…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Fourth Award
Introduction: Bacteria develop resistance to ß-lactam antibiotics by synthesizing a ß-lactamase to counteract this. It is vital to examine the genetic elements within the ß-lactamases that c…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Abstract- A new method of identifying relationships between taxonomic groups by comparing amino acid residues across well-conserved proteins has been discovered, and has potential applicatio…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
Energy storage in liquid air. According to statistical research, based on an open data analysis, the average Thermal Power Electrical Station loses up to 40 per cent of generated energy, bec…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project is to determine how the temperature at which frozen Pisum sativum (pea seeds) are reheated after being frozen at subzero temperatures affect their ability to germ…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Organisms synthesize skeletons by growing crystals within specialized tissues to produce structures that are optimized to meet functional needs. An understanding of how macromolecule chemist…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Miniature satellites are revolutionary to the space industry. Most do not function more than a year or even four months, but they are inexpensive, light weight, and quickly produced. This en…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Currently the lack of hygiene in the society , has become one of the main promoters of diseases caused by pathogens such as fungi, viruses and bacteria that produce some crawling insects suc…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
This project explores the effectiveness of Curcumin, a polyphenol from the spice Turmeric, on breast cancer cells and its ability to inhibit the proliferation of neoplastic cells. It was hyp…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The electromagnetic theory states that magnetic field exerts strong magnetic forces on ferromagnetic materials and weak forces on non-magnetic materials. Based on this theory, combining the…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The project wanted to find out the feasibility of using the extracted oil from cow‘s yellow bone marrow into something very useful in today’s society; biodiesel. The specific questions that…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Citronella is a traditional plant that is abundance source and easy to found in Southern Asia. It is rarely use for medication in modern world and never be a main material for anything. So ,…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Fourth Award
Most cultured glioma cells die under temozolomide (TMZ) treatment. However, a U251 glioma strain that proliferates under 500uM TMZ, termed "UTMZ", has been derived from U251 cells by resista…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
As the explosion of data collecting technologies has led to complex datasets, a problem facing many fields of study is interpreting massive amounts of data. Sonification, transforming data i…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The main objective of this study was to prepare compost using local farm resources, which is the palm waste in this experiment, date waste was used to provide energy. As block of processed p…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Do deer prefer trophy rocks or bio rocks? I selected this project because I love spending time outdoors and studying the habits of wild animals, especially deer. Also, the city of Aiken has…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Enzymes used in the de-inking process detach ink particles from the fibers by partially hydrolyzing the cellulose fibers on the fiber/ink inter-bonding regions. The purpose of this experimen…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Third Award
In order to meet the demands of computing and communication, new approaches are needed to increase data operating speeds to terahertz (THz) and higher frequencies. Guided wave devices afford…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Crystallization is a scientific process which has often been examined. Due to the number of parameters involved, questions still remain. This is especially true for dendritic crystallization…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dendrimers and hyperbranched (hb) polymers possess a number of properties, which make them promising candidates for various chromatographic applications. The purpose of our study was to iden…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
The objective of the investigation was to determine if there is an underestimation of the cases of leptospirosis in relation to dengue in Puerto Rico. The need of the availability of the Mic…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Fourth Award
High refractive index (n) thin film coatings are widely used in the field of optics, which touches many aspects of our lives. One application of thin film coatings is in optical biosensors,…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Fullerenes, a new class of carbon materials, have unique mechanical and electrical properties that make them efficient alternates to traditional materials. Carbon nanotubes, a type of fuller…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Purpose of the research project: obtain the diamond-like membrane by ionic plasmatic magnetron method and study its characteristics. Object of the research: thin diamond-like carbon membrane…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Most of the trigonometric identities and inequalities in triangles have complicated proofs, which are usually done by tedious trigonometric transformations. In this project, we focused on pr…