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
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) has transformed from a silent disease to become a threat to the world, with approximately 170 million people infected globally. Although HCV genotype 4 (HCV-4) is the…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Fourth Award
End stage liver diseases can only be cured by whole liver transplantation. Because of limited supply of donor livers the supply will never meet the demand. Stem cells have shown to provide a…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
The purpose of this study is to develop a detection mechanism for vehicular hyperthermia. Vehicular hyperthermia occurs when a child or pet is left inside of a vehicle on a hot day and suffe…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Purpose of the Project The triangle is the most common term in geometry studies. Therefore, it is hard to believe anyone can discover new facts about this extensively studied subject. The pr…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
People can get water by opening the key of a faucet, but this is not a reality for everyone, a lot of people don’t have the service to get water and they need to buy it from a water pipe and…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
The objective of this project was to develop a method for identifying faces in situations where the face is angled away from the camera or partially obscured. Current state-of-the-art face r…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Throughout the world, lithium batteries are the prevalent form of mobile energy sources for modern technological devices. Though its importance is invaluable, its deficiencies have become no…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
The main technical and economic limitations of the traditional Photovoltaic cells are the high cost, low efficiency.The currently used semiconductor materials (Si,Ge) have absorption only in…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
My project goal was to engineer an interactive punching bag with sensors and lights that will train children to spar in martial arts. The project was overall successful. The platform utilize…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
This experiment was testing different angles of airfoil slots on the separation effects (drag, lift, and moment). It was hypothesized that the 30° and 45° slots would have higher aerodynamic…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Lyme disease is the number one vector-born disease in the United States, most commonly carried by the Black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis. Although the tick is found all over the United Sta…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology Second Award
Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is a state of subclinical bacterial harboring associated with threefold increased infection risk for ~25% of the healthy human population. The first stag…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
I inquired; Can artificial floating nests (AFNs) be used to improve Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai) reproductive success in a mangrove forest or at wetlands where no predator control is conducte…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
C3 plants open their stomata depending on blue light absorbed by phototropins during the daytime to get CO2 for photosynthesis and close stomata at night. By contrast, CAM plants like cacti…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
Last year’s project, “Got Insulation?” was based on testing unconventional but readily available products that could be used as heat insulators in houses. As the experimenter progressed thro…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to determine how different factors affect the accuracy of artificial neural network, specifically for cancer detection. Every factor tested did lead to a ch…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this test was to see if the flow rate of a hydropower plant would change the electrical output. This is significant because, it could result in more power being produced from…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
In our world, there is an incredibly vast range of planes, all with different purposes. To suit these purposes, different planes require specific characteristics. One major characteristic, w…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
My experiment consisted of testing the effectiveness of antacids in two different ways, and I also tested how long it remained effective. I started by testing the effectiveness by crushing o…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The world is facing environmental and clean-water crises. In fact, 780 million people or 1 in 9 people are lacking or having no access to improved and clean drinking water (WHO/UNICEF, 2012)…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
In tissues bioengineering, synthetic or biological materials have been used as cutaneous substitutes for the treatment of large skin lesions. In this research, I developed techniques that tr…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Second Award
Hybrid-electric vehicles are the state of the art in the automotive industry because they increase efficiency and reduce the negative environmental impacts of burning fossil fuels. The long…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Temperature and salinity dominate the stratification of ocean waters, putting warm water with less salt in upper layers and cold water with more salt in lower layers. When a hurricane passes…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Given a rapid rise in cyber security threats for Internet users, corporations, and governments, there is a dire need for safer cryptographic algorithms. The purpose of this 3rd year capstone…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Hydraulic fracturing, pumping fluids at high pressures underground to fracture shale, releases natural gas (Wiseman, 2010). Fracturing fluids resurface as flowback water. Generally disposed…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics
Known as the third leading cause of death in the United States, cerebrovascular ischemic stroke leads to over 100,000 deaths per year. Furthermore, stroke causes long-term disabilities, one…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of my experiment Hydro Power is to find out what amount of blades set to different pitch angles would produce the most DC Voltage. In order to test this experiment I had to set u…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
The main problem for the experiment was: Can a conversion and calculation app be created without extraneous units, advertisements, and a need for a constant internet connection? I hypothesiz…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Second Award
A novel, user-worn device (iAid) was devised to help visually impaired people navigate using an Arduino microprocessor and an Android platform. Voice commands were utilized to input the dest…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Second Award
Ice floats on water, and upon freezing, exerts an outward force of over 700 megapascals (Mpa). The deepest spot on the ocean floor yet explored is within the Mariana trench, and only reaches…