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.
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to accurately choose and derive the correct diffraction grating equation (there are many forms) and to analyze the laser diffraction patter…
ISEF · 2015
Law enforcement agencies are always looking for new ways to protect their officers in the most efficient way. To ensure the safety of law enforcement officers in hostile situations new devic…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project was to see if Kanlow Switchgrass plants growing at Tar Creek Superfund Site have adapted to deal with the toxic conditions at that site. There were two parts to t…
ISEF · 2015
1. Objective: The currently-used manual cap-sorting technology has great defects. It is extremely in need of an automatic cap-sorting machine to improve the present situation. 2. Steps: Afte…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find the impact of age and gender on vocal ranges. Methods/Materials In this trial, people of different genders and age groups were teste…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine how much static electricity is generated when two materials are rubbed together and how quickly the static electricity is dis…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
The objective of this study was to look at the relationship between glomeruli structures and the presence myosin 1e. Myosin 1e (Myo1e) is a protein which is present in the cytoskeleton of po…
CSEF · 2015
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Which antioxidant vitamin (A, E or C) will negate the harmful oxidant effects of hydrogen peroxide (H202) in preventing seeds from germinating? Methods/Materials Using bean…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find out if 'warping' the words impact the Stroop Effect. Methods/Materials To test how warped words would impact the Stroop Effect, I designed 6 tests.…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
This project investigated how simple behaviors can be implemented into an interconnected decentralized swarm robotics system to generate complex emergent behaviors without using extensive co…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Trauma is very commonly encountered by people across the globe. In one out of every five cases it takes the form of hemorrhagic shock. It is theorized that in order to reverse this process o…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Second Award
There is currently no cure for neurological disorders such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease. These disorders have been linked to impairments in critical cellular pathways including N…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this experiment was to test if the introduction of Gibberellic Acid will increase the cell count and CO2 sequestration in the Cyclotella cultures. Also if the Gibberellic Acid…
ISEF · 2015
Currently, medical technology in the treatment of viruses is lacking. Current antivirals are ineffective and often try to work in complex manors inside the cell to protect of remove viral DN…
ISEF · 2015
The project is designed to address the shortcoming observed in conventional traffic light control system which do not vary their time allocation based on the volume of traffic. The volume of…
CSEF · 2015
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our question is: What blade shape is most aerodynamic, with the least drag, to make a wind energy rotor spin faster, causing more electricity to be generated? We hypothesize…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Last year's research determined that improvements needed be made to the past cooling manifold. The purpose of the past manifold was to cool a solar panel effectively in order to produce an i…
ISEF · 2015
I read once in an article that the wake angle (the angle that leaves an object when traveling on the surface of the water) of a duck or an aircraft carrier is independent of the object. And…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Emotions may become inappropriate, excessive, and even pathological, such as in major depressive disorders, with disabling and costly consequences of emotional dysfunction. The skill to succ…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
Lymphoid-specific recombinases RAG1 and RAG2 act synergistically to generate a diverse T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire by catalyzing V(D)J Recombination, a site-specific recombination proce…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to test the effects juglone has on bacteria found in the body. If the bacteria are adversely affected, then juglone has an effect external from the soil. The b…
ISEF · 2015
Systems Software Fourth Award
The objective of my project was to inhibit the proteolytic enzymes of adult and microfilariae Brugia pahangi using protease inhibitors to see if these inhibitors could kill these parasites.…
CSEF · 2015
Toxicology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to inhibit the proteolytic enzymes of adult and microfilariae Brugia pahangi using protease inhibitors to see if protease inhibitors could ki…
ISEF · 2015
Gringsing sarong is the famous sarong with double weaving technique. Which is very rare technique in the World. This technique of weaving is the one of the three countries, India, Japan, and…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine which moisturizing product or lotion worked best to keep human skin moist. Methods/Materials The hypothesis of this experiment was the Humecta…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are powered by accretion of matter onto supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in a structure called the accretion disk. The biggest problem with thi…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals According to scientific research, the only animals capable of feeling pain are those that can feel fear, anxiety, distress and terror, similar to what humans feel when we re…
ISEF · 2015
Everyday more and more vehicles are put into production, and are meant to endure hard, corrosive work. Without the use of an engine oil or lubricant, engine failure is inevitable. Research s…
ISEF · 2015
The original question that was addressed was is an amateur astronomer able to locate and confirm an exoplanet of sufficient quality? If so, based on the calculations of the planet's radius i…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award
Chronic lymphedema is a progressive, disabling condition characterized by regional bodily accumulation of protein-rich interstitial fluid. It affects over 100 million worldwide, yet no pharm…