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
Engineering Mechanics
For vehicles traveling at moderate to high velocities, aerodynamic drag can be the largest factor of wasted energy. Therefore, reducing drag to improve aerodynamic efficiency can lead to sig…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Third Award
Although the failure of single-targeted chemotherapy agents is inevitable, recent studies demonstrate that combinatorial dual therapy can effectively treat most cancers. However, two major o…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
The aim of this project is to provide real-time preference of each candidate during election. If there is an election, such as president or congressmen, many organizations and broadcasting c…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this project was to determine which commonly used soil-improving technique would offer the greatest amount of improvement when implemented in desertified soils. The soil impro…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Electroplate is to plate a thin layer of special metal or alloy on surface of certain metals using electrolysis. Nickel plating is one of the most widely used electroplate processes, generat…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Introduction: One of the reasons for doing this research is to obtain ethanol from sugar remnants that lead to the spread of some harmful insects and how to take advantage of these materials…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
The Styrofoam® (Expanded Polystyrene) is an odorless rigid cellular plastic that doesn’t contaminate the soil, water and air, is 100% reusable and recyclable and can return to the condition…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
CPAP or continuous positive airway pressure is currently the only available treatment for people diagnosed with sleep apnea. An Automatic Washer for a CPAP Hose and Mask was built in 2012. T…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Raspberries are a composite fruit that are red and gold in color and boast a distinctive sweet and tart flavor and contain phenols and anthocyanins. This project was conducted to determine i…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
Phytoplankton can account for 50% of the primary production in the marine ecosystem and their diversity is important for regulating cycles of carbon and other elements in the sea. The purpos…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
Roughly 3.8 million concussions occur annually because of sports in the United States. There are lawsuits in professional football and hockey leagues for concussions that propose to award ov…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
This study focused on advancing research in the capture of colon circulating tumor cells (CTCs), by engineering an implantable shunt device that will reduce metastatic burden by inducing apo…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
In this study, a graphite atomizer, flame ionization atomic adsorption analysis, Inductively couple plasma spectrometry and cation inhibition were used for determination of the uptake of cad…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The accuracy of two fundamental techniques of orbital determination, Gaussian and Laplacian, was compared for three near-Earth asteroids (NEAs): 2010 TN54, 1998 QE2, and 1989 FC, chosen for…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this research is to demonstrate design attributes of Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) System. The objective is to provide an operational domain map of WPT System (WPS) encompassi…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Third Award
Over 25 million Americans alone live with some form of renal complication, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. Increased development in the kidney research field could r…
ISEF · 2014
Microbiology
The purpose of this investigation is to relate the flow of Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) in the occurrence of Tropical Cyclones (TC) through the formation of clouds in the lower atmosphere. Gal…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
As the problem of water scarcity is increasing by the year, the need for seawater desalination significantly rises. Almost one fifth of the world’s population lives in areas where the water…
ISEF · 2014
Materials Science
Peat soils are natural resources that have high adsorption capacity to remove heavy metal in polluted water. In this work, peat soils from Indonesian tropical forest were used to investigate…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics Fourth Award
Wastewater effluent from local wastewater treatment center contained relatively high concentrations of carboxylic derivatives, proteins, grease, oil, phosphate, and humic acids causing and f…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
In this project, the ability of dried date palm leaflets and dehydrated carbon that prepared from it was proved to remove some light and heavy metal ions from aqueous solution and well water…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering
Carbon emissions from the energy and transportation sectors are the most significant contributors to the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. Increasing green…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
The objective of this experiment is to examine several available, low-cost by-products as substrates for conversion to methane gas. My previous research demonstrated that these materials wer…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical Third Award
People with severe visual impairment have difficulties navigating their way through buildings. Due to this, we created a renovated cane that combines a Cintech Pin-pointer metal detector, to…
ISEF · 2014
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Paederus dermatitis is a dangerous skin irritation caused by a potent toxin found in the haemolymph of certain types of rove beetles (e.g. Paederus fuscipes). Although the danger of these ro…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Fourth Award
Damage to the heart muscle has long been considered irreparable and an indicator of future heart failure. When damaged, the heart forms a scar-like tissue that develops over regions of damag…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
Due to diminishing natural resources, the threat of global warming, and rising fuel costs, modern society requires inexpensive, renewable forms of energy. The present study constructed a res…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The project is to develop electronic ballasts for T5-28W fluorescent lamps to lengthen the lifespan of fluorescent lamps by preventing the tube from going black and the luminosity from decre…
ISEF · 2014
Systems Software
When a drop of water is dripped on a cooled metal plate, it solidifies into the shape with the cusp-like top. The frozen drop has an inflexion point near the cusp. As an example, this effect…
ISEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Disposable diapers are one of the top contributors to waste in landfills. In the US alone, nearly 25 billion diapers are deposited into landfills each year. This project aims to reduce the t…