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.
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
For many, smart-phones have become an integral part of daily life. This study develops a user-friendly, robust, and secure method for authenticating users on smart-phones. The proposed metho…
CSEF · 2015
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My task in this project was to investigate how the frequency (color) of light affects the output of a solar panel. Based on my background research, my hypothesis was that th…
CSEF · 2015
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals To show how catalysts affect the kinetics of a chemical reaction. Methods/Materials 100-mL of 0.21M potassium sodium tartrate was added into a 500-mL beaker which was then w…
CSEF · 2015
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project investigated whether changing the color of the same drink affected which drink people rated as the sweetest; I wanted to learn whether I could use people's own mi…
ISEF · 2015
The current RFID positioning systems mostly use active tags, while passive tags have its own superiority concerning its low cost and free of maintenance. Besides, with a battery in every tag…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals In the fall of 2015, Hyperion Treatment Plant (HTP) will divert its effluent from the 5-Mile Outfall to the 1-Mile Outfall, leading to an increase in bacterial levels at loc…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science
The pericyte is a regulatory cell that rests on blood vessels throughout the body. It has multiple roles and is thought to be an endogenous source of adult stem cells. In the brain, specific…
ISEF · 2015
In modern society, humans are becoming increasingly dependent on fossil fuels. However, this leads to ozone depletion and the destruction of the earth. One alternative to fossil fuels is bio…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if deep breathing can effect blood pressure, temperature and pulse and therefore help reduce the physiological effects of stress.…
CSEF · 2015
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if age or population size affects conformity. My goal was to help my subjects realize that they do base their opinions, thoughts,…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
There are several types of polymers with chemical additives. These polymers have different molecular structures and different practical uses. The purpose of this research was to determine th…
ISEF · 2015
Waste biomass material can be harnessed to be useful in several ways, from creating energy to creating novel materials. Using biomass also has the advantage of being able to decrease the amo…
ISEF · 2015
Waste, especially organic waste, is a global problem that has not been handed properly, whereas the leaves waste containing carbon and can be used as a pigment source in the ink manufacture.…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to determine how the age of an egg affects how well it peels. My hypothesis is: the older the egg, the easier it will peel. Methods/Material…
ISEF · 2015
After the Industrial Revolution, the world has witnessed a significant development in the automotive industry which in turn has produced large numbers of the types of cars that compete in th…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Our objective is to see if Therapy Dogs have a paw preference of left or right paws, because according to our research, right pawed dogs have higher success rates in trainin…
CSEF · 2015
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to use household materials to calculate a relationship between any crater and its projectile energy. It can be applied to save human lives.…
CSEF · 2015
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to identify the relationship between the distance of the hand and the time it takes for a capacitive sensor to charge/discharge. I created a…
ISEF · 2015
Fourth Award
Arsenic is an odorless and tasteless chemical that leaches into ground water, and this contamination is found in the major water sources affecting the health of over 200 million people world…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project was to explore the properties of various types of thermally actuated artificial muscles that could be used to make exoskeletons. Using thermally actuated artifici…
CSEF · 2015
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I simulated an earth-like climate system, applied temperature forcing agents and observed their relative effects on the system temperature. Methods/Materials I simulated the…
ISEF · 2015
My project is called the Thermoelectric Generator and the goal of this project is to increase the efficiency of the car gas. The problem I found was that many cars waste very much energy thi…
CSEF · 2015
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals Leukemia is notoriously difficult to detect and to treat. The current leading treatments, radiation and chemotherapy, are either indiscriminate in inducing general cell deat…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of this project is to find a more efficient, environmentally safe way to reduce algae bloom growth. If algae growth is decreased by the growth of the bacteria, Bacillus subtilis,…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
Mammary tumorigenesis converts Transforming Growth Factor-ß (TGF-ß) from a tumor suppressor in normal tissue into a tumor promoter in the later stages of breast cancer by inducing epithelial…
ISEF · 2015
Exogenous treatment of ethylene, the plant hormone is involved in the curling of cotyledons of Japanese radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus). However, even without giving ethylene fr…
ISEF · 2015
Epigenetics is the study of how genes are regulated at a level above the DNA nucleotide sequence. Methylation, the attachment of methyl groups onto DNA to upregulate or down-regulate a gene,…
ISEF · 2015
Second Award
Acrolein exposure decreased NF-E2 expression in human proximal renal tubular (HK-11) cells and induced renal cell apoptosis and increased expression of pro-fibrotic proteins. Interestingly,…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Syk, spleen tyrosine kinase, consists of two Src homology 2 (SH2) domains and a single catalytic domain that mediates downstream signaling cascades. Recently, Syk has been shown to be recrui…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Fourth Award
Purpose of the Experiment Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a widespread metabolic disease, caused by lack of Insulin producing beta cells, or body cells Insulin resistance. Transcription factor Pax…