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
The goal of TCD^3 project is to identify anomalous driving pattern from traffic camera feeds. Successful execution can improve road safety by assisting law enforcement catch dangerous driver…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) First Award
Objectives/Goals 1) Discover transcriptional regulators of the fungus Candida glabrata that govern resistance to antimicrobial peptides and the antifungal drug caspofungin, 2) test the virul…
ISEF · 2015
As the world population continues to rise, the search for quickly and cheaply grown food becomes more and more desperate. For many years, farmers have used fertilizers to feed the world. Tho…
ISEF · 2015
On Amazon you can find large economic problems, social and especially environmental. As the overthrow of buriti tree to give place to the monoculture of assai and dumps of waste that already…
CSEF · 2015
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Unhealthy diets are one of the leading causes of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which lead to 16 million premature deaths per year; maternal and childhood malnutrition alo…
ISEF · 2015
Plants use photoreceptors to detect light. Thus, every light colour triggers a unique response within a plant. Phytochrom, for example, is a photoreceptor which is sensitive to light in the…
ISEF · 2015
Rare earth materials such as neodymium are used in permanent magnets that are employed in wind turbine generators; a 6 MW wind turbine uses about 3600 kg of neodymium! Recently, there has be…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (General) Second Award
Objectives/Goals With the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, there is a need for a different approach to combat bacterial infections without the continual abuse of anti…
ISEF · 2015
Third Award
The Carbonic Anhydrase I (CA I) receptor, is involved in regulating water/pH levels. When CA I activity is elevated, CA I antagonists can potentially treat diseases like osteoporosis, epilep…
CSEF · 2015
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to see how the size of an investigated area of land affects the evidence of habitat filtering and competitive exclusion. I looked at different qu…
ISEF · 2015
Triclosan is an antibacterial and antifungal agent commonly found in consumer products, and when added to products, delays the growth of bacteria, fungi, and mildew. Rising levels of Triclos…
CSEF · 2015
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective of this project is to test if placing walls underwater and above water will reduce the damage of a tsunami. Methods/Materials Methods: Make the wave tank and pu…
ISEF · 2015
Having previously found that the shoreline (as opposed to out in the ocean or up on dry land) is the most effective placement of a wave barrier, I now observe the percentage of the shoreline…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
A major step in the metastatic cascade is the migration of tumor cells towards blood vessels in a process known as “streaming.” However, the signaling molecule that triggers tumor cells to e…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which brand of soil produces the best and healthiest plant growth. Three brands were compared: Miracle-Gro Potting Mix, Garden…
ISEF · 2015
With a changing economy, more people are replacing their grass fields with synthetic turf since it is often cheaper and more durable. There are several risks that accompany synthetic turf, i…
CSEF · 2015
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective is to observe the effects of hard, surface pollutants on aquatic plants ability to photosynthesize and ocean acidification. Methods/Materials Goldfish and aqua…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals I did this test to see if Twinkies can resist water, similar to a store bought water resist for leather. I tested to see if my different Twinkie mixes stood up to water resi…
CSEF · 2015
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out which commonly used building materials are best at blocking WiFi signals. This information could be used for security purpos…
ISEF · 2015
Two-photon absorption (2PA) cross-sections of dye chemically bound to proteins were used as markers to monitor the unfolding and aggregation transitions of the protein Bovine Serum Albumin (…
ISEF · 2015
Biomedical Engineering
The discovery of luminescent nanoclusters (NCs) takes photodynamic therapy closer to becoming a mainstream form of cancer treatment that is non-invasive and more targeted. With ultrafine siz…
CSEF · 2015
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine which food or liquid contains the highest amount of glucose among orange juice, cranberry juice, Coca Cola, Diet Pepsi, lemon…
ISEF · 2015
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Antagonistic drug interactions can negatively impact treatment effectiveness. This project investigated the antagonistic interaction between two heartburn drugs: aluminium hydroxide and calc…
ISEF · 2015
The purpose of the experiment was to understand the physics behind heat transfers involved in fine particle forest fires, as well as to understand how radiation, convection, wind speed, and…
ISEF · 2015
One major challenge in the 21st century is increasing crop yield to feed the world’s growing population on diminishing arable land. Plant parasitic nematodes, including the Root-Knot Nematod…
ISEF · 2015
Translational Medical Science Third Award
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and in 2013 was responsible for 611,105 fatalities, according to the CDC. GGF2 is a neuregulin-1, Type II protein isoform that mainly…
CSEF · 2015
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to look for correlations of the properties of metals and their antibacterial strength. This experiment looks into the oligodynamic effect.…
ISEF · 2015
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) refers to a group of factors that increase the risk to various health problems; these risk factors include abdominal obesity that is associated with low-grade infla…
ISEF · 2015
Propulsion created by motors can be affected by numerous factors. Information about this topic is vital, in order to remain energy and cost efficient, while researching maritime heritage, ma…
ISEF · 2015
Proper cell function relies heavily on the interactions between the cell and its environment. Mechanosensitive proteins, for example, sense external mechanical forces to initiate signaling p…