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.
JSHS · 2023
Over the past 30 years racial representation amongst Disney animated films have changed significantly, becoming more inclusive and diverse. This study aims to understand the cultural accurac…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
A major problem with today's cars is the vast amount of heat generated and dissipated by the brakes. Not only is this energy completely lost, but prolonged functioning in the heat can also e…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Purpose: This study addresses road accidents caused by driver fatigue and drowsiness. With a slight level of fatigue and a desire to sleep, a person's reaction drops by almost 16%, causing t…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Cardiovascular surgery is a complex and high-risk procedure that requires precise navigation to ensure the success of the operation. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the d…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The widespread use of plastics has raised concerns about their persistence in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Tiny plastic particles, microplastics, and nanoplastics which are generate…
ISEF · 2023
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award
Sources of renewable energy and clean water are threatened due to rising temperatures, which can trigger eutrophication. Biophotovoltaic fuel cells using microalgae and integrated wastewater…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project assessed whether longleaf pine tree (Pinus palustris) ring widths varied with groundwater depth. If tree ring growth is related to groundwater depth, then pine trees in deeper g…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics (MPs) are everywhere in our daily lives, air, water, and the food chain. Research conducted around the world has confirmed the presence of MPs in water, salt, and other food th…
ISEF · 2023
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award
Muscular Atrophy severely restricts an individual’s ability to conduct Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), with 70% of Muscular Dystrophy patients requiring the aid of a caretaker or an ortho…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Automated Recyclable Management (ARM) is a synthesis object detection network and affordable hardware prototype designed to automate the process of recyclable waste classification. By employ…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software
The American Society of Clinical Oncology estimates a national shortage of over two-thousand hematologists and oncologists by 2025, yet leukemia is consistently among the ten most prevalent…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In 1950 Alan Turing designed a test with the goal of finding an answer to the question "Can Machines Think?" In Turing test there is a human and a machine that is judged by another human acc…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Through our design, we have employed two machine learning models. First, a visual transcript of hand signs, and other physical features must be established, and accurately return a string of…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
The aromatic amino acid Tyrosine was synthesized using three types of clays, water, heat, and a few common compounds. However, initial efforts to identify Tyrosine were stymied by the sole u…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
Runoff of surplus nutrients causes algae blooms which endanger marine wildlife. This study aspired to design and construct an accessible device which provides accurate quantitative, in-situ,…
ISEF · 2023
Systems Software Fourth Award
As one of the traditional cultures in China, Chinese calligraphy has transcended the boundaries of language and become a form of art exhibited in homes and museums. For beginners, mastery of…
ISEF · 2023
Microbiology Third Award
A big challenge of long term space travel and habitation is bacteria proliferation in the spacecraft and space station. Bacteria form threatening biofilms that jeopardize equipment and the h…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
Haptic technology, which delivers a sense of touch, has gained significant popularity in the entertainment industries for providing immersive virtual experiences. However, its potential as a…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Our aim is to help children with sensory processing disorder which is a neurological disorder that disrupts how the brain responds to external stimuli to achieve the desirable improvements i…
ISEF · 2023
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Histone binding proteins regulate histone metabolism and play important roles in multiple biological processes that are linked to human diseases. Here we developed an in-silico approach to s…
ISEF · 2023
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Text-generation AI services are unaffordable for most people at $10 to $20 a month. I developed and published an open-source efficient text-generation algorithm called grouped sampling to en…
ISEF · 2023
Environmental Engineering
Due to humans' heavy, global dependence on petroleum as an energy source and material, oil extraction and processing efforts happen in many environments and involve mass transportation acros…
ISEF · 2023
Embedded Systems
To meet the growing demand for food in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, many countries are investing in new technologies and digitization of agricultural services. Precision a…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical Engineering
The project focuses on the development of a solar powered, portable respirator system that utilizes an Ambu bag and incorporates an LCD user interface to allow for the setting of specific pa…
ISEF · 2023
Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease affecting 50 million people around the world, characterized by brain atrophy, memory loss, and cognitive decline. While much has been…
JSHS · 2023
In Montana, over 150,000 acres of public land have been contaminated by hydrocarbons. These areas are more susceptible to groundwater contamination and climate issues. I chose this investiga…
ISEF · 2023
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Swimming in natural water sources such as lakes, rivers, and beaches can expose individuals to harmful organisms and toxins, leading to sickness. The contamination of these water sources can…
ISEF · 2023
Chemistry
The rapid discovery of exoplanets in recent years has presented a complex challenge in determining their habitability. Remote detection and limited spatial and spectral information, as well…
JSHS · 2023
The consumption of natural sugars leads to a dopamine surge in the nucleus accumbens, a vital area of the mesolimbic dopamine system. Artificial sweeteners, a low-calorie alternative to natu…
ISEF · 2023
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a common inherited retinal degeneration disease that is caused by the deterioration of rod photoreceptors, a type of retinal cell, leading to vision loss. One me…