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.
AJAS · 2017
Millions of people living across the United States suffer from discogenic lower back pain. Although there are various methods said to reduce this pain, there is a need for a more efficient,…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
In this paper, we focus on the dynamical behaviors of the non-monotone points and the periodic points of the tent mappings under iteration. We first discuss the variation of the number and l…
ISEF · 2017
Plant Sciences
This project on its present form is the result of several experimentations on the effect of the peppermint oil on the white fly . The initial idea was to determine the damage of the white fl…
ISEF · 2017
Microbiology
Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6 (PcO6) is a naturally-occurring bacteria that grows on wheat roots in commercial fields in Cache Valley, Utah. PcO6 allows plants to survive longer in droughts by…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of the project was to determine whether there is a link between the Visual Motor abilities of learners at pre-school and school performance later at high school, specifically in…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics
In this project, we defined a mid-tangent point with respect to a fixed point X and a tangent at a point P on planar curve C as a point on the tangent that is equidistant from X and P. We st…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if the speed of a rotor ship as propelled by the Magnus Effect is affected by the surface roughness of the rotor when exposed to…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Main aim of my project was to create a 3D printer mostly using recycled computer parts. Another objective was to do this within a budget of $150. Functionally, the goal was…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Current exoplanet discovery methods are limited by our capacity to observe planet-star interactions. I developed a method of discovering exoplanets using planet-planet interactions by progra…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My goal is to understand where the Julia and Mandelbrot sets come from and answer many intriguing questions: How many different types of Julia sets are there? Do Julia sets…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if the Tumeric root extract, Curcumin, can be used as an anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory helming agent. Methods/Materials Micr…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Diabetes is a prevalent, dangerous, and sometimes even fatal, disease that causes multiple afflictions, including increased hunger, thirst, unexplained weight loss, and fatigue. Diabetics cu…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The object of this experiment is to determine whether a subject's memory of an event can be altered by framing questions given after the event has occurred. The specific goa…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals To study the molecular mechanisms of cartilage regeneration. Specifically, I am interested to model a medical treatment called prolotherapy, in which a physician injects a p…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Decision-making is affected by many factors, including the level of morality in decision making. Recently, a relationship between unethical decisions and time-of-day (TOD) was demonstrated.…
CSEF · 2017
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to discover whether or not age and gender affects middle schoolers moral decisions. Methods/Materials Google survey, notebook, stopwatch or…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Basically, “The Moral Sentence” is a survey where tests subject compared two people with varying descriptions of their wealth and moral behavior. From that, the test subjects had to decide w…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
My project proved that it is possible to identify peak plantar pressure using wearable pressure sensors built into a custom foot orthotic with the idea that the orthotic could proactively si…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Several antacids were tested in this experiment to determine the pH range in which they show buffer activity. Since the desired maximum or minimum hydrogen ion concentration…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The Mpemba effect is the observation that under certain conditions, warmer water can freeze faster than colder water. My objective was to determine if the Mpemba effect exis…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Popularity in climacteric fruits consumption both within the country and as exporting produce has brought our interest in carrying out this research. The objective of this work is to develop…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Harnessing the immune system to attack cancer is a novel treatment called immunotherapy. It uses antibodies to block signaling pathways that deactivate T cells. These inhibitory pathways exi…
CSEF · 2017
Toxicology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine the mutagenic effects of a common type of dye, gentian violet on fruit flies. Methods/Materials This study used commercially ava…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to investigate if the traditional over-the-counter painkillers affect the stomach acid and health of an individual in the future. Over-the-co…
CSEF · 2017
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine what kind of airfoil or spoiler based on angle of attack provides the best turning performance with the best speed. Methods/Mat…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Hybrid supercapacitors with nickel hydroxide electrodes are widely used as modern power sources for starting and working of different types of electric motors, especially in electric vehicle…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this experiment was to study the potential benefits of a novel design on the efficiency of the lift and drag relationship for airfoils. The physics of the fluid flow dynamics…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Multi-robot exploration problem is generally constituted of three NP-hard problems, which are a determination of next-best-views (NBVs), a path planning, and a multi-robot coordination. This…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software
Visually impaired people have been suffering to live in dense urban. In particular, knowing the direction of the sidewalk for visually impaired people is not so much easy. There are Braille…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project is to find the entire orbit of an asteroid and develop an effective way to move the asteroid so that it will not impact the earth. The asteroid will be moved with…