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 · 2017
Systems Software
Heart disease is the leading killer of men and women in the U.S. today. According to the CDC About 600,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that’s 1 in every 4 dea…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
OBJECTIVE: To engineer a high heat conduction thermal evacuation suit that also addresses superheated gas. Suit will allow a person to escape a fire of 980°C & convection heat of 32kph for 5…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals To engineer a high heat conduction thermal evacuation suit that also addresses superheated penetrating gas. Suit will allow a person to escape a fire of temperatures reachin…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Classroom teachers sometimes put student essays through a plagiarism detector to search the web for any matching sentences and paragraphs. But this doesn#t detect if the pap…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals How are astronauts going to even survive getting to Mars with all the radiation they would be rendered helpless against? Assuming that humans do find a way to get to Mars sa…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if ultraviolet light can effectively eradicate bacteria from student music instruments. Methods/Materials I used sterile nutrient agar plates, s…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Second Award
Due to toxic industrial waste environmental pollution due has become one of the most significant problems nowadays. Most widely-used method of utilization of carbon monoxide, a poisonous byp…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Pathological angiogenesis and fibrosis are the hallmark features of several cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases, including diabetic retinopathy, cardiomyopathy, atherosclerosis, and can…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry
Zika(ZIKV) poses unknown long-term threats to both adults and infants. Much inability to combat it comes from its complex envelope structure and resulting atypical biochemical properties. Th…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Traditional wastewater purification is ineffective, costly, and time consuming; additionally, the sludge byproduct is harmful to the environment. According to the US EPA, 3-4% of the nation’…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Third Award
The project incorporates common rose (Rosoideae rosa) nanostructures, especially their anti-reflective and light management properties, in a photoresist film to increase photovoltaic cell ef…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
This project’s purpose is to investigate the usage of the spidron system for automotive crush zones and force absorption applications. The engineering goal of this project is to utilize the…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Among the many biomass sources that can be used as biofuel, coffee grounds are a viable source of fatty acids for producing biodiesel. Over 500,000 tons of coffee ground waste is created yea…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Converting lipids extracted from used coffee grounds into usable biodiesel efficiently by using a strong acid catalyst and comparing it to other fuels, such as vegetable bio…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Water Hyacinth (Sp. Eichhornia crassipes) originated in the state of Amazonas is listed along with the worst five weeds in the world. This waterweed blocks waterways, affecting both navigati…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of this project was to determine if artificial neural networks could be effectively utilized in a data analysis problem such as predicting stock prices. In order to answer the re…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to find a way to provide a constant supply of electrical power to a cardiac pacemaker utilizing cardiac and pulmonary motions in conjunction with a piezofi…
ISEF · 2017
Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer. When diagnosed early, there is a 98% survival rate. However, once the cancer metastasizes, the survival rate decreases dramatically to 18%. The…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Research main objective was to create a new alternative packing material based on banana, cassava and yam starch, in order to reduce the environmental implications produced by today’s plasti…
CSEF · 2017
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals As fossil fuel is starting to become non-renewable, alternate energies such as wind power are being considered as a possible way to run our nation. The purpose of my experim…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Platelet endocytosis is very important, especially for fibrinogen uptake. Platelets contain several integral membrane proteins called soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor Attachment Pro…
ISEF · 2017
Systems Software Third Award
Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) is a type of 3d printing used in a variety of applications, from small scale manufacturing to rapid prototyping. Printed pieces are typically filled with a s…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science Second Award
Objectives/Goals Of all Green House Gases (GHGs), CO2 causes highest surface warming and shows highest correlation with temperature. Currently majority of CO2 emissions are from fossil fuels…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals A prevalent problem globally, heart disease is often caused by the constriction of blood vessels, reversible using vasodilators. One class of these vasodilators, nitrate con…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical
Today, organic wastes constitute an average of 68% of our domestic wastes. In addition, the plant waste on the fields at the end of the harvest also reaches millions of tons. For instance, i…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Modern mankind is at odds with two issues: waste management and access to potable water in developing nations. Current water treatment methods such as reverse-osmosis have proved to be energ…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to prove the usefulness and versatility of 3D printing in the world of prosthetics and overall medical usefulness of 3D printing. This project i…
AJAS · 2017
Systems Software and Computer Science (inferred)
Signatures are used daily, whether to sign for credit cards or for contracts. However the validity of a signature is often left up to a human, and isn’t checked for accuracy. 31.8 million Cr…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The main objective/goal for this project is to create a successful communication device for the aurally and visually impaired. This is being done to help the thousands upon…
CSEF · 2017
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals If someone played video games for thirty minutes everyday for thirty days, could it improve short-term memory? What category of memory scores would improve or decline if the…