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 · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The p53 protein, known for its role in preventing cancer, can also become the cause of cancer when mutated. Finding a way to understand the protein and develop a way to reactivate it has bee…
ISEF · 2019
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fatigue is one of the most common complaints and there is no effective way to diagnose it. If a program is created to find the heart rate measurement and blink rate then, through machine lea…
CSEF · 2019
Mathematical Sciences Second Award
Objectives The goal for this project is to design, build, and test a mobile application (app) that is able to sort waste into recycling, compost, and trash. Only 9% of recyclables gets recyc…
ISEF · 2019
Chemistry
The addition of nanoparticles to materials has the ability to enhance a variety of characteristics such as their mechanical and optical properties. These properties are often highly correlat…
CSEF · 2019
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of this project was to observe if phosphorescence can increase the amount of energy we receive from solar panels. Methods In this project, we used a polycrystalline…
CSEF · 2019
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The purpose of this project is to research the acoustic of violin and guide violin buyers using fundamental of Physics and smartphone to help find a perfect violin. This project i…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Fourth Award
Anionic dyes are commonly used in the paper, dyeing, petroleum, and textile industries, contributing to global water pollution that harms microbial populations and can be carcinogenic to mam…
ISEF · 2019
Materials Science
Strain gauges are electronics that measure applied force by monitoring changes in the resistance of a circuit. Gauges are produced when interdigitated circuits are placed on an adhesive that…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
The purpose of my project was to find an effective method of increasing yields in limited production agricultural areas. Finding a cost-effective way to increase production in previously unp…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The objective of this project is to create a way to move air more efficiently using the Venturi effect by a data driven design of optimizing venturi structures. Methods We used va…
ISEF · 2019
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and women. In addition, many patients with progressive lung cancer develop latent radiation-induced respiratory damage. The p…
CSEF · 2019
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives The objective on the experiment was to increase the yield of popped popcorn by saturating the kernels prior to popping. Methods A Presto hot air popper was used during the experim…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of this experiment was to use Waxworms to biodegrade different types of plastic and household waste. It lowers the amount of time it takes for plastic to biodegrade…
CSEF · 2019
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives Create a winglet that has the ability to reduce drag more effectively than the winglets that are currently being used on airplanes. Methods Autodesk Fusion 360 to design the new w…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Despite their role in regulating crucial plant phenomena like plant architecture and senescence, information about plant hormones, especially strigolactones, is relatively scarce. Strigolact…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most aggressive form of brain cancer (<5% of people diagnosed survive for longer than 5 years), with no specific treatment or prevention. For many types of can…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The hexagon is one of the most useful shapes found in nature. The hexagon is strongest when packed together--think honeycombs--and will shine against compressive forces. It can be predicted…
ISEF · 2019
Energy: Chemical Fourth Award
Petroleum-based chemistry is responsible for the raw materials needed to produce everyday items, ranging from personal care and pharmaceutical items to industrial solvents. A more environmen…
ISEF · 2019
Biomedical Engineering
The existing navigational system for spinal reconstructions called fluoroscopy presents significant visual and physiological disadvantages. Fluoroscopy has a limited field of view of the spi…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Glaciers have exhibited increased melting rates due to rising global temperatures resulting from climate change. To track the effects of climate change on glacial mass balance, the equilibri…
ISEF · 2019
Systems Software
Exoplanets have garnered interest in the scientific community, as indicated with the launch of TESS and Kepler Telescope’s expansive online library of exoplanet data. With the future launch…
ISEF · 2019
Cellular and Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Melanoma, a tumor arising from melanocytes, is responsible for most skin cancer deaths. Familial melanoma is linked to germline mutations in the CDKN2A (p16) tumor suppressor gene, which reg…
CSEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives The world s waters are continuously being contaminated and polluted by microplastics and microfibers with almost 30% of marine pollution coming from microplastics and microfibers…
ISEF · 2019
Earth and Environmental Sciences
On regional and global levels, pollution from highways and industrial activities are major sources of environmental damage. Phytoremediation is the process of rehabilitating the quality of s…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Although opposition to vaccines is as old as vaccines themselves, in recent years, the vaccine hesitancy movement (often referred to as the anti-vaccination movement) has caused a regression…
CSEF · 2019
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives Rockets today are extremely expensive to launch due to the cost of fuel. If we want to get closer to commercial space travel, we must make the cost of launching rockets to space a…
ISEF · 2019
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this project is to validate the impact of evidence-based instruction in increasing the phonological awareness skills for individuals with Dyslexia. The hypothesis of this proj…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives My research aims to validate the effectiveness of algorithm-generated crop rotations that I found last year. Methods Previously, I wrote an algorithm in C++ that found crop rotati…
ISEF · 2019
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Solid waste is a huge problem in Qatar, it is produced as a rate of 2.5 Kg/day Out of this, polymers and carbon black constitute a significant percentage of it. This project aimed at synthes…
CSEF · 2019
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives Our objective is due to altered protein and DNA sequence in GMO vs Organic/NonGMO plant, there will be change in yield of the DNA extracted and measured. Methods Different types o…