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 · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) of crude oil, traditional riser reactors suffer from hydrodynamic inefficiencies that severely reduce product selectivity and promote excessive coke formati…
ISEF · 2026
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Overcoming aerodynamic drag is crucial for reducing aviation’s fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. This study examines a biomimetic approach to skin-friction drag reduction through shark-ski…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
Drag reduction is crucial for the aviation industry: a 1.1% reduction can save billions of dollars annually and benefit the environment, yet passive flow-control for aircrafts at cruising-co…
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
Finding Changes in Drag and Lift of an Airfoil at Cruising Conditions with addition of novel Shark Inspired Denticles and Identifying Relations between Drag and Lift with Denticle Geometry u…
ISEF · 2026
Technology Enhances the Arts
Having a song stuck in your head is a common problem, and while music identification apps can be helpful sometimes, they have a limitation: they cannot process user humming, only prerecorded…
ISEF · 2026
Materials Science
The aim of our project this year is to find the optimum form of sheep wool as a strengthening agent in concrete, its real-life applications and financial feasibility. Our intention is to cre…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity
Shocking Solution Shocking Solution is an innovation class project based upon the synthesis of rubies utilizing water based fuel. In order to create the intense heat required to crystalize t…
ISEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering
Coastal erosion poses a significant threat to Louisiana's ecosystems, infrastructure, and communities, with land loss occurring at one of the highest rates in the United States. This study i…
CSEF · 2026
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division) First Award
This project investigates whether cardstock made from the Variegated American Agave Century Succulent (VAACS) should replace traditional tree-based cardstock. My hypothesis is that VAACS car…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Sports trackers are an indispensable tool for effective training; however, their ability to analyze motion dynamics and ergonomic load distribution remains limited. To bridge this gap, we pr…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Radon is an invisible, odourless gas that can cause lung cancer. In Nova Scotia, more than one-third of homes exceed the safe limit set by Health Canada. Many families use affordable sensors…
CYSF · 2026
Gold Medal
I plan to research key aspects of breast cancer biology and DNA methylation patterns, then apply what I learn to build and evaluate a machine learning classifier for early detection.
ISEF · 2026
Cellular and Molecular Biology First Award
Epilepsy affects over 50 million people, and one in three cannot stop their seizures with medication. Neuromodulatory therapies are the leading alternative, but development has been bottlene…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
My project is about building a wearable device that can detect signs of silent aspiration, a condition where food or liquid enters the airway without causing a cough. This is important becau…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
A test of how speed affects a boat's noise output in dB
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
My project is based on helping solve safety hazards for Deaf/Hard of Hearing or Deaf-blind individuals. For this project, I used Arduino to program an alarm system that will alert people thr…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Verbal communication is a fundamental aspect of our daily lives, yet millions of people struggle to speak clearly due to speech disorders. These speech disorders include Dysarthria, a speech…
AJAS · 2026
Microbiology (inferred)
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Salmonella Typhi can cause life-threatening illnesses in humans. The antimicrobial properties of…
ISEF · 2026
Chemistry
Aromatic amino acids phenylalanine (Phe), tryptophan (Trp), and tyrosine (Tyr) show increased plasma concentrations in cases of phenylketonuria, tryptophanemia, and tyrosinemia type I that o…
ISEF · 2026
Embedded Systems
Modern semiconductors are typically closed-source and lack transparency in design and production. The resulting inability to verify chips allows the introduction of undetectable hardware bac…
CSEF · 2026
Medicine & Physiology (Junior Division)
ACL injuries are becoming increasingly common in young athletes, especially in sports that involve jumping and landing. This experiment investigates whether certain landing mechanics place o…
CYSF · 2026
I built a model to demonstrate a heart,along with slides about the cardiovascular system.
CSEF · 2026
Mathematical Sciences (Junior Division)
This project explores the simplified question: “How can we use computer model variables to predict the effectiveness of social distancing compliance using autonomous dotted agents to simulat…
CYSF · 2026
Bronze Medal
Using Urinalysis Strips, I want to understand if kidney failure can be simulated by gradually increasing protein levels (egg whites) in simulated urine. Observing the urinalysis strip effect…
ISEF · 2026
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
The incurable nature of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is compounded by a diagnostic lag, where symptoms emerge only after irreversible motor neuron attrition. Rather than viewing ALS s…
CSEF · 2026
Physics & Astronomy (Senior Division) Honorable_mention Award
Copper(I) oxide (Cu2O) semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) exhibit distinct plasmonic modes in the visible and near-infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum and have diverse application…
ISEF · 2026
Biochemistry Fourth Award
Around the world, 15% of adolescents struggle with mental illnesses affecting mood and behavior. Depression, one of the most common conditions, is diagnosed primarily through clinical evalua…
CYSF · 2026
This project is based on the single-axis solar tracker concept, which allows solar panels to follow the sun's movement across the sky, maximizing sunlight absorption and significantly increa…
CSEF · 2026
Chemistry (Senior Division)
We present a novel and simplified approach for fabricating highly ordered two-dimensional (2D) monolayer photonic crystal arrays using a suspended colloidal film process. Although monolayer…
CYSF · 2026
Silver Medal
This science fair project will test if sleep deprivation will affect your hockey shot accuracy.