Embedded Systems
Second Award
A computer cursor is usually being controlled by using a keyboard and in most cases by a computer mouse in addition. For presentation purposes people like to use a wireless "presenter device…
Energy: Physical
Second Award
The goal of this research project was to use antenna simulation software to model the gain and radiation patterns of a variety of novel, unconventional, and previously untested microwave ant…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the ratio of how genes are passed on and how often they physically appear in the offspring. Methods/Materials Wild type male C. e…
Physics and Astronomy
Second Award
For millennia, humans have pondered the possibility of life on other planets. Since the first exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, was discovered in 1995, scientists have studied e…
Embedded Systems
Second Award
Preclinical animal studies are crucial for evaluating the effects of novel therapeutics on rodent models before testing on humans. Unfortunately, it is difficult to confirm and replicate the…
Environmental Science
Second Award
Objectives/Goals This study examined the impact of human and domestic dog presence on the species richness and movement of mammals in habitat fragments within a suburban matrix and possible…
Mathematics
Second Award
A finite dynamical system (FDS) is a function f: F_m^n?F_m^n, where F_m^n is a set of m^n elements. Due to its applications to gene regulatory networks, it is desirable to develop mathematic…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Second Award
Objectives/Goals In this experiment, I wanted to find out if there was a relationship between the weave of a fabric (plain twill satin weave) and the strength stretch and fray of it. I teste…
Translational Medical Science
Second Award
The goals of this study were to develop a Drosophila melanogaster model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using the “High Impact Trauma” (HIT) device to inflict injury and induce vacuolar lesi…
Environmental Engineering
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Microplastics are an increasingly problematic aspect of plastic pollution with an estimated 83% presence in tap water worldwide. Currently, there are no feasible water treat…
Chemistry
Second Award
Insertion of a fluorine atom into organic molecules allows to increase their bioactivity. Nowadays 40% of all medicines contain in their structure one or more fluorine atoms. Particularly in…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Second Award
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products(PPCPs) are aquatic contaminants that have been detected in surface water globally. However, their aquatic toxicity, especially in complex mixtures,…
Mathematics
Second Award
Consider a square of integer side N divided into unit squares. The opposite vertices of some unit squares are connected with diagonal lines so that none of the diagonals have common points.…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
Cancer immunotherapy is an important alternative to traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation, reducing the toxicity and negative side effects. By eliciting an immune respons…
Systems Software
Second Award
Reinforcement learning (RL) is an AI/machine learning technique capable of learning complex Markov decision process state-action behaviors from thousands of simulation to learn advanced deci…
Microbiology
Second Award
The purpose of this science project was to optimize the ratios of Manuka honey solution to adhesive in an antibacterial surgical adhesive. Specifically, the different ratios were investigate…
Systems Software
Second Award
In today’s world, nearly everything is based on information technology. Thus, developed systems become more complex as they focus on many duties at a given time and it is more difficult to m…
Plant Sciences
Second Award
Plant growth and productivity is greatly affected by climate change, especially in hot and dry climates. Scientists use various methods to study gene families and find genes that respond to…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Second Award
In 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster released a considerable amount of radioactive materials into the environment. In the time after the disaster, the government had a deficit of…
Chemistry
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Dye waste generated by the textile industry is now the second leading pollutant of water worldwide and is expensive to remediate due to its chemical and physical properties.…
Plant Sciences
Second Award
Purpose of this project is to show whether the toxical pyrrolizidine alkaloids of senecio jacobaea can pollute the local honey. These toxicants are carcinogenic, mutagen and moreover accumul…
Animal Sciences
Second Award
Over 1/3 of the world's crops are pollinated by honey bees. Without them, many wildflowers and trees won't get the pollination they need, and agricultural expenses will skyrocket. Over the p…
Microbiology
Second Award
Marine macroalgae, due to exposure to adverse abiotic conditions, have developed defense mechanisms such as the ability to produce biologically active substances that, when assimilated by ce…
Engineering Mechanics
Second Award
A systematic design and analysis process was conducted for a closed wing airplane configuration. A closed wing configuration consists of two staggered wings connected at the tips. The closed…
Environmental Engineering
Second Award
Objectives/Goals I created the Smart Waste Management system to optimize garbage collection by efficiently identifying and gathering solid waste and transporting it to landfills to prevent t…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Second Award
According to the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders, 38,000 children with severe to profound hearing loss in the United States have received a cochlear implant.…
Biomedical Engineering
Second Award
One in ten people in the world fall ill from foodborne pathogens each year. Of these, an estimated 420,000 die. Non-typhoidal salmonella is one of the most common types of bacteria responsib…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to create a buoy that can convert ocean swells into clean, efficient electric energy without polluting or harming the environment. Methods/Mater…
Chemistry
Second Award
It is known that branching in aliphatic amines reduces their degradation in an organism by MAO enzymes. The main target of our project was to reveal the influence of carbon chain branching i…
Microbiology (General)
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) causes chicken pox and shingles. Cells infected with VZV undergo cell-to-cell membrane fusion mediated by viral fusion proteins. The rate of cel…