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CSEF 2021 project S2205 — title not published

Zoology Third Award

A Healthier Way to Fuel

Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Third Award

Objectives The objective of this project is determine the visual effect when adding different levels of methoxide solution on algae oil to create a biodiesel . Methods Lye, Rubbing alcohol,…

Assessing Responses to Music in Alzheimer's and Dementia Patients

Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award

Objectives Both of our grandparents suffer from dementia. Dementia is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long-term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remembe…

BrainBot: Multielectrode Data Modeling and Stem-Cell Derived Brain Stimulation through a Real Time Robotics Platform

Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award

Objectives Human iPSC-derived brain organoids are human "mini-brains," consisting primarily of the cortex area of the brain and are similar to those of premature babies. As the organoids cur…

Can Dry D-cell Batteries Oxidize Carbon Monoxide to Save Your Life in a Fire?

Chemistry Third Award

Objectives In the United States one person dies from fire every three hours, and of those 80% of all fire related deaths are from smoke inhalation. Carbon monoxide is the element in smoke th…

Chalk Talk: Determining the Best Liquid Chalk Product

Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award

Objectives As a gymnast, I use chalk to absorb the perspiration on my hands and feet before performing skills. For my science experiment, I asked the question Which liquid chalk product is b…

Color: An Attractant to Egg-laying Aedes Mosquitoes or Not?

Zoology Third Award

Objectives To determine whether mosquitoes prefer to lay their eggs in a specific colored oviposition trap. Methods Method: Set up and fill traps 2/3 of the way with water. Every day record…

Correlating Inflammatory Markers and the Development of Neurodegenerative Lesions Using Machine Learning

Mammalian Biology Third Award

Objectives The purpose of this project was to determine if machine learning algorithms could predict the development of neurodegenerative lesions found in a subset of patients diagnosed with…

Designing an Autogyro to Accurately Deliver a Payload to a Designated Landing Zone with the Slowest Descent Rate

Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Third Award

Objectives The goal is to build an auto rotation device that can achieve the slowest rate of descent and an accurate landing zone to deliver emergency supplies to firefighters in areas that…

Developing Coupled Physical-Biogeochemical Models of Mesozooplankton Dynamics in the California Current System

Earth & Environmental Sciences Third Award

Objectives Mesozooplankton play an important role in the global ocean. They are intricately intertwined in the pelagic food web and are major contributors to biogeochemical element cycling t…

Development of Functionalized PCL-2000 to Create Ideal 3D Printable Polymers

Chemistry Third Award

Objectives 3D printing promises to produce complex biomedical devices according to computer design using patient- specific anatomical data. However, the application of such techniques in bio…

Do Environmentally Friendly Dish Soaps Clean Oil Off Feathers as Well as Dawn?

Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Third Award

Objectives My objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of dish soaps in removing oil from bird feathers in case of an oil spill. Dawn Ultra Dish Soap is the current standard for cleaning b…

DT-DBSCAN: Density-Based Spatial Clustering in Linear Expected Time Using Delaunay Triangulation

Mathematical Sciences Third Award

Objectives DBSCAN is an unsupervised learning algorithm that connects locally dense regions of data to form data clusters. This algorithm is frequently used for medical, engineering, and fin…

Effect of Genetic Modification of DMR6 in Solanum lycopersicum

Plant Biology Third Award

Objectives The objective of this study is to determine the effects of modification of DMR6 in tomato fitness and abiotic stress response. Methods Plant trays, dsRNA, qPCR kit, soil, tomato s…

Effects of Novel Dual PI3K-BRD4 Inhibitor SF2523 on Mantle Cell Lymphoma Survivorship

Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award

Objectives Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a rare Non-Hodgkins B-cell lymphoma. Often overlooked in treatment development due to its rarity, MCL has a survival rate of only 5 to 10%, and most…

Erudition Identification: Using Computer Science to Find Literacy Levels

Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award

Objectives Our nation s report card for reading is at an all-time low. This is due to the failed ways to improve students reading levels. These methods do not push the students enough and th…

Honey, I've Found a Solution! The Antibacterial Properties of Manuka Honey against S. epidermidis and S. salivarius

Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only) Third Award

Objectives The goal of this experiment is to determine whether or not Manuka honey is comparable to common modern medicines as an antibacterial. Methods Tested whether or not Manuka honey co…

How Do the Shells and Spines of Red Sea Urchin Affect Plant Health?

Plant Biology Third Award

Objectives To find a way to utilize the commonly wasted shells and spines of Red Sea Urchin that have potential to become a zero waste resource. Methods Mixed 340 grams of crushed Red Sea Ur…

How Far to the Stars?

Physics & Astronomy Third Award

Objectives There are multiple techniques used to find the distance to stars using observational data. Which of the two commonly used methods- spectroscopic parallax and period-luminosity (P-…

Hydroxide-ion Batteries: The Concept and Materials Engineering for High Capacity

Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Third Award

Objectives The objective of this project is to describe a proof-of-concept energy-storage device that consists of oxidized carbon and nickel oxide as the electrode materials Methods The anod…

Impact of Rainfall on the Salinity and Water Level of Groundwater Wells

Earth & Environmental Sciences Third Award

Objectives The objective of this study is to determine if rainfall has an impact on the salinity and water level of five groundwater wells located in a wetland restoration area in Goleta, CA…

Increasing Amount of Proteins in Edible Plant Cells to Improve Plant-Based Food

Microbiology (General) Third Award

Objectives To find a method to enrich plant cells in proteins and obtain and protein-rich food. Methods Used algae cells grown in test tubes under different conditions, a rotating culture an…

Investigating String-Bow Interactions on a Novel Optoelectronic Cello

Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award

Objectives Investigating correlations between the perceived quality of cello bows and rosins, and cello string behavior in the time domain. Novel optical sensors directly monitor the vibrati…

Keeping the Ocean Clean: A Novel Self-Sustaining Boat that Uses Vision Tracking to Collect and Sort Trash in the Ocean

Environmental Engineering Third Award

Objectives Trillions of pieces of trash currently pollute the ocean, which greatly harm marine life and the environment. Our goal is to design, build, and test an autonomous prototype boat t…

Making Air Quality Monitoring More Accessible and Affordable through IOT Devices

Electronics & Electromagnetics Third Award

Objectives My goal was to create a portable, accurate and affordable air quality sensor, that integrates with a fast loading web app, that runs on any device, in order to assist people in mo…

MapAF: Deep Learning to Improve Therapy for Complex Human Heart Rhythm Abnormalities

Computational Systems & Analysis (Senior Division Only) Third Award

Objectives Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a chaotic and irregular electrical disturbance of human heart rhythm that affects over 33 million individuals worldwide, causing serious fatal health e…

Observing Behavior of Actor-Critic Driven Disturbance Agents on Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Mathematical Sciences Third Award

Objectives In this study, an example of how automated agents can potentially swing a cryptocurrency trading environment is presented. Using a group of simulated markets, reinforcement learni…

Silver Nanoparticle Exposure Effect on the Growth of 13 Common Strains of the Human Gut Microbiota

Toxicology Third Award

Objectives Many products advertise silver nanoparticles as an immune supplement. The purpose of this experiment was to evaluate the potential toxicity of silver nanoparticles marketed as a d…

Sunscreen: Protection or Poison?

Toxicology Third Award

Objectives This project was done to determine if recent studies suggesting that sunblock is harmful to coral reefs are true. Methods Over a period of weeks raise Brine shrimp (as a proxy for…

The Effect of a High-Sugar Diet on Drosophila melanogaster

Zoology Third Award

Objectives Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic disorder that is caused by insulin resistance which results in elevated blood sugar and is associated with heart disease, obesity, and chronic…