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Effect of Temperature on Oxidation speeds

Chemistry Third Award

Accessible Synthesis of the Tricyclic Core of Forskolin as an Adenylyl Cyclase Activator against Cellular Senescence

Chemistry Third Award

Cellular senescence is the singular most significant risk factor in disease pathogenesis, particularly for chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes, disease, stroke, and dementia. Senesce…

A novel aqueous approach for the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles

Chemistry Honorable_mention Award

Palladium (Pd) nanoparticles are widely accepted as one of the most active methane combustion catalysts. Synthesizing these nanoparticles in a particular size range can play an important rol…

Colorful Chromatography

Chemistry Honorable_mention Award

Chromatography is a technique used to break down mixtures into their components. Based on polarity, the components of mixtures travel different lengths on chromatography paper, so the object…

Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into a Versatile Green Solvent with Isoreticular Metal-Organic Frameworks

Chemistry Second Award

Recent advances in CO2 capture and fixation allowed the transformation of atmospheric CO2 into useful organic molecules, but they are limited by extreme reaction conditions and the absence o…

Crying over Spilled Water

Chemistry Third Award

Most individuals interact with water and paper on a day-to-day basis. So people often have a chance of spilling water on papers. The goal of this project is to design a cheap piece of paper…

Development of the Rapid Energy Gap (REG) AI Model for Instantaneous Determination of the HOMO-LUMO Gap

Chemistry (Senior Division)

Molecular Orbital Theory is a method of modeling molecules through complex quantum mechanical calculations. This theoretical framework relies on the electron probability density of a region…

Effect of Time of Day on Heavy Metal Concentration in Drinking Fountain Water at a Fresno County School

Chemistry (Junior Division)

Heavy metals are naturally present in our environment - in our land, atmosphere, soil, and water. Some of the commonly occurring heavy metals found in water are lead, nickel, arsenic, iron,…

Incorporating a Highly Sensitive Graphene Nanomaterial and Utilizing an IoT Based ECG Monitoring in Wearable Sensors to Detect the Onset of Cardiac Arrest

Chemistry Honorable_mention Award

Approximately 56,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur each year in the US, and nearly 90% of these cases are fatal. Currently, ignoring early signs and not receiving immediate care duri…

Measuring Protein and Vitamin C levels in Foods After Different Types of Cooking

Chemistry Fourth Award

Jake Vignevic #29 7th Grade Junior Division Chemistry St Gregory the Great Catholic School Measuring Protein and Vitamin C level in foods after different types of cooking Food is an everyday…

Synthesis and Surface Modification of Porous Silicon Quantum Dots with Enhanced Photoluminescence for Bioimaging Applications

Chemistry Fourth Award

Around 50% of cancers are only diagnosed at late stages, due to a lack of early cancer detection techniques. Quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as a new class of fluorescent labels for ultra hi…

Synthesis of a novel cyclic peptide-drug conjugate targeting CDCP1 for non-small cell lung cancer therapy

Chemistry First Award

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one of the most common causes of cancer deaths. Many chemotherapeutic agents non-specifically target dividing cells, thus requiring a higher dosage to a…

The Effect of Bile Salts on Digestion

Chemistry Second Award

Title: The Effect of Bile Salts On Digestion Name(s): Maryam Hashmi Purpose: To determine if the presence and concentration of bile salts affect the time taken to digest whole milk, infant f…

The effect of Copper-Aluminum Bimetallic Metal Organic Framework based electrode on the energy stored in a Supercapacitor

Chemistry Honorable_mention Award

As the world seeks safe, sustainable sources of energy storage, supercapacitors are becoming a lucrative option, with their rapid charging capabilities and long lifespans. Their adoption can…

What’s in Your Water?

Chemistry First Award

Objectives: I noticed that many people drink filtered water and bottled water rather than straight tap water. I wanted to prove that tap water has no statistically significant differences wi…

CSEF 2021 project J0601 — title not published

Chemistry Second Award

CSEF 2021 project J0604 — title not published

Chemistry Honorable_mention Award

CSEF 2021 project J0606 — title not published

Chemistry First Award

CSEF 2021 project J0608 — title not published

Chemistry Third Award

CSEF 2021 project J0621 — title not published

Chemistry Fourth Award

CSEF 2021 project S0604 — title not published

Chemistry Second Award

CSEF 2021 project S0608 — title not published

Chemistry Third Award

CSEF 2021 project S0623 — title not published

Chemistry Honorable_mention Award

CSEF 2021 project S0624 — title not published

Chemistry Fourth Award

Investigating the Efficiency of Carpobrotus edulis, Kelp, and Walnut Shell Bioethanol in Comparison to Corn Ethanol Using Percent Yield and Mass Fractionation

Chemistry First Award

A Bio-Friendly Oil Spill Remover

Chemistry

Objectives There is one main problem that is tainting our oceans day by day, yet very few are taking action. Oil spills dump thousands of tons of oil into our precious oceans, damaging the e…

Analysis of UV Photodegradation of Moxifloxacin in Water Samples

Chemistry

Objectives Moxifloxacin, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, is an emerging water contaminant that is poorly removed by common water treatment processes. The objective of this research was to unde…

A Novel Printing Methodology of 3D Inverse Opals from Free-Standing Crystalline Structures for Next-Gen Optical Sensing

Chemistry Second Award

Objectives Inverse opals (IOs) are currently limited to planar, discrete patterns. Although they boast promising applications, knowledge of their properties on a 3D scale is limited and no m…

A Porous Silicon Optical Nanosensor for the Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds

Chemistry First Award

Objectives Recent news of the use of nerve agents in global terrorist attacks poses an immediate concern to international security. In addition, V olatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) diminish i…

Are Expiration Dates Real?

Chemistry

Objectives I wanted to determine the extent to which the expiration date of iron pills effected the iron content of the pills. Methods I performed a redox titration using potassium permangan…