Browse 234 real Physics and Astronomy projects entered in 2014, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
This project investigates the formation and lifecycle of classical novae and determines how parameters such as: white dwarf mass, star mass and separation affect the evolution of the rotatin…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to investigate the use of ultrasonics on a mobile device to help prevent collisions that involve pedestrians distracted by cellphone use. The ob…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Achieving net gain controlled nuclear fusion on Earth would lead to a revolution in energy and transportation technologies. This endeavor combined the techniques of sonoluminescence and magn…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To determine which proximity detector - ultrasonic or infrared - yields a more comprehensive range of distances and angles. It was hypothesized that the ultrasonic would yie…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
It is imperative to develop new options for the development of high yielding and multiple stress and disease resistant cultivars of plants. The intention of this project was to determine if…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Global warming and increased CO2 emissions are becoming a large problem for the world. Tree plantations sequester carbon at up to 30 times the rate of old growth forests, and are a common wa…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The bacterium Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, isolated from the roots of sugarcanes, is a bacterium that carries the nitrogen fixing capabilities for sugarcanes, and has shown some promise…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Resistive random access memories (ReRAMs) are currently under intense investigation because they are promising alternatives to flash-based non-volatile memories, which are n…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if by increasing the mass of algal species in different containers filled with contaminated water, there would be a significant decrease conce…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy First Award
Green plants reflect a large part of green light rather than absorbing it. Why didn’t plants evolve to be black to capture more energy? The reason why land plants lack photosynthetic pigment…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal purpose of this project is to detect the predicted bow shock of extrasolar planet Hat-P-20b by looking at the way its magnetic field reacts with different wavelengt…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Allergy is a form of disease which is caused by a hypersensitivity of the immune system to different kinds of allergens. It is called “black death” of the Third Millennium as it has become a…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I wanted to test my following hypothesis: Sound does travel fast through air, but it can travel as fast through the string. The length will not change the velocity, but the…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals 90% of the visually impaired are unemployed, 82% are aged 50+, and the number of diabetic and elderly who are visually disabled is growing annually [WHO October 2013]. Most…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
In this work, our aim is to design and made a low-cost vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) operating in the temperature range between 20 and 500 °C for the study of magnetic properties of ma…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Coastal erosion, subsidence, and hypoxia are forces that impact Louisiana and beyond. The objective of this research was to determine the extent of land loss due to erosion and establish the…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine which light bulb emitted the the most dirty electricity, so I could possibly help people who might suffer from the effects of it. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to develop an electronics prototyping platform designed specifically to run a paradigmatic operating system that I have written in an attempt…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The object of this study is to determine the ideal arrangement of balls and magnets for the highest ejecting velocity. I will then analyze what effect the different arrangem…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The purpose of this study was to analyze a superconducting maglev launch system for its feasibility to minimize the loss of launch energy and to efficiently propel a projectile using the Mei…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Second Award
Although simple at macro meter scales, the separation of particles inside of fluids has long been a difficult task at sizes under 200 micrometers. Various methods for such separation have be…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Portable and wearable devices are becoming more and more of a part of human lifestyle. Unfortunately, these devices are limited by their battery life. As non-renewable energ…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to design an energy harvesting piezo electric solution to power an internal retinal prosthesis system using the natural eye movement. The best…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The presence of noise is ubiquitous in realistic physical systems. Entangled quantum bits represented by atoms, spins, photons, etc., often go through a process known as quantum decoherence…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My intention in performing this experiment was to see if it is relatively possible, and of course to examine and demonstrate the Biefeld-Brown Effect first hand. From this I…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Azadirachta indica known as Nim, is a natural species from Asia and the Indian subcontinent, it belongs to the family Meliaceae, it is used as pesticide. The objective of this study was to i…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to design and build an electronic prosthetic device to handle delicate objects, like eggs, and be size and shape independent. It uses sensors to provide inp…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Over the course of this project, I developed and tested a novel method for a device which finds a sound source. Methods/Materials With components collected from local and in…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project studies how ferromagnetic and diamagnetic forces affect magnetic levitation distance and its stability, respectively in diamagnetic levitation. Methods/Material…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this project was to determine if Pseudomonas putida can be used as a biofertilizer in the production of corn and wheat in salty soil environments. Corn and wheat were grown in…