Applied Mechanics & Structures
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine if the noise produced by helicopter rotor blades can be reduced by using low aspect ratio rotor blades with winglets. It was hypo…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to take a tiny burst of energy to start our magnetic based generator that would be able to create a greater amount of energy than we began with.…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine the effects of dampening due to fluid viscosity (using water, air, and motor oil as test fluids) and distance from an electromag…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the effect of temperature on the strength of a magnet. Methods/Materials 6 magnets of identical size and shape were placed at room temperature(…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of the experiment is to determine if magnetism affects the growth of plants. Methods/Materials The following materials were used: twenty 2000 gauss magnets, wo…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My experiment is to make a paper airplane that can rival some of the best paper airplanes. To accomplish this, I will first gain an understanding of how real planes work, an…
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to find out whether males or females have a better ability to interpret facial expressions so I can prove my hypothesis that females do interpr…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The Marvelous Maglev project found the optimum load for a maglev train in motion on a 100-centimeter track. To discover the optimum load, the magnetic field was assessed by…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to see if preschoolers with no formal math education are born with innate math abilities such as visual comparison and visual addition. Methods…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The focus of this project is the wood fuel needs of refugee camps in the Darfur region of Sudan. We added insulation to a basic chimney style metal cooking stove to create a…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine the relationship between several variables of a trebuchet and the distance it is able to throw a projectile. These variables incl…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals This study performed a simple experiment to determine the magnitude of the earth's gravitational acceleration. Methods/Materials The motions of a basketball, a tennis ball,…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To determine the threshold of taste for sweetness, sourness, and saltiness and to find out what is the lowest concentration of a solution that still has perceptible taste fo…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Cesium hydrogen sulfate (CHS) is a solid acid that has been demonstrated as a promising fuel cell electrolyte; however, its poor mechanical strength may undermine fuel cell…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals In the advertising world, people are presented with thousands of products through the various media. This project is an experiment in visualization to see how well short-ter…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if the amount of mercury within a fish can be altered by various cooking techniques: poaching or barbecuing. Methods/Materials Tuna, Mahi-Mahi,…
Environmental Engineering
First Award
Objectives/Goals # Objectives/Goals- Our objective was to build a microbial fuel cell of our own design and see if it would produce electricity with a bacterial environment growing in the an…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
First Award
Objectives/Goals The project goal was to improve upon my year one project, an electromagnetic accelerator, and compare the performance between pre-wrapped and hand wrapped magnetic coils wit…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment was to observe the effects of contaminants such as scraps of food on the development of organisms (in this case, mushroom spores). I believe tha…
Microbiology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine how temperature of milk affects the viscosity of yogurt. I believe that the temperature of milk will affect the activities of Str…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This research focuses on developing a mathematical representation for human binocular visual perception from the visual field to the primary visual cortex based on spatial a…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Is 12-lead modified-torso electrode ECG interchangeable with standard 12-lead ECG? Based on my research, I hypothesized that modified-torso method will result in diagnostic…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine the relationship between increasing the length of amine chains in aminopentaamine cobalt(III) complex ions and the molar volume of…
Environmental Engineering
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The seeds of the tropical and subtropical plant, Moringa oleifera, have undergone studies in environmental science as a primary coagulant for water treatment. This investiga…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Our goal for our site is to compare the abundance in the mollusk (for instance: chiton, whelk, turban snail and mussel) populations that could indicate environmental change…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The project's objective was to determine if the light and gravitational changes found in each of the four moon phases, Apogee/Perigee Moon Cycles, Ascending and Descending M…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to determine if the age of a cow affects how active it is . Methods/Materials To archive this I attached pedometers to cows of different ages for…
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to study the current larvacides and their effects on the mosquito and then make my own plant extracts from plants found in Ventura County to determine wheth…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Movements need to be accurate for humans and animals alike. Therefore, the method used by the nervous system to generate these movements is important. There are many aspects…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective is to investigate whether measuring drumhead displacement is a suitable substitute for measuring drumhead tension, and if it is, whether drumhead displacement…