Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
Objectives The oceans contain over 97% of the earths water, however, only 1% of the worlds water is safe for human consumption, with 2.8 billion people currently living in water stressed are…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives This experiment does testing on Elon Musk's hyperloop using a smaller representation with copper wire, a battery, and magnets. It tests to see what allows the battery to move the…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Second Award
Objectives Human blood plasma is critical for disease diagnostics since plasma contains biomarkers associated with many diseases, including those associated with viral or other pathogenic in…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective of the experiment is to design and create a glove for people with speech impairments, which can convert hand gestures and basic sign language into spoken text for an…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives To investigate which soda has the most decay over a three week period. Methods Sodas: Coke, Diet Coke, A&W Root Beer, Diet A&W Root Beer, Mountain Dew, Diet Mountain Dew, Pepsi, D…
Mathematical Sciences
Second Award
Objectives Partial differential equations (PDEs) are used in physics to mathematically describe the workings of the universe. Using computers to solve these equations allows scientists and e…
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives When the path of an object is described by the vector equation in the form of r(u,v,w...)=<f(u,v,w...),g(u,v, w...),h(u,v,w...)>, the expression ((d^n)r)/(d(p^n)), where p is a va…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Water potability is a key challenge of modern civilization. Worldwide, two billion people lack access to clean drinking water and heavy metals are the primary toxic contaminants.…
Computational Systems & Analysis (Senior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives High-frequency oscillations (HFOS) in EEG data are thought to be promising biomarkers of epileptogenesis. Instead of examining data from patients living with epilepsy, EEG data we…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives Fires are one of the deadliest natural disasters. Employing an efficient fire detection system can help save lives and property. This experiment is testing the efficacy of a fire…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The objective of this study was to design a self-contained airbag that reduces the impact of over-the-bars crashes. The airbag was intended to be embedded in the stem of a bike so…
Environmental Engineering
First Award
Objectives Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) is a common plastic that takes 500 years to degrade. Current methods to remove LDPE are unsafe or ineffective, and less than 5.7% is recycled. The…
Computational Systems & Analysis (Senior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of the project is to develop deep learning algorithms that can efficiently and accurately detect cancer cells in digitized lymph node slide images. Methods Used lapt…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives The objective of this study is to detect particles other than DNA by increasing the translocation time of the particle and increasing sensitivity through the use of hydrogel. Meth…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives The objective is to develop a method of distinguishing rocky planets from gas giants. My engineering goals were to create a model using the Kepler data, confirm the model s validi…
Computational Systems & Analysis (Senior Division Only)
Objectives Lithium-ion batteries are a central component of all renewable technology today, including hybrid/electric vehicles and grid energy storage systems. However, these expensive batte…
Mammalian Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives Urinary catheter is the most common indwelling catheter used worldwide. It is used to drain urine from the urinary bladder into a collection bag to relieve urinary obstruction. It…
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…
Computational Systems & Analysis (Senior Division Only)
Objectives American Sign Language (ASL) is a common way for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or verbally impaired to communicate, with over one million people using it as a primary meth…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Antacids are medicines taken to increase the pH of stomach acid to treat indigestion and heartburn (acid reflux). While they play an important role in balancing the pH of stomach…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Second Award
Objectives In brief, this project is to learn which of the three main "fly" designs used in targeting top-water fish in fly fishing will have the highest level of stickiness to the water s s…
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…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
First Award
Objectives Uncontrolled forest fires are a major problem all around the world due to their devastating effects on humans, ecosystems, and property. The current methods of fire detection have…
Microbiology (General)
Objectives Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most common and costly healthcare-associated infection. Strategies to reduce SSI have been focused on antibiotics and intraoperative changes.…
Environmental Engineering
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Currently, people see the practical use of drones in testing water with the scientists manning drones to collect water in dangerous situations such as that in Pit Lake. In Pit Lak…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The objective of this project was to see if random acts of kindness could effect the aggression level in male and female subjects. These subjects would range from low to high leve…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives The objective of this project was to produce an Archimedean Screw Generator in the form of a faucet the efficiently utilized the flow of sink water to generate electricity. Method…
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…
Toxicology
Objectives The objective is to determine if lower percentages of glyphosate with natural herbicides is more effective than using full strength glyphosate. Because glyphosate is a possible ca…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives Abstract Scientists use different sources of genetic material to determine the evolutionary relationship between species. They utilize RNA transcripts from the nucleus or mitochon…