Environmental Engineering
Second Award
Objectives/Goals I created the Smart Waste Management system to optimize garbage collection by efficiently identifying and gathering solid waste and transporting it to landfills to prevent t…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to use our experiment to show the possible effects that the pH, phosphate, and nitrate level in soaps may have in plants as soapy water is o…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project is to determine how a rocket's fin length affects its altitude. Methods/Materials Balsa wood, model rocket kit, c6-5 motors, epoxy resin, altim…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to construct a parabolic trough system that desalinates water at its maximum potential by analyzing the optimal position of the absorber pipe. We postulate…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Photovoltaic (PV) technology is one of the primary sources of clean energy; however, most commercially available PV panels have an efficiency of only 14-16%. The way in whic…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals For my experiment, my objective is to find out what types of outdoor conditions are best for collecting solar power. These conditions can be anything that affects the amount…
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find easily accessible solutions to kill bacteria and yeast found in the infected ears of dogs. The hypothesis is, if bacteria grown…
Environmental Science
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine the effect of sediment on water quality in lakes and the marine organisms that inhabit it. Methods/Materials Sediment was collected from three…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Our worlds medical system has a gap. Acutonics FDA approved tuning forks made of space grade metal can fill that gap. Could sound healing vibration carried through a beginni…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals We hear sounds (or noise) all the time without realizing what impacts their intensity. The objective of this study is to understand the relationship between the density and…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Each year, approximately 600 million people fall sick and 420,000 people die from food poisoning. Often, people consume spoiled foods because there is no significantly visib…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The goal is to develop a vertical-axis wind turbine that will work for regions below 30m or the turbulent area in suburbs/residential areas. Methods/Materials The design cri…
Environmental Engineering
First Award
Objectives/Goals In 2017, Devastating fires burned throughout the Napa Valley and Southern California, resulting in immense destruction, financial loss, and even casualties. In most present…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project consists of figuring out if there really is strength in numbers, and how it relates to the types of materials used in construction of bridges and structures. Meth…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the study was to analyze the sequence and structure conservation and identity of the vision protein, rhodopsin, across multiple species of ectothermic and end…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals It was hypothesized that bacteria collected from plastic incubated with ocean water, collected from Scripps pier, are capable of biodegrading plastic. Methods/Materials A sa…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to find how the addition of waste materials effects the superiority of concrete. Methods/Materials Part 1: Collect waste materials, coffee groun…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to find the sunscreen that best protects skin from sunburns for the lowest price, and to see if marketed SPF ratings are reliable. Method…
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to test if T4 bacteriophages can be used to fight E. coli better than our conventional antibiotics (Penicillin, Tetracycline, Erythromycin). M…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether more Purple Sea-Urchin eggs fertilized in 31 ppt, 34 ppt, or 37 ppt salinity levels. Higher salinity water forms when…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine what factor significantly causes turf to heat up. Finding the distinct factor will prevent turf installers from their turf rea…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective is a proof of concept to show if induction charging can be used on a pacemaker reliable, safe, and at what range to show if it is a better alternative than a s…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The experiment aimed to identify what approximate amount of daily recycled water produced the highest ratio of fruit to water expended for squash plants in a tiered system.…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to create a buoy that can convert ocean swells into clean, efficient electric energy without polluting or harming the environment. Methods/Mater…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective and goals of my project is to see if swimmers or singers would have higher pulmonary functions by testing their resting heart rate, their forced vital compacit…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to design a more targeted and effective biocontrol agent to reduce the impact of bacterial brown spot disease on green beans. I hypothesized…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Metabolic reprogramming is a hallmark of cancer, and tumor cells with defective mitochondria use alternative, efficient metabolic pathways to produce ATP energy when the ele…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The main objective of our project is to create a tool using MATLAB that will automatically analyze pictures of the Sun right before a solar storm occurred. Methods/Materials…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to design a table cleaning robot that will wipe spills and dust off the table without human supervision. Methods/Materials I used ev3 lego p…
Microbiology (General)
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) causes chicken pox and shingles. Cells infected with VZV undergo cell-to-cell membrane fusion mediated by viral fusion proteins. The rate of cel…