Every CSEF 2012 project in the archive: 879 entries with abstracts, awards and links to the originals.
CSEF · 2012
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to find the most cost effective material for heat exchange when using a renewable energy source. If a person were too know my results, they could save money over…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to learn whether or not an eighth grade student's level of education affects their view of racial stereotypes when given a survey regard…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The experiment was conducted to identify the optimum ratio, or the ratio that would cause the most powerful combustion and loudest explosion, of oxygen gas (O2) to hydrogen…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine the effect of an acidified ocean environment on the tensile strength of two intertidal photosynthetic organisms, a seagrass and…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the effectiveness of various essential oils on Propionibacterium acnes, in comparison to the antibiotic Erythromycin. Methods/Materials First,…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a statistically significant difference between the maximum altitudes and velocities predicted by RockSim rocketry…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals I hypothesized that the orb weavers would have a higher tensile strength and so a higher energy required to break the silk because their silks are built in the open and subj…
CSEF · 2012
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find what manure would produce the largest,fullest plants, for one's garden. Methods/Materials I tested five commonly used manures for plant growth: dair…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if radial and transect sampling methods will represent a whole population statistically and at what sample size. It is obviously not practical fo…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to find a good way to compare scores from tests with varying numbers of questions. Methods/Materials A model of test-taking was created whe…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Though biodiesel is a renewable source of energy, it has a tendency to gel at lower temperatures. Viscosity is a measure of fluid's resistance to flow. The objective of my p…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project investigates the potential of five plant oils as alternatives to petro-diesel, with the primary objective to investigate the added value, if any, resulting from…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry Third Award
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if granular activated charcoal is more effective in removing organic pollutants than charcoal. I believe that granular activated charcoal that ha…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals One of the greatest obstacles in the further minimization of electronic devices is the switch mode power supply (SMPS). The size of SMPSs is limited by the magnetic transfor…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals As a gaseous neurotransmitter, Nitric Oxide (NO) plays a key role in several physiological functions including sleep, feeding, sensory and motor functions. Imbalances in the…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The study primarily attempts to explore: 1) which specific factors such as chronological age, gender, and developmental level are associated with the construction of self-co…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to develop a new stochastic groundwater flow model by characterizing the hydrogeological variables (including hydraulic head and transmissiv…
CSEF · 2012
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine whether aggregate size for granite rock impact the compressive strength of concrete. My hypothesis is that it does and presumed ranking based on…
CSEF · 2012
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine the effectiveness of passively conditioning a building in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Methods/Materials I built two scale model roofs usin…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out how well do the clothes we wear protect us from the pollutants in the air by testing commonly worn fabrics in compleatly diffrent locations,with…
CSEF · 2012
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if the shape of a model car effects the amount of air resistance it experiences. I believe that the smallest car will experience the least air…
CSEF · 2012
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether a pressure cooker or microwave is more effective in breaking open the cell membranes of algae to release the oil to produce biofuel. Me…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The goal is achieve the optimal amount of efficiency from harnessing solar radiation by altering which wavelengths of light in the electromagnetic spectrum are allowed to pa…
CSEF · 2012
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals My objective was to test the hypothesis that bioethanol (E85) would have the highest heat content compared with other commonly used fuels, specifically diesel, kerosene, gas…
CSEF · 2012
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The presence of change blindness in humans is indisputable. However, what has yet to be studied is which factors of an image can improve the success rate of change detection…
CSEF · 2012
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals This science fair project first investigates the current state of aluminum water pollution in fresh water sources such as rivers and lakes. According to the World Health Org…
CSEF · 2012
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine if common household items such as flour, maseca, gelatin, and cornstarch can be substituted in place of borax in a polymer re…
CSEF · 2012
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Computer languages such as Java can be used to code programs which simulate future generations of data based on a solid mathematical model, such as in the case of generating…
CSEF · 2012
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if a new and simple hill climbing (HC) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) circuit, developed in this project for optimizing the efficiency of…
CSEF · 2012
Environmental Science
Conclusions/Discussion Ever since its contaminations were discovered in ground water in 1997, perchlorate (ClO4-) has become a growing threat to inhabitants in the Western states of US. Most…