Every CSEF 2013 project in the archive: 891 entries with abstracts, awards and links to the originals.
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To create a true 3D display that does not rely on illusion of depth, design should be capable of projecting simple geometric shapes and some animation in three dimensions. M…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals To study the effect of the addition of non-Newtonian fluid to helmet padding on the force generated on the head during a football hit. Methods/Materials I studied this conce…
CSEF · 2013
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis stated that by changing the air pressure of a high performance paint gun will it make the color of paint change lighter or darker? To test this hypothesis I fo…
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals As traditional energy resources such as petroleum oil diminish, we need to explore alternative energy sources, including nuclear energy, hydro power, wind energy, and solar…
CSEF · 2013
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine what acoustical properties are employed in a musical instrument. Methods/Materials First, I measured the distance between the frets on a guitar…
CSEF · 2013
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal was to analyze stability derivative changes based on manipulation of horizontal tail geometrical properties of a Boeing 787-8 Vortex-Lattice model. Methods/Material…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Cypermethrin is a highly chiral synthetic pyrethroid pesticide. Despite having desired insecticidal effects, it is harmful to the environment because certain stereoisomers i…
CSEF · 2013
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals My projects objective was to find out which antacid has the highest potency to cure heartburn. Hypothesis: I believe that Equate will cure heartburn the fastest, because whe…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals How will rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean caused by rising fossil fuel emissions affect calcium carbonate shells of marine animals? Higher carbon dioxide in the oce…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goals are: 1) to develop a cookie-baking like method to fabricate micro-devices (with feature size of 10 µm) at home; 2) design, fabricate, and test a homemade micro-dev…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn how to more quickly compute the number of quadratic residues modulo semiprimes. This was because I proved last year that the number of quadratic re…
CSEF · 2013
Chemistry Second Award
Objectives/Goals About 130 neutral and about a dozen positively-charged molecules have been discovered in space (the most abundant of which include H3+, CO+, N2H+, CH5+, etc). However, only…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to find out if children who are younger that the rest of their classmates being misdiagnosed with ADHD/ADD just because they are more immature…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals People's perceptions can affect their health. For example, perceptions about pain can affect how much pain someone feels. Only 7.6% of teens get the needed 9 to 10 hours of…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have the ability to regulate large gene networks and are estimated to regulate 50% of the human genome. The primary objective of my project is to investig…
CSEF · 2013
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals In a world where population sizes are increasing exponentially, and farmland is decreasing, there is a need for more efficient and space saving farming methods. If plants ar…
CSEF · 2013
Electronics & Electromagnetics Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This project aimed at developing a compact, foldable solar panel with an improved hill climbing (HC) maximum power point tracker (MPPT) to address the need for efficient and…
CSEF · 2013
Mathematics & Software Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the project was to derive a closed form formula for the A-th element of a N-Nacci recursive sequence using the residue theorem from complex analysis. Method…
CSEF · 2013
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My project was designed to determine whether commercially available bio-based lubricants offer viable alternatives to petroleum-based lubricants when all relevant factors (t…
CSEF · 2013
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which type of air cathode (Gore-Tex, Tyvek, Windex cloth or Teflon) can produce the most power for the least cost in a microbial fuel cell (MFC…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to find out if opening windows before activating the A/C system helps cool down the automobile's interior faster than a baseline of A/C only. Mea…
CSEF · 2013
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find out if airfoils become more aerodynamic when a winglet is attached. I believe winglets will make a wing more aerodynamic. Methods/Materials For my experiment I made…
CSEF · 2013
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Objective: To find the most effective method of aerating compost Methods/Materials Materials and Methods: 12 plastic bins were filled with equal amounts and types of waste.…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that substance abuse and addiction cost American society $559 billion dollars a year in increased health care costs, crime, and…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals Here we explore the effects of both different wavelengths of light and shorter day-periods on algal growth. We selected three different day/night periods (3, 6 and 12 hours…
CSEF · 2013
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis is: If I expose algae to an electric field, then it will separate from the medium and lyse the cell membrane and release the biomass and lipids which can be us…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this research was to determine if there was a co-occurrence among allergies and asthma, if there was a certain age when people develop and outgrow allergies,…
CSEF · 2013
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine if the performance of an altruistic act would positively affect cognitive function and self-esteem. Methods/Materials Consent…
CSEF · 2013
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Many facilities are designed for right-handed people. Does this affect which side of the body people use for everyday activities other than writing, or does the writing hand…
CSEF · 2013
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Research suggests that there is a correlation between the absence of the membrane receptor protein, Ror2, and the presence of facial deformities, such as cleft lip and cleft…