Every CSEF 2014 project in the archive: 911 entries with abstracts, awards and links to the originals.
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals G-protein coupled receptors are heptahelical transmembrane receptors that convert an extracellular signal to an intracellular response. They are implicated in multiple physi…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find an accurate homology model of the powerful antimicrobial and potential cancer treatment naegleriapore A. Methods/Materials Materials:…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to investigate the use of ultrasonics on a mobile device to help prevent collisions that involve pedestrians distracted by cellphone use. The ob…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to determine how different leaf species affect the abundance and diversity of aquatic insects that colonize them, and whether different leaf…
CSEF · 2014
Pharmacology/ Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find an efficient mixture that can protect cacti from being plagued by Wild Grana Cochineal for the longest amount of time. Methods/Materials I washed di…
CSEF · 2014
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to see how acceleration, G-forces, affect the cellular regeneration of a fresh water planarian. Methods/Materials 60 planarians were divided into two groups…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to provide doctors an automated and accurate method to diagnose skin cancer from dermoscopic skin lesion images. This system must exceed 95%…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to find out what types of bridges can hold the most weight, and which are best for different distances. Methods/Materials Popsicle sticks, glue, w…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this science project is to determine which growing method, soil or hydroponics will allow strawberries to maintain the most Vitamin C. Strawberries are a heal…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To determine which proximity detector - ultrasonic or infrared - yields a more comprehensive range of distances and angles. It was hypothesized that the ultrasonic would yie…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which materials have best sound-proofing properties. Both propagation and reflection of sound waves of different frequencies are studied for va…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals Hand tremor affects more than 1 million Americans in the form of Parkinson#s Disease and Essential Tremor. These diseases increase the difficulty in performing fine motor mo…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This project addresses the need to enhance math learning to prepare students in secondary education in STEM. The project was created to teach trigonometry by incorporating v…
CSEF · 2014
Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award
Objectives/Goals The concept of an adaptive unmanned aerial vehicle with variable camber morphing wings has been proposed to evaluate its flight characteristics and to investigate the feasib…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if water filtered through a Brita carbon-based water bottle filter is more effective at lowering levels of bromine and chlorine and maintaining…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My research aims to develop a tool to enable the first ever genome-wide analysis of genetic variants, specifically single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), in transcription f…
CSEF · 2014
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Heavy metal contamination of water poses a serious threat to the global ecosystem, since heavy metals are toxic even at low concentrations. Lead, copper, and chromium have b…
CSEF · 2014
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals There are two goals for my project: 1) Develop an easy and inexpensive method to fabricate microscale devices (with feature size as small as 10 µm) at home. 2) Develop a hom…
CSEF · 2014
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to determine if biodegradable airsoft BBs biodegrade and whether they biodegrade faster than non-biodegradable airsoft BBs. I also examined…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Resistive random access memories (ReRAMs) are currently under intense investigation because they are promising alternatives to flash-based non-volatile memories, which are n…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal purpose of this project is to detect the predicted bow shock of extrasolar planet Hat-P-20b by looking at the way its magnetic field reacts with different wavelengt…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals Many Americans suffer from food allergies, including my mom, my sister, and myself. Allergy testing usually means needles and pain and is very difficult for children. We fou…
CSEF · 2014
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals I wanted to test my following hypothesis: Sound does travel fast through air, but it can travel as fast through the string. The length will not change the velocity, but the…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics First Award
Objectives/Goals 90% of the visually impaired are unemployed, 82% are aged 50+, and the number of diabetic and elderly who are visually disabled is growing annually [WHO October 2013]. Most…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals This research focused on the development and training of a Machine Learning model for extracting meaning from natural language data. In our world today, it has become of inc…
CSEF · 2014
Mathematics & Software Second Award
Objectives/Goals I started my project in order to create a method to count the number of leaves on a tree. I believe that by combining Leonardo da Vinci tree rule with Fibonacci numbers into…
CSEF · 2014
Mammalian Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to develop a fully integrated microfluidic device that can be used to automatically separate human blood cells and perform cell morphology s…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals My goal was to determine which light bulb emitted the the most dirty electricity, so I could possibly help people who might suffer from the effects of it. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2014
Electronics & Electromagnetics Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to develop an electronics prototyping platform designed specifically to run a paradigmatic operating system that I have written in an attempt…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if an increase in roles is the reason for an increase in self-esteem in the transition from teenage to adult. To analyze this, fir…