Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To test the effects of a horizontal movement applied to a normal wall and compare it to a more resistant shear wall. Methods/Materials Two walls built out of wood; one shear…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The project, How Sweet It Is: Ants and Sugar Experiment, is a scientific experiment that determines if ants, in their natural habitat, can tell the difference between real a…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Reaction rate is what determines when bombs go off, and how we digest food. But can you change the speed it occurs? In order to find this out, I took two possible factors, p…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The objective is to find the most and least probable rolls in Yahtzee. With this information, I can use statistics to increase my chances of winning. Methods/Materials I use…
Plant Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to document the different rates at which the two generations of plants grew to determine if the salt percent threshold affects it next gen…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals A Wind Turbine is a powerful machine that plays a big deal in helping our environment during this type of economy today. And what powers a Turbine? A Wind Generator. Using a…
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether there are more and larger intertidal invertebrates on a remote island far from human impacts compared to coastal areas accessible to hu…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Lung cancer is the main cause of cancer death in the world, causing ~1.2 million to die annually. 90% of lung cancers are related to tobacco smoking; Furthermore, nicotine c…
Zoology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of our experiment is to identify the infection patterns of the Wolbachia bacteria in arthropods through DNA analysis in order to better understand the proliferat…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Research was conducted to develop a novel three-part approach of immunotargeted quantum dots for Alzheimer's diagnosis and treatment. The system was composed of the primary…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to measure the signal strength and data transfer rate for a household wireless computer network set up with an Apple WiFi (Airport) router. I w…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to discover the best design and position for a reflector to help boost the efficiency and cost effectiveness of solar panels. This objective was de…
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Air pollution is without a doubt one of the gravest environmental threats the world is facing today in terms of its sheer toll on human lives. Each year an estimated 70,000…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals This investigation aimed to examine the relationship between the amount of growth of mold on a piece of paper and the pH of the water used to saturate the paper. Specificall…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The effect of fifteen different metal-chelate complexes (Al3+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Mn2+ and Zn2+ with EDTA, DTPA, and NTA) on peroxidase activity was studied. The effect of molecula…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to compare the effects of various environments on the contamination level of different coins. This is a second year study, I am furthering my in…
Microbiology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of the study was to investigate bacteria found on oil spots by examining the effect of the presence of motor oil on the microbes and eventually determine if th…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Hypotheses-Clear glass will have the least amount of airborne bacteria. It has the lowest amount of UV light blockage, lets the most UV light in and kills the bacteria. Lami…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Determining which cooking method will retain the most Vitamin C in broccoli. Methods/Materials Dilute Lugols iodine 1:10 in distilled water for iodine titration solution. Ma…
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The study seeks to investigate how effective glutathione is in preventing the over production of melanin thereby lightening the color of the skin. It also tried to determine…
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine the effectiveness of natural pesticides in controlling leaf gall aphid development. Methods/Materials 250 leaves with galls from poplar cottonw…
Toxicology (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I wanted to determine which automotive fluids are the most and least harmful to our environment. Methods/Materials Three African Dwarf frog eggs were placed into each compar…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective for this project was to determain what effects nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium had on foloiage. I thought that the plants would grow faster because of the n…
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals While walking along the shoreline of a beach, does it ever come to mind what it is you are walking on? Of course, it is sand; but what is it made out of and where did it com…
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This study seeks to investigate the effects of consuming large amounts of carbonated drinks in terms of muscle-related problems like hypokalaemia, a condition in which the c…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals In my project, I wanted to determine if different types of vegetables and their food preservations would affect the amount of gas released. I believe that the canned vegetab…
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find out where the pollution is coming from, how the environmental factors such as wind and lunar cycle contribute to the spread of beach pollution, and what the major ti…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project investigated how different frequencies were transmitted through different materials. Noise reduction is important in building materials and also for worker expo…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Third Award
Objectives/Goals Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are currently increasing in terms of application to lighting and electronic devices. However, it has been noted that LED efficiency is inconsist…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goals of this project were to determine a) whether Copper-induced oxidation of Bilirubin leads to the bluish black pigment noted in Pigmented Gallstones in patients with…