Earth and Environmental Sciences
Removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from mixed gas streams is vital for industrial flue gas remediation, fuel gas refining, and chemical production. Existing liquid amine technology is hampered by…
Materials Science
The need for an effective, renewable water filter is greater than ever. One solution to this is novel carbon materials, with a potential source of these materials being cyanobacteria. Cyanob…
Materials Science
Missions to explore the moon and Mars are confronted with great difficulties and challenges, one of these challenges is to reduce and eliminate the harmful impact of the dust on the astronau…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to test whether foods rich in High Density Lipoproteins (HDL’s) cholesterol would be successful in treating heart disease. Because heart disease is caused…
Chemistry
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Renewable energies, such as solar and wind, are intermittent sources of energy. For renewable energy to become practical, we need a cost-effective method for storing energy so it…
Biomedical Engineering
PURPOSE Catheters inserted into the human body are lifesaving. However, microorganisms can attach to their surface and form a biofilm resulting in life threatening infections. There are no p…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Abscission, the final stage of cytokinesis, is characterized by the separation of cells through the severing of the intercellular bridge at the midbody. Components of the Endosomal Sorting C…
Chemistry
Mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, Culex and Anopheles transmit diseases such as Dengue, West Nile Virus and Malaria, killing more than 755,000 people globally per year, costing around 25.2 bill…
Several important animal behaviors are stable and persist for long durations, ranging on the scale of minutes to hours. Food exploration and exploitation are discrete long-lasting behavioral…
Physics and Astronomy
This study investigates the use of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) to create equivalent circuits for human keratinocyte cells in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Media (DMEM) with and…
Computational Systems & Analysis (Senior Division Only)
Objectives Taking into consideration the most important physical factors of fire spread, the objective is to develop a cellular automata-based mathematical model that can accurately predict…
Microbiology (General)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) causes chicken pox and shingles. Cells infected with VZV undergo cell-to-cell membrane fusion mediated by viral fusion proteins; fusion is important t…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
At what point do our psychological needs compel us to ignore possible health risks? Could we be turning a blind eye to the possibly harmful effects caused by a simple communication device? A…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Fourth Award
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNA molecules that are implicated in many gene expression pathways. Because they can degrade genes before translation, they have been extensively resea…
Translational Medical Science
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) comprises approximately 90% of all head and neck cancers and represents the sixth most common type of cancer worldwide. Surgery, radiotherapy an…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Third Award
Objectives As a gymnast, I use chalk to absorb the perspiration on my hands and feet before performing skills. For my science experiment, I asked the question Which liquid chalk product is b…
Physics and Astronomy
This project sought to determine whether Dark Matter dominated galaxies are nucleated. In January of 2015, an article was published that sparked interest in the scientific community. The sci…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives The purpose of this study is to determine how different variables effect the rate of muons passing through a specific space. Methods Built two electronic muon detectors using free…
Materials Science
Bone implants are supporting structures in the body commonly used to treat fractures. Their integrity is threatened by bacterial biofilms that trigger an inflammatory response, loosening the…
Materials Science
Indium Gallium Nitride (InGaN) is a promising candidate to make effective and environmentally friendly light emitting diodes (LEDs), used for electronics display, indoor lighting, and wirele…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Time resolved X-ray crystallography produces molecular movies of proteins at femtosecond resolution. The elucidation of an enzyme’s structural dynamics during its catalysis has major implica…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose: There is in an estimated 7.9 million bone fractures annually in which 5-10% of these result in delayed healing and progression to chronic nonunions. One factor that has previously b…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Hydroxyurea (HU) is a ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor which is used to treat diseases such as HIV, sickle cell disease, and chronic myelogenous leukemia (1). Yet, new evidence suggests th…
Translational Medical Science
Deregulation of the tumor suppressor p27kip1 results in the proliferation of common and aggressive cancers such as breast and prostate cancer. The purpose of this study is to investigate the…
Physics & Astronomy
First Award
Objectives Quantify the vague terminology that musical instrument experts use to qualitatively describe tone quality (e. g., creamy, bright and mellow) and categorize the timbre of different…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
First Award
Objectives The project objective was to measure the magnetic field dose profile of various PEMF devices and generate dosing maps that consumers could then use to position their bodies in ord…
Biochemistry
Neurodegenerative disorders represent a global healthcare crisis impacting over 60 million individuals worldwide at an estimated cost of over 800 billion dollars, that is exacerbated by a re…
Physics and Astronomy
The Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte galaxy is a dwarf, irregular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus, that has yet to be fully and accurately analyzed. RR Lyrae variable stars are short-period v…
Biochemistry
Chemotaxis is the movement of an organism up and down a concentration gradient. The aim of this project is to test and observe the effects of different concentrations of glucose on the chemo…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Slime molds are single-celled organisms that combine interesting properties. We tested this organism’s reaction to a basic and anacidic environment. The slime mold Physarum polycephalum was…