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Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Soil buffering is the ability of soil to resist pH change, either towards the acidic or alkaline ends of the spectrum. The effects of certain factors on soil buffering are unknown: when a lo…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Studies have shown that, if started early enough, drugs and therapies can significantly slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. However, there are currently no easy ways to identify the…
The largest contributor to global warming is the presence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, vehicle exhaust is responsible for over 30% o…
Audio steganography is the embedding of data into an audio file. Current research in audio steganography has only shown that audio and image files can be used as the embedded media. For this…
Only 10% of blind children in school are taught to read Braille; one of the major barriers is the comparative expense and scarcity of Braille materials. A small volume printer will cost anyw…
The parathyroid hormone (PTH) maintains calcium homeostasis by influencing bone cell activity. Less bone formation than resorption results in osteoporosis. Naturally-simulated PTH prevents d…
First Award
In the last 10 years, 25 million Ash trees in North America have been destroyed by emerald ash borer larvae; a number that continues to grow exponentially. The purpose of this project is to…
The purpose of “Creating A Spherical 3D Printer” was to create an additive manufacturing device based on Spherical coordinates. Most current 3D printers are based on Cartesian coordinates. A…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals My objective is to create a device that purify unsafe water and while generating electricity. Methods/Materials Get the 4x18 inch PVC ½ inch and connect it to the PVC 3 way…
An analysis is presented on the effectiveness of four new signal regions in the search for vector-like quarks (VLQs) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These new signal regions attempt to u…
Third Award
Current HIV therapies lead to drug resistance and fail to address the latent viral reservoir which reactivates and inevitably leads to AIDS and mortality. Commonly infectious HIV targets T-c…
CRISPR Cas9 is a protein that precisely cuts a sequence complementary to a guide RNA. Recently, a CRISPR/Cas9 based self-cleaving genetic system has been engineered such that DNA can be deli…
The goal of the experiment was to see if the bacteria found in coolers is dangerous or harmful. In this experiment four coolers were swabbed. The bacteria found was incubated for forty-eight…
Black Rubber, commonly found in tires and crumb rubber, is known to have carcinogenic materials and compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals. Crumb rubber is recyc…
Numerous locations throughout the United States are reporting the presence of radon and uranium in their drinking water, particularly in households with well water drinking sources. Areas in…
Because of the technology available in today's modern world, scientists have recently discovered ice on Mars. The question is: how can scientists confidently determine whether or not the ice…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to engineer a new material as a cheaper alternative for Synthetic Bone Grafts and a biodegradable alternative for short-term-use prosthetics. Methods/Materi…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Second Award
Objectives/Goals Any structure carried into space must be lightweight due to the high cost of space travel. Structures made from cuboct trusses are actively studied by NASA due to their easy…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Dollar bills stamped with the "wheresgeorge.com" website were spent in Yolo or Sacramento County. Bills were tracked over time from their starting points by monitoring locat…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project is to see if there is less cyanobacteria in the middle of Pinto Lake, or in the water near the dock's side during a cyanobacteria bloom. Methods/Mater…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The object of this study is to determine whether every case of cyberbullying, no matter the size, affects the symptoms of depression. Methods/Materials I developed a questio…
Biomedical Engineering
The discovery and development of chemotherapeutic drugs is a continuous worldwide demand. This study was designed as an anticancer prescreening to evaluate the cytotoxic and genotoxic potent…
Systems Software
The experiment is designed to test how dodecatrylinol and neocembrene, termite pheromones mimicked by ballpoint pen ink, affect in-wall termite colonies when used in imidacloprid-based traps…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Deafness is hearing deficiency or hearing loss it refers to the inability to hear things either totally or partially. Symptoms may be mild, moderate, severe or profound. Deaf people suffer f…
Biomedical Engineering
There are several “safe” food myths that are prevalent in today’s society, but the question remains whether or not they actually hold true. To determine the safeness of following certain foo…
Aggregation and cytotoxicity of amyloid-ß (Aß) with redox-active metals in neuronal cells have been implicated in the progression of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Particularly, dysregulated inte…
Environmental Science
Objectives/Goals The purpose was to observe and measure the decomposition of natural alternatives to polystyrene products. The plastics were made with starches or flours with natural ingredi…
The rapid development of industry in Gebze – Dilovasi region where our school is located, the environment is under great threat by industrial gases released into the atmosphere. Never the le…
In the field of artificial intelligence, computers are exceptional at recognizing objects from images, but struggle with recognizing actions from images. In 2011, a human action dataset (Sta…
Genetic evaluation can predict cancers and other genetic diseases before expression in the phenotype, allowing for early preventative treatment. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) are the…