Biochemistry
Brazil is the world's largest pesticide consumer. The use of these products in agriculture is a serious public health problem that generates various diseases such as cancer, congenital malfo…
Microbiology
Enterobacter aerogenes is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacterium that colonizes the human gastrointestinal tract. Because the pineal neurohormone melatonin is directly produced by…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives Parks, downtowns, malls, and stores are places we frequently visit in our daily lives for socializing, dining, shopping, etc. Out of the 7.5 billion global population, around 285…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Third Award
Objectives The objective of this project is determine the visual effect when adding different levels of methoxide solution on algae oil to create a biodiesel . Methods Lye, Rubbing alcohol,…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives My objective is to determine which combination of materials creates a heating pad that stays warm for a long time. Methods 4 types of fabrics for outside, 3 types of grains for in…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
This experiment can be defined as having two parts: the predictive model for blue-green (cyanobacteria) algae blooms and the tests for ecological damage due to these blooms. A computer progr…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives The objective of this experiment was to find out which airfoil shape would create the most lift. Methods Wind tunnel, three varying airfoil shapes, digital scale, and stand. Teste…
Systems Software
The Alcohol Breathalyzer Immobilizer With about 30 people killed due to drunken driving every day in the USA only, resulting in about 10950 lives lost per year, drunk driving is a killer tha…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this research was to determine the sustainability of algae-based bioplastics as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics. In Part I of experimentation, four different algae sp…
Plant Sciences
The presence of healthy dune grass is critical to ensure that sand dunes are stabilized and able to thrive in the harsh coastal environment. This research was conducted with the goal of deve…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
New Guinea flatworm (Platydemus manokwari), native to New Guinea, is extremely invasive. It has caused the extinction of native land snails on several Pacific islands, including Hawaii. Ther…
Energy: Chemical
Many concerns have arisen in recent years regarding lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), mostly due to the rapid depletion of lithium reserves and the volatile liquid electrolytes used to make them…
Plant Sciences
Leucaena leucocephala, popularly known as "Leucena", is an exotic plant that has spread throughout the country, after being introduced in Brazil to complement the feeding of cattle. In Campo…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The objective of my experiment was to see which government style should be implemented in the world today. I did this because there are many problems in the world today, and what…
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
More than 20 million Americans suffer from peripheral neuropathy, a disease that degrades both motor and sensory nerve control. This makes it almost impossible to perform vital daily tasks s…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Aggregation of protein tau into neurofibrillary tangles and a-synuclein into Lewy bodies are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, respectively. These proteins are known to form…
Engineering Mechanics
There are many vehicular intersections traffic lights that stop working due to the lack of electrical energy caused by natural disasters and/or blackouts (Dávila, 2017). As an alternative to…
Embedded Systems
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurons responsible for voluntary movement. It is characterized by progressive loss of muscle streng…
Energy: Chemical
Energy efficiency is a recurrent issue in today's society. Scientists and engineers are tirelessly seeking ways to reduce the use of nonrenewable fuels and replace them with things like sola…
Energy: Chemical
Demand for energy is increasing in economically and socially developing societies with higher living standards. Unfortunately higher energy demand is comes with pollution and waste output. A…
Materials Science
The safety of bike riders going from one bikeshare system to another is absent due to insufficient use of helmets (“Bike Sharing in United States,” 2012). A collapsible helmet, in contrast t…
Biomedical Engineering
This project focused on creating a motion capture suit for lumbar spine and a software for displaying the recorded movements. The device is meant for athletes, such as swimmers and hockey pl…
Energy: Chemical
Aluminum-ion batteries, with a stainless steel mesh cathode, aluminum (Al) anode, and salt(NaCl) water electrolyte has the ability to sequester CO2 around it, generating aluminum oxalate as…
Materials Science
Optical telescope mirrors used in aerospace imaging typically contain aluminum or silver protective coatings. Mirror life time is about three to five years, as corrosion severely degrades th…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. The need exists to develop an innovative diagnostic and detection measure to promptly detect the presence and type of…
Embedded Systems
This project uses Machine Learning, NLP and Multilingual named entity transliteration approach to identify devices, help in device diagnostics and create effective communication between the…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
First Award
Objectives My project aims to synthesize small molecules that prevent the HLA-DQ2 receptor from binding to alpha-2-gliadin proteins found in gluten, thus preventing the autoimmune response a…
Microbiology
Bacteria cause numerous issues when they infect water sources, including bacterial disease, which affects billions of people annually, aquarium and aquaculture issues, and environmental issu…
Plant Sciences
In the near future, humans will begin to explore and colonize Mars. As a result, methods of in-situ resource utilization must be developed and tested to increase the likelihood of survival o…
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
Human blood plasma has shed light on better diagnostics and treatment towards hundreds of diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and Alzheimer’s. However, separation of plasma fr…