Environmental Engineering
Objectives The problem I researched was water evaporation in uncovered finished water reservoirs. My goal was to determine which cover prevents the most water evaporation: white shade balls,…
Materials Science
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is highly noted as a cytotoxic compound. Typically, its level is increased in cardiovascular disease patients, such as in myocardial infarction cases. In 2013, as re…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective was to find if the difference in dimple pattern of a golf ball affects the spin rate, distance, and ball speed of the golf ball. Methods Three different golf balls,…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Purpose: 1. To identify the psychological or behavioral impacts that co-sleeping has on the child. 2. To determine if co-sleeping affects the parental relationship. 3. Identify the understan…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives I wanted to explore the impact of sympathetic vibration or resonance on a bass guitar. My hypothesis was that the A note would cause the most sympathetic vibration. Methods The pr…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives My objective for this project was to find out which drink(s) best enhances one s athletic performance. Methods Indoor basketball court, stopwatch for timing, clipboard, a chart to…
Materials Science
Soft robotics seek to replicate the soft-bodied structures found in animals, allowing for a diverse range of movements. Conventional soft-materials exhibit limited functionality, serving sup…
Environmental Engineering
Graphene is a one-atom-thick allotrope of carbon that has a hexagonal lattice structure, and it has good adsorption and conduction characteristics. Graphene sand is a composite of sand coate…
Physics and Astronomy
Graphene is a one atom thick monolayer hexagonal lattice of carbon atoms with a theoretical thickness of 0.345 nanometers and unique tensile strength capabilities. This study aims to determi…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives Many magazines like Via (published by AAA), Bay Area Parent etc. claim that there is a gravitational anomaly at Mystery Spot. There are other such claims of gravitational anomalie…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives In our society, there are still those who don t have access to electricity and light. I saw a need for a device that would be able to provide light and energy to those who needed…
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives The objective of this project is to design, implement, test, and analyze simple algorithms to find the one that can achieve the highest tiles in the Google Chrome Extension of the…
Energy: Chemical
The major advance in energy storage today has mainly been focusing on lithium-based batteries due to their good overall performances in storage capacity. However, for applications requiring…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The purpose of this project is to build a new greenhouse to replace modern greenhouses by making it more space efficient, cost-efficient, and low maintenance. Methods The main mat…
Plant Sciences
The term Smart Agriculture defines the sphere of solutions aimed at monitoring, managing and optimizing processes related to agriculture: being able to monitor environmental parameters relat…
Materials Science
This project consists of two parts, the waterproofing and thermocouples, which are responsible for generating energy, the waterproofing is mainly made of recycled rubber, to promote the recy…
Chemistry
Since mid-eighties of the past century, a huge number of microwave-assisted organic/organometallic/inorganic transformations have been published with a growing number in every year. It is we…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives In this project silver nanoparticles have been synthesized from silver nitrate using Asparagus extract containing the flavonoid, quercetin (a green synthesis). The objective was t…
Chemistry
Antioxidants are vital in maintaining good health. They terminate chain reactions that produce free radicals. As a result, antioxidants help combat against diseases caused by oxidative stres…
Environmental Engineering
Oil spills are a daunting threat all around the world and the current forms of remediation are costly, inefficient and toxic. Oil spills, therefore, are economically burdening and have a dev…
Microbiology
Impacts of global warming are causing a need for renewable energy alternatives. Plant-microbial fuel cells (P-MFC's) have emerged in recent years as a promising method that uses bacteria to…
Physics and Astronomy
The goal of this study was to further confirm, characterize, and classify LHS3844b, an exoplanet detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Furthermore, I strove to determ…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this project is to test whether or not a supply of different concentrations of carbon dioxide, fertilizer and increased light exposure will increase algae growth,…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
This study addresses the global demand for crop supply by enhancing germination and harvest yield of Zea mays (maize) and Glycine max (soybean) seeds with plant extracts, endophytes, and end…
Environmental Engineering
There are already hundreds of different ways to create clean water. Yet in the world today, thousands of people don't have access to this necessity because of their lack of time, money and t…
Environmental Engineering
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives An ongoing problem in parts of the world is a lack of access to water. This project used the Engineering Design Process to create an H2O generator. The goal for H2O Generator was…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment determines if data from 1975, on water hardness in the US ties in with todays data. Email FFA advisors in US & ask to send area water samples. Organize vials by water hardnes…
Animal Sciences
Explicating the larger rules that dictate biological evolution requires the study of a subject that exemplifies not only the immense variety that occurs from the diversification of species,…
Physics and Astronomy
Fourth Award
Visible streaks produced by air density variations, caused by temperature changes, any gas leakage or object’s moving (e.g. with supersonic speed), are an example of the Schlieren effect. In…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives We apply lotions and moisturizers on a daily basis, but do we know which moisturizers work the best and why? The objective of my experiment is to determine which of the three comm…