Plant Biology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis is: If, a plant is exposed to the right light, right color, and right color temperature (kelvin), then, the growth of the plant will accelerate because, light…
First Award
Plant roots are susceptible to damage from insects, microbes, and poor soil conditions, but their high capacity for regeneration gives them the ability to recover. Many of the molecular step…
Plant vaccines to reduce the disease by induced self-defense priming by phytochemicals are at its infancy. This study explores the chances of self-defense priming in Chinese cabbage, Brassic…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The goal of the research was to understand the processes going on under high voltage electrolysis and to bring attention to the possible applications of the new scientific field. Electrolysi…
The research conducted focused on developing a method to perform a semi-quantitative platelet count on abnormal blood smears (Hemaglobinopathy, or sickle cell anemia, and Elevated Mean Plate…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals Injuries are a common occurrence in sports of all types. Football, in particular, causes concern in coaches and parents because of the higher incidence of injuries. Often ti…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test and perceive which kind of material is the most effective at soundproofing, also, it has an objective of learning and understanding th…
Second Award
Drug resistant malarial parasites and inability to monitor patient response to treatment kill nearly a million people every year. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a highly sensit…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if different roofing materials would affect the quality of water runoff and/or the amount of trace elements contained in the wat…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The world we live in is surrounded by a layer of contaminated grime and toxic agents which slowly but surely chip away at our immune system. These pollutants hold us back from a successful a…
Fourth Award
Coxa Saltans, a condition of the hip, comes in three forms that manipulate a snap, but the contributing factors vary. Internal Coxa Saltans, on which this research focuses, occurs when the i…
Translational Medical Science
Polymers that form polymer-DNA complexes (polyplexes) have been established to be safer and more effective -without causing death to harmless cells- than Chemotherapy and viral-mediated tran…
The project consisted in the design and creation of a solar water heater to basis of polymers, taking advantage of the urban and rural solid waste generated in the community of Texmelucan. T…
Fourth Award
Biopolymers are all those polymers that are naturally produced such as starch and cellulose. And they may be assimilated by various biodegradable species without having a toxic effect on the…
The purpose of this experiment was to investigate which homemade biogas generator was the best one for daily use in a household. Five different designs of biogas generators were built based…
Ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) has become a widely researched method of drug delivery. This method utilizes the behavior of gas filled microbubbles in response to targete…
Electromagnetic induction says that when magnetic flux changes through a closed contour, an electric field will be inducted. The magnetic flux changes if the contour and the magnet move rela…
Across the world, 26 000 people per year become limb deficient. For those children that live in developing countries where there is little financial support, an industrial prosthetic hand co…
Environmental Science
Second Award
Objectives/Goals I studied the number and type of species (native vs. non-native) that grew in burned and unburned areas after fire in Coastal Sage Scrub (CSS). I looked in detail at the rec…
Environmental Science
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Analysis of the contaminants present in potable domestic water sources. Methods/Materials Tested domestic water sources for contamination by using LaMotte testing kits. Wate…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Third Award
Platinum-based drugs are irreplaceable in cancer chemotherapy, including three globally approved generations: cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin, however, these drugs still have undesira…
Tomato is the mostly produced vegetable both in Turkey and in the World. Almost half of the greenhouse grown tomatoes in Turkey are produced in out of season, therefore, tomatoes can be deli…
Biomedical Engineering
The objective of this study was to control and normalize factors linked to death of brain neurons during Alzheimer’s disease (AD) using maximum safe dosages of multi-vitamins and minerals (M…
Fourth Award
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of different tannin concentrations on potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida in in vitro and in vivo experiments and then determine phytotoxic…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my Science Fair Project is to design and build an energy harvesting system that will provide a source of energy. This project involves the use of piezoelectri…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this investigation was to determine which wind turbine design, of four, is the most efficient. Methods/Materials I tested four types of wind turbines for wh…
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Given that Bakersfield California is located at a latitude of 35.37 degrees, I believe a Solar Panel will have optimal electrical output during the hours of 12:00pm through…
The loss of a hand is severely traumatic both emotionally and physically. Prosthetic's are devices that can help restore some of the functionality to the user. However, current prosthetic's…
Systems Software
Developing countries have always faced poverty as the main national issue, most of their citizens are peasants around the world are living in poverty. Prior studies show two factors which ca…
Fossil power plants, nuclear power plants, fracking - all those processes are ways to produce electricity or natural gas. They are known for being really dangerous for our environment. So th…