Energy: Physical
As only 11% of current energy consumption within the United States is renewable, this study investigated means by which geothermal energy may be an effective sustainable heat source for buil…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The goal of this study is to identify whether the diameter of constricted pupils could be used in the diagnosis of migraine in adolescents. At present, there seems to be no single simple way…
Toxicology
Fourth Award
Objectives With the increase in demand for tissue and organ replacement, bioscaffolds are being used to regenerate cells, serving as a foundation for them to regrow. As the biocompatibility…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (inferred)
“Thought-Code”/” Blink-Code” Part II: Analyzing EEGs through dimensionality reduction for EEG classification Sarvesh R. Babu duPont Manual High School Abstract The focus of the project is to…
Modern society requires an energy source that is renewable, non-pollutant, efficient and compatible with most machinery. Algal biofuel, a liquid fuel synthesized from the lipid produced by m…
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
The practice of prematurely extinguishing wildfires obstructs the natural wildfire cycle, resulting in greater devastation and putting neighborhoods in the vicinity at risk. As the need for…
Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) are of growing concern in the healthcare market because they lead to a 6% mortality rate, increase the average length of stay for a patient from five to tw…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Second Award
Objectives Objective: This experiment seeks to examine firm value drops in offending companies and suppliers as well as examine the role of gender diversity in anti-corruption measures using…
Chemistry
Plastics, especially high density polyethylene, contribute to the pollutant epidemic that harms the planet's environment. Polylactic acid, a polymer derived from corn and other natural sourc…
Plant Sciences
According to the World Resources Institute, by 2050 the human population could reach 9.6 billion, creating potential food security and availability issues throughout the world. Tomatoes are…
Previous research was conducted with a focus on if there was a inexpensive material that would improve evacuated tubes internally. From the findings it was determined that fiberglass insulat…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
CRISPR is a rising gene editing technique that, although unprecedented in medical applications, has been found to cause unintentional edits that have fatal effects on an organism. In order t…
In response to the ongoing Gulf of Mexico deadzone crisis, the following study attempts to model the root cause of the crisis by utilizing differential equations through the visual programmi…
Plant Sciences
The purpose of my experiment was to determine the effects of Ipomoea aquatica on pH levels and dissolved oxygen concentration on water quality, particularly the water quality of the Kapakahi…
Mathematics
One-dimensional cellular automata have been studied by looking at morphisms and properties of growth; however, no proof or demonstration has been made to explain these conjectured patterns a…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
PURPOSE: The Purpose of my project was to analyze microbial growth in Lake Elsie. PROCEDURE:1)Collect water and muck samples from 4 different locations on Lake Elsie 2) Take to greenhouse to…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
When road salt is applied in the winter, it washes into the ditches and the watershed. Salt can be harmful to plants and organisms. Our goal was to apply natural soil amendments to switchgra…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Objectives The objective of this study is to demonstrate the connections between climate change and Lyme disease. Methods Using online databases, such as data from NASA, NOAA, the National W…
Environmental Engineering
In many areas across the world, airborne pollution is a major crisis. The main factor that leads to this is fuel emissions. There are a few articles in which people are using Titanium Dioxid…
Plant Sciences
With climate change continuously imposing detrimental effects towards the environment, identification of solutions increasingly necessitates. One potential solution is soil sequestration. Im…
Translational Medical Science
Type 1 hypersensitivity response such as anaphylaxis due to food substances is a growing problem that affects a huge number of patients globally. The current allergen test, the skin prick te…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives My goal is to develop an early warning AI-powered portable system that can monitor environmental damage during natural disasters. Both air and water quality need to be monitored w…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives Microfluidic devices made of elastomer poly(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) using multilayer soft lithography are used for single cell bioanalysis. My goal is to utilize a novel economica…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The 2.4-fold increase in thyroid cancer over recent decades and variation across regions indicate that environmental factors may be influencers, including I-131 released during nuclear testi…
Physics and Astronomy
After knowing that workers who have been working in the steel plant for a long time are extremely prone to heat stroke, even many people do not know after heat stroke and cause many accident…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Third Award
Network states are prevalent in virtually all behaviors. In most cases, they are established by the actions of neuromodulators. To produce articulate behaviors, neuromodulators upregulate th…
Systems Software
A Gray Code sequence is a set of 2^n binary numbers in which only one bit changes between two consecutive elements. This property helps in reduce errors in data transmission and is commonly…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
In 2016, 44.7 million metric tons of E-waste was generated globally out of which only 20% was recycled (UN, 2017). Our project explores how components of e-waste i.e. acrylonitrile butadiene…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
Objectives The oceans contain over 97% of the earths water, however, only 1% of the worlds water is safe for human consumption, with 2.8 billion people currently living in water stressed are…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Experiment Purpose Inside the earth’s mantle, chemical reactions take place between different rocks via a fluid-rock reactions which in turn influence their chemical properties. These reacti…