Physics and Astronomy
Recently, topological superconductors have attracted great interest as a groundbreaking platform to allow for fault-tolerant quantum computing and overcome the limitations of classical proce…
Plant Sciences
Kumar, Khurana, and Sharma, (2014) indicate that plant hormones have been extensively studied for their roles in the regulation of various aspects of plant development. However, new insights…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which plants, native to Northwestern California, are least likely to start roadside fires and will produce the least amount of carbon dioxide w…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project was designed to test whether various mixtures of non-Newtonian fluids would deflect small projectiles. Methods/Materials A fixed slingshot was used to propel ¼…
Engineering Mechanics
Every spring, people drown in local rivers because they underestimate the power and danger of the river flow from melting mountain snow. A literature review uncovered no practical, low-cost,…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals Every spring, people drown in local rivers because they underestimate the power and danger of the river flow from melting mountain snow. Project POWER (Predicting Onsite Wat…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This project is to test which angle of rose stem cut can increase the longevity of roses the most. Methods/Materials 18 fresh uncut roses of same conditions harvested on the…
Engineering Mechanics
The focus of this study was to compare how a physical model of an aircraft that relies on both aerostatic and aerodynamic qualities in the structure to fly, based on the Northrop Grumman Ven…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The goal of the project was to compare how a physical model of the Venus Atmospheric Maneuverable Platform responds in Earth's atmosphere when filled with air or helium. The…
Mathematical Sciences
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Develop an open-source software application to simulate circle inversion and prove Pappus' theorem. Methods/Materials MacBook Pro to develop a web page in HTML5 and JavaScri…
Plant Sciences
The advent of epidemiological concerns within recent years has promulgated a thorough premise for research rooted in preventative measures and protections of public health. This study was co…
Mathematics
In this project, the properties of the bicentric quadrilaterals were examined. Bicentric quadrilaterals are quadrilaterals, which have both a circumcircle and incircle. For this reason, they…
Energy: Chemical
According to the United States’ Energy Information Administration (EIA), it is predicted that fossil fuels will power 77% of the global economy in 2040. The catastrophic impacts such fuels h…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The Philippines’ 7,100-island archipelago is recognized for its diverse marine ecosystems, requiring extensive surveillance both for security purposes and further study. One way to conduct u…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer found in men globally and has the highest mortality rate in men when compared to other cancers. However, early diagnosis of PCa has led…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common forms of dementia. The progression of AD occurs in the brain as well as in the eye. The retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells were recentl…
Plant Sciences (inferred)
As urbanization often proceeds uncontrolled and unsupervised, organisms in nearby waterways are especially vulnerable to the effects of sewage, waste, and chemical contamination. Recent repo…
Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)
Inhibitors of multixenobiotic resistance (MXR), a mechanism that protects aquatic organisms from pollutants, pose a danger to biological and ecological health. Inhibitors target individual p…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Sensory hearing hair-cells are vulnerable to multiple damaging agents. In mammals, which lack regeneration, hair-cell loss leads to permanent hearing impairment. In contrast, non-mammalian v…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The objective of this project was to characterize gal-7 as an antibiotic. The purpose of this research was to identify a model for glycan-specific antibiotics capable of reducing the risk of…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This is a research of social support towards the psychological condition and the quality of life of cancer survivors. This study aims to determine: 1) What is the most appropriate form and s…
Environmental Engineering
There remains a continued need for inexpensive techniques for filtering out heavy metals from contaminated water. Studies have shown efficacy of biochar (pyrolyzed organic matter) for heavy…
Mathematics
Third Award
This project, which is in number theory, explores the connections between quaternions and primitive Pythagorean quintuples. It is known that the square of a Gaussian integer (a complex numbe…
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals Understanding the world through scientific and mathematical laws can be overwhelmingly difficult. But the laws don't change, and there are constants that act like anchors th…
Materials Science
In this research, MDA-MB-231 cells were placed in a microfluidic device in order to determine the effects of fluid flow on breast cancer circulating tumor cells. The cells were trapped in th…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Pneumonia affects 450 million people worldwide. It is believed that elderly individuals, 65 years or older, are more susceptible to acquiring the disease, due to changes in the aging immune…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics consist of small plastic particles in commercial products as well as plastics that degrade in the environment. Microplastic pollution is of growing concern because microplastic…
Today, G-quadruplexes are an active research area because of their potential as an anticancer method. Using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), the aim of this research was to prove…
Physics and Astronomy
Yang-Mills theory, one of the most important questions is to mathematically explain the mass gap, in quantum applications of the formulas. this research test the role of simulating the effec…
Chemistry
The reason behind this experiment was to discover the identity of a material found in an old classroom. In order to accomplish this goal, we observed the physical characteristics of the meta…