Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Cross-linked polyacrylamide, a hydrogel, has the ability to absorb water up to 800 times its own weight. The purpose of this experiment was to determine the efficacy of poly…
Bees take nourishment with the food located entirely sugar,nectar in flowers and pollen.It is completely different from the way of sheep,goats and cattle’s’ feeding.Moreover fertilizer forme…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Garlic and garlic extracts have numerous therapeutical properties that result from its organosulfuric compounds, notably allicin. The first primary objective of this experiment was to constr…
If the installation of an underwater piping system, a uniquely designed gas engine, and a chamber containing sphagnum moss and methanotrophic bacteria is implemented within a reservoir, we c…
Cancer is a disease that affects more than one third of Americans and is the second leading cause of death in the United States despite the widespread use of surgery, chemotherapy, and radia…
Silicone cerebrospinal shunts frequently get colonized and infected necessitating repeat surgeries in shunt-dependent patients. This study manipulates silicone with nanotechnology by coating…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Healthy soil provides nutrients for plant growth, holds water, is a habitat for good microorganisms, and helps plants, animals and humans to live. Natural fertilizers help t…
Fourth Award
One of the major difficulties faced by the elders and the differently abled people at present day is climbing up & down a staircase. To overcome this difficulty either they have to get assis…
Plasmids containing a catalytically dead Cas9 endonuclease (dCas9) system were studied as a potential repressor to the mecA methicillin resistance gene in MRSA. Clustered Regularly Interspac…
Disasters are serious disruptive events that occur suddenly and unexpectedly causing in permanent changes to human societies, ecosystems and environment. It may be impossible to avoid disast…
The recent discovery of electrically conductive bacterial nanowires produced by a variety of microbes suggests that extracellular electron transfer via nanowires may be widespread in nature…
The purpose of this project was to determine the most efficient material used in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) for the maximum production of electricity. Also, if a septic system additive woul…
Third Award
Sun-dried banana peel was pyrolyzed (PBP) and activated to form carbon-fiber adsorbent with superior removal capacity bacterial pathogens as well as copper and lead from drinking water. A po…
With increasing populations and vehicle traffic and limited crude oil supplies, alternative sources of fuel will be needed. Bio-energy sources have seen development with the use of corn to p…
Toxicology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to see if daphnia are affected by artificial sweeteners since some of these compounds have been detected in waste water, landfill leachate,…
Prescribed burning is the most commonly used management tool in pine forests. A key problem with burning is that it decreases the amount of nitrogen (N), which is the most limiting nutrient…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
The flu is a major problem detected in many cities around the world, which damages and interferes demonstrably in the daily routine of everyone. Due to its high mutagenic rate, there is the…
A great source of inspiration for superior quality materials comes from natural materials, like nacre, that exhibit great strengths and resilience. Nacre, known as Mother-of-Pearl, which for…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Organic xanthates are widely used in synthesis due to the radical addition reaction. There are many examples of using xanthates with different functional groups (e.g. carbonyl, phosphoryl, e…
There has been recent focus on water-soluble polymer matrices with integrated protein or starch bases to increase mechanical characteristics of extended-release drug delivery devices. Unfort…
Second Award
The atmospheric release of CO2 is strongly correlated with climate change. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs), porous, uniform, and crystalline structures, have demonstrated high promises for C…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Fourth Award
A one-pot approach has been developed for the preparation of Cu2O nanocubes from cupric nitrate in alkaline aqueous solutions containing fructose and ascorbic acid at 32 degrees clesius. In…
Second Award
Biofouling is a major problem in membrane-based desalination and wastewater reclamation processes. It greatly compromises the performance of membranes and increases operating costs. In this…
Trifluorothymidine is capable of influencing processes of the tumor growth. In addition to its properties as a chemotherapeutic and antiviral agent, trifluorothymidine is also a promising im…
Agriculture in the 21st century faces several challenges: increase food production, adopt efficient and sustainable production methods, adapt to climate change. In order to fight agricultura…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Benzodiazepine derivatives are promising compounds for treatment of nervous system disorders with wide spectrum of sedative, anxiolytic and myorelaxant action. Molecules of benzo[e][1,4]diaz…
OPVs (Organic Photovoltaics) are highly tunable based on monomer composition. In other studies, PEDOT:PSS or (poly-3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene:poly-styerenesulfonate) has been championed ove…
Imagine a world where oxygen availability is not tied to fertile soil or oxygen tanks. The purpose of this project was to design an artificial leaf that can evolve oxygen via photosynthesis…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
First Award
Fluorine has allowed common therapies to become even more effective in treating many diseases because of the small size, low polarizability, and high electronegativity of the fluorine atom.…
Rare-earth-doped nanoparticles (ReNPs) are capable of generating optical emissions for imaging molecular events. ReNPs typically consist of a host material and rare earth dopants. Though ser…