Toxicology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective for this project is to see the affects of different test subjects, against the Varroa mites. Methods/Materials Powdered sugar, Oyster mushrooms, Shimeji Mushro…
Chemistry
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine which type of produce generates the most voltage: a lemon, a tomato, an orange, or a potato. Methods/Materials Large naval oranges, lemons, pot…
The inherent stability in algebraic K-theory proved in my previous paper suggests a general notion of stability in higher category theory. In this paper, I use the abstract notion of a scale…
Mathematics & Computer Science
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of my research was to study the quasi-2-categorical analogues of 1) abelian groups and spectra, which would generalize the notion of addition, and 2) operads and qu…
Experimentation was conducted to investigate the viability of natural fertilizers versus traditional chemical fertilizers on Zea mays. The water quality was also tested to determine the amou…
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to study the antibacterial effects of onions and shallots on E.coli DH 5 alpha and to determine which herb has the greatest level of inhi…
Purpose: To find a conifer that inhibits bacteria growth. Hypothesis: I think there is a conifer that inhibits growth well. Procedures: KIRBY BAUER: 1) Selected 10 products known for having…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to study the protective effects of antioxidants on free radical damage on radish and bean seeds. Antioxidants such as Vitamins A, E, and C…
Second Award
The purpose of this project is to determine the applications of automated peristaltic pumping systems in high school classrooms and other chemistry laboratories. A lack of affordable, accura…
Water quality detection in static water usually needs to be carried out by technicians on ship; it will consume manpower and material resources. If sensors are installed on a water robot, te…
Supercomputers are computers with extremely high levels of computational capacity. The vast computational power of these devices stems from the number of processors. Whereas most modern home…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The Brazilian civil-military dictatorship (1964-1985) institutionalized the disappearance of individuals as a form of repression of social and political resistance. This resulted in the Clan…
Biochemistry
Our world is undergoing a silent agricultural crisis, and it is all due to the fact that bees (the most crucial pollinator of crops) are slowly dying, along with their entire colonies. This…
Toxicology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if sodium lauryl sulfate is present in face washes and if it will cause behavior differences in c. elegans. Methods/Materials SLS…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to design a swarm of tiny robots modeled off of ants that were able to accomplish complex tasks, despite each individual being limited in its…
Plastic is the product most commonly disposed of inappropriately. Not only does plastic take centuries to disintegrate into the earth, but it secretes toxic chemicals in the process. The pur…
Styrofoam poses a huge global threat due to its toxicity. Unfortunately, it is accumulating in the environment because it takes thousands of years to decompose. The purpose of this experimen…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if fully incorporating the lower body mechanics, while pitching, will affect the speed and accuracy of a pitch. Methods/Materials…
Data coincidences are an important aspect of our digital age. An example of this is the US No Fly List. Over 90,000 names are on the No Fly List. Given that more than 8 million people fly ea…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study was to determine what gender (at an adolescent age) developed better hearing during the past few millions of years of evolution. Methods/Material…
The purpose of this investigation is to demonstrate that Brachiaria humidicola, a pasture that grows in cattle farms, provides great benefits both to the environment and agriculture. The pro…
It is known that people with sensory disabilities suffer from vision and hearing impairment. That is why I have worked out a device that helps the disabled be able to communicate with people…
The purpose of this project was to find relation between the volume of a prism and a truncated pyramid with regular n-sided polygon base and to show that the surface area and volume of the k…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of the project is to create strips that can detect chemicals released in the human breath by breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer cells, to be placed in a breathalyzer, creati…
This project explores how temperature affects the reproduction system of the Pilobolus fungus. The accuracy of its launched sporangia changes through altering the temperature that the fungus…
Reducing the concentration of anthropogenic carbon in our atmosphere is the purpose of my prototype design. My focus for this year is to automate the last step of this process, which require…
The figure built by four different lines in general position on the plane as quadrilateral. Quadrilateral is called cyclic, if quadrangle, which appears in intersection of these 4 lines, is…
Mutations in the SCN1A sodium channel gene are often associated with a variety of epileptic disorders, necessitating efficient model systems to investigate cellular mechanisms and analyze po…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Chickens need 14 hours of light to lay the the optimal amount of eggs. They get this in the summer, and lay over twice as many eggs then. My goal was to trick the chickens i…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine which material would be the best candidate to prevent against injuries when placed in football helmets. Methods/Materials 1.27 cm tall 2.7 cm…