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CSEF · 2009

Decision Making in the Face of Risk

Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award

Objectives/Goals My objectives were to determine (A) how people make decisions when faced with uncertainty and (B) how the framing of a question influences their choices. I expected that tee…

CSEF · 2009

Detecting the Coriolis Effect in a Hose

Physics & Astronomy Third Award

Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if the Coriolis effect can be detected by its influence on water flowing through a coiled hose in a rotating frame of reference. Methods/Materi…

CSEF · 2009

Detergent Effects on Plant Growth

Toxicology (Junior Division Only) Fourth Award

Objectives/Goals My Objective was to understand how runoff detergents affect plant growth. I hypothesized that runoff detergents would affect plant growth because detergents contain harmful…

CSEF · 2009

Determining The Combustibility of Household Paints

Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals What types of paints would be best used on a home from preventing combustibility? Methods/Materials Procedure: 1. Paint craft sticks with 4 selected paints 2. Let craft stic…

CSEF · 2009

Dilation Sensation

Human Biology (Junior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out if it is possible to determine how exercised an individual is by measuring how dilated their pupils are. Methods/Materials M…

CSEF · 2009

Diodes: I Prefer Mine Over-Easy, Not "Fried"

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine a relationship between the voltage drop across a diode as temperature increases. My hypothesis was that as temperature incr…

CSEF · 2009

Discovering the Color Spectrum of Sound

Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award

Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how the human brain classified superimposed sound waves # by, conventionally thought, differences in frequency, or by my hypothesis, differences…

CSEF · 2009

Discovery of Novel HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitors

Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)

Objectives/Goals Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide and the first leading cause in Sub-Saharan Africa as noted in a report by UNAID. Infection…

CSEF · 2009

Do Adults Know Which Numbers Count?

Behavioral & Social Sciences

Objectives/Goals My objective for this experiment was to see how many adults were informed about the hazards of plastic containers based on what chemicals they were made from. Methods/Materi…

CSEF · 2009

Does Encouragement Really Help?

Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals For my experiment I tested how different types of reinforcement, namely positive, neutral and negative affects performnace. My test revealed that positive reinforcement affe…

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