Chemistry
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The incentive of this project is to discover the oil that makes the most effective ferrofluid, and the reason behind its favorable quality. Methods/Materials I used 9 oils a…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment is to find out which of the three robotic apparatuses most efficiently picks up cone and places it on a mobile goal. These three apparatuses a…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In order to prevent the release of pollutants due to fossil fuel usage people are switching to better alternatives like solar panels, especially in places like Texas and Florida which use mo…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals There is a popular assumption that all water, especially bottled water, available to the public is essentially equal in their chemical and electrical property. However, ther…
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I put soil in 3 different containers and left one with just soil, another one with just pebbles, and the last one with weeds and grass because it had roots. I then poured wa…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to determine if different music genres have an effect on memory, repetitive, and spatial tasks. Procedure: 1. Give five words to the subject, and them time…
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to analyze thousands of publicly available historical records and understand (a) who the winners of the California State Science Fair are and…
Animal Sciences
Second Award
Clear social hierarchy is critical in maintaining a stable population. The social hierarchy of rodent population has been reported, but the underlying mechanism and the key regulating factor…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my investigation was to find which groups of people (age, gender, ethnicity, relationship status, education levels, income, and the number of children in the…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to investigate why honeycombs are hexagonal. My hypothesis is that honeycombs are hexagonal because hexagons require the least amount of wax f…
Physics and Astronomy
Second Award
One of the great unanswered questions in fundamental theoretical physics is "Why are we 3D?". In this research, I study the electron orbitals and their chemical properties to see, what would…
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine which colored birthday candle burns quicker. Methods/Materials 6 different color candles, timer/stopwatch, lighter/matches, and s…
Engineering Mechanics
With the continuous expansion of the scope of human activities, the habitat of wild animals in nature is increasingly being invaded and many wild animals are in danger of extinction. The pro…
Chemistry
The research project’s purpose is to use fluorescent dyes to identify the outer coatings of parasites, aiding vaccine development. Depending on the change in the spectrum, the glycoprotein w…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to ascertain the energy generation differences between varied placements of wind turbines. Methods/Materials A 6ft x 12 ft x 4ft wind tun…
Biomedical Engineering
Second Award
W.I.N.I.T.S targets the global issue of triage in mass casualty incidents. Currently, during hospital response, first responders have to manually assess patients by recording information on…
Systems Software
Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s disease diminishes one's ability to express thoughts and basic needs, causing communication issues between patients and their caretakers. To bridge this communication gap, a thou…
Mathematical Sciences
First Award
Objectives/Goals In order to break the communication barrier between Alzheimer's patients and their caretakers, there is an inevitable need to create a thought recognition software to classi…
Embedded Systems
Deforestation, the huge problem happening in Thailand, caused by both of illegal logging and wildfire in the forest. They destroy the forest in yearly. To stop deforestation, we built and in…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if a person's gender and their biological parent's relationship status impacts their main focus. Methods/Materials 80 High school…
Animal Sciences
Hematopoiesis, or blood cell development, is a strictly regulated process and the maintenance of blood progenitors requires various pathways in cells within a microenvironment. Deregulation…
Zoology
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Hematopoiesis, or blood cell development, is a strictly regulated process and the maintenance of blood progenitors requires various pathways in cells. Deregulation of these…
Microbiology
Maternally transmitted Wolbachia bacteria infect the cells of most insects on the planet, yet it remains unknown how infections rapidly spread to become common. This is crucial because Wolba…
Animal Sciences
Energy drinks are known for having negative health effects with a potential consequence of cardiac arrest if consumed in large amounts. The experimentation aims at finding whether or not com…
Environmental Engineering
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to determine which type of worm - Z. morio, T. molitor, T. obscurus or G. mellonella - is most effective at degrading polystyrene (PS) and…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Today's big brands in the food industry use packaging to draw attention to their products and to appeal to the broadest possible base of consumers. For my project, I investi…
Embedded Systems
Surface-free digitization of hand-drawn shapes, words, and images can be accomplished through the addition of inertial sensors to a pen-like device. In order to create such a device, a MPU60…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Purpose of the Experiment X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is an essential epigenetic silencing process established during early embryonic development of female mammals, guaranteeing a proper…
Animal Sciences
Sea turtles are vulnerable species based on IUCN Red List. Several areas in Yogyakarta were noted as nesting ground for the sea turtle. Sea turtle nesting beach have certain characteristics…