CSEF · 2010
Acid Rain's Effect on Beans
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals How does acid rain affect bean plants? Bean plants are vital to humans in the fact that they create oxygen, if acid rain kills these plants there would be fewer oxygen in th…
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CSEF · 2010
A CO(2) Overdose
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The main goal of this project was to see how high levels of carbon dioxide affect the stomata in an ice plant. The hypothesis was that the plant exposed to 400 grams of carb…
CSEF · 2010
A Comparison Between Angled Reflectors and Flat Reflectors on Solar Panel Voltage
Energy & Power (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether flat reflectors or angled reflectors produce more electricity in solar panel voltage output. Last year I tested flat reflectors, reflec…
CSEF · 2010
A Comparison of Vitamin C in Modern and Older Rose Varieties
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals Through hundreds of years, various hybridization methods have been developed for producing rose varieties, mainly for cosmetic reasons. Since rose hips are used for their Vi…
CSEF · 2010
A Computational Analysis of Tissue Specific Transcription Factor Networks
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Last year my project involved taking a network of transcription factors, and testing if that network was scale-free. This year, what I did was take the expression values of…
CSEF · 2010
A Conductometric Biosensor for the Detection of Food-Borne Pathogens
Microbiology First Award
Objectives/Goals Current detection methods for pathogens such as Salmonella are time consuming and laborious. Biosensors are a fast, portable, and user friendly test method that could potent…
CSEF · 2010
A Continuous Magnetic Pulse Increases the Mass of a Pinto Bean Seedling
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if pinto bean seeds exposed to a slow continuos magnetic pulse would stimulate growth, causing the seedling to show an increase…
CSEF · 2010
Action Packed Liquefaction
Earth Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine how the transfer of force varies in different types of soil mixtures. The reason I performed this experiment was to measure how t…
CSEF · 2010
Adaptive Radiation by Asexuals Driven by Resource Competition in silico
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals Sympatric speciation faces much controversy in evolutionary biology, whereas allopatric speciation is widely accepted. We demonstrate that sympatric speciation based only on…
CSEF · 2010
A Device to Measure Atmospheric Haze
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Atmospheric haze is caused by several factors, including pollutants in the atmosphere. While few cities routinely measure Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) a unit of atmospher…
CSEF · 2010
Advertising Effect of Color
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project investigated the effects of subliminal messaging by using color. I created three commercials advertising red licorice with three different color schemes (red, w…
CSEF · 2010
Aerodynamics of a Golf Ball
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to see if the number of dimples on a golf ball changes its range. Methods/Materials Materials: # Golf Ball Launcher (home made) # Compressed Ai…
CSEF · 2010
Affecting Aquatic Plant Growth by Varying the Ratio of Nitrogen to Phosphorus
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals An efficient use of nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) in agriculture could improve plant production and decrease the chances of pollution runoff. I tested how the N:P ratio w…
CSEF · 2010
Aging the Stars
Physics & Astronomy Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals We wanted to know how old is Monoceros R2, a little-researched start cluster in the Unicorn Constellation. We took images of Monoceros R2 using the Faulkes Telescope in Aust…
CSEF · 2010
A Horse's Shoulder Height and Angle's Effect on Its Stride Length
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Our project was to find out if a horse's shoulder height and angle had an effect on it's stride length. We believe if a horse's shoulder angle and height are bigger, then a…
CSEF · 2010
A. I. Connect-Four
Mathematics & Software Third Award
Objectives/Goals I am using the game Connect-Four to study artificial intelligence. I wanted to determine the effects of ply depth (the number of plies, which are turns by a single player, t…
CSEF · 2010
Air Capacitor Based Oscilloscope Impedance Spectroscopy: An Effective Method for Characterizing Oil-Water Emulsions
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Crude oil is often contaminated with water or brine when recovered from reservoirs. These oil-water emulsions can cause corrosion in pipes, posing problems such as equipment…
CSEF · 2010
Air Powered Engine
Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The use of gasoline in the industry is polluting our atmosphere, and creating all sorts of complications. Worldwide, there is a search going on for the next big energy sourc…
CSEF · 2010
Air Pressure Efficiency
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Problem: can using more air pressure in an air resevoir change the level of efficiency? Methods/Materials Materials: 1. 1 DC Generator; 2. 1 compressed air tanks (each at a…
CSEF · 2010
Algae and Algaecides
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to find the most effective and economic algaecide to kill Volvox. Methods/Materials This project requires 20 7 ml Petri dishes divided into…
CSEF · 2010
Algae Attack
Environmental Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if a constant increase of fertilizer causes an increase of algae growth, and to determine if a green fertilizer will cause less algae growth t…
CSEF · 2010
Algae Bio-Fuels
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Three different strains of micro algae will be obtained from Carolina Biological Supply (Oedognium Filamentous, Spirogyra, and Oscillatora). These samples will be divided an…
CSEF · 2010
Algae in Waste: Creating Profit from Waste by Growing Algae in Reclaimed Waste Water
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals An experiment was conducted to identify if algae grown in waste water could be an economically viable way to grow algae. For this experiment, six tubes of Nannochloris ocula…
CSEF · 2010
Alginate: The Nontoxic, Biodegradable Tool for the Firefighting Arsenal
Earth & Environment (Senior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The ingredients of many common fire retardants and suppressants have both immediate and long-term negative effects on ecological communities. Common active ingredients inclu…
CSEF · 2010
A Longitudinal Study of Volunteerism and Attitudes in Pre-Dental Students: Year 2
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project examines the longitudinal effects of volunteering on humanitarian missions and in a free clinic on pre-dental students' attitudes. It is hypothesized that pre-d…
CSEF · 2010
Altruistic Mindsets and Their Effects on Prosocial Behavior
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Social psychology is a major science applicable to almost every city on the planet, a subject of intense research over the past few decades. Prosocial, or helping, behavior,…
CSEF · 2010
Alzheimer's and Inflammation: Exploring Enzymatic Pathways Involved in Beta Amyloid Induced TNF alpha Production
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals A recent theory about the pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the inflammation hypothesis, which suggests that the inflammatory response in the brain is central to the…
CSEF · 2010
Amazing Electric Currents
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find out which conductor works best with a rheostat dimmer, or more commonly known, a potentiometer. Scientific Question: What conductor…
CSEF · 2010
Analysis between ADC Green and Wood Waste Using the Processes of Post-Hydrolysis vs. Enzymatic Hydrolysis and K-ligni
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Because of the various environmental concerns, cellulosic ethanol was tested as a possible renewable fuel source. Both ADC green and wood waste were tested in order to produ…
CSEF · 2010
Analysis of Red Coralline Algae from the Intertidal Region of Shell Beach, California
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal is to establish a database of DNA sequences for the rubisco gene (rbcL) for crustose coralline algae found in the intertidal region of Shell Beach, California. Meth…