Electronics & Electromagnetics
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if solar modules in the total-cross-tied (TCT) configuration can generate higher maximum-power than those in the series-paralle…
Pharmacology (Senior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project was done in an attempt to answer two questions: Were these inflammatory molecules, and thus the inflammatory response, also associated with breast adenocarcinom…
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Calaveras County is known for its gold rush, the giant sequoia, and a celebrated jumping frog. Unknown to many, however, is that Calaveras County was the childhood home of A…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
First Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study was to understand cheating, the academic epidemic. Several hypotheses were developed regarding incidence, gender, student standings, and teacher pe…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The main goal of this project is to create an effective algorithm for finding the best move in a given chess position. This algorithm will consist of a series of step-by-ste…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Can you rely on food labels to accurately report fat content? The purpose of my project was to test the actual fat content in a number of popular snack foods and compare the…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine how much casein and whey protein would be produced from different types of Lucerne milk. I believe that whole milk will produce the most protein.…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals The objective for our project was to determine the most sanitary cow bedding that dairymen should use to reduce the chances of mastitis and contaminated milk. We believe tha…
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To determine if changes in temperature and environment (purified, lake and sea water), affect the amount of oil and water absorbed by 3 different sorbents. I hypothesize fir…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our science fair project tested to see if kitchen cleansers and hand sanitizers really kill 99.9 percent of bacteria like they claim. Methods/Materials We tested seven diffe…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals A proposal to mitigate global warming calls for cooling the earth by placing manmade clouds over our oceans, reflecting a portion of the light from the sun into space. Becau…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I was trying to determine which mouthwash protected your mouth from cavities the best. I tested four agents:Crest,Scope,Listerine & Hydrogen Peroxide. Methods/Materials Firs…
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To prove or disprove the hypothesis that the human mind does not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole. Hypothesis to be proven if at least 50% of the people s…
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to test how an increase concentration of carbon dioxide, evident in our atmosphere over the years, would affect a plant's growth, appearance, a…
Plant Biology
First Award
Objectives/Goals The Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana) is able to condense water from coastal fog with such effectiveness that it is able to supplement San Diego's coastal annual rainfall in ord…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This is an experiment designed to investigate the effects of cognitive scaffolding, demonstrated through the item order of standardized test questions, on the score received…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals To build and test different crash barriers that effectively reduce the impact force on the vehicle colliding with them. Methods/Materials Construct a very durable "vehicle."…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals To determine if common household electrical appliances with higher voltage disrupt my SID(Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance)monitor. The SID collects data on the effects of sol…
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to determine whether the antique/western method boiling polluted water, African method of adding moringa olefeira seeds, German techniqu…
Aerodynamics/ Hydrodynamics (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals In the real world, it is important to get a significant amount of power from a wind turbine. One of the main things that determines how much power you can get from a wind tu…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to compare the strength of solid and laminate wood beams and to determine if increasing the layers in a laminate would make it stronger. Me…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objectives are to determine whether the 2009 H1N1 swine flu evolved by antigenic shift or antigenic drift and to explore the data and tools provided by the National Cent…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals My project's goal is to find out in which way files on computers can be most effectively compressed while retaining all the data inside them. I hypothesized that either the…
Mathematics & Software
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to develop a program in Java to investigate altruistic punishment and its effect on the fitness of cooperative behavior, where altruistic pun…
Environmental Engineering (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to determine if crumb rubber (ground up used tires) could be substituted for sand in the making of concrete as a solution to the great enviro…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if the less time concrete has to cure and the longer it is exposed to heat of varying temperatures, the more the concrete will crack and crumbl…
Mathematics & Software
Third Award
Objectives/Goals Advances in automatic speech understanding bring a new paradigm of natural interaction with computers. The Web-Accessible Multi-Modal Interface (WAMI) system developed by MI…
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine what single, common, household product kills or impedes mold growth effectively and efficiently. I hypothesized that the 70% isopropyl rubbing…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to generate electricity using the Zinc-Air Fuel Cell (ZAFC) and the Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). I demonstrate that these renewable energy fue…
Microbiology
Objectives/Goals Spices have been used around the world for centuries and have been believed to prevent microorganism growth in meat. The purpose of my experiment is to prove if such is true…