Microbiology
First Award
Gastrointestinal illnesses afflict more than 100 million people in the U.S. alone and are often indicated by gut microbiota motility. Typically, swarming bacteria are indicators of infection…
Microbiology
Microorganisms that live in sea ice are essential to the Arctic ecosystem. The presence of Arctic ice is rapidly declining, so time is running out to study the unique environment. There have…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Bainbridge-Ropers Syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disease characterized by predicted truncating mutations in the ASXL3 gene. Around 200 children have been diagnosed…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
During early stages of Covid-19, AI couldn’t effectively guide doctors, as tackling large problem domains prone to frequent mutations is challenging. DocAide is a general purpose AI-based me…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Dementia is a disease that impairs the brain it causes memory loss and interferes with a person’s ability to think and make judgments. Every year 10 million people get diagnosed with dementi…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this project is to determine if gender affects how an individual reacts to frustration. To do this I constructed a test that used an electromagnetic grid attached to switches…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
My project is an assay of the involvement of HYPE (huntingtin yeast-interacting partner E) in the translocation of BiP (binding immunoglobulin protein) to the cell surface. BiP is the master…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Virtual Reality, or VR, is the creation of a simulated 3-dimensional environment in which the user can be immersed. With many people transitioning to an online and at-home atmosphere, and de…
Chemistry
In this experimenters science fair project, the amount of vitamin C present in Naval Oranges various amounts of days after being picked was tested. The hypothesis signified that as the amoun…
Systems Software
Second Award
Every year, 4000 human errors occur in the operating room. Surgical workflow recognition is a burgeoning field of study that aims to combat this problem by analyzing medical video and identi…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In a society that is become increasingly dependent on technology, the negative implications of this increasing dependence can often be overshadowed by the benefits technology provides us. "D…
Environmental Engineering
In this study, silver-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) (Ag-MOF) and copper-based MOF (Cu-MOF) were reinforced by graphene-oxide (GO). The reinforced GO-Ag-MOF and GO-Cu-MOF were studied…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
Superhydrophobicity, a high degree of water repellency, is characterized by a large static contact angle between a liquid bead and a surface. Last year's project successfully treated fabrics…
Mathematics
The performance of a modified Elo update rule was tested against the original Elo update rule. The Elo update rule can be interpreted as an application of gradient descent using a certain lo…
Biomedical Engineering
More than 10 million people worldwide live with Parkinson's Disease. Receiving an early diagnosis is critical to a patient's prognosis and quality of life. However, existing diagnostic proto…
Physics and Astronomy
Typical teenagers can use up to 6 hours of headphones in their everyday life, setting the volume to 75-100%. According to Stanford Medicine researchers, the trend of inner-ear (sensorineural…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Due to increased urbanization and climate change, there has been an increase in bank erosion and destruction of riparian zones. Riparian zones are vegetative areas of land bordering streams…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many school districts were forced to shift to one of three different E-learning models: asynchronous, synchronous, or hybrid. The present study examined how the…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In amusement parks, almost everything has a line, from entering the park to exiting the park. To eliminate the tedious part of waiting in the line queue, theme park engineers and designers h…
Microbiology
It is known that bacteria can have a relationship with vegetation. The question is, does the bacteria in our common water help sustain the plant life around it. The purpose of this experimen…
Microbiology
Mosquitoes represent a significant proportion of insect biodiversity, and yeasts fill important roles in food webs, decomposition of organic matter, and nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystem…
Engineering Mechanics
Purpose: Colonization of Mars is one potential solution to Earth's rising temperatures, which requires efficient propulsion. The purpose of this investigation is to determine the effects of…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pollution in freshwater ecosystems from chemicals, personal care products, and pharmaceutical products due to ineffective wastewater treatment poses a significant threat to both water qualit…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Daphnia magna is a large, invertebrate water flea species in fresh and brackish waterbodies. The Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) strain is a soil bacterium that produces toxic proteins which a…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Scoliosis is a common spinal deformity exhibiting high prevalence rates amongst athletes, specifically competitive swimmers. Generally, individuals diagnosed with scoliosis exhibit possible…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, and tobacco smoke has been classified as a carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. While nicotine is known to…
Physics and Astronomy
The hydraulic jump is a complex, yet familiar phenomenon of fluid dynamics. It exists in both household and larger settings, appearing anywhere from kitchen sinks to the outfalls of dams. Th…
Animal Sciences
Due to asthma, I took prednisone, an oral corticosteroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. During my 7th grade physical, my doctor noticed my growth rate had decreased from the 50th…
Biochemistry
An environmentally friendly solution to utilize fruit wastes as new raw materials by sustaining the fruit seeds for therapeutic use to inhibit certain bacteria due to their bioactivity and c…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this research was to determine how the brewing temperature affected the antioxidant levels of sagebrush tea . As an American Indian, sagebrush is important in my culture for a…