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Determining the Frequency of Jupiter Analogs and the Announcement of a New Jupiter Analog Orbiting HD32963

First Award

Since Jupiter was a catalyst for the development of the Solar System, calculating the frequency of Jupiter like planets, known as Jupiter analogs, is a precursor to determining the occurrenc…

Determining the Geographic Origins of Endangered Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini) Fins

Millions of sharks are killed and traded annually to supply the market for shark fin soup, a luxury dish in Asia. In order to address the damage being done to shark populations by the intern…

Determining the Gravitational Center of the Galaxy Based on Globular Clusters

At the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, there exists a supermassive black hole. What is the exact location of this black hole and can its position be discovered based on the locations of the…

Determining the Properties of Star Clusters

We hypothesized that the Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagrams for various star clusters would be different and that we could use them to determine properties of star clusters such as age, comp…

Determining the Protein Structure from Ant Colony Optimization Using Energy Minimization Derived From the Ising Model

Third Award

Fusion inhibitors prevent the HIV-1 protein gp41 from binding with the receptors on the host cell. However, scientific understanding of inhibitory potencies among different inhibitors is yet…

Developing a Comprehensive Intervention Plan for Parents of Children with Autism with Regard to Parental Stress and Training

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) often enroll their children in intervention programs and support groups to help treat their symptoms. Very few support groups, howev…

Developing a Device to Assist with the Field Application of Solar Water Disinfection

SODIS, the process of solar water disinfection using PET plastic bottles to reduce transmission of waterborne pathogens in areas lacking access to clean drinking water, is a popular water di…

Developing an Artificial Neural Network for Dynamic Cardiovascular Disease Prediction

The purpose of this experiment was to train a system to predict the presence of cardiovascular disease within a patient using a feed forward neural network that utilized back propagation and…

Developing and Analyzing Strategies in a Two-Player Domino Tiling Game

Game Theory is a branch of mathematics that models situations that involve conflict of interest. It provides realistic simulations of the decisions made by humans in economics. Competing com…

Developing an Inexpensive Prosthetic Hand

A major issue facing people in developing countries is a lack of resources to pay for trauma care. One of the most expensive components of trauma care lies in prosthetics. In fact, a single…

Developing an iOS App to Enable an Arduino Controlled 3D-Printed Hand

Developing an iOS App to Enable an Arduino-Controlled 3D Printed Hand Abstract Statement of the Problem: Existing technologies for creating customized computer-assisted prosthetic hands are…

Developing Antibacterial Surfaces Using Bio-Inspired Methods: Investigating the Bactericidal Efficiencies of Different Nanopillar Arrangements Found on Insect Wings

Previous research showed that wings of dragonflies, damselflies, and cicadas possessed nanopillars with antibacterial properties. The purpose of this research was to investigate the relation…

Developing a Numerical Box Model to Compute Algae Concentration (as Chlorophyll)

Fourth Award

The purpose of my research is to develop a numerical box model that can be used to calculate the concentration of algae (as chlorophyll) in a well-mixed, closed water body system. This metho…

Developing a pH Sensor Using a Raspberry Pi to Monitor Ocean Acidification

Third Award

This science fair project worked to develop a solution to the problem of inaccurate testing devices that are not well suited to the marine environment inhibit effective pH monitoring of the…

Developing Cellularly Active Inhibitors of CARM1 for New Anti-Cancer Treatment

Cancer is responsible for half a million deaths annually in the US. Tumor growth in breast and prostate cancers can be caused by unregulated CARM1 protein. Chemical inhibition of the CARM1 p…

Developing Inexpensive Calcium Alginate Based Scaffolds for Phosphate Sorption in Stormwater

First Award

Less than 0.01% of all of earth’s water is in rivers and lakes, and it is in jeopardy. Excessive concentrations of phosphorous can trigger Harmful Algal Blooms which self-perpetuate and dest…

Development and Optimization of High Energy Density Sodium-Sulfur Secondary Battery Technology: Attractive Alternative to Lithium

The recently developed Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) primary battery technology possess theoretical efficiencies of of 2.5V and a capacity of 1000 mAh g-1; however, these batteries are only limited…

Development and Systems Integration of a Modular Power Factor Corrected Pre-regulator, LiFePO4 Battery Charger, DC Motor Controller, and Battery Monitoring System

Fourth Award

Electric and hybrid electric vehicles are the state of the art in the automotive industry because they increase efficiency and reduce the negative environmental impacts of burning fossil fue…

Development of a Caffeine Addiction Paradigm to Examine How Dietary Restriction and Level of TOR Signaling Modulate the Effects of Drugs

Systems Software

Dietary restriction (DR) studies have shown that decreasing caloric intake is beneficial in numerous organisms ranging from yeast to mammals, and genetic manipulation of the target of rapamy…

Development of a Computational Method for Rapid Identification of Organic Molecules for Efficient Solar Energy Conversion

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Solar cells are traditionally made of silicon, which is expensive to fabricate. Organic molecules are much cheaper to fabricate but are also less efficient than silicon in converting solar e…

Development of a Device to Assess the Impact of Real-Time Auditory Biofeedback on Gait in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

The three typically-recognized sources of sensory input relevant to the human balance system are the eyes, nerves in muscles and joints, and the vestibular system. This project set out to de…

Development of a High Efficiency Solar Cell Using Adaptive Self-Cooling

First Award

In this project, a smart hybrid solar cell using self-powered adaptive temperature control is developed. Active temperature regulation is implemented using thermoelectric cooling modules and…

Development of a Hybrid Inkjet 3D Printer: A Novel Approach to 3D Printing Conductive Architectures and Flexible Electronics

First Award

Engineering Goals/ Questions:The project is attempting to create a hybrid inkjet 3D printer that utilizes two inkjet cartridges and traditional fused filament deposition methods to create em…

Development of a Novel Class of Antidiabetic and Anticancer Agents Targeting PTP1B Enzyme

Fourth Award

Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), a predominant member of the Protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) family of enzymes, serves as a negative regulator of the insulin signal transduction p…

Development of a Portable, Tattoo-Based Biosensor for the Non-Invasive, Low-Cost Diagnosis of Atherosclerosis via Iontophoresis of Macrophage-Targeting Silver Nanoparticles

Second Award

Atherosclerosis and subsequent cardiovascular disease causes nearly one-third of all deaths in the world. Unfortunately, atherosclerosis commonly remains asymptomatic for decades, and is pro…

Development of a Simulation Driven Algorithm to Calculate Gold Nanorod Length Using Dynamic Light Scattering

Gold nanorods were synthesized via the seed growth method and characterized with Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) to create an algorithm to determine the distribution of their lengths. DLS mea…

Development of a Thermoelectric Generator Using Common Materials

The purpose of my project is to develop a cheap and simple thermoelectric generator (TEG) for use in an impoverished area. A TEG can be made by relying on the Seebeck effect, a phenomenon in…

Development of a Toxic Metal Ion Sensor in Water Using Gold Nanoparticle-Amino Acid Assays

Fourth Award

The need for a facile, fast, and sensitive sensor remains as current methodologies to detect toxic heavy metal ions in drinking water require extensive laboratory equipment. In this project,…

Development of Cobalt Recovery Process from Waste Lithium-ion Batteries

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

With the booming technological improvements in electronics market, whether it be consumer electronics and/ or electronic vehicles, the advantageous qualities of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) m…

Development of Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance in Drosophila melanogaster and a Characterization and Comparison of the Anti-Diabetic Effects of Resveratrol and Pterostilbene

As the prevalence of Type II Diabetes (T2D) has increased, the need to further examine underlying features of the disorder as well as potential modes of treatment has likewise risen. This in…