Category

California Science Fair Projects http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/Current/Panels/

Used an outside advisor

Environmental Science

1. When Growing Orange Goes Green When Growing Orange Goes Green http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2008/Projects/S0903.pdf
2. The Advantage of Evolutionary Democracy: How Microorganisms Could Save Man's World
3. Starch-Based Biodegradable Materials: It's Time to Go Green!
4. Don't Move a Mussel!
5. The Effects of Ocean Acidification
6. Prevention of Marine Biofouling Utilizing Natural Substances

1.        Yes

2.       No

3.       No

4.       No

5.       Yes

6.       No

Microbiology

1. The Utilization of a Photobioreactor to Optimize the Growth Rate of Lipids in Microalga for Use in Biofuels
2. The Quantity of Microbacterial Colonies Found in Water Stored in Automatic Hog Waterers over a Four Day Period
3. Effectiveness of Coliphage T4 on E. coli B at Variable Antibiotic Dilutions
4. Modeling the Toxic Effects of Silver Nanoparticles under Varying Environmental Conditions
5. Maximizing the Production of Ethanol from Corn Starch
6. Between the Bristles
7. Antimicrobial Peptide Susceptibility of Candida albicans Kinase Mutants
8. Fungi Projects: http://www.mycomasters.com/Winners.html
9. Natural Antimicrobial Agents*

1.        Yes

2.       No

3.       No

4.       Yes

5.       No

6.       No

7.       Yes

Medicine and Health

1. Further Investigation of Diatoms as Biological Indicators of Pharmaceutical Runoff
2. Pectin-Aid
3. Indoor Air Pollution: The Pulmonary Effects of Ozone-generating Air Purifiers and Other Household Devices
4. The Ferrometer: A Device to Detect Iron Deficient Anemia via Non-Invasive Optical Measurement of Zinc Protoporphyrin

1.        Yes

2.       No

3.       No

4.       Yes

Plant Sciences

1. The Effects of TMV on Pinto Bean Plants after the Initial Innoculation of a Weaker Strain
2. Helping Pinus ponderosa Fight Dendroctonus brevicomis and Dendroctonus ponderosae: Year II
3. How Plants Respond to Ultraviolet Light
4. The Effect of Charcoal on the Germination and Growth of Corn
5. The Effect of Water Quantity on Methane Emissions from Constructed Wetlands
6. The Safer Way to Eat Lettuce
7. The Effects of Recycled Water on the Native Plant Species: Bouteloua gracilis, Juncus patens, and Nasella cernua
8. Can Garlic Prevent the Fungi Growth?

1.        Yes

2.       Yes

3.       Yes

4.       No

5.       Yes

6.       Yes

7.       Yes

8.       Yes

Behavior and Social Sciences

1.      Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

2.       Pump Up the Volume, Bring Down the Grade? The Effects of Audio Stimulation on Mathematical Test Performance

3.       Spreading the Word: Simulating the Effect of Population Influence Structure on the Propagation of Ideas

4.       This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain on Music

5.       Can I Get a Ride? An Analysis of Carpooling

6.       Remember to Relax and Relax to Remember: Examining the Effects of Meditative Techniques on Cognitive Ability

7.       Remember to Relax and Relax to Remember: Examining the Effects of Meditative Techniques on Cognitive Ability

1. No

2. Yes

3. No

4. No

5. no

6. No

7. No

Animal Sciences

1. Effect of Trans-Resveratrol, a Natural Polyphenolic Compound, on Body Weight, Size and Behavior of Baby Gallus gallus
2. Determining the Effectiveness of Green Tea in the Expression of the SIR2 Gene in Drosophila melanogaster
3. Antioxidant Enzyme Activities of Drosophila melanogaster under the Exposure of WiFi 2.4 GHz Electromagnetic Field
4. Cages or Tanks?
5. Factors Affecting Competition for Food in a Woodland Bird Community
6. Electric Fish Language: Communication through Electric Fields
7.  A Goldfish Never Forgets: Year Three

1. No

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. Yes

5. No

6. Yes

7. No

Biochemistry

1. Cinnamon Gum and Mouth Microbes*

Cellular and Molecular Biology

1.        The Tree of Life – II (advanced)

2.       Computational Exploration of Protein Function

3.       Bioinformatics – The Perfect Marriage of Computer Science & Medicine

4.       The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project

Computer Science (biology related only)

1. Fibonacci and Phyllotaxis
2. Programming NANORGs in a Virtual World

1. No