The Automated Car Garden

Austin Ewing
2022 Honorable Mention
My project is a replica of an automated car garden. I used a Greenhouse Kit, BBC MicroBit and a Sphero-RVR rover. I programed the vehicle to travel to different colored squares, which would represent different zip codes in food desert communities. The vehicle would deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to these communities, minimizing food disparities.
Tracking Parkinson's Symptoms and Stages with HandPD Dataset in a Mobile App

Isha Joshi
2022 Honorable Mention
My project tracks and shows the progress of a Parkinson's patient in an app using the HandPD dataset with a VGG16 transfer learning model prototype.
Piezoelectric Roads

Delisha Manuel
2022 Honorable Mention
In this project, I studied the possibility of harvesting the mechanical force of the vehicles on the road as a form of clean energy. According to Newton’s Third Law, the vehicles move forward by pushing back on the road. If the road is fitted with equipment that can convert this mechanical force into electrical energy, then it will result in a form of abundant clean energy.
Piezoelectricity is a phenomenon that converts mechanical stress into electrical force. When some materials like quarts are subjected to mechanical stress, they exhibit an electrical polarity across their two ends. When this voltage difference is applied to a circuit, an electrical current flows through it.
I conducted experiments to measure the relationship between the mechanical force and the generated electrical voltage using a toy car and a piezoelectric tile. I varied the load on the car and its speed and measured the resulting force using a spring balance. I made the car run over the piezoelectric tile and measured the generated voltage using a multimeter.
From my experiments, I found that the greater the force applied on a piezoelectric tile, the more the voltage generated. This is very useful because speeding vehicles exert a great deal of force on the road. If piezoelectric materials are embedded under the road surface, they can generate a very large amount of electrical energy.
Therefore, this project helped discover a new source of clean energy.
Piezoelectricity is a phenomenon that converts mechanical stress into electrical force. When some materials like quarts are subjected to mechanical stress, they exhibit an electrical polarity across their two ends. When this voltage difference is applied to a circuit, an electrical current flows through it.
I conducted experiments to measure the relationship between the mechanical force and the generated electrical voltage using a toy car and a piezoelectric tile. I varied the load on the car and its speed and measured the resulting force using a spring balance. I made the car run over the piezoelectric tile and measured the generated voltage using a multimeter.
From my experiments, I found that the greater the force applied on a piezoelectric tile, the more the voltage generated. This is very useful because speeding vehicles exert a great deal of force on the road. If piezoelectric materials are embedded under the road surface, they can generate a very large amount of electrical energy.
Therefore, this project helped discover a new source of clean energy.
Low carbon mat comprises packaging waste materials

Pratyush Sathish Kumar
2022 Honorable Mention
Using neglected cardboard boxes, I mixed cardboard with silicone to make a final rubber floor mat and heat insulating pad
The Temp Tracker

Srihita Adabala
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Tennessee
Super Scrubber: revolutionizing filter

Ella Agran
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Vermont
Vesque Method - A Watering Method to Save Water

Aishwarya Agrawal
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Washington
H-V Wind Transformer

Adheesh Ankolekar
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
New York
A Novel, Inexpensive Inhibitor for Bromelain: The Effect of Various Mushrooms as Inhibitors of Bromelain's Proteolytic Activity on Milk Proteins and its Cytotoxic Effects on Prostate Cancer Cells.
Perisa Ashar
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Virginia
Water Matters

Sohil Bhatia
2019 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Washington
P.A.M. - Plant Assistance Machine
Toshan Bhattacharya
2022 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Connecticut
Hypoglycemic Effect of M. charantia and P. communis on Type 2 Diabetes

Pratiksha Bhattacharyya
2017 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Illinois
Wildfires early detection device- Fire Owl

Maitry Brahmbhatt
2019 State Merit Winner
6th grade
New York
Plastic Water Bottle Insulation Construction Block

Emily Carter
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Nevada
Disinfecting Feces with MESS (Methyl carbamate Eliminating bacteria by Systematic Sterilization )

Aaron Chin
2019 State Merit Winner
8th grade
California
Magnet Motor, Van de Graff Generator hybrid

Logan. Cottrell.
2017 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Arkansas
Empowering Communities to Monitor Local Watersheds for Rapid Response

Shriyadita De
2022 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Maryland
Metal Straw Cleaning Device

Olivia Deering
2019 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Colorado
Dysgraphia Glove

Asher Demo
2017 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Kansas
Illuminations

Sara DeVolld
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Alaska
P.O.P. - Promote Our Pollinators

Anna DeVolld
2019 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Alaska
Auto-Lock Trigger System

Emilia Dobek
2019 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Illinois
PERCEY (Personal Emotional Robot for Connecting and Educating Youth)

Silas Erwin
2022 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Iowa
Students & Teachers Offered Protection (STOP)
Fatima Falah
2019 State Merit Winner
6th grade
South Carolina
Evergreen for Money

Leonardo Ferraro
2019 State Merit Winner
5th grade
Florida
Paper Fueled Stove
Matthew Gilbert
2017 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Maine
A Dog’s Advanced Prosthetic Leg

elizabeth Gill
2022 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Pennsylvania
Recycler Robot

Kelly Gorman
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Rhode Island
Investigating the molecular interaction of Alzheimer's,Schizophrenia and Bipolar

Arjun Gupta
2017 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Arizona
Automated spice rack

Melissa Hannemann
2017 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Kentucky
Eco-Solution: The Earthly Journey into Improving Earth's Water Sources

Salamat Ibrahim
2022 State Merit Winner
7th grade
New York
Detecting Microplastics in Tea Bags Using Nile Red Dye

Sanjay Iyer
2022 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Arkansas
VertiMoss

Sahit Jayaweera
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Oregon
Save Our Teen Drivers

Amogh Kashyap
2019 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Maryland
Charge!

Henry Keo
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Minnesota
Fish flakes from plastic

Lam Le
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
North Dakota
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Significantly Increasing the Efficiency of Vehicles using Recycled Energy

Sonia Leo
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
New Jersey
Prion Scanner

Asa Limmer
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Wyoming
Proposed therapy for Multiple Sclerosis

Kevin Lorenz
2017 State Merit Winner
7th grade
North Carolina
Creating a Healthier Human Society

Catherine Manley
2022 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Tennessee
Mood Melodies

Henry Martin
2022 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Wisconsin
Dye-sensitized Photovoltaic Cells

Megan McCarty
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Wisconsin
Making Clean Water A Global Reality

Pooja Menon
2019 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Pennsylvania
The Winter Plant POD

Gavin Miller
2017 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Michigan
Approaches to Identify Novel Combinations of Natural Medicine to Treat Bacterial Infections

Ekansh Mittal
2019 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Oregon
UMT

Nosrat Montaha
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Oklahoma
Suppress that Algae: Mitigating the Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms through Preemptive Detection and Suppression

Sharanya Natarajan
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Florida
NOMADS Nutrient Optimized Mangrove Drop Sheath for Aerial Reforestation

Luka Nguyen
2022 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Nevada
Fire Fighting Helicopter

Gavin Norman
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Utah
DAG: A Low Cost, Natural, Water Resistant Fire Retardant

Rohith Nuthakki
2022 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Indiana
SMART Pee-H Monitor
Ujjayi Pamidigantam
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
New Jersey
Smart Adjustable Prosthetics

Ryan Park
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
California
Smart Apparel: A Low-Cost Form of Smart Clothing for Better Patient Monitoring in Hospitals

Samhita Pokkunuri
2019 State Merit Winner
6th grade
New Jersey
Rice Plasticity

Jacqueline Prawira
2017 State Merit Winner
7th grade
California
Epinephrine Phone Case

Parker Rabinowitz
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Alaska
Microbot Injector: Helping patients with Alzheimer's disease

Udbhav Raghukanth
2017 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Ohio
Energenius CEGO (Clean Energy on the Go): A Green Way to Power Batteries on the Go

Vikram Raju
2022 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Colorado
Just Soapz

Samvrit Rao
2019 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Virginia
Sensory Box

Emma Rollins
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Delaware
CardioStrip: Early Detection of Heart Disease Using Nanoparticles

Vinod Ruppa-Kasani
2019 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Georgia
A Solution to Help Decrease CO2 in Our Atmosphere

Timothy Ryer
2019 State Merit Winner
6th grade
New Mexico
Utilizing the Magnetic Properties of Plasma to Enhance Nuclear Fusion Reactors
Megan Santamore
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Maryland
A Flexible Biodegradable Non-Hormonal Nano-Fiber Intrauterine Contraceptive Device

Varuni Saranu
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Texas
DriveAlive: A Microcontroller Based Distracted Driving Monitor

Adithya Sastry
2019 State Merit Winner
5th grade
Tennessee
The EXPLORER System - The new and fun way to exercise for differently-abled individuals.

Viraj Shah
2022 State Merit Winner
6th grade
North Carolina
The Smoke Shield: Respirator Designed for Infants

Viraj Shah
2019 State Merit Winner
7th grade
North Carolina
Combining Solar and Wind Energy for Efficiency

Rishabh Sharma
2017 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Oregon
ZeoSheets: A Natural Way For Plants To Grow In Greenhouses

Priya Shokeen
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
New Hampshire
100% Biodegradable Plastics!!! Is it true? Year 2

Shagun Shrivastava
2022 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Minnesota
Smart Trash Can

Iraj Shroff
2022 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Arizona
Early detection of Amblyopia

Darius Sinha
2017 State Merit Winner
5th grade
Massachusetts
Fall Guardian Mat System

Cassandra Smith
2017 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Indiana
Constant ThermalCool Jacket

Lucie Song
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Missouri
What is a viable way to conduce neutralized water on a pH spectrum?
Stefani Stanic
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Florida
The Circle of Life

Brianna Strong
2017 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Alabama
Hear Me Out - Hyper-personalized Speech Recognition and Synthesis for the Speech Impaired

Kaavya Tatavarty
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Ohio
Solving Flint's Water Crisis
Armin Teizer
2017 State Merit Winner
5th grade
Texas
Saving Paper With Fading Ink

Shomik Telang
2017 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Pennsylvania
Microfiber Filter

J.R. Tibbetts
2019 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Maine
Nifty Nanogenerators! - Electricity Generation Using Triboelectricity

Kriesh Tivare
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Virginia
Microcontroller-Driven Remote HVAC Monitoring System for a Greener Planet

Maya Trutschl
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Louisiana
Electrolysis based breathing apparatus

Marcus Tsuei
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Colorado
Electrical Mineral Accretion in Coral Reefs
Naya Valdivieso-Wooldridge
2017 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Georgia
Democratizing CO2 Capture - A Means to Address Climate Crisis

Vivek Varanasi
2022 State Merit Winner
6th grade
Massachusetts
Safe Ride

Preethika Vemula
2019 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Massachusetts
Converting Sound into Electricity

Katherine Webb
2022 State Merit Winner
8th grade
Georgia
Clean Coal Energy System

Parker Welsh
2022 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Kansas
PCB – Plastic Composting Bin

Caleb Wilson
2019 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Texas
Origami-Based Disaster-Relief Deployable Shelters
James Yu
2022 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Illinois
Mosquito Trap

Teja Zeribi
2017 State Merit Winner
7th grade
Washington
Nano Particle Wound Care

Kara Fan
2019 Winner
Meet Kara. Kara formulated a nano particle liquid bandage to replace the use of antibiotics and help reduce the development of super bugs due to overuse of antibiotics.
"Tethys" : Water Lead Contamination Detector

Gitanjali Rao
2017 Winner
Meet Gitanjali. Gitanjali hopes to reduce the time of lead detection in water by using a mobile app, to connect over Bluetooth to get status of water, almost immediately.