High School Projects Listed by TITLE

A Bioinformatic Analysis of Foliar Fungal Endophytes in Litter Decomposition 

First Place; OCSEF

A Biological Superpower: Effect of Heavy Metals Concentrations on Hyperaccumulator Growth 

Honorable Mention

A Population Based Survey of Covid-19 Pandemic Social and Emotional Responses in Seniors 

Honorable Mention

A Protein-ligand Interactions Conditional E(3) Equivariant Diffusion Model for Scaffold Hopping 

Honorable Mention

A Real-Time Asthma-Related Hospitalization Risk Assessment System based on Air Pollutant Concentrations Under Data Constraints 

Second Place; OCSEF

A Study of Light Refractions 

Honorable Mention

AI Guided Photovoltaic Development

First Place; OCSEF

AI vs. Human: Similar, but Virtually Different 

Honorable Mention

An Aerial Eye for the Environment: Integrating Drones and Aruco Tags in Environmental Monitoring 

Honorable Mention

Analysis of Epithelial Defect Surface Area Measurements 

First Place; OCSEF

AR Transcriptions 

Honorable Mention

Birth to Death: A Stellar Journey 

Honorable Mention

Building a Cell Phone Microscope to Analyze Air Quality 

Honorable Mention

CANEvision - Computer Assisted Navigation Engine 

First Place; OCSEF

Collapse of a Two-Dimensional Granular Column 

Honorable Mention

Creating A Smart Pill Dispenser with AI Technology 

First Place; OCSEF

Creating A Solar Roof for Vehicles 

Second Place; OCSEF

Decoding Dementia Through the Secrets of Speech 

Second Place; OCSEF

DeepDental Classifier 

Honorable Mention

Effect of Silverado Wildfire on soil content and plant growth 

Honorable Mention

Effects of Essential Oils On Memory 

Honorable Mention

Effects of Temperature on the Antimicrobial Activity of Cinnamon against E. Coli 

Second Place; OCSEF

ErgO: A Novel Mouse-Keyboard Ring 

Second Place; OCSEF

Estimation of Orbital Perturbation in Black Hole and Neutron Star Binary Systems 

First Place; OCSEF

Examining Gender Differences in Alzheimer's Disease 

Honorable Mention

Forming Flash Floods: Changes in Infiltration Rates and Applying the Horton Infiltration Model Through an Arroyo’s Stream Course 

First Place; OCSEF; IRWD Water Award

Golf Putting Speed Practice At Home  

First Place; OCSEF

GripEZ: A Simple Adapter to Create Equity & Inclusivity in the Surgical Workplace 

Second Place; OCSEF

How does the amount of nutrients provided to a plant affect its growth? 

Honorable Mention

How is Plastic Pollution Impacting Zooplankton? 

Honorable Mention

Human Cognition in Animation 

Honorable Mention

Hydroponic reservoir conditioning system 

Honorable Mention

Impact of Image Preprocessing Techniques on Automated Retinal Disease Diagnosis 

Honorable Mention

Impact of Rhizobium Tropici-Produced EPS on Bermuda Grass Root Growth 

First Place; OCSEF

Implant Operation Guiding Device for Dental Surgeons 

Honorable Mention

Investigating Modified Newtonian Dynamics as an Alternative Theory to Dark Matter Models 

Honorable Mention

Investigating the Effect of Milk Fat on the Phenolic Content of Coffee 

First Place; OCSEF

Is there a gender difference in mortality outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation? 

Honorable Mention

Just Tilt It! 

Honorable Mention

Leveraging LLMs, computer vision, and Chat-GPT to ease communication between deaf and hearing individuals 

First Place; OCSEF

Light Variation on Obesity Risk 

Honorable Mention

Make a lamp brighter 

Honorable Mention

Media vs. Facts: Influencing Public Perception of Leading Health Issues 

Honorable Mention

Medication Scheduler App 

Honorable Mention

Mimosa Music Box 

Honorable Mention

Miraculous Melody for the Mind 

Honorable Mention

Modeling California Heat Wave Exposure and links to Dementia-like neurodegeneration in elderly 

First Place; OCSEF

Mucopolysaccharidoses Severity Prediction and Insights 

Second Place; OCSEF

Optimizing Dual Allosteric Inhibition of SHP2 Phosphatase 

Honorable Mention

Preclinical assessment of Host Microbiome and links to Obesity-induced depressions in adolescence 

Second Place; OCSEF

Predicting Next-Day Wildfire Spread with Environmental Data and Machine Learning 

First Place; OCSEF

Quantifying Live Cell Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation Condensates 

First Place; OCSEF

Quantifying the Relationship Between Literacy and Income 

First Place; OCSEF

Quick Chargers: Convenience or Battery Destroyer? 

Honorable Mention

Radioactive Decay 

Honorable Mention

Screening of Expressed Crohn’s Disease-Associated Genes Reveals Crucial Binding Site 

Honorable Mention

Selectivity Optimization of Antimicrobial Peptides to Enhance Pathogenic Targeting 

Second Place; OCSEF

Self-Powering Battery 

Honorable Mention

Sight Pup: A dual-machine system to help visually impaired persons navigate 

First Place; OCSEF

Simulation and Evaluation of the BB84 Protocol 

Honorable Mention

SmartGolf: Using Data Analysis to Understand the Golf Swing 

Honorable Mention

Soundtrack to Success: Music and Test Scores 

Honorable Mention

The Air Quality Smart Monitoring and Management System 

Honorable Mention

The Ants’ Secrets to Survival 

Honorable Mention

The effects of various parameters of an array antenna 

Honorable Mention

The Indirect Effects of Nutrient Pollution and Global Warming on Marine Biodiversity and Coral Whitening Through Eutrophication and Algal Blooms 

Honorable Mention

The Web Coding Editor 

Second Place; OCSEF

Truth Behind Paper and Plastic Straws 

Honorable Mention

Turmeric: The Bacteria Blaster 

First Place; OCSEF

Unmasking CyberSecurity Vulnerabilities in Direct and Transitive OSS Dependencies 

Second Place; OCSEF

Using Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Network for Detection of Eye Diseases 

First Place; OCSEF

What's growing in your pool? 

Second Place; OCSEF