Parents' Day Mar. 7, 20154H/Adventure in Science Page 2Adventurer Name Project Title SiteLecture Room A Moderators: Rajesh Iyer,Narissa Johnson,Amarjeet KaurRhea Almiya Stars LMFaith "Mindy" Burton Zzz the power of sleep NISTKeshav Ganapathy Acceleration of objects JHUShreya Gunda Black holes: the edge of infinity NISTEverett Hutter Environmental battery NISTAlex Johnson Effect of string length on pendulum speed NIHDaniel Johnson Computer benchmarking NISTKyle Kingsberry The speed of light and gelatin NISTSachet KoradaA battery that makes cents LMElena Meiman The iodine clock NISTKatriana Meiman Making butter:measuring the fat content in milk products NISTKeya Pawar Acidic reaction of lemon on milk LMAnna Ransohoff Do you know your favorite skittle? LMMillie Ransohoff Comparison of heaters; time vs temperature NISTLakshmi Sangireddi Why does a star shine? LMDivahar Sivanesan What do we see? JHUSaahith Tupakula How to extract dna from a strawberry JHULecture Room B Moderators: Peter McGuire,Ratan Tadiparthi,Priya ViswanathanRohit Banda Effects of salt ona germination of plants LMVaishnavi Banda What liquid makes a penny change most in color LMMia Barnes How I made my ball bounce NIHNeha Chandra Lemon power LMAritra Chowdhury The evolution and future of batteries NISTWill Grannis FN P90 NISTAmrita Jilla Mentos geyser experiment LMMahita Kamalahasan Does the size of the paper airplane affect how far it flies? LMSahana Kundu Star wars saga inspired innovations JHUDeclan McGuire Where bacteria live on people NIHPranav Palavarapu Salt melting ice LMPravalika Palavarapu Suction karate NISTSanjana Putta Oersted lawJHUAnisha Saxena Chlorofluorocarbons LMRishiv Tadiparthi Pop pop pop corn LMDhanvi Vasavada Fungus-where it grows LMDwiti Vasavada Plants: the living things LMReva Vemulapalli How to make a projectile go up at least 6 ft in air using household materials URBParents' Day Mar. 7, 20154H/Adventure in Science Page 3Adventurer Name Project Title SiteLecture Room C Moderators: Diganta Das,Ramesh Srinivasan,Liming YangVinamra Adikehithilu How do search engines work and which works best? JHUDev Bhardwaj Comparing maze solving algorithms NISTJahnavi Das Afterimage colors LMSrimayi Ganesuni Candy chromatography JHUMihir Gupta Airplane shapes LMSakash Khanna Affect of microwave water on plant's growth LMDivya Koganti Dimensions NISTRouha Mahajan Logic gates using electronic snap circuits URBSruti Nandanavanam Controlling the growth of bacteria and virus in the closed environments URBKavya Rajaram How does the type of music affect heart rate and blood pressure? JHUReshma Ramesh How catapult works URBSara Shibu Solar eclipse LMNithin Tangirala Prehistoric life for animals NISTShevani Tewari Soccer angle and accuracy of scoring JHUAkshay Varma Robots LMAkhil Vuppala Which type of pulley is best ? URBBrennan ZhaoTo be announced NIHLecture Room D Moderators: Manoj Khilnani,Girish Krishna,Sunil ModurAkshaya Balaji Speaking with accuracy NISTTejas Jayaram Water and its properties NISTRudav Kathiravan Is chesepeak bay really healthy JHUVarun Khilnani Skateboarding physics LMDhruv Kumar How does rust form? URBEsha Mittal The effects of magnetism NISTSuraj Modur Experiments with electric circuits JHUEshaan Moorjani Effects of video games on heart rate NISTPriya Moorjani Instant ice LMSakshi Narula Chemical reations NISTSidhant Narula Batteries NISTKyle Newby What liquids make yeast rise? NIHNanditha Niranjan Quadcopter NISTJordan Popov The effect of artificial sweeteners on gut bacteria JHUAlina Sharma Can humans be an alternate source of energy? JHUAnjali Tangirala Do scented hand sanitizers clean better? NIHShriya Yavasani Electricity generating using vegetables LMParents' Day Mar. 7, 20154H/Adventure in Science Page 4Adventurer Name Project Title SiteGreen Auditorium Moderators: Romi Biswas,Udayan Guha,Murali ThirukkondaAbhishek Gogineni Which flame retardant material is most effective? NISTDeyaan Guha Effect of microwave radiation on germination of seeds NIHMahilan Guha Growing crystals on different types of string NIHSharath Kannan What are computer viruses? NISTAbhinav Karthikeyan The depths of fracking NISTShreeya Khurana Measuring light pollution in my neighborhood JHUGenevieve Malaika KoduolOil and water LMSai Pranav Majeti How the heart works? LMMihith Mandala Volcanos LMDevarajan Palaniappan Can water float on water JHUVinamr Pemmaraju The solar oven NISTAraav Rotella Why does the compass always face north LMSanjana Sharvirala Energy & nuclear power LMAnish Shrestha Why do things float or sink? URBSanjit Thangarasu Nanotechnology in medicine NISTMahima Thirukkonda Do everyone's blood look the same at microscopic level? JHUPranav Tippa Macho-robo cleaning NISTDining Room A Moderators: Jeremy Peterson,Alberto Salvado,Tharun SundaresanNathela Sudhakhar Aditya Sudarsan Osmosis using eggs NISTJonathan R. Anand Can trees filter water? LMDebika Biswas Solar cooker LMKaren Boby Cleaning power of vinegar LMDennis Chunikhin Fruit electricity LMSai Abhiram Divvela Does vegetation effect soil erosion LMMuhammad Hashmi Other inhabitant planets JHUShruthi Kishore Do eggs float or sink in salt water? LMJoshua Morris Why does my snack turn brown? LMSuved Pantula Reflexes - effects as humans age LMMartin Peterson Underwater robot power NIHRaiyan Rizwan Anatomy of rc-planes NISTMatthew Salvado Pencils as electrical resistors NIHIshaan Samantray Insulation testing LMSaragha Surendra Impact of ocean currents on marine life LMAgathiya Tharun Cross staff NISTSara Zoulfagharian Achalasia - a rare medical condition JHUParents' Day Mar. 7, 20154H/Adventure in Science Page 5Adventurer Name Project Title SiteDining Room B Moderators: Pradip Mandal,Sukumar Nayak,Madhu SiddalingaiahGayathri Aravindan Which vegetable/fruit produces more energy LMCurtis Arnold Light up motherboards URBMegan Arnold Crystallization URBArchit AshokWhich cleans a penny faster? Lemon juice or vinegar LMSiddharth Buddha Self inflating balloon URBKatheriine Chen Effect of wire thickness on electricity conduction NIHMatthew Chen Comparison of electrical power from different sources JHUSaiHavish Gadde How an electric motor works? JHUPranav Hegde Building the lightest but strongest wooden truss bridge JHUPratyusha Mandal Where is it easier to swim, in a pool or sea? LMHrishita Mareddy Why the oceans are blue in color LMSamarth Nayak Health effects of cell tower radiation NISTSareet Nayak Correlation of the solar sunspot cycle NISTNivitha Paranthaman Series circuit LMEashan Siddalingaiah Stirling engines JHUNabhoneel Sil Upadhyay Tea: light or dark? NISTKonstantin Tomashevsky How a refractometer works JHUDining Room C Moderators: Ramaraj Kalaiselvi,Anu Panchumarthy,Mark van EeghenAditya Balasubramanian Do natural or man-made drinks have more electrolytes? JHUAditi Banka Self-inflating balloons LMVaradraj Chavan Balloon-inflating chemical reaction LMEesha Gogineni Heart health LMDivija Katakam How does hydrogel change a plant growth of speed and food? URBPranav Katakam In the blink of emotion URBAshish Kumar Paper airplanes and aerodynamics LMDivya Kumar Density and bouyancy LMSadhana Lolla Effect of color on heat absorption NISTSatvik Lolla How to make hydrogen at home? JHUKapil Maicka Affect of turns in the coil on speed in a motor LMAshwathi Menon Seed germination LMAkhil Pramanik Artificially colored crystals JHUKush Savsani Factors affecting the freezing point of water NISTShrikar Vasisht How do soft drinks affect teeth? NISTSaahas Yaddula Why things float on water LMTejasa Yaddula Yeast: waste production JHUParents' Day Mar. 7, 20154H/Adventure in Science Page 6Adventurer Name Project Title SitePortrait Room Moderators: David Campbell,Niranjan Indur,Krishna SamavedamDhruva Arun Bouncy balls LMRoshni Arun Bouncy balls LMAbhishek Beeram Cloud in a bottle NISTFeroz Campbell Impact of environment on crystal growth and their physcial properties JHUSamhitha Gandla Conduction of electricity through various forms of water and salt URBShreedatta Indur How to reduce friction? JHUMadhuri Kola Which materials are the best conductors? URBDivya Mathur Impact of gas on light spectrum JHUConnell Paxton Where bacteria hide in school NIHAnjali Samavedam Do vegetables lose glucose as they age? LMKarthick Sankar All about magnets NISTBarathi Sivakumaran Heat capacity of water vs. Heat capacity of oil URBSibi Sivakumaran Heat convection in liquids URBVarun Somasundar Can a magnet act through different surfaces? LMNisha Thope Conductors or insulators URBSreenija Thope Under what condition potatoes sprout faster? URBSujal Umrikar Wing properties affect on flight of paper planes LMHeritage Room Moderators: SrikanthAkula,Neville Gai,Vikas KumarSrihitha AkulaEcosystem LMSriya Akula Global warming LMEdith Arunkumar Friction NIHLaura Canseco Boiling oranges and vitamin C levels NISTMeherzan Gai Sweaty science LMNush Gai Interesting properties of turmeric NISTSreehitha Gandluri Static electricity URBOjas Jagtap Magnetic force URBSenthoor Krishnaraju What soda can do to your body NISTSoumya Maturi Measuring conduction URBDhwani Parekh Transpiration: why do plants loose so much water to transpiration? JHUNidhi Parekh Which chocolate melts the fastest? LMTej Pemmarazu Food fungus LMAbhaya Saridena How air pressure works URBSrivatsaan K Sreenivasan The strength of an electromagnetLMNamratha Sribuddharaju Can chaos cuase creativity? NISTParents' Day Mar. 7, 20154H/Adventure in Science Page 7Adventurer Name Project Title SiteB111 Moderators: Ramesh Maturi,Balamurgan Natarajan,Sivakumaran SubramanianAatish Paul Valaparla Formations of dry ice LMShuban Bala Caffeine and typing URBDigonto Chatterjee Designing a game using scratch programming LMSreejato Chatterjee Electricity-magnetism LMBrandon Chen Water LMCedric Chen Water LMAvani Katre Time as a fourth dimension JHUNatasha Oberoi Time as a fourth dimension JHUAkhil Raman Barometer LMArpita Raman Electrical circuits LMShriya Rejeesh Does music affect your mood LMEashana Subramanian Comparing energy efficiency of light bulbs LMAnjali Thomas Water purification_making water fish friendly URBAtul Thomas Chemical reactions_endothermic or exothermic? URBPoornima B Tomy Electricity, electroscope and conductivity LMRhea Vidyababu Investigating surface tension NIHTara Vidyababu Bouncing balls: effects of surface and ball on bounce height NIHB113 Moderators: Jacob Buehler,Donna Sherard,Chhaya ShettyAishani Bakshi Density and floating NIHJeevika Bakshi How different soaps kill bacteria NIHEli Buehler Effect of temperature on borax crystal growth NIHNikita Danthi Multitasking, is it effective? NISTRohit Harapanhalli To develop line- and wall-following algorithms NISTVrinda Mullapudi Oxygen requirement for combustion URBTrisha Raghuram Balloon powered car LMVinay Raman Strength of electromagnets NIHRyan Rariewa Brine to beverage: solar-powered salt removal NIHRitesh Shrivastav Finding the mass of the earth NISTRitika Shrivastav Digestive system; processing our food NISTArjun Verma At what temperature does water boil? JHUAshish Verma Comparison of density of various materials JHURahil Verma My coin battery JHURitik Verma Comparison of density on a variety of soda JHUPranav Vijay Identify endothermic and exothermic reactions JHUParents' Day Mar. 7, 20154H/Adventure in Science Page 8Adventurer Name Project Title SiteRed Aud. Annex Moderators: Amisha Barochia,Natesh Manikoth,Ram Mulagura Meera Barochia Paper chromatography NIHSaatchi Barochia Electromagnets NIHIshaan Bhardvaj Controlling depth of field in photography LMKavi Daliparti Working of a cameraLMAndy Deng Is salt water water? LMLiana Grosko Study on the effects of road salt on grass JHUAryaman Gudwani Can we grow veggies without soil LMVirali Kataria Tsunami LMUma Manikoth Why are some humans color blind? LMYamini Manikoth Do people who enjoy reading have higher empathy levels? JHUPritham Mulagura Salt effect on plant germination and growth LMSaiadvaith Vootukur Effect of center of gravity on the speed of car on different surfaces JHUPresented Moderators: ,,Manav Desai Air pressure in a foot ball, does it matter? JHUHeather Gurnsey Black hole representation in the movie "interstellar" NISTJason Liu Fighting bacteria with different handwashing methods NIHVibha Sastri All about vaccines NISTVanshika Shah Vascular and non-vascular plants NISTShreya Surendra Middle school science NISTAshley Thommana Why is sleep important? NIST