Select a topic of interest from any of the following subjects for your project. Affiliated Fairs may have a theme; in that case you should classify your project within that theme, under any of the following subject categories. Incase you are not sure of this classification the IRIS 2007 panel of judges will evaluate your project and classify it suitably.

Examples of projects have been given along with each subject category to illustrate the kind of projects that have participated at previous Intel National Fairs.

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Plant diversity and ecological adaptations; unusual hysiological mechanisms, biochemical pathways and hereditary phenomena; improved growth and productivity in agricultural/horticultural crops and forest trees; novel plant products and innovative uses of plants and their products; bio-control of plant, animal and human diseases; plant-animal interactions; plants as renewable sources of energy; application of micro-organisms in food processing, industry, health, agriculture and energy generation; conservation of rare and endangered plants; utilization of waste agricultural residue and non-timber tree products; plant based crafts that can generate rural income.

Examples:

• Agriclitural impact of Detrimental Weeds on Wheat Clitivators
• The in vitro propagation of A. palmantum and its various clitivators
• Biosynthesis of a commercially important compound in tissue cliture

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Chemistry of life processes - Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Enzymes, Photosynthesis, Blood Chemistry, Protein Chemistry, Food Chemistry and Hormones.

• Bioinformatics Discovery of Novel Stem Cell Regliatory Mechanisms
• Probing Gap Junction Dynamics in Cells
• Identifications of Bacterial Adhesion Antagonists for Contact Lens and Intraocliar Lens

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Study and development of Computer Hardware, Software, Engineering, Internet Networking and Communications, Graphics (including human interface), Simulations / Virtual Reality or Computational Science (including Data Structures, Encryption, Coding and Information Theory).

Examples:

• Leonar3Do 3D for All!
• Identification of Differential Surface Properties on a Triangle Mesh for Facial and Object Recognition
• Internet efficiency-- can it be better?

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The study of nature and composition of matter and laws governing it - Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry (other than bio-chemistry), Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Plastics, Fuels, Pesticides, Metallurgy and Soil Chemistry.

Examples:

• Can lettuce seeds be used as a bioassay medium for testing toxicity?
• Is soil a type of electrical system?
• Organic chemistry without solvents

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Study of pollution (air, water and land) sources and their control, Ecology, conservation of wild life, waste management and the means to control environmental degradation.

Examples:

• Hydroponic Phytofiltration of Arsenic in Drinking Water
• Electricity Production Using Magnetic Field Generated by Magnetotactic Bacteria in a Microbial Generator
• Novel way of removing arsenic from drinking water in Bangladesh

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a) Earth Science: Geology, Mineralogy, Physiography, Oceanography, Speleology, Seismology and Geography.

Examples:

• Phytoplankton Community Response to Nutrient Enrichment
• Investigations of Oxide-Reduction during Lightning-Induced Fulgurite Formation
• Textural and chemical effects on sound transmission in rocks

b) Space Science: Meteorology, Climatology,Astronomy, Planetary Science

Examples:

• Fractal Dimension Analysis of Putative Martian Coastlines
• New Algorithm for Multiple Hypothesis-based Tracking and Discovery of Potentially Hazardous Near Earth Objects

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Technology, projects that directly apply scientific principles to manufacturing and practical uses - Civil, Mechanical, Aeronautical, Chemical, Electrical, Photographic, Sound, Automation, Marine, Heating and Refrigeration, Transportation and Environmental Engineering.

Examples:

• Evaluation of a Multi-Freewing UAV with the Concurrent Development of a Flying Test Platform to Assist in Evaluation of Turbulence Reduction and Flight Performance
• Elevating Wheelchair Seat
• Foot operated device for the people without upper limbs

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Development of formal logical systems or various numeral or algebraic computations and the application of these principles -- Calculus, Geometry, Abstract Algebra, Number Theory, Statistics, Complex Analysis and Probability.

Examples:

• Complete Sequences of Positive Integers
• Programmable Quantum Computing: A New Framework with von Neumann Type Architecture
• Universality Properties of Positive-Definite Integral Quadratic Forms

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Theories, principles and laws governing energy and the effect of energy on matter - Solid State, Optics, Acoustics, Particle, Nuclear, Atomic, Plasma, Superconductivity, Fluid and Gas Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Semiconductors, Magnetism, Quantum Mechanics and Bio-physics.

Examples:

• What are the applications of consumable oil Encapsulated Spheroids?
• How to create an Ultrasonic detector for gas Chromatography?
• Research on Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

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Study of animals--Animal Genetics, Ornithology, Ichthyology, Herpetology, Entomology, Animal Ecology, Paleontology, Cellular Physiology, Circadian Rhythms, Animal Husbandry, Cytology, Histology, Animal Physiology, Invertebrate Neurophysiology, Studies of Invertebrates.

Examples:

• Olfactory Learning and Brain Plasticity in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) in the Absence of Visual Cues
• Testing Adaptive Models of Sex Allocation in a Polymorphic Species
• The effects of protein levels on growth in young chickens

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