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Preclinical Investigation to Develop Anti-Platelet and Cholesterol-Lowering Agent for Prevention and Treatment of Stroke

Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award

Purpose of this investigation is to develop a new safe and effective therapy for stroke. Nearly a quarter of global deaths each year are caused by blood clotting. High cholesterol and platel…

Project Vision: Assisted Navigation & Waypoint Positioning Through 3D Mapping

Embedded Systems Second Award

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 2.2 billion people have some form of visual impairment, half of which could be improved by more affordable solutions. My project attempts to…

Quantifying the Impact of Urban Form and Residential Zoning Law on the Housing Market

Behavioral and Social Sciences Second Award

The state of Hawai?i is facing a severe housing crisis, characterized by some of the highest housing costs in the nation and a growing exodus of residents. At the same time, cities across th…

RCMC - Natural Edible Coating Based on Carnauba Wax and Mandacaru: A New Alternative to Fruit Conservation

Plant Sciences Second Award

Waste in the food production chain directly impacts the economy and food shortage, creating the need for alternatives to reduce these losses. This project aims to develop a natural, healthy,…

Rebeat: A Real-Time, Audiovisual Feedback System for Improving CPR Quality

Embedded Systems Second Award

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, and about half of the 17 million annual deaths are due to sudden cardiac arrest. While prompt administration of high quality c…

Recasting an Anti-Psychotic as a Prevention for Multiple Arthritides: Discovery of a Novel Receptor and Mechanism of Action

Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award

Gout is the most prevalent inflammatory joint disease, affecting 2-4% of the global population. It causes disability, reduced quality of life, and increased mortality as well as tens of bill…

Reducing Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Water Contamination With Mycorrhizal Hydroponics Plants

Plant Sciences Second Award

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as "forever chemicals", are one of the most common and dangerous water pollutants, having carcinogenic effects and causing 382,000 global de…

Secretion of the Francisella tularensis Protein FTL_1123 by Escherichia coli Containing the ?HlyBD Operon

Microbiology Second Award

Francisella tularensis, a gram-negative bacterium, is the causative agent of tularemia, a severe zoonotic disease which is highly lethal even with minimal exposure. Francisella is recognized…

Selenoprotein O Protects Against Oxidative Stress and Incorporates Various Nucleotides in AMPylation

Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Award

Selenoprotein O (SelO) is a mitochondrial pseudokinase enzyme that AMPylates, or transfers an AMP molecule to, cellular proteins. However, SelO’s role as an AMPylator in oxidative stress res…

SMART (Sustainable, Modular, Additively-manufactured, Robust, Tower-style) Urban Farming

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award

Global food security and sustainability issues, and rapid urbanization call for high-tech, space-efficient, sustainable urban farming technologies. In Singapore, only 3.9% of vegetables cons…

Sponge Studies: Assessing the Effects of Environmental Impacts on Marine Sponge Detritus Production, and Use as a Natural Deep Sea eDNA Sampler

Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award

Coral reefs, containing over 25% of marine species, are vital ecosystems that support a diverse array of life and provide crucial resources for sustenance, supplying food for over 1 billion…

STING-rich Ciliated Cells Protect the Fallopian Tube From Early Transformation in the Development of Ovarian Cancer

Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award

High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) remains the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women. It has recently been demonstrated that stimulator-of-interferon genes (STING) is highly…

Synergistic Development of Perovskite Oxide Electrocatalysts Through Metal-Organic Framework Precursors for Energy Conversion Applications

Chemistry Second Award

The growing global energy demand and environmental concerns have highlighted green hydrogen as a promising solution due to its potential for clean energy production. Pursuing the exploration…

The Enhancement of Power Output From Living Plants Using Chemically Modified Electrodes

Alternative Energy Second Award

Unraveling the Complex Interplay Between Immune Cells and Cancer Progression Utilizing a Novel Application of an Artificial Neural Network

Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award

1 in 5 people develop cancer in their lifetime. Due to treatment inefficiency, cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. Deciphering immune cell-cancer cell interactions within the tum…

Utilizing 3D Additive Biomanufacturing To Develop a Biocompatible, Customizable and Durable Mechanical Aortic Valve — Year 2

Biomedical Engineering Second Award

Background Over 182,000 patients receive aortic valve replacements annually in the United States. However, valve replacement recipients must choose between two undesirable options, mechanica…

Utilizing Microbiome Transplants to Improve Landscape-Scale Mosquito Suppression

Animal Sciences Second Award

In Hawai?i, the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus carries avian malaria, threatening extinction for Native Hawaiian forest bird species. The most effective and environmentally friendly method…

Year 5: Engineering a Novel IoT Trapping System With a Multiple Linear Regression Model Towards Eco-Friendly, High-Efficacy, Low-Cost Honey Bee Pest Treatment and Management

Animal Sciences Second Award

Honeybees are irreplaceable, performing 80% of global crop pollination. However, commercial US hives have been dying at alarming rates (~50% annually). Scientific literature identifies small…

3D Printed Silicone Wound Care Dressing With Carbon Composite Structure Containing Porous Fibers for Reinforcement and Uniform Biocide Delivery

Biomedical Engineering Second Award

Mainstay of the treatment of wounds is the appropriate wound dressing. The purpose of dressing is to provide a clean surface, inhibit the pathogens using biocides, insert nutrients, promote…

A Bifunctional System for Atmospheric Water Harvesting and Direct Air Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production

Chemistry Second Award

Hydrogen is a clean energy carrier and a promising candidate for realizing carbon-neutral systems, as its only byproduct is water. However, the lack of clean water is a significant barrier t…

A Differentially-Geared, Omnidirectional Robotics Platform With Autonomous Jerk-Limited Navigation

Applied Mechanics & Structures Second Award

Problem: Wheeled robotics research and commercial application development is inhibited by the lack of a fast, powerful, and easy-to-use robotics platform that can operate omnidirectionally i…

A Framework for Effective Ransomware Detection and Mitigation

Systems Software Second Award

Ransomware attacks render data unusable and demand a ransom in order to restore data integrity. These attacks destroy billions of dollars every year in lost data and productivity at the indi…

Agro-Rhizoremediation: Rhizoremediation With Agro-Transformed Oryza sativa to Facilitate Arsenic Degradation in situ (Year III)

Plant Sciences Second Award

Arsenic accumulation in rice is becoming increasingly problematic, threatening the health of over 150 million people globally. This project aims to use rhizoremediation with rice plants tran…

A Machine Learning Approach to Determine the Number of Exoplanets in a Given Planetary System Based on NASA Exoplanet Archive Data

Physics and Astronomy Second Award

Accurately determining the number of exoplanets in planetary systems is essential for gaining insight into planetary formation, the search for potentially habitable exoplanets, and the desig…

Analysis of Gene Interaction Between the Transcription Factor SPT6L and Genes that Regulates Flowering of Arabidopsis Thaliana

Plant Sciences Second Award

The flowering of plants is necessary for their further reproduction. Flowering is regulated by hundreds of genes encoding proteins. The goal of my academic work is to find out how AGO bindin…

An Autonomous Over-the-Board Chess Solution for Players in Isolated Conditions

Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award

Since the pandemic, online chess has seen unprecedented growth in its user base. This growth is largely due to players being unable to convene physically in quarantine and wanting to play ga…

A New Approach for Optimizing a Light Scattering Coating Formulated With Different Sized BaSO4 Particles for Energy Conservation Applications

Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award

Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) guarantees reducing the cost of space cooling in a variety of applications. However, commercialization issues still exist for the production of PDRC…

A Novel Approach to Treating Parkinson's Disease With Amino Acids to Alleviate LRRK2 Gene Mutation Symptoms in C. elegans Evaluated via the Use of Multidimensional Analysis Methods

Biochemistry Second Award

Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder that impacts the movement control of patients due to the degeneration of neurons, reducing the dopaminergic levels in the brain. This causes sy…

A Novel End-to-End Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Model to Improve Tonal Pronunciation in Mandarin for Non-Native Speakers

Computational Systems & Analysis Second Award

Tonal languages are estimated to comprise 60–70% of the world’s languages. However, tonal language pronunciation is difficult for non-native speakers, as Mandarin has 5 tones, resulting in e…

A Novel Invention of Aerial Delivery of Planting Material for Burnt Forest Restoration Inspired by the Structure of Kadsura coccinea Fruit

Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award

Wildfires are a crucial problem that greatly affects many living things, especially the loss of many plants and animal species. Over the years, there have been more frequent wildfires. Self-…