Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness. The eye disease is particularly pervasive in developing countries, where there exists a severe insufficiency of ophthalmologists. C…
Biochemistry
Third Award
As the emission of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere continues to contribute to climate change, the search for a cleaner energy source prevails. Using algae as a biofuel can replace our use…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Interleukin-8 (IL-8) are cytokines related to general immune function, but within Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) patients, their overproduction tends to cause autoimmune r…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Cardiovascular surgery is a complex and high-risk procedure that requires precise navigation to ensure the success of the operation. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the d…
Microbiology
Third Award
A big challenge of long term space travel and habitation is bacteria proliferation in the spacecraft and space station. Bacteria form threatening biofilms that jeopardize equipment and the h…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
Red palm weevil (a beetle, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) is a promising source of low-cost, high-quality protein commonly cultivated in Southeast Asia. We found a correlation in the increased w…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
Miniature-sized shape morphing Microbots are increasingly gaining momentum in several medical applications, including targeted drug delivery and the removal of blood clots. There has been si…
Microbiology (General)
Third Award
The purpose of my experiment was to identify a natural alternative to stop the growth of E.coli. I tested both Neem, and Betel leaf extracts against E.coli. These infections are one of the d…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. The standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is the benchmark for CVD diagnosis, yet it is currently impractical for con…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
Food demand is increasing around the globe due to the growing population, which presents the risk of starvation and future food insecurity. One pre-emptive measure is to improve the growth a…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
In August 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Clean Truck Plan, proposed new standards to promote clean air and reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles starting in…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Third Award
Globally, there are 30-40 million people in need of prosthetics devices. Furthermore, 75% of developing countries do not have a prosthetics training program in place. In light of this concer…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Third Award
Breathing is very important for someone’s health, and to detect respiratory diseases like pneumonia or COVID-19. Measuring how a person breathes is currently done accurately only in hospital…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
The increasing level of anthropogenic pollutants, particularly microplastics and artificial fertilizers, in the freshwater environment is currently intensely studied in the fields of ecology…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
As the second leading cause of death, cancer has negatively impacted the lives of millions across the globe both directly and indirectly. In this study, we propose targeting the CaSR (calciu…
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Third Award
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Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Multiple sclerosis is a disease where the immune system attacks nerve fibers, causing communication problems between the brain and the body, affecting over 2.3 million people worldwide. Some…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Third Award
Structural Supercapacitors (SCs) are electrochemical energy storage devices that utilize the abundance of cement as an electrolyte by employing its high porosity as ion transport channels to…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Current commercial braille displays often cost upwards of a thousand dollars, creating a socioeconomic barrier that is untraversable to many. Research has shown that having braille education…
Chemistry
Third Award
Most individuals interact with water and paper on a day-to-day basis. So people often have a chance of spilling water on papers. The goal of this project is to design a cheap piece of paper…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Objectives: According to the CDC, nearly 40 million U.S. adults smoke cigarettes, and 3.08 million middle/high school students use at least one tobacco product. Each year, nearly half a mill…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
The research testifies whether superworms can biodegrade Polyurethane(PU) using the gut bacteria Pseudomonas. Also, the study examines how environmental factors of humidity of the surroundin…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Third Award
Conventional unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) commonly suffer from under actuation, meaning they only have four control degrees of freedom (DOF) and lack two control channels in the horizonta…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
The Kirsten rat sarcoma viral (KRAS) gene is the most frequently mutated oncogene, responsible for many types of highly fatal cancers — notably, pancreatic, colorectal, and non-small cell lu…
Zoology
Third Award
The genus Chroicocephalus consists of eleven small-sized gull species. Despite being an ecologically important group of birds, the evolutionary relationship among its species remains unresol…
Mammalian Biology
Third Award
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, and disruptions to the circadian system, which is regulated by a set of clock genes, can lead to tumorigenesis. In previous research, a generali…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Caused by the high blood sugar from diabetes, diabetic retinopathy is a disease that damages the blood vessels of the retina. This can lead to blindness and other vision complications. 79% o…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
Southern Root-Knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita) are microscopic roundworms that act as parasites, causing devastating damage to crops worldwide. These parasites primarily target the roo…
Cognitive Science
Third Award
Problem Statement The growth of automatic speech recognition in the past decade, including Siri, Alexa, and Cortana, has unveiled a serious problem: the implicit racial bias. Studies have sh…
Biochemistry
Third Award
The synthesis of water-soluble graphene quantum dots(GQDs) from citric acid via a green chemistry approach was performed for various bio applications such as targeted cell-imaging and drug d…