Fish bones is one of the waste materials that can be easily obtained in most of the fish crackers’ factories across the world. Factories tend to throw away the fish bones after getting the f…
Flexible sensors based on a network of ligand-capped Gold Nanoparticles (GNPs) have been attracting significant interest, due to their ability to detect and measure multiple parameters such…
We developed a new programming language named Flex Script. Thanks to the development of Internet and growing influence of programming in the real world, cooperation and sharing among develop…
Flooding is a global issue, it affects life and properties. A lot of work has been done to alleviate these problems. We develop a flood warning system, of metallic probes, to detect flood an…
Logic programming languages have been long experimented and understood. Its components and its interactions with functional programming languages have also been a frequent topic. Its ability…
Translational Medical Science
Alphaviruses are a fascinating group of RNA viruses that belong to the Togaviridae family. Some cause severe diseases, while others have useful attributes as gene expression vectors. In some…
Systems Software
To challenge a history of reliance on qualitative information for public decision-making purposes, this study develops a novel policy modeling approach by projecting the relative health, env…
The Red Lionfish (Pterosis Volitons) has overwhelmed South Florida's coastal waters and needs to be eradicated before consuming unsustainable amounts of the native fish, which are utilized f…
Approximately 12 million people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer every year, with 2/3 of the victims living in developing countries, and 8 million of them do not survive. The search for a…
Translational Medical Science
First Award
The risk of cardiovascular disease, the world's leading cause of death, is greatly increased by metabolic syndrome, a combination of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and type-2-diabetes. A rapi…
During the previous year’s experimentation, it was found that both honey and propylene glycol (two safe ingredients) showed significant signs of being able to replace methanol and ethylene g…
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the number one greenhouse gas emitted from human activities through the combustion of fossil fuels from transportation vehicles and industry factories. Recent increas…
Rapid increase in bacterial resistance to life saving antibiotics is a major threat to human health because antibiotics are becoming ineffective in treating bacterial diseases. Innovative cu…
Third Award
The economics of wind energy can become a lot more favorable with high power wind turbines which could be feasible with higher-field magnets. (Gd,Y)BaCuO superconductor tapes with embedded B…
The purpose of my project was to determine which varied combination and concentration of enzyme ingredients produced the highest fermentation yield in barley. In my project, I used barley as…
Fourth Award
Purpose of the Experiment P. aeruginosa is responsible for the second most common hospital infection. Its ExoY toxin is a promiscuous cyclase similar to other toxins like the B. anthracis Ed…
Second Award
Both biochar and layered double hydroxides (LDH) have received substantial attention for their abilities to adsorb chemical contaminants, yet little research has been reported on LDH/biochar…
Translational Medical Science
Nosocomial infections are a potentially lethal and prevalent hazard in the hospital setting. There are over 99,000 associated deaths in American hospitals annually with 1 in 25 hospitalized…
This study aimed to develop a new method for the searching and identification of galaxy clusters, and then to test the method to find new clusters. Algorithms are often used to search throug…
Costa Rica experiences a high incidence of emergencies caused by gas leaks; 4700 events in total were reported in the year 2015 alone. Some of the factors that contribute to worsen the probl…
Third Award
As antibiotic resistance becomes an ever-greater issue, understanding of bacterial evolution is crucial. Growth advantage in stationary phase (GASP) enables rapid evolution in stress conditi…
It’s very important to control and monitor gases that are produced by industrial applications since they can cause environmental pollution and health problems. Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) i…
Every year over 3000 automobile accidents occur due to the sun impairing a driver’s vision for an extended period of time. While there have been attempts to solve this serious problem, such…
By this project, it is easy to produce a good quantity of green energy from the sun directly . It is possible to convert the water from liquid at 20C, to vapor at 150C by simple and direct p…
Third Award
This study presents a method to regenerate the beat sound of King Seong-deok Divine Bell with a bicycle rim. The bell is a representative Korean bell of which weight is 18.9 Ton, mouth diame…
The proposed prototype uses as a system of electric energy generation the Seebeck thermoelectric effect using Peltier cells, this effect was discovered in 1821 by the research physicist Thom…
Personalized cancer treatments promise drastic improvements in clinical benefit over traditional therapies. To develop individualized treatments, accurate models to predict drug response fro…
Fourth Award
New prehistoric species, ancient hominid bones, potential martian astro-microbiology, and a wealth of soft tissues representing important evolutionary information are among significant speci…
The objective of this investigation was to to design and test an economical, audio-based gunshot detection method which can be used in two different use cases to increase situational awarene…
Biochemistry
A better understanding of cetacean populations in the Long Island coastal waters is greatly needed as environmental management issues emerge for licensing of offshore wind turbines. Data wer…