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Highly Effective Hybrids

Fourth Award

Research and development on new forms of construction are important to the growth of infrastructure and manufacturing. Finding new materials that can not only be more cost effective than com…

Highly Sensitive Respiration Strain Sensor Based on Tuned Silver Nanowire Network

Respiratory rate is the number of breaths a person takes in a given time period, and is one of the four key vital signs of the human body. Ordinarily, respiratory rate is measured manually,…

Highly Sensitive Single Mutation Detection of EGFR by Bridged Nucleic Acid

First Award

Highly sensitive detection of mutations is crucial for early action against cancers and other genetic diseases. Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) and a newly developed bridged-nucleic acid (…

Hindwings Play a Critical Role in Takeoffs and Flight in Cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata)

Behavioral and Social Sciences

In aerodynamics of cicada’s flight, forewing and hindwing have been treated as one wing, and the hindwings were considered only to increase the gross wing area (Wan et al., 2015). In order t…

Holistic Flare Prediction using Aggregated Solar Cycle 23-24 Magnetograms and Intensitygrams

This project aggregates Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) and Solar Dynamics Observatory’s Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) magnetograms and intensitygrams for solar cycles 23 and 24 in a…

Hope: Augmentative and Alternative Communication Application for Children with Down Syndrome

Biomedical and Health Sciences

With language being an important method of communication and socialization for children with Down’s Syndrome, innovative technology solutions are increasingly being introduced to help in dev…

How Does a Gravel Seafloor Versus a Sand Seafloor Effect the Wave Velocity of a Tsunami?

Tsunami waves can cause a massive amount of damage to communities around the world. Waves with a higher wave velocity result in more damage because there is more energy transferred from the…

How Does Caffeine Affect Heart Rate?

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Have you ever wondered how a morning coffee is actually working to wake you up? Or what about that pepsi everyday at work? It is often thought that a dose of caffeine will wake you right up,…

How Does Phloem Sap Composition Impact the Rate of Asian Citrus Psyllid Infestation and HLB Infection?

Huanglongbing (HLB), more commonly known as Citrus Greening Disease, prevails in Brazil, China, and Southern areas of the United States. The Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) transmits Candidatus L…

How Does the Hard Water Affect Our Health?

This research project is carried out with the purpose of evaluating the effect on the health of people who consume water directly from the Piedras del Rayo stream in the Cerro Buena Vista ru…

How Does the Thermal Conductivity of Liquids Affect Heat Absorption in Photovoltaic Troughs?

The purpose of this research was to determine which fluids would make photovoltaic troughs operate at maximum efficiency. The hypothesis states: if the thermal conductivity of a liquid incre…

How Strong Is Your Soil?

Where exactly does the strength of everyday items come from? What would happen if the traditional material was substituted with something else? Glass from wine glasses to glass windows are t…

How Texting Affects Spelling

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Every day, people all over the world use their cell phones. In recent years, these devices have evolved from simple telecommunications devices into pocket-sized computers. Now equipped with…

Human Disturbance of Blister Bush in Platteklip Gorge, Table Mountain

Blister Bush produces phytophototoxins, which can cause severe burns on human skin. It is thought that Blister Bush grows more abundantly where there is significant human disturbance, possib…

Human-Following Car

Our project is the development of a low-cost human-following car, as we are interested in drones. We decided not to use GPS, as it is already implemented as ‘following technique’ in many com…

Ice Ice Maybe

Third Award

A major concern during winter is the ability to travel safely on roadways during inclement weather. Do you know which product melts more ice from roadways, keeps the roads clear from ice the…

Ice! Ice! Savings! The Effect of Ice Shape on Restaurant Profitability

This experiment focused on how ice shape may reduce the amount of liquid that could be placed in a cup and increase the amount of profitability gained from soft drink sales. The hypothesis s…

iCharge: An Analysis of Products and Processes that Can Extend the Life of iOS Cables

Apple product users have long accepted that the power cord of the charger for their products does not have the durability or quality of Apple's other products.Because the power cords have no…

I(c)onic Filter, Part Two

The goal was to create a mobile system attached to a bike that effectively takes out pollutants from the atmosphere, improving air quality. A tube was attached to the side of a bicycle, at t…

Identification and Characterization of Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Using an Antibody-Based Approach

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth-leading cause of cancer related death in the U.S. with a median survival period of less than six months. Better means of detection and m…

Identification and Validation of Novel Small Molecule Kinase Antagonists of the PRLR in Breast Cancer for Selective Therapeutic Targeting

Translational Medical Science

Breast cancer (BC) remains to be a prevalent malignancy, as an estimated 231,840 women were diagnosed in the US in 2015. Furthermore, cancer cells now display chemoresistance towards primary…

Identification of a Potential AML Therapeutic Compound from an in vitro Screen

Biomedical Engineering

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML), the most common type of acute leukemia among adults, consists of premature leukocytes that do not fully differentiate from stem cells or immature hematopoie…

Identification of Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Neutrophils through Flow Cytometry

Cystic fibrosis is often characterized by severe airway disease due to a cycle of inflammation and infection caused by neutrophil dysfunction, which becomes increasingly severe. Due to the i…

Identification of Novel Cathelicidins with Potent Antimicrobial Effect from the Genome Analysis of Python bivittatus

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small peptides that function as a part of innate immunity in first-line nonspecific defense. AMPs could be alternatives of existing antibiotics, especially…

Identification of Parkinson’s Disease-Associated SNP-SNP Interaction Using Interaction Analysis by Chi-Square (IAC)

Fourth Award

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects an estimated seven to ten million people worldwide. During the past ten years, Genome-Wide Association Studie…

Identification of Thymidine Kinase I as a Universal Cell Surface Target for Treating Cancer and Development of a Novel Antibody Drug Conjugate

First Award

The next generation of cancer drug therapeutics involve molecular targets to replace antiquated methods of treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation. Previous studies have shown the prote…

Identifying Greenhouse Gas Hotspots in Megacities

Fourth Award

Global warming due to the release of man-made greenhouse gases in our atmosphere continues to be a major challenge for scientists today. An accurate and efficient measurement strategy to est…

IL-2 as a Therapeutic Target for Treatment of Autoimmune Alopecia Areata

Alopecia areata (AA) is a prevalent autoimmune disease caused by T cell mediated destruction of hair follicles. Immune pathways involved in AA are not well understood, restricting developmen…

Image Processing and EDS Analysis Using ImageJ

MoonRIDERS is a joint-collaboration partnership between PISCES, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Kealakehe High School, ‘Iolani School, and a Google Lunar X Prize team; its main focus is to test a…

Immobilization of Glycans on Silicon Substrates for Diagnostic Microarrays

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award

Biochemical methods that enable rapid and early diagnosis are critical to disease and patient management. Of unequivocal importance to addressing these issues is the study of interactions be…