Systems Software
Fourth Award
This study aimed to facilitate the communication of people who use sign language and those who do not know sign language. As a solution, mobile application was developed that converts the de…
Chemistry
Unmodified silica aerogel and modified silica aerogel, which was combined with two forms of carbon (graphite and activated carbon) to create new materials with theoretical enhanced adsorptio…
Chemistry
Purpose: Currently, in the pharmaceutical industry, the most prominent carrier system for drug encapsulation is liposomal technology. With a 10% drug loading efficiency, this technology has…
Animal Sciences
Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible neurodegenerative disorder that causes progressive cognitive impairment in patients. Millions of people around the world are impacted by this fatal dis…
Engineering Mechanics
Standing desks seem to be the craze nowadays but when I looked around for a portable desk to use in the field, I couldn’t find one. This prompted me to design something that would be compact…
Physics and Astronomy
Most thermal reduction technology utilizing phase-change materials (PCMs) focuses on employing organic or metallic PCMs, but not both. This study reports a synergistic transient effect –time…
Translational Medical Science
Tumor-mediated immunosuppression allows tumors to hide from the immune system and avoid recognition. One way of reversing this suppressive microenvironment is to activate antigen-presenting…
Embedded Systems
Fourth Award
In 2018, Indonesia was hit with one of the deadliest earthquakes in its history, measured at a magnitude of 7.5. More than 1,000 died and as many as 5,000 remain missing. Current victim trac…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Effects of Sleep Deprivation and Herb Medication Ganwei on Behavioral and Biochemical Responses in Drosophila Alzheimer’s Disease Model Alzheimer’s Disease: Sleep Deprivation and Herb Therap…
Systems Software
The purpose of this project was to create the SmartCane mobile application for the Wearable White Cane vest. This application served as the interface between the user and the sensors. It ale…
Materials Science
In the world today, the researchers’ attention in material fields has shifted from composites to the development of hybrid composites. This transition can be said as a new evolution in mater…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In these days, many software engineers and researchers need to use multiple computers at the same time due to various work requirements. It is very inconvenient to control these computers wi…
Biomedical Engineering
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death with over 2300 deaths daily and costs approximately $330 billion annually. Platelet hyperaggregation in CVD, especially with diabet…
Engineering Mechanics
The hatching behavior of birds is an important part of animal ethology, but how to observe hatching in nests has always been a challenge. Traditional observation methods require observers to…
Biomedical Engineering
Approximately 350 million people worldwide have arthritis. Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints, it can affect one joint or multiple joints. The most common type of arthritis is Osteoa…
Chemistry
To minimize the harmful effects of Smog the surrounding areas these experiments were conducted to form a paint which is eco-friendly in a way that it will help to absorb smog from atmosphere…
Plant Sciences
Pasture soil health and productivity is decreasing worldwide, increasing the challenges of primary production for graziers. Most notably, soil microbial activity directly impacts soil fertil…
Environmental Engineering
One big issue faced by many today is water shortages, especially in developing countries. These areas are found with water but not drinkable water, due to the lack of sanitation. Even in are…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
One of the main causes of global warming is deforestation. In the Philippines, the main causes of deforestation are illegal logging and the slash-and-burn agriculture but in spite of this, f…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Worldwide, 420,000 people die annually from foodborne illnesses. Almost 30% are children under the age of five. In this study, a portable, solar powered device was designed, built, and teste…
Energy: Physical
Fourth Award
BACKGROUND: World energy consumption will increase by 28% by 2040 with renewables being the fastest growing energy source. Furthermore, renewables will increasingly replace coal. Solar updra…
Environmental Engineering
Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) is a practical and inexpensive method for disinfecting water and that, traditionally, requires Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles and sunlight.…
Mathematics
Purpose: There is always a pressing need for secure cryptography. Most problems used in cryptography act on finite abelian groups, which are groups with finite elements with all pairs of ele…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
The rocket equation dictates that the maximum payload a standard rocket can carry is only a few percent due to the extreme need for fuel. Even with modern technologies the energy and cost ef…
Physics and Astronomy
In this work, it is clarified how sound velocity slows down in corrugated pipes. The reduction of sound velocity, in particular, its dependence on geometrical structures of inner corrugation…
Plant Sciences
This experiment displayed the effect of fertilizer and high amounts of regolith in an upside down plant’s soil. Regolith has high amounts of minerals such as iron oxide, aluminum oxide, calc…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplant failure can be attributed to graft failure, poor graft function, and the failure of the homing process in which the transplanted cells settle into th…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to see if there is a correlation between the Kp Index and the error magnitude of GPS readings with and without WAAS capability. Our hypothesis was that the…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The Hardy-Weinberg Principle states that allele frequencies will not significantly change in 5 generations if there is an extremely large population size along with other factors. I compared…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
The purpose of this experiment was to measure the decrease in temperatures of warm water that a re-circulating fountain system can produce compared to that of a re-circulating waterfall syst…