Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
This year alone, 1 million Americans suffer from Parkinson’s Disease (PD); 5 million from Alzheimer’s (AD); and 400,000 from Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Neurodegenerative diseases affect the ne…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This project helped determine which type of toxic chemicals found in vaping products would have the greatest impact on growth/development of yeast cells in both liquid and aerosol cultures.…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
We live in a world where, despite various awareness campaigns, deforestation are rife. Our project aims to find a fuel from waste that can compete with traditional fuels (charcoal, logs, etc…
Engineering Mechanics
Fourth Award
This research is aimed to design a novel movable underwater platform that could cover the disadvantages that prevail in traditional propeller driven submersibles. Cownose ray, a fish species…
Biochemistry
Fourth Award
Although water makes up to 71% of the Earth’s surface, only 0.5% is fresh. Fresh water resources are getting exhausted at an exponential rate due to environmental changes, as well as the lac…
Chemistry
Petroleum demand currently is ongoing, especially with the increase in industrial and construction evolution. Based on statistics, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is ranked second worldwide in o…
Physics and Astronomy
Chlorophyll is a photosynthetic pigment found in plants that can be extracted from the use in a natural Dye-Sensitized solar cell. To construct the cell first the pigment must be extracted u…
Environmental Engineering
The question was: What effect do different concentrations of tannic acid powder, St. Louis River water, and non-resistant Staphylococcus aureus have on bacterial growth and biofilm developme…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this experiment was to test the ability of magnifiers such as SiO2, lenses and mirrors to increase the energy produced by fluorescent proteins GFP and EBFP2-BFP, a UV protein.…
Environmental Engineering
The title of the present research project is “The Use of Peat in Eliminating Environmental Pollution from Bodies of Water”. This topic is relevant because in today’s world, environmental pol…
Environmental Engineering
My research was centered around finding an effective soil remediating alternative to cattle manure in replenishing soil nutrients in areas damaged by intense forest fires. Bamboo Biochar was…
Engineering Mechanics
As urban areas become more densely populated, developers build skyscrapers higher and higher. At higher altitudes, wind speeds increase leaving structures more susceptible to wind flow. By d…
Chemistry
Water removal through demulsification is a critical step in oil refineries. However, the mass production of conventional chemical demulsifiers is detrimental to public health and the environ…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Title: Through the Looking Glass: Uncovering the Molecular Mechanisms of Phytochemical Treatment for the Prevention Age-Related Macular Degeneration Name: Rishab Samant School: Vestavia Hill…
Chemistry
Second Award
Each year, 60 million tons of biodegradable and organic matter are thrown into landfills, where they are unable to decompose and continuously produce greenhouse gases. Despite a proposed cor…
Microbiology
I am researching the relationship between permanent hair dyes and their possible mutagenic properties. After reading that breast and bladder cancer were the two types of cancer most linked t…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a worldwide public health crisis with the potential of mass casualties due to the overuse of antibiotics. This experiment was conducted to investigate what…
Animal Sciences
Wild Turkeys have been predominantly found in southern Minnesota until recent observations in NE Minnesota. Turkeys rely on having less than one foot of snow on average all winter long (Rusc…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Well-designed small wind turbine generators demonstrate high potential to capture turbulent wind power. We can break up the load of a large generator to many smaller ones to power local resi…
Systems Software
Fourth Award
Training deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) requires immense time and energy, which often has a significant carbon footprint. Pruning CNNs increases their efficiency while maintaining…
Systems Software
Malware developers actively seek vulnerabilities in computer systems and malware detectors to exploit for personal gain. Most modern malware detectors are learning-based (converting malware…
Chemistry
The recent characterization of the natural product Pannokin D (a novel benzoxanthone-type diprenylated flavonoid with cytotoxic activity and the rare biochemical capability of overcoming TRA…
Engineering Mechanics
Humans are natural explorers who explore earth and space they're curious beings who seek to reveal everything and it could found some places where people are hard to exist in for the fear fo…
Biomedical Engineering
COVID-19, a raging worldwide pandemic, is constantly redefining the norm in healthcare systems with new demands and practices. Due to risk of infection, many people are apprehensive to visit…
Physics and Astronomy
The Hyperloop is a new and innovative system providing a faster and more efficient alternative to air travel. Hyperloop uses magnets and diamagnetic fields to propel itself. Diamagnetism occ…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Autophagy is a process through which a cell recycles its components to generate energy. Studies show autophagy is involved in diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication where retinal cell…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Acid mine drainage poses a major risk to the nearby ecosystems as the accompanying low pH and high metal content kill plants. Sulfate-reducing bacteria have the potential to remediate this d…
Animal Sciences
The amputation of a thoracic limb, which is twice as likely as a hind limb due to the commonality of Osteosarcoma in large breeds, often leads to overuse of the shoulders and joints, resulti…
Plant Sciences
Second Award
Coastal ecosystems are being threatened by increased anthropogenic activity and large-scale changes in ocean systems due to climate change. Tropicalization, the increase in the ratio of trop…
Chemistry
Transition metal-based layered double hydroxide (LDH) water-splitting electrocatalysts are known to have distinctive structural and electronic properties that facilitate the water-splitting…