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Light Curve Inversion for Asteroids

This research tested the accuracy of light curve analysis in creating three dimensional (3D) models of asteroids. The hypothesis states the basic shape of the model is accurate when inverted…

Lightning in a Bottle: Effect of Plasma Activation on Muscle Cells

Plasma is an ionized gas consisting of charged particles, electric fields, ultraviolet photons, and reactive oxygen species. When discharged into liquids, plasma affects chemical and physica…

Limiting Pain-Related Nerve Sprouting Using Anti-Growth Factor Receptor Antibodies

Pain is a huge component of both bone cancer and osteoarthritis (OA). With limits to pain treatments in both these diseases, there is a significant need for a medication to treat pain in the…

Linear Response for Chaotic Maps of Small Regularity

My research is devoted to a numerical study of a particular problem in Chaos theory. The theory of chaotic dynamical systems is an actively developing field of mathematics. One of its main a…

Linked Fuzzy Inference System: A Novel Approach to Schizophrenia Diagnosis

Fourth Award

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects the essence of what makes people human. It drastically alters a person's perception and actions until the patient becomes harmful to oneself o…

Lipid Content in Algae: The Foundation of Biofuel Production

The concern related to a global energy crisis remains at the forefront of modern discussion and scientific research. The use of algae for biodiesel production is growing rapidly in popularit…

Listen to the Beat

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Teaching science can be a challenge in basic education, it is necessary for each topic to use specific didactic tools that can relate everyday life concepts with technic elements; tools that…

Lithium Ion Battery Production using New Generation Nanomaterials by Electrospinning Method

As a result of increasing energy need, technological devices must have improved batteries. Today, lithium-ion batteries wide spread fields of application with their high capacity and energy…

lnvestigating Shear Thickening Fluid Applications to Decrease Linear and Rotational Mean Peak Acceleration as Measured by Dual Axis Accelerometers in Hockey Headgear and a Hybrid 3 Head Form

Fourth Award

Recently a new emphasis has been placed on protection headgear in hockey and other sports as the importance concussion and sub-concussive brain Injury has been better understood, A Summation…

Logical Levitation: Achieving Magnetic Levitation via Computational Feedback Loop

Fourth Award

The purpose of my project was to attempt to create a device which would make invasive surgery less intrusive by removing the need for much of the physical dissection. I planned to accomplish…

Loss of Fascin Enhances Nuclear Actin Filament Formation

Translational Medical Science Fourth Award

Nuclear actin, while still poorly understood, plays a role in DNA replication, chromatin organization, and gene expression. This research uses Drosophila oogenesis as a model to study in viv…

Low Cost Brain Signal and Accelerometer Control System for the Physically Challenged

Mitigating the effect of physical disability that faces many people the world over has been the focus of many technological researches. Many devices have been developed with brainwave(EEG) o…

Low Cost Continuous Flow Microbial Desalination Cells for Environmentally Sustainable Integrated Water Treatment

Third Award

Microbial Desalination Cells (MDCs), modified microbial fuel cells with a chamber for water desalination made of ion exchange membranes, are a promising new technology in environmentally sus…

Lung Cancer Decision Support System: Novel Automated Noninvasive Tumor Malignancy and Patient Outcomes Prediction Modelling through Radiomics Phenotype Feature Quantification

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths in the world. Despite therapeutic advances, the overall five year survival rate remains low, near 16%. Prediction of patient outcome…

Machine Learning Tool for Early Detection of Small Cell Lung Cancer Using Novel Nuclear Factor I/B Expression: Drastically Increase Patient Survival in 1 Minute for 1 Dollar

Second Award

Around 1.6 million people die annually from lung cancer--about 3 every minute. The survival time of undiagnosed extended/late stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC), the most fatal lung cancer…

Maglev Landing Aircraft: Reduction in Landing Accidents

It is important to seek alternatives to eliminate airborne accidents caused by difficulties mostly in the landing of an aircraft. This problem can be eliminated by creating auxiliary maglev…

Magnapole

Standard pole straps lead to many thumb injuries. The goal of the project was to redesign the way a strap attaches to a ski pole to prevent injuries caused by the pole strap. Multiple protot…

Magnetic Bacteria: Experimental Study and Applications

Our project it's about the magnetotactic bacteria. We studied the structure of the bacteria, we made some theoretical models from the form of the bacteria. The biological part of the project…

Magnetic Stove

We aim to make a heating cooker that consumes less electric and natural gas with a simple magnet system for using at home. The mainframe of our project is established on a tray by putting 16…

Making the Mind Matter: Stress Mindset Effects on Sleep Quality, Stress Response, Emotion and Cognition in the Developing Adolescent Brain and the Role of the Prefrontal-Amygdala Circuit

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Stress is an integral part of daily life and is often portrayed as a negative phenomenon since it causes physical illness as well as cognitive functions deficits. However, not everybody deve…

Mapping and Pathfinding

My project aimed to be able to map an unknown environment and be able to find the shortest path between any two points using a robot. Most robots today have sensors which are reliable enough…

Mapping the Spread of Invasive Plants by UAV

Invasive plants pose a serious threat to ecosystems by displacing and killing native species. Phragmites australis, an invasive wetland reed, has begun to spread vigorously across North Amer…

“Marsilea” Leaf Opening Is Controlled by Cooperation of Two Blue Light Systems, Stomata Opening and Gene Expression

Plants often show nyctinastic response that is controlled by light and circadian rhythm. Legumes, “oxalis”, and the aquatic fern “Marsilea” have a special organ pulvinus for nyctinastic move…

Mathematical Modeling of Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer metastasis to the bone is predominantly lethal and results from the ability of successful metastatic prostate cancer cells to co-opt microenvironmental cells and processes in…

Measuring the Efficiency of Rapid Prototyping Using a 3D Printer

Purpose The purpose of this experiment is to measure the feasibility and rapid prototyping of printing airfoils using a 3D Printer and then to test the airfoils in a wind tunnel to find the…

Mechanism of Inactivation of Piezo Ion Channels

Translational Medical Science Fourth Award

Piezo proteins have been identified as key components of mechanosensitive ion channels in humans and other mammals. These channels are in the early stages of characterization; their mechanis…

Mechanism of the Oscillating Chemiluminescence Reaction Using Luminol

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Luminol exhibits repeatedly strong and momentary chemiluminescence in the presence of SCN- and low Cu2+ concentrations, which is typically ascribed to the formation of HO2. However, the decr…

Mechanisms of How PI3K p110a Isoform Inhibits Antibody Class Switch through AID Expression

The purpose of this project was to investigate how an increase or decrease of the functions of the PI3K p110a isoform affects AID expression to control antibody class switch. Since AID is a…

Medical Rehabilitation: Sensors and Monitoring -Monitoring Devices

Our paper presents a solution in monitoring the process of patients carrying out medical rehabilitation procedures designed especially for the upper member: the hand and the fingers. We pres…

MeEmo: An Autism Destroying Avatar, Year Two

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Individuals affected by ASD are characterized be a marked different in the ability to communicate and form relationships. New technologies for communication and learning have been used to im…