Daphnia magna is an aquatic invertebrate and a well-established model organism for toxicological studies. It is transparent, allowing heart rate monitoring to be used as a toxicological assa…
Mrs. Jessica Williams Dr. Leonard Gray Computational modeling of viscous fluids has numerous industrial applications, and improving upon current fluid models, especially those for nonlinear…
Embedded Systems
Wheelchairs are an essential need for individuals with disability. Low-cost manual wheelchairs The finalist wanted to test a uniquely designed voice-controlled wheelchair system which enhanc…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The use of innovative devices for renewable energy is setting a pivotal role in the electrical industry. Several devices have been created, especially in the fuel cell and battery field, tha…
Translational Medical Science
Objective: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with confirmation only from post-mortem autopsy. This study was done to aid diagnosis for the expected 14-million future pa…
Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology In recent years, societal focus has shifted towards maintaining a balanced stress level. Stress is an issue that all people will face in the…
Cary James John Cangelosi Theodore Taylor The average Los Angeles commuter spends upwards of 20 work days per year in traffic. Though the rise of electric vehicles has reduced greenhouse gas…
Horst A. von Recum Case Western Reserve University, Department of Biomedical Engineering Grace Burkhart Valparaiso University, Valparaiso IN. Drug-eluting stents (DES) release anti-prolifera…
Systems Software
In 2018 a total of 39 school shootings took place in the United States. An overwhelming percentage of these attacks were a result of the estimated 962,300 violent incidents in schools. The o…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Honeybee keepers are experiencing increased mortalities, many of which have been attributed to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). CCD is theorized to occur after a hive has become susceptible t…
Animal Sciences
Flower thrips, Frankliniella intonsa (Trybom) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), are worldwide pests that cause damage to a range of plants in agriculture, horticulture and forestry and are vectors…
Engineering Mechanics
Compliant mechanisms move via the deflection of flexible members, allowing them to be designed with a reduced part count, fewer points of failure, and increased durability. Bistable devices…
Oregon Episcopal School Portland, OR Throughout the past decade, significant aerospace research has focused on bending the cost curve of space exploration through the development of reusable…
Engineering Mechanics
Throughout the past decade, significant aerospace research has focused on bending the cost curve of space exploration through the development of reusable boosters. However, the investments i…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Supercapacitor is the one of sustainable alternative energy that serves to store electrical energy. The main components of the device consist of electrode and electrolyte. In this research,…
Biomedical Engineering
Globally, clinicians, like physical therapists and physiatrists, aid individuals with gait issues in their journey towards recovery. However, they do not have a valid prediction as to what t…
Compliant mechanisms move via the deflection of flexible members allowing them to be designed with reduced part count, fewer points of failure, and increased durability. Bistable devices are…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (inferred)
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPS) have a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activities against bacteria, fungi, and even viruses, and there have been over 5000 AMPs discovered. Individual peptides…
Translational Medical Science
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is responsible for reward, pleasure, and many other functions in humans. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) causes persistent psychiatric and physical sympto…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
3D reconstruction of cellular organelles requires the recognition of the organelle envelope in serial section from Electron Microscopy, and outlining of organelles by hand. This process take…
Environmental Engineering
Eutrophication is a serious problem in many water bodies around the world. Eutrophication is caused by an accumulation of nutrient salts, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, which then stimulat…
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Diagnostic methods including CT-scans are expensive and time-consuming. miRNAs participate in gene-silencing, and can be dysregula…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Diagnostic methods including CT-scans are expensive and time-consuming. miRNAs participate in gene-silencing, and can be dysregula…
Lead contamination in drinking water is a significant public health concern. Cities throughout the country still have drinking water with lead levels higher than 15 ppb- the nationwide EPA s…
Chemistry
The basis of this project relies on the fundamental properties of pyrolysis and its application to create bio-oil, bio-char, and syngas from repurposed plastic resins.The benefit of using th…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Tissue engineering is a research field for regenerating damaged biological tissue by substituting human cells on an appropriate scaffolds, one of them collagen as a biodegradable polymer has…
Physics and Astronomy
The whole of chemistry can be described by the solutions of the Schrödinger equation, but very few analytic solutions exist, and only for very simple systems, therefore solutions for larger…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In recent years, wind power has attracted attention as a renewable energy source, but there are problems concerning its energy efficiency and stability. One of the keys to solving these prob…
Biomedical Engineering
Conventional medicine can currently treat many bone-related diseases, but problems including complex fractures and severe bone loss still remain largely unresolved. In this effort, under bon…
Chemistry
In this research, we present an eco-friendly hanji-based disposable bag. We placed hanji immersed in alginate solution on the flat board to coat the paper with gel by spraying calcium soluti…