Biomedical and Health Sciences
First Award
There is currently no cure for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the third leading cause of death worldwide with over 70 million cases and 3.5 million deaths per year. Treatment…
Environmental Engineering
The manufacturing culture and economy are rapidly growing, but the environmental issues it is leaving behind continue to be a major concern. Studies predict that by 2025, 50% of the world's…
Chemistry
Third Award
PLA, largely derived from bio-renewable resources, is one of the most widely used bioplastics. With its biodegradability, low price and superior mechanical properties, PLA has been widely ap…
AJAS · 2022
Environmental Science
Approximately 1% to 50% of ticks carry diseases, and 300,000 cases of tick bites are annually reported in the US. New Jersey holds one of the highest rates of Lyme disease caused by tick bit…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The project demonstrated how machine learning can help sort recyclable materials in a domestic setting. The aim of the study was to create a machine learning model and associated mechatronic…
Biomedical Engineering
PURPOSE: Demyelination is a biological process that can cause serious motor, coordination and balance disturbances. This project aims to introduce the use of equivalent electric circuits int…
AJAS · 2022
Biochemistry
Used a computer to design miniature antibodies that can bind to a cancer-associated "don't eat me" signal protein. A single-domain antibody (nanobody) predicted to have high geometric comple…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Fourth Award
Purpose: COVID-19 has killed more than 5.6 million. Nanobodies that retain the binding affinity of antibodies despite being one-tenth the size, are emerging as viable treatment options to co…
In eukaryotes, RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) interact with RNA to control post-transcriptional processes, including alternative splicing, polyadenylation, stabilization, localization, and tran…
Materials Science
Solar sails are most effective closer to the sun, where propulsion is aided by high photon density. As solar sails need to be large and light to utilize the very slight pressure of the photo…
Translational Medical Science
Skin cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, with 2 people dying of skin cancer every hour in the United States alone (Skin Cancer Foundation, 2022). However, if detected early (before t…
This paper presents the mechanical design and control of a three degree of freedom (DoF) ball joint module suitable for use in COVID swabbing robots and surgical robots. A prototype iteratio…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Third Award
This paper presents the mechanical design and control of a three degree of freedom (DoF) ball joint module suitable for use in COVID swabbing robots and surgical robots. A prototype iteratio…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Tailless Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicles (FW-MAVs) have gained more attention recently because they utilize energy more efficiently compared to fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcrafts. FW-MAVs…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The main goal of every rocket engine is to generate a lot of heat and pressure and then convert that into workable thrust. The problem is most rockets don’t solve pressure discrepancies at v…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Pollutant removal efficiency and electricity production from kitchen wastewater are investigated with the design of an up-flow plant-microbial fuel cell (P-MFC) by coupling Canna indica L. a…
Materials Science
This study explores the intersection between unsupervised machine learning with bio-inspired material design. The goal of this project was to design a new procedure to simply and intuitively…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among women and the 5th leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Women in developing countries, especially sub-Saharan Africa, suffer from the hi…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
The WHO reports 2.2 billion people internationally have a form of visual impairment, with Perkins School of Blind adding that 4 to 8 percent (8.8 - 17.6 million people) solely rely on a whit…
Microbiology
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that causes an infection, Toxoplasmosis in humans. Pregnant women can get this infection if the eggs of the parasite, which are found in the cat’s feces, are…
Embedded Systems
In this project, a fully functional location-tag based point-to-point wayfinder system was created to help the visually impaired navigate large public facilities like airports and shopping c…
Biomedical Engineering
Human error is inevitable and has consequences. In the medical field, medical malpractice accounts for almost 251,000 deaths per year. The purpose is to solve the ongoing problem by building…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Second Award
On average, 51% of a rocket engine’s weight is in the cooling system, so finding an engine design that would drastically reduce the engine's weight, complexity, and production cost would be…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Second Award
Magnetically deflected ballistic mass (MBDM) describes a system in which a metal rotor, the mass in the system, is suspended inside an evacuated sheath like a maglev train. The metal rotor c…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Humanity’s carbon emissions have started to affect the global climate. In order to reduce this impact, we must dramatically reduce carbon emissions in all sectors. In aviation, increasing th…
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum teleportation has the potential to revolutionize cybersecurity and digital communications by enabling completely secure communication. This phenomenon relies on entanglement, one of…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
Current prosthetic arm technology often lacks intelligent dexterity, haptic feedback, and are lucratively expensive ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 dollars. The engineering goal of this proje…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Second Award
With the increase in population at large and meeting the demands in various sectors, management of industrial waste is a growing issue. Typically dye industries are excreting large quantitie…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
During Phase 1 (2020-2021), a 3D printed ventilator was created with a modular design that could use multiple power sources to mitigate the shortage of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandem…
Environmental Engineering
Objective: to develop an innovative way of cleaning the Tasotkel reservoir from fishing nets. Hypothesis: the developed cleaning method will allow cleaning the Tastkel reservoir from fishing…