Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this project was to build an exoskeleton (MK-I, MK-II) that can augment human strength whilst lifting heavy/large objects for an extended amount of time. Design goals for the…
Biochemistry
Excessive glutamate release in the brain leads to neuronal death in severe neurological diseases of ischemic stroke, while glutamate levels in cerebrospinal fluid are more favorable for refl…
Cathy Boucvalt John Curtis Christian School The purpose of this research was to determine the possibility of reducing g-Force and acceleration of frontal impacts in a football player’s posit…
Environmental Engineering
As a result of rising temperatures and sea levels, our available land space, freshwater, and food supplies are shrinking, just when they are most needed to support a growing population. Comm…
Materials Science
Plastic pollution is one of the leading issues facing the environment today. Americans utilize 33.6 million tons of plastic annually, but only recycle about 10% of this. What if there was a…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Although the number of US vaping related deaths is rising, the cause of death remains unidentified. Knowing the long term effects of non-nicotine vape aerosol components, vegetable glycerin…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Lung cancer is the second most prominent type of cancer and accounts for the most cancer-related deaths each year. Small cell lung cancer, a major subtype of lung cancer, has a 5-year surviv…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating illness, and antidepressant treatment often yields inadequate response rates. It is not currently understood why antidepressant response rat…
Translational Medical Science
The role of cannabidiol in a Caenorhabditis elegans epilepsy model was analyzed using adenosine and tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonists to further elucidate the protective effects of can…
Schmahl Science Workshops As a current treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), acetylcholinesterase inhibitors prevent the impairment of neuronal signaling pathways by retaining acetylcholin…
Physics and Astronomy
Green Peas are a unique set of galaxies characterized by low mass, low density, and high star formation rate. These properties are shared with Lyman alpha emitters, one of the first types of…
University of Minnesota Green Peas are a unique set of galaxies characterized by low mass, low density, and high star formation rate. These properties are shared with Lyman alpha emitters, o…
Animal Sciences
Honeybees rely heavily on their circadian clock to achieve the orientation based on the solar compass and the "time memory", which allows them to locate food resources and return to the hive…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Angiogenesis is responsible for the development of new blood vessels from previously existing vasculature. Anomalies of the growth and differentiation of these vessels result in vascular mal…
Physics and Astronomy
When analyzing the search pipeline for pulsars, many sub-optimal and inefficient procedures are implemented due to the need for manual data analysis and the presence of physical interference…
Plant Sciences
Conservational tillage practices can reduce negative impacts on soil and water while increasing yield through less surface disturbance and more crop residues. There has been a high demand fo…
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of preventable blindness in the world. Due to the necessity of expensive ophthalmoscopic equipment and a trained professional, the screening pr…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Individuals with hearing loss have difficulty communicating effectively through sign language when the majority of the world’s population communicates verbally. Still, over 70 million people…
Engineering Mechanics
Each year, 100 million people visit one of Australia’s 12,000 beaches. These beaches are patrolled by 314 affiliated surf lifesaving clubs and their principal rescue device is their inflatab…
Stevens Institute of Technology Considering the popularity of lead zirconate t itanate (PZT) for its desirable piezoelectric properties, this study was focused on the fabrication of PZT thin…
Chemistry
Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a pivotal process for green-energy technologies involved in overall water splitting. One of the biggest challenges for HER is to have low-cost, abundant,…
Physics and Astronomy
MoS2 monolayers (a single layer of molybdenum disulfide) are one of the most promising materials for future generations. These monolayers have remarkable semiconducting and optical propertie…
Plant Sciences
Exploration of Mars involves compelling reasons: to understand climatic changes, to understand ancient environments conducive to life's origin, and to find a new home for the rise of populat…
One in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Early diagnosis of breast cancer is key to effective treatment and an increased survival rate. M…
Physics and Astronomy
In a collapsed building, a system to find cell phone signals elicited from a cell site simulator could be used to detect and help locate the cell phones of trapped people if the signal canno…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Non-invasive devices involved in the detection of drowsiness generally include infrared camera and Electroencephalography (EEG), which sometimes are constrained in actual real-life scenario…
Patients often need to use their arms to assist with functional activities, but after open heart surgery pushing with the arms is limited to < 10 lb to help minimize force across the healing…
Translational Medical Science
Vaping is a process of inhaling and exhaling an aerosol using some type of vaping device. Vaping has become very popular among people, especially teens. Propylene glycol (PG) and vegetable g…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Executive functions (EF) belong to cognitive processes that focus on cognitive control of behaviors. EF skills are inhibition, shift, emotional control, initiation, working memory, planning,…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The treatment of chronic wounds has long been a challenge to wound care professionals and presents a substantial economic burden to healthcare systems globally. Over $50 billion is spent on…