Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Small-scale establishments of passion fruit processing have a high demand for automatic machines. However, current passion fruit juice separators on the market do not match the requirements…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
As the use of solar energy expands, there is a rising demand for Photovoltaic modeling programs which can track, monitor, and predict the energy output of solar arrays. However, the high cos…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
First Award
Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, with 15 million people suffering from its debilitating effects each year. 87% of strokes are ischemic, where an artery narrows or becom…
Biomedical Engineering
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects over 16 million people, and is a leading cause of mortality in the United States. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and oxygen therapy are co…
Physics and Astronomy
For the purpose of detecting cosmic ray flux and analyzing its behavior in relationship with latitude, altitude, solar cycle and meteorological conditions I built my own detector. It consist…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
Current concrete structure inspection methods can cost on average $7500US per day. Cracks in concrete caused by forces can lead to long-term instability and serious structural problems. Nowa…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Fourth Award
The practice of redlining, which gave rise to the racial segregation of American cities, has significantly contributed to the structural, institutional, and systemic racism apparent in today…
Systems Software
Fourth Award
The purpose of my project is to provide a cost-effective, portable, and accurate solution to diagnosing glaucoma. Glaucoma is a major health issue in less developed countries (LDCs), where t…
AJAS · 2022
Engineering
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a debilitating neurological disease that primarily affects older patients. PD is characterized by dementia, tremors, and gait issues. PD is the fastest growing ne…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
Lung cancer is the second most diagnosed form of cancer in both women and men and is the leading cause of cancer death as it accounts for 1 in 4 cancer deaths. Radiologists have to examine a…
Translational Medical Science
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is one of the most common types of cancer in children. This study investigates a natural product that can be used as a possible agent for the treatment of…
Biochemistry
Amylase and protease are digestive enzymes, or molecules, that speed up chemical reactions. Without enzymes, reactions essential to life would take years to occur. This project's objective i…
Microbiology
Fourth Award
Bats, like bees, are a keystone species benefiting the environment and saving farmers billions of dollars in chemicals. However, since 2006, millions of bats in North America have died of a…
Translational Medical Science
More than 70 countries approve the consumption of artificial sweeteners (Ogungbemi et al., 2019). People, including pregnant women, regularly consume artificial sweeteners to substitute suga…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Alzheimers, a degenerative brain disorder, affected 6.1 million Americans in 2021. This debilitating disease is affecting more individuals each year. It disrupts an individual's cognitive ab…
Mathematics
Graph theory is the study of relationships between objects. Whether those objects are city blocks or web pages, graph theory can provide significant insight into optimization. A specific are…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Infectious diseases have affected people for years. As the population and demand for resources grow, hospitals or clinics may reach their maximum capacity and must arbitrarily decide who des…
Microbiology
Our project title is Determining which Acne Medications Prevent the Growth of Staphyloccocus Epidermis Most Successfully. It was created by Solunne Fedovskiy, Lily Reilly, and Avi Crosby. We…
Autism Spectrum Disorder is the fastest growing neurodevelopmental disorder with four times the prevalence in males than females. Yet, there has been little focus on the differences in the m…
Human beings undergo stress, which is a necessary evil in everyday life. The physical stressors are temporary and can be controlled. Emotional stressors like family and work pressures are di…
AJAS · 2022
Engineering
The development and testing of mechanical, electrical, and software systems to predict and control the altitude (apogee) of an F-class model rocket. Guidance systems are becoming ubiquitous…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies of the digestive system. It has the third highest incidence of cancer in the world. Thus, it is important to process detection and tr…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Wildfires have caused significant economic losses and human health damages in California. To minimize the losses and damages, it is imperative to understand the key drivers of wildfires and…
Plant Sciences
Second Award
Martian agriculture may be the most cost-effective means to develop a sustainable human life support system on Mars by employing in-situ resource utilization to convert atmospheric CO2 into…
Microbiology
Second Award
Early blight, a fungal disease, leads to annual crop losses of up to 70-78% in tomato, potato, and bell pepper crops. Current treatment requires repeated application of chemical fungicides,…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the sixth leading cause of death in the world, and has no method for prevention or effective treatment. A promising method of predicting it is through analyzing t…
Tip-of-the-Tongue (To T) syndrome has been studied in metacognitive and clinical research for the purpose of understanding its implications on conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, aphasia…
Environmental Engineering
Since their invention decades ago, single-use plastics have shaped the way people live. However, in recent years, light has been shed on the dangers they pose to marine ecosystems due to rel…
Since their invention decades ago, single-use plastics have shaped the way people live. However, in recent years, light has been shed on the dangers they pose to marine ecosystems due to rel…
Environmental Engineering
Second Award
Beach pollution is an ever-growing global challenge that negatively impacts coastal ecosystems. Current solutions either involve having humans pick up pollutants (inefficient) or using beach…