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Development of Fuel Cells for Medium- and High- Temperature Operation

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Polymer electrolyte fuel cells convert fuel into electricity using a polymer membrane as an electrolyte, rendering them suitable for clean energy generation, particularly in home settings. H…

Development of Gelatin-Based Biodegradable Thin Films for Controlled Sustained Release of MonteLipid Mediator Analogues

Biomedical Engineering

Vascular injury initiates a cascade of inflammatory responses that disrupt tissue repair and elevate the risk of restenosis and thrombosis. Resolvin D1 (RvD1), an endogenous lipid mediator d…

Development of next-generation supercapacitors through high-performance nanocomposite electrodes

Supercapacitors, energy storage devices which combine the high storage capabilities of batteries with the ultrafast charge/discharge abilities of capacitors, play a pivotal role in energy sy…

Development of Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Surface Layer With Double Layered Structure for Corrosion Protection of Aluminum With Self-Healing Property

Materials Science

Aluminum materials are widely used in automobile bodies. However, their corrosion protection is insufficient, necessitating surface treatment techniques to enhance their long-term durability…

Development of Pre-Clinical Models to Study How Biophysical Forces Alter Metastatic Breast Cancer

Biochemistry

Human cells experience various biophysical forces in vivo that significantly influence biological processes and cellular phenotype. One such force, cellular deformation, occurs during trans…

Development of Value-Added Product Cellulose Fibers Obtained From Agro Industrial Waste of Peanut Shells

Earth and Environmental Sciences

This experiment consists of the waste of peanut shells being used to retain water and preserve cellulose fibers. The experiment aims to see if peanut shells can help retain the water in the…

Development of Water Purification System Using Magnetic Photocatalytic Particles

Materials Science

Millions of people die each year due to infectious diseases stemming from sewage contamination and unsanitary conditions. Previous research developed magnetic iron oxide particles capable of…

Devising Metal-Organic Framework Technology for Scalable Direct Air Capture of CO2

Chemistry

Human activity and fossil fuel consumption continue to increase the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) content to extraordinary levels, compounding the greenhouse-gas effect and driving global…

D.I.C.E - Dynamic Interlocking Cube-Drones Engineered With IR Tracking

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

My project explores a novel design of cube-like drones that can build three-dimensional structures by connecting mid-flight. Rather than focusing on just the interlocking mechanism like the…

Diet, Sleep Disruptions, and Neurodegeneration: Investigating Risk Factors for Neurocognitive Disorders Using Caenorhabditis elegans

Biomedical and Health Sciences

As neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s affect over 70 million individuals, it is crucial to investigate modifiable lifestyle factors such as diet and circadian rhythm patterns to…

Die Verwante Woord Project: Learning Complex Grammatical Structures Using HD-tDCS

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Bilinguals acquire and process language differently than their monolingual counterparts. High definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation…

Different Factors That Affect Choices in the Game of Rock-Paper-Scissors

In this study, I will look into two aspects of the game of Rock -Paper-Scissors, including how age and sex affect the first move choice and the conditional responses of previous round result…

Dimensional Psychoscope: A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) - Based AI Screening Tool for Enhanced Diagnostics

Translational Medical Science

The issue of mental health misdiagnosis, affecting more than a third of patients with severe psychiatric disorders (39.16%) according to the National Institute of Health, calls for urgent ac…

Directed Evolution of T4 Bacteriophage

Microbiology

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten a future where even minor infections may become untreatable. This growing concern has renewed interest in an old alternative—phage therapy. Phage thera…

Direct Pulse-Density-Modulated Bitstream Operators for Efficient Beamforming With Large Sensor Arrays

Embedded Systems

From tracking fetal heartbeats in ultrasound to pinpointing voices in noisy crowds, acoustic beamforming plays a vital role in healthcare, consumer technology, and public safety. Beamforming…

Discerning the Relationship Between Copy Number and DsRed Fluorescence Marker

Biochemistry

Camelina sativa is an oilseed crop for biofuel production. Genetic modifications have improved traits like oil content and stress resistance, with the DsRed fluorescence marker used to ident…

Discovering Characteristics of DNA Helicase B: A Promising Target for Cancer Therapy

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Helicases are enzymes that unwind double-stranded DNA during replication and repair. Human DNA helicase B (HELB) is critical for proper genome maintenance and recovery from replication stres…

Discovering Primordial Cosmic Protostructures With a Novel Multi-Scale Infrared Background Inverse Tomographer (IBIT)

Physics and Astronomy

Recent observations have revealed unexpected galaxy populations at cosmic noon and “ultra-large-scale structures” in the local universe that challenge standard mass assembly models. To inves…

Discovery and Development of Novel Metabotropic Glutamine Receptor 2 (mGluR2) Agonists for Treatment of Nicotine Addiction: A Preclinical Study

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Nicotine addiction is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports approximately 23.6 million Americans have a nicotine use disorder.…

Discovery and Structure-Based Optimization of Highly Selective PTP1B Inhibitors: A Multi-Stage in silico Workflow Integrating Machine Learning for Ligand-Based Virtual Screening and Molecular Docking & Dynamics Simulations To Enhance Insulin Sensitivity in Type-2 Diabetes

Translational Medical Science

Diabetes Mellitus is a growing global epidemic, affecting over 500 million people worldwide. The condition is characterized by insulin resistance- failure of body’s cells to respond effectiv…

Discovery of Novel Self-Antigens in IgG4-Related Disease Using Computational Modeling and Human Proteome Screening

Translational Medical Science

Autoimmune diseases affect millions worldwide, yet many are difficult to diagnose due to biological complexity and variability across patients. I developed a computational pipeline to addres…

Discovery of the First Double Exocomet Using an Automated Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Network

Physics and Astronomy

The formation of planetary orbits and star systems remains one of the greatest mysteries in astronomy. Exocomets, with their unique geological and molecular compositions, may hold the key to…

Disease Transmission and Epidemic Thresholds on Generalized Random Hypergraph Models

Mathematics

Due to the grave danger that epidemics hold to our health and way of life, there has always been a dire need for models that predict the onset and severity of an epidemic. This is emphasized…

DISTRACT: Driver Inattention State Transition Recognition using Attention-based Convolutional Transformers

Distracted driving represents an escalating public safety crisis, with its role in motor vehicle collisions and resulting fatalities steadily increasing. Despite advances in distracted drivi…

DISTRACT: Driver Inattention State Transition Recognition Using Attention-Based Convolutional Transformers

Systems Software

Distracted driving represents an escalating public safety crisis, with its role in motor vehicle collisions and resulting fatalities steadily increasing. Despite advances in distracted drivi…

CYSF · 2025

Distracted by the Ding?

To investigate how constant digital notifications (e.g., texts, social media alerts) affect participants' attention span, concentration, and task performance.

Distributional Differences in Iron Equivalent Widths Among Supernova Progenitor Candidate Stars and Stable Spectral Mirrors

Physics and Astronomy

Galactic formation is not fully understood, and supernovae are essential in current models; however, despite significant advances in understanding, there remains limited precision and effici…

DNA Damage and Repair Mechanism in Duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) Under Ultraviolet (UV-B) Radiation Stress

In living organisms, DNA is a critical macromolecule; its stability and integrity are vital for the normal functioning of cellular processes, such as DNA replication repair. Sunlight is a si…

CYSF · 2025

Do boys an girls have the same lung capacity?

Do boys and girls have the same lung capacity?

CYSF · 2025

Does a bigger wheel complete a certain distance faster than a smaller wheel?

I am trying to answer the above question with research and an physical experiment.