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Development of an Industrially Viable Oxytetracycline Nano-Formulation and OXYCHECK Detection System to Combat Citrus Greening: Year 3

Plant Sciences Second Award

Citrus greening, or Huanglongbing (HLB), is the most devastating citrus disease, affecting all major producers. Florida was the nation’s largest citrus industry before HLB caused a 75% decli…

Development of an Innovative Anti-dust Acrylic/SiO2 Coating for Improved Solar Cell Efficiency

Materials Science

Solar panels are considered an efficient and sustainable energy solution; however their performance and longevity are increasingly compromised by dust accumulation. Previous studies have ind…

Development of a Novel, Low-Cost, and Rapid Plasmonic Lateral Flow Assay for Point-of-Care Diagnoses of N. gonorrhoeae Infections

Translational Medical Science

The CDC and WHO report around 650,000 Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng) infections in the U.S and more than 80 million worldwide. Current diagnostic methods for Ng, mainly nucleic acid amplificatio…

Development of a Novel Multi-Functional Non-Synthetic UV Filter to Prevent Erythema, Support Tissue Repair, and Minimize Environmental Toxicity

Translational Medical Science

Radiation exposure globally results in 2-3 million skin cancers annually. This project proposed an alternative non-synthetic, environmentally safe, multifunctional UV filter. Preliminary res…

Development of a Novel Multi-Omics Enhanced Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (ME-QSAR) Model for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Inhibitor Discovery

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Traditional drug discovery exceeds 10 years and $2 billion per drug. Conventional Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) models only identify single-target inhibitors and lack b…

Development of a Novel Solution for Mitigation of Debilitating Decubitus (Pressure) Ulcers, Year Two

Embedded Systems First Award

Decubitus ulcers or pressure injuries affect more than 2.5 million individuals in the US alone, causing a greater mortality rate than any single cancer, except lung cancer. Ulcers increase h…

Development of a Real-Time Solar UAV With a Smart System for Measuring of Air Pollution Levels in Industrial Areas, Oman

Environmental Engineering

Industrial areas have emerged as a pressing global concern due to their substantial impact on air quality and public health. In Oman, the rapid economic growth has resulted in the developmen…

Development of a Snow Matrix for Indirect Wildlife Assessment

Physics and Astronomy

The purpose of this project was to use information from animal tracks and knowledge of snow types to conduct indirect wildlife assessments in the field. I had hypothesized that changing snow…

Development of Assistive Technologies for the Visually Impaired Using AI

Embedded Systems Third Award

According to the World Health Organization, about 43 million people are blind worldwide, emphasizing the importance of assistive technologies to combat their everyday challenges. Our project…

Development of Edible Active Coating From Agro-Waste for Produce Preservation

Environmental Engineering

After harvest, fruits and vegetables continue to undergo biological activities, including ripening, respiration, and fermentation, which shorten shelf-life. Furthermore, agro-waste in landfi…

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 Persistent DNA Vectors for Safe and Lasting Non-Viral Gene Therapies

Scaffold/MatrixAttachment Regions (S/MARs) are specific regions of DNA that help to stabilize chromatin structure and regulate gene expression by facilitating interactions between DNA and th…

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 Second Award

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…

Differential Expression Analysis for Endometriosis Diagnosis and Pathology

Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)

1 in 10 women are estimated to have endometriosis, an extremely painful disorder characterized by the external growth of endometrial tissue. It is linked to the increased risk of ovarian can…

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 Second Award

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…