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Enabling Ankle-Brachial Index Prediction from Doppler’s Using Deep Learning for Peripheral Arterial Disease Diagnosis

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is caused by the blockage or narrowing of arteries supplying the lower extremities regions which affects approximately 10% of the U.Spopulation and is one o…

Enabling Verbal Communication Through a Novel Usage of Brain-Computer Interfaces for the Differently Abled

Biomedical Engineering Third Award

Introducing an innovative solution to a long-standing problem: Aphasia. This debilitating condition, commonly suffered by stroke victims, severely impairs verbal communication abilities by d…

Ending States of a Special Variant of the Chip-Firing Algorithm

Mathematics Fourth Award

We investigate a special variant of chip-firing, in which we consider an infinite set of rooms on a number line, some of which are occupied by violinists. In a move, we take two violinists i…

Energy Consumption Prediction Using Machine Learning With State-Based Appliance Features Identified by Design of Experiments

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

Unreliable electricity and power outages significantly impact the lives of an estimated 3.5 billion people, primarily in developing nations. The Demand Response (DR) concept optimizes electr…

Energy-Free Power Saving Device for Air Conditioners

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design First Award

The global electricity consumption due to cool air conditioning is huge, accounting for about 10% of the total global electricity demand. The self-powered energy saving device for air condit…

Engineered Opto-Active Polymeric Systems for Protease Detection

The detection of proteolytic activity in vitro is a promising field in understanding and identifying biological processes that occur within living cells. There is little research and experim…

Engineered Phototropism: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Residential-Use Solar Tracking Using Soft-Bodied Thermal Expansion

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award

Centralized power grids in developed areas are currently the main benefactor of renewable energy advancements and are predicted to be completely renewable by 2032. However, with methods of e…

Engineered Underwater Vehicle for Ocean Litter Mapping

Environmental Engineering Third Award

This project explores the possibilities of pairing an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with a deep-learning computer vision model for marine debris mapping. A cost effective, 3D-printed A…

Engineering a Completely Biodegradable Water Treatment System To Reverse Eutrophication in Leachate Canals That Lead Into the Indian River

Environmental Engineering Fourth Award

What is the most cost-efficient design of a completely biodegradable water treatment system that uses aquatic plants to reduce the amount of eutrophication in leachate canals feeding the Ind…

Engineering a Component-Based Programming Language

Systems Software

This project created a programming language with innovative features designed to mitigate the problems with dynamically typed object-oriented languages. Research languages, such as this one,…

Engineering a Cost-Effective and Biodegradable Cellulosic Battery Composition

Chemistry

Recent years have seen the increased usage of lithium batteries as a compact and efficient power source for many consumer applications. From electronics to electric vehicles, these batteries…

Engineering a Novel Polymeric Coating Incorporating Osteogenically-Active Antimicrobial Proteins to Combat Bone Implant Infection Related to Biofilm Formation

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Bone implants have a risk factor of 57.1% for infection, mostly caused by Staphylococcus aureus. These can transform into a deadly bone infection called osteomyelitis. Hospitals spend $17,00…

Engineering Hybrid System to Generate Renewable Energy From Solar and Raindrop Energy Using Newly Designed Compatible Piezoelectric Devices

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award

By 2030, the world must ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable energy. However, the power generated from two potential renewable energy resources -solar cells and raindrop piezoe…

Engineering of a Novel Low-Cost Hybrid Perovskite Material for Modulating LED Devices

Materials Science

The light-emitting diode (LED) has shown an increase in its applications compared to traditional forms of lighting due to its energy efficiency and positive environmental impact. Commercial…

Enhanced Electrocatalytic Selective CO2 to Syngas Production: Road to the Carbon-Neutral Future

Environmental Engineering

The significant increase in carbon emissions since the Industrial Revolution has disrupted the natural carbon cycle, and establishing a new carbon cycle pathway is crucial to address this pr…

Enhancing Beta Carotene Production in Yeast Cells

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Beta Carotene is an important organic compound with a bright orange color naturally produced in plants. It is hailed for its health benefits and antioxidant properties. In a previous study,…

Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Antibiotic Ampicillin Against Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Which variable will have the highest impact on increasing the effectiveness of antibiotics? Our goal was to find ways to increase antibiotic effectiveness. The real root of the issue is bact…

ENStaDTI: An Ensemble Graph-Learning and Multilayer Stacking-Based Deep Learning Pipeline to Predict Novel Drug-Target Interactions for Large-Scale Drug Repurposing and Drug Discovery

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

The inefficient treatment of thousands of diseases contributes to the need for a quick and cost-efficient alternative to current drug discovery methods. Drug development is extremely time-co…

Equine Engineering: Guaranteeing Pressure-Free Performance

Animal Sciences

The purpose of this experiment is to see what type of saddle pad will keep the least amount of pressure on the horse’s back. A saddle pad should distribute uniform pressure from the saddle a…

Establishing a Correlation Between Variation of Thermodynamics and Corresponding Aerodynamics in Descent of Maple Samara Seed

Physics and Astronomy

There is a rising popularity and interest in domestic aerial delivery as well as the idea of space capsules that rely on propellors. Therefore, the autorotation of maple samara seeds can be…

Estimation of Carbon Sequestration in Urban Parks in the Rufina Alfaro Township, Panama City

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Carbon dioxide (CO2) has gained importance in the last decade; large quantities of this toxic gas are stored in the atmosphere, altering the daily life of people and contributing to global w…

Euler's Number and Its Properties

Mathematics

The project differs not only from the scientific side, but also from the social broadcasting point of view. The number e is widely used in mathematics. I have researched all possible context…

Evaluating Chemically Enhanced Natural Materials for Oil Spill Cleanup

Environmental Engineering Fourth Award

In the recent decades, oil spill pollution has become a prevalent issue due to its adverse environmental effects. Current cleanup procedures while effective, aren’t environmentally sustainab…

Evaluating Sewer Pipe Longevity Through Deep-Learning Methods and Physical Stressor Simulations: A Novel Way To Prevent Sanitary Sewer Overflow

Earth & Environmental Sciences Second Award

The objective of this study is to predict the longevity of the sewer pipes and determine the optimal type of pipe in the case of replacement. The scope of the conditions was within the LA re…

Evaluating the Antimicrobial Properties of Materials in Kenya

Microbiology

Kenya’s third leading cause of death is diarrheal diseases that are contracted through contact with E.coli contaminated surfaces. The purpose of the experiment was to find a material that is…

Evaluating the Decolorization Efficiency of an Invasive Species, Lonicera japonica, in Removing Acid Blue 113 Dye

Environmental Engineering

Today, dye effluents produced by textile industries contribute to approximately 20% of the world’s water pollution. Due to the costly and complicated dye removal process involved in conventi…

Evaluating the Detrimental Effects of Mask Leachates on the Growth of Anabaena Cyanobacterium Through Spectrometry and Chlorophyll Analysis

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Cyanobacteria are one of the most primitive organisms to exist on Earth, catalyzing the shift in Earth’s atmosphere from carbon dioxide rich to oxygen rich. Cyanobacteria are able to perform…

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell Energy Derived From Traditional House Plants

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Electricity access in homes is crucial to a modern-day standard of living, but harnessing energy efficiently from sustainable sources remains challenging. Due to the complexity and price of…

Evaluating the Impact of UVB Light Exposure on the Growth of Red Malabar Spinach

Plant Sciences

The world is facing a crisis as the ozone layer thins and allows more UV rays to pass through. Specifically, as of 2019, all UVC (? = 100-280 nm) is absorbed by Earth’s atmosphere, and the U…

Evaluating the Performance of Natural and Commercial Moisturizers for Dry Skin: A Study Using Agar Agar Skin Model

Biomedical and Health Sciences

The importance of dry skin and moisturization is evident in its impact on skin health and quality of life, particularly in dry and low humid environments like Colorado. Moisturization is ess…