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Feel The Ball: Convert Ball Motion to Touch for Vision/Hearing - Impaired Sport Audiences

Systems Software

My research aims to develop an innovative system that makes sporting events more accessible and engaging to sports enthusiasts with vision or hearing impairments. Unlike existing captioning-…

Ferrofluid Extraction of Microplastics

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Overwhelming research shows microplastics are found in the environment, as well as in the majority of American fish, water, and even meats. While its long-term effects on humans and environm…

FFTstack: Integrating Fourier Transform and Residual Learning for Arctic Sea Ice Forecasting

Arctic sea ice plays integral roles in both polar and global environmental systems, notably ecosystems, communities, and economies. As sea ice continues to decline due to climate change, it…

Fibonacci Analogues of Legendre's Formula and Fine's Theorem

Mathematics

Legendre's Formula and Fine's Theorem use number theory to analyze combinatorics functions. Legendre's formula finds the exponent of a prime (p) dividing the factorial of any integer (n); Fi…

Fibroblastic Reticular Cells Modulate Tumor Microenvironment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

In patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), there is an overgrowth of leukemic B -lymphocytes. This proliferation of B -cells requires inputs from the external microenvironment, whi…

Filtering Algae and Macromolecules Using PDMS Frits

Chemistry

Microalgae is one of the best biofuel candidates due to its ease of growth in many water environments, high lipid content, and lack of overlap with food production. The separation of microal…

Finding an Accessible, Environmentally Friendly Solution to Water Purification II: Testing the Effectiveness of Aloidendron barberae and Bambusa dolichomerithalla as Natural Coagulants on Heavy Metal and SOC Concentration Using Spectrophotometry / AAS

Earth and Environmental Sciences

As a result of aggressive agrochemical use, urban sprawl, and industrialization, heavy metal and Synthetic Organic Compounds (SOC) pollution is predicted to increase at unprecedented rates,…

Finding Numerical Solutions to Partial Differential Equations With Deep Learning

Mathematics

Quasi-stationary distributions underlie a great number of fundamental phenomena and are valuable tools in molecular biology and neuroscience, where they are used to model interactions betwee…

Finding Relief in Back Pain Through an Accessible Laptop Stand

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Our project aims to solve the issues that come with poor posture. We will be creating a laptop stand to solve and prevent back pain. Our participants will be students within the age range of…

Finding the Optimal Stickiness of a Table Tennis Paddle to Produce the Most Spin

Materials Science

Background:: With a passion for physics and the dynamics of table tennis spin, we wanted to see if we could create an optimal stickiness that would produce the most spin on the ball. This st…

Finding The Percentage of Photon Passthrough in Materials Used in Solar Sails and Calculating The Acceleration at Different Sail Sizes

Can different materials show greater photon propulsion, and what is the acceleration of the best performing material? If solar sailing was more efficient then it could be the new evolution o…

“Fin”-tastic Fish: Efficacy of Nonsteroidal Aromatase Inhibitors on the Sex Differentiation and Gonadal Development of Female Zebrafish

Animal Sciences

Early fish maturation is an issue for aquaculture farms and fisheries. Early maturation is determined when a particular sex matures earlier, affecting fish growth and filet quality. To addre…

Fire Impactology: Modeling and Estimating the Impact of Wildfire Emissions on Public Health

Earth and Environmental Sciences

There are over 350,0 wildfires on Earth yearly with the impact of big territories and clear tendency to rise as the climate changes take place. Predictive estimates indicate tripling of the…

First Star Expansions: The Beginning of the Universe

Halo expansions from the early years hide the mysteries of how the universe’s evolution allowed it to reach the point it currently is in. This is because its properties can be tracked from t…

FISQ: A Few-Shot, Interpretable, and Self-Supervised Quantum Machine Learning Approach to Automated Real-Time Prediction Over Multiple Domains

Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award

To ascertain complex relationships between inputs and outputs and function at high accuracies, Machine Learning algorithms require vast amounts of high-quality data. In many instances, the q…

FlashGuard: Developing Epileptic Activity and Trigger Content Detection Software Using a Computer-Based Application for Real Time Monitoring and Seizure Reporting

Systems Software Fourth Award

In the virtual realm, individuals with photosensitive epilepsy encounter challenges using electronic devices exposed to visual stimuli. These stimuli, characterized by rapidly flashing eleme…

Flexible Nanomaterial Sensors for Non-Invasive Health Monitoring

Diabetes is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States, while about 1 in 5 patients are unaware that they have been affected. Being a diabetic, it is required to monitor blood gl…

FlexiSpine: An Adaptive Robotic Brace for Personalized Spinal Deformity Treatment

Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award

Spinal deformity is usually a symptom cause by scoliosis. The current method of treating such disease is through a brace that fits around torso and hip to force the spine to display the norm…

Flexlizard: A Fast-Running Bipedal Lizard Robot with Optimized Lateral Bending

Robotics and Intelligent Machines (inferred)

This paper reports on an innovative bipedal lizard-inspired robot that utilizes the lateral bending of its body to achieve high-speed running with a controlled yaw and roll angle. A digital…

FloodCast: Predicting Floods and Their Socioeconomic Impacts Through Deep Learning Neural Networks and Regression

Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award

Floods are widely considered the most expensive natural disaster due to their destructive nature and severe societal repercussions. Thus, our research seeks to predict flood occurrences and…

Flood Mitigation of Tarlac City Through 3D Simulation of Groundwater Discharge to Flood Inundation Using Rainfall Prediction and Integration of Spatio-Temporal GIS in Hydrodynamic Models

Earth and Environmental Sciences

The Philippines, ranking as the third most vulnerable nation to natural disasters on a global scale, faces escalating danger posed by typhoons and floods, resulting in significant human casu…

Fluid Shear Stress enhances the metastatic potential of human colon cancer cells: A critical role of Nitric Oxide

Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer -related deaths worldwide. Despite therapeutic advances to treat the primary tumor, metastasis cau…

FoGDTECT: A Novel Non-Invasive Freezing of Gait (FoG) Monitoring Solution Integrating Machine Learning and Mobile App Accelerometer Data

Biomedical Engineering

This revolutionary solution uses multivariate machine-learning time-series models to detect freezing of gait (FoG) instances in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) based on acceleromet…

Folate Complex and pH-Responsive SPIONs/MCF as a Novel Delivery System to Improve Tamoxifen's Selectivity and Toxicity Impact

Translational Medical Science

Breast cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer in women. 31.4% new breast cancer cases in Saudi females were diagnosed in 2020, and more than 2.26 million new case globally. Tamoxifen (T…

Food for Thought: Can Intermittent Fasting Ameliorate Dementia in D. Melanogaster?

Background: Dementia is highly prevalent neuropsychiatric condition characterized by impairments in memory, reasoning, mood, and behavior. Yet it has no effective treatment that targets the…

Food Waste-Based Biocoagulants: A Novel Approach to Sustainably Remove Polystyrene Microplastics for Future Alternatives in Water Treatment

Environmental Engineering

The average American drinks over 39,000 microplastics (MPs) annually. Studies on human cells suggest MPs are potential neurotoxins and carcinogens, further emphasizing the need for better te…

Foot-Assisted Torque Amplifier

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

My aging and fiercely independent grandfather lives on a farm. Age has reduced his strength, resulting in the removal of wheel studs from machinery to become an increasingly frustrating chal…

Forecasting Domoic Acid Levels From Harmful Algal Blooms Along the Pacific Northwest Coast

Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award

Here is the edited version: In spring 2015, the U.S. Pacific Coast experienced an unprecedented surge in domoic acid concentrations, exceeding federal safety limits by over 700% in some part…

Forecasting Post-Wildfire Vegetation Recovery in California using a Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Tensor Regression Network

The increasing wildfire frequency and size have posed growing challenges for re -establishing plants after wildfires, making the study of post -wildfire plant regrowth essential for creating…

Forecasting Post-Wildfire Vegetation Recovery in California Using a Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Tensor Regression Network

Earth and Environmental Sciences

The increasing wildfire frequency and size have posed growing challenges for re-establishing plants after wildfires, making the study of post-wildfire plant regrowth essential for creating e…