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FusionPro: A Recurrent -Neural-Network-based Program to Accelerate Construction of Fusion Proteins towards Drug Discovery

School of Medicine Fusion proteins play a critical role in drug discovery by modeling protein complexes, facilitating protein purification, and allowing researchers to monitor expression. Pr…

GaitGuardian: Real-Time Freezing of Gait Prediction and Progression Analysis for Parkinson's Disease

Robotics and Intelligent Machines Fourth Award

Over 10 million people worldwide are diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disorder significantly impacting daily life. Freezing of Gait (FoG), affecting around 80% of…

GaitNet: A Medically Interpretable Video-Based System for Assessing Parkinsonian Gait Impairment Severity Using 2-Stream Spatiotemporal Neural Network

Behavioral and Social Sciences First Award

Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects millions of people worldwide and causes gait impairments like tremors. Accurate motor impairment assessment is critical for efficient PD management. The MDS-…

Game On, Stress Off: Unveiling the Relaxation Potential of Video Games

Technology Enhances the Arts

Cozy video games are a known method of stress relief. Cozy games primarily focus on the player assisting others through acts of nurturing and generosity. The core of cozy games are the playe…

Gauss Circle Problem Solving and Extending in 3D Shape Using Pick's Theorem

Mathematics

This study introduces a new solution approach to the Gauss Circle Problem by utilizing Pick's Theorem. Our approach involves examining lattice points within and on the circumference of the c…

Gaze Link: A Multi-language Low-Cost Mobile Eye-Gesture Communication System With Large Language Models for People With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Systems Software Second Award

People with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (PALS), who have severe motor and speech impairments, mostly rely on their eyes and assistive technology to communicate. However, existing high-tech…

GB-NeuroAnalysis AI: Early Diagnosis of Glioblastoma Multiforme in MRI Images Through a Novel End-to-End Deep Learning Pipeline

Biomedical Engineering

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly invasive malignant brain tumor with a low patient survival rate. Tumor cells multiply quickly into healthy brain tissue, making it difficult to remo…

GC/MS Validation and the Kinetics of Dye Degradation by Titania Nanoparticles

Chemistry

Water scarcity continues to threaten populations worldwide, especially in less developed countries where industries tend to establish factories. As a result, many developing areas lack clean…

Gear-Based Topological Mechanical Metamaterials

Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award

The ability to engineer metamaterials with properties and functionalities not found in nature is a revolutionary concept with exciting technological applications. Mechanical metamaterials us…

Generative Deep Learning-Based Data Augmentation Techniques via Adversarial and Diffusive Models for Enhanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma Histopathological Scan Diagnosis

Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award

Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer. Moreover, accurate, early diagnosis for pre-metastatic SCC is imperative; post-metastasis patient survi…

Generative Electrical Impedance Tomography from Multichannel Stethoscope Sounds

Biomedical Engineering

Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) reveals lung function and helps diagnose many diseases. However, commercial EIT systems are expensive and bulky. Two-thirds of the world’s population, e…

Genetically Modifying Wild Type K12 E. coli for the MtrC Gene for Production of Cytochrome C and Microbial Fuel Cell Application

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

With environmental disasters affecting poorer, disadvantaged communities in disproportionate amounts, solutions that are accessible (i.e. low-cost and abundant resources) are important for t…

Genetic Analysis of CD16+ Monocyte, CD16- Monocyte and CD4+ T Lymphocyte Cells to Identify Novel Gene Expression Signatures and Develop a Diagnostic Tool for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an incurable chronic autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks its tissues, causing widespread inflammation and organ damage. Due to the lac…

Genetic Diversity and Tracing the Origin of Wasabi (Eutrema japonicum) on Ulleung Island, Korea

Plant Sciences Third Award

Wasabi (Japanese horseradish: Eutrema japonicum, synonym Wasabia japonica) is an endemic species in Japan that has been cultivated as a traditional Japanese condiment. However, Ulleung wasab…

Genetic Variations Associated With Dyslexia and ADHD: A Comparative GWAS Study

Mathematics

This project looked at two prevalent neurodevelopment disorders that often exhibit overlapping symptoms, ADHD and Dyslexia. The purpose of this project was to find out if these two disorders…

GenLSDD: A Deep Generative Approach to Ligand and Structure-Based Drug Design

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award

Deep learning, particularly generative models, have shown promise to expedite the drug discovery process by generating novel molecules with desirable properties/bioactivity. Current research…

Geometric Self-Supervised Learning: A Novel AI Framework Towards Quantitative and Explainable Diabetic Retinopathy Detection

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults. Early detection is crucial to reducing DR-related vision loss risk but is filled with challenges. Manual…

Geometric Self-Supervised Learning: A Novel AI Framework Towards Quantitative and Explainable Diabetic Retinopathy Detection

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness among working -age adults. Early detection is crucial to reducing DR -related vision loss risk but is filled with challenges. Manu…

Germination Characteristics and Metal Tolerance of Atriplex lentiformis and Atriplex canescens Seeds Under Zinc Stress

Plant Sciences

There are 500,000 abandoned mine sites in the United States. Mine tailings cause land to remain un-vegetated for decades, characterized by low pH, high salinity, low organic matter, and effl…

Ginger Root Bioactive Compounds Specifically Inhibits Growth of Colon Cancer Cells in Culture

Colon cancer is affluent and greatly impacts the lives of many. Ginger is a common food, yet its health benefits as a whole food and 6-gingerol, as one of its bioactive compounds in preventi…

Ginsenoside CK and RK1’s Effect on High Intensity Social Behaviors of Aggression in a Tauopathy Model of Alzheimer’s Disease in Drosophila melanogaster

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, which causes memory loss and cognitive decline, and often leads to behavioral changes, increasing levels of agitation, a…

Giving Robot Hands a Feeling

Embedded Systems

Grasping is a critical function for human-like robots to automate human labor. Currently, robotic grasping is limited by robotic hands' inability to precisely set grasping conditions before…

GIVS: A Novel, Generative Artificial Intelligence Vision System for the Visually Impaired

Embedded Systems Fourth Award

Vision is one of the most crucial senses. However, visual impairment - the inability to properly correct eyesight - has grown to affect more than 253 million people worldwide, with lifelong…

GlaucoScreen: A Novel Deep Learning-Based System for Glaucoma Detection and Progression Monitoring

Biomedical Engineering

Glaucoma, an eye disease that causes damage to the optic nerve, is the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide. Swift diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma is crucial to prevent any glauco…

Global Carbon Sinks: Remote Sensing for Peatland Restoration

Environmental Engineering First Award

Peatland ecosystems are the largest natural terrestrial carbon store on earth. Healthy peatlands act as carbon sinks, trapping atmospheric CO2 as soil organic matter. However, anthropogenic…

Global Microplastic Pollution - The Emerging Health Crisis: The Ecotoxicological Effects of Microplastics on Aquatic Organisms and Translating to Humans via A.I. Machine Learning & a Novel Low-Cost Water Filtration System

Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award

The escalating scale of “Global Plastic Pollution” is leading to the omnipresence of Microplastics (MPs), negatively impacting the environment, world's water quality, aquatic organisms, and…

Global Pesticide Use and Parkinson's Disease Incidence: Using Data Science to Optimize Pesticide Regulations and Linking Glyphosate Exposure to Neural Inflammation

Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award

In this study, I use data science principles to analyze pesticide use and Parkinson's Disease (PD) incidence, internationally. Countries were clustered using DBSCANs, the k-means method, and…

Global Soil Respiration Insights Through Machine Learning: Projections and Future Climate Change Implications

Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award

Global soil carbon stock contains more than twice the amount of carbon found in Earth’s atmosphere. Soil respiration (Rs) is the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) from soil microorganisms and…

G.L.O.W.: A Novel Hybrid Neural Network Approach for Glioblastoma Localization Using Carcinogenic Oxidative Stress Biomarkers

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Oxidative stress is a precursor to numerous cancers, including the Grade IV glioblastoma, affecting >300,000 people annually. However, the identification of oxidative stress markers remains…

Glowing, Glowing, Gone!

Physics and Astronomy

Luminol is a chemical used in forensic science that produces chemiluminescence in the presence of hemoglobin, allowing it to be used to detect blood. Previous studies on luminol have noted p…