Animal Sciences
Dairy cattle are continuously being bred and birthed in order to produce milk. It is generally accepted that moon phases affect many things such as ocean tides and human behavior. Cattle are…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Shock absorbers are important to all transportation in the modern day. As technology advances, shock technology is advancing as well. Shocks are specially designed for the application they w…
Physics & Astronomy
Second Award
Microwave ovens deliver heat to food via electromagnetic radiation. The radiation is absorbed by polar molecules like water. Different factors absorb how the energy is absorbed. In this proj…
Alternative Energy
Third Award
The purpose of this experiment is to create an active solar panel system that captures more energy than an earlier passive design. This helps society by reducing the need for fossil fuels an…
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine which soil parameters (pH, density, water content, and soil content) affect the location of Aphonopelma hentzi burrows in the Comanche National G…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Third Award
I aimed to find out the relationship between the cart traveled distance (Dx), the cart weight (Wx), and rubberband extension (ΔL) for a rubberband-driven cart. I hypothesize that the distanc…
Cognitive Science
First Award
Sleep is critical for memory, especially your declarative memory, which is used for storing facts and information. During sleep, your brain consolidates the information you learned throughou…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Many super high-rise buildings emerge in modern cities with urban development, facilitating work, accommodations, etc. However, their safety risks and accidents due to the wind are urgent pr…
Physics and Astronomy
With the Beijing Winter Olympics, curling has become one of the big hits. Through research, professional curlers will brush ice at 40 ° - 60 °, because the curling brush is a universal head,…
Biochemistry
In order to discover the relationship between beneficial gut bacteria and the ingestion of different macromolecules, Lactobacillus fermentum was exposed to the macromolecules gliadin (the de…
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology
Second Award
Background: Rising healthcare costs and negative impacts on quality of life are challenges faced by the elderly suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, involving neuroinflammation such as…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
The rapid intensification (RI) of tropical cyclones (TCs) is one of the greatest challenges for forecasters. Improving the skill for RI forecasts has been a top priority of the National Hurr…
Current Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can learn arbitrarily complex patterns but struggle to generalize and adapt to new situations, making them unsuitable for real-world deployment.…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Current artificial intelligence (AI) systems can learn arbitrarily complex patterns but struggle to generalize and adapt to new situations, making them unsuitable for real-world deployment.…
Biomedical Engineering
Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the United States and the fifth leading cause of death worldwide. An ischemic stroke occurs when a blockage cuts off the blood supply in the brai…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Hydrogen as a fuel is a clean source of energy to support zero-carbon energy strategies. However, most of the current major methods of producing hydrogen are fossil fuel reliant thus affecti…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Annually, skin cancers make up a high proportion of preventable deaths. By applying sunscreen, the risks of developing skin cancers decrease considerably. However, sunscreens significantly c…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Third Award
According to the World Health Organization, road traffic crashes cause up to 50 million preventable injuries worldwide each year. Connected autonomous vehicles have been proposed as a soluti…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
Obesity is a severe health problem predicted to affect one in two U.S. adults by 2030. Leptin, an adipocyte-derived satiety-inducing peptide hormone, plays a critical role in mediating food…
Obesity is a severe health problem predicted to affect one in two U.S. adults by 2030. Leptin, an adipocyte- derived satiety-inducing peptide hormone, plays a critical role in mediating food…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, resulting in over 800,000 deaths each year. About 90% of all primary liver cancers are characterized as hepatocellular car…
of Utah Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. In 2020, there were about 830,000 deaths due to liver cancer and over 900,000 new diagnoses. About 90% of all prim…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease, with over 527 million patients worldwide reported in 2019. The diagnosis of OA is mainly based on clinical findings and imaging studies.…
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that leads to brain atrophy and neuronal apoptosis and is the leading cause of dementia worldwide. Minimal insight has be…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
A systematic review of the research literature addressing risk factors for ALS was completed for the years 2011 to 2022. The strongest research articles were then reviewed for the highest po…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
Autism Spectrum Disorder is one of the leading neurodevelopmental disorders in our world, present in over 1% of the population and rapidly increasing in prevalence, yet the condition lacks a…
Plant Sciences
Drought is one of the prime environmental constraints for plant growth and productivity in the world. While plant stress is usually controlled by multiple factors, conventional investigation…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Lithium, the first-line treatment for bipolar disorder (BD), reportedly causes chronic kidney disease (CKD) in at least 20% of patients. To manage BD, physicians prescribe lithium carbonate…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
One in twenty-six people worldwide develops epilepsy during their lifetime, including myself. Around 30% of epilepsy patients are nonresponsive to medication. It is important to identify the…
Microbiology
Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Clas), the causative agent of Citrus Greening disease, has ravaged Florida's citrus industry. Because Clas is unculturable, Sinorhizobium meliloti, a close…