Environmental Engineering
With no biodegradable alternative to plastic cutlery on the market today, we were determined to find a valid, eco-friendly solution with rapid, non-toxic biodegradation in multiple environme…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the US, but it is curable and preventable if diagnosed early. Following the recent emphasis on the human microbiome's imp…
Systems Software
The prospect of learning through textbooks, worksheets, tests, and flashcards, often dissuades those striving for knowledge and provides no incentive other than receiving a desirable grade.…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose: Breast cancer has become one of the most common diseases among women worldwide. Using TS/A cells (established metastasizing adenocacinoma cell line from mouse), I studied the effect…
Biomedical Engineering
Heard of using lemons, potatoes, or saltwater to create a simple battery? Stomach acid (dilute hydrochloric acid) can be used in the same way and is significantly more powerful. I use an arr…
Mathematics
Given a circle of radius r centered at the origin, the Gauss Circle Problem concerns counting the number of lattice points C(r) within this circle. It is known that as r grows large, the num…
Microbiology
Third Award
Tuberculosis, an infectious respiratory disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is estimated to have infected more than a quarter of the world’s population. It was the second leading c…
Materials Science
Purpose: It is crucial to explore eco-friendly, starch-based bioplastics because artificial plastics have greatly polluted the planet. The purpose of this experiment was to discover which ty…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Fourth Award
The drastic increase in fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by conventional vehicles calls for a greener and environmentally friendly alternative, most notably electric vehi…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This experiment aims to see the connection between genes downregulated by the Forkhead Box O1 protein (FOXO1) in skeletal myocytes and breast cancer. FOXO1 is observed to be significantly up…
Animal Sciences
A precipitous decline in brown trout populations in southwestern Montana rivers is threatening Montana’s sportfishing industry, valued at more than $375 million annually. Although the cause…
Microbiology
To successfully infect host cells, viruses must precisely control the expression of their genes. In temperate bacteriophage, the repressor plays a central role in determining whether the vir…
Systems Software
There is a lot of valuable information stored in massive data sets that can provide useful information to the user; however, it can be difficult to use this information on a large scale for…
Embedded Systems
Radio-Frequency emitters can be actively geolocated within wireless network, when base station and emitter cooperate. When network is destroyed by catastrophic events, rescue and recovery mu…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
3D human motion reconstruction from a monocular video is one of the most attractive yet challenging research fields. It has the potential to enable 3D broadcasting, advance virtual and augme…
3D human motion reconstruction from a monocular video is one of the most attractive yet challenging research fields. It has the potential to enable 3D broadcasting, advance virtual and augme…
Microbiology
This experiment used a glow powder to show the way germs spread through direct contact with the help of a black light. This product was placed on the teachers hands and the teacher interacte…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
These glasses will be more innovative and useful than smartphones to the visually impaired. 250 million blind people around the world are facing more difficulties due to COVID-19, and the vi…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
Aims: The purpose of this study was to use machine learning algorithms to build an effective, non-invasive and automated pipeline for grading and characterizing gliomas according to WHO 2016…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Puerto Rico has a deaf adult population of 8.4%. This community has encountered many difficulties while communicating with the hearing people. The deaf community should feel safe while using…
Chemistry
Purpose: To see if gumballs from sweet gum trees can be used as an additive in paint to reduce flammability. Hypothesis: If I create a mixture of the paint, with a 20% powdered gumballs addi…
Over the last few decades, society has been facing a growing pandemic — diabetes. Diabetes is of major concern due to the types of health complications that result, involving greater risk fo…
Coral restoration has become a very prominent practice due to the decline of coral reefs worldwide. Coral restoration methods vary from asexual to sexual reproduction in either land-based or…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, and it plagues millions of people worldwide. PD is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons, associated…
Physics and Astronomy
When it comes to the temperature of the porridge in the three different-sized bowls, the children’s story “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” appears to violate the laws of physics. In this pro…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
pH sensors have long been utilized and studied given their importance to everyday processes, especially food production. Inaccurate pH sensing has severe repercussions, such as potential bot…
Chemistry
Third Award
Aedes aegypti management is a global concern due to the absence of medication and effective vaccines. The pesticide-mediated health hazards and rising insecticide resistance in mosquitoes ha…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
The goal of this study is to provide an alternative to the disposable plastics that are commonly used in packaging. Plastic waste is becoming a significant source of waste disposal not only…
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this project was to test the effects of plastic waste as a concrete additive. The research question was: How will mixing plastic into concrete affect the concrete's strength?…
Biochemistry
The investigation aimed to study the utilization of prickly pear pads for production of flour as a new source of food products in the market. As known, the world is facing food and water cri…