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Encryption in Everyday Life

Systems Software

We created an encryption software for encryption of personal files. We started our work with online questionnaire so we could have base requirements for our software. At the same time we stu…

Encryption with Irrational Numbers

Mathematics

Our purpose is to produce high security encryption algorithms by using the irregularity of decimal expansions. Different from other methods, we make use of the irregularity of irrational num…

Endotoxin-Imprinted Polymers: A Novel Theranostic Solution to Gram Negative Sepsis

Endotoxins, or lipopolysaccharides (LPS), are harmful biomolecules excreted by gram-negative bacteria. They are characterized by Lipid A, a toxic component that interacts with LBP (LPS-bindi…

Energy of the Future: Using a Microbial Fuel Cell to Harness Bacterial Power Production

Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals How does the feeding source of the nonpathogenic bacteria Shewanella oneidensis affect its ability to generate usable power through bioelectrogenesis? Methods/Materials Majo…

Energy Production of Various Water Types

Electronics & Electromagnetics

Objectives/Goals I wanted to know if salt water passed through a turbine would produce more electricity than other water types, such as tap water, distilled water, and filtered water. My hyp…

Energy Saving SwimFin: Developing the Optimal Fin for Faster and Efficient Swimming

Engineering Mechanics

An “Energy Saving SwimFin” was developed aiming to increase propelling speed while reducing energy consumption and decreasing load on the feet. Developing a model system comprised of a minia…

Engineered Environmental Containment: Using Lemna minor L. to Reduce Nitrate Levels in Aquatic Environments

Environmental Engineering Third Award

Fertilizers containing nitrogen continue to be an integral aspect of the farming economy in the Midwest. Excess run-off of nitrates has become an environmental hazard. When the growth of alg…

Engineering a Device to Improve Vision via Photoactivation

Biomedical Engineering

Goal: To build a practical device capable of improving my vision by directing a controlled level of light into the eye (i.e. photoactivation.) Problem/Background: I have multiple eye conditi…

Engineering a Laser Technique to 3D Print Robust Hydrogels for Extracellular Matrices

Engineering Mechanics Second Award

For most organ failure patients, organ donations do not exist. But in 5-10 years, patients will be able to grow their own organs by placing stem cells into extracellular matrices (ECMs) take…

Engineering an Anti-Inflammatory Drug Delivery System for Islet Transplantation

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) affects three million individuals in the United States alone, resulting in approximately $15 billion in healthcare costs annually. T1D results from the autoimm…

Engineering and Evaluation of 3D Printed Polymer Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Regeneration

Biomedical Engineering

The regeneration of bone defects caused by trauma, fracture, and disease is a significant clinical challenge for both military and civilian patients in the United States and around the world…

Engineering an Environmentally Friendly Drilling Fluid

Environmental Engineering

Thousands of wells are drilled in shale reservoirs annually. The most common type of fluid used to drill horizontal wells in shale reservoirs is oil-based mud, using diesel and other compone…

Engineering Biologically Inspired Enzymatic Analogs: A New Class of Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Nanocatalysts

Chemistry

Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to develop more active and selective catalysts by integrating the inherent strengths of biological and synthetic catalyst characteristics wh…

Engineering of Fusion Protein Constructs to Efficiently Combat Neurological Damage Caused by E. coli K1 Meningitis

Microbiology Fourth Award

Bacterial meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges and subarachnoid cerebrospinal fluid caused by bacterial infection. E. coli K1 is a major cause of neonatal meningitis, which has bee…

Engineering Surface Chemistries to Improve Tissue-Material Integration in Medical Implants

Biomedical Engineering

Tissue-material integration is a key challenge of engineering medical implants and implantable biosensors. Implants often undergo an intense foreign body reaction orchestrated by human macro…

Enhanced Heptyl Butyrate Attractants for Western Yellowjackets (Vespula pensylvanica)

Zoology First Award

Objectives/Goals Vespula pensylvanica (V. pensylvanica), or western yellowjackets, are the most common species of yellowjackets in California and the western United States. Outdoor summertim…

Enhancement of Magnetorheological Fluids for Prosthetic Knee Applications

Materials Science Second Award

In developing knee prosthetics, actively tuning the stiffness of the knee is crucial to facilitate natural movement and decrease fatigue for the amputee. Latest devices exploit the highly tu…

Enhancement of the Behavior of a Species of NiHcd HER Electrode Using a Stable Ni(OH)2-NiOOH Phase Transformation Redox Mediator in a Developed-Two-Step Alkaline Electrolysis Process Under Variable Current Densities

Energy: Chemical Third Award

An Experimental Study of the Enhanced Behaviour of a species A SPECIFIC COMPOSITION SPECIE OF COMMERCIALLY VIABLE crack-and-pore NiHCd HER Electrode(56.3 wt.% of nickel and 43.7 wt.% of coba…

Enhancing Accessible Pedestrian Signals: Using Tactile Maps

Engineering Mechanics

Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) are vital for visually impaired individuals crossing the street. However, there are many different types of APS. Not having a universal design makes it ha…

Enhancing Breast Cancer Treatment Efficiency Using Circadian Rhythm

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Twelve percent of women develop invasive breast cancer (National Cancer Institute, 2012). Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women in the United States, killing ov…

Enhancing Immunogenicity of Embryonic Stem Cells by Expression of GM-CSF

Biomedical and Health Sciences (inferred)

Antigenic similarity between tumor cells and embryonic cells has been recognized for many years. However, attempts to utilize these shared antigens as targets for immunotherapy treatments in…

Enhancing LiFi and Lighting: CsPbBr3 Zero-Dimensional Perovskite and Quantum Dot Based Color Converters

Materials Science Third Award

Light Fidelity (LiFi), a multi-functional tool that provides high-speed secure data transmission through lighting, is currently being developed to substitute WiFi. However, its dependency on…

Entanglement Distillation: Building a QED Circuit to Alleviate Decoherence

Physics and Astronomy

Quantum computing is a theory that is slowly becoming a reality. In specific, entanglement distillation is an essential part to constructing quantum computers, the next frontier for the info…

Entangling Time-bin Qubits Using an Optical Switch: Source Alignment and Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Construction

Physics & Astronomy

Objectives/Goals Quantum mechanics is an extremely relevant topic of the day as it is being used in technology to increase the speed of information processing and to improve the security of…

Entangling Time-Bin Qubits Using a Switch

Physics and Astronomy (inferred)

Quantum mechanics is an extremely relevant topic of the day as it is being used in technology for more efficient information processing and secure cryptographic systems. Many of these advanc…

Environmental and Dietary Interventions in the Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common form of autoimmune arthritis, is a progressive inflammatory disease with unclear causes. Many people with arthritis feel worsening symptoms when we…

Environmental Effects on Health and Behavior of Nematodes

Environmental Science Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my research project is to isolate nematodes from collected soil samples, track their behavior and use this information and information about the soil they are…

Environmental Enrichment Can Have a Positive or Negative Effect on Long Term Memory

Mammalian Biology Honorable_mention Award

Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to examine if Environmental Enrichment (EE) encourages learning in FMR1-KO mice, a model for human autism. Another objective is to see if the…

Environmental Impact of Artificial Sweeteners Acesulfame, Sucralose, and Saccharin in Nature

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Acesulfame, sucralose, and saccharin are artificial sweeteners and used as sugar substitutes in foods and beverages. From last year’s research, it was found that these sweeteners could not b…

Environmentally Happier Meal: Nature's Lovin' It!

Environmental Engineering

Objectives/Goals With 1.2 to 1.3 billion McDonald's Happy Meals being sold worldwide, a Happy Meal produces a lot of material waste. My objective is to reduce at least one-third of the mater…