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Environmental Engineering

Pests can ruin every healthy tree’s crop within 10-15 days. This huge loss can only be detected at harvest season. If the pests have already got inside the fruits or the fruits had fallen do…

Multidisciplinary Study of Texao (Tropaeolum Majus) as a Source for the Construction of the Historical Knowledge and Cultural Perspective of Arequipa

Behavioral and Social Sciences

The research focused on Texao (Tropaeolum Majus), a typical Arequipa plant characterized by having no stem and crawl through the walls of the Arequipa-style platforms as a climbing plant. Th…

Multi-functional Pneumatic Wearable Soft Rehabilitation Glove: A Novel Rehabilitation Device to Integrate Fingers and Wrist Function Utilizing Double-layer Soft Actuators

Biomedical Engineering

The rehabilitation needs of hemiplegic patients have attracted great attention at home and abroad. According to the shortcomings of current rigid or soft hand rehabilitation devices, a novel…

Multilingual and Mixed Input Method with Automated Identification and Correction

Systems Software

Nowadays, the need of bilingual speaking and typing increases due to globalization. In countries where people speak non-Latin languages, it requires users to switch IME (input method editor)…

Multi-Parameter Optimization of the ECM: A Novel Approach to Controlling Cancer

Cancer originates from genetic and non-genetic alterations, which induce abnormal cell proliferation and migration. Cancer formation consists of 4 main stages: initiation, progression, epith…

Multiparameter Optimization of the Extracellular Matrix: A Novel Approach to Controlling Cancer

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Cancer originates from genetic and non-genetic alterations which induce not only abnormal cell proliferation, but also abnormal migration. Local invasion involves motile cancer cells advanci…

Multiwavelength Identification of Black Hole Candidates in M13

Dr. Laura Chomiuk Ms. Laura Shishkovsky Michigan State University Department of Physics and Astronomy Finding black holes in globular clusters helps fine-tune models for the causes of gravit…

Muscle Activity and Energetic Adaptation to Step Frequency

Biomedical Engineering

Exoskeletons are wearable devices that assist the user with a task. Optimal control for exoskeletons is unknown. Human-in-the-Loop Optimization (HiLO), an automated process that uses biologi…

Muscle EMG Activity and Arm Force During Functional Tasks: Heart Surgery Implications

Median sternotomy (or open heart surgery) is performed during cardiac surgery on over 400,000 patients in the US alone each year. Median sternotomy is associated with a variety of complicati…

Mycofiltration of Microplastics Within a Simulated Waste Water Treatment Chamber

Edward Clark, AP Environmental Science Avery County High School Mycofiltration of Microplastics Within a Simulated Waste Water Treatment Chamber As the world hurtles into a new age of techno…

NailCAD (Nail Computer Aided Diagnosis) Non-Invasive Screening of Coronary Artery Disease Using a Mobile Application

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for 31% of all deaths globally in 2016. This work will investigate the possibility of detecting CAD…

Natural Preservatives & Bread Shelf Life

This project was designed to see if natural preservatives added to homemade white bread would increase its shelf-life. Based on research prior to experimentation, four natural preservatives…

N-doped Carbon Quantum Dots-Based Selective and Sensitive Fluorescent Probes: Portable in situ Water Monitoring Prototype Kit for Hg2+ and Pb2+

Chemistry

Increasing heavy metal pollution needs efficient water monitoring. Hence, this study optimized N-doped Carbon Quantum Dots (NCQDs) for heavy metal sensing. Incorporating an emerging approach…

Near-Perfect Melanoma Diagnosis with Optimized Feature Learning and Classification

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

As the most dangerous type of skin cancer, melanomas are often misdiagnosed by dermatologists for nevi. Early detection of melanomas is crucial for improving the five-year survival rate. Nin…

NEO: The Revolutionary Smart Backpack

Engineering Mechanics

The primary aim of this project was to design a smart backpack, which we have called the NEO. My journey to creating this backpack started 2 years ago when I lost my backpack twice in one ye…

Neurodegenerative Technology: Impacts of Cell Phone Radiation on C. Elegans’ Memory

The purpose of this experiment was to investigate cell phone radiation as a plausible cause of memory loss and neurodegenerative diseases, and to investigate the optimal distance at which a…

New Program for Construction of a Closed Curve Graph Using a Discrete Fourier Transform

Systems Software

Current interdisciplinary project is aimed at expanding the horizons of high school students. Mathematical models, describing functions of time, are useful to solve practical problems in som…

Next Generation Ultrafiltration for Wastewater Treatment: Characterization and Performance of Fouling-Resistant Polymeric and Lyocell Cellulose Nanofiber Membranes

Chemistry

Sustainable and hydrophilic cellulose nanofiber (CNF) coated membranes possess wastewater reclamation applications to meet increasing global water demands. In this investigation, CNF coated…

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) on H2O2-induced neuronal damage in Planarian

Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by a decline of motor and cognitive functions caused by the loss and degeneration of neurons. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) plays an i…

Nitriding in Bath of Non-toxic Salts: A Solution to Industrial Pollution

Materials Science

Salt bath nitriding is an industrial process commonly used to improve the tribological properties of metal materials, and it is based on the nitrogen (N) diffusion into the metallic surface.…

Nitrogen Fixation Efficacy of Trifolium repens with Rhizobia inoculant Treatments

Plant Sciences

Global population growth is far outpacing food production, leading to overgrowth of high protein crops and poor soil health. Legumes are often used in crop rotations to replenish nutrients,…

No Ifs, Ands, or Butts: The Effect of Cigarette Butt Litter on Root Length of Germinating Centaurea cyanus

Plant Sciences

Cigarettes are widely known to be harmful to humans and animals. However, with further research into plant interactions, cigarettes could possibly be harnessed for beneficial purposes, such…

Non-linear Optical Properties of Bi1-xCaxFeO3 Nanostructured Powder in Chitosan Matrix with a Predicted Tunability in Their Band Gaps

Materials Science

Climate change has caused scientists to develop eco-friendly technological devices, vehicles, and home appliances. Multiferroic films have been gaining researchers’ attention lately because…

Novel and Effective Tridax procumbens Extract for Protection against Yellow Mosaic Virus in Abelmoschus esculentus (Okra)

Plant Sciences

Yellow mosaic virus disease causes 50%-94% losses annually in Abelmoschus esculentus crop. It causes stunted growth, shrinkage of leaves, discoloration and yield loss. In India, this is an a…

Novel Application of a Quorum-Sensing Based Genetic Circuit within an Antimicrobial Bioengineered Probiotic

Microbiology

There is a growing concern worldwide that extensive use of antibiotics is resulting in the development of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a multidr…

Novel Compound for Cystic Fibrosis: Antibiofilm Effects of Pentagalloyl Glucose on P. aeruginosa

Microbiology

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterium that causes serious infections in immunocompromised patients, such as those who have severe wounds or cystic fibrosis. Although many anti…

Novel Fabrication and Implementation of Copper and Silver Plasmonic Nanostructure-Coated Foil as a Spectrally Selective Absorber in Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation Under One Sun Illumination

Chemistry

Solar thermal energy is an extremely viable solution to solve the global issue of clean water and fossil fuel depletion. However, current methods of solar thermal power generation are expens…

Novel Logic and Global Positioning Capabilities with Germanene-Based Topological Insulators Through the Quantum Spin Hall Effect

Materials Science

Topological insulators (TIs) are a new class of materials with an insulating interior and conducting surface states. I discovered new two-dimensional TIs based on GeI, that can be applied to…

Novel Measures of Terminal Ductal Lobular Unit Involution for Automated Deep-Learning Assessment of Breast Cancer Risk: A Large-Scale Epidemiological Study

Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Terminal ductal lobular units (TDLUs) are milk-producing glands in the breast. TDLUs shrink (involute) with physiological agin…

Novel Method of Monitoring Chronic Kidney and Other Renal Diseases using Colorimetric Test Strip Sensor and IoT Enhancement

Embedded Systems

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a condition characterized as a gradual loss of kidney function over time. CKD and other renal diseases are the cause of approximately 1.2 million deaths world…