Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s Disease, described by several researchers as the public health crisis of the 21st century, is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder of gradual onset, clinically characterized…
When I first learned how x2±5x±6 can factor with interchangeable signs, I was fascinated with its simplicity and orderliness. I was curious to know if there would be more quadratics that cou…
Physics and Astronomy
The statement, "It is always darkest just before the Day dawneth", is investigated. Luminous intensity for non-terrestrial sources of visible light (i.e., solar, lunar, and stellar) was meas…
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this engineering project was to design a system that can remove aquatic trash from a creek before it could make its way to the Gulf of Mexico, without contributing to global w…
Global warming (GW) has recently been viewed as one of the most pressing environmental issues and has been hotly discussed in politics. Growing concerns and controversy over GW has attracted…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Fourth Award
As coined by historian James Truslow Adams in 1931, the American Dream is the belief that any American can achieve their desired successes. What has upheld this distorted understanding of so…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Third Award
Biogas is a renewable energy source generated by the anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic matter. Of all the gases produced by animal waste, 55-65% is methane, affecting global warming 21 tim…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In line with recent increasing interest in renewable energy solutions, ammonia (NH3) has been attracting attention as an energy carrier. However, environmental conditions often affect curren…
Environmental Engineering
Efficient collection of water samples is essential for scientists. However, most of the existing methods for collecting water samples have many drawbacks, such as being costly or time consum…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Wall-climbing robots play an important role building and terrain prospection. They can replace human in prospecting dangerous environments and help improve the efficiency of high-altitude ta…
Translational Medical Science
This project was performed to aid individuals and pathologists in the diagnostic process of treating melanoma and ascertain the common trends of various melanoma cases and their proper class…
Systems Software
Third Award
Limited socioeconomic data in developing countries has led to increased reliance on predictive models for socioeconomic estimation, but their proclivity to produce unequal error rates for di…
Worldwide, thirty percent of landfill waste is composed of foam polystyrene, also known as Styrofoam. Despite the unsustainable demand for plastic all over the globe, there is currently no c…
Materials Science
Cholesterol crystallization within membrane environments involves a complicated interplay of cholesterol molecules with adjacent phospholipids, cholesterol molecules, and surrounding water l…
Microbiology
Urinary tract infections are among the most common infections seen in clinics. Females are much more sensitive to UTIs compared to males. Antibiotic and disinfectant resistance patterns have…
Eddy current braking (ECB) technology has many advantages over conventional friction brakes, including less wear, faster activation time, and intrinsic properties similar to anti-lock brakin…
Plant Sciences
Minerals are a key source of nutrients for your bodily functions. Chelates are a new and upcoming concept of minerals in the health and medical field. Chelated minerals are minerals that hav…
Animal Sciences
Fourth Award
The purpose of this project was to determine if accelerometer data be used in conjunction with a coupled nonlinear dynamics model to detect mode interactions and abnormal gaits in equines to…
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to observe the impact an altered magnetic field had on harvester ant’s foraging behavior which would help determine if harvester ants have magnetoreception…
Chemistry
Second Award
About 51 trillion microplastics (< 5mm size), which are proven to be harmful to living organisms, are present in water bodies worldwide. Filters, membranes, and nets, currently used to captu…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
Under current global circumstances of climate change, developing heat-tolerant crops has become of critical importance. S. lycopersicum, the most commonly cultivated tomato variety, is a val…
Physics and Astronomy
Understanding the formation and evolution of ring galaxies, galaxies with an atypical ring-like structure, will dramatically improve understanding of black holes and galaxy dynamics as a who…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Since 2020, our world has been full of low communication and no sight of physical smiles. Because of this, I wanted to see if people, after the pandemic is starting to slow down, if they wer…
Physics and Astronomy
The project was the study of Earth’s bow shock compression ratio. The bow shock is a collisionless shock that occurs when supersonic plasma interacts with planetary objects. The role of bow…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Grid-scale energy storage systems are an integral part of a clean future. Some sources of renewable energy cannot consistently produce electricity, leading to gaps between electricity supply…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a debilitating condition affecting 462 million people worldwide and puts those affected at risk of developing more severe diseases, including Alzheimer's a…
Physics and Astronomy
Stepping into a violin shop is quite daunting–the wide selection of these wooden instruments all have a different character awaiting to be unleashed by a player. Unfortunately, it is quite d…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is a type of malignant brain tumor and it is the most lethal with a median survival of only 21 months. It is characterized by an extremely strong recurrence rat…
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is the most common type of malignant brain tumor, and it is especially lethal with a median survival of only 21 months. It is characterized by an extremely stro…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The combination of hydrogen and ammonia balances the energy of hydrogen, increases the low flammability of ammonia, and is derived from renewable sources. However, ammonia yields NOx emissio…