Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSC) utilize fluorescent dyes in a transparent material to absorb diffuse radiation in the ultraviolet region and re-emit it as visible light. The emitted li…
This experiment was conducted to better understand coherent systems by analyzing the relationship between the “quantumness” of a simple pendulum and its revival time. The researcher hypothes…
Biochemistry
Fourth Award
As of April 2022, there have been 500 million cases and 6.18 million deaths from COVID-19 worldwide. Current treatments are limited, thus necessitating the development of an effective therap…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is an autoimmune disease that develops in humans resulting from inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. This is due to an overabundance of myeloid cells…
Biochemistry
The current pectin industry is built around the utilization of orange peels (citrus sinensis) as the most commercially viable option for pectin harvesting. Current estimates of pectin conten…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) also known as Exosomes which are secreted by cells and play functional role in cell-cell communications. Recent advances in EV field have shown that they can be…
Mathematics
In this study, a linear recurrence relation, a(n)=a(n-1)+ (a(n-1) mod m) where m is any odd positive integer, is investigated for potential applications in cryptography. The periodic sequenc…
Animal Sciences
The Chrysemys picta, also known as the Western Painted turtle, is a very common breed of amphibian living in the Sandhills of Nebraska. This project investigated the change in location over…
Embedded Systems
Third Award
Surplus nitrogen's runoff causes numerous environmental hazards, such as algae blooms, which endangers marine wildlife. Currently, farmers use 60-cent single-use test strips (returns qualita…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Second Award
A growing area of research is focused on identifying drugs that have differential cytotoxic effects on normal and cancer cells. Pomegranate polyphenols are potent antioxidants and has antica…
for Medical Sciences A growing area of research is focused on identifying drugs that have differential cytotoxic effects on normal and cancer cells. Pomegranate polyphenols are potent antiox…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
First Award
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for teenagers. Depressed teens feel obligated to deal with these serious issues by themselves to avoid burdening those around them and keep quiet…
Biomedical Engineering
Inspection of a myriad number of thermometers for commercial sale reveals many discrepancies with the reading. More specifically, things like tympanic and temporal readings are greater than…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to see if there are statistical trends that exist with student’s GPAs before and after COVID-19. Deidentified data was collected from the Monte Vista School…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The notable increase in workplace injuries in industrial workshops and factories in Palestine, and the growing percentage of human lives that are lost in such environments due to non-commitm…
Plant Sciences
Second Award
Global warming and the rapidly growing world population are among the most serious issues that threaten global food security. A new approach to support plant productivity is through exploiti…
Chemistry
Acylation of biphenyl with acetyl chloride is a commonly used Friedel-Crafts reaction. Side products observed between the reactant and the acetylating agent are often due to incorrect stoich…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
Does quantum mechanics embed the possibility to be a true theory that corresponds to the principle of nature? If locality and reality, common assumptions of physics, are valid, quantum mecha…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In the world today many children with autism or Asperger struggle with atypical eating that will follow them into their adult lives. It is hypothesized that being able to taste Phenylthiocar…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In this experiment we tested the purity of several different sources of water including spring water from Cress Creek, water from the Snake River, water directly from a glacier lake located…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Wildfires have caused devastation across the American-West during summer months, eradicating entire belts of natural plant growth and resulting in immense loss of life and property. Furtherm…
Embedded Systems
Third Award
Globally, 250 million people have visual impairment, and many are unable to move around safely without human assistance due to the complexity of finding pathways, avoiding obstacles, risk of…
In the status quo, traffic signal control systems operate on predetermined patterns and instructions devised from past data. While this method functions effectively for traffic under normal…
Leukoencephalopathy with Brainstem and Spinal Cord Involvement and Lactate Elevation (LBSL) affects the white matter of the central nervous system, and there are about 100 documented cases i…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Diabetes is a growing and deadly epidemic around the world and particularly in the United States. Complications associated with diabetes arise from prolonged high blood glucose concentration…
Over 12 million Americans live with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), a debilitating autoimmune disease marked by insulitis of the pancreas and the destruction of beta-islet cells by effector Tcells (T…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Visual tracking is an important skill to have to be successful in any sport. However, in baseball, the eyes play a vital role in the success of players. A fastball thrown by a pitcher will r…
Microbiology
Digitate silica sinter found in the outflow apron of terrestrial hot springs have been found to contain biosignatures of microbial communities, including into the ancient past. In 2007, the…
Biochemistry
Dairy farmers get paid on components such as protein and fat in the milk. Therefore, knowing what stage in a cow's lactation they will produce milk with the highest percent of components can…
Embedded Systems
Landfills are the 3rd largest sources of anthropogenic methane emissions in US. As methane is measured monthly, inadvertent fugitive emissions are undetected, and problems are realized late.…