Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes gradual impairment of an individual through mutations in the SNCA (Synuclein Alpha) gene. Currently, there exist no widely…
Environmental Engineering
With an estimated 6.7 million people dying from air pollution annually, and millions of others suffering from illnesses that are either caused or exacerbated by this epidemic, the AQI has be…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Despite its incurable nature, MSK Life Sync offers AI-driven support to manage Medullary Sponge Kidney (MSK) disease to enhance life quality for sufferers, including children. As highlighted…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
In nature, many animals change their colors or shapes to adapt to various environments, sparking a research trend in environmental adaptive materials. Light-responsive cholesteric liquid cry…
Plant Sciences
80% of deforestation across the globe happens for agricultural purposes, with much deforestation resulting in unrecoverable land. However, with over 1.3 billion people suffering from food in…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This paper describes the creation of a device called "LIGHT NOW", which measures the manual reaction time to a visual stimulus. Furthermore, it is capable of collecting data that, once analy…
Biomedical Engineering
Walking, constituting a significant portion of human energy expenditure, has spurred research into ankle exoskeletons aimed at mitigating energy consumption. Various exoskeleton designs have…
Biomedical Engineering
Hemorrhage, excessive loss of blood that is expressed through eventual shock and death, is one of the leading killers worldwide. Current methods of preventing hemorrhage have many side effec…
Mathematics
Fourth Award
Seventh chords are widely used in music. What are the relationships between different seventh chords? Can these relationships be explained mathematically? This research classifies transforma…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
My experiment involving concentrated solar-thermal power investigated the efficiency of linear and parabolic energy systems for heat production targeting to identify the most effective model…
Systems Software
Purpose: Programming language diversity spurs development but also induces community fatigue. The research aims to create a new language addressing this issue, promoting learning and profess…
Systems Software
Fourth Award
The goal of this study was to create an enhanced yet accessible system to generate simplified summaries of governmental policies, thus enhancing public understanding and mitigating informati…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Water pollution is a critical threat to human health as it can lead to increased cancer risk. More than 22 carcinogens can be found in the drinking water, including heavy metals such as lead…
Water pollution is a critical threat to human health as it can lead to increased cancer risk. More than 22 carcinogens can be found in the drinking water, including heavy metals such as lead…
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a leading type of early -onset dementia caused by progressive neurodegeneration in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, resulting in significant alte…
Biochemistry
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a terrible neurodegenerative disorder, claiming the lives of 2.27 million people annually. HD is caused by an increase in the soluble and mutant forms of the hun…
The loss of a limb severely diminishes an individual’s ability to function independently, hindering participation in society. The majority of amputees in developing nations encounter major c…
Biomedical Engineering
Electroencephalograms (EEGs) are devices that offer a non-intrusive way to measure the electrical activity of the brain, with various applications such as monitoring neurological conditions.…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Second Award
The 2023 Canadian wildfire season, marked by a quintupling of damage relative to the past decade’s average and the tragic loss of four firefighters, underscores the urgent need for advanceme…
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this initial project stage was to identify parameters needed for artificial lungs to be optimally functional in the human body and lay the foundation for future research regar…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose: Cutaneous melanoma causes over 8,000 deaths annually in the U.S. Survival differences may be linked to tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), white blood cells that eliminates cance…
Translational Medical Science
Latin Americans are the ethnic group with the second highest prevalence of Alzheimer's disease cases. However, most studies on this condition have been conducted in European populations. To…
Materials Science
Noise pollution is the second largest environmental hazard to human health, yet it is often overlooked. Hundreds of millions Americans are at risk of noise-induced diseases and dementia, whi…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Machine Learning is the statistical analysis of data used to solve problems. The purpose of this project is to use Machine Learning models to improve the efficiency and accuracy of a robotic…
Translational Medical Science
Our software system is designed to assist medical personnel in early diagnosing and prognosticating of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease that is often misdiagn…
Embedded Systems
Third Award
Autonomous mobile robot (AMR) fleets are widely used in smart warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing to bring operational efficiency, with their market projected reaching up to $…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In the modern day, transportation is everything. It's how we get to our daily destinations on time and quickly. Shock absorbers are being used on all vehicles on the road today. However, som…
In the modern day, transportation is everything. It's how we get to our daily destinations on time and quickly. Shock absorbers are being used on all vehicles on the road today. However, som…
Physics and Astronomy
Fourth Award
After half a century of development, the technology of silicon-based electronic devices is gradually approaching its limits. Devices such as computers and cell phones start to require more p…
Physics and Astronomy
Magnetic reconnection is a phenomenon that drives solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections on the sun's surface. A strong enough CME is capable of damaging electrical equipment, disrupting co…