Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Skin diseases are classified as fatal and non-fatal types. Some non-fatal types do not need doctor consultation because they can be naturally healed, for example, Atopic Dermatitis which is…
Systems Software
The rise in consumption of goods and emissions from the economy has been increasing. As the incentive to go for a more sustainable lifestyle is low from consumers, producers are not shifting…
Physics and Astronomy
Wood laminates are sandwiched layers of wood glued together to distribute forces to increase its load-bearing capabilities. Laminated timber is used in vertical and horizontal beams that exp…
Microbiology
Bacterial resistance against antibiotics is increasingly becoming a serious health problem. Bacterial infections are becoming harder to treat, which leads to increase in mortality and higher…
Environmental Engineering
Polythene plastic grocery bags made from petroleum by-products are everywhere. If these bags are not recycled, they pollute our environment. By recycling hundreds of these grocery bags, we c…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Do spices affect you in a way you don’t want to be affected? Perhaps you want to be relieved from the pain you suffer. Well my experiment might have what you are looking for! The results I f…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the spread of many bad health habits, due to quarantines and lockdowns. People were forced to spend hours indoors, with little ability to engage in labor…
Animal Sciences
The present work focuses on behavior study of assassin bugs (Sycanus indagator St?l.) and development of artificial nest prototypes for nurturing the bugs for the benefit of biological pest…
Engineering Mechanics
Roads are expensive to build and maintain. To make roads last longer, transportation agencies can specify cement treatment of the underlying soil layer to improve its strength and durability…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
According to ONU environment data, the Caribbean is the second most polluted sea by the use of plastics, as well as the countries: China, the United States and the United Kingdom that presen…
Chemistry
Petroleum based non-biodegradable plastics have caused serious environmental and ecological problems globally. It is vital to develop sustainable ways to produce environmentally-friendly bio…
Biomedical Engineering
Decellularization is a promising technique for creating biomaterial scaffolds that uniquely possess properties that cannot be 3D printed and are used for artificial organ and tissue regenera…
Biomedical Engineering
Let’s say your loved one has been getting nauseous every day, and they’ve been experiencing heavy pain in their chest and arms for months now. Of course, you go to the doctor, hopefully it’s…
Engineering Mechanics
State-of-the-art microscopes cost thousands of dollars, posing challenges to third world hospitals and interested students. Additionally, there is a growing problem of "e-Waste", where consu…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The law of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated system is constant, energy can be transformed from one form to another but can neither be created nor destroyed.…
Microbiology
Musa acuminata x Musa balbissiana, also known as plantain, is one of the main nutritional sources in the world. They are grown in more than 130 countries, with a yearly production of 30 mill…
Physics and Astronomy
Existing methods of blood glucose monitoring have a large number of serious drawbacks that do not allow to use them effectively. We consider their major drawbacks are: - Price: an ordinary p…
Mathematics
Fourth Award
It is known that each periodic orbit can be assigned to a spatial braid. The goal of the project is to check the hypothesis on the possibility of applying the braid theory to the classificat…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide, but early detection and diagnosis can significantly improve a patient’s prognosis. Conventionally, biopsy breast ti…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
BACKGROUND- Three million people in the U.S alone suffer from gluten intolerance/celiac disease. My aim is to identify which of the natural fruits, and herbs have the ability to breakdown gl…
Systems Software
Despite the advancements in cryptography, breaking ciphers by hand remains a tedious and demanding work. The goal of this research was to write a computer program which would facilitate brea…
Animal Sciences
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollination is responsible for approximately 80% of all cultivated crops. Unfortunately, the latest reports suggest losses of 30-50% of all bee colonies in the US.…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Currently, 1.5 billion people worldwide suffer from some level of hearing loss. However, only 17% of those who would benefit greatly from using a hearing aid use one. Hearing aids can cost a…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
First Award
Background: Distinctive roles for T-lymphocyte:Bacteroides fragilis cross-talk occurs in dampening peanut allergic responses. Butyrate is key to B.fragilis regulation of immune homeostasis.…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Evapotranspiration is a fundamental, but not widely understood, contributor to natural water cycles. This project incorporates a rigorous mathematical equation to help understand evapotransp…
Biomedical Engineering
Every year in the U.S alone 100+ people die and thousands experience heart attacks while shoveling the snow. Studies show that the combination of cold air, which constricts arteries, and str…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Early detection and treatment of colorectal cancer is vital to prevent metastasis, but past models lack a cohesive pipeline from diagnosis to treatment to determine biomarkers and suggest tr…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Though acquiring about 99% of its yearly electrical energy from hydropower plants, Juneau is nearing its consuming capacity. As global warming advances, more and more people are switching to…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The main purpose of this research project was to determine whether machine learning algorithms creating art in three art genres, Ukiyo-e, Portrait and Landscape, are imaginative enough to fo…
Materials Science
Carbon dioxide is one of the most discussed atmospheric gases due to its greenhouse effect on global climate. It is well known to trap the sun's thermal radiation and raise the temperature o…