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NASA Inspired Dual Axis Solar Tracker

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

We will be solving the problem of the amount of solar energy not being collected, by designing and building an effective and affordable dual axis solar tracker. The purpose of this project i…

Nationality, Poverty, and the Prevalence of Disease-Spreading Mosquitoes: A Longitudinal Study in Yunnan, China

Translational Medical Science

How has the intersection of nationalities and climate impacted the spread of Neglected Infectious Disease (NID) in Yunnan, China? By focusing on the prevalence of dengue viruses (DENV) and t…

Natural-Based Post-Harvest Elongation

Chemistry

Food safety and quality are two factors that are taking into consideration by the food authorities. Food preservatives are employed to ensure safety and to avoid quality disturbance happened…

Natural vs. Synthetic Antibiotics in Battling E. coli Bacteria

Microbiology

It is imperative to know what to do when you contract a bacterial infection such as an E. coli infection. Millions die every year from bacterial infections and grow resistant to antibiotics…

Near-Wall Vorticity as an Indicator of Marfan Syndrome

Biomedical Engineering Third Award

Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a connective tissue disorder caused by mutations in the FBN1 gene. No efficient ways exist to screen for the inherited gene, so diagnosis of MFS is primarily clinica…

NephroNet: A Novel Program for Identifying Renal Cell Carcinoma and Generating Synthetic Training Images With Convolutional Neural Networks and Diffusion Models

Biomedical Engineering

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a type of cancer that originates in the kidneys and is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. It can be classified into several subtypes, including cl…

Net Direct Air Capture: Novel Contact Liquid-Based Approach for Efficient, Cost-Effective, and Scalable Cryogenic Carbon Capture

Environmental Engineering First Award

Implementation of carbon capture & storage (CCS) is vital for alleviating detriments from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. However, all current processes are deemed ineffective due to ineffic…

Neuroendoscopic Bias: A Comparison of EVD and IVF in IVH Secondary to SICH: A Pediatric Oncologic Case Study on Neuroendoscopy, External Ventricular Drainage, and Intraventricular Fibrinolysis Regarding Intraventricular Hemorrhage Secondary to Spontaneous Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Children With Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor (T2N1M1)

Translational Medical Science

Neuroendoscopy paired with external ventricular drainage consistently produces a higher positive patient prognosis in children with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (T2N1M1) who developed an…

Neuroinflammation in the Choroid Plexus During Alzheimer's Disease

Biomedical and Health Sciences Fourth Award

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder contributing to 60–80 % of cases of dementia worldwide, with no effective treatment so far. Alongside the amyloid-beta…

NeuroMotus: An Intelligent Exoskeleton System to Improve Cerebral Palsy Patient Mobility Using Brain Computer Interface

Robotics and Intelligent Machines Second Award

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological disorder that affects 18 million individuals worldwide. The debilitating condition leaves patients with severely impaired mobility due to spasticity or…

Neuroprotective Effect of Centella asiatica Ethanolic Extract on Toluene-Led Neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Neurodegenerative disorder is a wide range of conditions that results from progressive function loss or death of the nerve cells in the nervous system. Many studies confirmed that toluene, a…

New Approach to Increase Hydrogen Production by Adding Magnetic Field to the Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting of Metal Oxides Thin Films

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award

Green hydrogen is a global need for its emergence as a sustainable, clean, and renewable source of energy. Photoelectrochemical water splitting is one technique for producing green hydrogen.…

New Development of Graft Between a Select Scion and Durable Weed Root Systems To Form a Productive Hybrid

Plant Sciences

The purpose of this project was to determine if a hardy rootstock system may be grafted with a productive branch scion to form a productive hybrid. Russian Olive trees are known to be very s…

NEW ENGLAND NORTHERN Nanovesicles in Broccoli Sprouts as a Naturally Potential Medicine for the Targeted Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an incurable small intestine and colon disorder. While exerting anti- inflammatory effects, bioactives in broccoli sprouts cannot treat IBD well probably…

NEW ENGLAND SOUTHERN Gene Expression Meta-Analysis Identifies Novel Cell Type Specific Pathways in Multiple Sclerosis

Polytechnic Institute Principal Investigator: Jill Moore, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, RNA Therapeutics Institute Over 2 million people suffer from multiple sclero…

New Generation Drug Development Pipeline From in silico Identification to Preclinical Evaluation for Novel Drug Candidates in Glioblastoma

Translational Medical Science

Glioblastoma(GBM) is the most common malignancy of the central nervous system in adults. Despite medical advancements, the continued shortfall of many treatments such as Temozolomide, alongs…

NEW JERSEY NORTHERN SOS-PVCase: A Machine Learning Optimized Lignin-Peroxidase with Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Degrading Properties

Plastic accumulating in landfills poses a major environmental threat to wildlife ecosystems and contributes to the production of harmful greenhouse gasses. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) accounts…

NEW JERSEY SOUTHERN Surveying Water Surface and Wetlands in Delaware Bay Using Cloud-Removed LandSat Data

Managing water and wetlands is critical to the environment and economy. Wetlands, marshes, and bogs in Delaware, for example, support ecosystems and provide significant economic value rangin…

New P Formula To Calculate the Determinants of 3x3 Matrices in a More Algebraic Way

Mathematics

Various investigations propose a misconception of algebra, leading students to resolve problems in a deficient and careless way. Algebraic exercises constitute the basis for problem solving,…

New Semi-Synthetic Agents With Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties

Chemistry

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a global threat for public health. The resistant forms of pathogenic microorganisms develop due to the uncontrolled use of antibiotics. So, the synthes…

NEW YORK-METRO Analyzing Cellular Pathways to Understand SARS-Cov-2 Related Cardiomyopathy Through Differential Expression Analysis of Single Cell Transcriptomic Data From Infected Human Ipsc-Derived Cardiac Cells

SARS-CoV-2 infection can cause widespread dysfunction across multiple organs, including the heart. Myocardial dysfunctions have been observed in many patients with COVID-19. T o understand w…

NEW YORK-UPSTATE Investigating Plastic Remediation: Rational Protein Engineering of Petase From Ideonella sakaiensis to Stimulate The Bioremediation Of PET Pollution

Despite vigorous recycling efforts, nearly 350 million tons of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)—plastic commonly used to package foods and beverages—accumulate annually, posing a serious thr…

Ninja Had the Noise Canceling Technology: Mechanisms and Application of Saoto-Kikigane

Physics and Astronomy

Saoto-Kikigane: "Trivial sound-listening metal" is a metal plate used by ninjas (Japanese spies in the Edo period (1603–1868) for spying. Ninjas used the Saoto-Kikigane to attenuate high-pit…

Non-Invasive microRNA-based Diagnostics for the Detection of Multiple Cancers

Translational Medical Science

Detecting cancer in blood enables diagnostic before symptoms develop. I developed a diagnostic model based on an Ovarian Cancer Dataset for improved performance from a previous 4-microRNA mo…

Non-Invasive Pre-Screening Approach for Early Detection of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) to Aid in Cervical Cancer Prevention in Underrepresented Demographics

Translational Medical Science

Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of death for women in the United States. According to the CDC, since the COVID 19 pandemic, the pap-smear screening rates have declined by 80%. Th…

Non-Invasive Wearable Patch for Non-Enzymatic Glucose Monitoring Using Fluorescent Graphene Quantum Dots

Biomedical Engineering

This study proposes a non-invasive and user-friendly approach for non-enzymatic glucose sensing using graphene quantum dots (GQDs) integrated into a wearable patch. The optical properties of…

Norfloxacin and IR-780 Iodide Dye Ionic Combination Drug and Near-Infrared Photothermal Therapy as a Dual Mechanism Antibacterial Treatment Against Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Antibiotic resistance is a growing issue with many harmful impacts on individuals and society as a whole, and one major cause of this is medical nonadherence regarding periodical prescriptio…

Novel Ammonia Production Method Using Both Microbubbles and Iron Electrodes for Seawater Electrolysis

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Recently, ammonia (NH3) has been attracting attention as a renewable energy carrier worldwide. The conventional method of producing NH3 requires high temperatures and pressures that cannot b…

Novel Application of Oidiodendron truncatum to Inhibit Growth

Environmental Engineering

The purpose of the project was to find an effective method of distribution for an anti-fungal compound that will inhibit the growth of Pspeudogymnoascus destructans on bats, reducing deaths…

Novel Applications of Native Sonoran Desert Plants (NSDP), Year 3 Study

Microbiology

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent public health issues. To address this problem, this study investigated the possible applications of Native Sonoran Desert Plants (NSDP) agains…