Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Stretchable and wearable strain sensors have grown to prominence in recent years due to its wide-ranging potential applications in health-monitoring devices, human motion detection, and soft…
Animal Sciences
Purpose: Scientists have studied bird diversity of the transition zones between urban and rural habitats significantly less than either strictly rural or urban habitats. The diversity of rur…
Animal Sciences
When starting a new flock of Gallus gallus domesticus, the common chicken, one may research what type of nutrients are needed in their diet to produce the top number of eggs possible; but wh…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading international cause of morbidity and mortality and can significantly disrupt brain physiology resulting in substance abuse and sleep disorders. Dros…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Over the last few decades, ocean acoustics has become an important research area for understanding human impact on underwater sea conditions. Recent studies show that anthropogenic sounds ca…
Plant Sciences
Fourth Award
Introduced plant species bypass gradual speciation and directly compete with the native species, threatening human health and disrupting the balance of ecosystems. This project aims to syste…
Animal Sciences
Fourth Award
In 2018, G. bimaculata was found in Izumi City, 600 km away from its native habitat. Since detailed morphological or DNA analysis was not yet available, this study was conducted with the aim…
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this project was to develop and test a reusable and energy-efficient device to filter microplastics (plastics under 5mm in size) created by tire wear. This research is importa…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of my experiment is to find out which fabric used for masks is most useful in protecting against pathogens. The transmission of pathogens across a fabric was evaluated by measuri…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Since entering the United States in 2014, the Spotted Lanternfly has proven to be a significant threat to plant life and the agricultural economy of its infested regions. As the flies expand…
Physics and Astronomy
Erhu is a Chinese bow-string instrument with which music played by beginners is not beautiful but annoying. Its music characteristics and noise production mechanism haven’t been thoroughly s…
Embedded Systems
As America ages, it's estimated that by 2021, nearly 45% of the country's population will be over the age of 50. While retirement years may be filled with travel, hobbies, and time with fami…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Wind turbines stand as a symbol of humanities progression towards safe, clean energy. But the towering behemoths which stand on the plains across the United States and other countries hold a…
Biomedical Engineering
Epilepsy affects about 3 million Brazilians and 50 million people worldwide, with 50% of cases having tonic-clonic seizures. The project "Wise Hands - Tonic-Clonic Epileptic Crisis Alert Dev…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
How can the future be now? because we're already in the future, the future of stem cell therapy. This research targets the two retinal diseases retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular d…
Biomedical Engineering
Computed tomography (CT) is an extensively used imaging technology that stacks hundreds of x-ray radiographs captured around a patient to generate detailed physiological images for various c…
Animal Sciences
First Award
Honeybees are essential to society, performing over 80 percent of worldwide pollination. However, commercial hive populations have been decreasing at an alarming rate in the United States. M…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Salt pollution from de-icing methods threatens freshwater systems by increasing salinity in aquatic ecosystems and drinking water. However, there is limited understanding of the seasonal dyn…
Materials Science
The purpose of this project was to identify possible avenues to fabricate high-performance composites and carbon materials for a variety of engineering applications. I printed lattice compos…
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this project is to provide an innovative solution to the use of thermochromic paint in all facets of everyday life, but specifically roofing. With this use of thermochromic po…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine if cyclomorphosis occurs among any of the zooplankton populations in Lake Springfield and, if so, when does it occur. Samples were collected twic…
Chemistry
Compared with the traditional separation method, membrane separation method is considered to be the most effective method for the treatment of oily wastewater because of the easy operation p…
Microbiology
In many countries and war zones, disinfectant agents may be unavailable due to financial or other issues, causing general surgeries and simple wounds to pose potential death risks. The use o…
Mathematics
We present a polynomial-time approximation Algorithm for the 3-Peripatetic Salesman Problem on maximum (3-PSP-max). The m-Peripatetic Salesman Problem (m-PSP) is a generalization of the clas…
Biomedical Engineering
Teen pregnancies account for roughly 11% of all pregnancies in the United States, which among other developed countries is one of the highest rates of teen pregnancies. This can be reduced b…
Materials Science
Porous carbon materials are a class of biocompatible and chemically stable solids which offer high thermal conductivity and good electrical conductivity at a low density. These substances ar…
Materials Science
Finding biocompatible, biodegradable, and osteoconductive substitutions for large bone defects have long challenged clinicians, especially those operating on soldiers with battlefield injuri…
Materials Science
The use of three-dimensional (3D) spheroids has received significant attention in recent years because cells behave differently in 2D environments when compared to 3D environments including…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Individuals with developmental disabilities such as Autism and Down Syndrome experience difficulties in social environments. This is due to deficits in social-emotional skills which results…
Embedded Systems
Motorcycle-related accidents are one of the major problems in the Philippines; most of these are caused by driving under the influence of alcohol and the absence of helmets. Also, motorcycle…