Behavioral and Social Sciences
The research focused on Texao (Tropaeolum Majus), a typical Arequipa plant characterized by having no stem and crawl through the walls of the Arequipa-style platforms as a climbing plant. Th…
Biomedical Engineering
The rehabilitation needs of hemiplegic patients have attracted great attention at home and abroad. According to the shortcomings of current rigid or soft hand rehabilitation devices, a novel…
Systems Software
Nowadays, the need of bilingual speaking and typing increases due to globalization. In countries where people speak non-Latin languages, it requires users to switch IME (input method editor)…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Cancer originates from genetic and non-genetic alterations which induce not only abnormal cell proliferation, but also abnormal migration. Local invasion involves motile cancer cells advanci…
Dr. Laura Chomiuk Ms. Laura Shishkovsky Michigan State University Department of Physics and Astronomy Finding black holes in globular clusters helps fine-tune models for the causes of gravit…
Biomedical Engineering
Exoskeletons are wearable devices that assist the user with a task. Optimal control for exoskeletons is unknown. Human-in-the-Loop Optimization (HiLO), an automated process that uses biologi…
Edward Clark, AP Environmental Science Avery County High School Mycofiltration of Microplastics Within a Simulated Waste Water Treatment Chamber As the world hurtles into a new age of techno…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for 31% of all deaths globally in 2016. This work will investigate the possibility of detecting CAD…
Chemistry
Increasing heavy metal pollution needs efficient water monitoring. Hence, this study optimized N-doped Carbon Quantum Dots (NCQDs) for heavy metal sensing. Incorporating an emerging approach…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
As the most dangerous type of skin cancer, melanomas are often misdiagnosed by dermatologists for nevi. Early detection of melanomas is crucial for improving the five-year survival rate. Nin…
Engineering Mechanics
The primary aim of this project was to design a smart backpack, which we have called the NEO. My journey to creating this backpack started 2 years ago when I lost my backpack twice in one ye…
Systems Software
Current interdisciplinary project is aimed at expanding the horizons of high school students. Mathematical models, describing functions of time, are useful to solve practical problems in som…
Chemistry
Sustainable and hydrophilic cellulose nanofiber (CNF) coated membranes possess wastewater reclamation applications to meet increasing global water demands. In this investigation, CNF coated…
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by a decline of motor and cognitive functions caused by the loss and degeneration of neurons. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) plays an i…
Materials Science
Salt bath nitriding is an industrial process commonly used to improve the tribological properties of metal materials, and it is based on the nitrogen (N) diffusion into the metallic surface.…
Plant Sciences
Global population growth is far outpacing food production, leading to overgrowth of high protein crops and poor soil health. Legumes are often used in crop rotations to replenish nutrients,…
Plant Sciences
Cigarettes are widely known to be harmful to humans and animals. However, with further research into plant interactions, cigarettes could possibly be harnessed for beneficial purposes, such…
Materials Science
Climate change has caused scientists to develop eco-friendly technological devices, vehicles, and home appliances. Multiferroic films have been gaining researchers’ attention lately because…
Plant Sciences
Yellow mosaic virus disease causes 50%-94% losses annually in Abelmoschus esculentus crop. It causes stunted growth, shrinkage of leaves, discoloration and yield loss. In India, this is an a…
Microbiology
There is a growing concern worldwide that extensive use of antibiotics is resulting in the development of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a multidr…
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterium that causes serious infections in immunocompromised patients, such as those who have severe wounds or cystic fibrosis. Although many anti…
Chemistry
Solar thermal energy is an extremely viable solution to solve the global issue of clean water and fossil fuel depletion. However, current methods of solar thermal power generation are expens…
Materials Science
Topological insulators (TIs) are a new class of materials with an insulating interior and conducting surface states. I discovered new two-dimensional TIs based on GeI, that can be applied to…
Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Terminal ductal lobular units (TDLUs) are milk-producing glands in the breast. TDLUs shrink (involute) with physiological agin…
Embedded Systems
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a condition characterized as a gradual loss of kidney function over time. CKD and other renal diseases are the cause of approximately 1.2 million deaths world…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
According to the IDC, the world’s data (the DataSphere) will grow to a mind-boggling 175 Zetta Bytes (175 Billion Terabytes) by 2025. Video data is expected to account for more than 40% of t…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
When it comes to students with low academic performance, repeated low scores can negatively contribute to social identity and form an inferiority complex leading to low motivation. This resu…
Translational Medical Science
Hepatoblastoma is the most common liver tumor in children. Those with relapsed or metastatic disease continue to have a poor prognosis and require novel therapies to improve outcomes. PIM ki…
Physics and Astronomy
Observations of pulsars, whose pulses are produced by a beam of coherent radio emission, has revealed two rotation anomalies: timing noise and glitches. I undertake a comprehensive survey of…
Systems Software
Neutron reflectometry is a useful technique to analyze the structure of thin films, but the current methods for fitting models to experimental data are time consuming and require significant…