Physics and Astronomy
Understanding the formation and evolution of ring galaxies, galaxies with an atypical ring-like structure, will dramatically improve understanding of black holes and galaxy dynamics as a who…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Since 2020, our world has been full of low communication and no sight of physical smiles. Because of this, I wanted to see if people, after the pandemic is starting to slow down, if they wer…
Physics and Astronomy
The project was the study of Earth’s bow shock compression ratio. The bow shock is a collisionless shock that occurs when supersonic plasma interacts with planetary objects. The role of bow…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Grid-scale energy storage systems are an integral part of a clean future. Some sources of renewable energy cannot consistently produce electricity, leading to gaps between electricity supply…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a debilitating condition affecting 462 million people worldwide and puts those affected at risk of developing more severe diseases, including Alzheimer's a…
Physics and Astronomy
Stepping into a violin shop is quite daunting–the wide selection of these wooden instruments all have a different character awaiting to be unleashed by a player. Unfortunately, it is quite d…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is a type of malignant brain tumor and it is the most lethal with a median survival of only 21 months. It is characterized by an extremely strong recurrence rat…
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is the most common type of malignant brain tumor, and it is especially lethal with a median survival of only 21 months. It is characterized by an extremely stro…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The combination of hydrogen and ammonia balances the energy of hydrogen, increases the low flammability of ammonia, and is derived from renewable sources. However, ammonia yields NOx emissio…
Animal Sciences
Dogs do not chew their food well because of the structure of their teeth and their natural instincts. It can cause dogs to not always be able to fully absorb the nutrients from their food. I…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Due to the devastating effects that brain tumors have on the body, early classification is crucial in reducing cancer mortality, improving quality of life, and developing a treatment plan. A…
Systems Software
Music theory suggests the presence of a cultural and emotional pattern in music that allows for humans to recognize the feelings or origins of a song. This project is a program that takes a…
Mathematics
Lego, like many other alternative investments, increases in value over time, with some sets increasing more than gold since 2000 (Wolff-Mann, 2015). However, what makes certain sets increase…
Translational Medical Science
The number one cause of preventable death between ages one and 45 in the United States is accidental trauma. Of such cases, the leading mechanism of death is hemorrhaging. Because of this, h…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Currently, the world suffers from a serious epidemic: one of nicotine products. Using the Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism, a correlation between nicotine exposure and decreased l…
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to test whether using the flagstick affects the likelihood of a putt dropping. We engineered a slide/ramp device so that we could get the same exact roll e…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Mississippi is considered to be one of the unhealthiest states in the nation. This health burden and disparity has been found to be associated with food insecurity, the disruption of food in…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Diabetic retinopathy, a condition in which a diabetic individual may experience vision impairment or complete blindness due to the heightened amount of blood sugar in the body, is expected t…
Chemistry
Oxygen is essential for all lives on earth. It generally takes too long for seedlings to mature enough to produce significant oxygen through photosynthesis. Meanwhile, portable electricity i…
Animal Sciences
Ammocoetes, which are the larvae of Lampreys in the genus Lethenteron sp., are known to barely move their bodies when they submerge themselves in sandy substrates. In an experiment using a t…
This project develops an autonomous drone that can independently detect objects of interest and then fly closer to the object to take detailed photos. The drone hardware consists of a Holybr…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) is an insect vector of Huanglongbing (HLB), an incurable citrus disease with devastating economic and production impacts worldwide. Since the first detection of HL…
Embedded Systems
There has been an alarming rise in the number of teenagers who have vaped in the past few years. It is important to detect when teenagers are vaping to prevent addiction and a negative impac…
Biomedical Engineering
Second Award
The medical field is becoming increasingly reliant on medical imaging for diagnostic procedures. Although traditional high-field MRI scanners produce high-quality images at high SNR, they ar…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Navigating through unstructured environments is a basic capability of autonomous robots, and thus is of fundamental interest in the study and development of autonomy. Long-range navigation o…
Systems Software
CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) are often used on websites to prevent users’ bots from gaining access to website resources automatically…
Chemistry
The purpose of this research is to establish an environmentally friendly process for manufacturing transparent wood. I focused on improvements of the method described in the paper published…
Materials Science
My project looks to improve firefighter safety by studying the performance characteristics of firefighter protective clothing called turnout gear that has reached the end of its mandated lif…
Systems Software
New ordered clothes from online fashion mall often don’t look good on us when we try them on after delivery. We look at the clothed model photo, imagine if the clothes will look good on us l…
Biomedical Engineering
Statistically, the number of patients with chronic ankle disease due to ankle sprains are continuously increasing, but the rehabilitation environment is not being improved. Existing CPM mach…