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Synthesis and Evaluation of a Low-Cost Biopolymer Encapsulant for Lead Sequestration in Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

Chemistry Fourth Award

In recent years, single-junction perovskite solar cells with lead-halide frameworks have garnered considerable interest for their superior photovoltaic performance, facile fabrication, and t…

Synthesis of a Bioplastic-based Drug Delivery System by Selective Etching of Halloysite Nanotubes

Materials Science

Due to the low bioavailability and water insolubility of many drugs, many researchers have been trying to develop new drug delivery systems (DDS). due to their abundance in nature, low cost,…

Synthesis of a Novel Nanostructures From Zn-ZnO/MoS2 for Effective Removal of High-Concentration Dyes and Bacteria From Water Within a Record Time Alongside Green Hydrogen Production

Materials Science

The contemporary era's heavy reliance on fossil fuels has exacerbated environmental degradation, particularly air and water pollution, necessitating a transition to sustainable options. Nano…

Synthesis of Conductive Optical Lenses for the Observation of Variable Refractive Indices

The application of electrical energy and induction of changes to refractive indices of different mediums could drastically impact the development of modern optical science. To explore the pr…

Synthesis of Graphene From Noxious Solid Waste Petroleum Coke: Evaluation for Supercapacitor Application

Materials Science

Petroleum coke, a carbon-based solid residue produced by oil refinery industries, poses substantial environmental and health risks with its emission of large amounts of toxic sulfur and carb…

Synthesis of l-Lactic Acid Based on Conversion of CO2 by Efficient Artificial Photosynthetic Communities

Microbiology

l-lactic acid is a key component of degradable plastics and an important platform compound used in chemicals, materials, health, and cosmetics. The production using agricultural feedstock ca…

Synthesis of Porous Polymer Sponge Matrix using Modified Sodium Alginate Clay Compound for Adsorptive Removal of Microplastics and Oil from Contaminated Water

Many water sources, including drinking water, contain microplastics and oil. Both contaminants are harmful to us and the environment, yet current removal methods are inefficient, expensive,…

Synthesizing a Novel Family of Multifactorial Inhibitors to Treat Alzheimer's

Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award

Research Significance: Alzheimer's disease affects nearly 52 million individuals worldwide, with projections indicating a significant increase to 75 million by 2030 and a staggering 152 mill…

Synthesizing Sustainable Biodiesel Through Chemical Alteration of Plant-Based Lipids

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Reliance on fossil fuels has caused a large increase in carbon emissions across the world, with a 43% increase of carbon in our atmosphere since 2003. Aside from this, since 2021, the costs…

Tableware Jitter Elimination Technology for Parkinson's Patients

Biomedical Engineering

The neurological condition of Parkinson's disease causes involuntary shaking of the hands and body, leading to frustration with eating. Current tableware with jitter elimination technology o…

Tactron: A Low-Cost Refreshable Tactile Graphics Display

Technology Enhances the Arts Fourth Award

One of the greatest challenges for blind and visually impaired individuals (BVIs) is in learning STEM subjects. Many key concepts, like graphs and molecules, are hard to comprehend without t…

TALK: An American Sign Language Computer Program

Technology Enhances the Arts Fourth Award

Around 1-1.5 million people became deaf in the United States later in life. How can they be taught American Sign Language (ASL)? To provide a solution to this problem, the researcher created…

Talk to the Hand: A Portable Translator Between Verbal Communication and Tactile Sign

Technology Enhances the Arts

Talk to the Hand is a project that facilitates access to communication and understanding between the verbally able and the deaf blind community. Many people do not know sign language, especi…

Taming the Oblique Wing: Improving Fuel Efficiency by Developing and Flight Testing an Oblique Wing Aircraft Utilizing a Novel Control Method

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics First Award

By leveraging modern flight computer capabilities, I designed and flight tested an oblique wing aircraft (an efficient variable-sweep design where one wing sweeps forward and the other sweep…

Tamkeen Hub: Elevating Student Readiness and Involvement to Take Action for a Sustainable Future

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Globally, 1.2 billion young people aged 15 to 24 account for 16% of the world's population. The United Nations defines youth engagement as the active involvement of young people in decisions…

Targeted Cancer Treatments With Ultrasonic Transportation

Translational Medical Science

Typical cancer treatments like chemotherapy are not targeted treatments and kill healthy cells along with cancer cells, causing negative side effects. Targeted cancer treatments are a soluti…

Targeting ADHD with a Noninvasive System to Improve Concentration Based on Electroencephalogram and Neurofeedback Methodology

Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects approximately 366 million adults and 129 million children and adolescents worldwide (CHADD; Song…

Targeting Amyloid-ß Plaques: In silico Protein Modeling of Novel Antibody for Halting Alzheimer's Disease Progression

Biochemistry

Alzheimer's Disease is a neurodegenerative disease in which pathological Amyloid-Beta plaques of 40 amino acids (AB40) aggregate as insoluble fibrils around cells in the neocortex. It is the…

Targeting of Epichaperome Downregulates HCFC1 Mediated Transcription of Oncogenes: Implications in Breast Cancer Therapy

Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award

Breast cancer, annually affecting over 2.3 million people worldwide, is targeted in this study through the epichaperome, a network of proteins including heat shock protein 90 (HSP90). PUH71,…

Target-Specific Development of Pseudo Natural Products Through the Combination of Natural Product Fragments

Chemistry

Natural products offer great promise as pharmaceuticals due to evolutionary optimization not seen in their synthetic counterparts, and because they exist beyond the reaches of most synthetic…

Temperature, Precipitation, and Cuban Tree Frog Sightings

Animal Sciences

Lately, invasive Cuban treefrogs have been hurting the native ecosystem of southeastern USA, as they have been outcompeting native treefrogs, especially in urban areas, and are predators of…

TempURRA-NET With Lane.EV: A Novel Lane Detection Architecture With Enhanced Reproducibility Through the Lane.EV Evaluation Platform

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

In 2019 alone, there were reportedly over thirty-thousand driver related deaths and over three-million driver related injuries. Interestingly, over 60% of these deaths and around 200,000 of…

Terahertz Gap Communication Using Black Body Radiation

Embedded Systems

The most significant remaining frontier of radio encompasses the band of frequencies from 300 GHz to above 30 THz, known as the terahertz (THz) gap. This range is too high to generate with s…

Testing of an Insulative Reusable Heat Shield Based on Novel Aerogel Blanket Technologies Through Physical Heat Exposure

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Fourth Award

In a world with more cost-saving, reusable systems in the aerospace industry than ever before, heat shields remain a largely disposable system which, in their reusable form, lack the thermal…

The Affects of Fungicides on the Presence of Chlorophyll in Ohia lehua

Plant Sciences

Purpose: In an effort to reduce the spread of Rapid Ohia Death, this project was to find how different fungicides (chemical, natural, and controlled) affect the chlorophyll concentration in…

The Analysis of 20 Hemp Commercial Products for Their Claimed vs. Found CBD , THC, and Impurity Contents to Determine Their Safety and Efficacy Outcomes

Biomedical and Health Sciences

A total of 20 hemp and CBD commercial products (4 vape oils, 7 oils, 4 edibles and 5 topicals) were collected from dispensaries and CBD shops. These products were extracted by solvent extrac…

The Antibacterial Effect of Allium sativum on Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria Phase II

Microbiology

In 2019, bacterial infections were estimated to be the second leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for every one in eight global deaths. More than half of these were caused by bacte…

The Association Between Demodex Folliculorum and Demodex Brevis and Common Skin Diseases

This research project will discuss the extent to which Demodex Folliculorum and Demodex Brevis, microscopic face mites, have a significant role in acne vulgaris in teenagers. Acne vulgaris i…

The Beetles: Examining the Effect of Isolated Supplementation in Cigarette Beetles to Optimize Nutrient and Biomass Transfer via Consumption

Animal Sciences

Insect agriculture provides a new way of accumulating macro and micro nutrients for organisms to feed on without having the drawbacks of traditional agriculture. In order to explore the capa…

The Bioactivity of Lepidium sativum Meal on Aquatic Organisms

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Mosquito control is a fast-growing issue as cases of mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise in America. Research has shown that Lepidium sativum meal byproduct is a highly effective larvaci…