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Magnetorheological Elastomers (MREs) for Adaptive Friction Control in Mobility Aids: Fabrication, Tribological Testing, and Optimization

Materials Science

Slips, Trips, and Falls (STFs) are major sources of accidents among various populations. About 38 mill falls happen each year in the US alone, with more than 50,000 associated with mobility…

CWSF · 2026

Magnetorheological Fluid–Driven Rolling Soft Robot for Tissue-Sparing Minimally Invasive Therapy

Disease & Illness Silver Medal

Worldwide, medical problems in tubular organs, including emboli in blood vessels and foreign objects in the digestive tract, remain major threats to human health, while current surgical trea…

CYSF · 2026

Making friends with Fungi: How does mycorrhizal symbiosis affect plant growth?

Plants were grown in pots under different soil conditions (with or without a mycorrhizal inoculant) under greenhouse conditions to assess plant growth.

CYSF · 2026

Making it clear

I made water filters and I collected bow river, tested it no nitrates or nitrites I made simulated water by adding soil, and I did my test.

Making Sustainable Fabrics From Seaweed

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Can you imagine clothing made from seaweed? The textile/fashion industry discards in excess of 90 tons of textile waste annually. The industry is trying to become more sustainable by develop…

MALAT1 Silencing Reduces EDB-Fibronectin Expression and Invasive Morphology in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Translational Medical Science

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the deadliest breast cancer subtypes because it lacks the receptors targeted by most therapies, leaving patients with few treatment options. Th…

MANA: Molecular Analysis of Non-Adiabatic Activity

Software Design

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive treatment for esophageal, skin, and non-small-cell lung cancers that relies on light-activated drugs called photosensitizers to generate cytotoxi…

CYSF · 2026

mangled microplastics

I am filtering microplastics and nanoplastic's in a variety of different filtera

CYSF · 2026

Manipulating Hydrogel Release

I will study how we can manipulate hydrogel technology to predict the rate at which they release their contained substance

MannKaaval: A Framework for Detection and Monitoring of Sand Mining Using Interpretable Machine Learning and Causal Inference

Earth and Environmental Sciences

According to UNEP, Sand is the most mined solid natural resource in the world, with up to 50 billion tons used annually. This high demand results in unmonitored illegal mining. It is a $350…

M.A.N.T.I.S -- Muon Analysis for Non-Invasive Tomography and Image Simulation: Simulating Atmospheric Muon Flux for Remote, Non-Invasive Subsurface Imaging

Software Design

MANTIS is the first entirely computerized muon-based subsurface imaging system. Its goal is to deliver a fully non-invasive and remote method for underground imaging that eliminates the need…

Manufacturing With Moon Dust

Materials Science

Moon colonization would benefit from manufacturing using local materials such as moon dust, a basaltic volcanic ash (BVA). We investigate the feasibility of additive 3D printing (FDM) with a…

Manuka Honey and Temperature: An Experimental Study of Antimicrobial Activity

Microbiology

Manuka honey is known for its antimicrobial properties, but it is unclear how heating affects its ability to inhibit bacterial growth. This experiment tested whether increasing the temperatu…

CYSF · 2026

Mapping Memory

I will make a program in which the participants play 4 memory games. While they are playing these games, their brainwaves are being recorded using an EEG headset. They are analyzed and compl…

Mapping of People With Disabilities in the Paraisopolis favela (PWDs): Cartographic Record for Care in the Unified Health System (PROMAP-SUS)

Behavioral and Social Sciences

This study examined the lack of access to Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS) for People with Disabilities (PWDs) in Sao Paulo’s Paraisopolis favela. It aimed to map and characterize PWD re…

Market Value Formation of Professional Soccer Players: An Analysis Based on Long-Term Ability and Short-Term Performance

Mathematics

This project investigates how player market value in professional soccer is shaped by long-term ability and short-term seasonal performance. Transfer markets often show inconsistencies betwe…

MARS-KSL: A Multi-Angle Robustness Framework for Kenyan Sign Language Recognition Using View-Invariant Landmark Normalization and Hybrid LSTM- Transformer Deep Learning

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) remains absent from AI research despite serving 600,000 Deaf Kenyans. Existing recognition systems, including those for ASL and BSL, fail under real-world conditio…

CYSF · 2026

Mars versus Earth

This science fair project will answer the questions "Does homemade Martian soil affect the fact that plants don't grow on Mars, or is it the atmosphere?"

Mathematical Modeling of Enteric Glia-Derived Immune-Metabolic Crosstalk Reveals Synergistic Strategies to Overcome PRDM9- Mediated Ferroptosis Resistance in Glioblastoma

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive type of primary brain tumor, with limited response to standard temozolomide (TMZ) therapy due to resistance. Thus, the search for alternative treatm…

Math Into Motion: Robotic Hexapod for Hazardous Environments

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

In fields such as exploration or inspection in hazardous environments, the ability to navigate terrain safely is crucial. This is often done through robotics; however, traditional systems (r…

M-CATCH: A Multiplex Microparticle CRISPR Assay for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Characterization

Translational Medical Science

Diagnosing drug-resistant strains Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is critical for informing treatment plans and limiting infections. However, existing diagnostics are slow and cover a narro…

Measurement-Induced Phase Transition in Random Haar Monitored Quantum Circuits

Physics and Astronomy

Purpose: Entanglement determines how quantum information is stored and processed, but measurements impact entanglement behavior in open quantum circuits. This project studies entanglement ph…

Mechanical Performance Evaluation of 3D-Printed TPU and PLA Fibers Compared to Commercial PE/PP Artificial Turf Under Variable Temperature Conditions

Materials Science

Artificial turf systems are essential for modern sports infrastructure; however, their long-term safety and playability are often compromised by the mechanical qualities of traditional polym…

Mechanical Properties of PETG vs. PHBHHx for Clear Aligner Application

Materials Science

This study investigates the effects of environmental temperature fluctuations and ultrasonic cleaning on the mechanical properties of two polymers: polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) a…

Mechanisms of Bacterial Adhesion Inhibition in Skin Mucus of Barred Mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentikineatus)

Animal Sciences

Although fish skin is widely recognized as an important physical and chemical barrier against infection, the specific defensive mechanisms mediated by skin mucus have been insufficiently cat…

Mechanistic Elucidation of CHSY1 Inhibition via a Multi-Scale Quantum-Informed Computational Drug Discovery Framework

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) generally cause permanent functional loss due to the accumulation of inhibitory molecules, such as chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), synthesized by a mult…

Mechanobiological Reprogramming of Cancer Cells in RPM-Simulated Microgravity: A High-Fidelity Transcriptomic Model for Overcoming Chemoresistance and Therapeutic Regression

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Chemoresistance remains a primary cause of cancer treatment failure and is increasingly attributed to non-genetic regulatory mechanisms. Emerging evidence suggests that three-dimensional chr…

Mediating the Degradation of Nitrobenzene Into Nematicidal Chemicals Using Streptomyces antibioticus

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Nitrobenzene is a potential carcinogen, highly flammable, and toxic environmental pollutant in air, water, and soil that is commonly synthesized in pesticide, dye, and explosives manufacturi…

Medicine Dissolution in a Microgravity Environment Emulated by Acoustic Levitation

Biomedical Engineering

As humanity ventures beyond Earth, the challenges of space travel extend beyond rocket science and astrophysics. Astronauts face extreme physiological stress, and during deep-space missions…

CYSF · 2026

MediPass: A Pre-Arrival AI Triage and Redirection System to Reduce Emergency Room Overcrowding

Medipass is an AI system that triages patients by collecting symptoms, analyzing them using machine learning and rule-based methods, identifying potential issues, and recommending appropriat…