Biochemistry
Fourth Award
This Project entails the development of a web tool for the analysis of biological macromolecules, most notably proteins and RNA molecules, and the subsequent visualization of the results. Th…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Telemedicine & remote diagnosis using Computer-Aided Detection hold the key to timely medical treatment for millions of people, in absence of radiologists in remote regions. Unfortunately, t…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong condition generally characterized by social and communication impairments. The early diagnosis of ASD is highly desirable, and there is a need fo…
Environmental Engineering
In recent years, insurgences of red tide, harmful algal blooms (HAB), caused by concentrates of the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis, have yielded millions of marine wildlife deaths, respirator…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
When a building collapses, survivors are trapped in unknown locations. Locating survivors is crucial in a rescue operation and can be extremely difficult due to the terrain and inaccessibili…
AJAS · 2022
Biochemistry
Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) are compelling prospects in neural regeneration because of neurogenesis related growth factors they produce, leading to the possibility of being a paracrine…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
Honey bees are an essential part of global food production and revenue. However, pollinators around the world are declining at a rate faster than ever recorded due to pesticides, diseases an…
Pollinators around the world are declining at a rate faster than ever recorded due to pesticides, diseases and pests, and habitat loss. Unfortunately, honey bee colony loss is difficult to p…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Fourth Award
Nowadays, 1% of the total garbage in cities worldwide comes from non-rechargeable batteries and piles. These sources of energy are used primarily in wristwatches. Thus, the research focused…
Plant Sciences
The shape and size of a plant’s seed impact how well it is able to scatter and move over time, notably in changing environmental circumstances. As the environment changes, the survival of th…
Chemistry
First Award
Hydrogen is a promising renewable energy carrier. However, it has the lowest density of all other substances, so it needs to be compressed to run a car. Formic acid (FA) is an attractive liq…
COVID-19 has caused more than 6,000,000 deaths worldwide, and face coverings are an essential line of defense against the virus. However, the commonly used surgical masks lack sufficient fil…
Animal Sciences
Introduction: It is known that mechanosensory halteres, the reduced hindwings of flies, send information to the brain about wing-steering, head movement, and take-off stabilization. Most fli…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Purpose: COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which emerged globally in early 2020. The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 spi…
Animal Sciences
Fourth Award
Malaria can be transmitted by Anopheles. Anopheles similarly ingest a variety of bioactive factors during host feeding. Theoretically, therapeutic proteins in ingested blood, such as antibod…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Long-term trends for leukemia (blood cancer) have consistently shown that men have significantly higher incidence and mortality rates than women, but the reason why this occurs isn’t clear.…
Materials Science
Composite dental fillings (CDF) are used to repair teeth. Initially, in the form of a paste, CDFs are polymerized using curing lights. Curing lights use different wavelengths that interact w…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of my experiment was to program and build new scanning technology to determine if different things move in a room while someone is away. I cloned the repository on GitHub (a clou…
Biomedical Engineering
Following surgery, dogs generally experience irritation on the skin around the surgical site due to pain, histamines, and the protein IL-31 (Blue Cross, 2020)(Xu, et al., 2020)(Zimlich, 2021…
Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (NRDS) is a breathing disorder that is the leading cause of death in premature infants. It occurs when an infant is unable to produce enough lung surfa…
Plant Sciences
The importance of soils for the environment and for humans is often underestimated. Soils are an integral component of nutrient and water cycles and ultimately constitute our basis of life.…
Materials Science
Most human body movements are driven by low-level electrical potentials - electrophysiological (EP) signals. In order to capture and track these EP signals, electrodes must be used. Conventi…
Plant Sciences
Stem cells are critical for the development of all tissue types. The stem cells located within the Shoot Apical Meristem (SAM) of plants produce all above-ground plant parts that account for…
Embedded Systems
In a world increasingly reliant on speedy, wireless data communication, research into new mediums for faster and more reliable data transfer is imperative. As conventional radio-based commun…
Physics and Astronomy
Fourth Award
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are astrophysical explosions that release more energy in a few seconds than the sun releases in its entire 10 billion year lifetime. This project studies short-durati…
Physics and Astronomy
With the rise in quantum computing’s potential to break current encryption schemes, new methods of data encryption are needed to keep messages secure. Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) presents…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Crouch gait is a complex pattern of movement that affects 150,000 children with conditions such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, or spinal cord injuries. Crouch gait severely limits mobility…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Fourth Award
Health and environmental problems result from both the release of dyes into ecosystems and greenhouse gas emissions from energy generation via fossil fuel combustion. To create a cost-effect…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In the pipelines, a long and narrow environment both inconvenient and unsafe for man to operate in, machines are often needed to assist in operation and repair. This project aims to develop…
Biochemistry
Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer death around the world; However, Black women are disproportionately affected as they are more likely to develop triple negative breast cancer and h…