Chemistry
Fourth Award
Nowadays, electrochemical CO2 reduction that involves the utilization of CO2 to convert into hydrocarbon products has been regarded as a promising way to address the increasing crisis of gre…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Gold nanoparticles, gold nanorods (GNRs) more specifically, are being studied for their innovative applications in imaging, targeting, therapeutics, and potential for a revolution in medical…
Animal Sciences
The anautogenous mosquitoes must consume at least one vertebrate blood meal to initiate oogenesis. Repeated blood meals make Anopheles efficient vectors of malaria, causing 445, 000 deaths g…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives The objective of this study was to test the effects of a number of changes in a coilgun s electrical system and the projectile on the distance traveled by the projectile. Methods…
The neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin play important roles in animal nervous system function. Abnormal dopamine and serotonin signaling results in a variety of diseases and disorders,…
Engineering Mechanics
Boat outboard engines, being of a high value means that they are often transported home for post-use maintenance (especially saltwater use!) and safe storage. ‘Portable’ engines within the r…
Plant Biology
Objectives We think that too much of anything is not good; not specifically MSG. In our project, we aim to prove that any substance in excess will affect microtubule depolymerization by look…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives The objective of this experiment was to find a more natural solution that could help replace chemical dispersants currently being used to help clean oil spills. Methods Mason Jars…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Brachytherapy is a cancer treatment procedure that implants applicators, often catheters and needles, for the delivery of a sealed radiation dose. While brachytherapy enables precise targeti…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
This project investigated the relationship between long-term trends (1980-2017) in tropical cyclone (TC) intensity and the TC wind speed evolution within the Western Tropical Atlantic (WTA)…
Systems Software
With the growing presence of networks and network structure models, algorithms for optimization, most notably the Dijkstra's algorithm, play a crucial role in the society. However, this algo…
Embedded Systems
The goal of the project is to research and develop methods and tools to improve the capability of people with visual impairments to orientate and to increase the safety of their traffic. To…
Engineering Mechanics
When it comes to small, versatile, capable, and durable robots that can be used for search and rescue or exploration, there are few, if any, available. The goal of this project is to design…
Environmental Engineering (inferred)
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is forcing open of fissures in subterranean rocks by introducing liquid at high pressure, especially to extract oil or gas. When water is shot into these f…
Systems Software
According to WHO, nowadays 466 million people worldwide have difficulties in communication because of speech or hearing disturbances. Most of them use sign language as the main communication…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives The objective of this study is to determine if we can use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to predict people's responses.
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Each year, more people die of lung cancer than colon, breast, pancreas, and prostate cancers combined. Lung cancer survival rates decline from 75% in early stages to 5% when detected late. Y…
Sensory gating, the process in which the brain filters out irrelevant stimuli, was assessed for N100 and P50, two evoked auditory potential waves appearing approximately 100 and 50 milliseco…
Environmental Engineering
PURPOSE: Daily activities like driving a car, charging a phone and many other routine activities leave a carbon footprint by releasing carbon dioxide into our air. Atmospheric levels of carb…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives Every day you charge your phone and drive your car, but have you ever wondered about the amount of CO2 you release into the air by doing those actions? Atmospheric levels of CO2 h…
Plant Sciences
Fourth Award
The global food crisis is an issue affecting 1 billion people worldwide – it is critical that more efficient solutions to food production be developed. Both nanoparticles, molecules <100nm u…
Microbiology
Third Award
Central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in patients cause an attributable mortality of up to 35%. Colonizing bacteria grow by forming a biofilm which protects against antibi…
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives Each year in the U.S., at least 2 million people get an antibiotic-resistant infection, and at least 23,000 people die. A government study estimated that antibiotic-resistant bact…
Physics and Astronomy
Fourth Award
The decades long trend of transistor size reduction has recently faced a roadblock because of its reliance on already extremely scaled silicon transistors. However, atomically thin semicondu…
Plant Sciences
Indiscriminate use of synthetic pesticides for higher crop yield has adversely affected the biosphere leading to environmental pollution and harm to non-target organisms. Jute (Corchorus cap…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Many different kinds of diseases are spreading around the world for example asthma and nose allergies. According to my research, I used 4 samples ( Sponge filter, Palm leaf, Palm fronds, Sac…
Microbiology
Fourth Award
The overuse of substances with antibacterial and antifungal properties cause drugs to lose efficiency because of the resistance that microorganisms started to develop over time. We came up w…
Microbiology (Medical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives Antibiotic resistance is a serious issue with the overuse of synthetic antibiotics, which kill good bacteria and kill with one method, allowing bacteria to evolve and mutate, unli…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
Heavy metal pollution is one of the main environmental factors affecting rice yield and quality, therefore, development of strategies to reduce the toxicity of heavy metals on rice growth an…
Zoology
Honorable_mention Award
Objectives The objective and goal of this study was conducted to find out the most effective natural repellent around the house. I wanted to know the best way of finding a repellent for ants…