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Modeling in Danio rerio: How Hyperactivity Is Affected by Different Wavelengths of Light Through a Range of Ages

Animal Sciences

The increased use of technology has led to an increase in blue light exposure to children across the country. Studies have shown blue light to have negative effects on human circadian rhythm…

Modeling Potential Impact of Global Warming on Soil Bacteria Composition

Microbiology (inferred)

Background: Soil microbes are essential for nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition, and maintaining plant health. However, rising temperatures pose a threat to soil biodiversity. Thi…

Modeling Stock Price Dynamics With Student-t Random Walks: A Segment-Matching Approach for Improved Financial Analysis

Mathematics

Financial models for stock prices play a crucial role in maintaining economic stability by enabling risk assessment, informed investing, and regulatory oversight. However, many conventional…

Modeling X-ray and Natural Images: Perceptually Relevant Image Statistics and Applications

Mathematics Fourth Award

To improve artificial vision systems, human vision should be better understood. Many aspects of human vision are tuned to the characteristics of its natural inputs. These characteristics inc…

Modern Redlining: Quantifying the Causal Effects of American Zoning Law on Spatial and Multidimensional Urban Inequality

Behavioral and Social Sciences Fourth Award

I use "spatial capital" to refer to the potential for socioeconomic mobility in urban locations. I hypothesize that spatial capital adhere's to Piketty's r > g dynamic for financial capital,…

Modification of a Single-Cylinder Internal Combustion Engine of an Electric Generator Using Hydrogen as Fuel

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

Hydrogen is one of the most abundant elements in the universe. Since it is not found in a pure state, it was obtained through electrolysis. Electrolysis was performed with the catalyst Potas…

Modulating Z-Axis Movement to Increase the Layer Adhesion of 3D Printed Parts

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics Second Award

Globally, the most widespread 3D printing method uses FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling), which often suffers from poor layer adhesion. When a tensile or shear force is applied to an FDM printe…

Molecular and Behavioral Characterization of surf1-/- Zebrafish

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Leigh Syndrome (LS) is a rare mitochondrial disorder caused by mutations in the SURF1 gene, leading to reduced Complex IV enzymatic activity, impaired oxidative phosphorylation, and severe m…

Molecular Arsonists: Degrading Oncogenic Transcription Factors to Reverse Tumor Cell Immortality

Biomedical and Health Sciences Second Award

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most predominant malignant brain cancer in adults without prognosis improvement in decades. Nevertheless, 83% of GBM cases have Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase pro…

Molecular Arsonists: Degrading Oncogenic Transcription Factors to Reverse Tumor Immortality

Francisco Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most predominant malignant brain cancer in adults without prognosis improvement in decades. Nevertheless, 83% of GBM cases have Telomerase Reverse Transcr…

Molecular Dynamics Study of Interfacial Interaction Between Perfluoroalkyl Substances and the Lipid Bilayer Membrane

Chemistry

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals widely used in consumer products like non-stick cookware and food packaging since the 1950s. Due to their strong carbon-flu…

Molecular Image-Based Explainable AI Framework Identifies Novel Candidate Antibiotics

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (inferred)

The continued growth of antibiotic resistance and the slowing of antibiotic discovery poses a large challenge in modern medicine. Recent advances in Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies…

Molecular Insights Into M.L.C.E Larvicide: Garcinia mangostana Pericarp and Citrus aurantifolia Leaves Combined Extracts as a Novel Natural Larvicide for Aedes aegypti Larvae

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Aedes aegypti is a mosquito species that transmit diseases, including dengue fever, Zika virus and chikungunya. The control of A. aegypti populations is essential to prevent the spread of th…

Molecular Modeling Design of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

Biochemistry

Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used medications to treat pain, fever, and inflammation. These drugs function by inhibiting Cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes, specifical…

CYSF · 2025

Mood Sensing & Interventions

Gold Medal

In this project, I will create a program that will be able to detect and classify a person's mood using machine learning, and then change the ambience of their surroundings accordingly to en…

Moral Language in Interventions Against Misinformation on Social Media

Behavioural and Social Sciences (inferred)

Preventing the spread of misinformation on social media is not only about providing corrections for false claims, but also about ensuring that the correct information is presented in a clear…

CYSF · 2025

Motivations and Expectations for participating in a Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy Trial for Alcohol Use Disorder’s relationship to Treat

Gold Medal

Observing the correalation of patient's difference in expectation going into a psilocobin asissted phsychotherapy trial and the treatment outcomes.

CYSF · 2025

MP Effects: PET, PVC, and PS on plant and soil factors

Silver Medal

In this project, I will be investigating multiple types of microplastics involving PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate), PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride), and PS foam (Polystyrene). I will be investigat…

MRI SmarT: A Novel Multi-Modal Approach to Tumor Detection and Surgical Planning

Translational Medical Science

Recent advancements in extended reality (XR), encompassing augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR), have demonstrated significant potential in transforming the m…

MRI SmarT: A Novel Multi-Modal Approach to Tumor Detection and Surgical Planning,

Computational Systems: Medical Honorable_mention Award

Multi-Branch Temporal-Spectral LSTM-CNN in Deepfake Audio Detection

Malicious deepfake media has been increasing steadily, with audio deepfakes posing an intensive cybersecurity and impersonation threat; multi -branch network machine -learning models have be…

Multi-Color Magneto-Fluorescent Nanoarchitectures for the Targeted Identification of Exosomes of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Biochemistry First Award

With rising mortality caused by breast cancer, it is necessary to develop early diagnostic techniques for rapid identification, prior to metastasis. Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) make…

Multi-Color Magneto-Fluorescent Nanoarchitectures for the Targeted Identification of Exosomes of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Due to rising mortality caused by breast cancer, it is necessary to develop early diagnostic techniques for the rapid identification of multiple exosomes of cancer prior to metastasis. Tripl…

Multi-Dimensional County-Level Risk Factors Associated with Lung Cancer Incidence in the United States: Generalized Linear Models and Machine Learning

Numerous studies examined how individuals’ health behaviors affected lung cancer incidence and showed racial and regional inequalities in the United States. My study drew county-level risk f…

Multi-omics Predictive Model for Personalized Breast Cancer Prognosis

Biomedical and Health Sciences

Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and a complex disease characterized by genetic heterogeneity. Despite advancements in cancer management, the risk of recurrence and death re…

Multi-Stage Ionic Thruster Mark II Advancing Multi-Stage Ionic Thrusters: Optimizing Design and Exploring Sustainable Applications

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

This project aimed to improve the performance, efficiency, and strength of an ionic thruster, which uses corona discharge to create airflow. The goal was to enhance sealing, reduce air bleed…

Multi UAV System for Wide Area Object Identification

Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award

The purpose of this investigation is to design, build, and test a multi unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system for wide area object identification. Wide area object identification has applicat…

Multivariate Predictive Analysis of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis Risk Using Comorbid Diagnoses and FibroScan Metrics

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is a progressive liver disease that is frequently underdiagnosed due to its asymptomatic nature in earlier stages. It is strongly associated with the presence o…

Musculoskeletal Effects of Tirasemtiv and Urtica dioica on Dstac Gene Knockdown in Drosophila melanogaster: Applications Towards STAC3 Disorder (Native American Myopathy)

Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award

STAC3, known as Native American Myopathy, was first identified within the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina and is known to be an inherited mutation that causes congenital myopathy and musculos…

Mush N' Pack: Mycelium-Based Composite for Greener Packaging

Environmental Engineering Fourth Award

The excessive use of polystyrene (PS) in packaging has led to severe environmental concerns due to its non-biodegradability, large contribution to microplastic pollution, and harmful chemica…