Stroke is the leading cause of disability and the third leading cause of death in the developed world. The two different types of stroke, ischemic and hemorrhagic, are functionally different…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives The objective of this project is to create a smart window to maintain indoor light levels within 20% of 45 lux when external light levels are between 150 and 700 lux. This system…
Materials Science
Electronic designs are currently transitioning towards innovative next-generation form factors such as flexible and foldable architectures. However, these designs are extremely expensive and…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives Mutations in the proopiomelanocortin (POMC) gene have been associated with obesity in Labrador retrievers while mutations in the related melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) gene have b…
Materials Science
Previous studies have shown that chemotherapy drugs have detrimental side effects of inhibiting immune pathways that healthy human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) regulate. However, current cy…
Materials Science
Available wound dressings in market continue to have defects such as adhesion to the wound, lack of aeration, lack of moisture and penetration of water, which aggravate the wound rather than…
Materials Science
Oil spills and oil-contaminated industrial wastewater have raised major environmental concerns because of their catastrophic damages to marine and freshwater life, plants, animals, and human…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This research project seeks to analyze the characterization of the Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER2) and the Dopamine Receptor D2 (DRD2) that is overexpressed in cancer cells. Th…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Reinforcement learning (RL) is an emerging field with numerous applications in a wide variety of fields, such as robotics, supply chain and network optimization, marketing, and more. Our res…
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives Reinforcement learning (RL) is an emerging field with numerous applications in a wide variety of domains, such as robotics, supply chain and network optimization, marketing, and m…
Animal Sciences
Fourth Award
Due to having a cryptic habitat, very little is known about the life history characteristics and stridulatory devices found in runner plant bugs (Hallodapus spp.) and several other members b…
Plant Sciences
Melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillet) (Diptera:Tephritidae)is a serious pest of cucurbitaceous vegetables in Kerala. The study is to find the efficacy of a newly designed suctio…
Materials Science
Solution processable UV-Photodetectors have many essential implementations in industrial, defense, and scientific research fields due to their enabling of photoconductive gain. All-inorganic…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Environmental DNA (eDNA) detection is utilized to non-invasively detect logistically difficult to identify organisms. Genetic material shed into the environment is concentrated from samples…
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives There are a lot of premium tapes out there. There is 3M Duct Tape, Flex Tape, Gorilla Tape and so much more. But which one is strong enough to fix your everyday problems? My hypot…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives The objective of this study is to determine the effect of color on the appearance and timing of afterimages. Methods White paper, construction paper in multiple colors (red, orang…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This experiment is to determine if teenage females detect motion, shape, text, or color first in their peripheral vision. Three teenage females were tested with a vision protractor to determ…
Plant Biology
Objectives The goal of my project was to determine whether aquaponics grown plants will grow larger and more nutrient dense than soil grown plants watered with water from the aquaponic syste…
Energy: Chemical
Future energy sources must be renewable and environmentally neutral to counteract the effects of the immense volume of carbon emissions that are released into the atmosphere by burning fossi…
Microbiology (General)
Objectives With a significant increase in global agricultural runoff in the past decade, microalgae have emerged as an important catalyst for effluent treatment and a potential alternative c…
Mathematical Sciences
Third Award
Objectives In this study, an example of how automated agents can potentially swing a cryptocurrency trading environment is presented. Using a group of simulated markets, reinforcement learni…
Zoology
Objectives Mutualism is defined as a relationship between two species where each individual fitness benefits from the interaction of the other and can occur both directly and indirectly in a…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
This project investigates the impact of Diethyl phthalate on cells of Allium cepa L, by measuring alterations in mitotic index, of the organism’s roots. The main factor that justifies this i…
Chemistry
Objectives My objective is to build a model that can depict an image of the double diffusion occurring in the salt and sugar water solutions. The pictures from the model will then be observe…
Chemistry
Objectives Drugs are mostly unsafe when used in the body. As a drug travels around the body, it could damage parts of the body that do not need the drug. Our project aims to observe the effe…
Mathematical Sciences
Objectives Artificial intelligence is the wave of our future. We wanted to undertake a science project involving AI with real life applicability. Our goal was to program a robot that could d…
Mammalian Biology
Objectives In this study, I aimed to describe the hormonal profile of occult breast cancers and also to evaluate the relationship between progesterone receptor and grade of the occult breast…
Environmental Engineering
Objectives To develop alternative materials to plastics, inspired by the concept of marine exoskeleton composition and to test their tensile strength, flexibility, and degradability. Methods…
Materials Science
Purpose: Shell waste contains useful compounds: chitin, calcium carbonate, and protein. Yet unlike plastics, they can naturally degrade in the environment. Inspired by the concept of marine…
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives Design and build a prototype offshore floating wind turbine that turns the whole structure into the wind using only the power of the wind. Methods Built an inverted 3-sided pyrami…