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CYSF · 2025

A Muscle Watch: A Personalized Device for Hamstring Injury Prevention Using Surface Electromyography (sEMG) Sensors and Machine Learning

Gold Medal

The MuscleWatch was developed and validated as a proof-of-concept to address this problem: How might we non-invasively monitor hamstring muscle activation in teenagers during physical activi…

An Adaptive Grad-CAM Thresholding Technique to Improve AI Interpretability in MRI-Based Prostate Cancer Risk Stratification

Translational Medical Science

Artificial Intelligence (AI) models like Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are becoming powerful tools in medical imaging, but their “black box” nature limits clinical use. Doctors need t…

An AI-Driven Thermodynamics Based IOT Sensor Network for the Ultra-Early Detection of Wildfires Without Line of Sight View of Fire

Embedded Systems Second Award

The most significant weakness and vulnerability in the wildfire response chain lies in the early detection/reaction phase. The physics of wildfire growth are exponential. Any reduction in re…

An AI Submersible Device to Monitor the Restoration of Coral Reefs in John Pennekamp State Park Key Largo, FL

Environmental Engineering

The project aims to create an AI-based solution that can accurately identify damaged coral reefs using underwater imagery, processing large datasets, identifying damage types, and providing…

An Alternative Suture Material Synthesized From Marine Invertebrates

Materials Science Second Award

Chitosan, derived from chitin in crustacean shells, is one of the most abundant biopolymers found on the earth. It is important for biomedical material drug delivery and hydrogels. It has an…

Analysing Machine Learning Models to Determine Alzheimer's Disease Using Gut Microbiome

Translational Medical Science

In recent years, research has demonstrated that the gut microbiome has an important role in normal brain function. This opens up possibilities for novel treatments of Alzheimer's, which affe…

Analysis and Evaluation of an Axial Flux Magnetic Transmission for Eolic Turbins

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

This study investigates the development of a durable and efficient model for wind turbine transmission systems, with a focus on overcoming the challenges associated with the maintenance and…

Analysis of Bathymetric Relationships Between Wave Metrics and Sand Movement

Earth and Environmental Sciences (inferred)

As sea levels rise and increase the rates of shoreline recession around coastal communities, developing strategies to mitigate this erosion should involve an examination of near-shore bathym…

Analysis of Contactin-3 Expression in Cortical Interneuron Subtypes

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Cortical interneurons (INs) are a diverse group of INs crucial for regulating excitatory pyramidal neuron (EPN) activity– with dysfunction in certain IN types linked to neurological disorder…

CYSF · 2025

Analysis of Iron(III) chloride as Catalyst in Efficiency and Effectiveness

How does iron(III) chloride affect the effectiveness, efficiency and health of a controlled decomposition reaction?

Analysis of Machining Parameters Effects on Surface Integrity of Titanium

Materials Science Fourth Award

Understanding the effects of machining processes and parameters on the surface integrity of materials is crucial to the manufacturing industry, as the ability to predict residual stress (RS)…

CYSF · 2025

Analysis of the quality of natural oil sorbents

Bronze Medal

In the work, will be carried out a comparative analysis of the quality indicators of four oil sorbents of natural origin. The aim of my work is to analyze the quality indicators of oil sorbe…

Analytically Modeling the Gravitational Radiation Generated From a Quasistar System

Physics and Astronomy

The mechanics behind the evolution of supermassive black holes have eluded researchers for decades. Quasistars, consisting of a black hole embedded inside a massive star-like envelope, are o…

Analyzing and Filtering Microplastics in Drinking Water

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Purpose: The EPA estimates that by 2050, 12,000 metric tons of plastic will be discarded into the ecosystem. Studies have shown that a liter of bottled water may contain thousands of micropl…

Analyzing Captured Spectroscopic Data From Altair, Vega, and Mirach: Implications for Stellar Classifications and Characteristics

Physics and Astronomy

Stellar spectroscopy is vital in astronomy, enabling star classification, chemical analysis, and more. The Harvard Classification System, classifies stars into temperature (O, B, A, F, G, K,…

Analyzing HLA Sequences to Predict Organ Rejection and Find Targets for Immunosuppression

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (inferred)

Organ rejection is a dangerous medical complication that can occur after an organ transplant. Currently, all transplant patients are prescribed life-long immunosuppressors to decrease the ri…

Analyzing Lattice-Based Threshold Signature Schemes for Securing Message Authentication in Preparation for Y2Q

Systems Software

This investigation evaluates lattice-based threshold signature schemes against HMAC (hash-based message authentication code) to secure message authentication in preparation for Y2Q, which is…

CYSF · 2025

Analyzing MRI Scans to Detect Different Levels of Alzheimer’s Disease

Bronze Medal

I created an app which you can input an image of an MRI scan of a brain and it will output the severity level of Alzheimer’s detected from the MRI scan

Analyzing Pre-Indo-European Theory of the Etruscan Language Origins Using Topological Data Analysis

Mathematics Fourth Award

High-dimensional data is often difficult to analyze because of the exponential growth of the size of the space in which the data lives as the dimension increases. One example of high-dimensi…

Analyzing the Effectiveness of Various Rocket Nose Cone Shapes in Reducing the Effect of Aerodynamic Drag Experienced During Flight

Physics and Astronomy

One of the main problems with spaceflight is the high costs associated with it. For example, the Space Shuttle cost $65,000 per kilogram of payload delivered to Low Earth Orbit. Drag is a fa…

Analyzing the Effect of Preservatives on Microbial Growth in Expired and Unexpired Makeup Cosmetics

Microbiology

Makeup is used worldwide, helping people feel more confident and serving as a tool of self expression. However, there are hygienic concerns regarding its use. This experiment aimed to test w…

Analyzing the Optimization of Mechanical Neural Networks

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

A mechanical neural network (MNN) is made of many springs connected in a repeating pattern. Through adjustment of the spring constants, a MNN can be “taught" to exhibit one or more desired r…

CYSF · 2025

An analysis of the effects of neurodiversity on health, and vice versa.

This project will examine how neurodiversity affects health, both physical and mental. The aim is to help develop new considerations for the medical treatment of neurodiverse individuals. Th…

An Analytical Study of Optimized EfficientNet CNNs, Vision Transformers, and Hybrid Transformers for State-of-the-Art MRI-Based Brain Tumor Diagnosis With Integrated Explainable AI

Translational Medical Science Third Award

Brain tumors affect thousands annually, with approximately 95,000 primary brain tumor cases diagnosed each year in the U.S. Diagnostic imaging errors affect an estimated 40 million patients…

An Artificial Intelligence-Electrocardiogram Model for Prediction of Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

The purpose of this study was to develop an artificial intelligence electrocardiogram (AI-ECG) model to predict dementia in older adults. It has been previously reported that by using derive…

An Assemblage of Woodpeckers as an Indicator Species of Fire Intensity Using Fuel Loads as an Intermediary

Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award

Indicator species are a significant part of environmental science, as they are used to predict environmental metrics that may otherwise be unattainable. The growth of the field is unpreceden…

An Eco-Friendly Biodegradable Fishing Gear From Fish Scales and Crustacean Shells: A Novel Approach to Combat Marine Pollution

Environmental Engineering

The global fishing industry faces significant challenges due to plastic pollution from non-biodegradable fishing gear, which contributes to marine waste accumulation and environmental degrad…

An End-to-End AI Hardware Solution for Ophthalmic Diagnostics: Retinal Vessels as a Morphological Target for Segmentation and Early Detection

Translational Medical Science Fourth Award

The prevalence of diseases such as diabetic retinopathy (DR), glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is rapidly increasing worldwide, with over 700 million people expected to f…

An Evolution of Potential Advances in Limb Immobilization for Orthopedic Healing

Biomedical and Health Sciences

This project is a continuation of last year. The changes made include new testing and new cast designs. This year compression testing was done on the casts. To test this a force plate was us…

A New Enzymatic Distance Concept Enables Machine Learning Regression of Metabolite Chemical Representation Features to Distance in Metabolism

Biochemistry Fourth Award

Understanding and reconstructing pathways in metabolism can help identify biomarkers and metabolic changes associated with systemic diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Howe…