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Using Logistic Regression Markov Chain-Based Machine Learning Models To Predict Basketball Using NBA Data

Systems Software

My project is about modeling professional basketball with data science and machine learning. Data science and analytics currently have significant impacts on the NBA’s best teams. NBA teams…

Using Logistic Regression Markov Chain Based Machine Learning Models to Predict Professional Basketball

analytics currently have significant impacts on the NBA’s best teams. NBA teams such as the Houston Rockets have used analytics to adopt a unique offensive style. With more research, machine…

Using Machine Learning to Augment Dynamic Time Warping Based Signal Classification

Modern applications such as voice recognition rely on the ability to compare signals to pre-recorded ones to classify them. However, this comparison typically needs to ignore differences due…

Using Machine Learning To Augment Dynamic Time Warping-Based Signal Classification

Systems Software

Modern applications such as voice recognition rely on the ability to compare signals to pre-recorded ones to classify them. However, this comparison typically needs to ignore differences due…

Using Machine Learning To Detect and Prevent Early Stages of Skin Cancer in Underrepresented Communities

Translational Medical Science

Artificial intelligence is becoming a more widely utilized technology in the healthcare industry to improve predictability and consistency. However, this powerful technology does come with s…

Using Machine Learning To Diagnose Pneumonia and Skin Cancer: DoctorNet

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

The purpose of this project is to develop a model to assist with the early diagnosis of pneumonia and skin cancer, using machine learning. This model will distinguish and identify infected o…

Using Machine Learning To Dynamically Filter Nanopore DNA Sequencing Data

Embedded Systems

In this project we use machine learning (ML) to dynamically filter long reads of data to remove noise and apply our method to nanopore DNA sequencing. Although nanopore sequencing presents m…

Using Micrococcus luteus, Lactococcus lactis, and Bacillus cereus Bacteria and the Breaking Down of Microplastics

Biochemistry

Due to human neglect, wastefulness, and laziness, microplastics within our waters are a rising concern for the environment and its inhabitants. Certain enzymes like MHETase and PETase are vi…

Using Monte Carlo Simulation to Optimize Vitamin C Production in Brassica oleracea Using Abiotic Plant Stress

As the world population increases, so does the global demand for food. Simultaneously the quality of Earth’s farmland is declining. To fill this need, the agricultural industry has been revo…

Using Multivariate Time Series Forecasting Neural Networks With Sentimental Analysis To Determine Future Stock Prices

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

The stock market is a very complex system in which many people gain and lose money. Using artificial intelligence, this experiment is going to attempt to use human sentiment to develop a mod…

Using (PVDF) Sensors and Microphones To Determine Infant Heart Rate and Respirations in Novel Machine Learning Modeling Approach to SIDS Detection

Biomedical Engineering

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), the leading cause of death for toddlers and infants with 15,000 annual deaths, occurs for unknown reasons while sleeping, however is detectable through b…

Using Subpixel Interpolation and Deep Learning Convolution Models To Compress Domain-Specific Audio Waveforms

Robotics and Intelligent Machines Third Award

Audio streaming has become more prevalent in daily life through music, phone calls, and online meetings, among other applications. However, effectively streaming high-quality audio poses a c…

Using the Kirby Bauer Method To Test the Effectiveness of Phenols Extract From Pecan Shells and Saponin Extract From Prickly Pear Cactus in Inhibiting the Growth of E. coli

Plant Sciences

The NMMI stem team engaged in a project that utilized and incorporated naturally occurring materials to produce a viable alcohol-free and eco-friendly hand sanitizer that could rival competi…

U-TAB: User-Centered Transparent Aid Platform Using Blockchain

Systems Software

The world faces a multitude of global issues, and large donations are integral to solving these problems. However, few prominent issues currently exist in philanthropy. First, there is a lac…

Utilization of Biomimetic and Mechanical Designs To Engineer a More Efficient Surgical Laparoscopic Grasper

Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award

A reputable study (Heijnsdijk et al., 2002) found that only 62% of grasping actions using laparoscopic graspers were a success. One reason for this low success rate could be the way the grip…

Utilization of Ultrasonic Range Finder Sensor in Novel Robotic Systems for Haptic Feedback in Telepresence Surgery Application

University of Milan Robotic and telepresence surgery have resulted in numerous improvements to surgical procedures in recent years; however, loss of the sense of touch in such procedures rem…

Utilizing Convergence Tests and Complex Analysis To Redefine the Provability of the Partition Formula

Mathematics

In my research, I redefined the Hardy- Ramanujan Formula that was created in 1917. This formula is used to depict the numbers of ways any integer can be split up, known as integer partitions…

Utilizing Cow Dung Ash and Volcanic Ash To Manufacture Eco-Friendly Building Materials To Solve Environmental Pollution and Provide Accessibility to Cheap Housing

Environmental Engineering

The excessive production of cow manure in New Mexico is an environmental concern. Simultaneously, cement, the main ingredient in concrete, leads the world as one of the biggest producers of…

Utilizing Glycolysis in Streptococcus pyogenes To Model Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) in Response to Endogenous Stimulus-Powered Nanoreactors (Year 6)

Microbiology

This research stems from the growing threat of antibiotic resistance, lack of a swift and efficient drug delivery system, and the necessity of precision medicine in cancer and viral treatmen…

Utilizing InSb/Si Quantum Dots for the Development of Next-Generation Multivalued High-Mobility Transistor Technology

Physics and Astronomy First Award

Transistors themselves have not fundamentally changed in decades, with all advances in the field focused on merely decreasing the size of transistors. This is a problem as soon it will be im…

Utilizing Soft Robotic Concepts To Achieve Passive Solar Tracking To Increase Efficiency of a Solar Panel

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Solar tracking is a technique used to increase the energy efficiency of a solar panel by orienting solar panels to face the sun as it travels across the sky. Challenges faced by solar tracki…

Validating a Predictive Mathematical Modelling Paradigm for Travelling From Point A to Point B

Mathematics Fourth Award

Estimating the quickest path from A to B is the aim of mapping software such as Google Maps which calculate route times using parameters such as road size, real-time traffic density and hist…

Variant Effect Prediction Using Deep Neural Networks for Alzheimer's Disease

Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), affecting >50 million individuals worldwide, is characterized by a progressive loss of cognitive function for which no effective therapies currently exist. To ident…

Vegan Leather Obtained From Cedrus deodara

Materials Science

The leather industry is worth hundreds of billions of pounds a year, and it is expected to grow. Alternately vegan leathers are made from plant based materials. This project is about making…

Vehicle Rollover Prevention Through Dynamic Shifting of Center of Mass

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

Car rollovers are common accidents on the road, resulting in 39,000 fatalities and numerous injuries every year. This research project proposes an original method of dynamically shifting the…

Versatile and Customizable Gesture Recognition-Based Computer Control Using Open Source, Inexpensive Computer Vision Technology

Systems Software

As technology increasingly impacts daily life, technological interaction is critical to the future of equity and health. In an effort to advance this interaction, the researcher sought to de…

Virtual Human Health and Safety Integration System

Embedded Systems

Taking into account the recent spreads of COVID-19 and the visible strain on the health infrastructure of many countries, the project was designed to see whether there could be some way of r…

VIRTUAL Using Deep Learning to Estimate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Via Satellite Imagery

Greenhouse gasses (GHG) emitted from fossil-fuel-burning power plants pose a global threat to public health, causing 8.7 million deaths per year through air pollution and raising the frequen…

Vitamin D Impacts on Chicken Eggs

Animal Sciences

Soft egg shells in the egg production business result in a loss of profit. A soft egg is when the shell does not form into a hard layer, but a flimsy, easily-punctured covering. If vitamin D…

“Volunteering Abroad: For You or for Me?”: An Evaluation of Voluntourism Companies Performances Through Examining the Relationship Between Recipient-Centered Objectives and Expenses

The voluntourism market is a profitable niche within the tourism industry, and that follows a close critique to the practice of volunteering abroad. The researcher aims to analyze the nature…