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Under the RADAR: Modeling the RADAR Cross-Section of Aircraft To Enhance Stealth Capabilities

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

The element of surprise in the world of military aviation is stealth which determines an aircraft's survivability. Exploring advanced aviation technology influenced the investigation into th…

Underwater Turbine Innovations

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Global warming and the increasing amount of pollutants in our oceans, rivers, and land have been slowly increasing throughout the years. Many of these environmental problems our earth is fac…

Unhealthy Scrolling: Instagram Influencers Endorse More Unhealthy Food and Beverage Products Compared to Celebrities

More than 3.5 billion people use social media globally, and food and beverage companies have capitalized on this by implementing celebrity endorsement strategies to promote food and beverage…

Uniform Cu-Doped Carbon Inherited From Plant Growth for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CH4

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Fourth Award

In observance of the fast and continuous growth of global CO2 atmospheric level, the recent development of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction features as an attractive approach that can convert…

Universal Solution to Extension and Translation of Fonts Across Languages

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Font design and generation in both western and eastern calligraphy has always been a skilled artwork. In this research, Artificial Intelligence was used to generation new writing fonts acros…

AJAS · 2022

Unravelling the Structure of SecA

Biochemistry

SecA and the integral membrane proteins SecYEG control almost all protein secretion across the bacterial membrane. A functional copy of SecA is essential for the survival of E. coli. Underst…

Urban Ozone Forecasting and Policy Recommendations Through Photochemical Modeling and Machine Learning

Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award

In the troposphere, ozone is a harmful secondary pollutant formed by chemical reactions between nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In 2020, COVID-19 lockdowns broug…

Use of Bio-Electrical Impedance Analysis To Detect Changes in Bone Density Indicative of Osteoporosis

Translational Medical Science

Osteoporosis is difficult to diagnose since it does not show any signs or symptoms. Current commercially available options are expensive and must be conducted in a laboratory or clinical set…

Use of Bivalve Mollusc Residues as Aggregate for the Manufacture of Concrete

Environmental Engineering

This project aims to reduce environmental pollution and consolidate a proposal that generates short-term income, justified by the current health situation and the ease of obtaining the raw m…

Use of Zizphus Leaves Extract as a Safe Alternative Against Some Isolated Fungi From Soil

Microbiology

Many plant diseases produced by microorganisms affect agricultural crops seasonally, resulting in a severe scarcity of production and a large loss of economic returns for farmers. The soil i…

Using AI To Detect Morphological Abnormalities of Leukocytes To Diagnose Leukemia

Biomedical Engineering

Due to the rapidity of leukemia progression, some patients are not able to obtain a fast diagnosis before safe treatment options become ineffective. In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelocyt…

AJAS · 2022

Using Algae as a Successful Bio-Conductor in a Bio-circuit

Engineering

The revolutionized biomedical industry has a deep connection with the utilization of synthetic biology, to create multi-functional, complex but minimalistic, non-invasive biomedical devices.…

Using Arithmetic To Determine a Future Time

Mathematics

This research presents the systematization of patterns in the Gregorian calendar relating the dates and days of the week. After this observation, the Ammer quotient was deduced, in which the…

Using Artificial Intelligence Graph Neural Networks To Repurpose Pre-existing Drugs and Analyze Drug Relationships: Year 2

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

As burgeoning crises have exposed failures of the drug discovery cycle - an inability to quickly and effectively develop new drugs - artificial intelligence-based drug repositioning models a…

AJAS · 2022

Using Automated Infant Posture Recognition to Reduce SIDS Risk

Computer Science

According to the CDC, approximately 3500 infants die annually in the United States from sleep-related infant deaths, including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). My project aims to reduce…

Using Cellular Automata To Simulate Liquid, Gas, and Powder Physics

Systems Software

Right now, most game engines only use a form of simulating physics called rigidbody physics. Rigidbody physics engines work well but are very limited as they only support simulating solid an…

Using Cellular Techniques To Assess Bioindicator Plants' Response to Environmental Pollutants

Cellular and Molecular Biology

In our world, there is concern about environmental quality, including the impact of air pollution, and to a lesser extent, ionizing radiation. The Purple Heart Spiderwort (Tradescantia palli…

Using Cnidarian Nerve Nets To Visualize the Excitotoxic Effects of BMAA

Animal Sciences Fourth Award

Harmful algal blooms on lakes across the globe have become more common as a result of climate change. Cyanobacteria in the blooms produce harmful toxins which have significant consequences t…

Using Computers To Optimize Crop Yield

Plant Sciences

Purpose - The purpose of this design project is to find a more efficient way of planting corn crops in order to increase a farm’s output. This information can be used to help farmers, especi…

Using Computer Vision and Augmented Reality To Utilize Pupil Movement as an Alternative to Traditional Tactile Input Systems

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

In recent years, significant advances in the fields of assistive robotics and AI have been made to help those with disabilities experience the world with more autonomy than ever before. Howe…

Using Endogenous MicroRNAs in Virus Diagnostics

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic poses a severe threat to global health, as evidenced by the ongoing global pandemic. Presently nasopharyngeal testin…

Using Fluorescent Imaging To Make Cancer Detection More Accurate

Translational Medical Science

Doctors utilize tests such as fluorescent imaging to detect cancer. However, given the high costs of up to $250 per target fluorescent probe, testing for different types of cancers can be un…

Using Hand Tracking and Server Architecture to Allow Online Control of a Robotic Hand

Robotics and Intelligent Machines

Access to remote technology has become increasingly important due to the growing need for innovative telecommunication between human to machine operations in everyday life. However, there is…

Using Kleisli Morphisms for Malware Detection With Graph Convolution Networks

Systems Software Third Award

Cybersecurity is a major problem in today’s world, and malware detection is critical defensive approach. Although numerous antivirus programs exist, the majority of them detect only exact or…

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…

AJAS · 2022

Using Machine Learning to Count Microscopic Worms

Computer Science

Caenorhabditis elegans is a prime model organism for biological and toxicological studies. However, counting C. elegans in their various life stages (larva through adult) for research is a t…

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…