Assistant, Neurocognitive Dynamics Lab, Department of Biomedical Informatics Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily prominent in individuals 65 years and older (t…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily prominent in individuals 65 years and older (the elderly population). Despite advances in the medical field, the diagnosis…
Physics and Astronomy
Classical cryptography cannot realize whether eavesdropper exists. By introducing quantum mechanics to cryptography, finding out eavesdropper is possible. We are aiming to investigate the E9…
Plant Sciences
Purpose: Over the last century, the global population has quadrupled. To combat future food demand, farmers worldwide will need to increase crop production, either by increasing the amount o…
Biomedical Engineering
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness, affecting 1 in 100 people worldwide. Unfortunately, due to its asymptomatic nature, it often goes undetected leading to permanent vision lo…
Systems Software
Fourth Award
This project began as a chance discussion with peers regarding incorrect retrospective GCSE subject choices which restricted A-level options and ultimately career opportunities. A survey of…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
VisiAide uses a novel context-based machine learning approach to use mobile devices to guide the visually impaired by detecting obstacles along their path, identifying objects, and detecting…
Animal Sciences
During in vitro fertilization (IVF) human embryos are incubated without light, and these conditions do not ensure embryo survival. In this study, I explore whether environmental conditions c…
Embedded Systems
Fourth Award
Visually impaired individuals encounter numerous challenges while walking. Navigating unfamiliar paths without a caregiver's assistance is daunting, and despite various walking aids, the ris…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Lung cancer is one of the most significant causes of death among all diseases. Specifically, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 87% of this daunting disease. Single-cell RNA-seq…
The goal of this project is to use a single radar for contactless, continuous and unobtrusive biometric authentication (BA), which involves determining the identity of a user by comparing th…
Embedded Systems
According to World Health Organization (WHO), there are 1.3 billion people who experience significant disability. This represents 16% of the world’s population, and persons with disabilities…
Arkansas Electric grid is rapidly transitioning from fossil-fuel-based centralized generation to inverter-based renewable- energy distributed generation. This necessitates the synchronized o…
Physics & Astronomy
Honorable_mention Award
When selecting a route to walk from point A to point B in the city, multiple options are typically available. One can choose city streets with longer or shorter blocks and decide when to cro…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Monitoring of the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants prevalence in a specific area is usually done by sequencing data analysis of infected individuals’ test samples, however, there is another approac…
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a problem that has been escalating for decades. With pharmaceutical drugs becoming less and less effective, the blame is often shuffled toward the notion of antibiot…
Animal Sciences
Which marine pollutants are the most harmful to marine life? Seeing as water Daphnia are an imperative piece in the marine environment's food web, the goal of this experiment is to test the…
Biomedical Engineering
Over 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, with the number projected to more than double by 2050. The number of people with various dementias is also expected to increase from 55…
Environmental Engineering
Honorable_mention Award
Food insecurity is a pressing issue because of the effects of unpredictable weather on crop yields. The recent weather events such as drought and rainstorms have had negative effects on farm…
Materials Science
Honorable_mention Award
The purpose of this experiment was to find the optimal enclosure size for a woofer driver. My experimental question was “What effect does speaker enclosure size have on bass frequency respon…
Plant Sciences
Purpose: To optimize the effectiveness of fertilizers. Maximizing the productivity of the fertilizer leads to preventing overfertilization. Overfertilization negatively affects the environme…
Materials Science
Honorable_mention Award
The purpose of this project was to find the strongest and most durable 3D printed infill (inner support structure) when put through a compression test. I hypothesized that a 3D structure wit…
Chemistry
Volatile organic compounds are significant precursors of atmospheric ozone and secondary organic aerosols, and different compositions of VOCs have different effects on atmospheric reactions.…
Microbiology
The vast majority of eukaryotic diversity is made up of protists, diverse groups of unicellular microorganisms found throughout terrestrial and aquatic environments. Amoeboid protists are re…
Chemistry
First Award
Objectives: I noticed that many people drink filtered water and bottled water rather than straight tap water. I wanted to prove that tap water has no statistically significant differences wi…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Students who exhibit more helpless behaviors will almost always perform worse in school. Schools may be inadvertently teaching these students more helpless behaviors through current methods.…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Across the United States, 34 million people suffer from food insecurity. Many of those in need do not qualify for federal nutrition aid programs, and as such must rely on their local food ba…
Physics and Astronomy
Galaxy morphology classification is an essential step in extragalactic astronomy to understand galaxy differences and uncover new structural features. With an enormous number of galaxies (up…
Plant Biology
Honorable_mention Award
Global warming has been an issue on the rise for decades. Methane is a major gas contributing to global warming because it traps heat in the Earth’s atmosphere. Using recyclable materials as…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Wind energy currently comprises 6% of world energy production and continues to grow in response to the need for climate change action. Savonius vertical-axis wind turbine systems could make…