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Vapor Propelled Marangoni Effect

The Marangoni effect describes the transfer of mass down a surface tension gradient along the interface of two fluids. While this effect has been utilized for millennia by spiders and microv…

Variations of Zeaxanthin epoxidase and Phosphoglucomutase in Landoltia punctata

While Landoltia punctata, commonly known as duckweed, has many potential uses, very little of its genome has been sequenced and cataloged. The purpose of this research was to sequence and an…

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Expression of Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE)

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of permanent vision loss in developed nations, characterized by a detached retina and currently has no cure. Overexpression of vas…

VAXXWAGON: An Innovative “No Ice, No Electric” Active Refrigeration System for Last-Leg Vaccine Transportation

Most vaccines, such as those for measles; mumps; and yellow fever, must be kept between 2°C and 8°C at all times. This can be logistically challenging during transport to remote locations wh…

Venus: Vascular Locator

Fourth Award

Peripheral intravenous access is an essential procedure to health treatment problems ranging from dehydration to infections and cancer. Errors in venipuncture may cause patient injury, psych…

Verifying the Chemical Characterization and Botanical Origin of Burmese Ambers by C13 NMR Spectroscopy

Examining the structure of amber could provide information about the climate of ancient times, the evolution of tree species and continental drift. In this study solid-state C13 NMR spectros…

Versatile, Efficient, and Facile Functionalization of Poly(p-phenylene oxide) via Azide-Alkyne "Click" Chemistry

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Second Award

Functional polymers are currently attracting tremendous attention because of their use in diverse polymer applications, such as fuel cell membranes, gas separation, biomaterials, and polymer…

Versatile Freeze Plug Extractor

This project comes from the development of an innovative tool for the branch of automotive maintenance. It was found that both manufacturers worldwide, and specialized automotive maintenance…

Viability of Bovine Semen, Phase III

Biochemistry

The purpose of this experiment was to demonstrate the effects of holding bovine semen above the frost line of a liquid nitrogen tank on viability. It was hypothesized that bovine semen would…

Viability of Co-Cultured Mycobacterium smegmatis and THP-1 Cell-Derived Macrophages Following Infection in vitro

Since 2013, there has been a 14% increase of patients diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, causing a need to further study the tuberculin bacteria. Transmission of tuberculosis o…

Virtual Security Panel

The residential security is leaving of be only an accessory and becoming a technological tool increasingly needed. This can be visualized comparing the first semester of 2010 with the 2015 i…

Viruses Produce Electricity by Movement

Energy-Viruses produce electricity by movement. Khaloud K. Al-Hajri–Usra A.El-Shikh Al-Rayyan Al-Jadeed Independent Secondary School,Doha,QA The aim of our project is to optimize the conditi…

Visual Inspection Fasteners: Self-diagnostic Bolt, Nut & Washer

Nuts and bolts are used in tightening mechanical parts and structures from bridges to escalators. However, due to vibration and movement, nuts and bolts can become loose, resulting in seriou…

Visualizing the Adeno-Associated Virus Vector through Modification of the Viral Protein 2

Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) is a non-pathogenic virus that has become a popular vector in gene therapy. To date, hundreds of AAV variants have been researched, however their passage into th…

Visus

Although technology has advanced in the past years, we notice that there are still people with visually impaired that have dependencies for mobilization. While we were thinking about this ma…

VoxelCode (3D Barcode)

This project aims better interaction of machines with physical world. Today we are using 2D barcodes in everywhere for that but we are still wasting capabilities of our devices. We are basic…

Washing Away Vital Elements of Our Environment: A Bio-Assay Investigation with Daphnia, Comparing the Effect of Water Quality and Stream Pollution using "Green Detergent" vs. "Conventional Detergent"

Do High Efficiency Detergents really save the Environment? We conducted a Bioassay experiment to study the effects of environmental changes on Daphnia being exposed to various concentrations…

Waste to Watts, Stage II

The aim of our research in Stage I, was to evaluate the biogas production potential of three forms of animal manure mixtures (dairy, swine, and poultry manure). Dairy cow manure resulted in…

Water as Raw Material for an Integral Process of Energy Production

Nowadays, the clean, feasible and sustainable energy production is a priority to attend the needs of the society, which allows a technological improvement with ecological awareness. The main…

Water Hazard: The Effect of Paracoccus Denitrificans-Based Remediation Techniques on the Levels of Nitrate and Oxygen in Freshwater Environments

Nitrate (NO3) is a major component of plant growth and the most common fertilizer ingredient in the world. The extensive use of nitrate-based fertilizers has contaminated countless bodies of…

Water Purification Using Solar Energy

The experiment’s purpose was to design a prototype in order to demonstrate that solar energy could be used to boil and distill water making it viable for human consumption. A prototype of th…

Water Quality Evaluation of Rahue River in the City of Osorno, through the Use of Biological Indexes

The interest to know and protect river ecosystems is growing, also to study their changes over time, it has stimulated the development of different criteria to estimate the human effect on t…

Water Quality Improvement and Development of Bakery Products with the Residue of Jucara acai Pulp

Fourth Award

Jucara Palm is one of native species of Atlantic Forest. It produces a fruit, Jucara acai, and a palm that when extracted kills the plant. The processing of this fruit generates 81% of resid…

Waterrocket Launcher – Automated (WRL)

Goal Our goal was to fully automate the process of filling and launching a water rocket. Also we tried to calculate the behavior of the rocket in the air. Methodology In our project WRL we w…

Wave Rider: Harnessing Wave Energy for Marine Safety

The engineering objective of this project was to design, fabricate, test, validate, and solidify a viable solution for generating and maintaining voltage to power marine emergency systems. T…

Wearable Device to Translate American Sign Language (ASL) into English

Third Award

Speech and hearing impaired people use hand gestures as their primary mode of communication. There are many different forms of hand gesture languages, the most popular being ASL (American Si…

Wearable Mask Fit Monitor

This project develops and tests a prototype respirator fit monitor that can be worn continuously by users so they can know how well their masks fit while in use. Expensive and bulky equipmen…

Weed Warfare: Investigating Allelopathy, Year Six

Fourth Award

Amaranthus palmeri is a highly invasive noxious weed that causes significant problems in agriculture because of its resistance to glycine (Round-up). This glycine resistant strain of A.palme…

Wetland Preservation and Mosquito Control: An Integrated Approach

Mosquitoes on Florida’s east coast, including Aedes taeniorhynchus and Aedes sollicitans, are nuisance pests and competent disease vectors. Within the previous century, efforts have been mad…

What Did You Say? Plant Communication in Transgenic and Non-Transgenic Soybeans

Recently, studies on plant communication have been conducted by scientists. Many of these studies suggest plants can be trained to handle stress, such as drought and insects. This may be a s…