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Improved Walker, Part Two

The purpose of this experiment is to design a suspension system that is adaptable to a wheeled walker. The goal is to reduce the amount of force it takes to travel over an uneven surface, an…

Improving Crypto: A Novel Smartphone Based Entropy Generator

Governments, businesses, financial institutions and individuals have become reliant upon cryptography and encryption to protect their information. McAfee estimates that the cost of cybercrim…

Improving Environmental Sustainability: Solid Waste to Biofuel Generation Using Pyrolysis

In its recent world energy outlook, International Energy Agency noted that over 1.3 billion people worldwide lack access to energy. Unstable political environment in oil producing countries,…

Improving Multirotor Efficiency and Flight Times

Multirotor UAVs are quickly becoming popular with everyone from photographers to backyard hobbyists alike. A major drawback of current multirotors is their short flight times caused by ineff…

Improving the Carbon Use Efficiency of Soil Microbial Communities: A Field Testing and Modelling Approach

Second Award

Terrestrial soils contain 2300 gigatonnes (GT) of carbon, most of which is processed by soil microbial communities that emit 60 GT of carbon each year. Thus, it is important that methods to…

Improving the Catalytic Activity of Ruthenium in the Transfer Hydrogenation of Simple Ketones Using a Novel Diphenanthroline Amine Ligand

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Transfer hydrogenation of ketones via the dehydrogenation of alcohol is a highly valued reaction, as it allows for the mass production of compounds with pharmaceutical and industrial derivat…

Improving the Efficiency of Genome Variants Detection by the Parallelization of Its Computer Process

The analysis for genome variants is a very intensive computer process. It requires a very large amount of memory and processing power. As a result of that, it can take up to one full day for…

Increased Efficiency in Solar Energy for Developing Countries

Third Award

Around the world, electrical energy isn't always easy to obtain. In many developing countries, common electrical energy is close to nonexistent. While there are not as many large cities and…

Increasing Cancer-Specific Drug Delivery using Targeted Liposomes

Systems Software

The application of biological liposomes as vesicles to be used in cancer therapy was explored. In gene therapy treatment of cancer, there are various methods using viral and polymer vectors,…

Increasing Encryption Strength through the Alteration of Data Readability without a Key

This program was created to eliminate the need for public and private keys. It was designed to be the only party knowledgeable of the encrypted data, besides the creator. The program infinit…

Increasing Wing Lift for Safer Landing

Fourth Award

The landing is the most difficult and important stage of the flight. It requires a suitable length of the runway and pilot's skill. The main idea of our project is to decrease the landing sp…

Induction of Apoptosis Evidenced by Caspase-3 in Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell (H1666 ATCC) through the Ethanol Extract of Alpinia purpurata Flower

Translational Medical Science

Lung adenocarcinoma accounts for 27% of cancer deaths. Research in ovarian cancer have evidenced the anticancer properties of ethanol extract of Alpinia purpurata. Protease caspase 3, produc…

In-Fiber Emulsification of Biodegradable Polymers for Drug Delivery, Year Two

A falling stream of water exhibits a phenomenon known as Plateau Rayleigh Instability (PRI) as it descends: initially taking the form of a fluid column, it eventually breaks up into spherica…

Influence of Gel Content on the Strength of Produced Amylose Bioplastic Films

Starch-based bioplastics and amylose films play vital roles in modern engineering industries. While much is known about the effects of certain substances on the quality of plastic produced,…

Influence of the Use Eva-Poly (Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate) Waste as Lightweight Aggregate in Alkali-Activated Mortars

It is intended in this work to evaluate the technical feasibility of using waste as EVA lightweight aggregate in matrix-based alkali-activated mortars aimed at the development of non-structu…

Inhibition of Cancer Cell Proliferation via G-Rich Oligonucleotides as Aptamer Nanosphere Bioconjugates

Translational Medical Science

Aptamers are short single stranded pieces of DNA with the remarkable ability to bind to cell surface proteins via shape specific recognition. The proper orientation for this shape specific r…

Inhibition of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Deacetylation via C-11 Novel Compound Enhanced Adipocytic Differentiation

Systems Software

According to 2014 World Health Organization figures, more than 600 million adults were obese and approximately 2.8 million people die each year as a result of obesity, presenting health and…

Inhibition of Mutation in S. typhimurium and Cell Division in Allium cepa by Zyflamend, C. longa, Z. officinale, A. indica, and M. citrifolia and Possible Implications in Cancer Prevention

Biomedical Engineering

The purpose of this project was to see if natural substances can be used to prevent mutation. With the recent discovery of aspirin as a cancer preventative, many have reverted to daily use o…

Innovative Solar-Powered Incubator to Prevent Preterm Neonatal Mortality

In resource-limited environments, most premature births take place far from traditional hospitals. The shortage of proper neonatal care facilities has led to high mortality rates of infants…

Instantaneous and Cost-Effective Bacterial Counts using Copper Oxide Nanocomposites

Second Award

The aim of this project is to develop an instantaneous and cost-effective method to quantify the total amount of bacteria in a water sample using nanotechnology. Current quantification metho…

Integrating Technologies for the Production of Bioelectricity and Bioethanol

Clean energy alternatives are becoming increasingly important as greenhouse gas emissions are growing and fossil fuels are being depleted. Bioenergy sources can provide renewable transport f…

IntelliGenome: Using Artificial Intelligence to Diagnose Genetic Diseases on the Genomic Level

The purpose of this project was to create a novel artificial intelligence system to diagnose genetic disease based solely on genetic data. The first half of the project involved creating an…

Interaction Between CD47 and EGF Receptors in Breast Cancer Stem Cells

Translational Medical Science

CD47 is a ubiquitously expressed cell surface receptor for thrombospondin-1 and the counter receptor for signal-regulatory protein alpha- (SIRPa). High expression of CD47 on several types of…

International Oil Spill Remediation: The Numerical Simulation of an in-situ Subsea Separator, Part II

First Award

Oil majors have broadened their horizon for deep-sea exploration with efforts to preserve global stability. Subsea catastrophes emerge at unforeseen times, thus an effective, temporary solut…

Interrogating Ras Function with Protein Mimetics

Fourth Award

Ras proteins are a family of small GTPases activated by numerous upstream signaling molecules. Mutations in RAS genes (KRAS, NRAS, HRAS) can cause the corresponding Ras protein to be locked…

In The Mind’s Eye: Comparing Eye Movements and Ocular Patterns

Biomedical and Health Sciences

The many current tests for dyslexia and other disabilities are generally expensive, time-consuming, and tedious. This research was done as a continuation of an attempt to see if video could…

Intranasal Insulin Enhances Spatial Memory and Cognitive Adjustment

Systems Software

Spatial memory is the part of memory responsible for recording information about one's environment and its spatial orientation. Spatial memory is crucial function of brain that a subject can…

Introducing Hierarchical Aspect to Protein Residue Principle Component Analysis for Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Recombinant Vaccine to Detect Vital Alpha Carbon Motions

The focus of this research is to computationally elucidate the motion in a recombinant vaccine to detect vital alpha carbon motions. To correct for PCA’s insufficiencies, a hierarchical anal…

Investigating Agar Extraction as a Method of Gracilaria salicornia Eradication

Fourth Award

The highly invasive species of algae, Gracilaria salicornia, has harmful detriments to Hawaii's vulnerable reef life. As a red algae, Gracilaria salicornia has the potential have agar extrac…

Investigating Alternative Fermentation and Pretreatment of Residual Rice Hulls to Optimize Ethanol Yield

Millions of pounds of residual rice hulls are produced annually, but this agricultural waste is typically burned, releasing greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Previous studies have succe…