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CYSF · 2026

Stomach in a bottle

Testing how different foods affect gas production by yeast, measured using balloon inflation.

CYSF · 2026

stoping stains

to see what stain remover works best

CYSF · 2026

Stopping lung cancer before it starts

If cancer is caused by defective genes in DNA, then altering the stem cells that produce cells may enable the extraction from the body.

Storm-Graph Vision Transformer: Max-Pooling Spatial Attention for Severe Weather Nowcasting

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Extreme weather events including hail, intense precipitation, tornadoes, and hurricanes cost billions of dollars in annual damage and endanger general public safety, yet remain challenging t…

Storm Surge Flood Modeling for Lake Charles and Surrounding Areas

Environmental Engineering

The City of Lake Charles is located about 20 miles north of the Gulf Coast and is named after the lake to its west. The city is the hub of a major petrochemical industry. The lake is connect…

Stormwater Dynamics: The Influence of Rainfall and Soil Characteristics on Soil Erosion Estimates on Construction Sites

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Rainfall-generated soil erosion at highway construction sites is a significant source of contaminants in stormwater discharges, which has serious implications for water quality and regulator…

Stormwater Remediation of 6PPD and 6PPD-Quinone Using Sustainable Citric Acid and Aluminum Crosslinked Nanocellulose Hydrosponges

Chemistry

6PPD is an antiozonant ubiquitously used in global tire manufacturing that reacts with ground-level ozone to form 6PPD-quinone (6PPDQ). 6PPDQ is a compound acutely lethal to coho salmon—a sp…

CWSF · 2026

Strategy to Restore Namao Informed by First Nation Philosophy and Traditional Practices

Environment & Climate Change

The construction of the Churchill River Diversion in 1976 and the last 50 years of its operation has decimated the Namao, which thrived in our river for centuries, almost to the point of ext…

CYSF · 2026

Strawberry DNA Extraction

The extraction of a Strawberries DNA using Household items.

Strengthening Middle School Mathematics Through an AMC 8 Workshop: A Study of Student Learning Gains

Behavioral and Social Sciences

This study examined the impact of a student-designed AMC 8 preparatory workshop on middle school students' mathematical problem-solving skills and confidence. Many students have limited expo…

StrokeSight: An End-to-End Multimodal AI Platform for Prehospital Stroke Risk Prediction and Clinical Decision Support

Software Design

Acute stroke is a time-critical emergency. Current screening relies on subjective observation, missing up to 32% of cases. Moreover, relying on a single data modality yields over a 45% false…

Stromal Mitochondrial Changes in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological cancer, with a five year survival rate that still barely exceeds 50%. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a stromal cell population in the tumor m…

Structural Optimization of Lipid-Based Nanocarriers to Improve Targeted Codelivery of Curcumin and siRNA-Based Cancer Treatments

Materials Science

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are FDA-approved tools for delivering small-molecule drugs and nucleic acids for cancer treatments with extensive ability to improve drug targeting and efficacy. L…

Structural Optimization of Wireless Power Transfer Using 3D-Printed Metamaterials

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

When cables and wired power delivery present safety or practicality issues, such as in biomedical implants or robotics applications, Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) using metamaterials (engine…

Study of Toroidal Propellers

Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics

The purpose of the Study of Toroidal propellers has been to find the best angle for thrust using 3D printed toroidal propellers. This study of toroidal propellers will help for our next upco…

Study on the Stability of Vertically Vibrating Liquid Layers: From Suspension to Multistate Instability

Physics and Astronomy

In a vertically vibrating environment, the dynamic behavior of liquids and bubbles differs from that in a static gravitational field. This study investigates the dynamic stability of a liqui…

Sublethal Glyphosate Reduces Thigmotaxis in Crayfish: A Two-Year Study

Animal Sciences

Crayfish are a keystone species in freshwater ecosystems, meaning that disruptions to their behavior can cascade through the entire environment. Building upon statistically significant 2025…

CYSF · 2026

Sucrose and glucose. Finding hidden sugars in your food!

Find out the amount of different sugars in food.

Sunflower's Impact on Soil Recovery and Native Grass Growth

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Fire, caused by the combustion of flammable material and characterized by heat, flames, and often smoke, can profoundly affect soil properties and nutrient availability. Its impact on soil f…

CYSF · 2026

Superbug Mitigation Using Quantum Computing

In our project we research ways to fight superbugs using quantum computing and bacteriophages.

CYSF · 2026

Superbugs: Investigating Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

In my project, I investigated tuberculosis, focusing on its diagnosis, transmission, prevention, and treatment, with particular emphasis on the biology of drug-resistance. Finally, I explore…

Supercritical CO2 Decellularization: A Fast and Residue-free Strategy for ECM Preparation

Biomedical Engineering

Decellularization is essential for producing extracellular matrix (ECM) scaffolds used in regenerative medicine. Conventional detergent-based methods can achieve effective cell removal but o…

CWSF · 2026

Superfuel on a Schedule: the effects of glucose during the menstrual cycle

Health & Wellness

This project explores how different hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle affect glucose levels in a controlled experiment. The four phases in the menstrual cycle include menstrua…

CYSF · 2026

super Soccer Science

my experiment is measuring how the amount of air pressure in a soccer ball impacts the rebound

Supervised Machine Learning for Post-Acquisition Background Suppression in Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS)

Materials Science

Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS) is a chemical imaging technique that enhances weak near-field Raman signals to map the composition, structure, and physical properties of materials bet…

Supramolecular Layer-by-Layer Engineered Probiotics for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy

Biomedical Engineering

The global incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is on a continuous rise. Probiotic therapy has emerged as a research hotspot due to its synergistic advantages in "regulating intesti…

Surface Mediated Enzyme Sequestration by Ingested HDPE Macroplastics in a Biomimetic King Penguin Intestinal Model

Biochemistry

Macroplastic debris has been reported in the gastrointestinal tracts of King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), yet the molecular mechanism by which ingested plastics disrupt digestion rema…

Surface-Modified Alginate Bioplastics: Biodegradable Sorbents for Selective Oil Spill Remediation

Environmental Engineering

Marine oil spills release toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other compounds that harm organisms and bioaccumulate across food chains. Meanwhile, conventional remediation primarily r…

CYSF · 2026

Surface Tension

Looking at the surface tension of water and how things can float of sink based on that strength. The initial question came from watching water striders on a pond.

Survey of the Noctis Volcano on Mars in Search of Stratigraphic Exposures and Caves Accessible for Exploration

Physics and Astronomy

We are currently on the verge of sending the first crewed mission to Mars to expedite the search for signs of Martian life. Pre-planning and site evaluation are crucial in ensuring mission s…