Nowadays, water and air pollution is a crucial environmental issue. Qualitative measurement of water and air qualities plays a vital role in environmental preservation as it is used for plan…
Vitamin D's essential role in human health is increasingly being recognized. However, the quantitative relationship between the cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D and personal UV exposure is u…
Microbiology (General)
Objectives/Goals The objective of our project was to devise a method for the detection and analysis of ultra-low concentrations of bacterial contamination in public places, such as bathrooms…
Chemistry
Third Award
Objectives/Goals With global warming taking the center stage, more and more research is being done on CO2 and greenhouse gases. However, another lesser known, but equally important contribut…
Mathematics & Software
Third Award
Objectives/Goals One of the most challenging problems in the field of medical science is predicting the drugs that will work for specific individuals diagnosed with varying cancer types. Tod…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Second Award
Objectives/Goals The bouba kiki effect is the psychological mapping of physical features with sounds. I chose this project after watching a dance performance and noticing how much the dancer…
In many countries and places the internet is too slow to load a high quality short movie or animation. For this purpose a new technique must be developed for the advantage of everyone. That’…
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to discover when and if children develop a gender bias towards different day to day occupations. Methods/Materials I needed to make 8 display…
This project was initially intended to be a topographic map that allowed teachers and students to physically manipulate terrain to get a real-time visual response. However, the final product…
A car is Man's second home. Throughout the years, it has proven to be a significant tool to attain his goals and desires. Unfortunately, a car can heat up to a fatal temperature within 10 to…
Forensic analysis of traffic accidents in Brazil occurs only in 3% of the cases. This fact is due to the cost required to perform the analysis, involving the expert and materials, in additio…
Mathematics & Software
Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Over 60% of people with dementia die without ever being diagnosed as dementia patients. The reason for this is the lack of precise tools, and the extent of time and effort i…
Fourth Award
Over a million Americans suffer from aphasia, a disorder that severely inhibits language comprehension. Medical professionals suggest that individuals with aphasia have a noticeably greater…
Speech disabilities has an incident rate of more than 360 million people worldwide according to the World Health Organization. Speech is the most natural communication means for human. Howev…
Fourth Award
I created a software application that, when integrated with an optical addendum to smartphones, allows for mobile pre-screening for ocular diseases in almost any setting. Early detection of…
Third Award
Emerging ultra-low power, postage stamp-sized electronics attached to the curvilinear surfaces of the human body promise to revolutionize disease monitoring, prevention,and treatment. This s…
Third Award
A compact, self-analyzing energy management system that could monitor energy usage in an industrial or domestic environment was designed, built and tested. Peak-Power management and optimal…
A successful robot is defined as one that is able to sense the characteristics of its environment, plan autonomous motions, and perform these actions. Thus far, research in Modular Snake Rob…
The purpose of this project is to design a robotic lawn mower that will autonomously map and mow a yard, using a set of three sensors that will establish a perimeter of the yard and communic…
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, there are about 285 million visually impaired people in the world. They face many problems in their day to day life; the major one…
In an attempt to control the growing pollution of nature’s precious water resources, an experiment was conducted to study the effectiveness of algal species in addressing the problem. Certai…
Microbiology (General)
First Award
Objectives/Goals In 2014, California avocado farmers lost over 40 million dollars in crop damage due to root rot caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi. This pathogen infects the roots of avocado…
Over 1,100 people in the U.S. are either injured or die from distracted driving crashes everyday. Distractions can be visual (eyes off road), manual (hands off wheel), or cognitive (mind off…
Our Project is basically to use a generator that produces electricity that runs on hydrogen extracted from urine. To do this we will proceed by extracting nitrogen and hydrogen gas from urin…
Fourth Award
Aerodynamic drag, either parasitic or induced, limits efficiency of aircraft, increasing fuel consumption or reducing performance. Data shows that in 2010 American commercial aviation consum…
The prevalence of respiratory illnesses such as Asthma and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) has been growing rapidly across the world. The spirometry equipment used in hospitals…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
Objectives/Goals The prevalence of respiratory illnesses such as Asthma and COPD has been growing rapidly across the world, with more than 900 million currently afflicted. The spirometry equ…
Electronics & Electromagnetics
First Award
Objectives/Goals Autism spectrum disorder is a neurological and developmental disorder that affects 1 in 68 children and lasts a lifetime. Autistic people periodically experience intense, fr…
Zoology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether the presence of one Lumbriculus variegatus affect the regeneration abilities of another Lumbriculus variegatus. Methods/Materials Segm…
Azo dyes, which are characterized by one or more azo bonds, are a predominant class of colorants used in tattooing, cosmetics, foods, and consumer products. Synthetic dye pollution is a seri…