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3D Cultivation of Cancer Cells in vitro

The average cost to develop a new anticancer drug ranges around 800 million USD, which consequently increases the price of healthcare for patients. A significant part of these expenses could…

3D Printed Gas Electron Multiplier

Third Award

The Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) was first introduced at CERN by F. Sauli. This project uses 3D printing technology to manufacture a GEM. Conductive and nonconductive thermoplastics were us…

6-Axis Robot Manipulator for an Educational Process and for Automation of Small-Scale Enterprises

Third Award

The aim of this project is designing and production of a 6-axis robot manipulator with swivel joints for schools or universities educational process and for automation of small-scale enterpr…

A Bacteriological Analysis of Hand Sanitization Products

PURPOSE: To determine how a variation of hand sanitization products compare to each other, also to see the effects of evaporation on hand sanitizers. PROCEDURE: Kirby Bauer: 1) Selected 15 h…

A Better Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft

Cardiovascular disease (CV disease) is one of the leading causes of death in the World. This disease affects individuals from different backgrounds including various ages, ethnicities, or ec…

A Biophysical Model of the Neuroendocrine Circuit in the Pancreas: Towards Better Diabetes Care

Diabetes is a disease that afflicts more than 30 million individuals in America alone and is projected to cost almost $70 billion in reduced productivity. Clearly, new quantitative and preci…

A Breakdown of the Effects of Coal Ash Contaminants on the Photosynthetic Production of Elodea canadensis

Annually, over 100 million metric tons of coal ash is created from the combustion of coal. Tens of millions of that waste ends up dumped in old mines, landfills, and slurry ponds which often…

Acacia xanthophloea Characterization and Preservation Techniques of Sapwood (Plant Xylem) as a Low Cost Membrane Filtration Device for Arid and Semi-Arid Areas in Kenya

Third Award

This project explores the water purification properties of the sapwood of Acacia Xanthophloea to provide safe and clean water to arid and semi arid areas in Kenya that is cheaper and easily…

Accelerating Cancer Immunotherapy: Optimization of an EGFRvIII-Based Cancer Vaccine via Computationally-aided Analysis of Proteasome Processing for Improved Glioblastoma Prognosis

First Award

Cancer vaccines are a revolutionary field of cancer therapeutics that aim to utilize the body’s natural defenses to treat cancer. Through this research, I optimized an effective anti-cancer…

Acceleration of Germination and Growth of Wheat and Barley Using Ferro-fluids

Influence of three different aqueous ferro-fluids (containing iron oxide nano-particles in different templates), on the rate of germination and growth of wheat and barley was investigated an…

Accuracy of Google Translate with American High School Academic Vocabulary

This study is the first to examine the accuracy of Google Translate with American vocabulary from actual high school syllabi. Five sentences, chosen for their potential to pose complications…

Accuracy of Non-Invasive Continuous Glucose Nanosensor for ex vivo Artificial Pancreas

Fourth Award

Diabetes is a serious worldwide epidemic that affects a growing portion of the population. While the most common method for testing blood glucose involves finger pricking, it is painful and…

Acid Rains: Indication of Acidity Based on Flowers Pigments

Unfortunately the technical progress inevitably generates a lot of massive pollution, such as acid rains. There are not so many ways to indicate it. Most of the methods are expensive, and do…

A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Stealth Aircraft Design Methodologies

This study is a continuation of our previous study which found the effects of stealth aircraft design on an aircraft's aerodynamic performance. Our results from last years project showed tha…

A Comparative Analysis of Tissue-Specific Silver Hyper-Accumulation in Myriophyllum aquaticum

Heavy metal pollution is a serious ecological problem that our world is currently facing. Our blatant disregard for the disposal and release of heavy metals has allowed them to be allowed to…

A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Opuntia ficus-indica and Aloe barbadensis miller in the Biosorption of Manganese (II) Ions and Dispersion of Oil

This project examined the abilities of Opuntia ficus-indica and Aloe barbadensis miller to reduce concentrations of Mn2+ ions and act as an oil dispersion agent. The Opuntia ficus-indica and…

A Comparison of the Effects of O55:B5 and O111:B4 Lipopolysaccharides from E. coli in RAW 264.7 Murine Macrophages

Translational Medical Science

The purpose of this study was to determine the comparability of two lipopolysaccharides, from Escherichia coli serotypes O55:B5 and O111:B4, in their ability to stimulate the activation of R…

A Comparitive Strength Analysis of an Artificial Monofilament Nylon Passive Fiber Muscle vs. a Linear Acuator

I created an artificial muscle using monofilament fishing line. The muscle is heat sensitive, and by applying heat to the muscle, it contracts lifting weight. To make the muscle, a nylon mon…

A Cost Efficient Solution to Citrus Root Destruction: Developing a Defensive Barrier against Citrus Weevils and Other Pests Using a Methylxanthine Agent

Developing a defensive barrier against invasive species that destroy native citrus populations is major problem for agricultural developers throughout the state of Florida and United States.…

Acoustic Microfluidics with Tiny Droplets

In our project we develop and construct devices for the use in microfluidics using surface acoustic waves. Microfluidics has become an important field of modern research and allows the const…

Addressing Global Water Scarcity with a Novel Hydrogel Based Desalination Technique Using Saponified Starch-g-polyacrylamide and Its Hydrophilic Properties to Harvest Fresh Water with a Low Energy and Chemical Footprint

Second Award

To address global fresh water scarcity, a novel hydrogel based seawater desalination technique using a superabsorbent starch based polymer is proposed. Current approaches rely on thermal, me…

A Deterministic Approach to the Position, Trajectory, and Collision Prediction of Particles within Bounded Two-Dimensional Environments

Dynamical systems is an area of mathematics dealing with the study of constrained movement of particles or objects. This project investigates a common instance of such a system: a particle(s…

A Drosophila Glioma Model to Investigate Therapy Resistance and Repopulation

Biomedical Engineering

Glioblastoma is the primary cause of cancer related fatalities in pediatric and adult populations. The current standards for treatment have been unsuccessful in preventing tumor relapse due…

Adsorption and Desorption of Oil Spills using Jordanian Zeolitic Tuff

Fourth Award

Zeolitic Tuff is a natural volcanic mineral that is mined in Jordan. It has a chemical structure of hydrated aluminum-silicates of sodium, three dimensional crystalline framework of tetrahed…

Advanced Au-SPIONs: Synthesis and Characterization of Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Personalized Nanomedicine

Nanomaterial synthesis has gained widespread attention in personalized nanomedicine to offer promising treatments for combined therapy and diagnostics. Capable of disease detection, drug del…

Advancing the Future of Agriculture Using Duckweed: A Continued Study of the Effects of Duckweed in an Aquaponic System

Many regions in the world are facing the dangers of water shortages, and are not able to produce enough food. If an agriculture system were extremely cost and water efficient, then farmers i…

A Feasible Solution to High Frequency Loss Based on Transposing Fundamental Frequency

Hearing impairment and loss are common problems among the aged. Traditional hearing aids, which amplify the volume of sound, are not effective in solving high frequency loss. There are frequ…

A Highly Efficient and Economically Profitable Electrocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide using Nanostructured Electrodes

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design Third Award

An efficient and economically profitable process for the electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to valuable chemicals such as methanol and formic acid was investigated to address the s…

AirTouch: A Gesture-Based Cross-Platform App that Enables Touch-Free Input for Human Computer Interaction

AirTouch is an application aimed at providing hand hover user interaction on a webcam-enabled device using hand and face detection algorithm. I created this cross-platform, sensor-free appli…

A Ketone Detecting Patch using Perspiration to Detect Type 1 Diabetes

Fourth Award

What if type-1 diabetes could be cheaply and non-invasively detected? Untreated type-1 diabetics produce large amounts of ketones, which are not otherwise typically produced in the body. Tes…