Animal Sciences
PawPath is a non-invasive, risk-free gait monitoring device that assesses orthopedic and neurodegenerative diseases in canines. Gait abnormalities, which often signal conditions like arthrit…
Biochemistry
Cancer patients have access to advanced drugs like biosimilars of trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1). However, continuous devleopment of new drugs is required to trea…
Microbiology
Cryptococcus neoformans—a pathogenic yeast—poses a severe risk to immunocompromised individuals. Its polysaccharide capsule, primarily glucuronoxylomannan, is its chief virulence factor. Cal…
Biomedical Engineering
Respiratory issues like Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILDs), Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases are difficult to identify because their symptoms closely resemble other musculoskeleta…
Translational Medical Science
Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a serious complication associated with diabetes that can lead to vision loss in middle-aged and older adults. Caused by chronic high blood sugar levels, poor gly…
Mathematics
Lothar Collatz defined a function on natural numbers: divide x by 2 when it is even, multiply by three and add one otherwise. He conjectured that repeated application of this function to any…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Cognitive decline is common in aging populations, but early screening is critical to slowing its progression. Current screening tools like MoCA and MMSE are limited by their reliance on read…
Animal Sciences
Purpose Dog barks and visual cues are main channels through which dogs communicate their emotional states, such as anger, sadness, and excitement. However, accurately interpreting these is a…
Translational Medical Science
Metabolic disorders and malnutrition remain critical health concerns, often undiagnosed due to invasive, costly, and inaccessible testing methods. VitalEdge is a novel non-invasive biosensor…
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects more than 50 million people worldwide. Current diagnostic methods include cerebrospinal fluid testing, which is invasive and…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biological control of pests and mosquitoes using indigenous fishes is an eco-friendly approach towards sustainable agriculture and health. Objectives: To collect and identify different indig…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
The number of annual lead-poisoning fatalities exceeds the combined annual fatalities from car accidents and malaria. Cadmium causes DNA damage. A leading heavy metal exposure source is surf…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Aging involves a gradual decline in physiological functions, heightening morbidity and mortality risks through diminished organ function, muscle mass, bone density, and a compromised immune…
Plant Sciences
The project has created a botanical anti-feedant against the feeding behaviour of whiteflies while also preventing vectoral transmission of various plant diseases caused by these insects. Wh…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fourth Award
As the market for Off-the-Road (OTR) tires grows (annual growth of 5.2%, valuing at $32 billion), consumers continue to demand driving efficiency and productivity, even as the equipment plac…
Mathematics
Spacetime is a mathematical model of our universe based on the general relativity theory. Our observable world in this spacetime is represented by causally related points, defined as points…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Ankylosing Spondylitis a type of rheumatic autoimmune disorders where normal body cells attack musculoskeletal cells, making bones' weak joints unstable and prone to fractures. This can caus…
Materials Science
This research article addresses the common issue of anisotropic strength inherent in standard 3D printing by investigating a method to enhance the mechanical strength of 3D printed objects u…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Traditional drug discovery is costly, slow, and has low FDA approval rates. Deep learning models such as GAN, VAE, & reinforcement learning (RL) have emerged as a solution, using SMILES or g…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Gynecological issues affect 90% of the female population worldwide, but due to the similarity in their symptoms with other diseases, they are misdiagnosed. This project focuses on developing…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
HOPE: Closing the Divide in Rehabilitation through Technology. India’s physically challenged citizens experience a significant lack of accessible physiotherapy. Hope, a wearable gadget, stim…
Environmental Engineering
Single-use PET bottles, while providing numerous applications worldwide, are a major source of micro-plastic contamination. PET filament pultrusion is one technique for recycling PET bottles…
Embedded Systems
The use of contact lenses or glasses as vision correction for optical defocus is unwieldy in many scenarios, such as virtual reality or viewing digital displays in vehicles. These inconvenie…
Systems Software
Fourth Award
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. Yet, it lacks a cure. Timely detection and treatment can significantly slow the progression of symptoms, yet acc…
Biomedical Engineering
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of death among women due to cancer in the developing world. India contributes to 25% of these cancers. In low-resource settings, visual inspection with t…
Animal Sciences
Antibiotic resistance is one of the world's top three public health problems (WHO). A major contributing factor to antibiotic resistance is its indiscriminate use in broiler production. This…
Physics and Astronomy
Variable stars are important cosmic distance indicators and they help us find key parameters like the Hubble constant, the rate of expansion of the Universe. Compared to periodic variables l…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Timely detection of brain tumors is vital in increasing a patient's chance of recovery. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Segmentation is used to detect and diagnose brain tumors, traditional…
Translational Medical Science
Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of cancer treatment occurring in 90% of head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiation, 40% of patients with solid tumours receivi…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Rolling bearings transmit a rotary motion between two bodies. Faulty components generate more friction which translates into dissipation of additional energy and heat which in turn increases…