Biomedical and Health Sciences
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), has become a major health problem worldwide and is predicted to become the leading cause of liver transplantation in the United States. In vitro mo…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This study investigates the relationship between the sequential organization of the brain, measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans, and both rest and task-based differ…
Microbiology
Hot Springs, Arkansas is a tourist town known for its geothermal hot springs, which contain microbial thermophiles that thrive at high temperatures. These springs have several sources of wat…
Environmental Engineering
Due to humans' heavy, global dependence on petroleum as an energy source and material, oil extraction and processing efforts happen in many environments and involve mass transportation acros…
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this field study is to observe which planting configuration produces the highest yield for farmers. The planting configurations of twin row, single row, and broadcast will be…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Have you ever played Rock, Paper, Scissors, it’s a very elementary game often used to make a quick decision. “Who has to do the dishes?” or “Who gets to eat the last cookie?”. But can you wi…
Biochemistry
Fourth Award
Radiation-induced lung disease is a potential challenge for thoracic cancer survivors, who received radiotherapy. Hence, research to identify drugs that have selective effects on normal and…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
Southern Root-Knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita) are microscopic roundworms that act as parasites, causing devastating damage to crops worldwide. These parasites primarily target the roo…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
In the last year, five student-athletes participating in high school basketball tore their ACLs. This project aimed to determine if a correlation exists between the Q-angle of an athlete’s k…
Animal Sciences
Fall armyworms(FAW) cause around 500 million dollars in economic damage each year in the U.S., and pesticidal treatments are becoming increasingly ineffective. Meanwhile, management solution…
Materials Science
MnPS3 and GdPS have been researched due to the recent insight into 2D magnetism. The ZrSiS family (GdPS belongs to this family) can be used as topological materials through elemental substit…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
CPU cooling is vital for computers to function efficiently and for long periods of time. The purpose of this project was to measure the effectiveness of various CPU cooling methods, and, ult…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that impacts memory by destroying the neurons of the brain cells. AD is characterized by the presence of two types of prot…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Tuberculosis (TB), a bacterial disease mainly affecting the lungs, is the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide before COVID-19. To prevent TB from spreading within the body, which…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Fourth Award
Herein, doped carbon materials are synthesized from biomass utilizing facile microwave irradiation for supercapacitor application. Lignosol is used as a carbon precursor while ammonium polyp…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
G-quadruplex structures (G4s) are one of many secondary structures that genomic DNA adopts, apart from its canonical B-form, and they are a vital part of cellular regulation. Sequences that…
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is a growing issue with many harmful impacts on individuals and society as a whole, and one major cause of this is medical nonadherence regarding periodical prescriptio…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
While type 1 diabetes (T1D) affects millions worldwide, some individuals may experience rapid fluctuations in their blood sugar levels. These fluctuations can negatively impact an individual…
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes in biodiversity and species composition of bryophytes (mosses and related species) within Hot Springs National Park in relation to the co…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Third Award
Current research is focused on identifying drugs that can mitigate chemotherapy-induced injury to normal tissues, while being cytotoxic to cancer cells. This study was designed to evaluate t…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Third Award
Axial compressors, the first stage of gas turbine engines, compress air by accelerating it through many stages of rotors and stators. Variable pitch stator vanes are a technology that preven…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The COVID-19 pandemic has been ravaging on for more than 2 years now, ever since it was declared a pandemic in early March of 2020. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been used in track…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily prominent in individuals 65 years and older (the elderly population). Despite advances in the medical field, the diagnosis…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sunscreen active ingredients are a key factor of maintaining good health due to their protection from harmful radiation from the sun. However, these ingredients often pollute waterways and h…
Mathematics
Lego, like many other alternative investments, increases in value over time, with some sets increasing more than gold since 2000 (Wolff-Mann, 2015). However, what makes certain sets increase…
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a problem, especially in COVID-19 -- but for centuries especially in the ancient Indian form of medicine Ayurveda, plant-based forms of medicine have been u…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Let's look at some boats, The experiment shows different types of hulls on boats that were designed. There are three designs that will be tested to see what can hold the most cargo and perfo…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Due to COVID-19, the economy has suffered from health protocols. The U.S. needs to know which states were most affected by COVID-19 to distribute aid effectively in case another pandemic occ…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Acromegaly is a disease caused by a benign tumor which encroaches on the pituitary gland. This tumor causes the gland to release too much somatropin, leading to the release of too much Insul…
Chemistry
The Forster resonance energy transfer (FRET) phenomenon has been widely used for biological applications. Herein, FRET mechanism is used for the first time to develop a combination therapy d…