Microbiology
Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients primarily receive the drug L-Dopa to replenish the natural stores of dopamine in the body to reduce PD symptoms (Nagatsu 2009). L-Dopa is structurally simil…
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this research was to engineer and deploy a method and device that could selectively suppress cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins while improving the overall ecosystem and lake healt…
Translational Medical Science
Modern vaccines are effective but often depend on complex formulations containing depot-forming adjuvants and stabilizing excipients. Emerging approaches such as neoantigen cancer vaccines a…
Physics and Astronomy
This project modeled the effects of Hawking radiation on black hole evolution and investigated whether black hole initial conditions can be inferred from radiation temperature data. A numeri…
Plant Sciences
The ongoing outbreak of the Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) has caused the destruction of 125 million acres of pine forests across North America, increasing wildfire risk and…
Biomedical Engineering
Sleep quality is fundamental to overall health, yet many existing sleep-monitoring devices suffer from signal distortion due to poor and inconsistent skin contact during overnight movement.…
Software Design
The purpose of this project was to design and test a true random number generator using physical noise from an analog input. Most random number generators in common use rely on software algo…
Microbiology
In today’s world, 1 in 9 people all over the world suffer from diabetes. Out of those people, 1-3 in 9 experience something called diabetic wounds. This project helps biomedical scientists u…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Microplastics in waterways are becoming an ever-increasing problem for the natural world and for humans as well. It is important to find ways to remove microplastics effectively. Ferrofluids…
Software Design
Gaze keyboards require people with ALS to spell words one letter at a time, a process that is slow, exhausting, and forces users to translate simple thoughts into tedious typing sequences. E…
Biomedical Engineering
As humanity ventures beyond Earth, the challenges of space travel extend beyond rocket science and astrophysics. Astronauts face extreme physiological stress, and during deep-space missions…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The United States is linguistically diverse. Approximately 23% of individuals in the United States speak a language other than English at home. Of those same individuals, 61% speak Spanish.…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects 55 million people worldwide, leading to progressive cognitive decline, brain cell death, and brain shrinkage. Current treatments offer only limited relief, u…
Animal Sciences
This project is about bee life and how we can help them survive all year round. I have been studying bees and expanding this project every year for the past 3 years. I have done several diff…
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…
Biomedical Engineering
Over 2 million Americans and countless others around the world suffer from type 1 diabetes which is an incurable health condition where the pancreas stops making essential hormones called in…
Plant Sciences
The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) measures the health of plants. This project used two cameras, one measuring red light and the other near infrared light, to calculate the ND…
Physics and Astronomy
Neutrino oscillation measurements aim to find fundamental physics beyond the Standard Model, but precision is limited by our inability to distinguish genuine signals from interfering nuclear…
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this project was to engineer a cyanobacteria mitigation device and test how deployed, regulated concentrations of hydrogen peroxide could kill cyanobacteria and how Great Mull…
Translational Medical Science
This project exemplifies the integration of regular Cancer testing panels via a comparison of detection in various tactics. My primary question is how the medical industry can identify pancr…
Plant Sciences
Downy brome (Bromus tectorum) is an invasive annual, cool-season grass that invades disturbed land impacted by overgrazing, fire, drought, and road construction. The application of weed supp…
Microbiology
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. During infection a phage attaches to a bacterium and proceeds to insert its genetic material into the cell. After that the phage follows one…
Plant Sciences
Meloidogyne spp., or the root-knot nematode, is the most destructive nematode disease worldwide and persists in threatening the sustainability of the vegetable industry in numerous regions.…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project investigated the correlation between solar indices (AE, By, Bz, SYM_H, and F10.7), aurora activity, and TIMt layers. This research was motivated by the findings of Chu et al. 20…
Physics and Astronomy
My project aimed to investigate the effect circuit complexity has on levels of decoherence in quantum computing algorithms. I also wanted to demonstrate that higher degrees of entanglement i…
Physics and Astronomy
Chiral orbital currents (COC) circulating along the edges of the crystal unit cells underpin an array of novel phenomena in ferrimagnetic Mn3Si2Te6. Two types of inductances are well known,…
Systems Software
Independent living for vision-impaired individuals requires them to perform daily object-reaching tasks, such as grasping an apple to eat. But without precise spatial awareness, even simple…
Materials Science
The rapidly growing field of electronic skin faces a critical challenge: the development of interface materials that are conductive, soft, and compatible with human skin to effectively monit…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
As of 2022, 49% of U.S. adolescents and 25% of adults have psychological disorders, with 60% also experiencing gastrointestinal disorders. The aim of the current study is to determine whethe…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Climate change poses a significant threat to global ecosystems. Current mitigation strategies are inefficient and costly. Biological solutions, specifically algae, offer a promising alternat…