Translational Medical Science
Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), are typically diagnosed after 50-80% neuronal loss, reflecting a critical failure of early…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Leukemia remains a leading cause of global cancer mortality, with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) presenting the most aggressive clinical profile with frequent relapse even after treatment. Ove…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Autonomous robotic systems and the vision-language models powering them share a critical failure: both produce actions through opaque latent embeddings with no causal justification, thereby…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Heating and cooling systems account for nearly 50% of the global energy consumption. Heat exchangers are critical components of all heating and cooling systems. Heat transfer efficiency is a…
Software Design
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by heterogeneous cognitive decline, including episodic memory loss, semantic impairment, and visuospatial d…
Microbiology
Lactobacillus acidophilus produces lactase, an enzyme that hydrolyzes lactose into glucose and galactose, helping alleviate symptoms of lactose intolerance. However, the protective effects o…
Environmental Engineering
An estimated 92 million tons of textiles are discarded annually, yet fabric-to-fabric recycling accounts for less than 1% of production due to quality degradation and financial barriers. Thi…
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains difficult to diagnose in its early stages. Current diagnostic approaches often miss subtle early symptoms, delaying intervention. In this research, a novel m…
Translational Medical Science
Irregularities in heart rhythm, known as arrhythmias, are often indicative of cardiac diseases. Electrocardiograms (ECGs) are the standard method for detecting arrhythmias, recording electri…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Pancreatic cancer is the second leading cause of death, with 90% of occurrences as Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Currently, Doxorubicin (DOX) is the leading treatment for cancers.…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Drones are widely used in military and civilian applications, with VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) drones combining the vertical lift capability of helicopters with the horizontal cruisi…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The electricity demand for large language models (LLMs) has dramatically increased, driven by their intensive computational needs. Optimized Arithmetic via Ternary Networks (OATNet) is propo…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Cancer is a complex disease affecting millions globally, encompassing various types such as breast, pancreatic and brain cancers, each requiring tailored treatment. A crucial enzyme in many…
Animal Sciences
Early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) in patients under 50 now accounts for 10% of new diagnoses. While unexplained, trends in EOCRC may be related to diet, which is associated with 29% of a…
Biomedical Engineering
Motivated by the increase in shoulder-related surgeries and the subsequent shortage in post-operative rehabilitation, an innovative pneumatic shoulder rehabilitation device was designed to m…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
According to the WHO, nearly 50 million people suffer from epilepsy, one of the most common neurological diseases. Deaths caused by epilepsy have doubled over the past decade. Epilepsy is ch…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
The estrous cycle regulates reproductive events and hormone changes in female mammals and is akin to the menstrual cycle in humans. Monitoring the cycle is necessary as it is a biomarker for…
Systems Software
Third Award
There is an alarming increase in the population of ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs), with 475,000 cases reported annually, some of which are fatal. Due to limited training, healthcare pr…
Translational Medical Science
Second Award
Across neurological drug development, researchers struggle with the inability of most drugs to pass through the blood-brain barrier (BBB), due to the semipermeable membrane’s high selectivit…
Translational Medical Science
Nearly 6.7 million Americans age 65+ are currently affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD). Preliminary diagnosis of AD is a difficult and time-consuming process that often leads to false outco…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
A novel, targeted, therapeutic oral delivery system was designed as a blood-thinning treatment to prevent ischemic stroke, caused by blood clots. Dabigatran (Db), is an anticoagulant medicat…
Embedded Systems
Haptic technology, which delivers a sense of touch, has gained significant popularity in the entertainment industries for providing immersive virtual experiences. However, its potential as a…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Cocaine addiction is an issue that affects more than 5 million people in America per year. Despite past progress in cocaine addiction research, there are many specific questions left unanswe…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
The oceans absorb nearly a third of airborne CO2 emissions, while 1.3 million gallons of crude oil are spilled into oceans every year. Both issues continue to detrimentally affect marine bio…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Eco-Navigator, novel software, designs routes for ships to navigate to favorable wind and minimize fuel consumption. Wind-assisted shipping has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissio…
Microbiology
Third Award
According to the CDC, in 2018, 1.7 billion people were infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). To treat tuberculosis (TB) infections, there has been interest in using macrolides, a f…
Translational Medical Science
Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of death for women in the United States. According to the CDC, since the COVID 19 pandemic, the pap-smear screening rates have declined by 80%. Th…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is the second most prevalent progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The development of new therapeutic approaches requires a better understanding of the underlying…
Environmental Engineering
Second Award
The detrimental threat microplastics (MPs) have on the environment is well known. However, their effective and efficient remediation in aquatic environments has yet to be established. This r…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
First Award
Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide, with 15 million people suffering from its debilitating effects each year. 87% of strokes are ischemic, where an artery narrows or becom…