Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Upon experiencing a stress induced injury, organisms like humans and drosophila produce heat shock proteins, which protect cells from injury. When heat shock proteins are detected in tumors,…
Environmental Engineering
Oil spills are major threats to the ocean and marine life, and they release massive amounts of oil. Oil dispersants are chemicals that break down oil into smaller droplets to make it easier…
Chemistry
Plants need water to grow, and yet many areas that grow our crops are suffering from drought. Increasing the ability of soil to hold more moisture for a longer time could benefit drought str…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide causing 10 million deaths in 2020. Many patients do not have access to quality treatment and diagnosis which is unfortunate since the su…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Fourth Award
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a paradigm shift in the reliance on video-conferencing technology, However, video-conferencing technology has a hidden effect on body and self-esteem issues…
Chemistry
This experiment tested whether or not dissolving polystyrene with d-limonene had an effect on the pH of seawater. It was hypothesized that if more polystyrene is dissolved in the water, then…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This research applies to the role of Chlorella sp. as a second-generation biofuel which is a possible alternative to fossil fuels. Its biodiversity allows the algae to be sustainable as well…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) can convert visible light into electricity through cell sensitization. As they’re cheaper and more environmentally friendly to produce than silicon photovol…
Translational Medical Science
The researchers science fair project was inspired on the fact that cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. This disease has taken over 10 million lives in the last year. The…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Vaping runs rampant among adolescents, the so-called" vaping epidemic is a pertinent issue for today's youth. Vaping delivers high levels of nicotine into the body of our children. This can…
Translational Medical Science
The purpose of this experiment was to identify if the L form of beta-hydroxybutyrate has unique anticancer effects compared to the D form, on the proliferation of cancer cells. It was hypoth…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Cryptocurrencies were first created in 2009, however were not deemed as a good investment by many until 2020. With the increase in market capitalization for numerous cryptocurrencies, it gav…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
As burgeoning crises have exposed failures of the drug discovery cycle - an inability to quickly and effectively develop new drugs - artificial intelligence-based drug repositioning models a…
Mathematics
In my research, I redefined the Hardy- Ramanujan Formula that was created in 1917. This formula is used to depict the numbers of ways any integer can be split up, known as integer partitions…
Microbiology
This research stems from the growing threat of antibiotic resistance, lack of a swift and efficient drug delivery system, and the necessity of precision medicine in cancer and viral treatmen…
Animal Sciences
First Award
Honeybees are essential to society, performing over 80 percent of worldwide pollination. However, commercial hive populations have been decreasing at an alarming rate in the United States. R…
Environmental Engineering
A major source of microplastic pollution is in the form of synthetic fabrics that emit fibers through the laundering process and enter Earth’s waterways through wastewater. Existing research…
Biomedical Engineering
The scientist set out to further optimize on a previous Bessel Function approach to improving blood circulation using complex ultrasonic waveform. An algorithm and associated C code was deve…
Microbiology
The foundation of this 5-year study has matured from the growing threat of antibiotic resistance and the need for a swift and cost-efficient endogenous stimulus-powered novel drug-delivery m…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Florida’s waters have recently been plagued by Harmful algal blooms. Although a variety of factors may act as contributors, nutrient loading is often cited as a major factor. Previous resear…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This research studied the gene expression profiles of small nuclear RNA (snRNA) and small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) in Preeclampsia (PE), compared to term and idiopathic (iPTB) patients. The pu…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
Since the development of Nuclear Power Plants in 1951, there have been recent challenges with the efficiency of cooling systems. Today’s sea-level rise and global warming have impacted power…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this project was to understand how empathy as a stable personality trait relates to adherence to Covid-19 safety guidelines. Empathy was measured along the Interpersonal React…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
Huanglongbing (HLB) is an incurable disease that affects citrus trees. This citrus disease is also often referred to as "citrus greening." This disease was first spotted in China in the earl…
Biomedical Engineering
The comparative analysis of natural polymer-based biomimetic neural scaffolds using the taxic response of fungal mycelium was designed to investigate functional deficits following Spinal cor…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Current processes of drug discovery are too long, expensive, and ineffective. Companies undergo years of research and development without the certainty of obtaining conclusive results. Drug…
Engineering Mechanics
This project aimed to determine the viability and effectiveness of a detachable airplane cabin equipped with a novel design of a parachute system in correcting the translational and rotation…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Second Award
Estimating the intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs) is one of the most important aspects in TC forecasts. Currently, the operational method of TC intensity estimation is the Dvorak Technique…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Humans have fallen in love with plastics, from toys, to food containers, to bags, and straws. Scientists have been researching and warning about plastic pollution in the ocean for decades. T…
Environmental Engineering
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have been recognized as an increasingly severe threat to many communities with far-ranging consequences for environmental conditions, economic prosperity, and hum…