Environmental Engineering
Water pollution remains a significant issue for aquatic ecosystems, as most available absorbents for remediation are either non-biodegradable or toxic to aquatic life. The main goal of this…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The motivation of this project was to modify the geometry of high-rise buildings in urban environments, directing and accelerating extreme winds effectively into turbines to generate energy.…
Environmental Engineering
Low-lying regions are inherently vulnerable to storm surge threats during a hurricane, yet many communities in those areas lack integrated coastal defense systems. Not all types of shoreline…
Biochemistry
Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are proton-gated, voltage-insensitive transmembrane proteins activated in acidic conditions, playing crucial roles in neuronal signaling. ASIC subunit 1a is…
Biomedical Engineering
Modern High-Throughput Screening (HTS) is a system used in drug discovery labs that can rapidly test hundreds of thousands of chemicals against a target in a disease with the aim of developi…
Plant Sciences
Paclitaxel, a critical plant-derived chemical harvested from yew trees, is implemented in numerous applications including various chemotherapy treatments. The conventional method of paclitax…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The eastern oyster is critical for coastal habitats and provides biological benefits such as improved water quality, stabilization of shorelines, and increased estuarine biodiversity, yet oy…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Entanglement is the leading cause of death in marine mammals each year and it is estimated that only 10% of entanglements are detected and reported. Rescuers have been injured and lost their…
Biomedical Engineering
Tympanic membrane perforations affect over 320 million people worldwide and are a large cause of preventable hearing loss. Current procedures rely on manual skill, limited visualization of t…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
With the rise of Artificial Intelligence tools, society has seen a significant increase in their applications in high-stakes, sensitive industries. However, these tools often operate with op…
Biochemistry
Around the world, 15% of adolescents struggle with mental illnesses affecting mood and behavior. Depression, one of the most common conditions, is diagnosed primarily through clinical evalua…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States, with metastasis responsible for the majority of CRC deaths. Emerging research suggests that micro…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This study examined the impact of a student-designed AMC 8 preparatory workshop on middle school students' mathematical problem-solving skills and confidence. Many students have limited expo…
Translational Medical Science
Chemotherapy remains the foundation for cancer treatments but is limited by significant side effects resulting from its nonspecific cytotoxicity. In order to counteract this, delivery system…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
A goal of this experiment was to add to the limited studies on the connection between E.Coli and colon cancer, specifically, the E. Coli B 2 strain. This experiment used a harmless strain, E…
Physics and Astronomy
The objective of this research was to develop a dual-methodology framework for the autonomous identification and physical characterization of lunar lava flows using multi-modal orbital data.…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
A notable problem that needs to be solved is even to this day is searching for survivors in collapsed buildings. Building collapses often lead to unstable piles of rubble that could collapse…
Software Design
Air pollution is a growing threat, and conventional air quality monitors are expensive, sparsely distributed, often failing to capture micro-level pollution variation and local "hot spots" t…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In many motorsports, such as Formula One, race cars utilize an effect known as ground effect, where the entire body of the race car is used as an aerofoil, with the bottom of the car speedin…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Drug combination therapy is a cornerstone of modern oncology, but identifying effective combinations for a patient's specific tumor remains difficult as possible combinations grow rapidly wi…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading global cause of mortality, with myocardial infarction resulting in permanent myocardial loss due to the limited regenerative capacity of adult card…
Plant Sciences
Due to population growth, demand for crop yields is rising, leading to greater use of environmentally harmful chemical fertilizers. Stressors (e.g., water, salinity stress) complicate this i…
Physics and Astronomy
When transit exoplanets pass in front of their parent stars, they produce periodic but faint dips in the star's light curve. To schedule follow-up observations with ground-based telescopes a…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
When disaster strikes, the difference between life and death often comes down to timely information. First responders need an aerial view immediately, but current drones capable of both vert…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Hydrogen has emerged as a promising green energy storage solution due to its on-demand energy release through fuel cells. However, major barriers to wide-scale adoption remain: inefficiency…
Plant Sciences
The fall armyworm is a destructive pest affecting more than 80 plant species, most notably maize, resulting in an estimated $9.4 billion in annual agricultural losses. As the global populati…
Environmental Engineering
This year’s engineering project puts a focus on improving the BioRegen prototype which is a biopolymer that is completely derived from waste materials that fully biodegrades in natural envir…
Environmental Engineering
This project investigated the effects of the type of fertilizer (organic and synthetic) and application method (spray, sprinkle, and ring) on the amount of excess nitrates released from Caps…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This research project aims to create an artificial intelligence tool to improve social communication for neurodivergent individuals, especially those with autism spectrum disorder. The test…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The engineering design process uses repeated steps to produce the desired design. It starts by identifying a problem, researching it, brainstorming solutions, prototyping, testing, and itera…