Plant Sciences
Electro-horticulture, an intriguing and sustainable agricultural practice, can harness the power of electricity to stimulate plant growth. This research investigated the impact of electrical…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Disease pathways are in great need of study. The understanding of disease pathways can result in the development of more individualized methods for diagnosis and treatment of various disease…
Biomedical Engineering
This project is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for individuals afflicted with sickle cell disease, a hereditary condition characterized by abnormal red blood cell morphology and…
Biomedical Engineering
In the US, over 65,000 heat-related deaths occur annually. Athletes/workers exposed to hot temperatures face the risk of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. There are watches/straps that monito…
Animal Sciences
With the rapid expansion of human settlement in the Northwest Georgia region, it has become more critical than ever to understand the ecological impact, development has had on our local ecos…
Materials Science
This experiment was meant to find the effect of structures mimicked from sea urchin shells, honeycomb, and lobster shells on the compressive strength to density ratio. Each structure was des…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
The world's leading cause of irreversible blindness, glaucoma is an aggressive collection of progressive optic neuropathies degrading the retina-brain connection. The primary challenge of gl…
Biochemistry
Hypercalcemia is a condition where the levels of calcium in the blood are greater than normal, having the ability to weaken bones, create kidney stones, and disrupt the heart and brain conne…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This investigation addresses clean water insufficiency in marginalized communities by exploring the viability of natural materials for water filtration. It was determined whether different r…
Embedded Systems
Fourth Award
Over the past two decades, educational institutions have witnessed an exponential increase in school shootings and gun-related threats, marking a prominent need for enhanced security solutio…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The Sabatier reaction is a method of producing methane from gaseous hydrogen and carbon dioxide through heating in the presence of a nickel catalyst. This reaction has many potential applica…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Fourth Award
Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is the most common “single-gene” cause of intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) worldwide, often manifesting understudied seizure comorbidi…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Cozy video games are a known method of stress relief. Cozy games primarily focus on the player assisting others through acts of nurturing and generosity. The core of cozy games are the playe…
Environmental Engineering
Microplastic pollution is a severe threat to aquatic ecosystems, necessitating innovative approaches for efficient removal. This research introduces a method for eliminating microplastics by…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
This experiment explores how different fermented foods affect signs of insulin resistance in both male and female fruit flies. I hypothesized that if I supplemented fruit fly diets with ferm…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
Cancer is a problem that is affecting millions of people worldwide, and it is one of the leading causes of deaths in the U.S. With the increasing number of cancer cases, there’s a higher num…
Animal Sciences
After doing last year's project I knew that I had to do a continuation. It all started 12 years ago when my dad let me go in the chicken house with him. As a kid, I have always had chickens…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Affecting 60-70% of the 55 million dementia patients in the world, Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has established itself as one of the most profound neurodegenerative diseases in today's society.…
Physics and Astronomy
Magneto-optical traps (MOTs) stand out as essential tools in the field of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (AMO), enabling physicists to trap and manipulate atoms through the use of op…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Automotive traffic in its current form serves as a major problem for the United States' car driven society. Looking for ways to increase efficiency could lead one to the evaluate the efficac…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
PTPMT1 is a gene that codes for a mitochondrial phosphatase essential for mitochondrial function, making it crucial for the development of organisms. Several studies have shown a strong link…
Environmental Engineering
Currently, there is a huge problem with facilitated and single-stream plastic recycling. According to UNEP, 85% of plastics end up in landfills. However, this is not the fault of recycling f…
Microbiology
As the development of novel antibiotics slows and pathogenic bacteria develop mutations to counter antibiotics, understanding mutant genes contributing to resistance becomes critical. Among…
Translational Medical Science
Typical cancer treatments like chemotherapy are not targeted treatments and kill healthy cells along with cancer cells, causing negative side effects. Targeted cancer treatments are a soluti…
Embedded Systems
The most significant remaining frontier of radio encompasses the band of frequencies from 300 GHz to above 30 THz, known as the terahertz (THz) gap. This range is too high to generate with s…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The a-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex (KGDHC) enzyme – involved in the Krebs cycle – has been shown to have significantly decreased activity that is thus far unexplained in Alzheimer's d…
Chemistry
This project investigated the extent to which fertilizer alters the pH and dissolved oxygen levels of freshwater. For pH testing, I used a Wide Range pH Indicator solution with 10mL of sampl…
Biomedical Engineering
Off-target effects from viral vectors prevent their expansion in the medical field, resulting in the need for a method to prevent these negative impacts. To simulate an environment with a ne…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
Background: Escalating natural disasters demand rapid, efficient, and safe response solutions. This project introduces a cost-effective autonomous drone system designed for disaster relief a…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Gripper are robotic hands that are usually made to simulate the things human hands can do. Many modern-day grippers focus on in-hand manipulation and the ability to adapt to objects of diffe…