Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fourth Award
Mosquitoes are organisms whose lives are closely related to the lives of humans. Therefore, research related to the diseases that mosquitoes spread and their unique physiology is important t…
Translational Medical Science
Doctors utilize tests such as fluorescent imaging to detect cancer. However, given the high costs of up to $250 per target fluorescent probe, testing for different types of cancers can be un…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
One of the biggest factors holding intelligent robots back from becoming part of our lives is the difficulty they have navigating the complex and unstructured 3D spaces we live in. This is b…
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to derive a textile out of a symbiotic culture of bacteria (acetobacter xylinum) and yeast (SCOBY), and chlorella algae. Engineering goals for this textile…
Microbiology
Acne is an issue that every individual deals with at some point in their life. For most, high school is the time where acne is the most prominent. In addition, the Covid-19 pandemic has made…
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to create a cost-effective, portable, automated UVC sterilizing system that kills bacteria on money through the sanitizing properties of UVC light. Multipl…
Biomedical Engineering
Second Award
Microorganisms are observed every day in the hopes of finding new developments that will help gain new insights into human health. Many organisms move quite fast under the microscope's field…
Materials Science
One of the most notable environmental issues faced today is the growing number of single-use plastics that continually fill landfills. A major source of this plastic is those from medical us…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to further investigate the ability of galleria mellonella (the larvae of the greater wax moth) to digest and naturally biodegrade polyethylene: plastic type…
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of our research was to facilitate the creation and utilization of a noninvasive monitor to detect joint dysfunction since there are very few quantitative technologies in the mark…
Biomedical Engineering
Optimal control for exoskeletons is unknown. Human-in-the-Loop Optimization (HiLO), an automated process that uses biological signals to tune controllers. The most used biological signal use…
Engineering Mechanics
During the pandemic, many schools, workplaces, and public spaces went back into use, and people have established various guidelines and procedures to limit the spread of the virus by adherin…
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this project was to design and build a device that can take data readings of areas at high risk of forest fires and notify residents if it is too dangerous for health to remai…
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2 has struck as a major global pandemic causing COVID19, infecting over 109 million. Infection and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 is mediated through the key proteins; Spike Protein and…
Environmental Engineering
Second Award
Fishing is one the most significant drivers of declines in ocean wildlife populations. Overfished stock numbers have nearly tripled in half a century and a third of the world's assessed fish…
Engineering Mechanics
Fourth Award
3d printing is becoming more important and useful every year. Almost every single engineering company uses 3d printing in some way. Despite this many schools don’t have 3d printers. This is…
Chemistry
My science fair project is intended to help people who like to do art. I love to draw and mistakes are inevitable so I decided to make my project about removing permanent marker ink. My expe…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Second Award
The CRISPR Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complex is well known for its precise gene editing abilities. Catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) also has diverse applications, including base editing, C…
Engineering Mechanics
The 2015 Global IAD Expert Panel recommends caregivers use specific cleaning regimes for incontinent patients to prevent incontinence-associated dermatitis/IAD. However, non-communicative pa…
Environmental Engineering
Crassostrea virginica, or Eastern oyster, is a vital indicator species native to the eastern United States coast. In recent years, water pollution and overharvesting have been threatening th…
Environmental Engineering
Cigarettes are the most prominent form of plastic litter with 5.4 trillion discarded annually. Traditional disposal practices are unable to prevent leaching of harmful chemicals found in the…
Biochemistry
Pulsed ultraviolet light (PUVL) serves as a processing method that retains natural appearance of foods, lacks residual compounds, saves energy, and is considered environmentally friendly. Al…
Animal Sciences
The Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta Caretta) is a species of sea turtle that, much like other turtles, is classified as endangered. It is the primary turtle that comes onto the beaches of Tyb…
Chemistry
Water removal through demulsification is a critical step in oil refineries. However, the mass production of conventional chemical demulsifiers is detrimental to public health and the environ…
Systems Software
Fourth Award
Training deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) requires immense time and energy, which often has a significant carbon footprint. Pruning CNNs increases their efficiency while maintaining…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Ulcerative colitis (UC) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are associated with high risks of colorectal cancer (CRC), yet bacterial biomarkers for CRC present in both remain unclear. In this study, a…
Environmental Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to test if mealworm larvae are an effective plastic cleanup method. 1500 mealworms were divided into 15 different habitats with 100 larvae in each group. F…
Mathematics
The purpose of this project is to determine if it is possible to effectively use traditional regression models to predict an event whose outcome has historically been unpredictable. In our c…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this project was to discover whether or not seaweed is able to protect skin cells from UV radiation. Thousands of people each day are diagnosed with skin cancer. The current s…
Systems Software
Our research consists of utilizing the A* search algorithm and applying it to real world scenarios of finding shortest paths that mitigate virus transmission risk and help find efficient esc…