Behavioral and Social Sciences
Third Award
There has been a 200-fold increase in nicotine poisoning-related hospitalizations over the past decade which can be attributed to the rising popularity of vaping. This study investigates how…
Embedded Systems
VR is a technique that allows people to experience custom realities for purposes in job training, therapy, and entertainment. This is done by projecting a stereoscopic image into the user's…
Materials Science
The purpose of this project was to identify possible avenues to fabricate high-performance composites and carbon materials for a variety of engineering applications. I printed lattice compos…
Materials Science
Porous carbon materials are a class of biocompatible and chemically stable solids which offer high thermal conductivity and good electrical conductivity at a low density. These substances ar…
Translational Medical Science
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that eventually deprives an individual of normal movement, affecting over ten million people worldwide. As it progresses, the person with…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Drug delivery devices specifically transport drugs to help reduce drug toxicity to healthy cells and repetitive drug administrations. This study analyzes the use of pH-responsive nanogels, p…
Translational Medical Science
When skin cancer metastasizes the survival rate drops to 23%, so targeting skin cancer before this happens is paramount. E4orf4 is a gene that allows viruses to regulate gene expression, in…
Materials Science
The purpose of this project was to design a bioplastic capable of replacing Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) plastic. The biopolymer tested needed to be durable as well as malleable with low…
Systems Software
My goal is to determine if artificial intelligence can create art that is both original and comparable to human-created analogues. To determine this, I decided to use music as the artform, a…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In response to the growing concerns of coastal protection brought by climate change and habitat destruction, this experiment attempted to scientifically model the collision behavior between…
Embedded Systems
The CDC estimates that 25% of people with diabetes will develop foot ulcerations (2014). When even mildly traumatic foot injuries are not detected immediately, ulcerations may develop and be…
Chemistry
Targeting DNA is a viable solution to treating cancer. Although many DNA intercalators are effective, they have deleterious effects on DNA structure and negative side effects for the patient…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Biodigesters are used in a multitude of places as a producer of sustainable energy for buildings and appliances. They use anaerobic digestion to produce methane gas and fuel ammenities. In m…
Materials Science
Millions of sports and recreation-related injuries occur each year. Shock absorbing composites using shear thickening fluids (STF) or dilatant materials were fabricated and tested with the g…
Chemistry
he purpose of this study is to synthesize stable water-soluble perovskite quantum dots and to use their highly luminescent properties to detect cancer. Despite recent progress in breast canc…
Materials Science
4D printing is a relatively new process that was created to enhance the printing process in the world today. 4D printing uses a different element of time to allow the substances that are cre…
Biomedical Engineering
In recent years, societal focus has shifted towards maintaining a balanced stress level. Stress is an issue that all people will face in their lifetime, however, few know the severity that r…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The use of innovative devices for renewable energy is setting a pivotal role in the electrical industry. Several devices have been created, especially in the fuel cell and battery field, tha…
Translational Medical Science
Venous thromboembolism, comprising of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), occurs approximately in 1 out of every 1000 American individuals. About two-thirds of episodes m…
Engineering Mechanics
This experiment was performed to determine which internal fan speed would be the most efficient when looking at water production within a water production prototype. As the engineering mecha…
Translational Medical Science
Over the past year, approximately 10,000 American teens have died due to a prescription stimulant overdose. A comprehensive, accurate, and easily integrable approach to detect a drug overdos…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects the nervous system, affecting millions worldwide. However, the early diagnosis of ALS is difficult since symp…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Acid rain is any form of precipitation, including rain, snow, or fog, with high levels of sulfur dioxides or nitrogen oxides. And micro dust is a transboundary problem consisting of both nat…
Biomedical Engineering
Exoskeletons are wearable devices that assist the user with a task. Optimal control for exoskeletons is unknown. Human-in-the-Loop Optimization (HiLO), an automated process that uses biologi…
Biochemistry
The goal of this research is to determine the mechanism by which epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) and small drug molecules (6-fluoro-4H-1,3-benzodioxine-8-carboxylic acid known as RK038) bi…
Materials Science
Lithium-ion batteries have been used as a power source in many applications such as mobile electronics and electric vehicles. However, the current Li-ion battery technology does not fully sa…
Translational Medical Science
Radiology is the field of medicine concerned with the interpretation of imaging of the human body for disease diagnosis. Most major forms of medical imaging scans occur within one hour or le…
Physics and Astronomy
Major solar flares (X&M-class) and their resulting Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) and Solar Proton Events (SPE) severely threaten modern human society. A major solar event hitting Earth would…
Embedded Systems
The electrical devices used in this day and age are plentiful and useful, however there are only a select few ways to interface with these devices. While for some, the tiny buttons on tiny s…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Groundwater surrounding the nation’s largest coal fired power plant, Plant Scherer, has been reported to contain heavy metals and other contaminants exceeding the EPA’s Groundwater Protectio…