Earth and Environmental Sciences
Biodiversity contributes to ecosystem stability and provision of favorable living conditions. One approach to increase biodiversity involves implementing restoration activities, such as burn…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Geological deposits, volcanic activity, and weathering, along with mining, agriculture, and manufacturing are some of the many ways copper gets into waterways. Copper is one of the most toxi…
Physics and Astronomy
Type Ia Supernovae (SNe Ia) are a class of stellar explosions that serve as tools for measuring cosmic distance. They have been hypothesized to result from the explosion of a white dwarf sta…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Annually, 4.8 million people enter a post-anoxic coma following cardiac arrest, presenting a critical need for early recovery prognosis using Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Electrocardiogram…
Translational Medical Science
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death among all traumatic injuries. While there are some treatments, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), most cause de…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a febrile illness predominantly affecting children under five years old and is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries. If KD…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
Cellular reprogramming holds immense promise for novel therapeutics in fields like disease reversion and cellular regeneration. This field aims to control or perturb gene expression to induc…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cisplatin is a platinum based chemotherapy that has been used for over 40 years in cancer treatment. The purpose of this experiment is to examine how cisplatin treatment in breast cancer aff…
Physics and Astronomy
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is currently under construction and is set to conduct the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) when complete. The LSST will catalog the entire night s…
Physics and Astronomy
The ever increasing demand for Big Data processing, ubiquitous in almost all fields of science, has become exceedingly resource intensive for endeavors such as CERN and LIGO. CERN alone prod…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
As the prevalence of obesity and other chronic diseases continue to increase, so do the cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Despite the development of new treatments, HCC remains diffic…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
Carbon dioxide has been linked to devastating anthropocene changes; rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and increases in natural disasters are all effects of global warming. MOFs are porous…
Biomedical Engineering
Fourth Award
Bone defect repair following trauma, tissue resection, or congenital abnormalities has posed a challenge for patients around the world. While bones have inherent renewal abilities, the repai…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Wildfires pose severe health and ecological consequences. In 2021 alone, 58,968 wildfires burned 7.1 million acres across the United States. Large wildfires (> 300 acres) in the United State…
Environmental Engineering
Water quality describes the condition of water based on its chemical, physical, and biological state. Poor water quality poses health risks to humans and the environment, causing disease, an…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
The COVID-19 pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus threatens global public health. The immune response in patients plays a significant role in resisting COVID-19 infection, one part of which…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Purpose: To create a machine learning model that could identify drugs that could be effective against Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis. Procedure: The Assay Central TB dataset was acquired…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
According to the WHO, cancer resulted in 10 million deaths in 2020, a leading cause of death, and studies show that on average any particular class of drugs is ineffective for 75% of all pat…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
As the prevalence of obesity and other chronic diseases continue to increase, so do the cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Despite the development of new treatments, HCC remains diffic…
Chemistry
Infinitely many metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be made by combining nodes and organic linkers. As of now, 90,000 MOFs have been successfully synthesized and over 500,000 predicted.The p…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: The aim of the experiment was to see if using ultraviolet light as an auxiliary to existing methods would enhance the efficiency of different methods of oil spill cleanup. Procedure…
Physics and Astronomy
High-mass stars (stars with masses above 8 times the mass of the Sun) generate great amounts of energy, more than several thousand times the energy generated by the Sun. At present, the mech…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Accurate Age-At-Death (AAD) estimation is integral in determining biological profiles, specifically of unidentified and skeletonized human remains. To date, AAD estimation relies primarily o…
Systems Software
Quantum computers promise to revolutionize several scientific fields by solving and simulating certain problems significantly faster than their classical counterparts. However, very few peop…
Plant Sciences
Purpose - The purpose of this design project is to find a more efficient way of planting corn crops in order to increase a farm’s output. This information can be used to help farmers, especi…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
The purpose of this project was to determine if vertical migration occurs among any of the zooplankton populations in the littoral zone of Lake Springfield. Samples were collected on five se…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of this project is to develop and compare a set of various neural network architectures to track the location of Muscle Tendon Junction in ultrasound footage. An accurate and eff…
Microbiology
Mosquitoes represent a significant proportion of insect biodiversity, and yeasts fill important roles in food webs, decomposition of organic matter, and nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystem…
Engineering Mechanics
Purpose: Colonization of Mars is one potential solution to Earth's rising temperatures, which requires efficient propulsion. The purpose of this investigation is to determine the effects of…
Physics and Astronomy
The hydraulic jump is a complex, yet familiar phenomenon of fluid dynamics. It exists in both household and larger settings, appearing anywhere from kitchen sinks to the outfalls of dams. Th…