Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chemotherapy resistance is a pressing issue in treating cancer, and despite decades of research, it is still incompletely understood. Cancer cells can be inherently resistant or develop resi…
Physics and Astronomy
This project proposes and demonstrates two new quantum computing algorithms which solve the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). The TSP asks for the shortest continuous path in a graph of node…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Accurate weather predictions are crucial to infrastructure, economic security, and disaster prevention. Short-range hourly temperature forecasting has been the purview of statistical numeric…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
Clean water scarcity and food waste management are major environmental concerns worldwide. Food wastes are rich in bioactive compounds that are currently being disposed of in landfills, gene…
Translational Medical Science
Hypothesis: APC knockdown in ovarian cancer cells (APCKD cells) using CRISPR will result in decreased chemotherapy-induced apoptosis. Description of procedure: Protein was isolated from non-…
Biochemistry
Bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) proteins play essential roles in regulating gene expression and immune responses. In fact, BET proteins have been associated with diseases such as cancer…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Across the United States, 34 million people suffer from food insecurity. Many of those in need do not qualify for federal nutrition aid programs, and as such must rely on their local food ba…
Biochemistry
Second Award
The number of masks in the USA is about 7.4 billion, which leads to 84 million kilograms of waste. This waste seeps into the environment and takes over 400 years to degrade. There are a few…
Biochemistry
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), lipid bilayer-surrounded spheres of cytosol, hold a crucial role in exchanging cellular information. They transport numerous proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids…
Materials Science
Molecular-based electronic devices show promising applications in future new generation technology. Magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) demonstrates the interaction of light with magnetic mat…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Previous research has demonstrated amplified algal production of oils suitable for use as biodiesel under stress conditions, sometimes linking these typically adverse conditions to media tha…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Neurons, the cells composing the nervous system, are responsible for sending and receiving signals that result in everything from thoughts to movement. Macrophages, a type of cell in the imm…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Proteins are critical for lives. They not only build 10%-35% of our body tissues, but also can be used to understand the structures of different viruses, and then help us to explore effectiv…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Second Award
With the lowest 5-year survival rate (9%) among all types of cancer, pancreatic cancer is considered one of the most lethal diseases in the world. Current conventional treatments often fail…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
With thousands of Mendelian-inherited diseases, new bioinformatics technology such as WES has been implemented to identify causal genes and variants within patients. Even with modern technol…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Many actions in everyday life are becoming more automated, but critical tasks continue to require human oversight. Automatic driving systems automate repetitive functions through the use of…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Current genetic databases provide a wealth of information accessible to the general population, but are primarily designed for usage by professionals already experienced in the fields of gen…
Microbiology
The purpose of this research was to observe the antimicrobial properties of bromelain from fresh pineapple on E. coli growth using dynamic real-time imaging. Due to bromelain’s ability to in…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
I raise commercial boer goats, and the last two years I have had to worm my herd twice as much as normal which had become expensive, time consuming, and had an impact on overall herd health.…
Biochemistry
The purpose of my project was to see if adding circulatory stimulants into the diet of a Vanessa cardui (Painted Lady Butterfly) would correct the damages done by placing a rotational g-forc…
Animal Sciences
Weak eggshells can be a problem for many farmers who raise poultry for their eggs. A weak or soft shell can be difficult to sell therefore losing the farmer money. This project aims to fix t…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The goal of this research project was to evaluate the effect of antepartum maternal position changes on labor and delivery outcomes. This was a randomized controlled clinical trial in a pilo…
Translational Medical Science
Metastasis occurs when cancer cells successfully evade a type of cell death known as anoikis, which allows them to travel freely throughout the body. Anoikis, when occurring naturally, is ce…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Film, a key medium for early childhood development, utilizes musical and technical aspects to convey emotions to a young audience. While past studies have established the importance of music…
Animal Sciences
Soft egg shells in the egg production business result in a loss of profit. A soft egg is when the shell does not form into a hard layer, but a flimsy, easily-punctured covering. If vitamin D…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chemotherapy resistance remains a challenge in treating cancer. There are many factors that can affect resistance, and it is not fully understood. PRPF39 is a pre-mRNA processing factor that…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
Amyloid-beta is an intrinsically disordered protein involved in neurodegenerative disorders. Previously, amyloid-beta was considered “undruggable” due to its shape-shifting properties. Howev…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) refer to traumatic childhood events like emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and other forms of household dysfunction. ACEs are associated with biomark…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Background: The current COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Sars-Cov-2 virus has impacted and disrupted families all across the world. The impact of mask mandates on public compliance wearing is…
Biochemistry
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the effects of four different flavonoids, Apigenin, Curcumin, Daidzein, and Quercetin, on the biofilm formation of S. marcescens. It was hypoth…