Biomedical and Health Sciences
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) also known as Exosomes which are secreted by cells and play functional role in cell-cell communications. Recent advances in EV field have shown that they can be…
Environmental Engineering
The project's goal was to create a methodology for a low-cost, easily reproducible way to purify water because lack of clean drinking water is a deadly problem, especially in the developing…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
There is much that is still unknown about the properties and effects of active galactic nuclei (AGN)-driven winds. They are an important process in galaxy evolution, but several questions re…
Translational Medical Science
The results of this project could enable real-time targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to become a clinical reality, improving outcomes for patients with depression, schizophren…
Embedded Systems
Concussions are very common among a wide variety of contact sports at all levels - particularly among high school and college athletes, with about 3.8 million athletes having a concussion ev…
Microbiology
Disinfectant has been a prominent tool to clean surfaces, and now more than ever it is important for it to be used effectively. The purpose of the experiment was to see if the dilution of a…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Enterococci is a bacteria that is found in animal feces and is used by scientists as a measure of water quality. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) associates high enterococci colony…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Recent research has shown that neural networks are vulnerable to errors caused by adversarial attacks; when carefully crafted, imperceptible noise is added to inputs, a neural network classi…
Mathematics
Covid-19 reports have a substantial impact on the decisions that are made in making sure people are able to continue living their lives. Yet there have been multiple controversies on the acc…
Engineering Mechanics
State-of-the-art microscopes cost thousands of dollars, posing challenges to third world hospitals and interested students. Additionally, there is a growing problem of "e-Waste", where consu…
Environmental Engineering
Deer related accidents are a major cause of crashes and deaths in the U.S. Humans are being severely impacted by these accidents, physically and financially. This system aims to decrease the…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Fourth Award
The goal of this project was to construct a working RNA-sequencing analysis pipeline that would (1) produce visuals to demonstrate differentially expressed genes via PCA plots, correlation a…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Scoliosis is a common spinal deformity exhibiting high prevalence rates amongst athletes, specifically competitive swimmers. Generally, individuals diagnosed with scoliosis exhibit possible…
Engineering Mechanics
Throughout our modern era, buildings have gotten taller and taller, but of course, building structures that tall has numerous technical issues, with one of the major ones being their suscept…
Physics and Astronomy
Fourth Award
In quantum metrology, we wish to study how quantum mechanics can be used to improve the measurement accuracy of physical quantities such as electric or magnetic fields. These fields, which a…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
Binary supermassive black holes are expected to be common at the centers of galaxies. No observational technique has the resolution to directly image them. One indirect way to confirm their…
Engineering Mechanics
This project was developed to find a way to charge autonomous aerial vehicles by the use of wireless charging. The project, codenamed Aeolus, intended to eliminate the need for human interac…
Materials Science
The advent of affordable fused-filament-fabrication (FFF) 3D printers in the consumer space in recent years has given a remarkable extent of manufacturing ability to hobbyists. While one of…
Engineering Mechanics
Third Award
NASA’s InSight probe was used to hammer into the surface of Mars in hopes of studying the planet’s internal temperature. Unfortunately the mission ended early, due to the probe penetrating a…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Third Award
Acute brain injury may lead to memory loss and cognitive dysfunction. There are many factors that could cause these injuries, including mechanical trauma and strokes. For the successful rest…
Translational Medical Science
The small ubiquitin related modifier, SUMO, is a protein that is conjugated to other proteins through an enzymatic cascade of E1, E2, and E3 enzymes. SUMO can also be removed from proteins t…
Biomedical Engineering
Independent and safe living is an aspiration for many elderly people; however, it is a luxury that most are unable to attain. Falls, heart conditions, and mental health issues are some of th…
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this project was to develop a cost-effective and accurate subvocal interpreter using a novel machine learning algorithm paired with a dual EMG/EEG hardware solution. The solut…
Mathematics
Robin’s criterion states that the Riemann hypothesis is equivalent to sigma(n) < exp(gamma) n log log n for all integers n > 5040, where sigma(n) is the sum of divisors of n and gamma is the…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In recent years, bioplastics have emerged as a viable alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastics (PE, PBT, etc.). Three of the most common bioplastic polymers are Polyhydroxybutyrat…
Biomedical Engineering
This project’s purpose was to efficiently and cost-effectively develop an obstructive sleep apnea monitoring and detection device (SMD-1) through the use of sensors and a novel machine learn…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have successfully demonstrated superior overall performance in many image classification and recognition tasks on H&E histology images. Reported studies typically…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a group of cancers in which stem cells in the bone marrow have a clonal advantage and cause irregular maturation of blood cells. Dysplastic cells cannot mig…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
This investigation researches if using amino acids instead of nitrogenous bases in bacterial data storage systems protects against the corruption of the stored data due to mutations. The hyp…
Engineering Mechanics
Cables transmitting electricity are placed underground for safety reasons. Overhead cables can be knocked over easily, and could create a potential difference across the cables causing spark…