Environmental Engineering
Katalox ® has been used to control sulfide levels in groundwater, but its reaction properties in high sulfide environments are unknown. Moyle (1944) found that lakes with high sulfate levels…
Translational Medical Science
Oncolytic measles virus (MV) strains can be engineered to express therapeutic transgenes and are currently undergoing clinical trials for cancer treatment. Detecting MV infection in tumor ti…
Environmental Engineering
After harvest, fruits and vegetables continue to undergo biological activities, including ripening, respiration, and fermentation, which shorten shelf-life. Furthermore, agro-waste in landfi…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulty with comprehension of facial expressions. Although assistive technology has been developed to help these individuals identify…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The field of machine learning was founded with the purpose of bridging the gap between machine and biological processing. However, as certain algorithms see more success—and more funding as…
Plant Sciences
Lunar colonization will require sustainable agriculture using in-situ resources and minimal fostering materials from Earth. This study aimed to grow Raphanus sativus (radish) in a Lunar Sout…
Biomedical Engineering
Three-hundred and eighty three children have died in school shootings since the devastating Columbine high school tragedy. Exsanguinating hemorrhage is the main cause of death from gunshot w…
Materials Science
Purpose: To conserve water in space, scientists have come up with an efficient way to recycle it. While studying this, I wondered how the water would be conserved once we find a planet fit f…
Systems Software
AI image generation models can now create and augment photographs at scale. Recent reports predict that AI-assisted misinformation will rank above warfare and natural disasters as the greate…
Materials Science
Purpose: Conventional paints pose significant health and environmental hazards due to heavy metal presence and volatile organic compound emissions, necessitating safer alternatives. I previo…
Chemistry
More than half the world's population, around 4.4 billion people, lack access to clean and safe drinking water. This is partially due to the contamination of synthetic organic dyes, which ar…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The purpose of this experiment was to design a cell model using a rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cell to simulate Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN). It was proposed that the higher the level…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine if increased hypohydration of a sheep brain is directly correlated with brain tissue damage after exposure to a concussion-inducing force. The hy…
Translational Medical Science
Commonly known as the yellow water lily root or kaandoosh in Ojibwe language, the rhizome of Nuphar advena is utilized by Indigenous communities for treating a wide variety of ailments, incl…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Traditional Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) feature suboptimal graphite anodes with low cost efficiencies and poor energy densities compared to modern high-capacity anodes (HCAs). However, desp…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose is to see if a Tesla Turbine can survive in the modern world as a source of small scale power generation, when compared to modern Pelton turbines. First I made the Tesla Turbine…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer's Disease International (2024) predicts that by 2030, Alzheimer's will impact over 78 million people worldwide. Currently, there is no cure or accurate diagnostic method for Alzhei…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Riding a bike is a carbon-efficient mode of transportation and a positive way to maintain fitness. However, the inherent difference in speed and size between cars and bikes makes it dangerou…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Each year, the escalating drug epidemic causes over 100,000 deaths in the US. 80% of these mortalities result from multiple drug use toxicity, which yields unpredictable and potentially fata…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a genetic, progressive myopathy and the second most common muscular dystrophy. Progression of the disease primarily begins in the facial, sho…
Chemistry
Implementation of biodegradable, eco-friendly, sustainable bioplastic films derived from fruit peels not only solves the issue of greenhouse gases emitted by disposed fruit waste in landfill…
Translational Medical Science
Commonly known as the yellow water lily root or kaandoosh in Ojibwe language, the rhizome of Nuphar advena is utilized by Indigenous communities for treating bacterial overgrowth. This study…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Natural Language Processing has led to the development of voice recognition technology, and taking speech analysis further can lead to the development of technology to aid in treatment of sp…
Environmental Engineering
The average American drinks over 39,000 microplastics (MPs) annually. Studies on human cells suggest MPs are potential neurotoxins and carcinogens, further emphasizing the need for better te…
Biomedical Engineering
Hemorrhage, excessive loss of blood that is expressed through eventual shock and death, is one of the leading killers worldwide. Current methods of preventing hemorrhage have many side effec…
Environmental Engineering
Biogeochemical cycles are series of processes that transfer compounds through an ecosystem. Can the geochemical cycles of phosphorus and nitrogen be managed effectively through harvest of Ch…
Plant Sciences
To establish long-term human presence on Mars, a method for sustainable agriculture utilizing in-situ resources and minimal fostering materials from Earth must be developed. This study aimed…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project used mapping software (ArcGIS Pro and Online) to create wolf location maps. A Fond du Lac Resource Management Division wildlife biologist shared wolf location and road data with…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Machine learning and neural networks have seen a rapid increase in popularity over the past few years. Spiked neuron networks (SNN) are a third generation neural network that offer many bene…
Systems Software
Within the next twenty years, modern data encryption methods will become susceptible to quantum attacks due to their limited keyspace and reliance on mathematical factoring-based methods. Pr…