Behavioral and Social Sciences
Subliminal messages are methods to subconsciously alter the perceptions of individuals. We were intent on investigating the effectiveness of subliminals; to accomplish this, we chose an inst…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The aim of this research study is to evaluate the enamel erosion due to the different pH levels in chlorines typically used in swimming pools (sodium hypochlorite, lithium hypochlorite, and…
Microbiology
Fourth Award
In 2019, Microcystis aeruginosa, a cyanobacterium found in eutrophic environments, bloomed along the Mississippi Gulf Coast due to a sudden deluge of freshwater from the opening of the Bonne…
Physics and Astronomy
Amidst potential climate change conclusions and solutions, there are stellar influences on Earth’s climate called cosmic rays, which heavily impact the formation of clouds; therefore, they a…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The element of surprise in the world of military aviation is stealth which determines an aircraft's survivability. Exploring advanced aviation technology influenced the investigation into th…
Engineering Mechanics
The aviation industry is growing more than ever before. With this growing industry, new challenges arise such as sustainable aviation. As flights and air travellers increase world wide, fuel…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Cancer threatens millions of individuals every year and remains a central issue in the scientific community. It’s important to search for new alternative treatments, and anticancer peptides…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
To limit the spread of COVID-19, government policies are necessary. Current research focuses primarily on documenting proposed policies rather than assessing the efficacy of said proposals.…
Environmental Engineering
In the 21st century, 780 million people are without clean water, and 2.5 billion people do not have access to water with improved sanitation. Dirty drinking water can cause dysentery, infert…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The American diet, rich in carbohydrates, has been implicated in the rise of metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome includes various conditions that increase a person’s risk for cardiovascul…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Purpose: Covid-19, a viral global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus caused 2.72 million deaths (as of 03-22-21) worldwide and more than 543,000 deaths in the United States. The purpose…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
In last year's study, open-cell lignin foams were prepared from Kraft lignin through a simple baking process. Lignin foams demonstrated good biosorbent capabilities for removing heavy metals…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Mississippi River carries an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution into the Gulf of Mexico every year. This pollution has turned more than 18,000 square miles of the Gu…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The prevalence of high mortality rates of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in humans is contributed to the lack of detailed characterization of the human heart. Largely due to limited access in…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Fourth Award
Depression cripples a large percentage of the population, and the novel coronavirus pandemic has acted as an additional stressor, further exacerbating a decline in mental health. To effectiv…
Microbiology
In an attempt to improve gut flora, many individuals purchase and self-administer various brands of probiotics. The manufacturers of these goods claim that the bacteria in these probiotics a…
Systems Software
The purpose of this experiment was to simulate an automatic vehicle’s delivery route and examine how it recalculates if a road is blocked or slowed. To do this, Dijkstra’s algorithm, which c…
Plant Sciences
Conservational tillage practices can reduce negative impacts on soil and water while increasing yield through less surface disturbance and more crop residues. There has been a high demand fo…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Accurate flu forecasts are needed to limit the spread of outbreaks. Current flu forecasts have not incorporated several environmental, demographic, and transport factors. This study looks at…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
PM2.5, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm, contributes greatly to current cardiorespiratory complications. Hence, the importance of modeling and predicting PM2.…
Microbiology
Enterobacter aerogenes is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic bacterium that colonizes the human gastrointestinal tract. Because the pineal neurohormone melatonin is directly produced by…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Spatiotemporal modelling is important in understanding communicable disease progression dynamics and evaluating public health intervention strategies. However, existing spatiotemporal models…
Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens can be spread through the air in poultry farms, threatening poultry farmers and flocks alike. Current air sampling methods are expensive and unaffordable for many farmers…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Antimicrobial peptides have a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activities against bacteria, fungi, and even viruses, and there have been over 5000 AMP’s discovered. Individual peptides can be…
Biochemistry
There are two main types of HIV viruses, HIV-1 HIV-2. HIV-2 tends to progress slower than HIV-1 and it results in fewer deaths. This project was focused on testing a new category of novel Al…
Chemistry
Antioxidants are vital in maintaining good health. They terminate chain reactions that produce free radicals. As a result, antioxidants help combat against diseases caused by oxidative stres…
Systems Software
With the growing presence of networks and network structure models, algorithms for optimization, most notably the Dijkstra's algorithm, play a crucial role in the society. However, this algo…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The toll of earthquake aftershocks, which are potentially even more dangerous than mainshock earthquakes, presents a problem well-suited to machine learning. The occurrence of aftershocks ov…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Physical activity monitoring is very useful in understanding personal health condition and developing recovery plan of patients. It has been of great interest in using accelerometer data to…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This experiment focuses on the effect of sargassum on marine pH. By keeping sargassum in different treatments with varying initial pH, I measured pH, salinity, and ammonia over 19 days in si…