Biomedical Engineering
Despite the availability of digital assistive technology, visually impaired adults often use traditional printed medication labels, which hinder independent identification of medications. Co…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Despite advances in immunotherapy, up to 60% of melanoma patients do not respond to treatment. Emerging evidence suggests that physical exercise enhances anti-tumor immunity; however, the mo…
Mathematics
Given P, a set of clients (points) in the plane, the task is to open a facility and connect each client to this facility while minimizing the connecting cost. If one assumes that this cost i…
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum computers promise computational advantages beyond classical limits. Although reported gate fidelities are high for modern devices, widely thought to indicate high performance, they d…
Translational Medical Science
EquiliMind is a multimodal fall-prevention system designed to address the unpredictable vertigo, imbalance, and sudden fall risk associated with Ménière’s disease. Current clinical approache…
Software Design
Data centers experience increasing heat generation and energy consumption as artificial intelligence (AI) workloads expand. Traditional cooling systems operate reactively, activating only af…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a major public health concern within the United States alone, with approximately 2.5 million cases reportedly annually (CNS, 2021). TBIs contribute to sig…
Mathematics
Brain aneurysms are balloon-like bulges in brain arteries, where abnormal blood flow is believed to influence whether an aneurysm grows or ruptures. This project studies a mathematical model…
Translational Medical Science
Pressure ulcers affect 2.5+ million people annually in the U.S., contributing to 60,000+ deaths and $26+ billion in healthcare costs. Current prevention methods remain inadequate. Preventive…
Translational Medical Science
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains a clinical challenge due to its aggressive nature and the lack of targeted therapies. Traf2 and NCK-interacting kinase (TNIK), a key regulator of…
Translational Medical Science
Stroke, the 2nd leading cause of death(>7M) and 3rd leading cause of disability (94M) worldwide, is a time-critical emergency. Rapid, accurate stroke detection and severity assessment during…
Embedded Systems
Falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, responsible for over 684,000 deaths annually. Existing solutions leave critical gaps. Preventive approaches like s…
Environmental Engineering
Marine oil spills release toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other compounds that harm organisms and bioaccumulate across food chains. Meanwhile, conventional remediation primarily r…
Software Design
Soil degradation affects over 1.7 billion people globally, yet long-term prediction of soil evolution remains fundamentally challenging because soil emerges from complex interactions among c…
Translational Medical Science
Dementia affects 55 million people globally, projected to reach 139 million by 2050. Although deep learning models achieve 90–98% accuracy for dementia classification, clinical adoption is h…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
With over 1.8 million deaths from lung cancer annually, it is imperative to develop immunotherapies that precisely target these tumors while minimizing off-target effects on healthy cells. A…
Translational Medical Science
The prevalence of diseases such as diabetic retinopathy (DR), glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is rapidly increasing worldwide, with over 700 million people expected to f…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
One major challenge with cancer treatment is the widespread molecular differences that patient tumors can have, meaning only specific chemotherapies may work well. Machine learning models pr…
Biomedical Engineering
The Flexshoe addresses foot and ankle swelling and circulation issues, especially common in the elderly, targeting conditions like pedal edema, chronic venous insufficiency, and diabetic ede…
Biomedical Engineering
This project aims to develop a wearable ankle exoskeleton that allows real-time, adaptive rehabilitation after injury. Most existing devices are either fixed or lack support for complex ankl…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The ever-increasing global energy demand—particularly for small, portable, and wearable electronics and self-powered systems—necessitates the development of sustainable energy sources. Mecha…
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum open systems account for unavoidable interactions with environmental noise such as energy dissipation crucial for modeling realistic quantum dynamics. Additionally, colored noise in…
Biochemistry
With implications in diseases such as monocytic leukemia, sarcoidosis, and Alzheimers, the detection of lysozyme, an antimicrobial enzyme, remains central in the development of precise antib…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Early diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) enables early intervention and is crucial fo…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lake-effect precipitation, which significantly impacts regions downwind of the Great Lakes, poses unique forecasting challenges due to its dependence on localized processes and intricate int…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The spotted lanternfly (SLF), Lycorma delicatula, is an invasive planthopper species that feeds on a wide variety of plant hosts, causing an estimated $3 billion in damages in the United Sta…
Mathematics
The smooth sliceness of a knot is an important property with connections to longstanding problems in topology such as the smooth four-dimensional Poincare Conjecture (4SPC) and the Slice-Rib…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Over 70 million in the world suffer from stuttering, a speech impairment characterized by involuntary disruptions during normal speech. This can create communication barriers and limiting ac…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
While it is a relatively well-researched cancer therapy study, the difference in efficacy between lycopene isomers has not been explored. This carotenoid is mainly utilized for its antioxida…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disorder causing cognitive deterioration, remains a leading cause of death. Previous research has not fully clarified the impact of amyloid-beta…