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Sleep Tight

Nocturnal hypoglycemia has claimed thousands of type 1 diabetics lives over the years. In a population of 100,000 people with diabetes 20-60 people (6%) die from nocturnal hyper- or hypoglyc…

The Effect of Varying Concentrations of B. atrophaeus on the Prevacuum Steam Sterilization Resistance of Dual Microbe Biological Indicators Consisting of G. stearothermophilus and B. atrophaeus

Biological Indicators (BIs) are used to determine if the sterilization cycle was successful. The most important property of these BIs is the resistance to sterilization. Basic BIs have one m…

The Effects of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents on Cancer Cells

Breast cancer continues to be a very common cancer diagnosed in U.S. females, with potentially devastating consequences as a result. This is due to the lack of ideal treatments for a signifi…

The Mechanisms of Glioblastoma Migration in a Bioengineered 3D Brain Model

Glioblastoma Multiforme is a lethal cancer originating from the glial cells of the brain. Current treatments are unsuccessful partly due to GBM’s rapid migration along white matter tracts an…

Traffic Camera Dangerous Driver Detection (TCD3): Contextually Aware Heuristic Feature & OFA Density-Based Computer Vision with Movement Machine Learning Analysis of Live Streaming Traffic Camera Footage to Identify Anomalous & Dangerous Driving

Third Award

The goal of the TCD3 project is to identify anomalous and dangerous driving patterns from traffic camera feeds. Successful execution can improve road safety by assisting law enforcement catc…

Using Gene Expression Analysis to Identify Tumor Evolution across Cancer Types

Fourth Award

Despite extraordinary efforts to profile cancer genomes, interpreting the vast amount of genomic data in the light of cancer evolution remains challenging. In malignancies we identified as e…

Alzheimer’s and Drosophila: Effect of Age on Efficacy of Treatment in a Model System

Systems Software

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and primarily age-dependent neurodegenerative disease that is the sixth leading cause of death in the US. An aged-onset model of Alzheimer’s disease in D…

Analyzing Female Gender Roles in Marvel Comics from the Silver Age (1960) to the Present (2014)

Systems Software

Comic books, a form of American popular culture, offer a window into time, allowing researchers to track societal changes over several decades. The purpose of this study was to determine if,…

A Nanomedicine Approach for Targeted Thrombolysis

In occlusive vascular pathologies like heart attack and stroke, rapid thrombolysis is necessary for restoring blood flow to critical organs. It is advantageous to localize the delivery and a…

Cloning and Sequencing of the Lacc2 Laccase Gene from the Ligninolytic Basidiomycete Pleurotus ostreatus

Biomedical Engineering Fourth Award

Cellulosic bioethanol, an alternative energy source produced by saccharification and fermentation of plant polysaccharides such as cellulose and hemicellulose, is a promising renewable energ…

Design and Evaluation of a Multisensor Bioelectrical System for Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common type of arrhythmia, where atria beat chaotically, resulting in an inefficient pumping action that causes blood to pool in the atria, increasing…

Fabrication of Photovoltaic Dress to Power Electronic Devices

Harnessing the fashion industry (worth $1.7 trillion) could expand the integration of photovoltaic (PV) energies (worth $80 billion) into daily life. Expansion could increase popularity of P…

General Indecisiveness versus Specific Indecision and Their Relationship to Self-Esteem

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Often times, there are instances where making certain decisions are harder than others. One may think that a person who has trouble deciding in one area should also be indecisive across a br…

Improved Cancer Detection and Diagnosis through a Novel Combination of Cell Segmentation and Artificial Intelligence Techniques

This project explores whether a quantitative and computational approach to differentiate cancerous liver tissues from normal liver tissues can be developed, utilizing cellular and nuclear de…

Investigation of a Novel, Endothermic, Inorganic Fiber to Improve the High Temperature Performance of Fire-Resistant Protective Apparel

The tragic deaths of 19 Arizona firefighters in 2013 reminds us that firefighters are regularly exposed to extreme temperatures and hazardous conditions. Current protective apparel, however,…

Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Innovations in Infection and Inflammation Therapy

Biomedical Engineering

Background: Mesenchymal stem cells secrete anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial products. Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that results in infection with P. aeruginosa (PA) S. pneumoniae (ST) or…

Prophylactic Biochanin A Induces GOT Expression and Protects Against Acute Ischemic Stroke

Biomedical Engineering

Stroke is the leading cause of disability and the fourth leading cause of death in the US. Acute Ischemic Stroke accounts for 80% of cases in adult stroke victims. In this context, the prese…

Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Network for Smart Buildings

Currently, between single-family residences, multi-family residences, and commercial buildings, buildings consume a significant share of the total energy in the United States, contributing t…

SmartNotes: An Intelligent System that Enhances Efficient Social Communication in Learning Environments

Fourth Award

This project is designed to help people conveniently receive information regardless of any environmental distractions. One major factor contributing to inefficient communication in learning…

Sulfurization of Thin-Film Copper Antimony Sulfide for Low Cost and Environmental Friendly Solar Cells

Current common commercial solar cells use either crystalline silicon or thin-film cadmium telluride. Silicon in bulk crystalline form is expensive and cadmium is toxic. It is therefore desir…

Sustainable Water Cleaning System for Point-of-Use Household Application in Developing Countries to Remove Contaminants from Drinking Water

Third Award

Sun-dried banana peel was pyrolyzed (PBP) and activated to form carbon-fiber adsorbent with superior removal capacity bacterial pathogens as well as copper and lead from drinking water. A po…

The Effect of Polyphenols in Spices on the Aggregation of the Amyloid-Beta Peptide 1-40, an in vitro Study

Biomedical Engineering

A primary characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease is the oligomerization of amyloid-beta (aß) 1-40 random coil structures leading to the eventual formation of neurofibrillary tangles and aß pl…

The Effect of Small Molecule Activators of PP2A (SMAPs) on N-Myc Driven Neuroblastomas

Translational Medical Science

Neuroblastoma is the most common extra-cranial solid cancer in children and there is about one case in 7000 live births, resulting in approximately 700 cases in the US alone. About 25% of ne…

The Feasibility of Using an Electric Arc Flash as a Propellant

The destructive force of an arc flash has plagued industry for years because it is essentially uncontrollable. This experiment studied the feasibility of harnessing this energy as a propella…

The Role of Deptor in Breast Cancer Metastasis

Biomedical Engineering

Mammary tumorigenesis converts Transforming Growth Factor-ß (TGF-ß) from a tumor suppressor in normal tissue into a tumor promoter in the later stages of breast cancer by inducing epithelial…

The Viability of Switchable Hydrophilicity Solvents for Lipid Extraction in Algal Biofuel Production

Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design

Exploration of alternative fuel like algal biofuel is increasing since the increase in fossil fuel consumption and depletion. Algal biofuel production is a complicated process including cult…

Traffic Camera Distracted Driver Detection (TCD^3): Contextually Aware Heuristic Blob Analysis of Traffic Camera Footage to Identify Anomalous Driving

The goal of TCD^3 project is to identify anomalous driving pattern from traffic camera feeds. Successful execution can improve road safety by assisting law enforcement catch dangerous driver…

Using Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting in Near Field EEPROMs to Assist the Blind in Urban Environments

This project was done in order to design a system that could assist the blind by providing information of their location. It was hypothesized that it could be possible to design a system cap…

Alteration in Androgen Receptor Expression by the 3’ Untranslated Region

Mathematics

Background. Prostate cancer is the 2nd most common cancer in men and affects nearly 240,000 males annually in the United States with about 29,700 deaths each year. Androgen blocking is the m…

Analysis of T-cell Proliferation in Lymph Nodes of Lymphopenic Hosts Using 2-Photon Microscopy

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Lymphopenia, a condition in which the number of lymphocytes falls below normal levels, makes patients more susceptible to infection and disease, and can be caused by genetic predisposition o…