Translational Medical Science
Medulloblastoma is the most prevalent malignant brain tumor in children, and 75% of children that have it are under the age of ten. However, its current treatments are surgery, chemotherapy,…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cancer immunotherapy seeks to harness the immune system to selectively target tumor cells. This study investigated whether human T cells could be engineered to recognize melanoma cells expre…
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) causes the gradual loss of neurons, which leads to memory and cognitive problems. Due to the inability to replace the lost neurons, current treatments cannot stop or…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) is a G protein–coupled receptor that plays a critical role in energy homeostasis by activating cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling to suppress…
Environmental Engineering
Continuous water quality monitoring is critical for safeguarding aquatic ecosystems, informing environmental management decisions, and supporting public health. However, conventional systems…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Accurate and timely detection of emerging infectious outbreaks is critical for an effective public health response. While current systems like the National Syndromic Surveillance Program hav…
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this study is to create white noises that mask tinnitus tones more effectively than normal white noise. I was inspired to research this because my mother experiences tinnitus.…
Biochemistry
Human cells experience various biophysical forces in vivo that significantly influence biological processes and cellular phenotype. One such force, cellular deformation, occurs during trans…
Microbiology
Since the 1930s, antibiotics have revolutionized medicine and saved countless lives from bacterial infections. However, the rise of antimicrobial resistance has increasingly compromised thei…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this project was to determine how to maximize the energy produced by a wind turbine. Wind turbines are an effective way to generate power without burning fossil fuels. Burning…
Plant Sciences
Cotton is a cash fiber crop impacting the economies of over 80 countries. Salinity, an abiotic stress, is a major issue affecting cotton yield and fiber production. Improving salt tolerance…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Short-read RNA sequencing is limited by its inability to fully sequence long genetic transcripts, requiring computational reconstruction that often hinders accurate characterization of trans…
Biomedical Engineering
Lung cancer (LC), responsible for one in five cancer-related deaths, remains a major public health challenge (American Lung Association, 2024). Early detection is critical, as 5-year surviva…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Teachers and students need a way to defend themselves from intruders and school shootings. These worldwide shootings are taking place in multiple schools around the world ranging from high s…
Plant Sciences
This experiment aimed to study the effect of different gravity environments on seed growth using a Clinostat with varying degrees of rotation. The results showed that the gravity environment…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Have you ever wondered where your fingerprints come from? The purpose of this project was to determine if fingerprints are genetically inherited through biological factors or relations and o…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Previous research suggests that abiotic factors facilitate the degradation of artificial polymers, such as polyethylene, into microplastics. However, current research has not yet explored ho…
Biomedical Engineering
Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs) are a common and significant health issue affecting about 5-12% of the US population. While clinical data has indicated strong associations between t…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Several breast cancer patients develop resistance to multiple chemotherapeutic agents. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) family of drug transporters have been hypothesized to be potentially involve…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
Object recognition is an important task in image processing and a fuzzy neural network (FNN) is a popular tool for object recognition. However, when applied to datasets that present complex…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Classical music is known to have a calming effect on people and has been used to study the effect of test taking abilities. By testing students’ speeds while taking standardized tests it was…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Mangroves are increasingly facing threats from human activities. These coastline shrubs create ecosystems by oxygenating the water and collecting sediment, cleaning the water and creating a…
Systems Software
Music theory suggests the presence of a cultural and emotional pattern in music that allows for humans to recognize the feelings or origins of a song. This project is a program that takes a…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability and aphasia is the most common symptom of stroke. Currently, aphasia assessment is done using the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB), which consi…
Microbiology
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that causes an infection, Toxoplasmosis in humans. Pregnant women can get this infection if the eggs of the parasite, which are found in the cat’s feces, are…
Environmental Engineering
Scientists had long praised the ocean as being a great carbon dioxide “sink” and for good reason, a study published in a Science journal found that the ocean absorbed 30% percent of the emis…
Physics and Astronomy
The US Energy Information Administration reports that 5% of all energy generated by national power stations is lost to grid infrastructure. Resistance in transmission wires is responsible fo…
Biomedical Engineering
Endovascular occlusive diseases are among the leading causes of death around the world. Specifically, thrombosis is responsible for 1 in 4 people dying worldwide. Atherosclerosis is the caus…
Biomedical Engineering
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) affect about 1.7 billion people worldwide. As most MSD cases are associated with abnormal motion of joints, motion assessment of joints provides a powerful t…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating neurological disease affecting the central nervous system and significantly impacting patients’ quality of life. The disease involves inflammation,…