Software Design
Beef cattle producers collect years of breeding, pregnancy, and calving data, but typically analyze it using spreadsheets and manual review — methods too slow to reveal multi-year trends. It…
Microbiology
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a major global health crisis affecting approximately 19 million pregnant women and 30 million children under the age of five, with over 50% of cases from rural…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Asphalt properties change throughout its aging process through a physiochemical process. Asphalt needs to be well understood to better utilize its properties in order to extend its mechanica…
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this research was to evaluate whether adding an Insecta-based protein source to a Gallus gallus domesticus diet would improve overall productivity and egg production rates. In…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Growing up in Iraq, infrastructure gaps and an unstable grid cause persistent power outages that directly impact quality of life. To meet demands, these regions tend to rely on environmental…
Chemistry
The purpose of this experiment was to test the spread and droplet size of a drone application with and without a chemical surfactant adjuvant. It is hypothesized, the water with the chemical…
Translational Medical Science
GLP-1 drugs address diabetes-obesity crisis that claims 12 lives per minute from associated complications, yet their uncharacterized off-targets may pose long-term health risks. Current safe…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pollution is a concern throughout the world, particularly in oceans. Recent concerns have arisen about the impacts of microplastics. Sea urchins are commonly used for developmental studies,…
Biomedical Engineering
The engineering goal is to see if by taking a picture of an Evolut R valve, and then placing that image into artificial intelligence, and creating a file, if we could then change the size of…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Zooxanthellae is the mutualistic microorganism that lives in coral and provides nutrients for the expansion of coral with the byproducts of photosynthesis. The main photosynthetic pigment is…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Beta-carotene is found in most living organisms and contributes to the red, orange, and yellow coloration in various life forms. In humans, beta-carotene is converted into vitamin A, which p…
Biochemistry
The enzyme amylase is known for its ability to break down starch and produce simple sugars out of it. Sodium propionate is a preservative that is used to prevent the build up of mold and bac…
Biochemistry
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used medications to treat pain, fever, and inflammation. These drugs function by inhibiting Cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes, specifical…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Genetics is an ever-expanding field of research. The genetic field has rapidly expanded from Mendel’s studies to genetically modified treatments, multi-allele variation knowledge, and studie…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The average solar panel is able to convert around 15-20% of solar energy into chemical energy. Therefore, there is a mass amount of energy that has the capability to be captured and harnesse…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Many row crop fields are near highways, dirt roads, and section lines. This leaves the crops at risk for being contaminated by pollutants from road runoff. The purpose of our project was to…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Addiction is a social disease that affects millions of people worldwide. It is a behavior driven by a response to increased reward stimuli paired with an impaired ability to regulate stimulu…
Microbiology
Escalating plastic waste demands breakthroughs. Promising biological plastic recycling (BPR)—using microbial-origin enzymes, is little explored for poorly recycled polymers like polyurethane…
Chemistry
This research was a two-part experiment to discover new antibiotics. The first part was reacting erythromycin with morpholine and propyl amine to see if a reaction occurred. Erythromycin and…
Environmental Engineering
This project continues on the foundational research of using spent coffee grounds to make biodegradable films by harnessing the bountiful and renewable potential of fall leaves, this project…
Chemistry
Plastics pose a major environmental problem to the planet as they take around 700 years to degrade completely. Consequently, the demand for alternate and environment-friendly materials is ri…
Chemistry
Light plays a pivotal role in an organism’s life. Organisms are able to harness the energy light expels and use it for their benefit. The energy light expels is sometimes large enough to act…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Potatoes have many health benefits such as providing many vitamins and minerals to the body. However, people that have to have a low potassium diet, such as the renal diet due to lower kidne…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Addiction is a disease in which the structures and function of the brain’s dopamine pathways are altered, resulting in compulsive indulgence in a substance or activity. Although much progres…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Purpose: My project was on the light reflectivity of geometric shapes. The hypothesis was if a light wave strikes an object, the reflectivity is determined by the shape and the color of the…
Microbiology
Recently, many countries have announced plans for deep space missions, raising the question of how zero gravity affects the human body. Various studies on Earth and in space have addressed t…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this experiment is to determine if Neodymium Magnets will affect the regeneration of planaria. It is hypothesized that the Neodymium magnets with 42N and pull strength of 7.32…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Car seats and boosters provide protection for infants and children in a crash, yet car crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 13. Correctly used child safety seats can…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Mental health is a very prevalent issue in the world today. There are many studies on how physical and mental health affect each other. This study's goal was to discover the relationship bet…
Systems Software
There is a lot of valuable information stored in massive data sets that can provide useful information to the user; however, it can be difficult to use this information on a large scale for…