Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
As pollution levels rise, the relationship between pollutant degrading proteins across various organisms is vital to create a synthetic microbe that mitigates substance toxicity. To understa…
Physics and Astronomy
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are devices that use temperature differentials to generate electricity through the Seebeck effect. Low compatibility and efficiency make implementations of T…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water covers about 71% of the earth's surface, yet water shortages are impending worldwide. While this can be baffling, it's simple: out of the 71% of water only 3% is fresh water and 1% is…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
[Problem] For individuals with hearing loss, distinguishing between various voices in noisy environments is difficult. Current hearing aids are unable to identify and attenuate background vo…
Plant Sciences
In the 2018-2019 study, the surface characteristics of natural and synthetic turfgrass were tested. There were significant differences in the surface temperature between the athletic field s…
Microbiology
Rare earth elements (REE) are essential parts of cell phones, magnets, catalysts, and batteries. With the demand for REE rising dramatically, there is a global supply challenge. REE are diff…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Cell polarity is the intrinsic asymmetry present in almost all eukaryotic cells shown in the organization of various subcellular components. Proper polarity is critical to cell division, mig…
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose was to determine how a concrete mix design of personal development (RG3) will perform against a certified mix of 3,600 PSI (Pounds per Square Inch) and how this new mix (RG3) wil…
Materials Science
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the most potent greenhouse gases contributing to climate change, trapping heat and raising the average temperature of the atmosphere. There are a lot of talks…
Chemistry
The conversion of sunlight into heat is an effective way to utilize solar energy. PCM’s, such as waxes or fatty acids, are able to store heat at high temperatures and release heat at lower t…
Biomedical Engineering
When diagnosing the presence of pathogenic microbes, direct imaging of live microbes in situ even in a drop of liquid is very challenging as they move and spread out in the entire volume. Di…
Plant Sciences
Agriculture is a major part of everyday life, which means when there are implications it causes a major impact on normal routines. In the past there has been instances of crops being exposed…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As industry processed food becomes increasingly detrimental to human health, studies indicate that the heart and associated cardiovascular tissues deteriorate more rapidly. A significant cor…
Translational Medical Science
Danio rerio embryos have been identified to have over eighty-two percent of genes similar to mammals and have recently been used as models for human embryos. This investigation exposed Danio…
Biomedical Engineering
Over 2 million children in the United States have dyslexia; however, the diagnosis process is very subjective and inaccurate at 85% accuracy and costs on average of $1000-5000 for diagnosis…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Autism, a developmental disorder, has been linked with gestational diabetes. Management of gestational diabetes may decrease the chance that an offspring develops autism. Metformin is a prom…
Systems Software
Cardiovascular and neurological diseases make up the majority of the world’s current health crisis, yet there is a lack of a proactive and accurate system in place to address this issue. Hen…
Embedded Systems
According to the United States Bone and Joint Initiative, each year, 126.6 million Americans suffer from a musculoskeletal injury or disorder lasting over 3 months, resulting in $213 billion…
Physics and Astronomy
MoS2 monolayers (a single layer of molybdenum disulfide) are one of the most promising materials for future generations. These monolayers have remarkable semiconducting and optical propertie…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Complications of robotic-assisted surgery are on the rise, partly due to surgeons not receiving proper training. Using the current Da Vinci (DV) surgical system, 150-3,000 surgeries must be…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of the experiment "Getting Crossed" is it will provide coaches with a tool to help players evaluate and adjust their skills and thus improve their free throw percentage and inevi…
Materials Science
The project used the memory shape and super elastic properties of nickel titanium alloy wire to move the fingers on a 3D printed hand. When nitinol heats to 500°C, the molecules set in that…
Translational Medical Science
The hypothesis of the project was that machine learning can be used to identify disease patterns in medical imaging. Machine learning functions were used to identify patterns in chest X-rays…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, becoming a preventable leading cause of death worldwide. A multitude of approaches and animal models have been employed to investigate the pathophys…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This study presents a triboelectric (TENG) and electromagnetic (EMG) hybrid floor-tile nanogenerator to harvest the already expended energy of human footsteps for electrical energy conversio…
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this project is to attempt to combine the hyperloop with other techniques to make it cost-effective while being just as efficient. With the idea of Elon Musk’s hyperloop, comb…
Embedded Systems
Train crossings are commonplace through US roads; they are a vital part of our transportation systems. Train crossings, however, introduce precarious conditions to our daily commutes. Two cr…
Systems Software
The majority of approaches to forecast stock market behavior are plagued with scalability, profitability, and applicability issues. The present work comprehensively developed and evaluated 5…
Embedded Systems
#include is a project that aims to research and prototype a method in which a paraplegic or quadriplegic individual would be able to slowly regain the ability to produce movement through a s…
Biochemistry
Our project is a continuation of seven years of previous research. In prior years we have both tested with Radio Frequency on cell phones, wifi modems, and much more. Starting three years ag…