Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The aerospike rocket engine, developed in the late 1960s, was designed to address a significant limitation of traditional bell rocket engines: inefficient exhaust gas expansion across varyin…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Over 4 million colonoscopies result in severe adverse reactions (SAEs) such as perforations, internal bleeding, and other side effects by the external pressure placed by a gastroenterologist…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US. Among the various forms of cancer, breast cancer and lung cancer are particularly significant due to their prevalence and impact. Breas…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
According to the National Institutes of Health, 1 in 14 children has Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). It interferes with language learning in children, delaying their academic and soci…
Microbiology
Staphylococcus epidermidis is commonly found on the skin and is typically harmless; however, if left untreated, it can lead to infections that may have serious health consequences. The goal…
Embedded Systems
High resolution absolute rotary encoders are essential to precision applications like tracking telescopes, semiconductor manufacturing, low-tolerance machining, and robotic mechanisms. Howev…
Environmental Engineering
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been widely used in various products such as non-stick cookware and fire-fighting form. Due to their non-degradable properties ascribed to the…
Biochemistry
Tillandsia recurvata, better known as Texas ball moss, is an epiphyte native to the United States and commonly found in southern states including Texas, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico, etc.…
Physics and Astronomy
With the leading causes of death in America, heart disease and cancer, requiring the use of medical radioisotopes for diagnostic and treatment purposes, and a limited amount of production si…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Drug-drug synergy is crucial for developing effective combination therapies, and gene function relationships play an important role in identifying these synergies. However, due to the comple…
Chemistry
The Ultraviolet Index (UVI) is a measure of the likelihood of getting sunburned while outside. Its only limitation is that the UVI is entirely predicted by satellites and is not measured at…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Sign language serves as the main means of communication for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community, yet barriers persist for non-signers who either lack the practical exposure to master it o…
Animal Sciences
Ants – with their ability to assist in seed dispersal and scavenging – are an often overlooked foundational part of our ecosystems. In fact, according to the Journal of Animal Ecology, ants…
Mathematics
There are over 400,000 cases of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) recorded annually, with over 90% of these events being fatal. The current detection system used to detect cardiac arrest in hospit…
Biomedical Engineering
The continuous monitoring of human physiological health without the presence of a doctor has been a recent subject of innovation. A popular method for detecting various factors involves anal…
Animal Sciences
Anti-apoptotic B-cell leukemia/lymphoma (Bcl-2) family proteins are reported to be overexpressed in around half of all human cancers, linked to tumorigenesis, chemotherapy resistance, and po…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
First Award
Microplastics have become a prevalent global environmental issue, with an estimated 75 trillion microplastics in the oceans today. MPs pose dangers to wildlife and cause serious health issue…
Physics and Astronomy
Experimental rocketry is the field of engineering that studies scale rocket designs to optimize flight performance. Simulation engineering is an important part of this process because it sav…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Arsenic is toxic. The primary goal of this research is to scientifically detect and quantify arsenic levels in drinking water due to local residents’ concerns and assess the potential health…
Systems Software
Monochromacy and Achromatopsia are color deficiencies in which people cannot see specific or no color at all. Color deficiency can either be inherited through genes or acquired. This project…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fourth Award
Robotic arms are useful in a variety of applications: manufacturing, de-palletization, artificial intelligence research, etc. However, on average, a typical robotic arm with 6-axis capabilit…
Translational Medical Science
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of Metformin, the effect of Y15, and the combinational effect of Y15 and Metformin for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian c…
Microbiology
In my project, I explore the potential antibacterial properties in dog saliva on streptococcus pyogenes, staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli. My hypothesis states that the Kirby-Baue…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
According to the US Department of Agriculture, drought decreases the crop yield of rice, the most common source of nutrition worldwide, by nearly 18%. Coupled with arsenic contamination in t…
Mathematics
Students across the United States live with the fear of school violence. Schools combat this through rehearsal lockdowns, dress codes, metal detectors, and professional development for polic…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Globally, cancer is the leading cause of death, with 1.9 million new diagnoses and 600,000 deaths annually attributed to lung cancer alone. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) represents appr…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Aircraft stalling accidents, caused by boundary layer separation over wings, are nearly 50% more likely to be fatal than non-stall related accidents posing as a momentous safety hazard on co…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Artificial light at night (ALAN) can disrupt wildlife seasonal phenology. Many animals produce melatonin, a hormone regulating circadian rhythms, in the dark. ALAN, especially from cool whit…
Chemistry
Third Award
Each week, over 60 million individuals consume acetaminophen in the U.S. alone. Despite global reliance for its analgesic & antipyretic (pain & fever relief) properties in medications, aceta…
Materials Science
Food safety is one of the most important components of human life. The World Health Organization estimates that foodborne contamination kills 420,000 people per year worldwide. To combat thi…