Biomedical Engineering
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a type of cancer that originates in the kidneys and is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. It can be classified into several subtypes, including cl…
Mathematics
Third Award
Quantum computing is a rapidly growing field that applies quantum mechanics to computer science and its algorithms, and it has many applications, including optimization problems, where the g…
Translational Medical Science
Otitis media (OM) is the leading cause of hearing loss in children globally, affecting nearly a billion people per year. Impoverished areas typically lack trained ear specialists, which prev…
Translational Medical Science
On July 23, 2022, the World Health Organization declared the global monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. It is diagnosed through Polymerase Chain Reaction t…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
With over seven billion pounds of plastic trash globally, the material is abundant, and recycling is vital (UNEP, 2022). A large portion of this waste consists of single-use plastic bottles,…
Translational Medical Science
Hypertension is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, affecting 1.3 billion people and attributing to 17.9 million deaths worldwide per year, making it the leading preventab…
Materials Science
Inducing bacteria into cement concrete can increase concrete durability and therefore its lifespan by preventing microcrack formation from the absorption of water. Bacteria have cell walls w…
Plant Sciences
The experiment conducted serves as a novel procedure in which lead extraction is possible in drinking water through the usage of bioremediation, which is cheap and affordable to socioeconomi…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
The purpose of this study was to determine which type of oil, synthetic or conventional, was most effective at maintaining its tribological performance when the oils experienced a simulated…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are becoming more widely used in ocean exploration and underwater infrastructures. SeaPerch is an underwater robotics program, similar to other r…
Plant Sciences
Gravitropism is a natural phenomenon occurring within plants that allows for the direction of roots and stems to be oriented to the strongest gravitational field for optimized growth and ger…
Biomedical Engineering
Essential tremor, which affects millions in the United States, is a progressive and incurable movement disorder characterized by uncontrollable shaking of the hands and arms during voluntary…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
Histologic analyses of glomeruli in renal tissues yield a substantial amount of information about overall kidney health or diseases stemming from glomerular structural damage. Current medica…
Plant Sciences
Indoor farming is a growing sector. Yet, there remains no economically viable tool that can signal vegetation stress to growers before it becomes visible to the naked eye. If early warnings…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Navigating through unstructured environments is a basic capability of autonomous robots, and thus is of fundamental interest in the study and development of autonomy. Long-range navigation o…
Biomedical Engineering
Whitewater sports result in 50 deaths and thousands of head injuries every year, and the currently available helmets are insufficient. The objective of this study was to create an optimized…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an incurable brain tumor whose poor patient outcomes have seen little improvement over the past 30 years, possibly due to a lack of effective prognostic tools (Ostrom e…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Fourth Award
With the rapid growth of digital scientific datasets, data visualization is becoming increasingly important, and even the most popular tools require additional features. The goal of this stu…
Microbiology
Fourth Award
A rise in the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant infections has prompted a search for alternative methods to combat bacteria in the human body. Bacteriophages are a type of virus that can ki…
Translational Medical Science
The phosphoinositide 3 kinase pathway (PI3K) may be among the most important pathways regarding the onset of mammalian cancer, as it modulates a multitude of cell regulatory processes, makin…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In this project, I seek to understand what happens to fake stories after a credible fact-checking source has confirmed that the story is false. Although prior research shows that the number…
Microbiology
Fourth Award
The European Space Agency established that fruticose lichen species were capable of surviving in the vacuum of space due to their resilient upper cortex protecting them from UV radiation and…
Animal Sciences
Stroke, a leading cause of disability, causes brain tissue to become abruptly hypoxic. Acute hypoxia stimulates destabilization of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and damages the cellular mic…
Systems Software
Third Award
All disorders, particularly progressive and degenerative ones, are more severe in under-resourced areas due to lower access to diagnostic resources. A delayed or inaccurate diagnosis can be…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
By 2025, more than 1,100 satellites will be deployed annually. These satellites will provide GPS, weather tracking, and communications, along with countless other services to humanity. Curre…
Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 1 in every 25 hospitalized patients in America has a Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI), affecting around 650,000 patients annually (Magill e…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Third Award
According to the World Health Organization, over 1.3 million people are killed each year in road traffic crashes worldwide. Autonomous vehicles have the potential to solve these issues and a…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Deepfakes are a new machine learning technology that allow users to place the face of one person in an image onto the head of a person in another. They pose a large cybersecurity risk becaus…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The project demonstrated how machine learning can help sort recyclable materials in a domestic setting. The aim of the study was to create a machine learning model and associated mechatronic…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease affecting more than 33 million people globally. Although several protein hallmarks associated with AD have been identifi…