Animal Sciences
Background: Many environmental factors can disrupt sleep and circadian rhythms, yet the consequences of such disruptions are poorly understood. The main goals of this project were to study t…
Biomedical Engineering
Chronic wounds are a growing medical issue around the world, with 2.4 - 4.5 million people afflicted in the United States alone. The condition currently makes up 2-3% of healthcare costs for…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The current study aims to test if thiamine is an effective preventative measure for traumatic-brain-injury-induced locomotive ability loss. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an epidemic that i…
Translational Medical Science
Influenza virus causes an estimated 9.0-35.6 million severe illnesses and 850,000 deaths worldwide annually. Aided by its error-prone, open-ended RNA genome, the virus mutates rampantly to e…
Biochemistry
The current pectin industry is built around the utilization of orange peels (citrus sinensis) as the most commercially viable option for pectin harvesting. Current estimates of pectin conten…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
According to the WHO, there are currently 2.2 billion people who live with visual impairment in the world. A sighted person is able to take in 3D spatial information by taking the 3D locatio…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The objective of this project is to measure the effects of adaptive control on the performance of a wave energy converter (WEC). Ocean wave energy is one of the most promising sources of ren…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Fourth Award
Over the past 100 years, the earth has been increasingly affected by the production of energy through toxic means, in particular - fossil fuels. However, recently wave energy has emerged as…
Translational Medical Science
Third Award
PANDwriting is a novel screening system for neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), particularly targeted to increase Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Parkinson's Disease (PD) diagnostic access in low…
Translational Medical Science
PTSD is a neuropsychological disorder resulting from a traumatizing event. Given biases associated with self-assessment and diagnosis of PTSD, researchers are actively searching for unbiased…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
There are over 1 million ASL speakers in North America and it is claimed to be the third most studied language in the United States. The language barrier between people with impaired or no h…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
Solar phenomena, specifically solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), have plagued the Earth since its creation. In 1859, the Earth was struck with the most devastating CME it’s ever…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Background: Substantial research suggests that therapeutic hypothermia could ameliorate the impact of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Our goals were: 1) Study the effects of concussion in a va…
Biomedical Engineering
Swimming is a highly technical sport. Knowing what stroke technique to use and to what extent it should be used is crucial for swimmers to achieve optimal performance. Videos provide some vi…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
The use of citizen science has become prominent in studying large-scale environmental issues. Among these issues is urban sprawl, a rapidly growing global trend that is deteriorating drinkin…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of our project was to determine which turbine between the Pelton and Kaplan was more efficient on a small scale, and determine whether or not the turbines would be efficient enou…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the bacteria Bacillus cereus had any effect on the central nervous system of planaria (Dugesia tigrina). This study was conducted at a loca…
Microbiology
Throughout this experiment, four different types of face masks were tested to see how much bacteria is spread while wearing them (N95, Kn95, blue surgical mask, cloth mask and no mask as the…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the addition of thin-film hydrophobic coatings on a photovoltaic cell (solar panel) had an impact on the energy output of the panel. The ex…
Animal Sciences
I investigated different substrates for the larvae (BSFL) of the black soldier fly (BSF). These larvae have great potential as an environmentally, economically sustainable protein source for…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Endothelial vascular leakage is responsible for the pathogenesis of diverse acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza, heart disease and arteriosclerosis. In pa…
Physics and Astronomy
Within the centers of about 3% of galaxies, there is luminous emission at 22 GHz originating in Microwaves Amplified by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (masers) from water molecules. Some o…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
In recent years, significant advances in the fields of assistive robotics and AI have been made to help those with disabilities experience the world with more autonomy than ever before. Howe…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Car rollovers are common accidents on the road, resulting in 39,000 fatalities and numerous injuries every year. This research project proposes an original method of dynamically shifting the…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
The global water crisis is a well-documented fact. It affects all regions and demographics. Atmospheric water harvesters (AWHs) have not been explored well as an option for freshwater. An es…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Affordably Examining Your Eyes [A-EYE] is a multistage artificial intelligence platform that detects eye conditions through retinal fundus images. Unlike previous attempts of deep learning d…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The purpose of this project was to create a shoe that utilizes a neural network to detect falls as they happen and replicate a step that would be used to widen the base of gravity by moving…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) pollution is a global issue affecting both the environment and human health. Although industrial PCB manufacturing has been banned, PCBs remain in water, soil,…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Extreme political polarization has surfaced as a major threat to democracy, with recent events highlighting the need to understand both the causes and solutions of political polarization. Th…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women globally. Advanced diagnosis of intrinsic molecular subtype is key to evaluating intermediate survival; however, b…