Translational Medical Science
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among women, with approximately 42,000 deaths annually in the United States and over 700,000 worldwide. Brain metastases represent…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, and affects nearly 50 million people, causing ~140,000 deaths worldwide annually. Many of these deaths could be preve…
Biomedical Engineering
Respiratory exacerbations are often detected only after symptoms become severe, limiting opportunities for early intervention. Current monitoring systems rely on clinic-based devices or sing…
Environmental Engineering
Early wildfire detection and prediction systems based on machine learning have typically relied on a single type of data, either meteorological data or satellite imagery, limiting their accu…
Plant Sciences
Leafy vegetables like Malabar spinach require optimal soil moisture (SM) to ensure steady physiological activity, improved nutrient uptake, and higher leaf yield. Excessive water application…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Every day, there are over 40,000 crosswind landings occurring. Pilots use sideslip or crabbing methods to land in crosswinds. Both techniques require pilots to use ailerons to bank the airpl…
Embedded Systems
As computing power increases, faster wireline data communication speeds are required, going from today’s 128GT/s to next-generation 256GT/s. With increasing data-rates through circuit boards…
Biochemistry
Interactomes provide a framework for understanding the interactions that dictate biological processes. A well-constructed interactome allows for better disease understanding; however, tradit…
Animal Sciences
An unusual population of Camponotus (Mayr, 1861) was investigated, initially suspected to belong to the complex Camponotus sansabeanus (Buckley, 1866). Worker and gyne specimens were used in…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease affecting approximately 18 million people worldwide. Many treatments rely on monoclonal antibody drugs that block inflammatory signals such…
Animal Sciences
With 5.6 billion pounds of pesticides entering ecosystems annually, traditional monitoring methods such as soil and water sampling cannot cover large areas, cost $500–600 per sample, and tak…
Biomedical Engineering
Ankle-foot prosthetics aim to recreate the biological motion of the ankle and restore natural gait to transtibial amputees. Achieving this requires motion in three dimensions and a variable-…
Environmental Engineering
Nearly 30 farmers take their lives everyday in India due to immense socioeconomic pressure from their families. One prevalent factor to this stress is the low crop yield, often caused by dis…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The steady decline in bee population over the past several decades has led to an overall decrease in crop yields and poorer food quality. Today, there are no known tools available on the mar…
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's disease disproportionately affects Latinx communities, yet most prediction models rely on neuroimaging biomarkers that are costly and inaccessible to underserved populations. Thi…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, immune-mediated esophageal disorder that currently requires repeated invasive endoscopic biopsies for diagnosis and disease monitoring. The absen…
Software Design
Multi-agent AI systems are increasingly prevalent in various fields ranging from autonomous drone systems to healthcare assistant robots. Achieving success in complex environments requires e…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Reliable characterization of cell states, which encompass a cell's function, environment, and structure, is fundamental to comprehending healthy cell function and transition into diseased st…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Dilution refrigerators are used in advanced physics systems such as quantum computing because they can cool materials to temperatures near absolute zero. A key component of these systems is…
Embedded Systems
Adequate access to tactile resources such as braille and tactile images is one of the largest challenges towards improving the blind or visually impaired (BVI) education level and socially c…
Materials Science
The pulp and paper industry drives massive deforestation and CO2 emissions, while 1.3 billion tonnes of biopolymer-rich food waste are discarded annually, representing a vast, untapped resou…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
My science fair project works towards creating a hardware and software platform for automated AI-assisted fire suppression. Through a combination of an AI model, self-generated training data…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Individuals with early-stage dementia often experience confusion or distress when interacting with standard conversational AI, which may challenge memory, argue, or reinforce inaccuracies. T…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Autonomous drone navigation in GNSS-denied environments is challenging because conventional systems rely on rigid spatial representations, require environment-specific training, or are too c…
Plant Sciences
All living organisms, including plants, have evolved under the influence of the naturally occurring geomagnetic field (GMF). Numerous studies have described the biological effects of magneti…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this study was to explore the efficacy of three between-inning recovery methods [Active recovery (AR), passive recovery (PR), and electromuscular stimulation (EMS)] among high…
Environmental Engineering
Due to high ultrafine particle (UFP) concentrations on freeways and the lack of effective UFP prevention technologies in vehicles, passengers may be exposed to elevated cabin UFP levels duri…
Environmental Engineering
Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, are pervasive environmental pollutants linked to cardiovascular, neurological, and carcinogenic health risks. Although fe…
Environmental Engineering
Widespread contamination of surface and groundwater systems from heavy metals, excess nutrients, and other hazardous pollutants has intensified the need for sustainable water remediation tec…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Systemic inflammatory diseases like cirrhosis, ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and hypertension affect over 1 billion people and are often detected after significant organ damage. Growing evide…