Environmental Engineering
Plastic pollution and microplastics are major environmental concerns, especially in the healthcare industry, which relies heavily on single use plastics. This project investigated whether bi…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Individuals spend approximately 90% of their time indoors, so maintaining a good Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is important. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is an essential component of IAQ, as t…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Airway diseases are known for the excessive production of mucus and inflammatory levels. Nonetheless, most of the current literature has been on intracellular pathways rather than on the ext…
Materials Science
The annual generation of 3.8 million tons of shrimp shell waste contributes to environmental toxicity, and microplastics from conventional plastics cause adverse health impacts. To combat th…
Environmental Engineering
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most common plastics used worldwide, and is used to create products like water bottles, food packaging, and textiles. PET is difficult to break…
Animal Sciences
Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) is a highly contagious and economically significant disease that affects cattle worldwide. The disease, caused by the BVD virus (BVDV), can lead to a range of sev…
Microbiology
Manuka honey is known for its antimicrobial properties, but it is unclear how heating affects its ability to inhibit bacterial growth. This experiment tested whether increasing the temperatu…
Animal Sciences
Bison are highly efficient grazers that convert forage into high-quality protein, making growth efficiency an important factor in livestock production. Weight per day of age (WDA) is a key m…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Although Corals offer us plenty of services, they are constantly threatened by chemicals in the sunscreen that can induce coral bleaching. Approximately 14,000 tons of sunscreen enter the oc…
Materials Science
Shear-thickening fluid (STF) impregnation into aramid-fiber materials is a new concept with most of its advancements happening within the past ten years. This project tested two samples, a 1…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Understanding the transcriptomic association of athletic performance, including VO2max, is critical for elucidating the interplay between molecular biology and exercise outcomes. Predicting…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Motor vehicle speeds were measured on five residential streets in different neighborhoods of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to evaluate whether certain street and neighborhood characteristics may r…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
This study explores the development of a hybrid solid-fuel electric autonomous rocket constructed from carbon fiber, utilizing bio-derived fuels as a renewable energy source. As the demand f…
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry: Development of an Assay Method for Zirconium Based on Chemiluminescence Andrew Zhang Norman North High School, Norman, Oklahoma, United States Abstract Purpose: To deve…
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to test the strength of 3D-printed gears with different infill levels. Infill refers to how much material is used for the inner portion of an item. This id…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Heart disease is a broad term that encompasses various heart conditions. It is also the leading cause of death both in the United States and globally. This disease claims millions of lives e…
Physics and Astronomy
Shear-thickening fluids (STFs) were added to Kevlar to find their effect on force absorbed by material over a short period of time. This could be used in spacesuits to protect against microm…
Environmental Engineering
Microplastics persist in the environment, move across the food chain, and are easily ingested because of their tiny sizes, harming aquatic organisms and posing health risks to humans. As par…
Microbiology
Before the discovery of antibiotics, bacterial infections constituted a leading cause of human mortality. Antibiotics used during World War One and the subsequent introduction of penicillin…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Protocadherins (pcdhs) are responsible for the formation of cell to cell adhesion proteins, which makes them crucial to neural development and function. Clustered protocadherins are a type o…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
For the past three years, I have been conducting research and experiments on several different antibiotic ointments and their effectiveness against different bacteria. This year, Neosporin a…
Biomedical Engineering
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) is pivotal in understanding brain activity, but its efficacy is often hampered by slice-timing correction artifacts known as 'zebra-artifacts'. T…
Plant Sciences
Erratic weather patterns, protracted droughts, and hazardous runoffs threaten the availability of sufficient water for food producers. One solution in combating this issue is using Superabso…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Machine Learning is the statistical analysis of data used to solve problems. The purpose of this project is to use Machine Learning models to improve the efficiency and accuracy of a robotic…
Technology Enhances the Arts
My project was about how brands/companies can use color psychology to market their products to consumers. I have always been in the many different ways that color psychology can be used in t…
Systems Software
With the need for collecting and analyzing large-scale data dramatically increasing in the big data era, researchers and companies have begun to rely on crowdsourcing platform workers to ann…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The United States is currently facing a polysubstance drug epidemic with the rise of emerging threats like fentanyl, xylazine, and other synthetic opioids. The evolving nature of this public…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
We wanted to determine whether belt-driven linear slides or string-driven linear slides were faster with various rpm motors. This would help in our primary goal of having the most efficient…
Plant Sciences
Several third-world countries and places on Earth have infertile soil for plant and crop growth. Hydroponics is the concept of growing plants without soil but with added nutrients. This expe…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of my project is to determine whether there is a significant daily variability regarding sleep efficiency, heart rate variability, and percentage of time in deep non-REM sleep du…