Biochemistry
Fourth Award
Standard treatments for gliomas, such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, are often ineffective. Research has shown that the enzyme SUV39H1, which is involved in DNA methylation and…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The general increase in demand for biofuels and the use of bio-based materials increases the pressure on agriculture to produce biomass. As a result, huge amount of biomass waste is generate…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Rechargeable batteries are powering the rise in plug-in electric vehicles and intermittent renewable energy storage/transport/utilization in the electricity grid. Aluminum-ion batteries hold…
Chemistry
Hydrogels have received significant attention over the past 30 years due to their potential applications in drug delivery, blood vessel modeling, and as a cancer drug screening; however, the…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
My research aims to develop a novel, noninvasive, and adaptive diagnostic platform based on analyzing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in patient’s breath, which reflect the health conditio…
Biomedical Engineering
To tackle the challenges of targeted drug delivery, we created three different milli-robotic approaches. To improve overall locomotion efficiency and load bearing capabilities during deliver…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Caused by the high blood sugar from diabetes, diabetic retinopathy is a disease that damages the blood vessels of the retina. This can lead to blindness and other vision complications. 79% o…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
Southern Root-Knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita) are microscopic roundworms that act as parasites, causing devastating damage to crops worldwide. These parasites primarily target the roo…
Animal Sciences
Fourth Award
Pollination services provided by managed honey bees are essential to a variety of agricultural crops. In February and March, more than 80% of the nation’s beehives are rented by almond growe…
Chemistry
The difference in energy between the Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) and Lowest Unoccupied Orbital (LUMO) is known as the HOMO-LUMO Gap. It has a variety of applications in industr…
Biochemistry
Individuals with medical implants that interact with the circulatory system are at risk of developing life-threatening thrombi on the surface of these devices. The implementation of non-thro…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
In past work, invasive implants that implement a process called deep brain stimulation (DBS) in order to regenerate sight for the visually impaired have been investigated. DBS is a surgical…
Biomedical Engineering
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a form of neuromodulation used to treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, migraines, Parkinson's Disease, anxiety, and PTSD. Outside of cl…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
First Award
422 million adults worldwide have diabetes, and 48% of all juvenile deaths are due to diabetes or diabetes-inflicted diseases; diabetes in low-income families has risen rapidly---up to 21% w…
Biomedical Engineering
Diabetes is a chronic condition that devastates approximately 10% of the global population, and yet technology aimed at its management is invasive, costly, and solely monitors blood-glucose…
Animal Sciences
Crickets are a global source of nutrition for pets and humans alike. This will only increase as traditional agriculture faces increased challenges due to the advent of global warming. Howeve…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Bilinguals process and acquire language differently than their monolingual counterparts and have been shown to do better on tasks that involve cognitive control. High-definition transcranial…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Colorectal cancer (CRC) has multiple subtypes, and it may take patients weeks to find out which subtype they have. The goal of this research is to use gene expression data to determine poten…
Systems Software
Natural Language Processing systems such as GloVe are necessary for computer interpretations of human language. Previous research has used these systems to predict genomes or stocks. After t…
Environmental Engineering
The Four-Corners region of the Desert Southwest is where much of the Diné (Navajo) population lives remotely, in traditional Hoghans. These Hoghans neither have running water nor electricity…
Physics and Astronomy
Gravitational lenses are rare but significant phenomena in astronomy, where a foreground galaxy magnifies and distorts the light of a distant galaxy. Each lens enables the study of dark matt…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR or c-MET) is a receptor tyrosine kinase that has been found to be linked to cancer, with malignant mutations causing tumor growth, angiogenesis, and m…
Physics and Astronomy
First Award
The longstanding question of how ultra-short-period (USP) planets form and survive so close to their host stars signifies a gap in our understanding of planetary formation. With only 127 USP…
Biochemistry
Biofilms are extracellular matrixes that secure microorganisms embedded within them through the EPS or extracellular polymeric substance which provides rigidity and tolerance to a wide degre…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Increasing pharmaceutical options assists diversified and individualized healthcare plans (GLIFWC Commission, 1993). Study compares sustainability of traditionally prepared Nuphar advena rhi…
Biomedical Engineering
Second Award
Visual impairment, more severely known as blindness, has been a persistent problem in the world of biomedical sciences in which an effective, modern, and universal solution has yet to be int…
Biochemistry
The process of making honey is simple. Bees use a variety of flowers to produce honey. When looking at areas around the US, no one area has the same type of plants that make honey. Two years…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This year, I studied if microplastics were present in cattle that graze off of farm fields that use plastic mulch. I have been studying microplastics for the past three years where I have st…
Animal Sciences
Light pollution or artificial light at night (ALAN) can disrupt insect circadian rhythms and development, since photoperiod is a dominant cue for timing seasonal events in animal life cycles…
Physics and Astronomy
In our quest of whether there is life outside of our solar system, the focus has been on finding planets known as Super-Earths with Earth-like qualities suitable for life, but large enough f…