Plant Sciences
There is growing interest in the Cannabacaea family for therapeutic and clinical use. Best known for hemp and marijuana (Cannabis sativa), this family also includes the Humulus lupulus (comm…
Mathematics
Distance-based indices on graphs are of interest to chemical graph theorists for their connections to the chemical properties of molecules. In this paper, I study several extremal properties…
Systems Software
Third Award
Glaucoma is a collection of progressive optic neuropathies impacting the optic nerve head. As the world's leading cause of irreversible blindness, timely diagnosis of this asymptomatic disea…
Biomedical Engineering
Metastatic (migratory) cancer accounts for 90% of cancer deaths, yet not much is known about the specific factors driving tumor migration, including interstitial flow. In order to characteri…
Chemistry
Microplastics, plastic particles <5mm, are toxic in waterways due to their role as a transporter for harmful microbes and other substances. In previous works, research was developed by creat…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fourth Award
The pandemic-induced decline in colonoscopies and the continuing rise of colorectal cancer (CRC) rates in younger populations makes the need for early CRC indicators higher than ever. The ro…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
In today's society, saving energy is a top priority. Why use harmful greenhouse gases that contaminate our atmosphere when clean energy is right at our fingertips? We just need to find a way…
Animal Sciences
Despite 80% of India’s population incorporating Ayurveda to maintain their health, Ayurvedic herbs consumed to treat depressive moods, impaired memory, and infertility lack evidence to suppo…
Biomedical Engineering
A recent CDC study showed that 3 in 5 teenage girls are depressed, a rise from last year. What’s also on the rise? Iron Deficiency Anemia. Teenage girls are 2 times more likely to be depress…
Translational Medical Science
Fetal monitoring based on cardiotocography (CTG) is a non-invasive option for assessing fetal health. However, current methodologies of interpreting CTG consist of human eye inspection, resu…
Microbiology
The development and spread of antibiotic resistance in wastewater poses a significant threat to both the environment and human health. Biofilm is a key factor that promotes antibiotic resist…
Systems Software
Third Award
Concolic execution is a popular automatic vulnerability detection method that relies on dynamically enumerating all possible paths using an SMT solver. However, the most popular programming…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Have you ever wondered where your fingerprints come from? The purpose of this project was to determine if fingerprints are genetically inherited through biological factors or relations and o…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
To ascertain complex relationships between inputs and outputs and achieve high accuracies on specialized tasks, Machine Learning algorithms require vast amounts of high-quality data, compute…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Floods kills 6,000 people annually and is especially dangerous for the region of Southeast Asia, where 1.24 billion people are at risk of flooding. Flood mapping often uses ground measures,…
Mathematics
Second Award
Environmental damage is an ever-present issue for our generation, especially in the supply chain, which has suffered heavily since the beginning of 2020. Large amounts of packaging materials…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Background: Dementia is highly prevalent neuropsychiatric condition characterized by impairments in memory, reasoning, mood, and behavior; yet it has no effective treatment. This project uti…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
Yield forecasting is critical for ensuring food security, especially given the rise of extreme weather events. However, the USDA NASS only provides state-level forecasts by conducting costly…
Embedded Systems
To help blind individuals navigate independently, I have created a plan for a wearable device which uses RADAR to warn navigators of objects in their path. The concept of this device was pro…
Systems Software
In 2021, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration recorded 43,000 fatalities from automotive crashes, an 11% increase from 2020. Automotive accidents (94%) are caused by human…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
One major impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the transition between in-person and remote working environments. Studies show that working from home leads to social isolation, which caus…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In the past, there have been more males in fictional literature. Now, the ratio of female to male authors is closer to half and half, but studies have shown that there is still a significant…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Petroleum-based engines use carbon-based non-renewable energy sources, and electric options have low range and slow refuel speeds. A oxyhydrogen (HHO) gas wet cell system was designed, engin…
Biomedical Engineering
Recent studies have found that estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer cells exhibit enhanced proliferation and drug resistance when grown in a 3D environment when compared to 2D cell…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
There are ethnic differences in c-reactive protein and another on how the gene APOL1 can affect millions of African Americans. Genetic ancestry and socioeconomic conditions are factors to wh…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
This project looks at the aerodynamics of different semi fairing designs and their drag coefficients. This study looked into reducing diesel consumption by increasing the aerodynamic efficie…
Physics and Astronomy
Superconducting thin film strips displaying a polarity-dependent critical current, superconducting diode rectification behavior, can be controlled via a small magnetic field. This could serv…
Materials Science
Superconductors, materials that achieve zero resistivity when cooled below their critical temperature, show promising applications in quantum computing, nuclear fusion, and electrical transm…
Microbiology
The purpose of this study was to determine if different types of milk affected the growth and acid production of Bifidobacterium infantis, a powerful probiotic crucial for human development.…
Physics and Astronomy
The ever-present search for extraterrestrial life on exoplanets requires a comprehensive understanding of their atmospheric properties. However, research in this area is sparse, leaving the…