Environmental Engineering
Modern electronic equipment and devices have brought unprecedented convenience to people's everyday life. At the same time, they also posed a serious threat to human health and the environme…
Chemistry
Fourth Award
Carbon dioxide has been linked to devastating anthropocene changes; rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and increases in natural disasters are all effects of global warming. MOFs are porous…
Materials Science
MnPS3 and GdPS have been researched due to the recent insight into 2D magnetism. The ZrSiS family (GdPS belongs to this family) can be used as topological materials through elemental substit…
Systems Software
Arctic sea ice plays integral roles in both polar and global environmental systems, notably ecosystems, communities, and economies. As sea ice diminishes due to climate change, it has become…
Microbiology
This experiment’s purpose was to analyze the direct relationship between the gut bacteria E. coli and L. acidophilus and the skin bacteria S. epidermidis. To begin, a preliminary trial was p…
Translational Medical Science
Second Award
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune joint disease that affects nearly 1% of people worldwide. RA disproportionately affects women, indigenous peoples, and those of lower socioeconomic…
Embedded Systems
To visually impaired people, everyday, normal tasks, such as getting up and walking around become a daunting task. Visually impaired people also have a much higher chance of getting an injur…
Translational Medical Science
Second Award
Diabetes mellitus is a global concern, and early detection can prevent serious complications. 50% of people live with undiagnosed diabetes, disproportionately afflicting low-income groups. N…
Biomedical Engineering
Heat exhaustion is not just the leading cause of death in student-athletes it is quickly becoming the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S. One of the keyways to help prevent h…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Fourth Award
Drug discovery, a complex and time-consuming process, heavily relies on determining affinities between drugs and targets. With the introduction of computational methods, researchers can now…
Mathematics
The relationship between atomicity and ACCP, two properties measuring the way elements factor in integral domains, is central to abstract factorization theory. It is known that all integral…
Translational Medical Science
Low testosterone may be a novel risk factor for prediabetes. We assessed associations between prediabetes and total serum testosterone (TT), and whether the associations were modified by pop…
Chemistry
Second Award
I developed a novel process to create bamboo cellulose derived carbon fibers via Joule-heating, based on my hypothesis that Joule-heating repairs defects in carbonized bamboo fibers by provi…
Microbiology
In order to determine whether Apis mellifera home remedies were effective in preventing and shortening the time of Streptococcus salivarus, I tested raw natural honey, hydrogen peroxide, and…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
CPU cooling is vital for computers to function efficiently and for long periods of time. The purpose of this project was to measure the effectiveness of various CPU cooling methods, and, ult…
Environmental Engineering
The U.S., like much of the world, is in a plastic waste crisis and, because of the pandemic 2.4 billion single- use plastic face masks and face shields are being thrown away each day. In mor…
Chemistry
Dissolved oxygen (DO) and temperature were measured in Lake Mendota at depths of 1, 10, and 20 meters on a weekly basis between June 9th and July 21st during the summer of 2022. Sampling was…
Animal Sciences
Dairy cattle are continuously being bred and birthed in order to produce milk. It is generally accepted that moon phases affect many things such as ocean tides and human behavior. Cattle are…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Shock absorbers are important to all transportation in the modern day. As technology advances, shock technology is advancing as well. Shocks are specially designed for the application they w…
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this project was to determine which soil parameters (pH, density, water content, and soil content) affect the location of Aphonopelma hentzi burrows in the Comanche National G…
Biochemistry
In order to discover the relationship between beneficial gut bacteria and the ingestion of different macromolecules, Lactobacillus fermentum was exposed to the macromolecules gliadin (the de…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fourth Award
The rapid intensification (RI) of tropical cyclones (TCs) is one of the greatest challenges for forecasters. Improving the skill for RI forecasts has been a top priority of the National Hurr…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Current artificial intelligence (AI) systems can learn arbitrarily complex patterns but struggle to generalize and adapt to new situations, making them unsuitable for real-world deployment.…
Biomedical Engineering
Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the United States and the fifth leading cause of death worldwide. An ischemic stroke occurs when a blockage cuts off the blood supply in the brai…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Third Award
According to the World Health Organization, road traffic crashes cause up to 50 million preventable injuries worldwide each year. Connected autonomous vehicles have been proposed as a soluti…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
Obesity is a severe health problem predicted to affect one in two U.S. adults by 2030. Leptin, an adipocyte-derived satiety-inducing peptide hormone, plays a critical role in mediating food…
Translational Medical Science
Fourth Award
Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, resulting in over 800,000 deaths each year. About 90% of all primary liver cancers are characterized as hepatocellular car…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease, with over 527 million patients worldwide reported in 2019. The diagnosis of OA is mainly based on clinical findings and imaging studies.…
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that leads to brain atrophy and neuronal apoptosis and is the leading cause of dementia worldwide. Minimal insight has be…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
A systematic review of the research literature addressing risk factors for ALS was completed for the years 2011 to 2022. The strongest research articles were then reviewed for the highest po…