Earth and Environmental Sciences
There have been increasing concerns about global warming caused by greenhouse gases, particularly CO2 emissions from industry. The manufacturing of cement products accounts for approximately…
Animal Sciences
The Ambystoma Mexicanum, axolotl, posits regenerative capabilities which are highly coveted in Animalia: recent studies have sequenced the axolotl’s genome and have elucidated a vital protei…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
In the field of medicine, anatomy and physiology are some of the most fundamental building blocks of medical knowledge. Without anatomical proficiency, studying medicine would be like attemp…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Biofuels are currently being made with food crops. However, due to the growing issue of world hunger an alternative biomass was research. With reference to previous studies, cardboard proved…
Biochemistry
The objective of this project is to come up with a natural treatment by studying the inhibitory effects of aqueous spice extracts on lipid and carbohydrate enzyme metabolizing activities tha…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Pineoblastoma (PB) is a malignant brain tumor that originates in the pineal gland. Patients diagnosed with PB experience headaches, sleepiness, vomiting, and vision changes. This epidemiolog…
Environmental Engineering
First Award
Wildlife-vehicle conflict poses injury/mortality risks to both drivers and wildlife. Eqwis detects animals approaching roads and alerts drivers through intelligent road signs, encouraging dr…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are remnants of germline infections that constitute 5-8% of the human genome. HERVs have been suggested as potential oncogenic drivers. One HERV, HML-6…
Translational Medical Science
Cancer has a major impact on people around the world and is a large burden on society. Ultraviolet (UV) rays damage DNA, which significantly increases the risk of skin cancer, or melanoma. W…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Neurons, the cells composing the nervous system, are responsible for sending and receiving signals that result in everything from thoughts to movement. Macrophages, a type of cell in the imm…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Particulate matter consists of both solid particles and liquid droplets. PM2.5 are particles 2.5 micrometers in diameter or less. Internal combustion engines, coal-fired power plants, constr…
Microbiology
Third Award
The anthropogenic release of greenhouse gases and nutrient loading has contributed to the proliferation of harmful algal blooms. The overgrowth of diatoms and dinoflagellates creates hypoxic…
Systems Software
With the development of the Internet, cybersecurity becomes increasingly essential. The best way to reduce the damage of cybercrime is to develop better methods of cybersecurity; one of them…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, part of Artificial Intelligence, allow scientists to analyze large datasets and identify patterns. Processing large datasets prior to the introduction of ML…
Microbiology
Marine ecosystems are rich in carbon, an element whose processing and degradation is mediated by bacteria. Bacteria utilize CAZymes (carbohydrate active enzymes) to degrade complex carbohydr…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The prevalence of skin melanoma in humans has shown a substantial yearly increase, leading to skin melanoma comprising of almost all skin cancer deaths. The NKG2DL protein, an essential prot…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium Vimineum) is an invasive C4 annual grass that is currently depleting resources in deciduous forest ecosystems across eastern North America. The purpose of t…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is one of the most lethal and aggressive brain cancers in humans. This project investigated the efficacy of a potential therapy for GBM-The Gliatrap. The Gliatr…
Biomedical Engineering
Chronic wounds are a growing medical issue around the world, with 2.4 - 4.5 million people afflicted in the United States alone. The condition currently makes up 2-3% of healthcare costs for…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Purpose: The aim of the experiment was to see if using ultraviolet light as an auxiliary to existing methods would enhance the efficiency of different methods of oil spill cleanup. Procedure…
Chemistry
Mamaki tea, a native Hawaiian plant species, is best known for its medicinal properties. It is endemic to and geographically restricted to the Hawaiian Islands. Mamaki tea contains many type…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Fourth Award
Patient-Derived Xenografts (PDX), a novel in vivo cancer modeling technique used in personalized medicine, has been shown to bypass typical constraints of in vitro tumor cell culture models.…
Microbiology
The discovery of new antibiotics to treat life threatening antibiotic-resistant infections has remained stagnant. Naturally occurring phytochemicals like garlic(Allium sativum), ginger(Zingi…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Fourth Award
Glioblastoma is a malignant tumor of the central nervous system distinguished by its intra-tumoral heterogeneity and inevitable recurrence. A longitudinal axis of genomic evolution has been…
Plant Sciences
Microplastics are more prevalent than before and pose an emerging threat to aquatic biodiversity. The purpose of this study was to examine how three common types of plastics can affect the g…
Animal Sciences
The increased usage of food preservatives in the American diet over the past decades has led to a greater need to examine their health effects. Of particular concern was the preservative sod…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
According to NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017, the first human will be sent to Mars by 2033. Oxygen generation will be a vital part of any human expedition to Mars, however, current…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Second Award
Tauopathies are a group of progressive disorders that are characterized when a protein, called tau, builds up significantly in an individual's brain. New breakthrough research has demonstrat…
Microbiology
Second Award
Antibiotic resistance is one of the leading challenges to public health today, and a primary contributor to the rapid rise of resistance is plasmids, which facilitate the spread of multi-dru…
Physics and Astronomy
Dynamical systems are mathematical models that are used to describe the laws of a natural system. One example of such is the Duncan’s Map which models the Three-Body Problem that entails thr…