Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
Features with rare states, such as rare genetic variants and low frequency amino acid mismatches, pose a surrounding their role in predicting outcomes such as disease phenotype. Bins of rare…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Dye effluent from the fast fashion and textile industry contributes to 17-20% of global industrial pollution. Azo dyes, the largest class of textile dyes, possess great threats to the enviro…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
People with hearing and speech impairments use sign language as their main form of communication, but it possesses the disadvantage where they cannot communicate with people without sign lan…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
There are over 1 million ASL speakers in North America and it is claimed to be the third most studied language in the United States. The language barrier between people with impaired or no h…
Microbiology
The purpose of this research was to observe the antimicrobial properties of bromelain from fresh pineapple on E. coli growth using dynamic real-time imaging. Due to bromelain’s ability to in…
Animal Sciences
Tetherless motion tracking is an essential technique for studying insect behavior, allowing for precise recreation and analysis of insect pathing trajectories. One potential application of t…
Physics and Astronomy
Third Award
Solar phenomena, specifically solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), have plagued the Earth since its creation. In 1859, the Earth was struck with the most devastating CME it’s ever…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This project focused on the development of a model that maximizes accessibility by accurately and efficiently recognizing American Sign Language in real-time, converting it to text without a…
Materials Science
With gas prices rising and the need for environmentally friendly transportation growing ever prevalent, efficient airships are an untapped resource to transport people and goods. However, si…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
For more than two centuries, deaf communities in the U.S. have benefited from American Sign Language (ASL) as their main mode of communication. However, in the past decade, with the rapidly…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
First Award
As the Basin and Range province is one of the most biodiverse regions, advancements in reconstruction modeling of geologic-climate changes are necessary to investigate potential associations…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
First Award
Replication errors represent two-thirds of cancer mutations. A novel replication error subset, recurrent repeat contractions (rRCs), lack systematic examination in cancers due to complex amp…
Biomedical Engineering
Carbon monoxide (CO) detectors are not fit for all labor conditions. Depending on a worker's condition (ex. if they are outdoors, if they have asthma), the person may be more sensitive to CO…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Second Award
In a standard silicon solar cell, the photovoltaic effect generates excited electrons which are transported to the surface of the cell. The problem of collecting these excited charges from t…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
One of the biggest problems of modern society is the over pollution of single-use plastics. Thus, the goal of this project is to chemically break down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plasti…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
Fourth Award
For the past two decades, the aviation industry has been increasingly placing a heightened focus on maximizing the efficiency of air travel to both maximize profits as well as to minimize en…
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
I raise commercial boer goats, and the last two years I have had to worm my herd twice as much as normal which had become expensive, time consuming, and had an impact on overall herd health.…
Translational Medical Science
Restricted arm force during activity is often required following bone disruption (iatrogenic or traumatic) to facilitate osteogenesis, but measuring patient force is challenging, especially…
Embedded Systems
Fourth Award
The potential for penetrative bodily injury is a daily risk taken by those in the military, law enforcement, and other high-risk occupations. If the injured are unable to call for help or ar…
Environmental Engineering
Third Award
Access to clean water has been a global challenge since long-term exposure to pollutants such as metalloid, arsenic (As(II) and heavy metal, chromium (Cr(VI)) have detrimental health effects…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Light pollution disrupts diurnal light cycles that insect orders such as Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) adapted to over generations as a cue to time important life events like metamorph…
Translational Medical Science
The results of this project could enable real-time targeted transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to become a clinical reality, improving outcomes for patients with depression, schizophren…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cardiovascular disease and cognitive impairment are among the biggest healthcare challenges facing the elderly. Integrity of the blood brain barrier (BBB) and lining of the blood vessels req…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Second Award
Existing drugs are being researched for novel repurposed usages to supplant the traditional, inefficient process of new drug discovery. Cephalexin is a cephalosporin antibiotic purported to…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Third Award
Despite advancements in modern medicine, malaria continues to have high morbidity and mortality, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa where it is most prevalent. With an incidence of over 250…
Biochemistry
Almost half of the pregnancies around the globe are unplanned. The associated risks related to unexpected pregnancy include both physical and mental stress. A wide range of contraceptive met…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
The speed of ribosome movement along an mRNA transcript is a critical determinant of protein synthesis. Ribosome pause sites, or regions along an mRNA transcript where translating ribosomes…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
The goal of this project was to assist malaria research by expediting the process of producing transgenic mosquitoes. In this project, I developed and tested a novel automated instrument for…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (QAC) are antimicrobial agents that are used to eliminate bacteria and are found in products that advertise antimicrobial activity. During the ongoing pandemic,…
Environmental Engineering
During the past several years in the Western United States, we have been in a drought, and I have wondered what I can do to help save water in my daily activities. The objective of this proj…