Behavioral and Social Sciences
Second Award
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects one in fifty-four individuals born in the US. ASD hinders one’s ability to recognize emotions, causing difficulti…
Environmental Engineering
Textile waste is currently the second-largest global pollution source—as staggering amounts of waste are incinerated and buried in landfills, the process of decomposition leaches toxic chemi…
Embedded Systems
In August of 2019, there were 79,000 wildfires and up to 90% of them resulted from unpredictable human-related activity. Spreading at rates of up to 22 kilometers per hour, early detection o…
Environmental Engineering
Fourth Award
Since the development of Nuclear Power Plants in 1951, there have been recent challenges with the efficiency of cooling systems. Today’s sea-level rise and global warming have impacted power…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The conventional use of current therapeutic approaches to treat metastatic cancers is limited. Kinesin Family 19 (KIF19) is a microtubule-associated protein involved in cell motility and has…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Second Award
This study focuses on creating a machine learning model that will predict the spread of any invasive species. This study used hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), an invasive forest pest that poses…
Embedded Systems
With the advent of driverless cars, distance sensing radars have become prominent. Can the user “feel” the distance and navigate? This project explores advanced technology for the visually i…
Biomedical Engineering
One in one hundred children born in the United States alone is born with a congenital heart defect (or CHD). A CHD is any defect that is present at birth, which can vary from a hole in the s…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The purpose of this project was to understand how empathy as a stable personality trait relates to adherence to Covid-19 safety guidelines. Empathy was measured along the Interpersonal React…
Biomedical Engineering
Third Award
Color Vision Deficiency is the most common genetic disability, affecting over 400 million people in the world, and currently has no cure. There are attempts to mitigate the effect of color v…
Animal Sciences
Third Award
Of the original 11 native forest bird species known from the island of O?ahu in the Hawaiian island chain, only 3 remain today. They are the O?ahu ?Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava), ?Apapane (…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Reliably predicting when and where precipitation will occur can reduce property damage and loss of life. The more accurate this prediction is, the more preparation can be made against these…
Environmental Engineering
The textile industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world, with a fifth of water pollution originating from just the dyeing and finishing steps of the textile manufacturing p…
Materials Science
As climate change progresses, we must think of new ways to combat this threat. Thermoelectric energy generation, a lesser-known renewable energy source, has the potential of harvesting major…
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Background: The current COVID-19 pandemic caused by the Sars-Cov-2 virus has impacted and disrupted families all across the world. The impact of mask mandates on public compliance wearing is…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Hydropower is one of the most abundance sources of renewable energy in the U.S. Water Distilleries remove almost all chemicals and pesticides, which produces water that can be better for peo…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Third Award
The cocktail party problem renders conversation difficult for hard-of-hearing individuals in multi-speaker environments. Current hearing aids cannot amplify the primary speaker's voice alone…
Biomedical Engineering
Second Award
High cost, proprietary parts, complex manufacturing techniques, and transport issues limited our ability to produce enough ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of my project wa…
Embedded Systems
Third Award
Many critical systems, including financial, banking, telecom and nuclear weapons, rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) for synchronization of clocks that is essential for their operat…
Mathematics
First Award
Motivation: Many applications in the medical and engineering fields benefit from identifying topological features in a three-dimensional geometric model. Problem statement: When an object’s…
Chemistry
Nuclear waste disposal is a global concern. The problem of nuclear waste disposal is growing and threatens the environment, people, and future generations as well. As we continue to release…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Fourth Award
Huanglongbing (HLB) is an incurable disease that affects citrus trees. This citrus disease is also often referred to as "citrus greening." This disease was first spotted in China in the earl…
Mathematics
The asteroid population is incomprehensibly large. Understanding, discovering and tracking asteroids are important to avoid catastrophic events to human civilization. Around one million aste…
Biomedical Engineering
The comparative analysis of natural polymer-based biomimetic neural scaffolds using the taxic response of fungal mycelium was designed to investigate functional deficits following Spinal cor…
Biochemistry
The purpose of this experiment is to find a novel way to treat burn wound infections by exploring the interaction between flavonoids and antibiotics. 'Flavonoids' are naturally derived secon…
Engineering Mechanics
This study investigates the use of rescue device structures made with inspiration from origami as a viable replacement for modern day debris lifting rescue devices. The structure studied as…
Plant Sciences
Third Award
Harvesting Limulus polyphemus (horseshoe crabs) to produce the Limulus amoebocyte lysate endotoxin assay for medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and drinking water is ravaging coastal ecosyste…
Environmental Engineering
Climate change is an area of growing concern that threatens the earth as a whole. Due to an excess production of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, the difference in pressure encou…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Current processes of drug discovery are too long, expensive, and ineffective. Companies undergo years of research and development without the certainty of obtaining conclusive results. Drug…
Engineering Mechanics
This project aimed to determine the viability and effectiveness of a detachable airplane cabin equipped with a novel design of a parachute system in correcting the translational and rotation…