Mathematics
The goal of my project is to evaluate multiple college football playoff formats involving different numbers of teams using the Monte Carlo simulation method. The computer simulation generate…
Environmental Engineering
Scientist Henry Grover at the Northern Arizona University School of Forestry defines fire-moss colonization as the growth of the common moss species Bryum argenteum, Ceratodon purpureus, and…
Translational Medical Science
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Currently, HCC is diagnosed through blood tests, invasive liver biopsies, and costly imaging tests; and…
Chemistry
Mamaki tea is a native Hawaiian plant species that is best known for its medicinal uses. It is endemic to and geographically restricted to the Hawaiian Islands. Mamaki tea contains different…
Translational Medical Science
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that destroys memory and thinking. This study focused on two critical gaps in AD research: novel treatment identification and early di…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. After the cancer diagnosis, the oncologist will stage cancer and devise an effective treatment plan. Novel methods to predict the severity is a…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Second Award
Terrorism is one of the most prevalent problems in today’s world, with over 21,000 people killed each year and many others adversely affected as a result of terrorist activity. Terrorist net…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive and rapidly growing brain cancer that affects the central nervous system and typically leads to death within 15 months of diagnosis. It i…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water is the most important natural resource. There are many ways to prevent water evaporation, including the recently used “Shade Balls”. They are four inch polyethylene balls that cover re…
Biochemistry
The purpose of this experiment is to determine the effects of four different flavonoids, Apigenin, Curcumin, Daidzein, and Quercetin, on the biofilm formation of S. marcescens. It was hypoth…
Microbiology
My purpose was to see how effective homemade hand sanitizers are compared to commercial hand sanitizers approved by the CDC. The CDC recommends that hand sanitizer contains 60% alcohol. Hypo…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
As of April 9th, 2021, there have been over 31 million cases of COVID-19 in the United States alone. Simultaneously, an estimated 15% of U.S. adults suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Over 1.2 billion people suffer from constipation each year and in the US alone $725 million are spent on laxatives per year. The most commonly used treatments are stool softeners, osmotic, a…
Microbiology
Third Award
Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium responsible for multiple gastrointestinal diseases, including gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric carcinoma and lymphoma. About 2/3 of the world…
Animal Sciences
Second Award
Commercial quality assurance plans require ranches to maintain flock health programs that include periodic monitoring to evaluate vaccination response or disease exposure in egg laying chick…
Animal Sciences
Compartments in development are defined as separate cell populations that organize cell destiny and differentiation. Of particular interest is the anterior-posterior compartment. First analy…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
This project introduces ComposeGAN as a generative adversarial network that learns and transfers the style elements of tonal music genres. Early attempts at symbolic music style transfer hav…
Materials Science
One of the most notable environmental issues faced today is the growing number of single-use plastics that continually fill landfills. A major source of this plastic is those from medical us…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The use of machine learning (ML) and image recognition holds tremendous potential in the treatment of cancers like Lymphoma. Histopathologic images derived from biopsies are used to diagnose…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The cost of forestry increases each year. Although there are currently many deep learning studies addressing the issue of tree species classification in the various forestry tasks, the chall…
Biochemistry
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is a ubiquitous, gram-negative bacterium associated with a wide variety of infections in the human body. As an opportunistic pathogen, P. aeruginosa mo…
Embedded Systems
The goal of this engineering paper was to design a functional multi-modal 2-bit photonic adder. The basis of the design of the 2-bit photonic adder circuit was the use of integrated optical…
Physics and Astronomy
The atmosphere of a planet is a main requirement for the development of life. However, this atmosphere can be slowly stripped away by stellar winds, streams of charged particles released fro…
Plant Sciences
By 2050, the world’s population is projected to reach 9 billion people, requiring the growth of twice as many crops. These projections demand more innovative and efficient agricultural pract…
Translational Medical Science
Patients with delirium suffer severe confusion, paranoia, hallucinations, and struggle to understand or pay attention to what is happening. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the already sev…
Animal Sciences
Dark orange filtering pigments found in Monarch butterflies' eyes are critical in discriminating long wavelength colors such as oranges and yellows. It is suspected these filtering pigments…
Environmental Engineering
This project aims to produce and test a prototype aid in water conservation within a domestic, consumer context. A specialized recirculating faucet system was built using direct filtration t…
Materials Science
A key component of regenerative medicine is providing novel biopolymers and hydrogels which more suitably mimic the nanostructural features and responsiveness of ECM and other components of…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Third Award
Collectively, around 4.1 million tons of pesticides are applied to crops annually, but less than 0.1% is absorbed by target plants, with residue transmitted well out of intended areas into d…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
With major outbreaks in over 150 countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on public health, daily life, and the global economy. Absent a vaccine or therapeutic treatment…