Systems Software
Poor posture can result in many alarming health risks. Currently, there are two overarching types of available posture trainers: posture braces and electronic posture reminders. Neither of t…
Engineering Mechanics
Bell nozzles have been used universally across the rocket industry for decades but due to their design become inefficient as the rocket rises through the atmosphere. An alternative nozzle is…
Environmental Engineering
Designing an Autonomous Solar Powered Robot Capable of Filtering out Excess Phosphorus and Nitrogen from Waterways to Naturalize the Process of Eutrophication Mohammed Omer, Abdullah Saidi A…
Embedded Systems
Third Award
Today’s world of 5G and IOT devices means increasingly crowded frequency spectrums with multiple devices talking on the same frequency at the same time. To gain an advantage, it is becoming…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
There are two types of steam turbines - impulse (with 0% degree of reaction, which means the pressure drop entirely takes place in the stationary blades) and reaction (with 50% degree of rea…
Biomedical Engineering
First Award
Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) result in 13,000 deaths in the US annually. The Foley catheter design promotes biofilm formation - the underlying cause of CAUTIs. In Ph…
Environmental Engineering
Second Award
Annually, ~1.3 million gallons of crude oil spill into the ocean. Traditional methods of oil cleanup are difficult, costly, non-efficient, and environmentally harmful, all highlighting the n…
Environmental Engineering
Dried Distiller's grain with solubles (DDGS) is an abundant by-product of bioethanol and distiller plants with the potential to be developed into cost-effective biocomposites. Rather than wa…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Second Award
Common genetic diseases—systemic diseases caused by thousands of mutations—affect millions of people around the world. Many of these mutations fall within regulatory regions. While the mutat…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Water contamination is one of the most prevalent problems in the world right now. The World Health Organization estimates that, currently, 2 billion people use a contaminated water source. A…
Physics and Astronomy
In an effort to complete the census of Astronomical objects in the solar neighborhood, I have been searching for objects such as brown dwarfs, low mass dwarfs stars, white dwarfs, etc. Due t…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Second Award
Arsenic, a WHO-classified carcinogen and neurotoxin, has gained widespread notoriety, potentially affecting 250+ million globally. Current arsenic detection methods require frequent sampling…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Coliforms are ubiquitous and are known to be opportunistic pathogens such as Escherichia coli (E. coli). Large amounts of these coliforms in water supplies are harmful and it is important to…
Chemistry
Many environmental troubles stem from excess of Nitrogen (N), for example, the runoff of surplus N from soil causes algae blooms and endangers marine wildlife. To deal with this, farmers cur…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
For decades, coastal erosion has progressed without effective remediation; the process inhibits coastal populations, animals, and habitats in tandem to negatively impacting local economies.…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of this experiment is to discover how the percent of animals marked and the sample size affects the accuracy of the capture-recapture method. To simulate if the percent of marked…
Physics and Astronomy
A great mystery in exoplanet science is whether planets can form in other galaxies. Claims of planets of extragalactic origin have been made but none have been confirmed by independent studi…
Translational Medical Science
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., with about 1 in 8 women developing invasive breast cancer in her lifetime. Drug repurposing, an underused treatment, is crucial for…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seventy percent of our planet is covered with water; however, only three percent is fresh and drinkable. The purpose of this project is to determine which type of aquatic plants filters wate…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Second Award
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neuroinflammatory demyelinating disease that affects over 2,000,000 individuals worldwide. Although the exact etiology of the disease is unknown, the main sympto…
Translational Medical Science
Lung cancer is responsible for the highest number of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and lung adenocarcinoma is its most common subtype. This study used statistical analysis to determine th…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
During the initial spread of COVID-19, countries varied in their ability to control the virus. Science shows this variability is in part due to sociocultural factors. One sociocultural facto…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Third Award
Abstract The improper disposal of plastic waste has led to an abundance of plastics in the oceans, introducing a wide range of toxins along with a potential global health crisis. However, th…
Biomedical Engineering
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetically inherited eye disorder affecting 1 in 4000 people worldwide, characterized by progressive devolution of retina that leads to progressive visual los…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The classification of fish through visual inspection can often be a time-consuming and fallible process, and thus, there is a necessity for a fish classification method with greater accuracy…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
This project presents a novel end-to-end solution for predicting, mapping, and mitigating the absorption of hazardous organic pollutants by the plant cuticle membrane. The plant cuticle is v…
Chemistry
I love cooking and experimenting in the kitchen so I decided to do a science project about that. I decided to attempt to create a full food product that is lower in calories, high in protein…
Embedded Systems
Eighty-four percent of female runners experience harassment. This ranges from catcalling to stalking. Female runners are also at risk for being sexually assaulted, attacked, or murdered. Whi…
Translational Medical Science
The opioid crisis has taken a huge toll on our country. Noting that in 2018, nearly 22% of opioid related deaths in the U.S. were due to prescription painkiller overdose, this research aims…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
More than 1.7 billion gallons of oil have been spilled since 1940. Oil skimmers are used for the cleanup but today’s skimmers require human aid, exposing people to harmful fumes and the risk…