Mathematics
In this paper, we study the question of asymptotic degrees of freedom in a viscous flow. Particularly, we create a bound on the dimension N of the determining node set xi of a fluid with tim…
Environmental Engineering
Water sampling is crucial for water quality management and analysis. However, conventional methods of sampling water can be expensive, dangerous, and inefficient. Areas such as pit mines, fl…
Engineering Mechanics
Global temperatures are rising at the same rate the society should continue to search for renewable sources of energy to power our cities. Solar collectors are able to transform heat energy…
Engineering Mechanics
Pneumatic actuators are compact, fast, powerful, simple, and inexpensive. They are very good for linear on/off applications but have major limitations with their speed and positional control…
Biomedical Engineering
A 3D bioprinter is a 3D printer capable of printing human cells and tissues. Bioprinting tissues and organs using a patient’s own cells could eliminate the organ shortage and the risk of rej…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Triggered largely by the warming and pollution of oceans, corals are experiencing bleaching and a variety of diseases caused by the spread of bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Identification of…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The student researcher tested for correlation between protein type and fatality rate in Zaire ebolavirus, hypothesizing that there is a significant difference in the fatality rates due to pr…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Biodigesters are used in a multitude of places as a producer of sustainable energy for buildings and appliances. They use anaerobic digestion to produce methane gas and fuel ammenities. In m…
Engineering Mechanics
Can an electromagnetic glove section with an electromagnetic field inhibitor material be created after testing the effects of electromagnetism on planaria? Since astronauts experience bodily…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Our project investigates one method of decellularization, and it’s effectiveness on spinach leaves. We aim to strip spinach leaves of their DNA, and leave only the extracellular matrix (EMC)…
Chemistry
Currently, there are some ways cancer is clinically treated but most methods have adverse effects. A way that cancer is commonly treated is by using chemotherapeutic drugs. Chemotherapy work…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Earth’s average surface temperature has increased by 1.62? since the late 19th century. Natural gas was the source of about 32% of U.S. electricity generation in 2017 with coal following at…
Translational Medical Science
Overexpression of HER2 is present in about 20-30% of breast cancer tumors. HER2 sends growth signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus and contributes to the accelerated proliferation of…
Plant Sciences
Agriculture is a major part of everyday life, which means when there are implications it causes a major impact on normal routines. In the past there has been instances of crops being exposed…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) has a higher mitotic index compared to other types of breast cancer yet Ki-67 values are still being used, despite an unclear mechanism. Here we found th…
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this experiment was to find if a power solution could be created that would allow for the adding of power by simply adding motors. The hypothesis states, “If I test a stack of…
Systems Software
Power grids are subject to physical and cybersecurity attacks. A way to help mitigate this threat is to reduce response time by analyzing data reported from the power grid to detect inconsis…
Systems Software
All aircraft are reliant on situational awareness data contained in automatic dependent surveillance-broadcasts (ADS-B) to stay efficient and safe. Currently, ADS-B is broadcast on 1090 MHz…
Systems Software
This project compares eight artificial intelligence models for detecting cyber attacks. The purpose of this project is to address the rising frequency and severity of cyber attacks that are…
Materials Science
Styrofoam may be thought of as a convenient product to make cups, however, what most people do not know is that they are actually consuming part of their cup. After noticing our teacher's dr…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
As industry processed food becomes increasingly detrimental to human health, studies indicate that the heart and associated cardiovascular tissues deteriorate more rapidly. A significant cor…
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
In our project, we sought to use machine learning to generate new lead molecules and expedite drug discovery. Lead molecules are molecules with an affinity for inhibiting the target protein,…
Chemistry
Lithium-Ion Batteries used in electric vehicles today are expensive, toxic to the environment and take a long time to recharge. Supercapacitor is considered as an alternate, inexpensive, and…
Biomedical Engineering
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a strain of retrovirus that, if left untreated in a human host, leads to the Auto-immune disease AIDS. HIV affects many components of the cellular immune…
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
When touring an Amazon Warehouse I came up with the idea for this project as a way to use wireless charging to alleviate battery-related issues in their logistics robots. I created a mock wa…
Biomedical Engineering
Rapid, accurate, and non-invasive assessment of tissue viability remains a frontier of medical research. For example, a large proportion of burn wounds are those of partial, indeterminate th…
Biomedical Engineering
This project is an invention of a training device that provides treatment for eye disorders such as Strabismus and Amblyopia. The device can perform eye movement exercises prescribed by opht…
Environmental Engineering
The objective of this research was to determine if the artificial structure housing calcite would have significant effects on (1) increasing average oyster (Crassostrea virginica) growth rat…
Chemistry
Poly(vinyl alcohol)-sodium borate hydrogels are promising candidates for controlled drug delivery because they are pH-responsive and biocompatible. However, they have weak single network str…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Glioblastoma multiforme is the most aggressive form of brain cancer where <5% of patients live longer than 5 years. Metastatic cancer remains difficult to treat effectively and treatments ar…