Microbiology
This project studied the Effects of Declining pH Levels of Seawater Caused by Ocean Acidification on Zooxanthellae and Coral Bleaching. This is important because coral reefs are considered a…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Angiogenesis is the process of forming new blood vessels from pre-existing ones and is essential for many functions such as wound healing, embryonic development, and repair. However, angioge…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium affecting above 50% of the world’s population, with higher prevalence in the developing world. It causes numerous gastrointestinal diseases s…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a group of cancers in which stem cells in the bone marrow have a clonal advantage and cause irregular maturation of blood cells. Dysplastic cells cannot mig…
Biomedical Engineering
The purpose of this experiment was to find out whether a functional model can be made of an epiglottis utilizing a 3D printed and porcine version, and which of the two would work more effici…
Engineering Mechanics
This experiment was performed to determine which internal fan speed would be the most efficient when looking at water production within a water production prototype. As the engineering mecha…
Systems Software
Cardiovascular and neurological diseases make up the majority of the world’s current health crisis, yet there is a lack of a proactive and accurate system in place to address this issue. Hen…
Embedded Systems
According to the United States Bone and Joint Initiative, each year, 126.6 million Americans suffer from a musculoskeletal injury or disorder lasting over 3 months, resulting in $213 billion…
Environmental Engineering
Freshwater accounts for 2.5% of the planet’s water, and the U.N.’s estimated 7.7 billion people on Earth are taxing that supply. With 3,100 cubic miles of freshwater vapor trapped in the atm…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
After researching an effective alternative for plastic straws due to the extensive amount of microplastic pollution, I became concerned with the possibility of our drinking water supply bein…
Engineering Mechanics
Bioprinting serves as a potential solution to many modern medical complications. From the broad range of organ shortages, to cancer research and drug testing, bioprinting proves its necessit…
Environmental Engineering
A massive drop in bearing acres is attributed to severe damage to the trees caused by freezing temperatures. A new freeze prevention method was created through incorporating a solar energy r…
Engineering Mechanics
In this experiment an actual automotive bumper was tested against another vehicle bumper and the impact with and without interventions measured by a PCB Piezotronics 208C03 Force Sensor. A 2…
Environmental Engineering
One of the most dangerous components of an oil spill is the emulsion that forms between the spilled oil and the surrounding seawater. This submerged emulsion can persist for many years and i…
Biomedical Engineering
The complex, dynamic tumor microenvironment consists of live tissues that directly influence the progression of a tumor, including the extracellular matrix: a mesh of water, minerals, proteo…
Physics and Astronomy
Acoustic band gap materials are periodic arrangements of scattering materials that harness the properties of waves to create band gaps—areas of space where waves of specific frequencies cann…
Microbiology
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is the most produced plastic globally, composing single-use plastic bottles, shopping bags, and more. Consequently, the environment suffers from its producti…
Biochemistry
The purpose of this project was to create a better transfection rate and produce better efficiency and yield so more cells can be studied through the transfection. Six 2mm dishes were treate…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Common chloride-based road salts pollute the environment, including vegetation and infrastructure; an eco-friendly compound able to melt ice is critical. I tested thirteen different substanc…
Energy: Sustainable Materials and Design
Bioethanol production currently utilizes sugars derived from food crops, which causes challenges in the fight against world hunger. Alternative sources of sugars must be investigated. A pote…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this project was trying to start to advocate that Abandoned Uranium Mines on the Navajo Nation needs to be taken seriously and mentioned to the residents living on the Navajo…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The investigation aimed to determine how introducing micro-plastics into the habitat of brine shrimp affected their life processes. The hypothesis was that the brine shrimp would confuse mic…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Gram-negative bacteria are associated with hospital-acquired infections. The infection control literature has identified that hospital sink drains can be a potential source of these hospital…
Earth and Environmental Sciences
The Tar Creek superfund site is an abandoned lead mine in northeastern Oklahoma that was declared in 1983 and is located in the cities of Picher and Cardin. From 1900 to the 1960’s, lead min…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The purpose of this project was to see what specific influence exosomes have on MDA-MB-231 triple negative breast cancer cell characteristics of proliferation, migration and invasion. Exosom…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
The Yes-associated protein (YAP) is a transcriptional regulator that has been linked to various cellular processes such as tissue regeneration and metabolism. Typically, the Hippo pathway re…
Biochemistry
The chemotherapeutic, hydroxyurea (HU), is an antimetabolite drug generally used to treat chronic myelocytic leukemia as well as HIV and sickle cell anemia. Although initial hydroxyurea ther…
Microbiology
Three years of preliminary research suggested that Southwestern Native medicines may possess antibacterial properties against Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC 19615 (S. pyogenes), the bacteria re…
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Breast cancer is characterized by an aggressive, malignant tumor that can metastasize to distant places of the body. Research stems from treatment with palbociclib, an innovative drug, again…
Engineering Mechanics
The purpose of this project was to build an exoskeleton (MK-I, MK-II) that can augment human strength whilst lifting heavy/large objects for an extended amount of time. Design goals for the…